Field notes : Montana, 1900, 1904-1905, 1926-1929, includes notes by Charles Elmer Resser

Title Variants

Alternative: Field Notes: Montana, 1900, 1904-1905, 1926-1929

Related Titles

Contained In: Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940 and undated

Series: SIA RU007004

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
Resser, Charles Elmer, 1889-1943

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1900-1929

Notes

Charles D. Walcott and Charles Elmer Resser record geological characteristics of sites throughout Montana, from 1900 to 1929. Notes are handwritten and are usually titled with location and date. Several of the notes are housed in archival envelopes. Details include observations of layers and characteristics of quartzite, sandstone, limestone and shale; sketches and sections; photographs of M. Collen by Algonkian limestone; and glacial phenomena. Sites visited include the vicinity of: Swan Range near Holland Creek, Young's Creek, Pale Creek, Tobacco Root Range, Melrose, McCartney Range, and Bridge Range.

Subjects

Black-and-white photographs , Field notes , Geology , Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian , Montana , Pale Creek , Paleontology , Swan Range , Tobacco Root Mountains , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142080