Field notes : October 15-November 3, 1879

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

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1879

Notes

English

Charles D. Walcott records observations of geological formations in Kanab Canyon enroute to the Colorado River in 1879. Entries are handwritten, and listed by date. They detail weather, challenges of travel along the trail due to fallen rocks, details and enjoyment topography and landscape, collected fossils, plants observed growing along the cliffs, challenges of traveling the trail, and expectations research results from collecting.

Subjects

Arizona , Colorado River , Field notes , Geology , Illustrations , Kanab Canyon , Paleontology , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.96847