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Field notes : British Columbia, 1907-1911, 1917, and undated
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Field notes : British Columbia, 1907-1911, 1917, and undated

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

1907-1917

Notes

Charles D. Walcott records observations of the sites including the Burgess Shale, across the Canadian Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, between 1907 and 1917. Each set of notes are several handwritten pages, generally separated into acid free envelopes. Notes include descriptions of sections of strata detailing stone characteristics (measurements in feet included), sketches, lists of fossils found. Locations observed include the vicinity of: Mt. Stephen, Mt. Field, Mt. Bosworth, and Sherbrook Ridge. Formations mentioned include Burgess, Ptarmigan, and Paget.

Subjects

British Columbia , Burgess Shale (B.C.) , Canada , Field notes , Geology , Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian , Paleontology , Rocky Mountains

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142244

 

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