Field notes : California, 1894-1897, includes letter, James Perrin Smith to Charles D. Walcott, February 25, 1897

Title Variants

Alternative: Field Notes: California, 1894-1897

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

1894-1897

Notes

Charles D. Walcott records notes about sites observed across Inyo County, California from 1894 to 1897, while in the employ of the U.S. Geological Survey. Each set of notes are several handwritten pages, generally separated into acid free envelopes. Notes include descriptions of sections, sketches, latitude and longitude positions, and fossils found. Types of sites observed included mountain ranges, river beds, and recent faults. Locations include the vicinity of Waucoba Mountain, Owens Valley, Big Pine, and Waucoba Canyon. Includes letter, James Perrin Smith to Charles D. Walcott, February 25, 1897 discussing Triassic Fossils that Walcott had collected near Lone Pine, in Inyo County, California.

Subjects

Big Pine , California , Field notes , Geology , Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian , Inyo , Owens Valley , Paleontology , Paleontology--Triassic , United States , Waucoba Mountain

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142259