Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
Person
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton sub-series consists of:
- 18 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) concerning geological observations in the United States and the organisation of the USGS (1880-1891)
Dates:
05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891
Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie, 1883-1907
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/15
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie sub-series consists of:
- 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1883-1907)
Dates:
1883-1907
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 11 January 1882
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/9
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton congratulating him on his appointment as Director General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain.
Dates:
11 January 1882
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 03 May 1882
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/10
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that he has declined the invitation from the journal Nature to review Geikie's forthcoming publications, as he will shortly be leaving for the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) to do field work in preparation for a systematic study of the volcanic fields of California and Oregon. He recommends his colleague Grove Karl Gilbert for the task and asks Geikie if he will review his new monograph...
Dates:
03 May 1882
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 22 May 1882
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/12
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton apologising that he has only been able to send final proofs of his atlas sheets for Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882) at the current time. He apologises for being unable to review Geikie's forthcoing books due to his forthcoming field work in the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) and pontificates that Grove Karl Gilbert will do a better job in the long run. He reports that Gilbert and...
Dates:
22 May 1882
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 23 January 1883
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/13
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing his field trip to the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii). He reports on the large scale of the ultra basic basalt lava flows of the Mauna Loa eruption and the lack of cinder cones. He reports on the ferruginous nature of the lavas and their high olivine content along with observed layers of hematite and magnetite. He describes the volcano's impressive topography and its inability to support running water. He...
Dates:
23 January 1883
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 May 1883
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/14
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton discussing the fossiliferous Upper Cambrian metamorphosed sandstone shales found at Lake Superior and the Grand Canyon. At Lake Superior these beds overlie 1400 feet of unfossiliferous sandstone and shale, interspersed with layers of copper bearing metamorphosed volcanic ash. These are the same as the Huronian metamorphic beds at Lake Huron which are possibly of the Lower Cambrian age due to an unconformity (as identified by...
Dates:
05 May 1883
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 31 October 1883
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/15
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton expressing regret that he was unable to vacation in Germany and France during the month of October as he had anticipated. He thanks Geikie for his papers on the pre-cambrian, reports that American geologists are also considering this problem and surmises that American exposures of pre-cambrian fosseliferous rocks are more extensive than those in Britain.
Dates:
31 October 1883
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 21 July 1884
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/16
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling him that he is undertaking field work in New Mexico. He is concentrating on the plateau country aided by good topographic maps of the region. He tells Geikie that there are landforms and cliffs similar to those in Utah and Arizona with exposures of Triassic, Permain and Cretaceous strata. These are overlain with evidence of volcanic activity, ancient basalt of 50-200 feet depth on the plateau. Young basalt, in vast lava...
Dates:
21 July 1884
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 26 February 1885
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/17
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that the United States government is considering amalgamating all multifarious scientific functions into one organised Department of Science. Dutton does not agree with this proposal as he thinks it will hamper scientific enquiry. He believes that the increased bureaucracy at the United States Geological Survey will shortly lead to an inevitable decline in the quality of the science it produces. He reports on some...
Dates:
26 February 1885
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Geological Surveys 11
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States) 11
- Professional Interaction 9
- Scholarly Publishing 9
- Hawaii (United States) 6
- Topographical drawing 5
- Erosion 4
- Basaltic Lavas 3
- Great Britain 3
- Politics 3
- Social Interaction 3
- Utah (United States) 3
- Volcanic Activity 3
- Volcanoes 3
- Appointment to Office 2
- California (United States) 2
- Fossils 2
- Geology, Research 2
- Kaibab National Forest (Arizona, United States) 2
- Lava Flows 2
- Oregon (United States) 2
- Volcanic Fields 2
- Volcanic ash, tuff, etc. 2
- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 1
- Cascade Range (United States) 1
- Diplomacy 1
- Egypt Africa 1
- England 1
- Forth, Firth of (Scotland) 1
- France 1
- Geological Mapping 1
- Geologists 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Economic 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Carboniferous 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaeceous 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Devonian 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Permian 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Pliocene 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Precambrian 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Quaternary 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Tertiary 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Triassic 1
- Gifts 1
- Hematite 1
- Huron, Lake (Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada) 1
- Ireland 1
- Lake Superior, Michigan, USA 1
- Landforms 1
- Magnetite 1
- Mexico -- Mexico City 1
- Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1
- New Mexico 1
- Photolithography 1
- Rocks, Metamorphic 1
- Rocks, Sedimentary 1
- Rocky Mountains 1
- San Francisco (California, United States) 1
- Scientific Bureaus 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Scotland 1
- Societies, Geological 1
- Students 1
- Texas (United States) 1
- Topographic Maps 1
- Unconformities (Geology) 1
- Vents, Volcanic 1
- Volcanic Core 1
- Volcanic Ejecta 1
- Volcanism 1
- Washington (D.C., United States) 1
- silurian 1 + ∧ less
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