Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
Person
Found in 3 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
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/8
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton enclosing copies of topographical drawings of the Grand Canyon by William Henry Holmes. He pontificates over what text he will eventually send to accompany the drawings and asserts that the Grand Canyon was formed during the Pliocene and the Quaternary geological periods rather than by erosion during the Tertiary period. He promises to forward copies of Holmes' drawings of the Kaibab region shortly. He reports that John W Powell...
Dates:
16 March 1881
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 03 May 1882
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/10
Scope and Contents
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
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- Subject: California (United States) X
Additional filters:
- Subject
- California (United States) 2
- Hawaii (United States) 2
- Oregon (United States) 2
- Professional Interaction 2
- Appointment to Office 1
- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 1
- Erosion 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Research 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Pliocene 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Quaternary 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Tertiary 1
- Kaibab National Forest (Arizona, United States) 1
- Mexico -- Mexico City 1
- Rocky Mountains 1
- San Francisco (California, United States) 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Topographical drawing 1
- Utah (United States) 1
- Volcanic Fields 1
- Volcanism 1 + ∧ less
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