Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1880
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/2
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton thanking him for a copy of a paper on the carboniferous volcanic rocks of Scotland. [ On the Carboniferous Volcanic Rocks of the Basin of the Firth of Forth : Their Structure in the Field and Under the Microscope, ( 1879) ]. He goes on to discuss the contents, and its implication for his own research, in detail.
Dates:
16 March 1880
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 17 January 1881
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/6
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, thanking him for his articles on weathering and postulating that the Grand Canyon was formed in this manner, and that he is preparing a section concerning this for Geikie's manual. He recommends William Henry Holmes' topographical drawings of the Grand Canyon and reports that photolithographs are being prepared. He gives details of the depths of the individual geological stratifications which can be observed at the Grand...
Dates:
17 January 1881
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 16 March 1881
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/8
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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, 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
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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
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- Erosion 3
- Geological Surveys 3
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States) 3
- Fossils 2
- Great Britain 2
- Kaibab National Forest (Arizona, United States) 2
- Professional Interaction 2
- Topographical drawing 2
- Appointment to Office 1
- Basaltic Lavas 1
- California, Gulf of (Mexico) 1
- Cascade Range (United States) 1
- Forth, Firth of (Scotland) 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
- Hawaii (United States) 1
- Huron, Lake (Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada) 1
- Lake Superior, Michigan, USA 1
- Landforms 1
- Lava Flows 1
- Mexico -- Mexico City 1
- Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1
- New Mexico 1
- Photolithography 1
- Politics 1
- Rocks, Metamorphic 1
- Rocks, Sedimentary 1
- San Francisco (California, United States) 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Scotland 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Topographic Maps 1
- Unconformities (Geology) 1
- Utah (United States) 1
- Vents, Volcanic 1
- Volcanic Activity 1
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