Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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, 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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- Great Britain 1
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