Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
Person
Found in 2 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, 21 July 1884
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/16
Scope and Contents
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Basaltic Lavas 1
- California (United States) 1
- Erosion 1
- Geological Surveys 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Research 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaeceous 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Permian 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Triassic 1
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States) 1
- Great Britain 1
- Hawaii (United States) 1
- Landforms 1
- Lava Flows 1
- New Mexico 1
- Oregon (United States) 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Rocky Mountains 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Topographic Maps 1
- Vents, Volcanic 1
- Volcanic Activity 1
- Volcanic Core 1
- Volcanic Ejecta 1
- Volcanic Fields 1
- Volcanism 1
- Volcanoes 1 + ∧ less
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