Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist)
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Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/1
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:
- 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates:
1878-1907
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 17 January 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/6
Scope and Contents
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, 05 May 1883
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/14
Scope and Contents
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
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Fossils 2
- Geology, Stratigraphic Devonian 2
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States) 2
- Professional Interaction 2
- Scholarly Publishing 2
- Applications for Positions 1
- Appointment to Office 1
- Authors and Publishers 1
- Calabria (Italy) 1
- Canada 1
- Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia, Canada) 1
- Cascade Range (United States) 1
- China 1
- Erosion 1
- Eruptions 1
- Europe 1
- Faults (Geology) 1
- Fife Scotland 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Research 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 1
- Germany 1
- Granite 1
- Gravity 1
- Hawaii (United States) 1
- Huron, Lake (Michigan, United States and Ontario, Canada) 1
- Italy 1
- Job Vacancies 1
- Kaibab National Forest (Arizona, United States) 1
- Lake Superior, Michigan, USA 1
- Magnetics 1
- Mathematics 1
- Mexico 1
- Montana (United States) 1
- Montreal (Quebec, Canada) 1
- Obituaries 1
- Palaeontology 1
- Philippines 1
- Photolithography 1
- Politics 1
- Professional Contributions 1
- Professional Criticism 1
- Rocks, Metamorphic 1
- Rocks, Sedimentary 1
- Scientific Apparatus and Instruments 1
- Seismology 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Topographical drawing 1
- Travel 1
- Trees 1
- Unconformities (Geology) 1
- United States 1
- Utah (United States) 1
- Vesuvius (Italy) 1
- Vesuvius (Italy), Eruption, 1906 1
- Volcanoes 1
- silurian 1 + ∧ less
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