Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 20 January 1881
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/7
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton. He encloses a report by Clarence King and explains the poor quality of his own entry in this. He discusses the formation of the basaltic plateaux which are cut by the Grand Canyon in the light of some articles written by Geikie. He concludes that there are 2 models of volcanic eruption: The Mediterranean Type where many small eruptions concentrated in a small area produce cinder cones and the Rocky Mountain Type where few very large eruptions diffuse over a large area.
Dates
- 20 January 1881
Creator
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Sarah Higgins 24 August 2001
- Basaltic Lavas
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
- Geological Surveys
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States)
- Scholarly Publishing
- United States Geological Survey
- Volcanic Activity
- Volcanoes
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