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Geological Mapping

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 22 October 1862

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/1
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Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie. Geikie discusses Boog-Watson's geological mapping of the south end of Arran and compares it with his own mapping of the Isle of Bute, the Cumbrae Islands, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. He discusses Scotland's old red sandstone unconformity. He extends an invitation to join him in mapping Tinto Hill as soon as his expected working visit from Lennox is over.

Dates: 22 October 1862

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 01 April 1880

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/3
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton thanking him for a list of possible recipients for his monograph [ Report on the Geology of the High Plateaus of Utah, with Atlas, ( 1880) ]. He gives an account of the United States Geological Survey plans for the coming year. He states that they are going to concentrate on economic geology and geological mapping. He outlines the geographical location and personnel involved with every project. He...
Dates: 01 April 1880

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney, 14 April 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/51
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward William Binney telling Geikie that the forthcoming geological map and cross section of the Edinburgh and Linlithgow coal field will be a useful addition to the geological literature.

Dates: 14 April 1879

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 28 December 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/5
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman asking permission to make a copy, for his classroom, of a large unpublished map which Geikie has sent him. He discusses the contents of the map. He asks for clarification concerning the differences in rock types indicated between this map and a previous sketch map which is in his possession.

Dates: 28 December 1861

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose, 10 September 1897

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/39
Scope and Contents Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from H Arnold Bemrose congratulating him on his book The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain, ( 1897) . He reports that he has not found any basalt rock while undertaking geological mapping in Derbyshire but has photographs and thin sections of bedded ash. He reports that his work is 3 months behind due to a knee injury but he is now recovered. He remarks that he is glad to see the Annual Report of the Geological Survey in print but...
Dates: 10 September 1897

Map of Montana and Wyoming Territories, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/12
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Map of Montana and Wyoming Territories, embracing most of the country drained by the Madison, Gallatin and Upper Yellowstone rivers. Geology by FV Hayden, assisted by AC Peale. Drawn by Henry Gannett from notes and sketches by Adolph Bruck, chief topographer of the Yellowstone Division of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879

Map of Snake River, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/11
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Map of the Snake River, with its tributaries together with portions of the headwaters of Madison and Yellowstone, surveyed by the Snake River Expedition (Gustavus R Bechler, chief topographer and James Stevenson, director) of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879

Map of the Green River, 1873

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/16
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Map of the Green River from the Union Pacific Railroad to the mouth of the White River.

Dates: 1873

Map of the Lower Geyser Basin on the Madison River, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/14
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Map of the Lower Geyser Basin on the Madison River after a reconnaissance by Gustavus R Bechler, chief topographer of the Snake River Division of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879

Map of the Shoshone Geysers, c1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/6/13
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Map of the Shoshone Geysers on the south-western terminus of Shoshone Lake by Gustavus R Bechler, chief topographer of the Snake River Division of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.

Dates: c1879