Field Notes from explorations in Oregon and California, 1890

Related Titles

Contained In: William H. Dall Papers, circa 1839-1858, 1862-1927

Series: SIA RU007073

Series: Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history

By

Dall, William Healey, 1845-1927

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1890

Notes

English

The field notes document William Dall's explorations in Oregon and California, 1890, including (Oregon) Astoria, Eugene, Port Orford, Shoalwater Bay; (California) Redding, Stockton, California Valley gravels, Livermore Valley, and Susanville. Pages are numbered. Contains descriptions of geological formations sometimes with cross sections and descriptions of layers as well as sites of specimen collecting. These are followed by lists of fossils listed by geological time scale, including Miocene series, Pleistocene series, and Quarternary period. Lists also identify location where observed or collected.

Subjects

Astoria , California , Eugene , Field notes , Geology , Livermore Valley , Oregon , Port Orford , Redding , Shoalwater Bay , Stockton , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.105214