Field notes and diary, Audubon and Shelby counties, Iowa, 1912, 1913

Related Titles

Contained In: Bohumil Shimek Papers, 1878-1936

Series: SIA RU007082

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

By

Shimek, Bohumil, 1861-1937

Type

Book

Material

Archival material

Publication info

1912-1913

Notes

The field notes and diary document Bohumil Shimek's work in Audubon and Shelby counties, Iowa, December 12, 1912; August 13 - September 7, 1913. Entries are dated and describe travel details, weather, terrain (layers, composition, color, appearance, measurements,deposits of loess, presence of fossils), descriptions of cuts (numbered) in terrain along the railroads, list of trees observed at sites, geological sections, photographs taken (with descriptions), Some lists of plants are headed by location and type of terrain (prairie ridges). Locations include in the vicinity of Bowmans Grove, Corley, Polk,and Defiance, Iowa.

Subjects

Audubon , Botany , Bowmans Grove , Corley , Defiance , Field notes , Geology , Iowa , Paleontology , Shelby , Township of Polk , United States

BHL Collections

Smithsonian Field Books collection

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.121299