Title
Nevada, June - July, 1971 ; Nevada, California, October 1972 ; Nevada, October - November 1973
Title Variants
Alternative:
Field notes III
Related Titles
Contained In:
Phillip D. Pack papers, 1968 - 1973
Series:
SIA Acc. 16-035
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Pack, Phillip D.
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1971 - 1973
Notes
The field book documents the work of Phillip D. Pack while in Nevada June 19 - July 4, 1971; Nevada and California October 7 - 23, 1972; and Nevada October 23 - November 1, 1973. Entries are dated and headed with location. He describes characteristics (color, composition, type of stone), minerals present, abundance and type of fossils present, geological sections with notes, and fossils collected. Some description is organized per numbered unit. Includes sketches of fossils. He also describes a visit to University of California, Los Angeles, and a detailed study of fossils after returning home. Locations include Mormon Mountain and Frenchman Mountain.
Subjects
California
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Nevada
,
Paleontology
,
United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.121379
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