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