Title
Field notes : Alberta, 1909 (?), 1916-1920, 1925
Related Titles
Contained In:
Charles D. Walcott Collection, 1851-1940 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007004
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1909-1925
Notes
Charles D. Walcott records observations of the Cambrian strata of sites across Alberta, Canada from 1909(?) to 1925. Each set of notes are several handwritten pages, generally separated into acid free envelopes. They are usually dated and titled with the location name, and generally include descriptions of the environment, latitude and longitude positions, sketches, descriptions of sections, and fossils observed, and photographs taken. Locations described include: Johnson Creek Pass, Mount Brook, Fossil Mountain, Glacier Lake Canyon Valley, Whyte formation at Ptarmigan Pass, Fairview Mountain, Sawbuck Range near Pipestone Pass, Ghost River, Devil's Gap, Siffleur River, and Saskatchewan River.
Subjects
Alberta
,
Canada
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Geology, Stratigraphic--Cambrian
,
Ghost River
,
Paleontology
,
Saskatchewan
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.142333
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