Title
New Jersey, 1863
Related Titles
Contained In:
Fielding B. Meek Papers, 1843-1877 and undated
Series:
SIA RU007062
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Meek, F. B. (Fielding Bradford), 1817-1876
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1863
Notes
The field book documents Fielding Meek's work in New Jersey, May 16 - June 19, 1863. Pages are numbered, and entries are dated. Journal style entries detail daily activities, work with colleagues, sites visited, locations (often with geographical landmark, town, or property owner), descriptions of terrain, labels and noted cross sections, fossils, and characteristics and appearance of strata, rock, clay, and sand. Locations visited include marl pits and locations eroded by water sources (rivers, creeks). Locations include the vicinity of (New Jersey) Woodstown, Mullica Hill, Timber Creek [Big Timber Creek], New Egypt, and Tinton Falls, and Marshall Pits.
Subjects
Big Timber Creek
,
Field notes
,
Geology
,
Mullica Hill
,
New Egypt
,
New Jersey
,
Paleontology
,
Tinton Falls
,
United States
,
Woodstown
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Language
English
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.153278
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