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Drawings of Butte Faults, undated

by: Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle), 1850-1927

Publication date: 1879

Topics: Geology, Paleontology, Geology, Stratigraphic--Devonian, Geology, Stratigraphic--Silurian, Geology, Stratigraphic--Carboniferous

Collection: biodiversity; sifieldbooks

Contributor: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Language: English

The folder contains a mixed collection of images of butte faults assembled by Charles D. Walcott. Some are printed, most hand-drawn, with descriptions ranging from detailed to nonexistent. Images included printed illustrations of Trias and Permian sections, detailed section (with notes) of Kaibab plateau, hand-drawn sections examples of Carboniferous, Devonian, and Silurian layers; section and description of Kaibab displacement; and cliffs in Kanab Canyon of Grand Canyon. Dated materials are from 1879-1882, most are undated

Abstract: The folder contains a mixed collection of images of butte faults assembled by Charles D. Walcott. Some are printed, most hand-drawn, with descriptions ranging from detailed to nonexistent. Images included printed illustrations of Trias and Permian sections, detailed section (with notes) of Kaibab plateau, hand-drawn sections examples of Carboniferous, Devonian, and Silurian layers; section and description of Kaibab displacement; and cliffs in Kanab Canyon of Grand Canyon. Dated materials are from 1879-1882, most are undated.