Charles D. Walcott Collection,1851-1940 and undated
Physical Description:
1 folder
Physical Location:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Sublocation:
Box 32 Folder 8
Record type:
Fieldbook record
Object Type:
Field notes
Illustrations
Place:
Chuar Valley
Grand Canyon
Arizona
United States
Date Range:
1883
Start Date:
1883
End Date:
1883
Abstract:
Drawings are created during Charles D. Walcott's field work, possibly B. L. Young, based on observations of geological formations in the Chuar Valley of the Grand Canyon, circa 1883. Drawings included a detailed depiction of erosion a canyon slope, curvature of a sandstone formation, south face of Temple Butte, and a lava hill.
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