Field notebook : Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana, 1923-1924

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Abstract

This field book contains notes that Resser took in Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and Montana between 6 August 1923 to 16 August 1924. Notes from August 1926 are also included on the last few pages of this notebook. Notes include a hand-drawn map and sketches that illustrate layers and fossil beds. Descriptions of stratigraphy, shale, and fossils in each location are included. Localities include but are not limited to Dunderberg Shale in Eureka (NV), Schell Creek Range (NV), Logan Canyon (UT), Box Elder Canyon (UT), Teton Range (WY), Gros Ventre Mountains (WY), Cooke City (MT), and Williams Canyon (CO).

Date Range

1923-1926

Start Date

Aug 06, 1923

End Date

Jul 31, 1926

Access Information

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Topic

  • Geology
  • Paleontology

Place

  • Cooke City
  • Gros Ventre Range
  • Montana
  • United States
  • Wyoming
  • Colorado
  • Teton Range
  • Utah
  • Idaho
  • Logan Canyon
  • Nevada
  • Schell Creek Range

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU007232

Collection name

Charles Elmer Resser Papers, 1912-1942 and undated : series 2, field notebooks, diaries, account books, and miscellaneous notebooks, 1913-1942 and undated

Physical Description

1 field book

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 5 Folder 5