Ecuador, Guatemala, 1945

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Abstract

The notebook documents the field work of Axel A. Olsson in Ecuador and Guatemala, March 29 - April 1945. Pages are numbered. Entries are dated and headed with location (country is not always specified), followed by narratives describing geological characteristics of terrain (color composition), fossils identified, geological sections with notes, numbered location descriptions (817 to 850) and specimen numbers.

Date Range

1945

Start Date

Mar 29, 1945

End Date

Apr 30, 1945

Access Information

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Topic

  • Geology
  • Paleontology

Place

  • Ecuador
  • Guatemala

Form/Genre

  • Fieldbook record
  • Field notes

Accession #

SIA Acc. 15-309

Collection name

Axel A. Olsson Papers, c. 1915 - 1974, 1988

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 2 Folder 12