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I.—Subaërial Deposits of the Arid Region of North America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Israel C. Russell
Israel C. Russell
Affiliation:
United States Geological Survey; Washington D.C., U.S.A.
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The subaërial deposits now accumulating in the arid portion of the United States may be divided into four classes: 1, Eolian Sands; 2, Talus Slopes; 3, Alluvial Cones; and 4, Calcareous Clays to which no specific name has been applied, but which, for reasons stated below, will be called “adobe” in this paper.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 6 , Issue 7 , July 1889 , pp. 289 - 295
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1889

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References

page 290 note 1 Contributions to the History of Lake Bonneville, in Second Ann. Rept. U. S. Geol. Surv. 1880–1881, p. 183.

page 293 note 1 Physical Data and Statistics of California, Sacramento, 1886.

page 293 note 2 Report on the Geology of Portions of Nevada, Utah, California and Arizona, in Report of Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian, Washington, 1875, vol. iii. p. 66.Google Scholar

page 295 note 1 From U. S. Geol. Surv. Bulletins, No. 52.