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The Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California / by Waldemar Lindgren.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lindgren, Waldemar, 1860-1939, author.
- Series:
- Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) ; no. 73.
- Professional paper ; 73
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Geology--California.
- Geology.
- Geology--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.).
- Gold mines and mining--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.).
- Gold mines and mining.
- United States--Sierra Nevada.
- California.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (226 pages, XXVIII pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
- Distribution:
- Washington : Government Printing Office
- Place of Publication:
- Washington : Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, 1911.
- Contents:
- General features of the province
- Introduction
- Topography and general geology
- The Great Valley and its eastern border
- Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys
- Terranes of the eastern border of the valley
- Volcanic formations along the valley border
- The Sierra nevada
- Fossils of the Tertiary auriferous gravels
- Flora of the auriferous gravels of California / F.H. Knowlton
- Gold of the Tertiary gravels
- Detailed descriptions by quadrangles
- The Chico quadrangle
- The Bidwell Bar Quadrangle
- The Downieville quadrangle
- The Honey Lake quadrangle
- The Sierraville quadrangle
- The Marysville quadrangle
- The Smartsville quadrangle
- The Colfax quadrangle
- The Truckee quadrangle
- The Sacramento quadrangle
- The Placerville quadrangle
- The Pyramid Peak quadrangle
- The Markleeville quadrangle
- The Carson quadrangle
- The Jackson and Big Trees quadrangles
- The Sonora and Yosemite quadrangles
- Index.
- Notes:
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (USGS viewed Apr. 4, 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 12-13) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2024.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lindgren, Waldemar, 1860-1939. Tertiary gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California.
- OCLC:
- 757237367
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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