The Geologic Formations of California

Download or read book The Geologic Formations of California written by J P. Smith and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-21 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Geologic Formations of California: With Reconnaissance Geologic Map A quarter of a century has passed since the preparation of the Preliminary Geological Map of California, published by the California State Mining Bureau in 1891. The State Mineralogist, Mr. Fletcher Hamilton, was resolved to signalize the end of the second quarter of a century of studies in the geology of California by taking stock, and Showing what we have done in that period. The writer agreed, at his request, to sum up all the available information in map form. This Bulletin, with the Reconnaissance Geologic Map of California that accompanies it, is essentially a report of progress for this period. He is well aware that there are many imperfections. Certain areas have not been mapped at all, and others only in a general way. Also there is much information buried in unpublished notes and maps of private indi viduals and corporations that would materially improve the map, if it' were available. Such unpublished material as could be Obtained has been used, along with the much greater mass of published informa tion in maps and descriptive papers in the publications of the United States Geological Survey, California State Mining Bureau, California Academy of Sciences, Bulletins of the Department of Geology of the University of California, and the various scientific publications of America and foreign countries. This last quarter of a century has been made notable for California by the mapping of the Gold Belt by the U. S. Geological Survey, by II. W. Turner, Waldemar Lindgren, J. S. Diller and F. 'l. Ransome; by areal mapping in the Coast Ranges by A. C. Lawson, J. C. Branner, H. W. Fairbanks and R. Arnold; by the detailed mapping Of the oil fields by R. Arnold, H. R. Johnson, F. M. Anderson, and R. Anderson; by the stratigraphic work in the Klamath Mountains of J. S. Diller and O. H. Hershey; by the studies in the continental formations by J. C. Merriam in the desert regions, and by W. Lindgren in the Tertiary river deposits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.