Research Catalog

Title

Studies of Basin-range structure / Grove K. Gilbert.

Author

Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918

Publication

Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1928.

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Description

vii, 92 p. : ill., maps (part fold.) diagrs.; 29 cm.

Series Statement

Geological Survey (U.S.). Professional paper ; 153

Uniform Title

Professional paper (Geological Survey (U.S.)) no. 153.

Subject

• Geology > Utah
• Great Basin
• Wasatch Range (Utah and Idaho)

Note

• Bibliographical footnotes.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Preface / Otis Smith, George -- Chapter I. Introduction -- Chapter II. Wasatch Range, Utah -- General features -- The frontal fault -- Piedmont scarps -- Scarps related to piedmont scarps -- The escarpment -- Old graded slopes -- Throw of the frontal fault -- Cross drainage and back valleys -- Faults within the range -- Review of range structure and range history -- Review of physiographic characters of marginal faults -- Chapter III. Fish Springs and House Ranges, Utah -- General features -- Fish Springs Range -- House Range -- Chapter IV. Klamath Lake region, Oreg -- General features -- Plum Ridge and vicinity -- Modoc escarpment -- Fort Klamath escarpment -- The face of the Cascade Range -- Ridges west of upper Klamath Lake -- The valleys -- The prefaulting topography -- Chapter V. Fault scarp near Bakersfield, Calif -- General features -- Vertical grooving and joints -- Character and relations of the Miocene beds -- Summary and conclusions -- Index.

LCCN

gs^28000207^

OCLC

• 5082460
• SCSB-9922809

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library