Report on the geology of the Henry MountainsGilbert, Grove Karl
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Report on the geology of the Henry Mountains
Gilbert, Grove Karl
Geology -- Utah -- Henry Mountains; Intrusions (Geology) -- Utah -- Henry Mountains
Stereogram, how made, 11, 49
of Mount Ellsworth, 23, 95
of the Henry Mountains, 49
and Waterpocket flexure, 11
Steward laccolite, 32
, Mr. John F., cited, 66
Strains shown by dikes and sheets, 96
Stretching of strata, 80
Structure, Law of, 115
Suncracks, Fossil, 9
Superimposed drainage, 144
Systems of drainage, 124, 143
Table of altitudes, 117
densities of sedimentary rocks, 78
in order of superposition, 79
trachytes, 77
diameters of laccolites, 92
distances, 17
mean densities of certain rock series, 80
Tantalus Creek, 17
, Flood-plains of, 131
Taylor, Mount, 71
Temple Creek, 16
, Flood-plains of, 131
Terraces, River, produced by planation, 132
Tertiary strata protected by lava, 12
Thicknesses of individual strata, 7
Thompson, Prof. A. H., 1, 66
Thousand Lake Mountain, View from, 15
Timber land, 152
Trachyte, Porphyritic, 60, 64
Trachytes of the Henry Mountains not vesicular, 51, 64
Transportation, 100, 101
by streams, analyzed, 106
Conditions which determine rate of, 110
favored by comminution of material, 106
declivity, 108
quantity of water, 109
, Relation of, to corrasion, 111
Trend, Absence of, 2, 30, 98
Tu-nunk’ Sandstone, 4
Shale, 4
Unconformities, 8, 85
Unconformity at Salina, 14
Vegetation, General influence of, on erosion, 104
Veins, Absence of fissure, 83, 151
, Fissure, limited in depth, 82
Vermilion Cliff Group, 6
Vertical cleavage by sapping, 55
Volcanoes of the Plateau Province, Extinct, 67, 70
Volume of streams, Influence of, on erosion, 104
transportation, 109
, Relation of, to declivity, 113
Warren, General G. K., on the valley of the Minnesota River, 126
Waterpocket Cañon, 137
flexure, described, 12
, Passes across the, 16
Watersheds (see Divides).
Weathering, 100
White, Dr. C. A.; identification of Henry’s Fork Group, 4
Whitney, Prof J. D., on inclination of bedding, 52
Winipeg, Origin of Lake, 126
Zones of laccolites, 57, 58, 74
[Illustration: Plate I. MAP of the HENRY MOUNTAINS AND VICINITY.
Photographed from a model in relief. Triangulation by A. H. Thompson.
Topography by W. H. Graves.]
[Illustration: Plate II. STEREOGRAM of the HENRY MOUNTAINS AND
WATERPOCKET FOLD. Including the same area as Plate I.]
[Illustration: Plate III. MAP of the HENRY MOUNTAINS. by G. K. Gilbert.
Photographed from a model in relief.]
[Illustration: Plate IV. STEREOGRAM of the DISPLACEMENTS of the HENRY
MOUNTAINS including the same area as Plate III. The Blue Gate Sandstone
is restored so as to exhibit the form it received by the uplift of the
laccolitic domes.]
[Illustration: Plate V. MAP of the HENRY MOUNTAINS by G.K. Gilbert. From
a model in relief.]
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