Word: lavas
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...geological branch of the University Museum has been added, through Professor W. M. Davis '69, a collection of glaciated pebbles and tillite from the Divyker Conglomerate of South Africa. Various lava specimens, which were obtained in Mexico this summer, have also been presented. Professor G. L. Jackson '67 has contributed a large and valuable collection of fossils from different parts of Europe...
...Jaggar, Jr., and Professor J. B. Woodworth, with Professor D. W. Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will lead the annual intercollegiate geological excursion to Nantasket on Saturday. The coastal physiography of Boston harbor, including the lava flows and conglomerates of Nantasket, will be the features of special interest. The excursion will leave the South station at 8.43 Saturday morning, and will return by boat from Nantasket at 3.40 in the afternoon...
...lecture will deal with the structure of the lava fields and the sequence of volcanic eruptions which they record. With the aid of the stereopticon, the work of a field geologist will be illustrated, to show how the intricate earth processes in such a region are recorded and preserved. In conclusion, the geysers, boiling springs and gas-vents will be discussed and the work of the atmosphere in a high mountain region will be illustrated by views showing the present topography...
...third annual Intercollegiate Geological Excursion will be held at Meriden, Conn, to visit the Hanging Hills--broken, tilted and eroded lava sheets--under the guidance of Professor H. E. Gregory of Yale University on Saturday, October 17. Teachers and students in all the colleges of central and southern New England, and teachers from a number of secondary schools are invited to take part in the excursion. The Harvard party will take the express train. B. & A. R. R. at Trinity Place Station (Back Bay), at 4.04 p. m., Friday, October 16; returning Saturday evening about 10 o'clock. The headquarters...
...third intercollegiate Geological excursion will be held at Meriden, Coun., on October 17, under direction of Professor Gregory of Yale university. Its object will be to study the ridges formed on the broken lava sheets of that district. The details of the excursion will be made known later...