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April 10.- Excursion to Meriden, Conn., conducted by Professor W. M. Davis. Special features: The relations of the Triassic Sandstones and Lava Beds. (Monadnock Mountain may be substituted for this excursion...
...Paret, Orange, N. J., defeated E. Butler, Meriden...
...famous Gay Head cliffs, also to the great terminal moraine and to the encroachment of the sea upon the island. After leaving Martha's Vineyard the party will go to the last section of its work in the district of old lava beds and triassic sandstones about Meriden in the central part of Connecticutt. The party will break up on August 13. Professor Shaler will take a limited share in the work in Rhode Island and Martha's Vineyard...
Geology: Three courses under the direction of the instructors of the University: 1. An elementary course in Cambridge, by Professor Shaler and assistants. 2. A course in field work in Cambridge, Southern Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Meriden, Conn, by Professor Shaler and Mr. J. B. Woodworth. 3. A course in advanced field work, in field research and professional methods, by Professors Shaler and Wolff. The course will cover parts of New England, Southeastern New York, Southern Virginia and Northern New Jersey. A thesis will contain the result of the work done by each student...
...Triassic sandstone and Lava beds of the Connecticut Valley. The special points of interest will be quarries in the faulted lava beds, a portion of the great fault here crossing the valley with a throw of about 3,000 feet; further the bed of ashes and lava blocks between Meriden and Berlin, and Chauncey Peak, whence a general view of the region may be obtained...