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Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, Volume I: Systematic Geology

Clarence King
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The Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel promised, first, a study and description of all the natural resources of the mountain country near the Union and Central Pacific railroads; secondly, the completion of a continuous geological section across the widest expansion of the great Cordilleran Mountain System.

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90° N90° S · 180° W ← longitude → 180° E
Source-reported bounding extent: 24.5° to 49.38333333333333° latitude; -124.8° to -66.95° longitude. This indicates report coverage, not an exact sampling location. View area on OpenStreetMap.

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Clarence King. 1878. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, Volume I: Systematic Geology. https://doi.org/10.3133/70038097

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