Cambro-Ordovician Section Near Mount Robson, British Columbia

Research Article| December 30, 1923 Cambro-Ordovician Section Near Mount Robson, British Columbia LANCASTER D. BURLING LANCASTER D. BURLING Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information LANCASTER D. BURLING Publisher: Geological Society of America Received: 09 Sep 1922 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1943-2674 Print ISSN: 0016-7606 © 1923 Geological Society of America GSA Bulletin (1923) 34 (4): 721–748. https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-34-721 Article history Received: 09 Sep 1922 First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation LANCASTER D. BURLING; Cambro-Ordovician Section Near Mount Robson, British Columbia. GSA Bulletin 1923;; 34 (4): 721–748. doi: https://doi.org/10.1130/GSAB-34-721 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyGSA Bulletin Search Advanced Search Abstract Introduction (§ 1)McEvoy2 was the first geologist to describe the succession near Yellow-head Pass, between British Columbia and Alberta, on the line of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. He applied McConnell's3 terms, Bow River and Castle Mountain, to the clastic lower and the calcareous upper portions respectively, mapping Mount Robson itself as Castle Mountain.Walcott has published two papers on the geology.4 These papers are extensively referred to in the following pages, but this is the proper place to record my regret at having to present an interpretation of the stratigraphy so widely different from that of Mr. Walcott. It is unfortunate that conclusions, so diverse from those that have preceded them should be based on field work so incidental as my own, and I should hesitate to present the results of a few days' reconnaissance in an area where another has done several seasons' work if my evidence . . . This content is PDF only. Please click on the PDF icon to access. First Page Preview Close Modal You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.