Greenland 2 1916 Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Geol.ic. Photographs
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21.VI. 21.9+10 - 8/15 + 30 sec. Cabin store. Spec. 676 & 677 Quartzite from ledge north side Cluett Glacier (the big one) about 2 mi. from schooner. The fragments were tak- en from loose blocks, but the ledge is there and shows dip of 30° - 35° N. (a guess). The quartzite overlies and perhaps is intercalated with a highly fissile mica or hydro-mica schist. It also overlies the gneisses. 24 June. Temp in shadow of meat rack wt. pack (1- later igloo at 12:40 p.m. 43° F [in sun 47°] Barons set sea level at 12:30 1:30 p.m. 225 ft up on face of cliff near side of first E quick from igloo in my own shadow 42° Jarnum 44° to 50° as to whether the sun fell free or against dark object. All of this far is gneiss - feldspathic + micaceous with bands of horn- blende + biotite and strong veins of quartz. 2:05 p.m. 350' A.T. in shade S side green 40° Gneiss is very schistose here - contains epidotized bands + quartz lenses dips always N. 35°-40°. Slope would not slide. At 410' descibed quartzite (B) cm. formable dip Spec 678