Field Notebook: Arizona 1925b
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91 mass of [illegible] turner in to the west and south-west. In long descent th[rou]gh them- To see the Papai and Coconino are the deposits of a delta with the material coming out of a desert. The delta is growing to the south into deep and massive water. We had found marine Penn, at Pine and faith, South the whole of these strata are marine and morp[hy]li. The land was to the north and northeast, and the material is detritus of dry mines since the material is very fine and [illegible] sorted by wave action. But occasionally and locally are the sands well sorted. As the rivers meander over the delta they tore up the old consolidated material and made the local cycl[es]. The road from Sedona to the top of the rim is a very steep one and the last 2 or 3 miles take all the brim. The bridge can has, finds also go up, but old men have a very hard time of it. Once on the Plateau it is all things for pine, fir, oak and lark trees. About 8 miles from Flagstaff we again see the white chert magnesian Kaibab. The timbers are now high in the Kaibab and nearly one of the forms are small Tulares, Pleurophorus, Argalina, Edmmelia, and Babelia. Also saw a large Nautilus frag chambr