 | Geology - 1917
...mountains than they are far from them; nor is the proportion of coarse material greater near the mountains in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. After comparing the material in the field with that of the Raton formation, which was obviously derived... | |
 | Stephen Reid Capps - Geology - 1916 - 130 pages
...Yukon-Tanana region: US Geol. Survey Bull. 480, pp. 176-177, 1911). The rainfall is probably a little greater in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. The average temperatures of interior Alaska are summarized by Brooks * as follows : " The average winter... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1916
...Yukon-Tanana region: US Geol. Survey Bull. 480, pp. 176-177, 1911). The rainfall is probably a little greater in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. The average temperatures of interior Alaska are summarized by Brooks 1 as follows : " The average winter... | |
 | Alfred Hulse Brooks - Mines and mineral resources - 1916 - 279 pages
...from 1,000 to 2,000 feet within short distances. They are higher and are continuous over broader areas in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. Still farther east, beyond the area surveyed, several small isolated ranges and hills were seen, rising... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1916
...from 1,000 to 2,000 feet within short distances. They are higher and are continuous over broader areas in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. Still farther east, beyond the area surveyed, several small isolated ranges and hills were seen, rising... | |
 | Willis Thomas Lee, Frank Hall Knowlton - Geology - 1917 - 450 pages
...mountains than they are far from them; nor is the proportion of coarse material greater near the mountains in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. After comparing the material in the field with that of the Raton formation, which was obviously derived... | |
 | Geology - 1954
...nearly as large. The proportion of saline lakes and dry lake basins to lakes essentially fresh is much greater in the western part of the region than in the eastern. This is a direct result of less precipitation and more evaporation in the western than in the eastern... | |
 | Geological Survey (U.S.) - 1954
...nearly as large. The proportion of saline lakes and dry lake basins to lakes essentially fresh is much greater in the western part of the region than in the eastern. This is a direct result of less precipitation and more evaporation in the western than in the eastern... | |
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They are higher and are continuous over broader areas in the western part of the region than in the eastern part. 