| Geology, Economic - 1909 - 504 pages
...indirectly by the fold. On account of the difference in the hardness of the beds these valleys extend along the strike of the beds and are approximately at right angles to Bitter Creek. All the area not tributary to Bitter Creek drains to the east, and the water flows into the Great Divide... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1909 - 504 pages
...indirectly by the fold. On account of the difference in the hardness of the beds these valleys extend along the strike of the beds and are approximately at ^ right angles to Bitter Creek. All the area not tributary to Bitter Creek drains to the east, and the water flows into the Great Divide... | |
| United States - 1909 - 520 pages
...indirectly by the fold. On account of the difference in the hardness of the beds these ! valleys extend along the strike of the beds and are approximately at right angles to Bitter Creek. All the area not tributary to Bitter Creek drains to the east, and the water flows into the Great Divide... | |
| Coal - 1910 - 216 pages
...the Mesaverde formation. These low valleys are natural routes of travel and afford easy access from the railroad to the more rugged ridges containing...cuts three times across a pronounced hogback ridge 1,000 feet in height instead of following the softer shale along the strike of the beds. At the south... | |
| Geological Survey (U.S.) - Geology - 1910 - 624 pages
...Union Pacific Railroad is constructed. The three largest tributaries of Bitter Creek — Killpeckcr, Little Bitter, and Salt Wells creeks — have been...cuts three times across a pronounced hogback ridge 1,000 feet in height instead of following the softer shale along the strike of the beds. At the south... | |
| Alfred Reginald Schultz - Geology - 1920 - 668 pages
...angles to the major axis and has carved a broad valley, along which runs the Union Pacific Railroad. The three largest tributaries of Bitter Creek— Killpecker,...cuts three times across a pronounced hogback ridge in the Mesaverde formation 1,000 feet in height instead of following the softer shale along the strike... | |
| Geology - 1920 - 144 pages
...angles to the major axis and has carved a broad valley, along which runs the Union Pacific Railroad. The three largest tributaries of Bitter Creek —...places, as in the valleys of Salt Wells and Black Butfces creeks, the small streams cut across several of the ridges before joining the main stream,... | |
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