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VII.–Geological Notes on a Human Skeleton found in Silt at Savonas, British Columbia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

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In the early part of 1910 I noticed some bones projecting from a cliff near the foot of Kamloops Lake, B.C. The cliff is composed of silt, and belongs to the formation known as the White Silts. These belong to the Quaternary period, having been laid down during the retreat of the great glacier. They stand in very steep banks, which is partly due to the small rainfall, only 7 inches, in this district. Little streams of water from melting snow, collecting in a hollow on the flat behind, had been for three years or so gradually cutting a fissure, and it was in the side of this fissure that these bones appeared. Some cutting down of the face of the cliff to bank up the trail exposed them more, and at the end of the year a road was made up it and we took them out. The silt is very definitely laminated. There are also a few seams of fine pebbles through it.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1913

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