Bibliography and Index of the Publications of the United States Geological Survey with the Laws Governing Their Printing and Distribution

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1893 - 495 Seiten
 

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The discovery of oil and highpressure gas in the Trenton limestone of Ohio
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49th congress 2d session House of representatives Ex
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Restoration of Hesperornis
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Geologic work XX
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Geography of the Grand cañion district
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Annotated and illustrated catalogue 420
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gress at the beginning of the second session of the fortyninth con
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Restoration of Ichthyornis
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CHAPTER IV
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48th congress 1st session House of representatives Ex
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Conclusion A
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A journey to Kilauea
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The great denudation
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director The requisite and qualifying conditions of artesian wells
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director The copperbearing rocks of lake Superior by Roland
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The Toroweap and Uinkaret
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Introductory
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orado with two colored plates By S F Emmons geologistincharge Rocky
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Extent and general nature of the Keweenaw or copperbearing series 95
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Comstock lode and the Washoe district by George F Becker p 291 verso blank
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of congress at the beginning of the first session of the fortyeighth
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The Kaibab
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General stratigraphy of the Keweenaw
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Purlieus of Kilauea
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Introduction
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The confining beds
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The Keweenawan rocks of the south shore of lake Superior
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Point Sublime
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Certain pyroelectric properties of the alloys of platinumcontinued
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Through Puna to Hilo
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Relations of the Keweenawan rocks to the associated formations
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From Hilo to Mauna Kea
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Escape of water at lower levels than the well
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Geographical distribution of striæ
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The excavation of the chasm 156
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Mauna Kea
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THE OUTLET
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The calibration of electrical pyrometers by direct comparison with the air ther
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Character of the water
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Introduction
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Areas of favorable doubtful and adverse probabilities
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Structure of the lake Superior basin
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KonaEruption of 1868
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The history of the oscillations
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The copper deposits
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Topography as affecting the distribution of striæ
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The volcanic problem
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CHAPTER V
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Field investigations
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Irving R D The copperbearing rocks of lake Superior 89188
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The lake and the glaciers
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Introduction
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Mani
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Summary
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Descriptive geology of Leadville and vicinity
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Lake Lahontan
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Topographical position
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Petrographical studies
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Introduction
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Oahu
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THE HISTORY OF THE BONNEVILLE BASIN
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Rock formations Composition
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Correlative features and stratigraphy
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Powell J W Report of the director XIIIXXXII
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Rock formationsDistribution
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Ore deposits
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director Abstract of report on the geology of the Eureka district
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Cambrian rocks
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The skull
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Iron hill mines
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Circumjacent glacial phenomena
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Silurian rocks
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Carbonate hill mines
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Carboniferous rocks
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Fryer hill mines
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Detailed study of the epicentral tracts
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The lower jaw
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Discussion of geological phenomena
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Conclusions
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The loess
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etc p 273 verso blank contents p 275 verso blank illustrations p 277 verso
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The brain
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Metallurgical report
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Geological crosssections
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Introductory
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The vertebræ
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Preliminary definitions
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Practical development of the gas and oil fields
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Structural results of faulting
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Chemistry
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What is a glacier?
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The moraine
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Computation of the depths of the foci
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The lode
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Introduction
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On the electrical activity of ore bodies
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Summary view of the effects throughout the country at large
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appendix I by Heilprin pp 309316 appendix II by Ryder pp 317333 explana
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Index to the publications of the U S Geological Survey
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Ancient glaciers of the Sierra nevada
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Letter of transmittal
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Classification of mines
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Permanent ice on the mountains of the Great basin
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Younger eruptives
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Statistics of the Pacific divisioncontinued Page
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Glaciers of Alaska
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Discussion of the isoscismals or lines of supposed equal intensity of the shocks
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Résumé
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Discussion of the speed of propagation of the principal vibrations through the ground
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On the term Paleobotany 1
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Divisions of the gas field in Indiana
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Résumé of reduction statistics
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On the nature and mechanism of wave motion through solid bodies
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Introduction 281
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Chapter IITopography meteorology and forestry
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Chamberlin T C Preliminary paper on the terminal moraine of the second glacial epoch 291402
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Carboniferous 283
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by means of the barometer by G K Gilbert p 403 verso blank text pp 405
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CONTENTS
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Wells and inundation canals
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Irving R D On the classification of the early Cambrian and preCambrian formations
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Nomenclature and classification of fossil plants
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Jurassic 289
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Deltaic and perennial canals
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The natural method as indicated by paleobotany
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Cretaceous 290
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Existing lakes
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CONTENTS
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Résumé
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Powell J W Report of the director XVXXIX
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Curtis J S The quantitative determination of silver by means of the microscope 323352
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Chatard T M Saltmaking processes in the United States 491535
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