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Geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana and southern Arkansas

In the fall of 1902 arrangements were made with the Geological Survey of Louisiana for the writer to prepare a report on the geology and underground water resources of northern Louisiana. In the prosecution of this work it was found necessary, in order that the questions involved might be more thoroughly understood, to include that portion of the Coastal Plain in southern Arkansas southwest of Ark
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A. C. Veatch

Geology and underground waters of the Arkansas Valley in eastern Colorado

In the valley of Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado there is an area of considerable extent in which artesian flows are available. During the last ten years numerous wells have been sunk to develop this important resource and, in most cases in the lower lands, abundant water supplies have been obtained. The principal water-bearing bed is the "Dakota" formation, which consists of two sheets of
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N. H. Darton

Geology and water resources of Owens valley, California

No abstract available.
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Willis T. Lee

Geology and water resources of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

This paper is the result of field work done during the seasons of 1904 and 1905 It is designed mainly to furnish information regarding geologic structure and the prospects for underground water. The description of the formations of the Bighorn Mountain area is chiefly the work of N. H. Darton, under whose direction the exploration ·was made. A general account of the surface waters is given, includ
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C. A. Fisher

Geology of the Bighorn Mountains

This report is the result of studies made in the field during the seasons of 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, and 1905. It relates to an area of about 9,000 square miles, situated mainly in the north-central portion of Wyoming and extending northward into Montana. Its location and general surroundings are shown on PL II. It covers the greater portion of the Bighorn uplift, together with an adjoining area o
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N. H. Darton

Glacial stages in Southeastern New England and vicinity

No abstract available.
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M. L. Fuller

Investigations on the purification of Boston sewage, made at the Sanitary Research Laboratory and Sewage Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a history of the sewage- disposal problem

No abstract available.
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C.-E.A. Winslow, Earle Bernard Phelps

Lime and Magnesia

No abstract available.
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F. L. Hess, E.S. Bastin

Localities of Field Work and Assignments of Employees: Season of 1906

No abstract available.

Manual of topographic methods

No abstract available.
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Henry Gannett

Milwaukee special folio, Wisconsin

No abstract available.
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William C. Alden

Mineral resources of Kenai Peninsula, Alaska: Gold fields of the Turnagain Arm region. Coal fields of Kachemak Bay region

No abstract available.
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Fred Howard Moffit