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Ridge-making thin sandstone in Frederick County, Virginia: Chapter C

It is generally recognized that massive thick-bedded sandstones and relatively weak shales and soluble limestones form characteristic surface features. The uncommon effect of a thin argillaceous sandstone in producing ridges in an area in northern Virginia, in which the writer has recently done detailed field work, is briefly described in this paper. This bed, with an average thickness of 2 feet,
Authors
R.S. Edmundson

Save the Great Lakes fisheries!

During the winters of 1939-40 and 1940-41, two experiments involving 456 bobwhite quail, were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to determine the palatability and comparative feeding value of 20 common wild quail-foods when offered as a part of a maintenance diet....2. Mortality was low on all diets, the highest occurring on that containing a mixture of bayberry and wax my
Authors
John Van Oosten

Simplified methods for the prolonged treatment of fish diseases

The prevention or control of epidemics of fish diseases by applying a disinfecting solution in a uniform concentration directly to the water supply of a fish pond or trough for a definite period of time has been exceedingly slow in development. In so far as can be determined, the original idea should be credited to. Marsh and Robinson (1910). In their work on the control of algae in fish ponds by
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F. F. Fish

Subsurface geology and oil and gas resources of Osage County, Oklahoma. Part 2, Townships 22 and 23 north, ranges 8 and 9 east

This report on the subsurface geology of Osage County, Okla., describes the structural features, the character of the oil- and gas-producing beds, and the localities where additional oil and gas may be found. It embodies a part of the results of a subsurface geologic investigation of the Osage Indian Reservation, which coincides in area with Osage County. The investigation was conducted by a field
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C. T. Kirk, H. D. Jenkins, Otto Leatherock, W. R. Dillard, L. E. Kennedy, N. W. Bass

Subsurface geology and oil and gas resources of Osage County, Oklahoma. Part 3, Townships 24 and 25 north, ranges 8 and 9 east

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Authors
N. W. Bass, L. E. Kennedy, J. N. Conley, J. H. Hengst
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