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Outline of methods for estimating ground-water supplies

No abstract available.
Authors
O. E. Meinzer

Physiography and glacial geology of eastern Montana and adjacent areas

No abstract available.
Authors
W. C. Alden

Physiography and Quaternary geology of the San Juan Mountains, Colorado

The scenic beauty, rugged contour, and great variety of geologic phenomena displayed by the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado have lured to that region many geologists, both professional and amateur, as well as countless laymen. Serious geologic studies in these mountains seem to fall historically into three periods. The first of these covers the work of the geologists and topographers o
Authors
Wallace W. Atwood, Kirtley F. Mather

Plankton and the fisheries

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Stillman Wright
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Pliocene fossils from limestone in southern Florida

No abstract available.
Authors
W. C. Mansfield

Pollution in western Lake Erie

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Stillman Wright
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Quality of water of the Colorado River in 1928-1930

This report gives the results obtained in the continuation of a study of the Colorado River begun in 1925.1 The analyses represent composites of daily samples collected by the observers at the gaging stations on the Colorado River at Cisco, Utah, and Lees Ferry and Grand Canyon, Ariz.; on the Green River at Green River, Utah; and on the San Juan River near Bluff, Utah. Analyses are given for sampl
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C. S. Howard
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

Quaternary geology of Minnesota and parts of adjacent States

No abstract available.
Authors
Frank Leverett, F.W. Sardeson

Review of Great Lakes work conducted by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
John Van Oosten
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Scientific investigation of chubnet fishing in Lake Michigan

Abstract has not been submitted
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Hilary J. Deason
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Great Lakes Science Center

Shorter contributions to general geology, 1931

No abstract available.
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Stream measurement work: Chapter 8 in Eighteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1931-1932

General stream measurement work for the purpose of determining the water resources of the state has been continued during the biennium by the United States Geological Survey under the usual cooperative agreements with the State Engineer.This work in Utah is a part of the general plan for the systematic determination of the water resources of the United States begun by the geological Survey in 1888
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A.B. Purton
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center