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Forty-fifth annual report of the Director of the United States Geological Survey

The work of the Geological Survey during the fiscal year 1924 is set forth in detail in this report in the statements of work done by its several branches. A brief itemized summary of the principal features of the work is given below.
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George Otis Smith

Geologic literature on North America, 1785-1918; Part II, Index

No abstract available.
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John M. Nickles

Geology and mineral resources of the region traversed by the Alaska Railroad

No abstract available.
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S. R. Capps

Geology and oil resources of a part of Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California

No abstract available.
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William Stephen Webster Kew

Geology and ore deposits of the Manhattan district, Nevada

No abstract available.
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Henry Gardiner Ferguson

Geology and ore deposits of the Rochester district, Nevada

No abstract available.
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Adolph Knopf

Geology of the Coastal Plain of Texas west of Brazos River

No abstract available.
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Alexander Deussen

Geology of the region around Lead, South Dakota, and its bearing on the Homestake ore body

No abstract available.
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Sidney Paige

Glacial pebbles in Eastern Kentucky

No abstract available.
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W. R. Jillson

Ground water in Musselshell and Golden Valley Counties, Montana

No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur Jackson Ellis, Oscar Edward Meinzer

Ground water in Santa Clara Valley, California

Santa Clara Valley extends southeastward from San Francisco, lying between the Diablo Range on the northeast and the Santa Cruz and Gabilan ranges on the southwest. (See Pl. I.) Its north end is occupied by the southern part of San Francisco Bay. Toward the south it rises gradually and becomes increasingly rough until it ceases to be a valley. Its trend is approximately parallel to the Pacific coa
Authors
William O. Clark
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center

Mineral resources of Alaska : report on progress of investigations in 1922

No abstract available.
Authors
Alfred H. Brooks