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The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles

The writer has planned and partly prepared a series of six papers on ground water in the United States. These papers are to deal with (1) occurrence, (2) origin, discharge, and quantity, (3) movement and head, (4) quality, (5) recovery and use, and (6) ground-water provinces. The present paper is the first of the series.The writer is indebted to many colaborers for assistance in preparing this pap
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Oscar Edward Meinzer
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

The Salton Sea region, California: A geographic, geologic, and hydrologic reconnaissance, with a guide to desert watering places

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John Stafford Brown
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Water Resources Mission Area, California Water Science Center, Salton Sea

The shapes of beach pebbles

There is much confusion in geologic literature as to the shapes of fluvial and beach pebbles and the differences between them, if differences exist. Though the contrary has been asserted, most geologists who have written on the subject appear to hold the view that beach pebbles are generally flatter than river pebbles, having discoid, lozenge-shaped, ellipsoid, or oval forms. It is asserted by som
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Chester K. Wentworth

The Twentymile Park district of the Yampa coal field, Routt County, Colorado

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Marius R. Campbell

Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918

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Claude Hale Birdseye

Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918--Triangulation in Wyoming and Colorado, 1916-1919

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in Florida, 1917

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in Georgia, 1916-1918

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in Illinois and Wisconsin, 1916-1918

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma, 1916-1918

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in Michigan, 1916-1917

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Triangulation and primary traverse, 1916-1918. Primary traverse in New York, 1916

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