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The Papago country, Arizona: A geographic, geologic, and hydrologic reconnaissance, with a guide to desert watering places

No abstract available.
Authors
Kirk Bryan

The physical features of central Massachusetts

No abstract available.
Authors
William C. Alden

The resuscitation of the term Bryn Mawr gravel

In the course of geologic and physiographic work in eastern Pennsylvania, it has seemed to the writer that the time was ripe for the restriction of the term Brandywine formation, now including presumably both Pliocene and Pleistocene gravels, and the reinstatement of the old term Bryn Mawr gravel for a portion of the divided Brandywine. A brief history of the nomenclature and usage involved will s
Authors
Florence Bascom

Variation in annual run-off in the Rocky Mountain region: Chapter A in Contributions to the hydrology of the United States, 1923-1924

Records of run-off in the Rocky Mountain States since the nineties and for a few stations since the eighties afford a means of studying the variation in the annual run-off in this region. The data presented in this report show that the variation in annual run-off differs in different areas in the Rocky Mountain region, owing to the differences in the sources of the precipitation in these areas. Ex
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Robert Follansbee

Water power and flood control of Colorado River below Green River, Utah

The purpose of this report is to present the facts regarding available water supply and all known dam sites on Colorado River between Cataract Canyon, Utah, and Parker, Ariz., and to show the relative value of these dam sites. To determine the relative value of the dam sites, a comprehensive plan of development for Colorado River below the mouth of Green River is presented that will provide for th
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Eugene Clyde La Rue, Hubert Work, Nathan C. Grover
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center, California Water Science Center

Water power and irrigation in the Madison River basin, Montana

No abstract available.
Authors
J.F. Deeds, W. N. White

A New Myxosporidian Parasite, the Cause of "Wormy" Halibut

No abstract available at this time
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H.S. Davis

Atomic numbers versus atomic weights

No abstract available.
Authors
F. W. Clarke

Bibliography of North American geology for 1921-22

No abstract available.
Authors
John M. Nickles

Coal resources of the Raton coal field, Colfax County, New Mexico

No abstract available.
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Willis Thomas Lee

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.
Authors
George Otis Smith

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

No abstract available.
Authors
John M. Nickles
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