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The cost of coal

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Geo O. Smith, C.E. Lesher

The data of geochemistry (third edition)

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Frank Wigglesworth Clarke

The fauna of the Chapman sandstone of Maine, including descriptions of some related species from the Moose River sandstone

No abstract available.
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H. S. Williams, C. L. assisted by Breger

The flora of the Catahoula Sandstone

During the progress of my studies of the fossil floras of the Gulf Coastal Plain, embracing all horizons from the Lower Cretaceous to the Pleistocene and prosecuted under the general direction of T. Wayland Vaughan, material representing the floras of all the major stratigraphic units in the area extending from western Florida to central Texas has been discovered. Field work and office studies of
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Edward Wilber Berry

The lignite field of northwestern South Dakota

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Dean Eddy Winchester, Charles Joseph Hares, Edwin Russell Lloyd, E.M. Parks

The lower Eocene floras of southeastern North America

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E. W. Berry

The measurement of silt-laden streams

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Raymond C. Pierce

The Navajo country: A geographic and hydrographic reconnaissance of parts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

To my mind the period of direct contact with nature is the true "heroic age" of human history, an age in which heroic accomplishment and heroic endurance are parts of the daily routine. The activities of people on this stage of progress deserve a place among the cherished traditions of the human race. I believe also that the sanest missionary effort includes an endeavor to assist the uncivilized m
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Herbert E. Gregory
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Water Resources Mission Area, Utah Water Science Center

The Pliocene Citronelle Formation of the Gulf Coastal Plain. The flora of the Citronelle Formation

In the spring of 1910 the writer, working under the direction of T. Wayland Vaughan, geologist in charge of Coastal Plain investigations, undertook a study of the later Tertiary formations of the Gulf Coastal Plain. According to the plans outlined before the work was begun, the beds that had formerly been grouped under the names Lafayette formation and Grand Gulf formation were to be studied with
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George Charlton Matson, Edward Wilber Berry

The relation of stream gaging to the science of hydraulics

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C.H. Pierce, R. W. Davenport

The San Luis Valley, Colorado: Irrigation from Artesian Wells and General Irrigation and Drainage Problems Involved in Land Classification

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Authors
Walter N. White

The United States geological survey and its relation to the United States coast and geodetic survey

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Authors
G. O. Smith