Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1892 |
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... Pleistocene deposits .. 110 Nature and results of the surveys of glacial formations Relations of land forms 113 116 Résumé 121 General summary of paleontologic work . 123 Organization 123 Paleozoic Division . 124 Mesozoic Division 125 ...
... Pleistocene deposits .. 110 Nature and results of the surveys of glacial formations Relations of land forms 113 116 Résumé 121 General summary of paleontologic work . 123 Organization 123 Paleozoic Division . 124 Mesozoic Division 125 ...
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... this report . The classification is as follows : The Pleistocene is represented by two conventions in the form of overprints in circular patterns , one representing ice- work , the other water - work . In some 40 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR .
... this report . The classification is as follows : The Pleistocene is represented by two conventions in the form of overprints in circular patterns , one representing ice- work , the other water - work . In some 40 REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR .
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... Pleistocene , approximately as depicted in Chamberlin's map forming Plate VII of the Seventh Annual Report of the Geological Survey . Accordingly the convention represents ( 1 ) areas covered by the deposits of the continental glaciers ...
... Pleistocene , approximately as depicted in Chamberlin's map forming Plate VII of the Seventh Annual Report of the Geological Survey . Accordingly the convention represents ( 1 ) areas covered by the deposits of the continental glaciers ...
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... Pleistocene are represented wherever well developed and fairly discriminated ; and in general the subjacent rock systems are mapped except where unknown by reason of deep burial beneath Pleistocene deposits , or by reason of incomplete ...
... Pleistocene are represented wherever well developed and fairly discriminated ; and in general the subjacent rock systems are mapped except where unknown by reason of deep burial beneath Pleistocene deposits , or by reason of incomplete ...
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... Pleistocene deposits , and set apart as a natural group which is subclassed chronologically . In virtue of the second purpose the formation is interpreted as a record of local agency , thus indicating the character and potency of the ...
... Pleistocene deposits , and set apart as a natural group which is subclassed chronologically . In virtue of the second purpose the formation is interpreted as a record of local agency , thus indicating the character and potency of the ...
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