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Investigations relating to the absorption of precipitation and its penetration to the zone of saturation

This paper deals briefly with the methods and results from three separate investigations that are in progress as to the quantity of rain‐water that percolates downward to the water‐table in the localities where it falls.1. Workers in the Department of Agriculture, under the direction of W. W. McLaughlin and in cooperation with the California State Department of Public Works, have used several rela
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G.H. Taylor

Some problems of the Rocky Mountain phosphate field

No abstract available.
Authors
George R. Mansfield

Glacier‐measurements in the United States

It is doubtless known to many members of the Section of Hydrology that prior to the World War there existed an International Glacier Commission (la Commission Internationale des Glaciers) whose self‐appointed task it was to gather and publish the results of all available measurements showing the annual variations in length—advance or recession—of glaciers in different parts of the world. On this C
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F. E. Matthes

Glacier‐measurements in the United States

It is doubtless known to many members of the Section of Hydrology that prior to the World War there existed an International Glacier Commission (la Commission Internationale des Glaciers) whose self‐appointed task it was to gather and publish the results of all available measurements showing the annual variations in length—advance or recession—of glaciers in different parts of the world. On this C
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Francois E. Matthes

Some recent studies in evaporation

During the past few years several important contributions to the study of evaporation from open water‐surfaces have been made. Each has applications to which it is peculiarly adapted, and each has its limitations. 
Authors
C.V. Theis

A classification of the lode deposits of south-central Idaho

No abstract available. 
Authors
C. P. Ross

The coregonid fishes of northeastern America

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
Walter N. Koelz

Coal as a recorder of incipient rock metamorphism

No abstract available.
Authors
Marius Robinson Campbell

Coal as a recorder of incipient rock metamorphismy

If the evidence presented in the body of this paper is accepted, there seems to be no question that eight stages in the metamorph-ism of coal can be recognized and explained by the processes that have been active in the earth coincident with the development of plant life on the land; and that at least six of these stages have left few if any marks on the composition or physical appearance of the s
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M. R. Campbell

Chemical activation of quartz surfaces

No abstract available.
Authors
P. G. Nutting

Investigation of method of measuring twine in Great Lakes district

Abstract has not been submitted
Authors
John Van Oosten