This collection of 42 short papers is the second published chapter of "Geological Survey Research 1970." The papers report on scientific and economic results of current work by 1nembers of the Conservation, Geologic, Topographic, and Water Resources Divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Chapter A, to be published later in the year, will present a summary of significant results of work done in fiscal year 1970, together with lists of investigations in progress, reports published, cooperating agencies, and Geological Survey offices.
"Geological Survey Research 1970" is the eleventh volume of the annual series Geological Survey Research. The ten volumes already published are listed below, with their series designations.