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... problem of storm - water runoff , the Survey has begun studies that will provide the agencies with data and interpretive reports . Over the years , new methods have been developed for recording and distributing the information collected ...
... problem of storm - water runoff , the Survey has begun studies that will provide the agencies with data and interpretive reports . Over the years , new methods have been developed for recording and distributing the information collected ...
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... problems , rather than the immediate advance- ment of basic science . Second , the field relations of ore deposits were examined systematically in their geologic context by accurate detailed mapping assisted by paleontological ...
... problems , rather than the immediate advance- ment of basic science . Second , the field relations of ore deposits were examined systematically in their geologic context by accurate detailed mapping assisted by paleontological ...
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... problems of ex- traordinary difficulty . Work begun by the Geological Survey to analyze these processes led to the establish- ment in 1907 of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for fundamental studies ...
... problems of ex- traordinary difficulty . Work begun by the Geological Survey to analyze these processes led to the establish- ment in 1907 of the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for fundamental studies ...
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... problems related to siting nuclear reactors and the disposal of hazardous wastes have provided even wider and newer fields to challenge the scientific spirit of the Survey . 1979 - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD As it begins its second. 12 ...
... problems related to siting nuclear reactors and the disposal of hazardous wastes have provided even wider and newer fields to challenge the scientific spirit of the Survey . 1979 - THE CHALLENGES AHEAD As it begins its second. 12 ...
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... problems that relate to the ade- quacy of future supplies of energy , minerals , and water resources ; the wise and efficient use of our land ; the reduction of damage to life and prop- erty from geologically related natural disasters ...
... problems that relate to the ade- quacy of future supplies of energy , minerals , and water resources ; the wise and efficient use of our land ; the reduction of damage to life and prop- erty from geologically related natural disasters ...
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activities Administration appraisals areas Argillite assessment Azie Taylor Morton Barrow basin Bureau cartographic cartographic information City coal Commission Conservation Division coordination County cover map data base Denver Denver Federal Center Direct program drilling earthquake energy Environmental estimates evaluation exploration Federal agencies Federal and Indian Federal Bldg Federal lands feet fiscal year 1979 Flood funds geologic hazards geophysical Government ground-water Gulf of Mexico hydrologic Indian lands investigations Ixtoc Lake Landsat Landsat images located Menlo Park ment miles million mineral resources National Center National Petroleum Reserve Nevada NPRA Office offshore oil and gas oilspill operations Outer Continental Shelf percent photographs planning potential production Puerto Rico quadrangles Regional Reimbursable program Reserve in Alaska Reston River rocks satellite sediments seismic Service South Barrow STOP studies Survey's Test tion topographic tract U.S. Geological Survey United Water Conservation District Water Data Water Resources zones