| Author | Foster, J. W. (John Wells), 1815-1873.
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| Title | Report on the geology of the Lake Superior land district: by J. W. Foster and J. D. Whitney, United States geologists. Part II. The iron region, together with the general geology.
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| Published | Washington, Printed by A. B. Hamilton, 1851.
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| Description | xvi, 406 p. illus., xxxv (i. e. 36) pl. (partly fold., incl. front.) fold. maps, diagrs. 23 cm.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Classification and nomenclature of the rocks.--Azoic system.--Granite rocks of the Azoic period.--The iron ores and associated rocks.--Economic geology of the Azoic series.--Composition of the trappean rocks.--Mineralogy.--Lower Silurian system, Potsdam, and calciferous sandstone.--Lower Silurian system continued; Upper Silurian and Devonian series; by James Hall.--Miscellaneous observations on the Palæozoic series.--Chemistry and economic geology of the Palæozoic series.--Description of new or rare species of fossils from the Palœozoic series, by James Hall.--On the superficial deposits of this district, by F. Desor.--On the elevation of mountain chains.--Parallelism of the Palæozoic deposits of the United States and Europe, by James Hall.--On the observed fluctuations of the surfaces of the lakes; Magnetic variations, comparison of terrestrial and astronomical measurements; by Charles Whittlesey.--Botany, by W. D. Whitney.--Appendix: annotations and additions.
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| Subjects | Geology -- Michigan.
Iron ores -- Michigan.
Mineralogy -- Michigan.
Paleontology -- Michigan.
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| Other Authors | Whitney, J. D. (Josiah Dwight), 1819-1896,
Hall, James, 1811-1898.
Desor, E. (Edouard), 1811-1882.
Whittlesey, Charles, 1808-1886.
Whitney, W. D.
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| LC Card Number | gs06-1220 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: F 40 JQ F755
mq71318: LC class, closed stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 44734] |
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