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Report of the Chairman
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... Gr~m's report on the activities of the Subo~ittee on Diagenesis up to :~pri~ 1, 1940: "lye primary objectives of this sub-co~'ttee are to assemble and to organize the data available In the literature regarding Mutagenesis, Ad to point out promising prolix for investigation that .11 add to our knowledge of the sub ject. : Sin order to attain these objectives, it seemed hnoSt desirable to organize a committee in which each member agreed to undertake to assemble the available data for a given :field, o.g., recent marine sedime:rlts, recent non-r~ar~ne sediments, etc.
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... The Committee at the meeting in L~;i~eapo~is, in addition to d~smssing the work of these two sub-corn~n; ttees 1luanimously passed the following resolution thanking the American Association of Petroleura Geologists for publishing the Symposium on.Recent Urine Sediments, which was prepared under the auspices of the Committee during the past four years: Whereas the American Association of Petroleum Geologists has published the Symposium on Recent Brine Sediments, which was compiled under the auspices of the Committee on Sedimentation, Whereas the book leas been made available to the public at such a moderate price, thus increasing;, its usefulness, and Whereas the composition and made-up of the book are so excellent, Be it resolved that the meters of the Committee on Sedimentation empress their appreciation and gratitude to the kner~car1 Association of Petroleum Geologists for publishing the Symposium on Recent I.ldrine Sediments, aM thank the Executive Committee of the Association for mthorizir~ the publication of the book; the special committee, composed of Drs.
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... us most xacor~t contribution to the work of the Co=~ttoo was h~s papa on "Torn~inology of the Chemical Siliceous Scdiments~, the fifth in this series Gt reports, which ovals included in the 1937-58 Sedimentation Committee report. Further details :~egar cling Professor Tarr may be fauna in the Memorial tribute presented in his honor by Professor Tw~hofel at the Annual Meetly of the Division held on April 27, `~a included in the minutes of that meeting.
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... S Soil (conservation Service, This pep or is of value because the reliable determination of probable error is of fundamontal importance 'n quantitative studies of sediments.
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... .~. Miscellaneous checks or money orders to cover po stage for anti ling reports ~ 3 ~ .
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