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Summary Information on the State Geological Surveys & the United States Geological Survey Bulletin of the National Research Council (1932) / Chapter Skim
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Nebraska
Pages 67-68

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... Economic studies of ground-water are being continued, a bulletin on the extensive natural gas resources of Montana is in preparation, studies of gold-mining districts, both lode and placer, are being made, and important structural studies of Rocky Mountain building are in progress. In addition to geologic work, research in age-hardening of metals and in the fundamentals of flotation concentration are included in the program.
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From page 68...
... A professor in the University Department of Geology is employed during the summer for Water Survey work which is done in cooperation with the United States Geological Survey. During most of the year, two assistants are employed for work on the Water Survey.
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  • natural gas
  • paleontologic studies
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  • rocky mountain

  • approximately eighteen
  • soil survey
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  • chemical examinations

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  • economic studies
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