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THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF GEOLOGY
C. K. LEITH
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
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NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1921
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
_August, 1923_
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 1
SURVEY OF FIELD 1
ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS OF THE SEVERAL BRANCHES OF GEOLOGY
AND OF OTHER SCIENCES 3
Mineralogy and petrology 3
Stratigraphy and paleontology 4
Structural geology 5
Physiography 6
Rock alterations or metamorphism 10
Application of other sciences 10
TREATMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN THIS VOLUME 11