Report of the Committee on Sedimentation / National Research Council, Division of Geology and Geography.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Sedimentation.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Geology and Geography.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sedimentation analysis.

Sediments (Geology)--United States.

Sediments (Geology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Committee, 1940.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTATION""; ""Contents""; ""REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SEDIMENTATION""; ""MEETINGS""; ""PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEE""; ""REPORTS OF PROGRESS""; ""FINANCIAL STATEMENT""; ""Exhibit A A PROPOSED COMPILATION OF SIZE DATA OF SEDIMENTS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCOPE AND PURPOSE OF THE COMMITTEE'S WORK""; ""CHOICE OF STATISTICAL MEASURES""; ""ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF STATISTICAL SUMMARIES""; ""References:""; ""Reference:""; ""Reference:""; ""CLASSIFICATION OF SEDIMENTS""; ""APPLICATIONS OF COMPILED DATA TO PRACTICAL WORK""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""Bibliography""

""Exhibit B MINERALOGY OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS, 1937-1939""""Exhibit C PROGRESS IN HYDRAULICS AS RELATED TO SEDIMENTATION (1939-40)""; ""RIVER MODEL STUDIES""; ""LABORATORY STUDIES OF BED-LOAD AND SUSPENDED-LOAD MOVEMENT BY FLOWING WATER""; ""THE THEORY OF TURBULENCE AS RELATED TO SEDIMENT TRANSPORTATION BY FLOWING WATER""; ""RIVERS, RIVER ESTUARIES AND BEACH EROSION""; ""MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES, MECHANICAL ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT""; ""CONCLUDING COMMENTS""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Exhibit D BIBLIOGRAPHY ON PEDIMENTS AND RELATED SEDIMENTS""

""Exhibit E SEDIMENTATION STUDIES BY THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE 1939�1940""""PUBLICATIONS OF THE SEDIMENTATION DIVISION, 1939-1940""; ""Exhibit F CURVES FOR DETERMINING PROBABLE ERRORS IN HEAVY MINERAL STUDIES""; ""Exhibit G THE IMPORTANCE OF HEAVY MINERAL ANALYSIS FOR REGIONAL SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INTERPRETATION OF HEAVY MINERAL DATA""; ""LABORATORY METHODS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""

Notes:

"Appendix D of Annual report of the Division with Exhibits A-G."

"Washington, D.C., April 27, 1940."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-280-26165-X

OCLC:

726823124