Report of the Committee on Sedimentation 1939-1940 : Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Division of Geology and Geography.

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.

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