Reports Upon The Specimens Obtained From The Borings Made In 1874 Between The Mississippi River

by E W Hilgard F V Hopkins

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Washington, DC : GPO for Engineer Dept., U.S. Army, 1878. First edition. 8vo. 49 pp. Two plates of microscopic organisms found in the borings, folding chart of the sections taken with the borings. Lake Borgne is actually a salt water bay east of New Orleans. Valuable contribution to our knowledge of the formation of the delta of the Mississippi River. At head of title: Reclamation of the Alluvial Basin of the Mississippi River. Thompson 2528. Original

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