Geology and paleontology / by B.K. Emerson [and others].

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[1910]
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    PREFACE The present volume, the fourth of the Harriman Alaska Expedition series, contains papers on Geology and Paleon- tology. The Glaciers were treated in volume hi. Study of the fossils brought back by the Expedition has resulted in the discovery of 38 new species and 7 new genera, of which 2 genera and 19 species are invertebrates, and 5 genera and 19 species plants. Acknowledgments are due the authors of the several papers for the time and labor they have given the subjects entrusted to them. Of these authors, Dr. Dali, Professor Emerson, and Dr. Palache were members of the Expedi- tion. Dr. Ulrich and Dr. Knowlton were not on the Ex- pedition, but have kindly prepared the reports relating to the groups on which they are leading authorities. Ac- knowledgments are due also to the United States Geo- logical Survey and the United States Biological Survey for the use of photographic material for illustrations. The editor wishes to express his appreciation of the chapter headpieces, which add so much to the attractive appearance of the volume. The one at the head of the chapter on Fossil Plants was drawn by Mr. F. A. Walpole; all of the others by Mrs. Louise M. Keeler. Mr. G. K. Gilbert has kindly relieved me of the edi- torial work necessary in preparing the illustrations and text of this volume for the press, and has written the In- troduction, for which services he has my sincere thanks. C. Hart Merriam, Editor. Washington, D. C. May 1, 1903.
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