This report summarizes the research conducted during the second quarter
of the calendar year 1963 by the Department of Oceanography, Oregon
State University, under contracts with Geophysics Branch of Office of
Naval Research, Division of Biology and Medicine of the Atomic Energy
Commission, Advanced Research Projects Agency, and Air Force...
The various elements of physical geography are commonly
entertained as factors retarding the mineral industries of Alaska. It
has been shown by numerous writers that the mineral industries of
Alaska are, indeed, in a difficult situation. Only the petroleum industry
and sand and gravel for construction are of much significance...
B and C horizon samples from twenty four selected profiles along
a north-south transect in the Willamette Valley were examined for
possible correlation between shrinkage properties and kind of clay
minerals present.
Observations of linear shrinkage, weight loss from a condition
of maximum plasticity, and changing character of X-ray diffraction...