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Regulations and Instructions of the United States Geological Survey
Regulations and Instructions of the United States Geological Survey Author:Geological Survey General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1911 Original Publisher: Govt. Printing Office Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / Geology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get ... more »free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS. Information concerning technical procedure has been published in handbooks for the geologic and topographic branches, and a pamphlet containing suggestions to authors of papers prepared for publication can be obtained from the editor. Each of the other branches issues from time to time such instructions as are deemed necessary for the execution of the work. PUBLICATIONS. CLASSES. The publications of the Geological Survey consist, besides topographic maps and miscellaneous circulars and pamphlets, of (a) annual reports, relating chiefly to administrative affairs; (6) monographs, exhaustive treatises on restricted or special subjects; (c) professional papers, mainly of a technical character, adapted to larger illustrations than can be conveniently put into bulletins; (d) bulletins, the most numerous class, comprising all papers not assigned to one of the other classes; (e) water-supply papers; (/) annual statistical volumes on mineral resources; and (g) geologic folios. If it seems doubtful whether a particular paper should be published in one or another of these classes, the author may make a recommendation, and the chief of branch, when he transmits a paper, will state the class in which it should be published. REPORTS. Preparation of Manuscripts. Printer's "copy." -- The best "copy" for the printer is typewritten matter on letter paper (sheets about 8 by 10% inches) of ordinary thickness. Thin "manifold" paper should not be used. If two copies of the manuscript are made, the original...« less