October-November 1919 Vol. XXVll, No. 7 



The Journal of Geology 



Edited By 

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With the Active Collaboration of 



STUART WELLER ALBERT JOHANNSEN 



Invertebrate Paleontology Petrology 



ROLLIN T. CHAMBERLIN ' 



Dynamic Geology 



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