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m'UD/Eti OF HFDIAII'INTATION IN THE UNlVEIitilTlEH OF THE CESTRAL PART 

 OF THE UNITED STATED 



BY W. II. TWENHOFEL 



{Ahstract) 



A part of the work which the Committee on Sedimentation of tlie National 

 Research Council has outlined for itself is the stimulation and encouragement 

 of investigation of problems relating to sediments and the development of 

 courses in the universities in which emphasis would be placed on the study of 

 sediments. Data as to the existing state of affairs were collected along two 

 lines, namely, the teaching of cou.rses in sedimentation, and research work 

 directly related to problems of sedimentation. 



Courses in sedimentation are given in two universities, Iowa and Wisconsin. 

 The course in Wisconsin is the older. A course in the principles of sedimenta- 

 tion was given at Minnesota- in 1918-1919, which appears to have been discon- 

 tinued with the departure to another institution of the man who gave it. 



Problems connected with sedimentation are being actively investigated in 

 Iowa, North Dakota, Missoui'i, and Wisconsin universities and the Colorado 

 School of Mines, while research in problems connected with sedimentation are 

 being conducted in most of the other universities of the Mississippi Valley. 



Read froiA manuscript. 



STUDIE.S OF SEDniENTATION IN THE UNIVERSITIES OF THE WESTERN PART 

 OF THE UNITED STATES 



BY G. D. LOUDERBACK 



{Abstract) 



A brief statement of recelit research work on sediments and sedimentation, 

 special courses offered in these subjects, work planned for the near future, and 

 opportunities and suggestions for cooperation, as reported by universities in 

 the western part of the United States. 



Presented without notes. 



Discussed by Messrs. T. W. Vaughan, George F. Kay, C. K. Went- 

 worth, E. B. Branson, and A. C. Lawson. 



S03IE PROBLEMS OF SEDIMENTATION STUDIES SUGGESTED BY STATE 



GEOLOGISTS 



BY JOHAN A. UDDEX 



{Abstract) 



The paper contains statements from a number of State geologists, suggesting 

 various subjects which it is desirable should be investigated in the following 

 States : Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, 

 North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, West Virginia, and Wis- 

 consin. 



