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    Bulletin No. 46. Bibliography of Minnesota Geology 1951-1980
    (Minnesota Geological Survey, 1981) Morey, G.B.; Balaban, Nancy; Swanson, Lynn
    This bibliography brings Minnesota Geological Survey Bulletin 34, "Bibliography of Minnesota Geology," by T.G. Melone and L. W. Weis, published in 1951, up to date. A supplement in 1962, by John F. Splettstoesser and Sally A. Sloan, included literature for the period 1951-1961. The present bibliography incorporates the latter into a compilation of literature from 1951 through 1980. The literature covered includes essentially all geologic topics, but excludes surface hydrology, mining, and metallurgy. Masters theses and Ph.D. dissertations are included, but some omissions of these and other kinds of literature are inevitable. We hope that omissions and errors will be brought to our attention. The bibliography is the result of efforts by numerous individuals over a period of several years. If anyone has been omitted from the alphabetic list that follows, we apologize: Douglas Bergstrom, Reta Bradley, Susan Brostrom, Amy Bumberg, Lucinda Hruska-Claeys, Dana Noonan, John Splettstoesser, and Lynn Swanson. G. B. Morey directed the final selection of the citations and the preparation of the index by Nancy Balaban and Lynn Swanson. The index, designed by Morey, is based in large part on his knowledge of the pertinent literature. Howard Hobbs reviewed the indexing of the Quaternary citations, and Val Chandler, the indexing of the geophysics citations. Lynn Swanson and Nancy Balaban were responsible for copy editing and proofreading. Leonora Bauer, Ruth Harter, Vera Jean Holmberg, and Linda McDonald typed successive generations of the manuscript on a word processor.
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    Bulletin No. 47. Bibliography of Minnesota Geology 1981-1985
    (Minnesota Geological Survey, 1987) Swanson, Lynn; Balaban, N.H.; Morey, G.B.
    This bibliography contains references to the geologic literature on the State of Minnesota issued from 1981 through 1985, as well as omissions from the previous two bibliographies of Minnesota geology: Bulletin 34 (published in 1951), with coverage through 1950; and Bulletin 46 (published in 1981), with coverage for 1951-1980. The references in the bibliography section cover most geologic topics but exclude those confined to the last 10,000 years, to surface hydrology, and to mining and metallurgy. Most unpublished maps and reports were excluded from this bibliography, because they are not readily available to users. Notable exceptions are theses and dissertations and open-file reports issued in established and accessible series, such as the U.S. Geological Survey's Open-File Report series. An effort was made in the bibliography section to preserve the spelling, capitalization, and punctuation of the original sources; usage in the index reflects current Minnesota Geological Survey style. The last bibliography, Bulletin 46, covered 30 years. Bulletin 47 covers only 5 years, but contains nearly 1,100 references, more than half the number in its predecessor. Much of this inflation may reflect the increased number of abstracts published in recent years. The next bibliography (for 1986-1990) will differentiate between abstracts and more substantive work. The index section, with a few minor changes, closely follows the design of the index in Bulletin 46. It has in one alphabetical listing topical (Ground Water; Petrology; Sedimentation), geographic (Mesabi range; Lake County; Southwestern Minnesota), lithostratigraphic (Duluth Complex; Lake Vermilion Formation), and chronostratigraphic (Paleozoic; Quaternary) indexing. Care was taken to index references to the closest applicable index classifications. For this reason, users of the index are encouraged to search flexibly, to check both broader and narrower index classifications. For example, someone wanting references for Aitkin County may also wish to search a narrower index classification-Cuyuna range, as well as the broader East-central Minnesota. The increased number of cross references in this index should help users with this type of search. Several of the Survey staff were especially helpful in the preparation of the index, and also reviewed the entries in their respective fields: M.J.P. Kuhns and S.J. Mills (economic geology and Duluth Complex); P.L. McSwiggen (petrology and uranium); H.C. Hobbs (glacial geology); and D.J. Bergstrom (Paleozoic rocks and Sioux Quartzite). V. W. Chandler reviewed the geophysics entries; D.R. Setterholm, Cretaceous rocks; R.S. Lively, geochemistry and geochronology; and M.C. Hoyer, ATES. Linda McDonald typed and updated the bibliography through most of its existence. Denise Fletcher typed the index and inserted the typesetting codes. J. F. Splettstoesser proofread the final typescript.
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    Information Circular 21. Publications of the Minnesota Geological Survey and its Predecessor The Geological and Natural history Survey of Minnesota
    (Minnesota Geological Survey, 1985) Swanson, Lynn
    The following listing is limited to the geological publications of the Minnesota Geological Survey and its predecessor, the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. Geological activities of the earlier Survey were carried out under the direction of N.H. Winchell, the state geologist from 1872 to 1900. Little attention during these years was given to the natural history portion of the Survey, but with the completion of the final report on the geology of the state in 1900, emphasis shifted from geological investigations (which for all intents and purposes ceased in that year) to botanical and zoological investigations under the direction of the state botanist and state zoologist. These investigations into the natural history of the state continued many years into this century, with the last publications issued under the auspices of the Geological and Natural History Survey appearing in 1916. In the meantime, the Minnesota Geological Survey was established in 1911 as separate from the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota. The listing, current through October 1985, is arranged alphabetically by publication name, and numerically or chronologically within each series. The additional category at the end entitled OTHER PUBLICATIONS includes those which are not part of a series or set. Both a contributor and an area index have been included for easy reference. It should be noted that the area index is not meant to be a substitute for the much more substantial area and subject indexes found in the two published bibliographies of Minnesota geology--Bulletin 34 and 46. Not included in this listing are most of the botanical and zoological series publications of the earlier Survey, except where they are part of established geological series publications such as the Annual Reports and Bulletins. File and open-file reports and maps have not been included, nor have most publications of a peripheral or transitory nature like news releases and informal field guides. Also excluded are publications for which the Survey shares publishing credit with other organizations or which the Survey has completed as part of another organization's activities, as when, for example, the Survey is host for the annual meeting of the Institute on Lake Superior Geology and prepares for it a proceedings volume.