• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences. Volume XVIII
  • Contributor: Becker, George Ferdinand [Other]; Cross, Whitman [Other]; MacDonald, Donald Francis [Other]; Mead, Warren J. [Other]; Reid, Harry Fielding [Other]
  • Corporation: National Academy of Sciences (United States)
  • Published: Washington, DC, 1924
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  • Published in: United States congressional serial set ; serial set no. 8259
    Senate document / 68th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; no. 78
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (146 p); color maps, illustrations, tables
  • Language: English
  • Reproduction series: U.S. Congressional Serial Set, 1817-1980
  • Type of reproduction: Online-Ausg.
  • Place of reproduction: Chester, Vt: NewsBank, inc, 2007
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  • Footnote: Appendices, p. 23
    Chemical and physical condition of the Cucaracha, the chief sliding formation, by Warren J. Mead and Donald F. MacDonald, p. 53
    Historical sketch of the landslides of Gaillard Cut, by Whitman Cross, p. 23
    List of illustrations, p. V
    Mechanics of the Panama Canal slides, by George F. Becker, p. 69
    Table of contents, p. V
    The geology of the Panama Canal with special reference to the slides, by Donald F. MacDonald, p. 45
    The movement in the slides, by Harry Fielding Reid, p. 79
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