Abstract
Dr. Hayes's manual, well bound, with rounded corners and gilt edges, is clearly intended for the pocket or the haversack. It is based on the methods adopted by the United States Geological Survey, and covers a certain amount of simple topographic surveying for ascertaining correct positions. The diagrams to illustrate forms of outcrop are small, as is necessitated by the size of the page, and we may prefer the bolder treatment given to this subject in Dr. Elles's recently published “Study of Geological Maps.” Some matters, such as the description of common minerals in Appendix I., with its old-fashioned chemical formulae, might have been left to the text-books with which the surveyor must become acquainted before he goes into the field. The directions as to the collection of the remains of fossil vertebrates and the investigation of placer deposits will rouse feelings of envy among those whose work is confined to the British Isles. But is the work of a geologist ever so confined? For those who are true geologists because they travel, Mr. Paige has provided a compact and handy guide. It points out, at any rate, on what details attention should be fixed.
Handbook for Field Geologists.
Dr.
C. W.
Hayes
By Third edition, revised and enlarged by Sidney Paige. Pp. xi + 166. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd, 1921.) 13s. 6d. net.
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C., G. Handbook for Field Geologists . Nature 110, 412 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110412a0
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