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Document Type
Research
Abstract
The present Geological Survey was organized in 1892. Before that time Iowa had had the honor and the distinction of being served in the office of State Geologist by that Nestor of American Geology and Paleontology, James Hall, and by hi worthy successor, Dr. Charles A. White. It was Iowa's great misfortune that neither of these distinguished geologists was permitted to do more than the merest reconnaissance work. Official geological work in Iowa may indeed claim three distinguished names, for geological investigation began in this state u n d e r the direction of David Dale Owen, United States Geologist, in the autumn of 1839. Considering the limitations under which the earlier geologists labored, the extent and accuracy of their observations are matters of constant surprise to their successors.
Publication Date
1909
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
16
Issue
1
First Page
11
Last Page
18
Copyright
©1909 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Calvin, Samuel
(1909)
"President's Address - The Work of the Iowa Geological Survey,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 16(1), 11-18.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol16/iss1/7