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New York
State Museum : Bulletins (B)
9x6" through 417, 11x8.5" after that. Illustrated.
NYSM B 181 : 1916 : The quarry materials of New York, Granite, Gneiss, Trap and Marble. By D. H. Newland. 212p., 18 figures, 34 plates. Great vintage photos including of quarry buildings, some color, fold-out maps. VG $6
NYSM B 283 : 1929 : The gypsum resources and gypsum industry of New York. By D. H. Newland. 188p., 59 figures. Many of the figures are drawings or photos of the equipment, nice and detailed. (covers tanned) $6
NYSM B 305 : 1936 : Part 1 – The mining and quarry industries of New York State for 1930 to 1933. AND Part 2 – Recent natural gas developments in New York State. By D. H. Newland and C. A. Hartnagel. 164p. VG $15
NYSM B 311 : 1937 : Origin of the magnetite deposits at Lyon Mountain, New York. By David Gallagher. 85p., 17 figures. $18
NYSM B 341 - The Clinton of Western and Central New York. by Tracy Gillette. 191 pp., 20 figs. 1947. (cover tanned) $4
NYSM B 343 : 1951 : The mining and quarry industries of New York State, 1937 to 1948. By C. A. Hartnagel and John G. Broughton. 130p. (cover tanned and brittle, with edge chips, tears and tape.) $12
NYSM B 359 - Mohawkian (Middle Ordovician) Biostratigraphy of the Wells Outlier, Hamilton county, New York. By Donald Fisher. 1957. 33p., fold-out. $6
NYSM B 437 - Quantitative Analysis of the Herkimer Formation (Upper Silurian) in the Subsurface of Central New York. K. J. Beinkafner, 1981. 11x8.5" 31p., plate in pocket. , $1
NYSM B 464 - Platanaceae through Myricaceae of New York State. Richard Mitchell, 1988. Contributions to a Flora of New York State VI (see also # 486). 11x8.5" 98p., illus. (cover faintly soiled). $3
NYSM B 486 - Portulacaceae through Caryophyllaceae of New York state. Richard Mitchell, 1993. Contributions to a Flora of New York State XI (see also # 464). 11x8.5" 124p., nicely illus. $3
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New
York State Museum : Circulars
(C)
9x6" through 45, 11x8.5" after that. Illustrated.
NYSM C #? - Wiggins, J.W. Sample Study and Correlation of E.C. Kesselring No. 1 Well. Chemung County. 49 pp., 1959. (minor pencil notes) . $6
NYSM C 28 - Donnerstag, P., McAuslan, E.R., and Galpin, S.S. Sample Study and Correlation of C.C. Lobdell No. 1 Well. Chenango County. 15 pp., 1 chart. 1950. $1
NYSM C 30 - Donnerstag, P. and McDonald, R. Sample Study and Correlation of Robert Bates No. 1 Well. Chautaugua County. 10 pp., 1 chart. 1952. . $1
NYSM C 35 - Davis, G.H., III. The Contact Between the Manlius Limestone and the Coeymans Limestone in Upper New York State. 31 pp., 3 figs. 1953. $1
NYSM C 36 - Fisher, D.W., and Rickard, L.V. Age of the Brayman Shale. 14 pp., 1 section. 1953. $1
NYSM C 38 - Wiggins, J.W. Sample Study and Correlation of F.E. Buchanan No. 1 Well. Tompkins County. 9 pp., 1 chart. 1954. . $1
NYSM C 46 - Rogers, W.B., Fakundiny, R.H., and Kreidler, W.L. Petroleum Exploration Offshore from New York. 25 pp. 1973. $1
NYSM C 51 - Geologic Summary and Literature Guide, Mid-Atlantic Bight, Emphasis on Environmental Problems Associated with Petroleum Exploration (Bibliography through 1977). By Rogers, W.B., Glaeser, J.D., and Smith, P.C. 146 pp., 27 figs., 2 tbls. 1982. $1
New York
State Museum : Map & Chart
Series (MCS)
One or more maps or charts (some in color) in a printed 12x9"
envelope. Contents very good unless noted.
Envelopes may have bumped/battered edges, especially top edge
where envelope is longer than contents.
Most of pencil marks noted are underlines of names or rows in
tables, presumably to make them easier to read.
NYSM MCS 12 - Rickard, L.V. Stratigraphy of the Upper Silurian Salina Group, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Ontario. 57 pp., 7 figs., 14 pls. 1969. (Good : text has heavy pencil marks on a few pages) $3
NYSM MCS 39 - Rickard, L.V. Stratigraphy of the Subsurface Lower and Middle Devonian of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Ontario. 59 pp., 3 figs., 40 pls. 1989. (This large set comes in a printed cardboard container 3" thick. Text heavily pencil marked, with minor soil on cover and bent upper cover edge. Plates have minimal pencil marks) $15
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Northeastern
Geology Journal
11x8.5", illustrated. Major articles listed below.
Northeastern Geology Journal 1(1) : 1979 : 148p., comb-bound. (minimal pencil marks) $21
Contents of 1(1) :
Stratigraphy and depositional environments of Early Cambrian Hoppin Slate of SE New England and its Acado-Baltic fauna.
Evidence for Sabkha overprint and conditions of intermittent emergence in Cambrian-Ordovician carbonates of NE North American and Queensland, Australia.
Chemical trends across the westerly granite dike series of SE Connecticut and SW Rhode Island.
Silurian tectonic activity on SE New York.
Archeological Chronology and postglacial alluvial regimes in the Upper Susquehanna river valley, New York.
Glacial Lake Iroquois in central New York.
Paleoecology of the Crinoids in the Lower Trenton group (Ordovician) of New York based on dissociated remains.
How sedimentation patterns may be affected by extreme water temperatures on a NE coastal intertidal zone.
Origin of a high latitude carbonate beach : Mt. Desert Island, Maine.
Northeastern Geology Journal 3(2) : 1981 : 45p., large plate in pocket. (minor pencil marks) $9
Contents of 3(2) :
Detachment structures in south-central New York.
Upper Quaternary stratigraphy of Southern Long Island, New York.
Avalonian igneous rocks with high initial 87-Sr/86-Sr ratios.
Structure section in eastern New York showing variation in style of deformation across the Taconic Allochthon.
Uranium concentrations in Upper Devonian clastic rocks of north-central Pennsylvania.
Discussion of Silurian tectonic activity in SE New York (reply)
Northeastern Geology Journal 5(1) : 1983 : 55p., plate in pocket. (minimal pencil marks, smudge on first page) $7
Contents of 5(1) :
Relict debris flows in NW Pennsylvania.
Petrology of Upper Triassic sandstones of the Newark Supergroup in northern Newark, Pomperaug, Hartford and Deerfield basins.
Pseudo plant fossils in the Boston basin, Massachusetts.
Subtidal and intertidal clastic sedimentation in a lower Cambrian sequence - Monkton quartzite, NW Vermont.
Regional lithofacies of Lower Ordovician (Canadian age) strata of New York and New England.
Columbia University : Lamont Geological Observatory : Technical Report Series All are 11x8.5"
Seismology Technical Reports (Seis)
:
NY Seis 1 : 1949 : "T" phase of shallow focus
submarine earthquakes by Tolstoy, Ewing and Press. 41p., illus.
(cover lightly soiled) $5
NY Seis 3 : 1949 : Airy phase of shallow focus submarine earthquakes by Press, Ewing and Tolstoy. 40p., plus 17p. of figures. $6
NY Seis 4 : 1949 : Crustal structure and surface wave dispersion by Ewing and Press. 6p. plus 5p. of figures. (smudge on cover) $3
NY Seis 7 : 1950 : Studies of frontal, cyclonic and hurricane microseisms generated in the western North Atlantic - Introductory and Part 1 : Frontal microseisms. by William L. Donn. 51p., illus. $6
NY Seis 12 : 1951 : Studies of frontal, cyclonic and hurricane microseisms generated in the western North Atlantic - Part 2 : Cyclonic microseisms. by William L. Donn. 57p., illus. $7
NY Seis 16 : 1951 : Crustal structure and surface wave dispersion - Part 2 : Solomon Islands Earthquake of 29 July 1950 by Ewing and Press. 11p. plus 5p. of figures. $4
NY Seis 24 : 1953 : Microseism ground motion at Palisades and Weston by Blaik and Donn. 30p., illus. $5
NY Seis 32 : 1953 : Seismic study of crustal structure in Pennsylvania and New York by Samuel Katz. 23p. plus about 15p. of tables and figures. $5
NY Seis 36 : 1954 : Performance of resonant seismometers by Donn, Ewing and Press. 16p. plus 12p. of figures. $4
Submarine Geology
Reports :
NY Submarine 1 : 1953 : Sediments of the Atlantic Ocean
by David B. Ericson. 34p. plus figures. $5
Technical Reports
(TR) :
NY TR 1 : 1950 : Low level alpha counting of solids
by the Scintillation method by Heinrich Holland and J. Laurence
Kulp. 30p. plus 19p. of figures. $5
NY TR 3 : 1951 : Thick source alpha count of some representative deep sea cores by Kulp, Volchok, Holland and Ericson. 14p. plus 6p. of figures. (some pages heavily pencil marked, cover sunned) $1
NY TR 4 : 1951 : Age of deep ocean water by J. Laurence Kulp. 15p., nicely illus. showing equipment. $3
NY TR 5 : 1952 : Age measuremnts in Marine cores by Carbon 14 I. 11p. illus. (back cover corner tips rough) $2
NY TR 6 : 1952 : Distribution of uranium, ionium and radium in oceans and in ocean bottom sediments by Holland and Kulp. 26p. $4
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New York Geology Publications : Misc.~9x6" unless otherwise noted, some are offprints.
Eskers near Rochester, New York. 1893.Proc Rochester Acad Sci. 20p. $2
Evaluation of Devonian Shale potential in New York. 1981 U.S. Department of Energy : Morgantown Energy Technology Center DOE / METC Report 118. Softcover, staple bound, 11x8.5”, 40p., illus., 3 plates in pocket. Gas Shale. $18
Glacial or post-glacial diversion of the Bronx River from its old channel. 1896. Trans New York Acad Sci. 7p. $1
INQUA : Guidebook B-1 Central atlantic coastal plain and B-3 Mississippi delta and central gulf coast. 1965 International association for Quaternary Research, 7th congress, field conferences. 8x5.5", 117p., nicely illustrated, foldouts. Includes information for seven days of field trips including Lamont Geological Observatory, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaward, Maryland, Cape May formation, Cornfield Harbor. $21
Hydrology of limestones and related rocks in New York State. By Ralph C. Heath. 1957. This is a USGS Memorandum report, and is the original hand typed First Draft (copy 1 of 5) of the report, with handwritten corrections and notes. Included is a cover letter submitting the report. As Heath never published anything on this subject with the USGS, I’m not sure of the purpose of the report. 16p. of text, folded map in pocket, folded hand-colored chart in pocket. In a 3-holder report binder, soft cover. (Binder edges are faded and bumped) $8
Limestones of New York and their economic value, (preliminary report is handwritten). 1893. New York State Museum. 110p. (once a bit bent) $15
Local decomposition of rock by the corrosive action of pre-glacial peat bogs by Humphreys and Julien. 1911. Journal of Geology. 10p, Photographs. Edges bumped, Stamps, filing mark. $2
Mineral Springs of Saratoga. By James F. Kemp. 1912, University of the state of New York. This is New York State Museum “Museum Bulletin” 517, from April 15, 1912. This is a different series from the NYSM Bulletins listed above, and also has “Education Department Bulletin” printed on the cover. 9x6”, tan cover, 79p., 7 tables, 7 figures, and a fold-out map. $18
Modern city road ways by Nelson Lewis. 1900. Popular Science monthly. Great article w/ super photos (i.e. cedar block roadways and more!) , illustrations. Includes some photos of New York City. Good, but front cover missing & back cover poor. Filing marks $4
Notes on recent mineral developments at Mineville, Essex county. by Heinrich Ries. 1902. Offprint from the 22nd Report of the State Geologist. 9x6", 2p. (owner's stamp, edges bumped with minimal chips) $1
Notes on the geology of southwestern New York by Gilbert Harris. 1891. Offprint from American Geologist. 9x6", 14p., illus. (bumped corners). $3
Optical notes on some of the variable contact minerals from Edenville, New York. 1927. 4p. $1
Original gneissoid structure in the Cortlandt series by G.S. Rogers. 1911 American Journal of Science vol. 31. 6p., illus.
Regional trends in the geology of the Appalachian - Caledonian - Hercynian - Mauritanide Orogen. Edited by Paul E. Schenk. Hardback, 1982, D. Reidel Publishing Company, Boston. This is NATO ASI Series C : Mathematical and Physical Sciences Vol. 116. 9.5x6.5", 398p., illus. This book contains 39 technical articles on various aspects of the title topic. (front cover slightly dished, all else very good) $45
Sample study and correlation of E.C. Kesselring No. 1 Well by James Wiggins. 1959. New York State Museum. 9x6", 49p. (cover grubby and rubbed, with edge chip. Inside very good) $3
Sediments and stratigraphy of the East coast continental margin ; Georges bank to Norfolk Canyon by Henry C. Stetson. (Papers in Physical Oceanography and Meteorology) - not an offprint. 1949. Mass. Inst. of Technology & Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. LARGE, 60p., photos, figures, tables. 11x8.5" $9
Sketch of the physiographic development of the Adirondack League Club Preserve. 1899. Prepared for the club by permission of the director of the USGS. 9p. (cover faintly smudged) $2
Upper Devonian age of the Kettle Point Shale by C.G. Winder. 1962. Extracted from Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, vol. 56, Series 3, section 3. 11p., illus. $2
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