The conflict between 'practical utility' and geology: Denison Olmsted, Elisha Mitchell and the 1823 to 1828 geologic surveys of North Carolina

Southeastern Geology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 145-154

  Smith, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; REGIONAL GEOLOGY;

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