The Gneisses, Gabbro-Schists, and Associated Rocks of Southwestern Minnesota (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gneisses, Gabbro-Schists, and Associated Rocks of Southwestern Minnesota The territory from which the material for this paper was gathered embraces that part of the Minnesota River Valley lying between Courtland and Ortonville and that portion of the State of Minnesota to the west and south of the river named wherever gneisses are found. (see Pl. I.) The area is about square miles in extent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.