396

RELATIVE POSITION OF THE UNITED STATES IN REGARD TO SUPPLIES
OF MINERALS 396

THE COAL AND IRON SITUATION OF WESTERN EUROPE UNDER THE
TERMS OF THE PEACE 400

CONCLUSION 403

LITERATURE 403

CHAPTER XIX. GEOLOGY AND WAR 405

GEOLOGY BEHIND THE FRONT 405

GEOLOGY AT THE FRONT 408

EFFECT OF THE WAR ON THE SCIENCE OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 412

CHAPTER XX. GEOLOGY AND ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION 413

FOUNDATIONS 413

SURFACE WATERS 414

TUNNELS 414

SLIDES 415

SUBSIDENCE 417

RAILWAY BUILDING 417

ROAD BUILDING 418

GEOLOGY IN ENGINEERING COURSES 419

CHAPTER XXI. THE TRAINING, OPPORTUNITIES AND
ETHICS OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 420

PURE VERSUS APPLIED SCIENCE 420

COURSE OF STUDY SUGGESTED 422
Field work 425
Specialization in studies 426
A degree of Economic Geology 427

THE OPPORTUNITIES OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 428

ETHICS OF THE ECONOMIC GEOLOGIST 430

ILLUSTRATIONS

FIGURE PAGE

1. Graphic representation of volume change in weathering
of a Georgia granite 21

2. Commercial (financial) control of the mineral
resources of the world 64

3. Political (territorial) control of the mineral
resources of the world