A small correction to David's post. Many of the out of print MGS
publications are available in microfiche, not microfilm. In case some of you
are not aware of the difference, a microfilm comes in a reel like the old 8
mm movies with each page exposed in sequence, whereas a microfiche is a
transparent sheet (film) with several pages exposed on it in rows & columns.
I don't have an example with me, but I think each sheet is about 10x12 cm. I
haven't had a chance to try this out, but it should be possible to use a
scanner to read a microfiche, although each page is smaller than a usual
35-mm exposure. However, it would be very cumbersome to do the same with
microfilm, for which one needs a microfilm reader.
The address for the MGS publications page:
http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/publications/pubindex.html
Aydin
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bivalve [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 2:45 PM
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>Subject: Re: for collectors of Maryland fossil molluscs
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>Although the cover of the CD has difficulty spelling Vokes, it
>is a useful reference, updating several of the names. Several
>of the original Maryland Geological Survey publications are
>also available on microfilm, if you have access to that. They
>monographed the entire geologic sequence, which includes nice
>Paleozoic, Cretaceous, Paleocene, Eocene, Pliocene, and
>Pleistocene mollusks in addition to the well-known Miocene.
>Many other state legislatures failed to fund similar projects,
>causing the data to be lost.
>
>Sorry for the slow reply-just catching up from WCM.
>
> Dr. David Campbell
> "Old Seashells"
> 46860 Hilton Dr #1113
> Lexington Park MD 20653 USA
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>"That is Uncle Joe, taken in the masonic regalia of a Grand
>Exalted Periwinkle of the Mystic Order of Whelks"-P.G.
>Wodehouse, Romance at Droigate Spa
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>---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
>From: "Orstan, Aydin" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Maryland Geological Survey's Bulletin 20, Miocene Fossils of
>Maryland (by Harold E. Vokes, John D. Glaser and Robert D.
>Conkwright, 2nd edition, 2000) is available as a CD-ROM (for
>$10 plus $1 postage for US addresses) from the following
>address: http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/publications/new/b20.html
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