Chapter XVIII: International Aspects of Mineral

RESOURCES 383

WORLD MOVEMENT OF MINERALS 383
Movement of minerals under pre-war conditions of
international trade 385
Changes during the war 385
Post-war condition of the mineral trade 387

TENDENCIES TOWARD INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND POSSIBILITY
OF INTERNATIONAL CONTROL OF MINERALS 389
Methods of international cooperation 391

CONSERVATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 393

EXPLORATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 395

VALUATION IN ITS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 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