Suggestions to Authors of Papers Submitted for Publication by the United States Geological Survey, Volume 6, Part 1978U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 - Technical writing |
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... color . If color is not necessary to the legibility of the map , color publication will not be approved . Generally speaking , however , it is less expensive to prepare copy for multicolor illustrations than to cut patterns for black ...
... color . If color is not necessary to the legibility of the map , color publication will not be approved . Generally speaking , however , it is less expensive to prepare copy for multicolor illustrations than to cut patterns for black ...
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... color slide or color print , a black - and - white 4- by 5 - inch negative and a print at near publication size should be prepared for review and publi- cation . The mill copy for a color photograph should be a color print about the ...
... color slide or color print , a black - and - white 4- by 5 - inch negative and a print at near publication size should be prepared for review and publi- cation . The mill copy for a color photograph should be a color print about the ...
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... Color terms used in descriptions of rocks should be as specific as possible . Field recognition of particular geologic units by future workers is commonly aided if colors of the units in both wet and dry states are described . Exact color ...
... Color terms used in descriptions of rocks should be as specific as possible . Field recognition of particular geologic units by future workers is commonly aided if colors of the units in both wet and dry states are described . Exact color ...
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Publications of the Geological Survey | 1 |
The human factors | 8 |
Obstructions in the writers path | 15 |
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