- Becker, George Ferdinand, 1888, Geology of the quicksilver deposits of the Pacific slope, with an atlas: Govt. print. off., Monograph 13, 486 p.,
- Gooch, Frank Austin; Whitfield, James Edward, 1888, Analyses of waters of the Yellowstone National Park, with an account of the methods of analysis employed: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 47, 84 p. :incl. fold. tab., diagrs. ;24 cm.,
- Newberry, J. S., 1888, Fossil fishes and fossil plants of the Triassic rocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley: Govt. print. off., Monograph 14, 152 p.,
- Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton, Jr.; Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate, 1888, Nature and origin of deposits of phosphate of lime: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 46, 143 p. :ill., iii maps (partly fold.) ;24 cm.,
- Powell, J. W., 1888, Seventh Annual report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior, 1885-1886: U.S. Geological Survey Annual Report 7, xx, 644 p.; 71 plates; 114 figs.);
Extract (Obsidian Cliff) available at http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/geology/publications/rpt/7-1/,
- Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1888, On the form and position of the sea level with special references to its dependence on superficial masses symmetrically disposed about a normal to the earth‘s surface: Govt. Print. Off., Bulletin 48, 88 p. :diagrs. ;24 cm.,
