The San Francisco cow; did she or didn’t she?
M. Hill
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 19-23
No one has suggested that Mr. Shafter's nameless cow was the cause of the 1906 earthquake, but she has been the source of as persistent a rumor as Mrs. Murphy's Chicago cow. Since 1906, "the cow that fell in the crack" has been a favorite subject of humorous speculation. large...
Is there a periodicity in the occurrence of earthquakes?
R.N. Hunter
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 4-7
Various periodicities have been suspected in earthquake activity, but none has yet been proved. In his classic text on seismology, K.E Bullen remarked that small but discernable "trigger" forces, such as tidal effects, temperature changes or barometric changes, have been thought to act as "last straw" phenomena when the earthquake...
Hydrologic studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in oil-shale areas of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, 1976
U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Report
No abstract available....
Earthquakes, November-December 1975
W. J. Person
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 26-29
There were three significant earthquakes during the last 2 months of the year. Two major earthquakes, both magnitude 7.2 occurred, bringing the final major earthquake total for the year to 13, somewhat below the annual average which is about 18. One great earthquake (8.0 and above) per year is average....
Training seismic research observatory station operators
C. R. Hutt
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 13-17
Earthquake at 40 feet
G. J. Miller
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 24-25
The earthquake that struck the island of Guam on November 1, 1975, at 11:17 a.m had many unique aspects-not the least of which was the experience of an earthquake of 6.25 Richter magnitude while at 40 feet. My wife Bonnie, a fellow diver, Greg Guzman, and I were diving at...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in selected coal-energy areas of Utah
Kidd M. Waddell
1976, Report
No abstract available....
Earthquakes, April-May 1976
W. J. Person
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 28-30
This was an active period, seismically speaking, with four major earthquakes and a number of strong earthquakes in many parts of the world. Northern Italy experienced one of its most destructive earthquakes in many years. Ecuador suffered fatalities and damage from a strong quake. Uzbek SSR was struck by two...
Earthquakes, October 1975
W. J. Person
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 26-27
October was an active month seismically, although there were no damaging earthquakes in the United States. Several States experienced earthquakes that were felt sharply. There were four major earthquakes in other parts of the world, including a magntidue 7.4 in the Philippine Islands that killed on person. ...
Earthquake history of Oregon
C. A. von Hake
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 30-33
Although situated between two States (California and Washington) that have has many violent earthquakes, Oregon is noticeably less active seismically. the greatest damage experienced resulted from a major shock near Olympia, Wash., in 1949. During the short history record available (since 1841), 34 earthquakes of intensity V, Modified Mercalli Scale,...
Earthquake history of South Carolina
C. A. von Hake
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 34-38
An estimated $23 million damage was caused by one of the great earthquakes in United States history in 1886. Charleston, S.C, and nearby cities suffered most of the damage, although points as far as 160 km away were strongly shaken. Many of the 20 earthquakes of intensity V or greater...
Physiological response to hooking stress in hatchery and wild rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
R.S. Wydoski, Gary Wedemeyer, N. C. Nelson
1976, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (105) 601-606
This study evaluated the physiological response of rainbow trout to hooking stress after being played under standardized conditions (0–5 min) and estimated the time needed for recovery (to 72 h). Plasma osmolality and chloride measurements were used to evaluate osmoregulatory disturbances and gill ion-exchange function, and plasma glucose was used...
Teton Dam flood of June 1976, Newdale quadrangle, Idaho
Herman A. Ray, Howard F. Matthai, Cecil A. Thomas
1976, Hydrologic Atlas 565
The failure of the Teton Dam caused extreme flooding along the Teton River, Henrys Fork, and Snake River in southeastern Idaho on June 5-8, 1976. No flooding occurred downstream from American Falls Reservoir. The inundated areas and maximum water-surface elevations are shown in a series of 17 hydrologic atlases. The...
Prevention and control of viral diseases of salmonids
Donald F. Amend
1976, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (33) 1059-1066
Three viral diseases of salmonids are of worldwide concern: infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS), and infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN). Six principal approaches are being used to prevent or control these diseases: 1) preventing contact o the pathogen with the host, 2) environmental manipulation, 3) immunization, 4) chemotherapy,...
Tragedy at Kilauea
D. A. Swanson, R.L. Christiansen
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 12-17
The following article is a reconstruction of events surrounding the deaths of a party of Hawaiian warriors in 1790 on Kilauea Volcano. It suggests that they were killed by a very hot, ash-free, base-surge cloud that rushed from the volcano. Much more recently than that, in the early morning hours of...
Earthquake history of Rhode Island
C. A. von Hake
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 31-32
Only three shocks (intensity V or greater, Modified Moercalli Scale) have centered in Rhode Island, although several earthquakes in New England and the St.Lawerence Valley have been felt in the State....
Duck nesting in fields of undisturbed grass-legume cover
Harold F. Duebbert, J. T. Lokemoen
1976, Journal of Wildlife Management (40) 39-49
A study of dabbling duck (Anatinae) nesting was conducted during 1971-73 on nine 12- to 54-ha Cropland Adjustment Program fields in the prairie pothole region of north-central South Dakota. The tall, dense vegetation was comprised of introduced cool-season grasses and legumes, primarily smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis), intermediate wheatgrass (Agropyron intermedium),...
Monitoring Mount Baker Volcano
S. D. Malone, D. Frank
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 21-25
Hisotrically active volcanoes in the conterminous United States are restricted to the Cascade Range and extend to the Cascade Range and extend from Mount Baker near the Canadian border to Lassen Peak in northern California. Since 1800 A.D, most eruptive activity has been on a relatively small scale and has...
Hydrogen and oxygen isotope exchange reactions between clay minerals and water
J. R. O’Neil, Y.K. Kharaka
1976, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (40) 241-246
The extent of hydrogen and oxygen isotope exchange between clay minerals and water has been measured in the temperature range 100–350° for bomb runs of up to almost 2 years. Hydrogen isotope exchange between water and the clays was demonstrable at...
Thermomagnetic analysis of meteorites, 3. C3 and C4 chondrites
J.M. Herndon, M.W. Rowe, E.E. Larson, D.E. Watson
1976, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (29) 283-290
Thermomagnetic analysis was made on samples of all known C3 and C4 chondrites in a controlled oxygen atmosphere. Considerable variation was noted in the occurrence of magnetic minerals, comparable to the variation observed earlier in the C2 chondrites. Magnetite was found...
Teton Dam flood of June 1976, Menan Buttes quadrangle, Idaho
Cecil A. Thomas, Herman A. Ray, William A. Harenberg
1976, Hydrologic Atlas 570
The failure of the Teton Dam caused extreme flooding along the Teton River, Henrys Fork, and Snake River in southeastern Idaho on June 5-8, 1976. No flooding occurred downstream from American Falls Reservoir. The inundated areas and maximum water-surface elevations are shown in a series of 17 hydrologic atlases. The...
Land use and land cover map for Cartersville, Georgia
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1976, Open-File Report 76-130
No abstract available....
Threat of eruption at La Soufriere
R.S. Fiske
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 27-29
Earthquake history of Pennsylvania
C. A. von Hake
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 28-31
Record of early earthquakes in Northeastern United States provide limited information on effects in pennsylvania until 1737, 55 years after the first permanent settlement was established. A very severe earthquake that centered in the St.Lawrence River region in 1663 may have been felt in Pennsylvania, but historical accounts are not...
Geothermal energy in the United States; Part II, Assessment of resources
D.L. Williams
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 18-23
Geothermal energy-from heat deep inside the Earth- is a vast potential source of power. This article is the second part of a series on geothermal energy, the first part of which was in volume 8, number 1, of the Earthquake Information Bulletin (January-February 1976). Part 1 of this series described the...
