Accessory apatite from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nevada
Donald E. Lee, Robert E. Mays, Richard E. Van Loenen
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 89-98
Analytical data, optical properties, and unit-cell parameters are presented for 24 samples of accessory apatites recovered from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nev. A complete chemical analysis is given for one. In the Snake Creek-Williams Canyonoutcrop area, where the hybrid rocks grade from granodiorite with 63 percent SiO2 to a...
Upper Cretaceous (Maestrichtian) fossils from the Kenai-Chugach Mountains, Kodiak and Shumagin Islands, Southern Alaska
Sandra H. B. Clark, David L. Jones
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 125-136
A thick sequence of highly deformed flyschlike metasandstone, slate, and argillite crops out in southern Alaska in the Kenai-Chugach Mountains and on Kodiak and the Shumagin Islands to the southwest. These poorly fossiliferous rocks have long been considered Cretaceous in age because of scattered occurrences of fragmentary shells of Inoceramus. Mainly on the basis of...
Preparation and properties of quinaldine sulfate, an improved fish anesthetic
J. L. Allen, J.B. Sills
1973, Investigations in Fish Control 47
Abstract not submitted to date...
A preliminary classification of wetland plant communities in north-central Minnesota
L.M. Cowardin, Douglas H. Johnson
1973, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 168
A classification of wetland plant communities was developed for a study area in north-central Minnesota in order to analyze data on waterfowl use of habitat that were gathered by radio telemetry. The classification employs features of several earlier classifications in addition to new classes for bogs and lakeshore communities. Brief...
Unharvested fishes in the U. S. commercial fishery of western Lake Erie in 1969
Harry D. Van Meter
1973, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 670
Potential commercial fish production was estimated for U.S. waters of western Lake Erie in 1969 from pounds landed and pounds discarded. Periodic observations of catches in haul seines and trap nets revealed that about 37% of the catch (by weight) in haul seines and 26% of that in trap nets...
The microgravimetric determination of acid-insoluble impurities in the complete analysis of small samples of acid-soluble minerals
Robert Meyrowitz
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 207-209
The acid-insoluble impurities of small samples of minerals are determined by a microgravimetric procedure. A Schwarz von Bergkampf glass filter stick with paper filter medium is used to separate the insoluble material. The filtration apparatus and procedural details are described....
Reproduction and survivorship of the lizard, Uta stansburiana, and the effects of winter rainfall, density and predation on these processes
F.B. Turner, P.A. Medica, D.D. Smith
1973, Research Memorandum RM 73-26
No abstract available at this time...
Aeromagnetic map of northern Frederick County, Maryland, and parts of adjacent counties in Maryland and Pennsylvania
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Open-File Report 73-291
No abstract available....
The selenium content of U.S.G.S. standard rocks
M. M. Schnepfe, F.J. Flanagan
1973, Chemical Geology (12) 77-80
Selenium was determined in duplicate portions from three bottles of six U.S.G.S. standard rocks by a spect rofluorimetric procedure. The following averages, as p.p.m. Se, were obtained: PCC-1, 0.031; GSP-1, 0.088; BCR-1, 0.12; SCo-1, 0.91; MAG-1, 1.3; and SGR-1, 3.7. One-way analysis...
Faults and earthquakes in the Monterey Bay region, California
H. G. Greene, W.H.K. Lee, D. S. McCulloch, E. E. Brabb
1973, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 518
No abstract available....
Point of zero charge of weathered forsterite
R.W. Luce, George A. Parks
1973, Chemical Geology (12) 147-153
The point of zero charge of forsterite shifts from an estimated 8.9 for the unaltered mineral to 8.4 and 8.0, respectively, after being weathered artificially for 1 h and 4 h. These results corroborate the presence of magnesium-deficient surfaces on the weathered...
Landslides in the vicinity of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota
Christopher F. Erskine
1973, Professional Paper 675
No abstract available....
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, October 1972
L.J. Schroder, Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey collected water samples from Arnchitka Island, Alaska, during October 1972. Tritium determinations were made on all samples collected and gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 41 samples. The gross alpha and gross beta determinations when compared with previously determined ranges for fresh waters...
Summary of chemical and radiochemical monitoring of water for the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, fiscal year 1972
L.J. Schroder, Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
An increased dissolved-solids content was found immediately after the Cannikin event (November 6, 1971) at most of 10 locations in a water-sampling network established in 1967 and revised in September 1971. The observed dissolved-solids content increase was within the seasonal range that has been observed at these locations. No measurable increase...
Hydraulic tests in hole UAe-3, Amchitka Island, Alaska
Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
Inflatable straddle packers were used to isolate and test selected intervals in hole UAe-3. Packer seats were poor in the uncased part of the hole because of unstable wall conditions, and leakage around packers occurred during some tests. However, leakage generally was slight, as shown on pressure-gage charts, and had...
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, July 1972
Wilbur C. Ballance, L.J. Schroder
1973, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey established a sampling program on Amchitka Island in 1967 in cooperation with the U.S . Atomic Energy Commission. Water samples are analyzed routinely for tritium, gross alpha, and gross beta/gamma content, Frequency of sampling was semiannually prior to Cannikin and has been bimonthly since the Cannikin...
87Sr/86Sr ratios in basalts from islands in the Indian Ocean
C. E. Hedge, N.D. Watkins, R.A. Hildreth, W. P. Doering
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (21) 29-34
87Sr/86Sr ratios of basalts from islands in the Indian Ocean (0.7040) are higher than those of basalts dredged from the Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge (0.7034). The sources of the island basalts have apparently not been in equilibrium with the source of the...
Aspects of the magmatic geochemistry of bismuth
L. P. Greenland, D. Gottfried, E.Y. Campbell
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 283-295
Bismuth has been determined in 74 rocks from a differentiated tholeiitic dolerite, two calc-alkaline batholith suites and in 66 mineral separates from one of the batholiths. Average bismuth contents, weighted for rock type, of the Great Lake (Tasmania) dolerite, the Southern California batholith...
Constitutive relations associated with the Mott-Smith distribution function
M. Nathenson, D. Baganoff
1973, Physics of Fluids (16) 2110-2115
It is shown that the distribution function assumed by Mott-Smith determines a unique relation between heat flux, stress, and fluid velocity given by q = (3/2)τu, i.e., it provides a constitutive relation for heat flux, and it also determines a simple expression for this ratio of third-order central moments Q...
Lead concentration and isotopic composition in five peridotite inclusions of probable mantle origin
R. E. Zartman, F. Tera
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (20) 54-66
The lead content of five whole-rock peridotite inclusions (four lherzolites and one harzburgite) in alkali basalt ranges from 82 to 570 ppb (parts per billion). Approximately 30–60 ppb of this amount can be accounted for by analyzed major silicate minerals (olivine ≤...
More on noble gases in Yellowstone National Park hot waters
E. Mazor, R.O. Fournier
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 515-525
Water and gas samples from research wells in hydrothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A., have been mass spectrometrically analyzed for their rare gas contents and isotopic composition. In agreement with previous findings, the rare gases have been found to originate from infiltrating...
Radial particle-size segregation during packing of particulates into cylindrical containers
C.D. Ripple, R.V. James, J. Rubin
1973, Powder Technology (8) 165-175
In a series of experiments, soil materials were placed in long cylindrical containers, using various packing procedures. Soil columns produced by deposition and simultaneous vibratory compaction were dense and axially uniform, but showed significant radial segregation of particle sizes. Similar results were obtained with deposition and simultaneous impact-type compaction when...
Galerkin finite-element simulation of a geothermal reservoir
J.W. Mercer Jr., G.F. Pinder
1973, Geothermics (2) 81-89
The equations describing fluid flow and energy transport in a porous medium can be used to formulate a mathematical model capable of simulating the transient response of a hot-water geothermal reservoir. The resulting equations can be solved accurately and efficiently using a numerical...
Inorganic chemical investigation by x-ray fluorescence analysis: The Viking Mars Lander
P. Toulmin III, A. K. Baird, B. C. Clark, Klaus Keil, H. J. Rose Jr.
1973, Icarus (20) 153-178
The inorganic chemical investigation added in August 1972 to the Viking Lander scientific package will utilize an energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer in which four sealed, gas-filled proportional counters will detect X-rays emitted from samples of the Martian surface materials irradiated by X-rays from radioisotope sources (55Fe and 109Cd). The output...
Imaging characteristics of photogrammetric camera systems
R. Welch, J. Halliday
1973, Photogrammetria (29) 1-43
In view of the current interest in high-altitude and space photographic systems for photogrammetric mapping, the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) undertook a comprehensive research project designed to explore the practical aspects of applying the latest image quality evaluation techniques to the analysis of such systems. The project had two...
