Heavy-minerals reconnaissance in the Fatimah Formation, near Jiddah, Saudi Arabia
Louis Gonzalez
1972, Open-File Report 72-135
Near Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, a heavy-minerals survey was made in the Precambrian sediments o# the Fatima Formation. Samples measuring 0.25 cubic meters were taken in a net related to the drainage system and. washed in a sluice. The concentrates were tested. for 29 elements which included precious and. base metals,...
Documentation and environment of the Apollo 16 samples a preliminary report
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Open-File Report 72-395
This catalog is a working document that shows the locations from which samples were collected during the Apollo 16 mission, and that provides a descriptive geologic context for each sample. It is a compilation of notes from work in progress, and supersedes an earlier report prepared by the Apollo Lunar...
Prehistoric near-surface subsidence cracks in western Fresno County, California
W.B. Bull
1972, Professional Paper 437-C
Surface water in Duval and Nassau Counties, Florida
Warren Anderson
1972, Open-File Report 72-8
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for Little Elm Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1969
B.B. Hampton
1972, Open-File Report 72-153
No abstract available....
Artificial recharge in the upper Santa Ana Valley, southern California
Joe A. Moreland
1972, Open-File Report 72-261
Artificial recharge has long been an integral part of water-supply management in the upper Santa Ana Valley. About 7,500 acres of unlined channels and 2,590 acres in 60 off-channel recharge facilities are available for water spreading.To estimate potential infiltration rates for the recharge facilities, 63 single-ring infiltrometer tests were conducted...
An inventory of published and unpublished fluvial-sediment data for California, 1956-70
George Porterfield
1972, Open-File Report 72-300
This inventory was prepared to provide a convenient reference to published and unpublished fluvial-sediment data for water years 1956-70, and updates substantially previous inventories. Sediment stations are listed in downstream order, and an alphabetical list of stations is also included. Figure 1 shows the approximate location of sediment stations in...
Mineral resources of the Wilson Mountains Primitive Area, Colorado
Calvin Stanton Bromfield, Frank E. Williams, Peter Popenoe
1972, Bulletin 1353-A
No abstract available....
A study of the Flint River, Michigan, as it relates to low-flow augmentation
Gordon C. Hulbert
1972, Open-File Report 72-175
One of the uses of the Flint River is dilution of waste-water. Population and industrial growth in the Flint area hah placed new demands on the stream and emphasized the need for an analysis of the surface water resources of the basin. This report describes selected streamflow characteristics of the...
Effects of the January and February 1969 floods on ground water in central and southern California
Jerry L. Hughes, A. O. Waananen
1972, Open-File Report 72-174
Reconnaissance geology of the Precambrian rocks in the Ayn Qunay quadrangle, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
William C. Overstreet, Jesse William Whitlow, Abdullah O. Ankary
1972, Open-File Report 72-281
The Aya Qunay quadrangle covers an area of 2833 sq km in central Saudi Arabia, Only the western edge of the quadrangle is underlain by Precambrian rocks, which were the subject of this investigation. Toward the east the Precambrian rocks are unconformably overlain by Permian and younger sedimentary rocks. The...
New Mexico district work-effort analysis computer program
W. L. Hiss, A.P. Trantolo, J.L. Sparks
1972, Open-File Report 72-165
The computer program (CAN 2) described in this report is one of several related programs used in the New Mexico District cost-analysis system. The work-effort information used in these programs is accumulated and entered to the nearest hour on forms completed by each employee. Tabulating cards are punched directly from...
Water temperatures of California streams, Delta-central Sierra subregion
J. C. Blodgett
1972, Open-File Report 72-39
Water resources data for Nebraska, water year 1971; Part 2, water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Data Report NE-71-2
No abstract available. ...
Average water content of snowpack in Maine
G. S. Hayes
1972, Hydrologic Atlas 452
No abstract available....
Chukchi Sea seismic reflections and magnetic profiles, 1971, between northern Alaska and Herald Island
Arthur Grantz, William F. Hanna, S. L. Wallace
1972, Open-File Report 72-137
Effect of Port Orange Bridge-Causeway on flow of the Halifax River, Volusia County, Florida
W. C. Bridges
1972, Open-File Report 72-47
The ground-water system in southeastern Laramie County, Wyoming
Marvin A. Crist, William B. Borchert
1972, Open-File Report 72-80
Increased development of irrigation wells in southeastern Laramie County, Wyo., has caused concern about the quantity of water available. Ground water from approximately 230 large-capacity wells is used to irrigate most of the 18,165 acres under irrigation. The purpose of this study is to provide more knowledge about the character...
Hydrochemistry of the Oneida Lake basin, New York
F. J. Pearson Jr., George S. Meyers
1972, Open-File Report 73-220
Oneida Lake, the largest lake within New York State, supports massive algae blooms that interfere with one of its major uses, recreation. As part of a study of the algae problem, a chemical balance for the lake and its drainage basin has been made. The quantities of major dissolved species...
Sanitary and water-related facilities, services, and use, July 1970, Hartford North quadrangle, Connecticut
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, IMAP 784-R
No abstract available....
Flood of June 1972: Chemung River at Wellsburg, New York
L.A. Wagner, P.H. Hamecher
1972, Open-File Report 72-428
In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused sever flooding in Pennsylvania and southern New York. The flood, on many major streams were the highest known since the river valleys were settled. Maximum discharges were as much as twice the discharge of a 50-year flood. In southern New York, large areas...
Tectonic map of Liberia based on geophysical and geological surveys
John Charles Behrendt, Cletus S. Wotorson
1972, Open-File Report 72-32
Interpretation of the results of aeromagnetic, total-gamma radioactivity, and gravity surveys combined with geologic data for Western Liberia from White and Leo (1969) and other geologic information allows the construction of a tectonic map of Liberia. The map approximately delineates the boundaries between the Liberian (ca. 2700 m.y.) province in...
Flood of June 1972: Chemung River at Corning Manor, New York
L.A. Wagner, P.H. Hamecher
1972, Open-File Report 72-427
In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused sever flooding in Pennsylvania and southern New York. The flood, on many major streams were the highest known since the river valleys were settled. Maximum discharges were as much as twice the discharge of a 50-year flood. In southern New York, large areas...
Flood of June 1972 Susquehanna River, Paxton Creek, and Conodoguinet Creek at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
L. V. Page, L. C. Shaw
1972, Open-File Report 72-287
In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes cause severe flooding in Pennsylvania and southern New York. The floods on many major strams were the highest known since the river valleys were settled. Maximum discharges were as much as twice the discharge of a 50-year flood. In central pennsylvania, large areas in...
Map showing flood of June 1972 resulting from tropical storm Agnes, Susquehanna River at Kingston, Pennsylvania
H.N. Flippo Jr., L.W. Lenfest Jr.
1972, Open-File Report 72-118
In June 1972, tropical storm Agnes caused severe flooding within a broad area extending from North Carolina to Southern New York. Flood elevations along the Susquehanna River were the highest ever recorded. In the Wilkes-Barre area, flood elevations exceeded those of 1865 and 1936 by about eight feet. Maximum discharges...
