Water-resources activities of the Louisiana District in fiscal years 1986-87
E. A. Ellsworth (compiler)
1987, Open-File Report 87-225
The U.S. Geological Survey conducts three types of water resources activities in Louisiana - data collection, investigations, and research. These activities are conducted, in large part, through cooperation with other Federal, State, and local agencies. Water-resources activities undertaken from October 1, 1985 to September 30, 1987 are described. Specifically, the...
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in North Dakota, fiscal year 1986
1987, Open-File Report 87-530
This report was prepared to inform interested Federal, State, and local agencies and private individuals of the activities of the Water Resources Division in the State. All ongoing water-resources projects in North Dakota in fiscal year 1986 are listed. Information on each project includes objectives, approach, progress in 1985, plans...
Preliminary water-use estimates in the United States in 1985
W.B. Solley, R.R. Pierce, C.F. Merk
1987, Open-File Report 87-692
Preliminary 1985 water use estimates are tabulated by State for the Und States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. Preliminary estimates of water withdrawn from surface water and groundwater sources for offstream water use categories are presented prior to publication of the final estimates in a...
Water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Pennsylvania, 1986-87
R. E. Helm
R. E. Helm, editor(s)
1987, Open-File Report 87-475
The U.S. Geological Survey 's water-resources activities in Pennsylvania are described. Some activities are topics of general interest to the water resources community while others are related to current water issues. The report also describes the mission of the Water Resources Division of the U. S. Geological Survey, and program...
Minnesota ground-water quality
D.R. Albin, L.B. Bruemmer
1987, Open-File Report 87-733
This report contains summary information on ground-water quality in one of the 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, or the Trust Territories of the Pacific Islands, Saipan, Guam, and American Samoa. The material is extracted from the manuscript of the 1986 National Water Summary, and with the exception of...
Trace organic compounds in wet atmospheric deposition: an overview
T.R. Steinheimer, S.M. Johnson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4033
An overview of the occurrence of organic compounds in wet atmospheric deposition is given. Multiplicity of sources and problems associated with source identification are discussed. Available literature is reviewed by using citations from Chemical Abstracts and Water Resources Abstracts through June 1985 and includes reports published through December 1984 that...
Geology and gold mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona
Ted G. Theodore, Will N. Blair, J. Thomas Nash, E.H. McKee, J.C. Antweiler, W. L. Campbell
1987, Professional Paper 1361
No abstract available....
Mineral resource assessment of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona
W.C. Bagby, G. B. Haxel, D. B. Smith, R. D. Koch, M. J. Grubensky, D. R. Sherrod, L. G. Pickthorn
1987, Open-File Report 87-609
The Betsie Shale Member; a datum for exploration and stratigraphic analysis of the lower part of the Pennsylvanian in the Central Appalachian Basin
Charles L. Rice, J.C. Currens, J.A. Henderson Jr., J.E. Nolde
1987, Bulletin 1834
Mineral Resources of the Antelope Wilderness Study Area, Nye County, Nevada
Richard F. Hardyman, Forrest G. Poole, Frank J. Kleinhampl, Robert L. Turner, Donald Plouff, Joe S. Duval, Fredrick L. Johnson, David A. Benjamin
1987, Bulletin 1731-E
At the request of the U.S. Bureau of land Management, 83,100 acres of the Antelope Wilderness Study Area (NV-4)60-231/241) was studied. In this report the studied area is called the 'wilderness study area', or simply the 'study area.' No identified mineral or energy resources occur within the study area. The...
Estimated sediment deposition in Lake Corpus Christi, Texas, 1972-85
Norman F. Leibbrand
1987, Open-File Report 87-239
The investigation of sediment deposition in Lake Corpus Christi was initiated by researching the published and unpublished sediment data for the 1972-85 water years for stations located upstream and downstream of the lake. Regression analysis was used to fill in the missing data. Data were tabulated for monthly discharge (acre-feet)...
Surficial geologic map of the Gillette 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Campbell and Crook counties, Wyoming
Marith C. Reheis
1987, Coal Map 105
Hydrocarbon geochemistry of petroleum associated with sediment-hosted sulfides from Escanaba Trough, southern Gorda Ridge
K.A. Kvenvolden, J. B. Rapp, F. D. Hostettler
1987, Open-File Report 87-375-C
Columbia Glacier, Alaska, photogrammetry data set, 1981-82 and 1984-85
R. M. Krimmel
1987, Open-File Report 87-219
Photogrammetric processing of 12 sets of vertical aerial photography of the Columbia Glacier, Alaska, has measured the altitude and velocity fields of the lowest 14,000 m of the glacier during the periods of September 1981 to October 1982 and October 1984 to September 1985. The data set consists of the...
Columbia Glacier in 1986; 800 meters retreat
R. M. Krimmel
1987, Open-File Report 87-207
Columbia Glacier, in Prince William Sound, Alaska, continued its rapid retreat in 1986, with a retreat of 800 m. Average velocity of the lower portion of the glacier, 10 September 1986 to 26 January 1987, was three km/yr, or about one-half of the velocity during similar periods for the previous...
Floods of October 1986 in southcentral Alaska
R. D. Lamke, B. B. Bigelow
1987, Open-File Report 87-391
Heavy precipitation associated with a large storm system resulted in major flooding in several areas of south-central Alaska during October 10-12, 1986. Flooding was particularly severe in the Seward area of the Kenai Peninsula and in tributaries to Susitna River from Telkeetna downstream. Flood damage has been estimated at $20...
An interactive program to display user-generated or file-based maps on a personal computer monitor
W. H. Langer, R.W. Stephens
1987, Open-File Report 87-676
PC MAP-MAKER is an ADVANCED BASIC program written to provide users of IBM XT, IBM AT, and compatible computers with a straight-forward, flexible method to display geographical data on a color or monochrome PC (personal computer) monitor. Data can be political boundaries such as State and county boundaries; natural curvilinear...
In-situ stress project, Technical Report Number 9; Interpretation of hydraulic fracturing data from Yongping, western Yunnan, China
J.E. Springer, Zhai Qingshan, B.C. Haimson, Mark D. Zoback, M.Y. Lee, Li Fangquan
1987, Open-File Report 87-491
Water resources data for New Jersey, water year 1986, volume 1, Atlantic slope basins, Hudson River to Cape May
W.R. Bauersfeld, E.W. Moshinsky, E.A. Pustay, W.D. Jones
1987, Water Data Report NJ-86-1
No abstract available. ...
Ground-water-level data for the Albuquerque-Belen Basin, New Mexico, through water year 1985
G.E. Kues
1987, Open-File Report 87-116
The Albuquerque-Belen Basin is in north-central New Mexico and is approximately 100 mi long and 25 to 40 mi wide. The only perennial stream in the area, the southward-flowing Rio Grande, approximately bisects the basin. Groundwater is the only source used to obtain drinking-water supplies. The basin 's population increased...
Flood of November 1985 in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia
Joseph B. Lescinsky
1987, Open-File Report 86-486
Rainfall in excess of 10 inches occurred during the first 5 days of November 1985, resulting in devastating flooding in the Mid-Atlantic states of West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia. Throughout the area, many streams exceeded previously known flood heights and discharges and, in many cases, the recurrence interval of...
Remote sensing study in support of mineral resource appraisal of the Black Ridge Canyons and Black Ridge Canyons West Wilderness Study Areas, Mesa County, Colorado, and Grand County, Utah, and the Westwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Grand County, Utah
Keenan Lee
1987, Open-File Report 87-435
No abstract available....
The Beringian ancestry of Phenacomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and the beginning of the modern Arctic Ocean borderland biota
Charles Albert Repenning, E. M. Brouwers, L. D. Carter, Louie Marincovich Jr., T. A. Ager
1987, Bulletin 1687
No abstract available....
Probabilistic estimates of the seismic ground motion hazard in western Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
P.C. Thenhaus, S. T. Algermissen, D. M. Perkins, S.L. Hanson, W.H. Diment
1987, Open-File Report 87-173
No abstract available. ...
Principal facts for gravity stations in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin Lancaster, Lebanon, and York Counties, south-central Pennsylvania
S. L. Snyder, D. L. Daniels
1987, Open-File Report 87-511
