Man against volcano : the eruption on Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Richard S. Williams Jr., James G. Moore
1983, Report
No abstract available....
Avian associations of the northern Great Plains grasslands
H.A. Kantrud, R.L. Kologiski
1983, Journal of Biogeography (10) 331-350
The grassland region of the northern Great Plains was divided into six broad subregions by application of an avian indicator species analysis to data obtained from 582 sample plots censused during the breeding season. Common, ubiquitous species and rare species had little classificatory value and were eliminated from the data...
Memorial to a Black Turnstone: An examplar of breeding and wintering site fidelity
Robert E. Gill Jr., Colleen M. Handel, Leonard A. Shelton
1983, North American Bird Bander (8) 98-101
Most of us who have banded long-distance migrants are aware, through recaptures of individuals, of the high degree of site fidelity exhibited by many bird species. It is not uncommon for a bander to have a marked bird remain in the vicinity of its banding site throughout a season and...
Atlantic Flyway review: Region V: Laurel, Prince Georges County, MD (390-0765)
Chandler S. Robbins
1983, North American Bird Bander (8) 32-32
Nets were operated at this suburban backyard station before and after work during the week, and all day on as many weekends as possible, from 23 August to 30 November. A trip to Spain interrupted banding in mid-September and accounted for the drop in both species and individuals banded. This also...
Migration and winter distributions of canvasbacks staging on the Upper Mississippi River
J.R. Serie, D.L. Trauger, D.E. Sharp
1983, Journal of Wildlife Management (47) 741-753
Fall and winter distribution patterns of canvasbacks (Aythya valisineria) staging on the upper Mississippi River near LaCrosse, Wisconsin (navigational Pools 7 and 8) and Keokuk, Iowa (Pool 19) were studied during 1973-77. Sightings and recoveries obtained from 1,488 color-marked males during 1973-75 and 3,789 banded males and females during 1973-77...
Ground water in the northeast part of Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, Bagdad area, California
J. H. Koehler
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4053
The hydrologic characteristics of the Bagdad area, in the northeast part of Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base, were investigated to determine the feasibility of obtaining a supply of ground water. Five test holes were drilled and three of these were completed with 6-inch casings. Ground water in the eastern part...
Variation in survival and recovery rates of ring-necked ducks
Michael J. Conroy, Robert T. Eberhardt
1983, Journal of Wildlife Management (47) 127-137
Band recovery data were used to examine sex-specific, geographic, and temporal variations in survival and recovery rates of ring-necked ducks (Aythya collaris). Survival rates were higher (P < 0.05) for males than for females in the preseason-banded sample and in 2 of 3 postseason samples; recovery rates were higher (P...
The magnetic field of the earth, 1980 magnetic declination
E. B. Fabiano, N.W. Peddie, A.K. Zunde
1983, IMAP 1457
No abstract available....
The magnetic field of the earth, 1980 magnetic inclination
E. B. Fabiano, N.W. Peddie, A.K. Zunde
1983, IMAP 1458
No abstract available....
Was seismology lucky to acquire John Milne?
L. Herbert-Gustar, P. A. Nott
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 164-176
Two examples of earthquake- hazard reduction in southern California.
W. J. Kockelman, C.C. Campbell
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 216-225
Because California is seismically active, planners and decisionmakers must try to anticipate earthquake hazards there and, where possible, to reduce the hazards. Geologic and seismologic information provides the basis for the necessary plans and actions. Two examples of how such information is used are presented. The first involves assessing the...
Thermal decarboxylation of acetic acid: Implications for origin of natural gas
Y.K. Kharaka, W.W. Carothers, R.J. Rosenbauer
1983, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (47) 397-402
Laboratory experiments on the thermal decarboxylation of solutions of acetic acid at 200°C and 300°C were carried out in hydrothermal equipment allowing for on-line sampling of both the gas and liquid phases for chemical and stable-carbon-isotope analyses. The solutions had ambient pH values between 2.5 and 7.1; pH values and...
Geochemistry of the Chattanooga shale, Dekalb County, central Tennessee.
J.S. Leventhal, Paul H. Briggs, J.W. Baker
1983, Southeastern Geology (24) 101-116
This Upper Devonian shale is of interest because of its unusual enrichment in trace elements, especially U; a new chemical analysis for major, minor and trace elements is presented. Stable isotopes of carbon (organic) show delta 13C approx -29per mille and for total sulphur show -21 to -27per mille delta...
Rehabilitation materials from surface- coal mines in western USA. I. Chemical characteristics of spoil and replaced cover-soil.
R. C. Severson, L. P. Gough
1983, Reclamation and Revegetation Research (2) 83-102
A range of at least one order of magnitude was observed for DTPA-extractable Cd, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb and Zn and organic matter content of samples of spoil and cover-soil from eleven western USA surface-coal mines. The observed pH of these samples ranged from 3.9 to 8.9; however, most...
The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska
W. Hildreth
1983, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (18) 1-56
On June 6–8, 1912, ∼ 15 km3 of magma erupted from the Novarupta caldera at the head of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (VTTS), producing ∼ 20 km3 of air-fall tephra and 11–15 km3 of ash-flow tuff within ∼ 60 hours. Three discrete periods of ash-fall at Kodiak correlate, respectively, with Plinian...
Selective dissolution of siliceous microfossils observed in a box core from the north-east equatorial Pacific
D. Kadko, J. R. Blueford, L.H. Burckle, J. Barron
1983, Nature (302) 139-141
A box core taken at 11??50.3??? N and 137??28.2??? W in the Central Pacific manganese nodule province was studied to determine the pattern of diatom and radiolarian preservation with depth in the sediment, as well as to observe downcore variations in clay mineralogy. We observed marked deterioration of the siliceous...
Mineral resource potential map of the Carson-Iceberg Roadless Areas, central Sierra Nevada, California
William J. Keith, Maurice A. Chaffee, Donald Plouff, Michael S. Miller
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1416-B
No abstract available....
Gas-film coefficients for streams
R. E. Rathbun, D. Y. Tai
1983, Journal of Environmental Engineering (109) 1111-1127
Equations for predicting the gas-film coefficient for the volatilization of organic solutes from streams are developed. The film coefficient is a function of windspeed and water temperature. The dependence of the coefficient on windspeed is determined from published information on the evaporation of water from a canal. The dependence of...
The granite problem as exposed in the southern Snake Range, Nevada
D. E. Lee, E. H. Christiansen
1983, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (83) 99-116
A geochemically and mineralogically diverse group of granitoids is present within an area of 900 km2 in the southern Snake Range of eastern Nevada. The granitoids exposed range in age from Jurassic through Cretaceous to Oligocene and include two calcic intrusions, two different types of two-mica granites, and aplites. The...
Ground-water models for water resource planning
J.E. Moore
1983, GeoJournal (7) 453-458
In the past decade hydrogeologists have emphasized the development of computer-based mathematical models to aid in the understanding of flow, the transport of solutes, transport of heat, and deformation in the ground-water system. These models have been used to provide information and predictions for water managers. Too frequently, ground-water was...
The role of digital cartographic data in the geosciences
S.C. Guptill
1983, Computers & Geosciences (9) 23-26
The increasing demand of the Nation's natural resource developers for the manipulation, analysis, and display of large quantities of earth-science data has necessitated the use of computers and the building of geoscience information systems. These systems require, in digital form, the spatial data on map products. The basic cartographic data...
Capture myopathy in a free-flying greater sandhill crane (Grus canadensis tabida) from Wisconsin
R. M. Windingstad, S.S. Hurley, L. Sileo
1983, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (19) 289-290
No abstract available....
New evidence for the age of the Gubik Formation Alaskan North Slope
C.A. Repenning
1983, Quaternary Research (19) 356-372
At several Alaskan North Slope localities south of the shore of the Arctic Ocean the Gubik Formation, herein regarded as latest Pliocene and Pleistocene in age, contains a marine unit at its base. Near Ocean Point and near Teshekpuk Lake this basal unit, or the lowest exposed marine unit, of...
Populations and habitat use of marine birds in the Semidi Islands, Alaska
Scott A. Hatch, Martha A. Hatch
1983, Murrelet (64) 39-46
About one-quarter of the resident seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska breed on the Semidi Islands. In terms of biomass, the proportion is closer to one-third. The most abundant birds are Common and Thick-billed Murres, with a combined population exceeding 1 million birds. Hundreds of thousands of Horned Puffins breed...
Tuffaceous sediments as source rocks for uranium: A case study of the White River Formation, Wyoming
R. A. Zielinski
1983, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (18) 285-306
Fine-grained tuffaceous sediments of the White River Formation (Oligocene) are evaluated as a possible source of uranium for the sedimentary uranium deposits of Wyoming. The evaluation is based upon a model in which volcanic glass is considered to be a major host of uranium and thorium and in which uranium...