Mapsat conceptual design; system overview
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1981, Open-File Report 81-26
After more than 10 years of study and applications of Earth imaging satellite systems, the U. S. Geological Survey has conceptually defined a candidate Operational Land Remote Sensing Satellite. A conceptual design study of this system, known as MAPSAT, has been completed by Itek Optical Systems, a division of Itek...
Surficial geology of Mallory quadrangle, Oswego County, New York
Todd S. Miller
1981, Open-File Report 81-336
The location and extent of seven kinds of surficial deposits in Mallory quadrangle, Oswego County, N.Y., are mapped on a 7.5-minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic map. The map was compiled to indicate the lithology and poential for ground-water development at any specific location. (USGS)...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Penobscot River basin in central Maine
Richard A. Fontaine
1981, Open-File Report 78-556-F
The report contains drainage-area values for: lakes and ponds included in the MIDAS (Maine Informational Display Analysis System) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 square miles, dam sites, and locations where hydrologic data are available. Supplemental information includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Preliminary evaluation of ground-water contamination by coal-tar derivatives, St. Louis Park area, Minnesota
Marc F. Hult, Michael Schoenberg
1981, Open-File Report 81-72
Operation of a coal-tar distillation and wood preserving plant for 1918-72 in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, resulted in ground-water contamination. This report presents the results of the first year (1979) of an ongoing study. By 1932, water in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer, the region 's major source of ground...
Surficial geology of Hannibal quadrangle, Oswego County, New York
Todd S. Miller
1981, Open-File Report 81-129
The location and extent of 10 kinds of surficial deposits in part of Hannibal quadrangle, Oswego County, N.Y., are mapped on a 7.5-minute U.S. Geological Survey topographic map. The map was compiled to indicate the lithology and potential for ground-water development at any specific location. (USGS)...
Metalliferous oil shales in central Montana and northeastern Nevada
George A. Desborough, F. G. Poole, Gregory N. Green
1981, Open-File Report 81-121
Geologic, hydrologic, and chemical data from test wells in the Dickson area, Tennessee
Mike Bradley, Jil Jonas
1981, Open-File Report 81-202
Seventeen test wells were drilled at 12 sites in south central Dickson County, Tenn. Most of the sites were selected on the basis of carefully developed concepts of groundwater occurrence. These wells range from 20 to 400 feet deep and average 276 feet deep. The yields range from 0 to...
Results of test drilling for ground water in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
Walter F. Holmes
1981, Open-File Report 80-951
Floods of September 16, 1975 in the Tallaboa Valley, Puerto Rico
Karl G. Johnson
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-1283
This report provides a record of the flood of September 16, 1975, and associated hydrologic data. These data can be used in making rational decisions in formulating effective flood-plain regulations that would minimize flood problems in the Tallaboa Valley.The Tallaboa Valley (fig. 1) lies on the southwestern coast of Puerto...
A summary of fish and wildlife information needs to surface mine coal in the United States. Part 2, the status of State surface mining regulations as of January 1980 and the fish and wildlife information needs
C.T. Cushwa
1981, FWS/OBS 79/48.2
The ecology of intertidal oyster reefs of the South Atlantic Coast: A community profile
Leonard M. Bahr, William P. Lanier
1981, FWS/OBS 81/15
The functional role of the intertidal oyster reef community in the southeastern Atlantic coastal zone is described. This description is based on a compilation of published data, as well as some unpublished information presented as hypotheses. The profile is organized in a hierarchical manner, such that relevant details of reef oyster...
Assessment of water quality in streams draining coal-producing areas in Ohio
C.L. Pfaff, D.R. Helsel, D.P. Johnson, C.G. Angelo
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-409
Water quality in the coal-producing areas of eastern Ohio was studied in a two-phase investigation between May 1975 and August 1976. Results of phase one, a reconnaissance of water quality at 150 sites, indicated that acid mine drainage generally occurred where abandoned drift or strip mines were located, whereas areas...
Availability and Quality of Water from Underground Coal Mines in Johnson and Martin Counties, Kentucky
D. S. Mull, Steven Cordivio1a, Dennis W. Risser
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-690
This report provides water users with detailed information on the location, quantity, and quality of water available from underground coal mines in the Breathitt Formation of Pennsylvanian age in part of eastern Kentucky. The principal coal seams mined are the Van Lear in Johnson County and the Alma in Martin...
Availability and Quality of Water from Underground Coal Mines in Johnson and Martin Counties, Kentucky
D. S. Mull, Steven Cordivio1a, Dennis W. Risser
1981, Open-File Report 81-690
This report provides water users with detailed information on the location, quantity, and quality of water available from underground coal mines in the Breathitt Formation of Pennsylvanian age in part of eastern Kentucky. The principal coal seams mined are the Van Lear in Johnson County and the Alma in Martin...
Earthquake hazard studies in southeastern Missouri
William Stauder, Robert B. Herrmann, Brian J. Mitchell
1981, Open-File Report 81-888
This report is intended to be a compact review of the current "state of the art" of operating a seismic telemetry network as applied to the New Madrid area, and incidentally, to the Adak, Alaska network because of the author's position as technical director of that network under a joint...
Analytical data on uranium ore-bearing samples collected in the southern part of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming, 1972-1979
E.S. Santos
1981, Open-File Report 81-83
No abstract available....
Structured COBOL programs to retrieve, edit, and list Eastern Gas Shales Project sample data
P.J. Hessel, T. S. Dyman, L.A. Wilcox
1981, Open-File Report 81-240
Establishment of a Southern California geophysical data and analysis center
David G. Harkrider, Robert F. Nickerson
1981, Open-File Report 81-395
No abstract available....
Eastern Gas Shales Project (EGSP) data files
T. S. Dyman
1981, Open-File Report 81-598
Engineering geology investigation, Game Creek-Cache Creek road corridor, Teton National Forest, Teton County, Wyoming
Chen and Associates
1981, Open-File Report 81-854
This report summarizes the results of an engineering geology investigation for the proposed Game Creek - Cache Creek Road Corridor, access to NCRA drill site. The purpose of the investigation was to provide geologic data so that the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey can jointly draft an Environmental...
EXTRACT: a FORTRAN program to retrieve selected Well History Control System (WHCS) data
Suzanne Weston, T. S. Dyman
1981, Open-File Report 81-29
Selection of operating conditions for multiple-element analysis by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry; an application of optimization methodology in analytical chemistry
A.E. Brookes, J.J. Leary, D. W. Golightly
1981, Open-File Report 81-1211
A socioeconomic assessment of the Cache Creek drilling site, Wyoming
Wyoming Research Corp.
1981, Open-File Report 81-862
This report analyzes the potential socioeconomic impacts of drilling two exploratory wells in the immediate vicinity of Jackson, Wyoming in Cache Creek Canyon and Little Granite Creek Canyon.The following conclusions are derived from a review of population projections, an analysis of secondary socioeconomic information, informal interviews of local residents, and...
The geologic investigation of the Taurus-Littrow Valley; Apollo 17 landing site, with a section on Apollo 17 lunar surface photography
Edward W. Wolfe, N. G. Bailey, Baerbel K. Lucchitta, W.R. Muehlberger, D. H. Scott, R. L. Sutton, H. G. Wilshire, R. M. Batson, K.B. Larson, R.L. Tyner
1981, Professional Paper 1080
No abstract available....
Western hemisphere strong-motion accelerograph station list, 1980
J. Switzer, D. Johnson, R. Maley, R. Matthiesen
1981, Open-File Report 81-664
This list contains information on western hemisphere strong-motion stations that have been installed and are maintained by many different organizations. It contains information on all of those stations for which there is some data in the files of the USGS, but the list is incomplete even for stations in the...
