The handling, hazards, and maintenance of heavy liquids in the geologic laboratory
Phoebe L. Hauff, Joseph Airey
1980, Circular 827
In geologic laboratories the organic heavy liquids bromoform, methylene iodide, tetrabromoethane, and clerici compounds have been used for years in mineral separation processes. Because the volume of use of these compounds is low, insufficient data is available on their toxic properties. This report is an attempt to summarize the known...
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1978
Carl W. Stover, J. H. Minsch, B. Glen Reagor
1980, Circular 819-A
No abstract available....
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1979
Carl W. Stover, J. H. Minsch, B.G. Reagor, P. K. Smith
1980, Circular 836-A
No abstract available....
Estimating the costs of landslide damage in the United States
Robert W. Fleming, Fred A. Taylor
1980, Circular 832
Landslide damages are one of the most costly natural disasters in the United States. A recent estimate of the total annual cost of landslide damage is in excess of $1 billion {Schuster, 1978}. The damages can be significantly reduced, however, through the combined action of technical experts, government, and the...
Shorter contributions to paleontology, 1979
Heinz A. Kollman, Thomas M. Cronin, Louie Marincovich
1980, Professional Paper 1125-A-D
No abstract available....
Shorter contributions to mineralogy and petrology, 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Professional Paper 1124-A-F
No abstract available....
Shorter contributions to geophysics, 1979
Alfred H. Woodcock, Irving Friedman, Gordon Robert Johnson, K. G. Books, D. L. Daniels, W. E. Huff, Peter Popenoe, Joseph S. Duval, K. A. Schulz
1980, Professional Paper 1123-A-D
No abstract available....
Shorter contributions to geochemistry 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Professional Paper 1129-A-I
No abstract available....
Isolation of uranium mill tailings and their component radionuclides from the biosphere; some earth science perspectives
Edward Landa
1980, Circular 814
Uranium mining and milling is an expanding activity in the. Western United States. Although the milling process yields a uranium concentrate, the large volume of tailings remaining contains about 85 percent of the radioactivity originally associated with the ore. By virtue of the physical and chemical processing of the ore...
Rubidium-strontium geochronology and plate-tectonic evolution of the southern part of the Arabian Shield
Robert J. Fleck, W.R. Greenwood, D.G. Hadley, R.E. Anderson, D. L. Schmidt
1980, Professional Paper 1131
Rubidium-strontium studies of Precambrian volcanic and plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield document an early development of the Arabian craton between 900 and 680 m.y. (million years) ago. Geologic studies indicate an island-arc environment characterized by andesitic (dioritic) magmas, volcaniclastic sedimentation, rapid deposition, and contemporaneous deformation along north or northwest-trending...
A review and evaluation of alternatives for updating U.S. Geological Survey land use and land cover maps
Valerie A. Milazzo
1980, Circular 826
Since 1974, the U.S. Geological Survey has been engaged in a nationwide program of baseline mapping of land use and land cover and associated data at a scale of 1:250,000. As l:100,000-scale bases have become available, they have been used for mapping certain areas and for special applications. These two...
Lunar remote sensing and measurements
H. J. Moore, J. M. Boyce, G. G. Schaber, D. H. Scott
1980, Professional Paper 1046-B
Remote sensing and measurements of the Moon from Apollo orbiting spacecraft and Earth form a basis for extrapolation of Apollo surface data to regions of the Moon where manned and unmanned spacecraft have not been and may be used to discover target regions for future lunar exploration which will produce...
Floods in the Raccoon River basin, Iowa
Albert J. Heinitz
1980, Open-File Report 80-162
Evaluation of flood hazards, and the planning, design, and operation of various facilities on flood plains requires information on floods. This report provides information on flood stages and discharges, flood magnitude and frequency, bench mark data, and flood profiles for the Raccoon River and some of its tributaries. It covers...
Ground water conditions in Tooele Valley, Utah, 1976-78
Allan C. Razem, Judy I. Steiger
1980, Open-File Report 80-439
No abstract available....
Ground-water availability and water quality in Farmington, Connecticut
David L. Mazzaferro
1980, Open-File Report 80-751
The strataified-drift aquifer in Farmington, Conn., is capable of yielding large amounts of water to individual wells. About 14 square miles of Farmington is underlain by stratified-drift deposits which, in places, are more than 450 feet thick. The most productive deposits are found in the Farmington River valley, from Unionville...
Multichannel seismic-reflection profiles collected along the U.S. continental margin in 1978
John A. Grow, John Stevens Schlee, William P. Dillon
1980, Open-File Report 80-834
During 1978, the U.S.. Geological Survey (USGS) contracted with Geophysical Services, Inc. (GSI) for GSI to collect 4,813 km of 48-channel seismic-reflection profiles along the continental margin between North Carolina and Maine. Fifteen lines were acquired perpendicular to the margin Clines 18 through 32), and six lines were acquired parallel...
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) thermal surface water mapping and its correlation to Landsat
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1980, Open-File Report 80-265
The Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) involves a relatively simple satellite recording the radiation from the Earth in the thermal band (10.5 to 12.5 μm) using an instantaneous field-of-view (IFOV, "footprint" or pixel) of 600 x 600 m. The enclosed graphics illustrate HCMM thermal mapping of water bodies as applied...
Helium soil-gas concentrations in the Torrington, Newcastle, Gillette (Wyoming), and Ekalaka (Montana) 1° x 2° quadrangles: data for a reconnaissance survey
G. Michael Reimer, D.G. Murrey, Josh M. Been
1980, Open-File Report 80-452
No abstract available....
Freshwater resources of Big Pine Key, Florida
Chris E. Hanson
1980, Open-File Report 80-447
The principal freshwater-bearing unit underlying Big Pine Key is a layer of oolitic limestone averaging 19 feet in thickness. The freshwater exists in two separate lenses, one in the northern half of the island and one in the southern half. The slightly larger north lens is separated from the south...
Lacustrine-humate model; sedimentologic and geochemical model for tabular sandstone uranium deposits in the Morrison Formation, Utah, and application to uranium exploration
Fred Peterson, Christine E. Turner-Peterson
1980, Open-File Report 80-319
Hydrologic monitoring program in Eldridge-Wilde and East Lake Road well-field areas, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, Florida, 1977 water year
Boyd F. Joyner, James M. Gerhart
1980, Open-File Report 80-345
The observation-well network in the vicinity of the two well fields is described in detail. Data obtained from the network from October 1976 through September 1977, as well as rainfall and pumpage records, are presented and discussed. Below-normal rainfall caused the water table and potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer...
Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1979 water-year
G. Louis Ducret
1980, Open-File Report 80-333
The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1.This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey...
Bibliography of the geology of the Oregon-Washington continental shelf and coastal zone, 1899-1978
Gretchen Luepke
1980, Open-File Report 80-467
Borehole geophysical measurements for hole UE25-3, Nevada Test Site, Nuclear Waste Isolation Program
Jeffrey J. Daniels, James H. Scott
1980, Open-File Report 80-126
Borehole geophysical measurements made in drill hole UE25a-3 with a U.S. Geological Survey research well-logging truck are presented in this paper. The purpose of these logging measurements is to provide in-situ physical properties information that is not commercially available on drill hole UE25a-3. Well logs are presented in this paper...
Computer routines for probability distributions, random numbers, and related functions
W.H. Kirby
1980, Open-File Report 80-448
Use of previously codes and tested subroutines simplifies and speeds up program development and testing. This report presents routines that can be used to calculate various probability distributions and other functions of importance in statistical hydrology. The routines are designed as general-purpose Fortran subroutines and functions to be called from...
