U-Pb ages of uraniferous opals and implications for the history of beryllium, fluorine, and uranium mineralization at Spor Mountain, Utah
K.R. Ludwig, D. A. Lindsey, R. A. Zielinski, K. R. Simmons
1980, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (46) 221-232
The U-Pb isotope systematics of uraniferous opals from Spor Mountain, Utah, were investigated to determine the suitability of such material for geochronologic purposes, and to estimate the timing of uranium and associated beryllium and fluorine mineralization. The results indicate that uraniferous...
Degradation of the Hebgen Lake fault scarps of 1959
R.W. Wallace
1980, Geology (8) 225-229
Scarps produced during the Hebgen Lake earthquake of 1959 changed noticeably in 19 yr although they still appeared remarkably fresh in 1978. They have degraded much more rapidly than have those produced in 1915 and 1954 in Nevada, but a quasi-stable slope of...
An econometric model of the U.S. secondary copper industry: Recycling versus disposal
M.E. Slade
1980, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (7) 123-141
In this paper, a theoretical model of secondary recovery is developed that integrates microeconomic theories of production and cost with a dynamic model of scrap generation and accumulation. The model equations are estimated for the U.S. secondary copper industry and used to assess the impacts that various policies and future...
Asymmetric measures of association, closed data, and multivariate analysis
M. Hohn, E.B. Nuhfer
1980, Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (12) 235-246
The association between constant-sum variables Xiand Xjexpressed as percentages can be calculated as a product-moment correlation between Xiand Xj/(100 - Xi) and a correlation between Xjand Xi/(100 - Xj). An asymmetric, square matrix may be formed from these coefficients, and multivariate analysis performed by two methods: singular value decomposition and...
Declination and inclination errors in experimentally deposited specularite-bearing sand
S.L. Bressler, D. P. Elston
1980, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (48) 227-232
Naturally disaggregated specularite-bearing sandstone from the Triassic Moenkopi Formation, artificially deposited in controlled magnetic fields of ∼5 × 10−2 mT, acquires a stable remanent magnetization that has systematic errors in inclination and declination. Inclinations about 12° shallower than the applied fields are...
A lead isotope study of mineralization in the Saudi Arabian Shield
J. S. Stacey, B. R. Doe, R. J. Roberts, M.H. Delevaux, J. W. Gramlich
1980, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (74) 175-188
New lead isotope data are presented for some late Precambrian and early Paleozoic vein and massive sulfide deposits in the Arabian Shield. Using the Stacey Kramers (1975) model for lead isotope evolution, isochron model ages range between 720 m.y. and 420 m.y. Most of the massive sulfide deposits in the...
Radar, visual and thermal characteristics of Mars: Rough planar surfaces
G. G. Schaber
1980, Icarus (42) 159-184
High-resolution Viking Orbiter images (10 to 15 m/pixel) contain significant information on Martian surface roughness at 25- to 100-m lateral scales, whereas Earth-based radar observations of Mars are sensitive to roughness at lateral scales of 1 to 30 m, or more....
Geochemical evolution of brines in the Salar of Uyuni, Bolivia.
S.L. Rettig, B.F. Jones, F. Risacher
1980, Chemical Geology (30) 57-79
Recent analyses of brines from the Salars of Uyuni and Coipasa have been compared with published data for Lakes Titicaca and Poopo to evaluate solute compositional trends in these remnants of two large Pleistocene lakes once connected by overflow from the N to the S of the Bolivian Altiplano. From...
Computer-composite mapping for geologists
J.N. van Driel
1980, Environmental Geology (3) 151-157
A computer program for overlaying maps has been tested and evaluated as a means for producing geologic derivative maps. Four maps of the Sugar House Quadrangle, Utah, were combined, using the Multi-Scale Data Analysis and Mapping Program, in a single composite map that shows the relative stability of the land...
The 1977 eruption of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii
R. B. Moore, Rosalind Tuthill Helz, D. Dzurisin, G. P. Eaton, R. Y. Koyanagi, P. W. Lipman, J. P. Lockwood, G. S. Puniwai
1980, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (7) 189-210
Kilauea volcano began to erupt on September 13, 1977, after a 21.5-month period of quiescence. Harmonic tremor in the upper and central east rift zone and rapid deflation of the summit area occurred for 22 hours before the outbreak of surface activity. On the first night, spatter ramparts formed along...
Computational methods for a three-dimensional model of the petroleum-discovery process
J.H. Schuenemeyer, W.J. Bawiec, L.J. Drew
1980, Computers & Geosciences (6) 323-360
A discovery-process model devised by Drew, Schuenemeyer, and Root can be used to predict the amount of petroleum to be discovered in a basin from some future level of exploratory effort: the predictions are based on historical drilling and discovery data. Because marginal costs of discovery and production are a...
Map showing water circulation and rates of sedimentation in the Port Isabel 1 degree by 2 degrees quadrangle, Texas
H. L. Berryhill Jr., A. R. Trippet
1980, IMAP 1254-A
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Parker NW, Parker, and parts of the Whipple Mountains SW and Whipple Wash quadrangles, California and Arizona
D.D. Dickey, W. J. Carr, W.B. Bull
1980, IMAP 1124
No abstract available....
Tectonic stresses in the lithosphere: constraints provided by the experimental deformation of rocks.
S. H. Kirby
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6353-6363
The strengths of rocks clearly place an upper limit on the stress that can be sustained by the upper half of the lithosphere. Laboratory data on rock rheology are generally lacking at intermediate temperatures and pressures on the important rock types expected in the lithosphere, so a definitive accounting of...
Geochemistry, strontium isotope data, and potassium-argon ages of the andesite-rhyolite association in the Padang area, West Sumatra
G. W. Leo, C. E. Hedge, R. F. Marvin
1980, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (7) 139-156
Quaternary volcanoes in the Padang area on the west coast of Sumatra have produced two-pyroxene, calc-alkaline andesite and volumetrically subordinate rhyolitic and andesitic ash-flow tuffs. A sequence of andesite (pre-caldera), rhyolitic tuff and andesitic tuff, in decreasing order of age, is related to Maninjau caldera. Andesite compositions range from 55.0...
Geologic studies in White Pine County, Nevada
Donald Edward Lee, W. P. Doering, R. E. Van Loenen, E. L. Brandt Munson, R. F. Marvin, H. H. Mehnert
1980, Professional Paper 1158-A-C
No abstract available....
A selected bibliography: Remote sensing applications in wildlife management
David M. Carneggie, Donald O. Ohlen, Lawrence R. Pettinger
1980, Report
Citations of 165 selected technical reports, journal articles, and other publications on remote sensing applications for wildlife management are presented in a bibliography. These materials summarize developments in the use of remotely sensed data for wildlife habitat mapping, habitat inventory, habitat evaluation, and wildlife census. The bibliography contains selected citations...
Geoscientists for international development
David A. Hastings
1980, The British Geologist (6) 104-106
Professional societies are usually concerned with the advancement of scientific knowledge, but a relative newcomer to the international scene has a different focus - geoscience development in the Third World. David Hastings, a member of AGID, explains....
Landsat wildland mapping accuracy
William J. Todd, Dale G. Gehring, J. F. Haman
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 509-520
A Landsat-aided classification of ten wildland resource classes was developed for the Shivwits Plateau region of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Single stage cluster sampling (without replacement) was used to verify the accuracy of each class....
Stability of micro-ingredients in fish feed
G. L. Rumsey
K.W. Chow, editor(s)
1980, Book chapter, Lectures presented at the FAO/UNDP training course in fish feed technology: Aquaculture Development and Coordination Programme: College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
No abstract available at this time...
Some constraints on levels of shear stress in the crust from observations and theory
Art McGarr
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6231-6238
In situ stress determinations in North America, southern Africa, and Australia indicate that on the average the maximum shear stress increases linearly with depth to at least 5.1 km measured in soft rock, such as shale and sandstone, and to 3.7 km in hard rock, including granite and quartzite. Regression...
Seismic hazard study of the western portion of the Garlock fault [California]
J.C. Stepp, John LaViolette, Gary Christenson
1980, Open-File Report 80-1172
Investigations of the western segment of the Garlock fault were conducted at Castac Lake, Twin Lakes and Oak Creek Canyon. Studies were concentrated on the youngest fault trace as delineated by Clark (1973). Seismic refraction surveys, topographic surveys and geologic mapping provided positive evidence for fault offsets in Quaternary deposits...
Report of 1978-1979 field investigations of coal resources in the Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont County, Wyoming
John F. Windolph, Nelson L. Hickling, Ralph C. Warlow
1980, Open-File Report 80-674
No abstract available....
Map-plots and value/location lists of trace element concentrations in northern Bering Sea bottom sediment
Bradley R. Larsen, C. Hans Nelson, Chris Heropoulos, Jeffrey J. Patry
1980, Open-File Report 80-399-B
No abstract available....
Seismic engineering data report; the Imperial Valley earthquake, October 15, 1979: Digitization and processing of accelerograph records
A. G. Brady, Virgilio Perez, P. N. Mork
1980, Open-File Report 80-703
No abstract available....
