Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program project summaries: fiscal year 1978
Marilyn P. MacCabe
1979, Open-File Report 79-387
The Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program of the U.S. Geological Survey expanded threefold during fiscal year 1978. The program funded nearly 300 projects in the areas of earthquake hazards, earthquake prediction, induced seismicity, and global seismology. Brief summaries of each project are presented in this report, along with highlights of the...
A single-degree-of-freedom model for non-linear soil amplification
Mustafa Ozder Erdik
1979, Open-File Report 79-592
For proper understanding of soil behavior during earthquakes and assessment of a realistic surface motion, studies of the large-strain dynamic response of non-linear hysteretic soil systems are indispensable. Most of the presently available studies are based on the assumption that the response of a soil deposit is mainly due to...
Lithologic log, lithium content, and mineralogy of sediments penetrated in test boring drilled in Eureka Valley, Inyo County, California
James D. Morgan
1979, Open-File Report 79-1089
A test boring was drilled in a playa in Eureka Valley, Calif., by the U.S. Geological Survey in the spring of 1978. Work was done under the terms of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to evaluate the leasable mineral potential...
A field calibration of the sediment-trapping characteristics of the Helley-Smith bedload sampler
William W. Emmett
1979, Open-File Report 79-411
No abstract available. ...
Multiyear low flow in southeastern Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-1288
Many existing water supplies in southeastern Kansas are proving inadequate to meet current and expanded future needs. One of the methods in which the use of highly variable streamflow in the area can be evaluated is with the aid of multiyear low-flow frequency information. Data from 19 stream-gaging stations in...
Radiocarbon dates from the Hawaiian Islands: A compilation
M. Lea Kelley
1979, Open-File Report 79-1700
Radiocarbon dating has proved to be a useful tool for the correlation of events and their timing during the Quaternary. In the Hawaiian Islands, the application of this technique is providing a chronology of the geologic history that will serve as a framework for studies of volcanologic and related hazards,...
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Cordova Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1979, Open-File Report 79-973
This summary of references is designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Cordova quadrangle, Alaska. References to most reports of the Geological Survey, U. S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and...
Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California
Darrell G. Herd, Earl E. Brabb
1979, Open-File Report 79-1658
On October 29, 1979, a new exposure of the Las Positas fault zone near Livermore, California, was created by excavation of a creek bank along Arroyo Seco. The face of the bank was cleaned by geologists of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, California) to obtain a better and more complete view...
Continuous seismic reflection profile records, SEA-9-78-BS cruise, northern Bering Sea
Matthew C. Larsen, Hans Nelson, Devin R. Thor
1979, Open-File Report 79-1673
Massive zunyite rock from western Elko County, Nevada
Robert Roy Coats, Jerry J. Consul, Sara T. Neil
1979, Open-File Report 79-764
Surface subsidence and collapse in relation to extraction of salt and other soluble evaporites
John R. Ege
1979, Open-File Report 79-1666
Extraction of soluble minerals, whether by natural or man-induced processes, can result in localized land-surface subsidence and more rarely sinkhole formation. One process cited by many investigators is that uncontrolled dissolving of salt or other soluble evaporites can create or enlarge underground cavities, thereby increasing the span of the unsupported...
Selected bibliography on subsidence processes and related engineering problems in carbonate rocks
John R. Ege
1979, Open-File Report 79-1214
The Solution Subsidence and Collapse project is a U.S. Geological Survey research activity funded by the Reactor Hazards Research program. The objective of the study is to determine the geologic and hydrologic controls and mechanisms of ground subsidence in soluble rock terranes caused by natural processes and man's activities. The...
Selected bibliography on ground subsidence caused by dissolution and removal of salt and other soluble evaporites
John R. Ege
1979, Open-File Report 79-1133
Alaskan papers and abstracts published by the Geological Society of America, 1890-1978, indexed by quadrangle
Edward Huntington Cobb
1979, Open-File Report 79-1640
This open—file report lists most papers and abstracts on the geology and mineral resources of Alaska published by the Geological Society of America from 1890 through 1978. They are listed by the quadrangles (scale 1:250,000) into which Alaska has been subdivided for topographic mapping (p. 2). Not included are papers...
Geophysical and lithologic logs of 1977 coal drilling in the Fort Union Formation, Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming
Robert D. Hettinger, Robert Brown
1979, Open-File Report 79-326
Alaskan papers and abstracts published in American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 1950-1978, indexed by quadrangle
Edward Huntington Cobb
1979, Open-File Report 79-1475
This open—file report lists all papers and abstracts on the geology and mineral resources of Alaska published in the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin from 1950 through 1978. They are listed by the quadrangles (scale 1:250,000) into which Alaska has been subdivided for topographic mapping (p. 2).Reports that deal...
Drilling techniques presently in use by the Geothermal Studies Project, U.S. Geological Survey
Thomas H. Moses, J.H. Sass
1979, Open-File Report 79-763
Ground-water resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Louis D. Carswell, Orville B. Lloyd Jr.
1979, Open-File Report 79-414
Monroe County is on the eastern border of Pennsylvania and includes much of the area popularly called the Poconos. It is an area long used for outdoor recreation and includes a part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.Water resources in the county are derived from precipitation. The Lehigh...
Hydrologic data for floods of July 1978 in Southeast Minnesota and Southwest Wisconsin
V.J. Latkovich
1979, Open-File Report 79-1166
Intense storms of July 1978 caused floods of historical significance in southeast Minnesota and southwest Wisconsin. Local, State, and Federal officials need data and information to evaluate, coordinate, and manage programs concerned with floods and flood losses. Because of a need to document stream discharges, elevations, and sediment concentrations, current-meter...
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Seldovia Quadrangle, Alaska
1979, Open-File Report 80-87
These summaries of references are designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska. All references to most reports of the Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the State of Alaska Division of...
Identification codes for organizations listed in computerized data systems of the U.S. Geological Survey
Melvin D. Edwards, Beverly M. Myers
1979, Open-File Report 79-331
This report contains codes for the identification of public and private organizations listed in computerized data systems. These codes are used by the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE), National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC), and Office of Water Data Coordination...
Directory of local assistance centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Melvin D. Edwards
1979, Open-File Report 79-423
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, has established a network of Local Assistance Centers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to assist users of water data in identifying and locating the data they need. This Directory provides the information needed to contact any...
Southeast Georgia embayment high-resolution seismic-reflection survey
Douglas W. Edsall
1979, Open-File Report 78-800
A high-resolution seismic survey of the offshore part of the Southeast Georgia Embayment on about a 20 km spacing was completed in 1976. A stratigraphic analyses of the data shows that the largest controlling factor in the depositional history of the shelf has been the Gulf Stream. These currents have...
GARNET; computer applications software for the National Coal Resources Data System
A.C. Olson
1979, Open-File Report 80-228
Chemical analyses of lignite from the Wilcox Group, Texas region, central and eastern Texas
Rick T. Hildebrand, Joseph R. Hatch, Christopher D. Henry
1979, Open-File Report 79-1250
As part of a continuing program by the U.S. Geological Survey to collect and chemically analyze representative sales of U.S. coal, 45 samples of lignite and lignite-associated rocks were collected strip mines and drill holes in Freestone and Milam counties in central Texas, and in Harrison, Rains, Titus, Van Zandt,...
