A decade of international cooperation brings a standard seismic point of view
H. S Whitcomb Jr.
1971, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (3) 16-19
Whether in a castle in Italy, a police station in Iceland, o an abandoned gold mine in Australia, the sensitive instruments in the Worldwide Seismograph Network send a steady flow of standard earthquake records to the geophysical scientific community. They provide the raw data that make possible very precise earthquake...
Geysers
1971, Report
A geyser is a special type of hot spring that from time to time spurts water above ground. It differs from most hot springs in having periodic eruptions separated by intervals without flow of water. The temperature of the erupting water is generally nearly at boiling for pure water (212°F...
Geology of the Near Islands, Alaska, with a section on the surficial geology of the Near Islands
Olcott Gates, Howard Adorno Powers, Ray E. Wilcox, John P. Schafer
1971, Bulletin 1028-U
No abstract available....
Imaging of Mercury and Venus from a flyby
B. C. Murray, M. J. S. Belton, G. Edward Danielson, M. E. Davies, G. P. Kuiper, B. T. O’Leary, V.E. Suomi, N.J. Trask
1971, Icarus (15) 153-173
This paper describes the results of study of an imaging experiment planned for the 1973 Mariner Venus/Mercury flyby mission. Scientific objectives, mission constraints, analysis of alternative systems, and the rationale for final choice are presented. Severe financial constraints ruled out the best technical alternative for flyby imaging, a film/readout system,...
Spectral reflectance and photometric properties of selected rocks
Robert D. Watson
1971, Remote Sensing of Environment (2) 95-100
Studies of the spectral reflectance and photometric properties of selected rocks at the USGS Mill Creek, Oklahoma, remote sensing test site demonstrate that discrimination of rock types is possible through reflection measurements, but that the discrimination is complicated by surface conditions, such as weathering and lichen growth. Comparisons between fresh-broken,...
40Ar/39Ar technique of KAr dating: A comparison with the conventional technique
G. Brent Dalrymple, M. A. Lanphere
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (12) 300-308
K-Ar ages have been determined by the40Ar/39Ar total fusion technique on 19 terrestrial samples whose conventional K-Ar ages range from 3.4 my to nearly 1700 my. Sample materials included biotite, muscovite, sanidine, adularia, plagioclase, hornblende, actinolite, alunite, dacite, and basalt. For 18...
Limited-interval definitions of the photometric functions of lunar crater walls by photography from orbiting Apollo
R.L. Wildey
1971, Icarus (15) 93-99
By the use of only relative photometry (intraframe) it is shown that the photometric functions of material reposed on the inner walls of some of the ypunger lunar craters photographed on the far side of the Moon from the Apollo 11 Command Module...
A test of the 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum technique on some terrestrial materials
M. A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (12) 359-372
40Ar/39Ar age spectra were determined for 10 terrestrial rock and mineral samples whose geologic history is known from independent evidence. The spectra for six mineral and whole rock samples, including biotite, feldspar, hornblende, muscovite, and granodiorite, that have experienced post-crystallization heating did...
Genetic implications of the shapes of martian and lunar craters
R.J. Pike
1971, Icarus (15) 384-395
Craters on Mars and the Moon are alike in that larger craters differ in shape from smaller ones, and older craters differ in shape from younger ones. Smoothed depth-diameter curves for 41 large martian craters photographed by Mariner IV inflect at a crater...
Nickel in high-alumina basalts
C. E. Hedge
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 522-524
New analyses of high-alumina basalts reveal an average nickel content higher than previously indicated. Ni in high-alumina basalts correlates with magnesium in the same way as it does in other basalt types. There is therefore no reason, based on Ni contents, to hypothesize...
Use of stock ponds by breeding waterfowl and other water birds in Stanley County, South Dakota
J. T. Lokemoen
1971, South Dakota Bird Notes (23) 34-36
Abstract has not been submitted...
Salmonid viruses: Infectious pancreatic necrosis virus
K. Wolf, M. C. Quimby
1971, Archiv Fur Die Gesamte Virusforschung (34) 144-156
Epizootics occurred among young trout in France, and the behavior and symptoms suggested infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) virus. Specimens preserved in glycerol were sent to the U.S.A. for virological examination. Virus was isolated from four of five lots, but neutralization with antiserum against ATCC VR299 strain IPN virus was incomplete....
Calcium-magnesium carbonate solid solutions from Holocene conglomerate cements and travertines in the Coast Range of California
I. Barnes, J. R. O’Neil
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 699-718
Two calcium-magnesium carbonate solid solutions form Holocene travertines and conglomerate cements in fresh water stream channels of the Coast Range of California. Calcite does not yield the {015} diffraction maximum. The {006} diffraction maximum is lacking over most of the range of composition...
Fluid inclusions in quartz crystals from South-West Africa
K.A. Kvenvolden, E. Roedder
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 1209-1229
Quartz crystals from calcite veins of unknown age in Precambrian metasedimentary rocks at Geiaus No. 6 and Aukam farms in South-West Africa contain both primary and secondary inclusions filled with one or a variable combination of: organic liquid, moderately saline aqueous liquid, dark-colored...
Comments on the use of Hiatella arctica for determining cenozoic sea temperatures
R.W. Rowland, D.M. Hopkins
1971, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (9) 59-61
[No abstract available]...
Thermoluminescence of Apollo 12 lunar samples
Richard R. Doell, G. Brent Dalrymple
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10) 357-360
Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve and decay characteristics of Apollo 12 fines and soil samples are similar to those from Apollo 11. Interpretation of the results from the core sample is difficult because of inadequate sample, spacing, but it appears that the part...
The influence of pH on the efficacy and residues of quinaldine
J.B. Sills, J. L. Allen
1971, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (100) 544-545
Abstract has not been submitted...
Water in the economy of the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky
Robert W. Davis, T. William Lambert, Arnold J. Hansen Jr.
1971, Kentucky Geological Survey Special Publication 20-10
No abstract available....
Floods of Utah, magnitude and frequency characteristics through 1969
Elmer Butler
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Periodic water- and air-temperature records for Utah streams, 1966-70
G.L. Whitaker
1971, Utah Basic-Data Release 22
Since 1967, all Geological Survey hydrographers have been instructed to observe and record the water and air temperatures at times when water-discharge measurements were being made at stream-gaging stations in Utah. The frequency of these observations generally varies from I to 5 weeks, depending upon the magnitude of the stream...
Public and industrial water supplies of Kentucky, 1968-69
Donald S. Mull, Robert Vittum Cushman, T. William Lambert
1971, Kentucky Geological Survey Information Circular 20
No abstract available....
Geology of the Coamo area, Puerto Rico, and its relation to the volcanic arc-trench association
Lynn Glover
1971, Professional Paper 636
No abstract available....
Yields and specific capacities of bedrock wells in Kentucky
D. V. Whitesides
1971, Kentucky Geological Survey Information Circular 21
No abstract available....
A procedure for testing the antigenicity of vaccines for immunization of fish against Furunculosis
Jamieson E. Holway, G.W. Klontz
1971, Progressive Fish-Culturist 42-44
Furnunculosis, a bacterial disease caused by Aeromonas salmonicida, is potentially one of the most devastating diseases in trout and salmon hatcheries. The disease may be controlled by three methods. The most frequently used method of control has been drug therapy. Unfortunately, the bacteria often develop resistance to the...
Cowbird parasitism of an upland plover nest
K.F. Higgins
1971, Prairie Naturalist (3) 79-79
Abstract has not been submitted...
