Temperature tolerance of young-of-the-year cisco, Coregonus artedii
Thomas A. Edsall, Peter J. Colby
1970, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (99) 526-531
Young-of-the-year ciscoes (Coregonus artedii) acclimated to 2, 5, 10, 20 and 25 C and tested for tolerance to high and low temperatures provide the first detailed description of the thermal tolerance of coregonids in North America. The upper ultimate lethal temperature of the young ciscoes was 26 C (6 C...
The effect of temperature on the rate of development and survival of alewife eggs and larvae
Thomas A. Edsall
1970, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (99) 376-380
Eggs from Lake Michigan alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus) were incubated at 79 different temperatures from 42.1 to 87.0 F. Hatching occurred at 44.4-84.9 F and was optimum (38% hatched) at about 64 F. Incubation time varied from 15 days at 45 F to 3.7 days at 70 F and 2.1 days...
Jurassic (callovian) paleotemperatures from Scotland
F.C. Tan, J.D. Hudson, M.L. Keith
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (9) 421-426
Isotopic paleotemperature analyses of belemnites and ammonites from the Belemnite Sands and Oxford Clay of Staffin Bay, Isle of Skye, are presented. Ammonites are depleted in18O compared with co-existing belemnites, which give mean temperatures of around 22°C, consistent with the Skye belemnite...
Cummingtonite: A reversible, nonquenchable transition from P21/m to C2/m symmetry
C.T. Prewitt, J. J. Papike, M. Ross
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8) 448-450
Cummingtonite from the Gouverneur, New York, talc district (Sample No. U.S.N.M. 115046) with the composition, (Ca0.36Na0.06Mn0.96Mg0.57) Mg5Si8O22 (OH)2, unit cell parametersa = 9.550 ± 0.001, b = 18.007 ± 0.003, c = 5.298 ± 0.001Å, β = 102°39′ ± 1′, and space...
The determination of low levels of cobalt-60 in environmental waters by liquid scintillation counting
H.C. Claassen
1970, Analytica Chimica Acta (52) 229-235
A method for determination of cobalt-60 in waters at levels greater than 0.5 pCi per sample is presented. A modification of the method may be used to analyze fluvial sediments and soils. After the cobalt has been separated, first as the hydroxide and then as...
Determination of fluoride in silicate rocks without separation of aluminum using a specific ion electrode
B.L. Ingram
1970, Analytical Chemistry (42) 1825-1827
No abstract available....
Use of microearthquakes in the study of the mechanics of earthquake generation along the San Andreas fault in central California
J. P. Eaton, W.H.K. Lee, L. C. Pakiser
1970, Tectonophysics (9) 259-282
A small, dense network of independently recording portable seismograph stations was used to delineate the slip surface associated with the 1966 Parkfield-Cholame earthquake by precise three dimensional mapping of the hypocenters of its aftershocks. The aftershocks were concentrated in a very narrow vertical zone beneath or immediately adjacent to the...
Effect of sample inhomogeneity in K Ar dating
J. C. Engels, C.O. Ingamells
1970, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (34) 1007-1017
Error in K-Ar ages is often due more to deficiencies in the splitting process, whereby portions of the sample are taken for potassium and for argon determination, than to imprecision in the analytical methods. The effect of the grain size of a sample and of the composition of a contaminating...
UThPb age of Apollo 12 rock 12013
M. Tatsumoto
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (9) 193-200
A UThPb isotopic study of three chips from lunar rock 12013 indicates that parental material of the intrusion breccia formed quite early in the moon's history, possibly 3.9 to 4.3 by ago. The UThPb characteristics of the rock are distinctly different from those of other Apollo 12 igneous rocks and...
The diffusion of ions in unconsolidated sediments
F.T. Manheim
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (9) 307-309
Diffusion in unconsolidated sediments generally proceeds at rates ranging from half to one twentieth of those applying to diffusion of ions and molecules in free solution. Diffusion rates are predictable with respect to porosity and path tortuosity in host sediments, and can be conveniently measured by determinations of electrical resistivity...
Neutron radiative capture methods for surface elemental analysis
J.I. Trombka, F. Senftle, R. Schmadebeck
1970, Nuclear Instruments and Methods (87) 37-43
Both an accelerator and a 252Cf neutron source have been used to induce characteristic gamma radiation from extended soil samples. To demonstrate the method, measurements of the neutron-induced radiative capture and activation gamma rays have been made with both Ge(Li) and NaI(Tl) detectors, Because...
Lunar radar mapping: Correlation between radar reflectivity and stratigraphy in north-western mare imbrium
G. G. Schaber, R. E. Eggleton, T.W. Thompson
1970, Nature (226) 1236-1239
DELAY-DOPPLER radar maps of the Moon obtained with the 430 MHz (70 cm wavelength) radar of the Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory in Puerto Rico (Thompson, unpublished) are at present being studied to correlate geological information with the radar reflexion characteristics of the lunar surface. Preliminary evaluation of...
Geothermal resources of the northern gulf of Mexico basin
P.H. Jones
1970, Geothermics (2) 14-26
Published geothermal gradient maps for the northern Gulf of Mexico basin indicate little or no potential for the development of geothermal resources. Results of deep drilling, from 4000 to 7000 meters or more, during the past decade however, define very sharp increases in geothermal gradient which are associated with the...
Static and kinetic friction of granite at high normal stress
J.D. Byerlee
1970, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts (7) 577-582
Frictional sliding on ground surfaces of granite, angle of sliding planes 30° and 45°, was investigated as a function of confining pressure. Over the normal stress range of 2–12 kb, the static frictional shear stress τs follows the relationship τs = 0·5 + 0· σn and the kinetic frictional...
Latitudinal gradients in tertiary molluscan faunas of the Pacific coast
W.O. Addicott
1970, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (8) 287-312
Tertiary molluscan faunas of the middle latitudes of the marginal eastern North Pacific are characterized by warm-water taxa whose descendants now live in more southerly latitudes. A series of profiles in which cumulative percentages of warm-water faunal elements are plotted against latitude show progressive northward decreases in the percentage of...
Isotopic composition of strontium in sea water throughout Phanerozoic time
Z. E. Peterman, C. E. Hedge, H. A. Tourtelot
1970, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (34) 105-120
Isotopic analyses of strontium in primary fossil carbonate reveal significant variations in Sr87Sr86">Sr87Sr86 of sea water during the Phanerozoic. The strontium isotopic composition may have been uniform from the Ordovician through the Mississippian, with an average Sr87Sr86">Sr87Sr86 of 0.7078. A subsequent decrease...
Paleomagnetic secular variation study of lavas from the Massif central, France
Richard R. Doell
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8) 352-362
The angular standard deviation of virtual geomagnetic poles determined from a paleomagnetic study of 31 Brunhes-age lava flows from France has been obtained. The value, referred to the axial dipole (geographic axis), is 15.2° with 95% confidence limits of 18.4° and 12.9°....
Television experiment for Mariner Mars 1971
H. Masursky, R. Batson, W. Borgeson, M. Carr, J. McCauley, D. Milton, R. Wildey, D. Wilhelms, B. Murray, N. Horowitz, R. Leighton, R. Sharp, W. Thompson, G. Briggs, P. Chandeysson, E. Shipley, C. Sagan, J. Pollack, J. Lederberg, E. Levinthal, W. Hartmann, T. McCord, B. Smith, M. Davies, G. De Vaucouleurs, C. Leovy
1970, Icarus (12) 10-45
The Television Experiment objectives are to provide imaging data which will complement previously gathered data and extend our knowledge of Mars. The two types of investigations will be fixed-feature (for mapping) and variable-feature (for surface and atmospheric changes). Two cameras with a factor-of-ten difference in resolution will be used on...
New semimicroprocedure for determination of ferrous iron in refractory silicate minerals using a sodium metafluoborate decomposition
Robert Meyrowitz
1970, Analytical Chemistry (42) 1110-1113
No abstract available....
Middle Miocene hiatus in volcanic activity in the Great Basin area of the Western United States
E.H. McKee, D. C. Noble, M.L. Silberman
1970, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (8) 93-96
A summary of potassium-argon dates shows that a high level of igneous activity in the Great Basin and adjacent regions during middle Tertiary time (40 to 20 my ago) was followed by a...
A new technique for pumping hydrogen gas
I. Friedman, K. Hardcastle
1970, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (34) 125-126
A system for pumping hydrogen gas without isotopic fractionation has been developed. The pump contains uranium metal, which when heated to about 80°C reacts with hydrogen to form UH3. The UH3 is heated to above 500°C to decompose the hydride and regenerate the hydrogen....
Analytical sensitivities and energies of thermal-neutron-capture gamma rays
D. Duffey, A. El-Kady, F. E. Senftle
1970, Nuclear Instruments and Methods (80) 149-171
A table of the analytical sensitivities of the principal lines in the thermal-neutron-capture gamma ray spectrum has been compiled for most of the elements. In addition a second table of the full-energy, single-escape, and double-escape peaks has been compiled according to energy for...
Compilation of basic data for water-supply exploration and development on the public domain under the soil and moisture conservation program, 1941-67
Derald Dunagan, David A. Webster
1970, Report
No abstract available....
Quality of surface water in the Bear River basin, Utah, Wyoming and Idaho
K.M. Waddell
1970, Utah Basic-Data Release 18
Water-quality data have been collected intermittently at several sites in the Bear River basin since 1947. Because the Bear River flows through three States - Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho - water-quality programs have been confined for the most part within State boundaries. In 1967, the U.S. Geological Survey, as a...
Selected hydrologic data, Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho
L. J. McGreevy, L.J. Bjorklund
1970, Utah Basic-Data Release 21
This report presents selected basic data from a study of the ground-water resources of Cache Valley, Utah and Idaho. The study was made during 1967-69 by the u.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, and with the assistance of the U.S....
