Correlation of Devonian rock units in the Appalachian Basin
William Albert Oliver Jr., Wallace De Witt Jr., J.M. Dennison, D.M. Hoskins, J. W. Huddle
1969, Oil and Gas Investigation Chart 64
Water resources of the Millers River Basin, North-Central Massachusetts and Southwestern New Hampshire
M. R. Collings, Donald Richard Wiesnet, William B. Fleck
1969, Hydrologic Atlas 293
Mineral resources of the Mission Mountains primitive area, Missoula and Lake Counties, Montana
Jack Edward Harrison, M.W. Reynolds, M. D. Kleinkopf, E. C. Pattee
1969, Bulletin 1261-D
Subsea mineral resources and problems related to their development
V.E. McKelvey, J. I. Tracey, G.E. Stoertz, J. G. Vedder
1969, Circular 619
Rapid heat-flowing surveying of geothermal areas, utilizing individual snowfalls as calorimeters
Donald E. White
1969, Journal of Geophysical Research (74) 5191-5201
Local differences in rate of heat transfer in vapor and by conduction through the ground in hot spring areas are difficult and time-consuming to measure quantitatively. Individual heavy snowfalls provide a rapid low-cost means of measuring total heat flow from such ground. After a favorable snowfall (heavy, brief duration, little...
Airborne fluorometer applicable to marine and estuarine studies
George E. Stoertz, William R. Hemphill, David A. Markle
1969, Marine Technology Society Journal (3) 11-26
An experimental Fraunhofer line discriminator detected solar-stimulated yellow fluorescence (5890 A) emitted by Rhodamine WT dye in aqueous solutions. Concentration of 1 part per billion was detected in tap water 1/2-meter deep. In extremely turbid San Francisco Bay, dye was monitored in concentrations of less than 5 parts per billion...
Some guidelines for remote sensing in hydrology
Charles J. Robinove, Daniel G. Anderson
1969, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (5) 10-19
Remote sensing in the field of hydrology is beginning to be applied to significant problems, such as thermal pollution, in many programs of the Federal and State Governments as well as in operation of many private organizations. The purpose of this paper is to guide the hydrologist to a better...
Structural geologic interpretations from radar imagery
Robert G. Reeves
1969, Geological Society of America Bulletin (80) 2159-2164
Certain structural geologic features may be more readily recognized on sidelooking airborne radar (SLAR) images than on conventional aerial photographs, other remote sensor imagery, or by ground observations. SLAR systems look obliquely to one or both sides and their images resemble aerial photographs taken at low sun angle with the...
Surveying the earth's resources from space
William T. Pecora
1969, TRW Space Log (9) 2-15
During the past 4 years, scientists of the Geological Survey, in cooperation with NASA, have been investigating the feasibility and practicality of using remote-sensor data collected during conventional aircraft flights. This work is aimed at developing techniques for gathering facts about the earth's natural resources from satellites carrying sophisticated remote-sensing...
Satellite imagery of the earth
P.M. Merifield, J. Cronin, L.L. Foshee, S.J. Gawarecki, J.T. Neal, R. E. Stevenson, R.O. Stone, R.S. Williams Jr.
1969, Photogrammetric Engineering (35) 654-668
Photography of the Earth from spacecraft has application to both atmospheric and Earth sciences. Gemini and Apollo photographs have furnished information on sea surface roughness, areas of potential upwelling and oceanic current systems. Regional geologic structures and geomorphologic features are also recorded in orbital photographs. Infrared satellite imagery provides meteorological...
The geographic applications program of the U. S. Geological Survey
Arch C. Gerlach
1969, Photogrammetric Engineering (35) 58-60
The fundamental objective of modern Geography is to improve man's level of living through a better understanding of man-environment inter actions. Related goals of the USGS program for applications of remote sensor data to Geographical research are: (1) the analysis and improvement of land use, with special emphasis on urban...
Remote sensing devices useful
A.B. Campbell
1969, Western Mining News (2) 1-1
No abstract available....
Finney County Basic Data
W.R. Meyer, E. D. Gutentag, D.H. Lobmeyer
1969, Report
This open-file report contains basic data on measurements and chemical analyses of ground water, logs of test holes, and summary information on selected logs for Finney County, Kans....
Ground-water data as of 1967, Central Coastal Subregion, California
J. S. Bader
1969, Report
Most usable ground water in the predominantly mountainous Central Coastal Subregion occurs in alluvium-filled valleys and coastal plains and in deeper aquifers of Quaternary and Tertiary age. The intervening mountainous areas are underlain by consolidated sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks, mainly of Mesozoic age. These older rocks contain only small...
A study of deep aquifers underlying coastal Orange County, California
Joe A. Moreland, John A. Singer
1969, Report
Deep untapped aquifers of late Pliocene age, which contain water having 1,000 to 2,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, underlie most of the coastal part of Orange County. Inland from the Newport-Inglewood structural zone, the depth to the base of aquifers containing fresh water ranges from 1,000 to 2,500 feet...
Data for springs in the Colorado Desert area of California
Charles Floyd Berkstresser
1969, Report
Willamette River at Lambert Bend, Oregon, bridge-site report
D.D. Harris
1969, Report
The proposed crossing of the Willamette River at Lambert Bend involves a 2.3-mile-wide flood plain. Two of the three principal tangents of the crossing will include bridges that will span the main channel and an overflow channel of the river, as shown in figure 1, page 3. The Oregon State...
Distribution of oxygen and carbon isotopes in fossils of late cretaceous age, western interior region of North America
H. A. Tourtelot, R.O. Rye
1969, Geological Society of America Bulletin (80) 1903-1922
The oxygen isotope composition of both calcite and aragonite of the pelecypod Inoceramus is lighter than the composition of the aragonite of associated baculites and other cephalopods from the western interior region, the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains, parts of Canada, and West Greenland. This difference cannot be explained by...
Interstitial water studies on small core samples, Deep Sea Drilling Project, Leg 1
Frank T. Manheim, F.L. Sayles
1969, Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (1) 403-410
The most dramatic variations in pore water composition occurred in Holes 2 and 3 in the Gulf of Mexico. Both holes showed a strong increase in salinity with depth, evidently owing to diffusion from underlying salt bodies. However, on Challenger Knoll (Hole 2) a sharp drop in salinity was observed...
Glacial sedimentology of the Precambrian Gowganda Formation, Ontario, Canada
David A. Lindsey
1969, GSA Bulletin (80) 1685-1702
The Gowganda Formation is part of the thick Huronián sequence of Precambrian sedimentary rocks that crop out in central Ontario from Lake Superior to Quebec. Although it has long been considered to be glacial, recent work on submarine slump and turbidite deposits has reopened the question of its origin. This...
The relationship between fluids in some fresh alpine-type ultramafics and possible modern serpentinization, western United States
I. Barnes, J. R. O’Neil
1969, Geological Society of America Bulletin (80) 1947-1960
Calcium hydroxide waters issue from four partly serpentinized Alpine-type ultramafic bodies in the western United States. The occurrence of calcium-hydroxide-type water is restricted to fresh Alpine-type ultramafic rocks. The calcium hydroxide waters are unsaturated with Mg end-member olivine and pyroxene but supersaturated with Mg end-member brucite and serpentine and thus...
Longitudinal slope characteristics of rivers of the midcontinent and the Atlantic east gulf slopes
C.W. Carlston
1969, International Association of Scientific Hydrology - Bulletin (14) 21-31
This study of longitudinal stream profiles of rivers of the Midcontinent (rivers tributary to the Mississippi) and Atlantic and East Gulf Slopes has revealed five types of longitudinal profiles: (1) Overall concave-upward profiles with or without long constant slope segments; (2) convex upward, for example, the Missouri River has a...
Shock and thermal metamorphism of basalt by nuclear explosion, Nevada test site
O.B. James
1969, Science (166) 1615-1620
Olivine trachybasalt metamorphosed by nuclear explosion is classified into categories of progressive metamorphism: (i) Weak. Plagioclase is microfractured, and augite cotainis fine twin lamellae. (ii) Moderate. Plagioclase is converted to glass, and mafic minerals show intragranular deformation (undulatory extinction, twin lamellae, and, possibly, deformation lamellae), but rock texture is preserved....
Kilauea Volcano: The 1967-68 summit eruption
Willie Tomoni Kinoshita, R. Y. Koyanagi, Thomas L. Wright, Richard S. Fiske
1969, Science (166) 459-468
On 5 November 1967 Kilauea volcano began erupting lava from vents on the floor of its summit pit crater. Halemaumau, 170 meters deep. This eruption ended nearly 2 years of the quiescence that followed a short lived eruption on the east rift zone of Kilauea in December 1965 (1). The...
Experimental studies of pegmatite genesis: I. A model for the derivation and crystallization of granitic pegmatites
R. H. Jahns, C.W. Burnham
1969, Economic Geology (64) 843-864
The genesis of granitic igneous pegmatites is here considered in terms of a model conceived from results of field and laboratory studies and subsequently tested by means of experimental investigations. This model emphasizes the roles of water (and/or other relatively volatile substances), both as a dissolved constituent in granitic magmas...