Summary of developed and potential waterpower of the United States and other countries of the world, 1955-62
Loyd L. Young
1964, Circular 483
Estimates of potential waterpower and historical data on waterpower developments in various parts of the world are assembled in this report. Salient characteristics of the period studied, 1955-62, include increased use of the underground powerhouse, multiple -purpose developments, and use of storage (including pumped storage) to increase the value of...
Mercury - Its occurrence and economic trends
Edgar H. Bailey, Roscoe M. Smith
1964, Circular 496
In 1963 the domestic production of primary mercury was less than one-fourth of the domestic consumption, largely because a series of years of declining price led to the closing of most of the domestic mines. During 1963 and 1964 the U.S. price, which usually responds to world price, increased from...
Reports and maps of the Geological Survey released only in the open files, 1963
Betsy A. Weld, Margaret S. Griffin, George W. Brett
1964, Circular 488
Amazon River investigations, reconnaissance measurements of July 1963
Roy Edwin Oltman, H. O’R. Sternberg, F.C. Ames, L.C. Davis
1964, Circular 486
The first measurements of the flow of the Amazon River were made in July 1963 as a joint project of the University of Brazil, the Brazilian Navy, and the U.S. Geological Survey. The discharge of the Amazon River at Obidos was 7,640,000 cfs at an annual flood stage somewhat lower...
Sedimentation in three small forested drainage basins in the Alsea River basin, Oregon
R.C. Williams
1964, Circular 490
A multidiscipline investigation to determine the effects of logging on the ecology of three small forested tributary basins is a part of an overall study of the Alsea River basin in the Coast Range of Oregon. The investigation of these small basins will be to (1) establish pre-logging conditions, (2)...
Floods of January-February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1964, Water Supply Paper 1652-A
Heavy rains over an extensive area on January 27-February 2, caused extreme flooding in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas in West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. Total rainfall for the storm period ranged from 6-9 inches over most of the report area and was 12? inches at the eastern end of...
Growing importance of urban geology
John T. McGill
1964, Circular 487
Giant Upper Cretaceous oysters from the Gulf coast and Caribbean
Norman F. Sohl, Erle G. Kauffman
1964, Professional Paper 483-H
Two unusually massive ostreid species, representing the largest and youngest Mesozoic members of their respective lineages, occur in Upper Cretaceous sediment of the gulf coast and Caribbean areas. Their characteristics and significance, as well as the morphologic terminology of ostreids in general, are discussed. Crassostrea cusseta Sohl and Kauffman n. sp....
Channel geometry of Piedmont streams as related to frequency of floods
F. A. Kilpatrick, Harry Hawthorne Barnes Jr.
1964, Professional Paper 422-E
Marine Jurassic pelecypods from central and southern Utah
Ralph Willard Imlay
1964, Professional Paper 483-C
Preliminary report on tests of the application of geophysical methods to Arctic ground water problems
David F. Barnes, Gerald R. MacCarthy
1964, Open-File Report 64-9
Seismic refraction and electrical resistivity surveys were made during the summer and fall of 1952 in the Tanana Valley near Fairbanks, Alaska, as part of the studies of the application of geophysical techniques to ground-water problems in Alaska instigated in 1951 by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Laboratories....
Geology and ore deposits of the Dragoon quadrangle, Cochise County, Arizona
John Roberts Cooper, Leon T. Silver
1964, Professional Paper 416
Stratigraphy and structure of part of the western Sierra Nevada metamorphic belt, California
Lorin D. Clark
1964, Professional Paper 410
Geology of the central and northern parts of the Western Cascade Range in Oregon
Dallas L. Peck, Allan B. Griggs, Herbert G. Schlicker, Francis G. Wells, Hollis M. Dole
1964, Professional Paper 449
This report pt·esents a description of the stratigraphy, structure, and petrology of the volcanic rocks of the central and northern parts of the Western Cascade Range of Oregon. The study is a part of a long-range cooperative program between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Oregon State Department of Geology...
Geology of the Fort Peck area, Garfield, McCone, and Valley Counties, Montana
Fred S. Jensen, Helen Dowling Varnes
1964, Professional Paper 414-F
No abstract available....
Upper Jurassic mollusks from eastern Oregon and western Idaho
Ralph Willard Imlay
1964, Professional Paper 483-D
Geologic map of the Silent Butte quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada
E. B. Ekren
1964, Open-File Report 64-47
Water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin - basic data
William Vaughn Iorns, C. H. Hembree, D. A. Phoenix, G.L. Oakland
1964, Professional Paper 442
This is the basic data section of a report by the U.S. Geological Survey on the water resources of the Upper Colorado River Basin. This section contains tables of duration of water discharge at 176 stream-gaging sites, monthly and annual summaries of chemical quality and sediment data at sites of...
Geology and mineral deposits of the Mount Morrison quadrangle, Sierra Nevada, California
C. Dean Rinehart, Donald Clarence Ross, L. C. Pakiser
1964, Professional Paper 385
No abstract available....
Geology of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area, Nebraska-Iowa
Robert D. Miller
1964, Professional Paper 472
An unusual Lower Cambrian trilobite fauna from Nevada
Allison R. Palmer
1964, Professional Paper 483-F
Foraminifera from the Northern Olympic Peninsula, Washington
Weldon W. Rau
1964, Professional Paper 374-G
Foraminifera from a Tertiary sequence that crops out on the northern part of the Olympic Peninsula, Wash., show stratigraphic and ecologic significance. Forty-two species that are important both to correlations and to ecologic interpretations are illustrated and systematically discussed. The Foraminifera indicate that some of the rocks may be as...
Geology and mineral deposits of the Thomas and Dugway Ranges, Juab and Tooele Counties, Utah
Mortimer Hay Staatz, Wilfred James Carr
1964, Professional Paper 415
Geology and volcanic petrology of the Lava Mountains, San Bernardino County, California
George I. Smith
1964, Professional Paper 457
Regional geologic implications of the gravity and magnetic fields of a part of eastern Tennessee and southern Kentucky
Joel S. Watkins
1964, Professional Paper 516-A