Ground water of the Lower Lake-Middletown area, Lake County, California
Joseph Edwin Upson, Fred Kunkel
1955, Water Supply Paper 1297
No abstract available....
Water resources of the Wheeling-Steubenville area, West Virginia and Ohio
Robert Cullen Smith, W. L. Doll, Garland Stratton
1955, Circular 340
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water resources of Webster County, Iowa
William E. Hale
1955, Water Supply Bulletin 4
Webster County, comprising an area of 718 square miles just northwest of the center of Iowa, had a population of 44,241 in 1950, with 25,115 in Fort Dodge, the principal city. Some 94.4 percent of the county is in farm land; corn is the principal crop and is used in...
Total sediment load measured in turbulence flume
Paul C. Benedict, Maurice L. Albertson, Donald Q. Matejka
1955, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers (120) 457-484
The results of significant model tests in a glass-walled flume and prototype tests of a turbulence flume are presented. The velocity of flow and the transportation of the total sediment load in suspension were observed under varying conditions of flow. Also noted was the resistance to flow caused by vertical...
The reproduction of lake trout in southern Lake Superior
Paul H. Eschmeyer
1955, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (84) 47-74
The principal spawning grounds of lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush namaycush) in United States waters of southern Lake Superior are on rocky shoals at depths of less than 20 fathoms. Most spawning occurs in October and early November. Of the mature fish collected on or near the spawning grounds, 60...
Some contributions of the Cooperative Wildlife Research Units to forest wildlife management
Daniel L. Leedy
1955, Journal of Forestry (53) 630-635
Although the Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit Program is nationwide in scope and has been in existence since 1935, it is probable that many readers of the Journal of Forestry are unaquainted with the program's objectives and accomplishments. This paper was written at the suggestion of a S.A.F. member to provide...
Limnological survey of western Lake Erie
Stillman Wright
1955, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 139
No abstract available....
Statement on ground-water conditions in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and Sonoma Valleys, Sonoma County, California
A.R. Leonard, G.T. Cardwell
1955, Open-File Report 55-95
No abstract available....
The movement and recovery of tagged walleyes in Michigan, 1929-1953
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Walter R. Crowe
1955, Miscellaneous Public 8
No abstract available....
An electrical device for computing theoretical draw-downs of ground-water levels
Irwin Remson, M.H. Halstead
1955, Open-File Report 55-149
The construction, calibration and use of an electrical "slide rule" for computing theoretical drawdowns of ground-water levels are described. The instrument facilitates the computation of drawdowns under given conditions of discharge or recharge by means of the Theis nonequilibrium equation. It is simple to construct and use and can be...
Sixth progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and streamflow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Walter Hofmann
1955, Open-File Report 55-66
This report is the sixth in a continuing series of progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements obtained at more than 120 selected sites in the "Tecolote Tunnel Area" of the Santa Ynez Mountains. The area derives its name from the tunnel now being completed by the Bureau of...
Germanium and uranium in coalified wood from upper Devonian black shale
Irving A. Breger, J. M. Schopf
1955, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (7) 287-293
Microscopic study of black, vitreous, carbonaceous material occurring in the Chattanooga shale in Tennessee and in the Cleveland member of the Ohio shale in Ohio has revealed coalified woody plant tissue. Some samples have shown sufficient detail to be identified with the genus Cauixylon....
Theoretical effect of diffusion on isotopic abundance ratios in rocks and associated fluids
F. E. Senftle, J. T. Bracken
1955, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (7) 61-76
Diffusion is considered as a possible process of isotope fractionation taking place throughout geologic time. Both diffusion in solids and diffusion in liquids are taken as possible mechanisms, the latter being more important. Arguments are presented to show that if significant fractionation takes place within a crystal by outward diffusion...
Geology of the Uinta River-Brush Creek area, Duchesne and Uintah Counties, Utah
Douglas M. Kinney
1955, Bulletin 1007
No abstract available....
The pygmy whitefish, Coregonus coulteri, in Lake Superior
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Reeve M. Bailey
1955, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (84) 161-199
Bottom trawling by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service motor vessel Cisco in Lake Superior in 1952–1953 revealed a large population of a tiny whitefish, Coregonus (Prosopium) coulteri, which has been reported previously only from northwestern North America. The hiatus in range, from Lake Superior to the Columbia...
Radioactive equilibrium in ancient marine sediments
Irving A. Breger
1955, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (8) 63-73
Radioactive equilibrium in eight marine sedimentary formations has been studied by means of direct determinations of uranium, radium and thorium. Alpha-particle counting has also been carried out in order to cross-calibrate thick-source counting techniques. The maximum deviation from radioactive equilibrium that has been noted is 11 per cent—indicating that there...
Commercial fishery for chubs (ciscoes) in Lake Michigan through 1953
Ralph Hile, Howard J. Buettner
1955, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 163
No abstract available....
Ground-water resources of the Prairie Creek unit of the lower Platte River basin, Nebraska, with a section on chemical quality of ground water
Richard T. Sniegocki, F. H. Rainwater
1955, Water Supply Paper 1327
No abstract available....
Determination of thorium by fluorescent x-ray spectrometry
I. Adler, J. M. Axelrod
1955, Analytical Chemistry (27) 1002-1003
A fluorescent x-ray spectrographic method for the determination of thoria in rock samples uses thallium as an internal standard. Measurements are made with a two-channel spectrometer equipped with quartz (d = 1.817 A.) analyzing crystals. Particle-size effects are minimized by grinding the sample components with a mixture of silicon carbide...
Flood control problems
Luna Bergere Leopold, Thomas Maddock Jr.
1955, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation in India (3) 169-173
Throughout the world, alluvial soils are among the most fertile and easiest cultivated. Alluvial valleys are routes for transportation either by water or by road and railroad. Rivers are sources of water, a necessity of life. But these river valleys and alluvial deposits, which have so many desirable characteristics and...
Preliminary report on the geology and uranium deposits at Temple Mountain and Green Vein Mesa, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah
Irving Jerome Witkind
1955, Trace Elements Memorandum 775
No abstract available....
Sediment investigations of the Platte River near Overton, Nebraska
C.D. Albert, H.P. Guy
1955, Report
This report contains results of sediment-transport investigations on the Platte River near Overton,. Nebr. from January 1950 to September 1953. The basic data of suspended-sediment studies, results of bed-material analyses, and determinations of water-surface slopes from staff readings are given. The data indicate that a reliable determination of suspended sediment, hence...
Ground water resources of southeastern Oakland County, Michigan
J.G. Ferris, E.M. Burt, G.J. Stramel, E. G. Crosthwaite
1954, Report
The area covered by this report comprises a square which measures three townships on a side and enclose 318 square miles in southeastern Oakland County. The investigation of the ground-water resources of this area was made by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Detroit Metropolitan Area Regional Planning...
Geology and ground-water resources of Wichita and Greeley Counties, Kansas
G.C. Prescott Jr., J.R. Branch, W.W. Wilson
1954, Kansas Geological Survey Bulletin (108)
This report describes the geography, geology, and ground-water resources of Wichita and Greeley counties in western Kansas. The area consists of a flat to gently rolling plain, which slopes eastward [at] about 15 feet per mile. A short reach of Ladder Creek (Beaver) is the only perennially flowing stream in...
Infectious diseases of Pacific salmon
Robert R. Rucker, B. J. Earp, E. J. Ordal
1954, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (83) 297-312
Investigations on infectious diseases of Pacific salmon due to micro-organisms other than viruses are reviewed. The etiological agents include trematodes, fungi, protozoa and bacteria. Bacteria have been found to be the most important agents of disease in the several species of Pacific salmon. Kidney disease, due to a small, unnamed...