Stability of dilute solutions of uranium, lead, and thorium ions
R.G. Milkey
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1800-1803
Standard solutions and samples containing a few micrograms of metallic ions per milliliter are frequently used in determination of trace elements. It is important to know whether the concentrations of such solutions remain constant from day to day. The stability of dilute solutions of three metallic ions-uranium, lead, and thorium-has...
A theoretical study of alpha star populations in loaded nuclear emulsions
F. E. Senftle, T. A. Farley, L. R. Stieff
1954, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (6) 197-207
This theoretical study of the alpha star populations in loaded emulsions was undertaken in an effort to find a quantitative method for the analysis of less than microgram amounts of thorium in the presence of larger amounts of uranium. Analytical expressions for each type of star from each of the...
Studies of unconsolidated sediments - I: Quartz fabric of current and wind ripple marks
E. Ingerson, J.L. Ramisch
1954, Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mitteilungen (4) 117-124
[No abstract available]...
Bericht über die Vorträge bei der Zweiten Tagung über Tone und Tonmineralien an der University of Missouri, Columbia, Miss., 15.–17. Oktober 1953
E.A. Hauser
1954, Kolloid-Zeitschrift (135) 51-56
[No abstract available]...
The White Pine copper deposit, Ontonagon County, Michigan
Walter S. White, James C. Wright
1954, Science (119) 354-355
No abstract available....
Quantitative radiochemical method for determination of major sources of natural radioactivity in ores and minerals
J. N. Rosholt
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1307-1311
When an ore sample contains radioactivity other than that attributable to the uranium series in equilibrium, a quantitative analysis of the other emitters must be made in order to determine the source of this activity. Thorium-232, radon-222, and lead-210 have been determined by isolation and subsequent activity analysis of some...
Tables for evaluating Bateman equation coefficients for radioactivity calculations
F.J. Flanagan, F. E. Senftle
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1595-1600
Tables of decay constants and functions thereof are presented to simplify the problem of calculating the constants involved in the Bateman equation. These tables make it possible to calculate any constant involved in any of the four radioactive series by a maximum of three mathematical operations, either by three divisions...
Spectrophotometric determination of uric acid and some redeterminations of its solubility
D. R. Norton, M. A. Plunkett, F. A. Richards
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 454-457
The present study was initiated in order to develop a rapid and accurate method for the determination of uric acid in fresh, brackish, and sea water. It was found that the spectrophotometric determination of uric acid based upon its reaction with arsenophosphotungstic acid reagent in the presence of cyanide ion...
Bedrock geology of the Lake Medora quadrangle, Michigan
Henry Rowland Cornwall
1954, Geologic Quadrangle 52
No abstract available....
Spectrochemical determination of thorium in monazite by the powder-d.c. arc technique
C. V. Dutra, K. J. Murata
1954, Spectrochimica Acta (6) 373-382
Thorium in monazite is determined by a d.c. carbon-arc technique using zirconium as the internal standard. The analytical curve for Th II 2870.413 Å/Zr II 2844-579 Å is established by means of synthetic standards containing graduated amounts of thoria and 0.500 per cent zirconia in pegmatite base (60 parts quartz,...
Polarographic determination of tungsten in rocks
L.E. Reichen
1954, Analytical Chemistry (26) 1302-1304
This work was undertaken to develop a simpler and faster method than the classical gravimetric procedure for the determination of tungsten in rocks and ores. A new polarographic wave of tungsten is obtained in a supporting electrolyte of dilute hydrochloric acid containing tartrate ion. This permits the determination of tungsten...
Geochemical work of the Geochemistry and Petrology Branch U.S. Geological Survey
E. Ingerson
1954, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (5) 20-39
The current geochemical work of the Geochemistry and Petrology Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey is outlined under the headings of geochemical compilations, laboratory projects, and field-laboratory projects. Some thirty-seven active projects are described. Six others are mentioned which are planned for the near future. The importance and value of...
Double-chamber electrode for spectrochemical determination of chlorine and other halogens
L. H. Azevedo de Paiva, A. W. Specht, R. S. Harner
1954, Spectrochimica Acta (6) 331-333
A double-chamber, graphite electrode, suitable for d.c. arc determination of halogens by means of the alkaline earth halide bands, is described. An upper chamber holds the alkaline earth compound and an interconnected, lower chamber holds the halogen compound.This arrangement assures that there will be an abundance of alkaline earths in...
A chemical-spectrochemical method for the determination of rare earth elements and thorium in cerium minerals
H. J. Rose Jr., K. J. Murata, M. K. Carron
1954, Spectrochimica Acta (6) 161-168
In a combined chemical-spectrochemical procedure for quantitatively determining rare earth elements in cerium minerals, cerium is determined volumetrically, a total rare earths plus thoria precipitate is separated chemically, the ceria content of the precipitate is raised to 80·0 percent by adding pure ceria, and the resulting mixture is analyzed for...
Killers of the Great Lakes
James W. Moffett
1954, Book chapter, The book of knowledge annual, 1954
No abstract available....
Geology of the Bedford shale and Berea sandstone in the Appalachian basin
J. F. Pepper, Wallace De Witt Jr., D. F. Demarest
1954, Professional Paper 259
No abstract available....
The flood control controversy: Big dams, little dams, and land management
Luna Bergere Leopold, Thomas Maddock Jr.
1954, Book
The purpose of this book is to investigate the facts regarding flood control, a subject that has given rise to extreme controversy in the United States in recent years. The question of flood control is obviously a vital one not only to the United States but to many other countries....
Preliminary geologic map of the Horse Range Mesa quadrangle, Colorado
Fred W. Cater Jr.
1954, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 29
No abstract available....
Discussion of “expansion and increase in permeability of carbonate rocks on heating”
Clifford A. Kaye, John C. Maxwell, Peter Verrall
1953, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (34) 953-954
Maxwell and Verrall's interesting study raises a thought. If limestones expand on heating and thereby receive a permanent set, as this paper demonstrates, do we not have here a means of determining the maximum temperature to which a particular limestone was ever subjected and indirectly thereby its maximum depth of...
Trap efficiency of reservoirs
Gunnar M. Brune
1953, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (34) 407-448
Forty-four records of reservoir trap efficiency and the factors affecting trap efficiency are analyzed. The capacity-inflow (C/I) ratio is found to offer a much closer correlation with trap efficiency than the capacity-watershed (C/W) ratio heretofore widely used. It appears likely from the cases studied that accurate timing of venting or...
A contagious disease of salmon, possibly of virus origin
R.R. Rucker, W.J. Whipple, J.R. Parvin, C.A. Evans
1953, Fishery Bulletin (54) 35-46
Production records for 1885, 1891–1908, and 1929–49, indicate cyclic fluctuations for several important species of fish. The average annual take (all species) of 3,582,000 pounds in 1929–49 was 3,503,000 pounds below the 1891–1908 mean of 7,085,000 pounds. Decline in the output of lake herring alone from 5,841,000 pounds in 1891–1908...
Geology, of the High Climb Pegmatite, Custer County, South Dakota
Douglas M. Sheridan
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 231
The High Climb pegmatite, Custer County, S. Dak., belongs to the series of pegmatitic and granitic rocks that characterize the Harney Peak region of the southern Black Hills. It intrudes pre-Cambrian metamorphic rocks consisting chiefly of quartz-mica schist. The country rock has been altered to a tourmaline-rich schist along part...
Occurrences of uranium-bearing minerals in the St. Kevin District, Lake County, Colorado
C. T. Pierson, Q. D. Singewald
1953, Trace Elements Investigations 234
Two hundred and seventy-one prospect pits, mine dumps, or mine workings within the Sugar Loaf-St. Kevin mining districts and vicinity were tested for radioactivity by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1951 during six weeks of investigation on behalf of the Division of Raw Materials of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission....
Reconnaissance of the Clinton Formation in New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey
Robert Wayne Schnabel, Rollin C. Vickers
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 434
No abstract available....
Reconnaissance for uranium in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
David Francis Davidson
1953, Trace Elements Memorandum 677
No abstract available....
