The nomenclatural enigma of single versus double -i endings for scientific patronyms emended to represent a man's name: A comment and some considerations
M.R. Jennings
1982, Fisheries (7) 9-10
The current inconsistency over the use of single vs. double -i endings for singular masculine scientific patronyms in official lists of scientific names of fishes causes needless confusion and labor. Taxonomists once preferred rules for Latinization calling for double -i endings, but current rules suggest single -i endings. Recent rulings by the International Commission of Zoological...
Use of a mammalian resource by a Chihuahuan snake community
R.P. Reynolds, N.J. Scott Jr.
1982, Wildlife Research Report 13
No abstract available at this time...
Chlamydiosis in 2 biologists investigating disease occurrences in wild waterfowl
Gary Wobeser, Christopher J. Brand
1982, Wildlife Society Bulletin (10) 170-172
Chlamydiosis (ornithosis, psittacosis) is an infectious disease of birds that can be transmitted to humans. Human infections are probably acquired by inhalation of aerosols containing elementary bodies of the causative agent Chlamydia psittaci, from bird droppings, or from tissues. Infected birds do not have to be ill to transmit the...
Status and distribution of ants in the Crater District of Haleakala National Park
JoanH Fellers, Gary M. Fellers
1982, Pacific Science (36) 427-437
The Crater District of Haleakala National Park was surveyed for ants. Three species were found. Argentine ants (Iridomyrmex humilis) occurred only within I km of the park headquarters and the nearby research facility. Hypoponera opaciceps was found in small numbers throughout the Crater District. Cardiocondyla emeryi was present only at...
Effects of soils and grazing on breeding birds of uncultivated upland grasslands of the Northern Great Plains
H.A. Kantrud, R.L. Kologiski
1982, Wildlife Research Report 15
The principal use of uncultivated upland grasslands in the northern Great Plains is for livestock production. However, on lands set aside for wildlife or for scientific or recreational use, grazing by livestock may be used as a management measure to enhance populations of game species or to create conditions that...
Low-frequency variations in sea level and currents in south San Francisco Bay
Roy A. Walters
1982, Journal of Physical Oceanography (12) 658-668
In order to examine physical process in the subtidal time range, sea-level and current meter data for south San Francisco Bay (South Bay) were filtered using a low-pass digital filter to remove tidal period variations. and then subjected to an empirical orthogonal function analysis. For the sea-level data, there is...
Seismologists should support their international organization
B. A. Bolt
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 140-143
Evolution of continental crust and mantle heterogeneity: Evidence from Hf isotopes
Patchett P. Jonathan, O. Kouvo, C. E. Hedge, M. Tatsumoto
1982, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (78) 279-297
We present initial 176Hf/177 Hf ratios for many samples of continental crust 3.7-0.3 Gy old. Results are based chiefly on zircons (1% Hf) and whole rocks: zircons are shown to be reliable carriers of essentially the initial Hf itself when properly chosen on the basis of U-Pb studies. Pre-3.0 Gy...
Seismology in Bolivia; close to the stars
R. Cabre
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 16-18
Earthquake engineering activities in Costa Rica; a review
J.A. Gutierrez
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 26-29
Seismology in Brazil
J. Berrocal, M. Assumpcao
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 19-21
Map showing cumulative thickness of sandstone in the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4035
No abstract available....
Map showing altitude of the top of the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4036
No abstract available....
Hydrates of natural gas in continental margins
K.A. Kvenvolden, L.A. Barnard
1982, Book chapter, Studies in continental margin geology
Natural gas hydrates in continental margin sediment can be inferred from the widespread occurrence of an anomalous seismic reflector which coincides with the predicted transition boundary at the base of the gas hydrate zone. Direct evidence of gas hydrates is provided by visual observations of sediments from the landward wall...
Intraslope basins in Northwest Gulf of Mexico; a key to ancient submarine canyons and fans
A.H. Bouma
1982, Book chapter, M 34: Studies in Continental Margin Geology
The hummocky, diapirically deformed Texas-Louisiana continental slope includes three major types of intraslope basins: blocked-canyon intraslope basin, interdomal basin, and collapse basin. Major sand bodies present in the blocked-canyon intraslope basins are used to determine the sedimentary history of the Tertiary and Quaternary of this area. During relative lowering of...
Seismology in Mexico
C. Lomnitz
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 30-32
Mexico is situated at the intersection of four major crustal Plates: the Americas Plate, the Pacific Plate, the Caribbean Plate, and the Cocos Plate. The interaction of these four plates is very complex. The pattern of earthquake risk is, therefore, among the most complicated in the world. The average release...
Earthquakes of Loihi submarine volcano and the Hawaiian hot spot
F. W. Klein
1982, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (87) 7719-7726
Loihi is an active submarine volcano located 35 km south of the island of Hawaii and may eventually grow to be the next and southernmost island in the Hawaiian chain. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory recorded two major earthquake swarms located there in 1971–1972 and 1975 which were probably associated with...
Refining Landsat classification results using digital terrain data
Wayne A. Miller, Mark Shasby
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 35-40
Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation systems (EROS) Data Center have recently completed two land-cover mapping projects in which digital terrain data were used to refine Landsat classification results. Digital ter rain data were incorporated into the Landsat classification process using two different procedures that required developing...
Digital image film generation: from the photoscientist's perspective
John E. Boyd
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 15-22
The technical sophistication of photoelectronic transducers, integrated circuits, and laser-beam film recorders has made digital imagery an alternative to traditional analog imagery for remote sensing. Because a digital image is stored in discrete digital values, image enhancement is possible before the data are converted to a photographic image. To create...
The availability of conventional forms of remotely sensed data
James A. Sturdevant, Thomas M. Holm
1982, Journal of Applied Photographic Engineering (8) 153-158
For decades Federal and State agencies have been collecting aerial photographs of various film types and scales over parts of the United States. More recently, worldwide Earth resources data acquired by orbiting satellites have inundated the remote sensing community. Determining the types of remotely sensed data that are publicly available...
Accumulation by fish of contaminants released from dredged sediments
James G. Seelye, Robert J. Hesselberg, Michael J. Mac
1982, Environmental Science & Technology (16) 459-464
Inasmuch as the process of dredging and disposing of dredged materials causes a resuspension of these materials and an increase in bioavailability of associated contaminants, we conducted a series of experiments to examine the potential accumulation by fish of contaminants from suspended sediments. In the first experiment we compared accumulation...
Paleomagnetic data from the Coso Range, California and current status of the Cobb Mountain normal geomagnetic polarity event
Edward A. Mankinen, C. Sherman Gromme
1982, Geophysical Research Letters (9) 1279-1282
Two basalt flows which erupted about 1.08 m.y. ago in the Coso Range, California, have normal magnetic polarity and thus provide additional evidence for the Cobb Mountain normal polarity event. A review of available data confirms that this event was of geomagnetic origin. A mean age of 1.10 ± 0.02...
Post 12 m.y. rotation of southwest Washington
James R. Magill, Ray E. Wells, Robert W. Simpson, Allan Cox
1982, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (87) 3761-3776
Paleomagnetic field directions from the basalt of Pack Sack Lookout are compared to those from the Pomona Member of the Saddle Mountains Basalt of the Columbia River Basalt Group. The Pomona crops out over a wide region on the Columbia Plateau east of the Cascade Range, and the basalt of...
Sir William Hamilton; pioneer volcanologist
J. Guest
1982, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (14) 48-55
The impact of entrainment and impingement on fish populations in the Hudson River estuary : Volume III : An analysis of the validity of the utilities' stock recruitment curve-fitting exercise and "prior estimation of beta" technique
S.W. Christensen, C.P. Goodyear, B.L. Kirk
1982, Report
No abstract available at this time...
