Probable high ground-water levels on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Michael H. Frimpter
1980, Open-File Report 80-1008
Water-level records from 146 short-term (1 year) observation wells and 13 long-term (16-28 years) observation wells were used to estimate the probable high ground-water level that could occur at any site on Cape Cod. The estimation was based on correlation of a single water-level measurement from a test site with...
Estimation of background loadings and concentrations of phosphorus for lakes in the Puget Sound region, Washington
Robert J. Gilliom
1980, Open-File Report 80-328
For lakes in watersheds that include developed land, evaluation of eutrophication is facilitated by knowledge of changes in the lakes ' phosphorus concentration since development. A method is described for estimating background phosphorus concentration in lakes of the Puget Sound lowland, Washington. Using a mass-balance ' Vollenweider-type ' model, phosphorus...
Preliminary simulated tidal flow and circulation patterns in Hillsborough Bay, Florida
Carl R. Goodwin
1980, Open-File Report 80-1021
The effect of channel dredging and island construction on tidal flow and circulation in Hillsborough Bay, Fla., due to the Tampa Harbor Deepening Project is being investigated using a two-dimensional, finite-difference numerical model. Preliminary model results are presented as a series of maps showing tidal flood, tidal ebb, and circulation...
Generalized map showing Precambrian rocks and metamorphic facies, keyed to aluminosilicate minerals in meta-shales with excess alumina, northern Park Range, Colorado
George L. Snyder
1980, Open-File Report 80-787
No abstract available. ...
Generalized map of occurrences of limonitic rocks in the Walker Lake 1° by 2° quadrangle, Nevada-California
Lawrence C. Rowan, M. D. Krohn, Terri L. Purdy
1980, Open-File Report 80-232
No abstract available....
Water-supply assessment of the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer in parts of Adams, Boulder, Jefferson, and Weld Counties, Colorado
Paul A. Schneider
1980, Open-File Report 80-327
Groundwater in the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer is a potential source of supplemental municipal water supplies for the communities of Erie, Lafayette, Louisville, and Superior in Colorado. The present water supplies for these communities are not always adequate to meet current demands. The U.S. Geological Survey made a water-supply assessment of...
Offshore seismic reflection profiles in the vicinity of the Cristianitos fault, San Onofre, California
H. Gary Greene, Samuel H. Clarke, B. A. Seekins
1980, Open-File Report 80-945
No abstract available....
Dissolved-solids concentrations and loads in return flows to the Colorado River from agricultural land in southern California
John M. Klein, Wesley L. Bradford
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-52
The dissolved-solids concentration in Colorado River water increases from less than 50 mg/L (milligrams per liter) at the river's origin to about 700 mg/L at the California border and to about 900 mg/L at the United States-Mexico boundary. Much of the latter increase is due to depletion by agricultural use...
Chemical and physical characteristics of precipitation at selected sites in Florida
G. A. Irwin, R.T. Kirkland
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-81
Infrequent sampling of precipitation in Florida has been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey since 1965. A summary of the historical data from 24 sites throughout Florida indicate that the principal ionic composition of atmospheric precipitation samples is calcium-sodium and bicarbonate-chloride with an average specific conductance of 32 micromhos per...
210Pb-determined sedimentation rates and trace-metal concentrations, upper Klamath Lake and Lake Euwana, Oregon
E. Ann Martin, Cynthia A. Rice
1980, Open-File Report 80-2016
Rates of sedimentation calculated from analyses of 210Pb activities in cores from Upper Klamath Lake and Lake Euwana (Klamath County, Ore.) indicate that the lakes, whose mean depths are 2.4 m, are filling at approximately 3.5 mm/yr. In Upper Klamath Lake, average accumulation rates range from 0.9 mm/yr at a...
Potassium-argon geochronology of the eastern Transverse Ranges and southern Mojave Desert, southern California
F. K. Miller, D. M. Morton
1980, Professional Paper 1152
More than 200 potassium-argon apparent ages on minerals from crystalline rocks, chiefly from the San Bernardino and eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the southern Mojave Desert, define an area greater than 10,000 km2 in which the potassium-argon isotopic systematics have been highly disturbed. The disturbance or disturbances appear to have...
Hydrologic analysis of the proposed Badger-Beaver Creeks artificial-recharge project: Morgan County, Colorado
Alan W. Burns
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-46
A hydrologic analysis of the proposed Badger-Beaver Creeks artificial-recharge project in Morgan County, Colo., was made with the aid of three digital computer models: A canal-distribution model, a ground-water flow model, and a stream-aquifer model. Statistical summaries of probable diversions from the South Platte River based on a 27-year period...
Preliminary geological and geochemical results from the Robinson Creek, Birthday, and Clouds Home Peak mineralized areas in the Washakie Wilderness, Wyoming
Frederick S. Fisher, John C. Antweiler
1980, Open-File Report 80-781
The influences of land use and land cover on climate; an analysis of the Washington-Baltimore area that couples remote sensing with numerical simulation
R.W. Pease, C.B. Jenner, J.E. Lewis Jr.
1980, Professional Paper 1099-A
The Sun drives the atmospheric heat engine by warming the terrestrial surface which in turn warms the atmosphere above. Climate, therefore, is significantly controlled by complex interaction of energy flows near and at the terrestrial surface. When man alters this delicate energy balance by his use of the land, he...
Relationships between aerodynamic roughness and land use and land cover in Baltimore, Maryland
F.W. Nicholas, J.E. Lewis Jr.
1980, Professional Paper 1099-C
Urbanization changes the radiative, thermal, hydrologic, and aerodynamic properties of the Earth's surface. Knowledge of these surface characteristics, therefore, is essential to urban climate analysis. Aerodynamic or surface roughness of urban areas is not well documented, however, because of practical constraints in measuring the wind profile in the presence of...
Hydrogeologic data for the Mississippi Embayment of southeastern Missouri
Richard R. Luckey, Dale L. Fuller
1980, Open-File Report 79-421
The Mississippi embayment of southeastern Missouri is a 4 ,000-square-mile agricultural area that is presently (1979) undergoing rapid development for irrigation. In July 1974, a project was initiated to evaluate the water resources of the area, determine the extent of irrigation, and to assess the future potential for irrigation supplies....
Water-resources data for New Jersey, water year 1979, Volume 2. Delaware River Basin and tributaries to Delaware Bay
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Water Data Report NJ-79-2
No abstract available. ...
A systematic revision of the ostracode species described by Ulrich and Bassler and by Malkin from the Chesapeake Group in Maryland and Virginia
Richard M. Forester
1980, Professional Paper 1128
Those ostracode species described by Ulrich and Bassler (1904) and Malkin (1953) from the Chesapeake Group of early Miocene to early Pleistocene age are treated systematically. Lectotypes are designated for all species which have syntypic suites and the lectotypes, holotypes, or hypotypes for all but two species are illustrated. A...
USGS rock standards; III, Manganese-nodule reference samples USGS-Nod-A-1 and USGS-Nod-P-1
F.J. Flanagan, David Gottfried
1980, Professional Paper 1155
Site selection and investigation for subsurface disposal of radioactive wastes in hydraulically induced fractures
Ren Jen Sun
1980, Open-File Report 80-450
Radioactive waste is the inevitable byproduct of the generation of electricity by nuclear reactors as well as other nuclear applications. An effective solution to the problem of disposal of the long-lived and highly toxic radioactive waste is essential to the expanded use of nuclear energy. ...
Aeromagnetic survey of the U.S. Atlantic continental margin area 30-78
John Charles Behrendt, Kim D. Klitgord
1980, Open-File Report 80-282
No abstract available. ...
Delineation of flood hazards in the Biscuit Flat quadrangle and New River area, Maricopa County, Arizona
H. W. Hjalmarson
1980, IMAP 843-C
No abstract available....
Procedures for estimating earthquake ground motions
Walter W. Hays
1980, Professional Paper 1114
Geologic map of the Argyre quadrangle of Mars
C. A. Hodges
1980, IMAP 1181
The geology of the Argyre quadrangle of Mars is dominated by the conspicuous Argyre basin, defined by a rim of rugged mountain blocks that surround a nearly circular expanse of plains 800 km across. Of the large (greater than 500 km in diameter) basins identified on Mars, Argyre is...
Sporomorphs from the Jackson Group (upper Eocene) and adjacent strata of Mississippi and western Alabama
Norman O. Frederiksen
1980, Professional Paper 1084
This palynological study is based on 71 outcrop and core samples of the Jackson Group and adjacent strata from the type area of the group in western Mississippi and also from eastern Mississippi and western Alabama. The Jackson Group consists entirely of marine strata in the region of study. It...