Petroleum potential, environmental geology, and the technology for exploration and development of the Kodiak lease sale area #61
Roland E. von Huene, Michael A. Fisher, Monty A. Hampton, Maurice Lynch
1980, Open-File Report 80-1082
The Kodiak lease area is along a convergent ocean margin where active subduction is probably the greatest single influence on the geology. This influence is indicated by the Aleutian Trench, the Aleutian chain of volcanoes, and a well developed Benioff zone of earthquakes. Crustal structure under the Kodiak Shelf is...
Distribution and abundance of zinc in minus-80-mesh stream-sediment and nonmagnetic heavy-mineral-concentrate samples, Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska
D.E. Detra, R. M. O’Leary
1980, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1053-E
Geochemical exploration for uranium utilizing water and stream sediments
Karen J. Wenrich-Verbeek
1980, Open-File Report 80-359
A magnetotelluric survey of the San Francisco volcanic field, Arizona
R.H. Ware, J. E. O’Donnell
1980, Open-File Report 80-1163
Damage in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz Counties, California, caused by the earthquake of 18 April 1906
Robert D. Nason
1980, Open-File Report 80-1076
Planning and design of studies for river-quality assessment in the Truckee and Carson River basins, California and Nevada
Jon O. Nowlin, W. M. Brown, L. H. Smith, R.J. Hoffman
1980, Open-File Report 80-435
The objectives of the Geological Survey 's river-quality assessment in the Truckee and Carson River basins in California and Nevada are to identify the significant resource management problems; to develop techniques to assess the problems; and to effectively communicate results to responsible managers. Six major elements of the assessment to...
An oilspill risk analysis for the Central and Northern California (proposed Sale 53) Outer Continental Shelf lease area
William B. Samuels, Kenneth J. Lanfear
1980, Open-File Report 80-211
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Central and Northern California Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease area. The study analyzed the probability of spill occurrences, likely paths of oil slicks, and locations of resources vulnerable to spilled...
Florida-Hatteras shelf and slope, and inner Blake Plateau
Charles K. Paull, Peter Popenoe, William P. Dillon, Susan M. McCarthy
1980, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1171
During 1976 more than 5000 kilometers (km) of seismic-reflection profiles were obtained on the Florida-Hatteras shelf and slope, and the inner Blake Plateau. From these data reflecting units were traced regionally (Paull and Dillon, 1979; Edsal, 1979), and the structure and stratigraphy of the shelf were determined This geologic subcrop map...
Water quality of Indian Creek-Van Buren watershed, Iowa and Missouri
Larry J. Slack, Mark G. Detroy
1980, Open-File Report 80-677
Generally, the water quality of Indian Creek-Van Buren watershed is suitable as a source of Municipal, industrial and agricultural water supply and for fish and wildlife. This suitability is based upon comparisons of the existing water quality of Indian Creek to Federal and State water quality standards and criteria developed for the protection of water sources...
Geology of the Varney and Cameron quadrangles, Madison County, Montana, with a chapter on paleontology and correlation of the Madison Group on Baldy Mountain
Jarvis B. Hadley, William Jasper Sando, J. Thomas Dutro Jr.
1980, Bulletin 1459
Two algorithms in BASIC for the analysis of variance on a desk-top computer
Norma Rait
1980, Open-File Report 80-2015
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area, 1978
R.M. Slade Jr., M.E. Dorsey, J.D. Gordon, R.N. Mitchell
1980, Open-File Report 80-728
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio. The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began hydrologic studies in the Austin urban...
Hydrogeologic atlas, Taneytown and Emmitsburg quadrangles, Carroll County, Maryland
James M. Weigle, J.T. Hilleary
1980, Open-File Report 80-1014
Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) thermal surface water mapping and its correlation to Landsat
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1980, Open-File Report 80-265
The Heat Capacity Mapping Mission (HCMM) involves a relatively simple satellite recording the radiation from the Earth in the thermal band (10.5 to 12.5 μm) using an instantaneous field-of-view (IFOV, "footprint" or pixel) of 600 x 600 m. The enclosed graphics illustrate HCMM thermal mapping of water bodies as applied...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Sierra Ancha Wilderness, Salome Study Area, Gila County, Arizona
Dolores M. Wilson, Viki Bankey
1980, Open-File Report 80-1070
A gravity study was made of the Sierra Ancha Wilderness, Salome Study Area (fig. 1) as part of the mineral resource assessment of the area. The gravity data provide information on geologic structural relationships and the subsurface distribution of different rock types. This report presents the principal facts of the...
Preliminary geologic map of the Loma-Prieta Quadrangle, Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties, California
T. W. Dibblee Jr., Earl E. Brabb
1980, Open-File Report 80-944
Size and shape measurements of ash particles from the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens
Robert A. Zielinski, Michael B. Sawyer
1980, Open-File Report 81-114
Permeability of covers over low-level radioactive-waste burial trenches, West Valley, Cattaraugus County, New York
David E. Prudic
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-55
Among the facilities at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, near the hamlet of West Valley in the northern part of Cattaraugus County, N.Y., is a State-licensed burial ground for commercial low-level radioactive wastes. The 11-acre burial ground contains a series of trenches excavated in a silty-clay till of...
Development of a digital model of ground-water flow in deeply weathered crystalline rock, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Laurence J. McGreevy, Ronald A. Sloto
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-2
The model developed in this study simulates .recharge to, flow through, and discharge from the water-table aquifer in the upper Pickering Creek basin, a 5.98-square-mile basin representative of most of Chester County, Pennsylvania. The two-dimensional finite-difference model of Trescott, Pinder, and Larson was used with slight modification. The way ground-water...
Ground support data from July 10 to July 29, 1978, for HCMM thermal satellite data of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
S.H. Miller, Kenneth Watson, Roy Kipfinger
1980, Open-File Report 80-469
Radiometric and meteorological data were acquired at three ground stations located approximately 150 km apart in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming. These data were collected from July. 10 through July 29, 1978, to support the HCMM (Heat Capacity Mapping Mission) thermal satellite data acquired during this same time period. The...
Brines of Wadi as Sirhan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cole L. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-1261
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...
Surficial geologic map of the Vernal 1 degree x 2 degrees quadrangle, Colorado and Utah
Paul E. Carrara
1980, IMAP 1204
Competition and performance in OCS oil and gas lease sales and lease development, 1954-1969
Walter J. Mead, Philip Edward Sorensen
1980, Open-File Report 80-853
The oil and gas resources of the Outer Continental Shelf represent one of America's largest publicly-owned assets. Through 1978, OCS oil and gas leases had yielded \$40.5 billion in gross production value and produced over \$28.3 billion in direct revenue to the federal government.Policies and procedures for managing the oil...
Use of geophysical logs to estimate water-quality trends in carbonate aquifers
Lawrence Mead MacCary
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-57
The water quality in carbonate aquifers can be determined by analysis of resistivity and porosity logs. When supporting data from water analyses are available, the value of the cementation exponent m can be determined more precisely. Data for this study were taken from logs of oil-test wells, Amstrat sample studies,...
