Puerto Rico seismic network data report of earthquakes located by the programs HYPO71 and HYPOELLIPSE: July 1, 1975 - December 31, 1977
R. L. Dart, Arthur C. Tarr, D. L. Carver, Mary Kay Wharton
1980, Circular 821
No abstract available....
Seismic engineering program report, May-August 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Circular 818-B
Rubidium-strontium geochronology and plate-tectonic evolution of the southern part of the Arabian Shield
Robert J. Fleck, W.R. Greenwood, D.G. Hadley, R.E. Anderson, D. L. Schmidt
1980, Professional Paper 1131
Rubidium-strontium studies of Precambrian volcanic and plutonic rocks of the Arabian Shield document an early development of the Arabian craton between 900 and 680 m.y. (million years) ago. Geologic studies indicate an island-arc environment characterized by andesitic (dioritic) magmas, volcaniclastic sedimentation, rapid deposition, and contemporaneous deformation along north or northwest-trending...
Geological studies of the COST No. B-3 well, United States mid-Atlantic continental slope area
Peter A. Scholle
1980, Circular 833
The COST No. B-3 well is the first deep stratigraphic test to be drilled on the Continental Slope off the Eastern United States. The well was drilled in 2,686 ft (819 m) of water in the Baltimore Canyon trough area to a total depth of 15,820 ft (4,844 m) below...
Seismic engineering program report, September-December 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Circular 818-C
Earthquakes in the United States, April-June 1979
Carl W. Stover, P. Hubiak, J. H. Minsch, W. J. Person
1980, Circular 836-B
No abstract available....
Earthquakes in the United States, July-September 1978
Carl W. Stover, J. H. Minsch, W. J. Person, P. K. Smith
1980, Circular 819-C
No abstract available....
Thorium resources of selected regions in the United States
Mortimer Hay Staatz, R.B. Hall, D. L. Macke, T.J. Armbrustmacher, I. K. Brownfield
1980, Circular 824
Thorium resources have been assessed in a previous report entitled 'Principal thorium resources in the United States' (Staatz and others, 1979) for (1) veins in the larger districts, {2) massive carbonatites, {3) disseminated deposits, and {4) stream placers of North and South Carolina. This report is a sequel to that...
Evaluation of planning alternatives for maintaining desirable dissolved-oxygen concentrations in the Willamette River, Oregon
David A. Rickert, F. A. Rinella, W. G. Hines, S. W. McKenzie
1980, Circular 715-K
For nearly half a century the Willamette River in Oregon experienced severe dissolved-oxygen problems related to large loads of organically rich waste waters from industries and municipalities. Since the mid-1950 's dissolved oxygen quality has gradually improved owing to low-flow augmentation, the achievement of basinwide secondary treatment, and the use...
Geologic and hydrologic map reports for land-use planning in the Baltimore-Washington urban area
A.J. Froelich, John Tilton Hack, E. G. Otton
1980, Circular 806
No abstract available....
Structural framework, stratigraphy, and petroleum geology of the area of oil and gas lease Sale No. 49 on the U.S. Atlantic continental shelf and slope
Robert E. Mattick, Jacqueline L. Hennessy
1980, Circular 812
On September 23, 1977, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the tentative selection of 136 tracts for Sale No. 49 of oil and gas leases in the Baltimore Canyon Trough on the U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf and Slope. This report summarizes the geology and petroleum potential of the area....
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1979
Carl W. Stover, J. H. Minsch, B.G. Reagor, P. K. Smith
1980, Circular 836-A
No abstract available....
Four reference soil and rock samples for measuring element availability in the Western Energy Regions
J.G. Crock, R. C. Severson
1980, Circular 841
Attaining acceptable precision in extractable element determinations is more difficult than in total element determinations. In total element determinations, dissolution of the sample is qualitatively checked by the clarity of the solution and the absence of residues. These criteria cannot be used for extracts. Possibilities for error are introduced in...
The handling, hazards, and maintenance of heavy liquids in the geologic laboratory
Phoebe L. Hauff, Joseph Airey
1980, Circular 827
In geologic laboratories the organic heavy liquids bromoform, methylene iodide, tetrabromoethane, and clerici compounds have been used for years in mineral separation processes. Because the volume of use of these compounds is low, insufficient data is available on their toxic properties. This report is an attempt to summarize the known...
Type curves for selected problems of flow to wells in confined aquifers
J.E. Reed
1980, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-B3
This report presents type curves and related material for 11 conditions of flow to wells m confined aquifers. These solutions, compiled from hydrologic literature, span an interval of time from Theis (1935) to Papadopulos, Bredehoeft, and Cooper (1973). Solutions are presented for constant discharge, constant drawdown, and variable discharge for pumping wells that fully penetrate leaky...
Biogeochemical evidence for subsurface hydrocarbon occurrence, Recluse oil field, Wyoming: Preliminary results
Mary C. Dalziel, Terrence J. Donovan
1980, Circular 837
Anomalously high manganese-to-iron ratios occurring in pine needles and sage leaves over the Recluse oil field, Wyoming, suggest effects of petroleum microseepage on the plants. This conclusion is supported by iron and manganese concentrations in soils and carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in rock samples. Seeping hydrocarbons provided reducing conditions...
Makah Formation — A deep-marginal-basin sequence of late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington
P. D. Snavely, A. R. Niem, N. S. MacLeod, J. E. Pearl, W. W. Rau
1980, Professional Paper 1162-B
The Makah Formation of the Twin River Group crops out in a northwest-trending linear belt in the northwesternmost part of the Olympic Peninsula, Wash. This marine sequence consists of 2800 meters of predominantly thin-bedded siltstone and sandstone that encloses six distinctive newly named members--four thick-bedded amalgamated turbidite sandstone members, an...
A review and evaluation of alternatives for updating U.S. Geological Survey land use and land cover maps
Valerie A. Milazzo
1980, Circular 826
Since 1974, the U.S. Geological Survey has been engaged in a nationwide program of baseline mapping of land use and land cover and associated data at a scale of 1:250,000. As l:100,000-scale bases have become available, they have been used for mapping certain areas and for special applications. These two...
Estimating the costs of landslide damage in the United States
Robert W. Fleming, Fred A. Taylor
1980, Circular 832
Landslide damages are one of the most costly natural disasters in the United States. A recent estimate of the total annual cost of landslide damage is in excess of $1 billion {Schuster, 1978}. The damages can be significantly reduced, however, through the combined action of technical experts, government, and the...
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1978
Carl W. Stover, J. H. Minsch, B. Glen Reagor
1980, Circular 819-A
No abstract available....
Earthquakes in the United States, April-June 1978
J. H. Minsch, Carl W. Stover, P. Hubiak
1980, Circular 819-B
No abstract available....
Isolation of uranium mill tailings and their component radionuclides from the biosphere; some earth science perspectives
Edward Landa
1980, Circular 814
Uranium mining and milling is an expanding activity in the. Western United States. Although the milling process yields a uranium concentrate, the large volume of tailings remaining contains about 85 percent of the radioactivity originally associated with the ore. By virtue of the physical and chemical processing of the ore...
Seismic engineering program report, January-April 1979
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Circular 818-A
Metal content of manganese nodules in part of the southeastern equatorial Pacific
V.E. McKelvey, Nancy A. Wright
1980, Open-File Report 80-373
Geochemical sampling within the King Range and Chemise Mountain Instant Study Areas, Northern California
David A. Dellinger
1980, Open-File Report 80-815