Computer routines for probability distributions, random numbers, and related functions
W.H. Kirby
1980, Open-File Report 80-448
Use of previously codes and tested subroutines simplifies and speeds up program development and testing. This report presents routines that can be used to calculate various probability distributions and other functions of importance in statistical hydrology. The routines are designed as general-purpose Fortran subroutines and functions to be called from...
Munsell color value as related to organic carbon in Devonian shale of the Appalachian Basin
John W. Hosterman, Sallie I. Whitlow
1980, Open-File Report 80-660
No abstract available. ...
SQUASH/MULTICS; a computer program to be used in conjunction with HYPOELLIPSE to generate an augmented phase data archive
John C. Lahr
1980, Open-File Report 80-375
Preliminary report on the geology of the Lakeview uranium area, Lake County, Oregon
George Walton Walker
1980, Open-File Report 80-532
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...
Physical and chemical properties of the Potomac River and environs, January 1978
Richard E. Smith, Raynol E. Herndon
1980, Open-File Report 80-742
Physical and chemical properties of the Potomac River and environs, April-May 1978
Richard E. Smith, Raynol E. Herndon
1980, Open-File Report 80-745
Basic data on the physical and chemical properties measured over the period 24 April through 4 May 1978 on the tidally influenced Potomac River and estuary are presented herein. One 28-hour time series, 45 vertical profiles, and approximately 170 surface observations were made of the distributions of salinity, temperature, light...
Physical and chemical properties of the Potomac River and environs, August 1978
Richard E. Smith, Raynol E. Herndon
1980, Open-File Report 80-746
Basic data on the physical and chemical properties measured over the period 21 August through 31 August 1978 on the tidally influenced Potomac River and estuary are presented herein. Forty-two vertical profiles, and approximately 170 surface observations were made of the distributions of salinity, temperature, light transmission, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, dissolved...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado; fiscal year 1980
Stephen R. Blakely
1980, Open-File Report 80-442
Water-resources data-collection activities for October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1980, are summarized for Colorado and bordering States. Fifty-four interpretive hydrologic investigations include: 9 statewide investigations, 6 regional investigations, 11 investigations in the Missouri River basin, 7 investigations in the Arkansas River basin, 3 investigations in the Rio Grande basin,...
Earthquake hazards associated with the Verdugo-Eagle Rock and Benedict Canyon fault zones, Los Angeles County, California
F. Harold Weber Jr., J.H. Bennett, R. H. Chapman, G.W. Chase, R.B. Saul
1980, Open-File Report 81-296
No abstract available....
Geologic and operational summary, COST no. G-1 well, Georges Bank area, North Atlantic OCS
Roger V. Amato, John W. Bebout, editor(s)
1980, Open-File Report 80-268
The first Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) well on the U.S. North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) was drilled by Ocean Production Company between April 6 and July 26, 1976, and designated the COST No. G-1. Geological and engineering data obtained from this deep well in the Georges Bank Basin...
Geologic and operational summary, COST No. G-2 well, Georges Bank area, North Atlantic OCS
Roger V. Amato, Edvardas K. Simonis, editor(s)
1980, Open-File Report 80-269
The Continental Offshore Stratigraphic Test (COST) No. G-2 well is the second deep well to be drilled in the Georges Bank Basin and the third in a series of COST wells on the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The G-2 was drilled by Ocean Production Company, acting as the operator...
Hydrology of Jumper Creek Canal basin, Sumter County, Florida
Warren Anderson
1980, Open-File Report 80-208
In 1960, floods caused extensive damage to agribusiness in Jumper Creek Canal basin. In 1962, a plan was developed for a proposed project to reduce the threat of floods. In 1976, a study of the hydrology of the basin was proposed to help evaluate this plan and to serve as...
Analytical results for 127 water samples from the Papago Indian Reservation and vicinity, Arizona
Walter H. Ficklin, D. J. Preston, A.R. Stanley, G.A. Nowlan
1980, Open-File Report 80-310
Late Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonics and the age of porphyry copper prospects: Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula
Frederic H. Wilson
1980, Open-File Report 80-543
No abstract available....
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico District, fiscal year 1979
R.R. White, W.K. Dein
1980, Open-File Report 80-408
This is the second of an annual series of reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, is summarized. This report should be useful to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in that it summarizes and gives the status...
Stream sediment geochemical survey of the Bureau of Land Management's American Flats-Silverton Planning Unit in Southwest (Lake City area) Colorado
Erick F. Weiland, Stephen A. Johnson, Richard I. Grauch
1980, Open-File Report 80-541
A code generating self-calibrating seismic amplifier, with a section on crystal VCO center frequency stabilizer
John R. Van Schaack, E. Gray Jensen
1980, Open-File Report 80-387
Plan for identification and geological characterization of sites for mined radioactive waste repositories
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Open-File Report 80-686
Polarization of bay-type geomagnetic disturbances in the Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico
James N. Towle
1980, Open-File Report 80-377
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. ...
Reconnaissance of polychlorinated biphenyls in the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Webbers Falls lock and dam, Oklahoma
J.D. Stoner
1980, Open-File Report 80-216
Analysis of samples collected from the Arkansas River between Muskogee and Webbers Falls Lock and Dam, Oklahoma, in November 1978 showed that concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls in the dissolved and suspended phases were less than the detection limit of 0.1 micrograms per liter. The maximum polychlorinated biphenyl concentration measured in...
Integrated uranium system in the Marysvale volcanic field, west-central Utah
Thomas August Steven, Charles G. Cunningham, Michael N. Machette
1980, Open-File Report 80-524
Uranium in the Marysvale volcanic field is known to occur in several geologic environments, and is hypothesized to occur in others. Together the known and hypothetical occurrences range from a source in rhyolite magma, through porphyry-type deposits, hydrothermal vein deposits, dispersed hydrothermal deposits, and after transport in ground and surface...
An annotated bibliography of devices developed for direct measurement of seepage
Mark R. Carr, Thomas C. Winter
1980, Open-File Report 80-344
The need for information on the interrelationship of groundwater and surface water is causing a growing interest in methods used for direct measurement of seepage to and from surface-water bodies. Instruments developed for measurement of seepage date from about the mid 1940 's largely in response to the need for...
Ground water of coal deposits, Bay County, Michigan
J. R. Stark, Michael G. McDonald
1980, Open-File Report 80-591
A coal deposit in Bay County, Mich., typical of Pennsylvanian-coal deposits in the State, was studied to determine the degree to which hydrologic factors might affect future coal mining. The coal deposit, which averages about 0.5 meters in thickness, lies 50 meters below land surface. It is part of a...
