Determination of runoff coefficients of storm-water-basin drainage areas on Long Island, New York, by using maximum-stage gages
D. A. Aronson
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 11-21
A method for determining runoff coefficients indirectly without direct measurement of volume of runoff was developed for drainage areas of selected storm-water basins on Long Island, N.Y., to expedite evaluation of basin performance. The method requires a maximum-stage gage to record the maximum water level attained in the basin...
Cartographic research 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Report
Two major subjects of the current research of the Topographic Division as reported here are related to policy decisions affecting the National Mapping Program of the Geological Survey. The adoption of a metric mapping policy has resulted in new cartographic products with associated changes in map design that require new...
Comparative efficiencies of telemetry and visual techniques for studying ungulates, grouse, and raptors on energy development lands in southeastern Montana
E. Biggins, E.J. Pitcher
1978, Book, Pecora IV symposium: Application of remote sensing data to wildlife management
No abstract available....
Hydrochemistry and hydrodynamics of injecting an iron-rich pickling liquor into a dolomitic sandstone: A laboratory study
Stephen E. Ragone, Francis S. Riley, Robert James Dingman
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 1-9
Waste pickling liquor containing high concentrations of iron salts was injected into cores of quartzite, sandstone, and dolomite in a laboratory study to determine what effect this procedure might have on the permeability of these rock types. Experiments were performed at field conditions 40°C and 13.8 MPa (megapascals) in a...
Think Metric
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Report
The International System of Units, as the metric system is officially called, provides for a single "language" to describe weights and measures over the world. We in the United States together with the people of Brunei, Burma, and Yemen are the only ones who have not put this convenient system...
Breeding biology and prey selection of ferruginous hawks in northwestern South Dakota
C.L. Blair
1978, Thesis
No abstract available....
Pleistocene rhyolite of the Mineral Mountains, Utah: Geothermal and archeological significance
P. W. Lipman, P. D. Rowley, H. H. Mehnert, S. H. Evans Jr, W. P. Nash, F. H. Brown, G. A. Izett, C. W. Naeser, Irving Friedman
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 133-147
Little-eroded rhyolitic tuffs, flows, and domes extend over about 25 km2 along the western side of the Mineral Mountains, southwestern Utah, which is along the eastern edge of the Roosevelt KGBA (Known Geothermal Resource Area). Initial eruptions resulted in two low-viscosity lava flows of nonporphyritic rhyolite. These were followed by...
Indian land areas judicially established
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Report
This map portrays the results of cases before the U.S. Indian Claims Commission or U.S. Court of Claims in which an American Indian tribe proved its original tribal occupancy of a tract within the continental United States....
Age of graben systems on the moon
Baerbel K. Lucchitta, Jessica A. Watkins
1978, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 9th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
The study focuses on the time of formation of the graben. An attempt is made to determine whether the graben are restricted to geologic units of certain ages, and whether and at what time graben formation ceased. It is shown that (1) most preserved graben formed considerably later than the...
A log-linear model approach to estimation of population size using the line-transect sampling method
David R. Anderson, K.P. Burnham, B.R. Crain
1978, Ecology (59) 190-193
The technique of estimating wildlife population size and density using the belt or line-transect sampling method has been used in many past projects, such as the estimation of density of waterfowl nestling sites in marshes, and is being used currently in such areas as the assessment of Pacific porpoise stocks...
Greater Atlanta region slope map
U.S. Geological Survey, editor(s)
1978, Report
No abstract available....
Can animals help to predict earthquakes?
Shen Ling-huang
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 231-233
Volunteers in the earthquake hazard reduction program
P.L. Ward
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 139-143
One of the specific objectives of the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Act of 1977 is to educate the public, including State and local officials, about earthquakes. Although the Federal Government is significantly increasing its research efforts in earthquake studies, the ultimate benefits of this program will depend on whether the individual...
Tectonomagnetic effects
M. Johnston
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 82-87
Measurements of the actual stress within the Earth and its changes with time are very difficult. It is much easier to monitor the direct effects of this stress, such as ground strain, or the indirect effects, such as changes in resistivity, strain, changes in seismic velocity or changes in magnetic...
Earthquakes, September-October 1977
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 60-61
Earthquake history of Wyoming
C. A. von Hake
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 150-154
Forty-five earthquakes of moderate intensity (V or greater) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MM) and extent have originated in Wyoming from 1894 to 1976. Many shocks have occurred in Yellowstone National Park, including an intensity VII event in June 1975. the 1959 Hebgen Lake, Mont., earthquake, centered just west...
Earthquake history of Wisconsin
C. A. von Hake
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 100-103
Only one earthquake of intensity V on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MM) or greater has occurred within Wisconsin during historic times. Some shocks originating in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Canada have been felt. ...
How often will earthquakes recur on the San Andreas Fault?
R. E. Wallace
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 76-81
The relationship between magnitude and abundance of earthquakes, called a recurrence curve, has been derived for many regions of the world from seismographic records. AS an example, Clarence Allen and his associates at the California Institute of Technology have obtained recurrence rates for the southern California region by incorporating data...
Earthquakes; January-February, 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 148-149
Seismically speaking, 1978 began slowly. The first major earthquake (magnitude 7.0 and above) of the year occurred on February 9 and was centered in the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. The first destructive earthquake of the year strukc southern Honshu, Japan, on January 14. The magnitude 6.5...
Significant earthquakes of the world, 1977
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 105-108
Earthquake history of Guam
C. A. von Hake
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 236-237
No abstract available....
The challenge of earthquake prediction
R. H. Turner
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 40-41
Water-level changes and earthquake prediction
H. Spall
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 55-59
Induced seismicity studies in Soviet Central Asia
D.W. Simpson, S. K. Negmattulev
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 208-213
Predicting earthquakes along the major plate tectonic boundaries in the Pacific
H. Spall
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 20-25
In an article in the last issue of the Earthquake Information Bulletin ("Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics," by Henry Spall), we saw how 90 percent of the world's earthquakes occur at the margins of the Earth's major crustal plates. however, when we look at the distribution of earthquakes in detail, we...
