Marine terraces; datum planes for study of structural deformation
N.K. Huber
1975, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (7) 3-7
Along the earthquake-prone coastal area of north-central California, geologists are searching for criteria to establish the nature, extent, and rate of crustal movement or deformation that may be related to activity along known or postulated faults. This search has led to a study of marine terraces along the coast between...
Death feigning by ducks in response to predation by red foxes (Vulpes fulva)
Alan B. Sargeant, L. E. Eberhardt
1975, American Midland Naturalist (94) 108-119
Predation by captive red foxes (Vulpes fulva) on approximately 50 ducks comprised of five species was observed in tests conducted at the Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center, Jamestown, North Dakota. Most ducks were attacked from a rear or lateral position and seized in the cervical or thoracic region. All birds...
Vertical crustal movements preceding and accompanying the San Fernando earthquake of February 9, 1971: A summary
Robert O. Castle, Jack P. Church, Michael R. Elliot, Nancy L. Morrison
1975, Tectonophysics (29) 127-140
Comparative elevations referred chiefly to a tidal bench mark with a history of relatively positive movement show that much of the Transverse Ranges of southern California sustained major changes in elevation both before and in association with the ML 6.4 San Fernando earthquake of February 9, 1971. Preseismic changes in...
A high 87Sr 86Sr mantle source for low alkali tholeiite, northern Great Basin
R. K. Mark, Hu C. Lee, H. R. Bowman, F. Asaro, E.H. McKee, R.R. Coats
1975, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (39) 1671-1678
Olivine tholeiites, the youngest Tertiary units (about 8–11 m.y. old) at five widely spaced localities in northeastern Nevada, are geologically related to the basalts of the Snake River Plain, Idaho, to the north and are similar in major element and alkali chemistry to mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and island arc...
Schlumberger soundings and total field measurements in the Raft River geothermal area, Idaho
Adel A. R. Zohdy, Dallas B. Jackson, Robert J. Bisdorf
1975, Open-File Report 75-130
No abstract available....
Annual contribution of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus by migrant Canada geese to a hardwater lake
Bruce A. Manny, Robert G. Wetzel, W.C. Johnson
1975, International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology (19) 949-951
Each year more than 6,000 migrant Canada geese (Branta canadensis interior Todd) rest for 3 to 10 days during the months of March, October, November, and December on Wintergreen Lake, a productive 15 ha (33 acre) hardwater lake in the W. K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary of Michigan State University in...
Dieldrin in the diet of channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus): uptake and effect on growth
Ray L. Argyle, George C. Williams, Clara B. Daniel
1975, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (32) 2197-2204
Fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) were given diets containing 0, 0.4, 0.8, or 4.0 I?g dieldrin/g of food (dry weight) for 210 days, followed by a dieldrin-free diet for 56 days. Catfish receiving 4.0 I?g dieldrin/g food gained about 17% less weight than the control fish in 210 days and...
Use of productivity of periphyton to estimate water quality
L. J. Tilley, W.L. Haushild
1975, Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation (47) 2157-2171
No abstract available....
Predation by fish on walleye eggs on a spawning reef in western Lake Erie, 1969-71
David R. Wolfert, Wolf-Dieter N. Busch, Carl T. Baker
1975, Ohio Journal of Science (75) 118-125
Nearly 2,000 fish representing 21 species were captured with experimental gillnets on Kelleys Island Shoal during the spawning and incubation periods of walleyes (Stizostedion v. vitreum) in 1969-71. A total of 794 stomachs were examined. Four species contained walleye eggs: yellow perch (Perca flavescens), spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius), stonecat (Noturus...
Some aspects of the breeding biology of the upland sandpiper in North Dakota
K.F. Higgins, L.M. Kirsch
1975, The Wilson Bulletin (87) 96-102
Abstract has not been submitted...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area, 1973
B.B. Hampton
1975, Report
No abstract available....
Geothermal significance of eastward increase in age of upper Cenozoic rhyolitic domes in southeastern Oregon
Norman S. MacLeod, George Walton Walker, Edwin H. McKee
1975, Open-File Report 75-348
Rhyolitic domes, flows, and ash-flow tuffs of Miocene to Holocene age form an important part of the thick sequence of Cenozoic volcanic rocks that cover southeastern Oregon east of the Cascade Range. Rhyolitic domes 11-17 m.y. old are widespread, particularly in the easternmost part of the state and in adjacent...
Gut morphology of mallards in relation to diet quality
M. R. Miller
1975, Journal of Wildlife Management (39) 168-173
Digestive organ lengths, weights, and volumes in each of three groups of mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) were determined at the end of a 21-day period, during which one group was starter (control diet), another group was fed whole corn (low fiber content), and the third fed alfalfa pellets (high fiber content)...
The Sargent-Berrocal Fault Zone and its relation to the San Andreas Fault system in the southern San Francisco Bay region and Santa Clara Valley, California
Robert McLaughlin
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 593-598
The Sargent-Berrocal fault zone is a belt of thrust faults extending for about 58 mi (94 km) southeastward from the vicinity of Los Altos to San Juan Bautista, Calif. The fault zone generally dips southwestward toward the adjacent San Andreas fault at low to steep angles, and the southwest...
The association of geochemical anomalies with a negative gravity anomaly in the Chief Mountain-Soda Creek area, Clear Creek County, Colorado
G.C. Curtin, H. D. King
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 581-592
Geochemical studies in the Chief Mountain Soda Creek area, Clear Creek County, Colo., show that anomalously high amounts of Au, Ag, Pb, Zn, Cd, and Bi in mull ash, and Cu and Hg in soil, correspond to a negative gravity anomaly in the Front Range mineral belt. The correspondence of...
Stratigraphic relations of the Bolsa Quartzite, Vekol Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona
M.A. Chaffee
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 143-146
A quartzite unit occurring between the rocks of the Precambrian Apache Group and those of the Cambrian Abrigo Formation in the Vekol Mountains, Final County, Ariz., has been called both Troy Quartzite (Precambrian) and Bolsa(?) Quartzite (Cambrian). Regional and local geologic relationships indicate that this intervening unit is definitely the...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1973, Part 1. Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Data Report MD-DE-73-1
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1971, Part 2. Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Data Report MD-DE-71-2
No abstract available....
Polychlorinated biphenyl toxicity to Japanese quail as related to degree of chlorination
E. F. Hill, R.G. Heath, J. W. Spann, J.D. Williams
1974, Poultry Science (53) 597-604
To learn if the percentage of chlorine in a mixture of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB’s) alone determines toxicity, Japanese quail were fed diets containing Aroclor 1248, 1254, or 1260 at levels that added equal amounts of chlorine to the feed. The experiment comprised two consecutive 5-day periods; three sublethal concentrations of...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1974
Jerry C. Stephens, L.J. Bjorklund, E.L. Bolke, R. W. Mower, L. R. Herbert, R.M. Cordova, R.G. Butler, G. W. Sandberg, C.T. Sumison
1974, Cooperative Investigations Report 13
This report is the eleventh in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties such as legislators, administrators, and planners to keep abreast...
Time of travel and dye dosage for an irrigation canal system near Duchesne, Utah
D. B. Adams
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 489-493
Fracturing and subsidence of the land surface in the Milford area oil Utah have resulted from the decline of water levels due to pumping in unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. To the writers’ knowledge, these are the first such effects of ground-water withdrawal reported in Utah. The fracturing is in...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the northern Great Salt Lake Desert and summary hydrologic reconnaissance of northwestern Utah
Jerry C. Stephens
1974, Technical Publication 42
This report is the thirteenth in a series prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, that describes the water resources of selected basins in western Utah. The purpose of this series of reconnaissances is to analyze available hydrologic...
Water-quality reconnaissance of surface inflow to Utah Lake
J. C. Mundorff
1974, Technical Publication 46
This report on the quality of the major surface-water inflow to Utah Lake was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. The purpose of the reconnaissance on which the report is based was to obtain information about (1)...
Water resources of the Curlew Valley drainage basin, Utah and Idaho
Claud H. Baker Jr.
1974, Technical Publication 45
This report about the water resources of the Curlew Valley drain- age basin, Utah and Idaho, was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Resources. The primary purpose of the study on which this re- port is based was...
Water resources of the Milford area, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
R. W. Mower, R.M. Cordova
1974, Technical Publication 43
The investigation of the water resources of the Milford area was made as part of a cooperative program with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, to investigate the water resources of the State. The primary purpose of this report is to provide basic hydrologic information needed...
