PERSPECTIVE ON LANDSLIDE DAMS.
Robert L. Schuster, John E. Costa
Schuster Robert L., editor(s)
1986, Conference Paper
The most common types of mass movements that form landslide dams are rock and soil slumps and slides; mud, debris, and earth flows: and rock and debris avalanches. The most common initiation mechanisms for dam-forming landslides are excessive rainfall and snow melt, and earthquakes. Most landslide dams are remarkable short-lived....
Evaluation of hatchery-reared lake trout for reestablishment of populations in the Apostle Islands Region of Lake Superior, 1960-84
Charles C. Krueger, Bruce L. Swanson, James H. Selgeby
R.H. Stroud, editor(s)
1986, Book chapter, Fish culture in fisheries management
No abstract available....
NORMATIVE MINERALOGY OF OIL SHALE IN THE JUHAN CORE HOLE 4-1, PICEANCE CREEK BASIN, COLORADO.
John R. Dyni, James W. Baker, Wayne Mountjoy
Gary James H., editor(s)
1986, Conference Paper, Oil Shale Symposium Proceedings
A procedure for calculating the quantities of normative minerals and kerogen in Colorado oil shale was developed and used to analyze a sequence of sodium-rich oil shales in a core hole near the depocenter of the Piceance Creek Basin in northwestern Colorado. The sequence of oil shales was found to...
Cluster molecular orbital description of the electronic structures of mixed-valence iron oxides and silicates
David M. Sherman
1986, Solid State Communications (58) 719-723
A molecular orbital description, based on spin-unrestricted Xα-scattered wave calculations, is given for the electronic structures of mixed valence iron oxides and silicates. The cluster calculations show that electron hopping and optical intervalence charge-transger result from weak FeFe bonding across shared edges of FeO6 coordination polyhedra. In agreement with Zener's double exchange...
Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 (WRI 87-4009)
Jeffrey M. Fischer, William D. Nichols
G.A. Dinwiddie, N.J. Trask, editor(s)
1986, Report, U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 (WRI 87-4009)
A commercial low-level radioactive-waste disposal site has been operating near Beatty, Nevada, about 150 km northwest of Las Vegas, since 1962. The 32-ha site is situated in a desolate region of the Amargosa River Valley, sometimes referred to as the Amargosa Desert. Average annual precipitation is only about 114 mm....
Fate and distribution studies of some drugs used in aquaculture
J. L. Allen, J. B. Hunn
1986, Veterinary and Human Toxicology 21-24
Production capabilities to meet needs
R.C. Hubley Jr.
R.H. Stroud, editor(s)
1986, Book chapter, Fish culture in fisheries management
Abstract not submitted to date...
Magmatic inclusions in silicic and intermediate volcanic rocks
Charles R. Bacon
1986, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (91) 6091-6112
Fine‐grained ellipsoidal inclusions from a few millimeters to over l m in size are present in many intermediate to silicic lava flows and domes. Only recently has it become widely accepted that such inclusions are chilled blobs of magma. Their magmatic origin is manifested by vesicularity and high groundmass porosity,...
Water resources data for South Carolina, water year 1984
C.S. Bennett, R.D. Hayes, J.W. Gissendanner, K.H. Jones
1986, Water Data Report SC-84-1
Water resources data for the 1984 water year for South Carolina consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 93 gaging stations, stage only...
Percentage entrainment of constituent loads in urban runoff, south Florida
R. A. Miller
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4329
Runoff quantity and quality data from four urban basins in south Florida were analyzed to determine the entrainment of total nitrogen, total phosphorus, total carbon, chemical oxygen demand, suspended solids, and total lead within the stormwater runoff. Land use of the homogeneously developed basins are residential (single family), highway, commercial,...
Drought of 1980-82 in southeast Florida with comparison to the 1961-62 and 1970-71 droughts
B.G. Waller
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4152
South-central Florida (the Kissimmee Basin) experienced a severe drought during 1980-82, causing Lake Okeechobee--the largest surface-water storage area in south Florida--to reach the lowest stage ever recorded, 9.75 feet above sea level, on July 29, 1981. A prolonged period of deficient rainfall extended from June 1980 to March 1982. On...
Water resources data for Maryland and Delaware, water year 1984
R.W. James, R.H. Simmons, B.F. Strain
1985, Water Data Report MD-DE-84-1
No abstract available....
Geologic history of Goban Spur, Northwest Europe continental margin
P.C. de Graciansky, Claude (Wylie) Poag
1985, Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (80) 1187-1216
Drilling on Leg 80 of the Deep Sea Drilling Project-International Phase of Ocean Drilling was conducted on a transect of four sites (548-551) across the continent-ocean boundary at Goban Spur, a prominent southwest-trending structural and topographic high on the Irish continental slope. Drilling results have been integrated with physiographic, gravimetric,...
Plutonium, americium, and neptunium speciation in selected groundwaters
J.M. Cleveland, T.F. Rees, K.L. Nash
1985, Nuclear Technology (69) 380-387
As part of a continuing study, plutonium, americium, and neptunium speciation was determined at 25 and 90°C in four groundwaters from diverse sources: the Sparta aquifer in Louisiana, near the Vacherie salt dome; Mansfield No. 2 well in the Palo Duro Basin, Texas; the Stripa mine in Sweden; and the...
Leaching of plutonium from a radioactive waste glass by eight groundwaters from the western United States
T.F. Rees, J.M. Cleveland, K.L. Nash
1985, Nuclear Technology (70) 133-140
The leachability of a radioactive waste glass formulated to Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory specification 80-270 has been studied using eight actual groundwaters with a range of chemical compositions as leachants. Waters collected from the Grande Ronde Basalt (Washington State) and from alluvial deposits in the Hualapai Valley (Arizona) were the...
Eruption in an ice-filled caldera, Mount Veniaminof, Alaska Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
M. Elizabeth Yount, Thomas P. Miller, Richard P. Emanuel, Frederic H. Wilson
1985, Circular 945
The more prominent of the two visible intracaldera cones of Mount Veniaminof went into eruption in early June 1983 and continued until early April 1984. Veniaminof is a 2,507-m-high composite cone having an 8 x 11-km summit caldera which formed 3,300-3,700 yr B.P. (Miller and Smith, 1977). The active 1.6x1.2-km...
Sea cliff exposures of metamorphosed carbonate and schist, northern Seward Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
Julie A. Dumoulin, Alison B. Till
1985, Circular 945
Extensive seacliff exposures of marble, metadolostone, and schist occur on the north shore of Seward Peninsula in the Kotzebue A-1 and A-2 Quadrangles (fig. 12). Some of the exposed units have no analogs when compared to rocks mapped to the south in the Bendeleben and Solomon Quadrangles. Others are similar...
The continued rise of Great Salt Lake, Utah
Ted Arnow
1985, Report, United States Geological Survey Yearbook, Fiscal Year 1984
The Great Salt Lake rose 5.0 feet from September 25,1983, to July 1, 1984, the second largest seasonal rise on record since 1847. The maximum seasonal rise was observed the previous year when the lake rose 5.1 feet from September 18,1982, to June 30,1983. The lake declined only 0.5 foot...
Digital image processing techniques for detecting surface alteration - An application on the Alaska Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
James York, Frederic H. Wilson, Bruce M. Gamble
1985, Circular 945
The tectonic evolution of the Alaska Peninsula makes it a likely area for the discovery of significant mineral deposits. However, because of problems associated with remoteness and poor weather, little detailed mineral exploration work has been carried on there. This study focuses on using Landsat multispectral scanner data for the...
Newly discovered Holocene volcanic vents, Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
M. Elizabeth Yount, Frederic H. Wilson, John W. Miller
1985, Circular 945
Reconnaissance mapping in 1982-83 suggests previously unreported Holocene volcanic activity in the area 14-24 km southwest of Kupreanof Volcano (fig. 45). One young volcanic vent has been observed along the divide between Stepovak Bay and Bear Lake, and the locations of two others are inferred from the position of morphologically...
Preliminary description of a Miocene zone of structural complexity, Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1983
Frederic H. Wilson, James E. Case, Robert L. Detterman
1985, Circular 945
A zone of structural disruption and complexity along the Pacific coast margin of the Alaska Peninsula (fig. 41) may be related to the Alaska Peninsula and the Chugach terrane boundary. The best exposure of this zone is located on the east shore of Humpback Bay (figs. 42, 43; also Burk,...
Ground water in Utah - A summary description of the resource and its related physical environment
Don Price, Ted Arnow
1985, Utah Department of Natural Resources Water Circular 3
Ground water is one of Utah’s most extensive and valuable natural resources. Because of its widespread occurrence in both wet and dry areas, ground water has been, and is a major factor affecting economic growth and development of the State. In some areas, ground water is used to supplement streamflow...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1985
Ralph L. Seiler, L. R. Herbert, Donald A. Bischoff, David W. Clark, George Pyper, Carole B. Burden, V.L. Jensen, Michael Enright, D. C. Emett, B.A. Sether, M.R. Eckenwiler, G. W. Sandberg
1985, Cooperative Investigations Report 25
This is the twenty-second in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the...
Water use data for public water suppliers and self supplied industry in Utah: 1982, 1983
Brent Johnson
1985, Utah Division of Water Rights Water-Use Report 5
This publication is the fifth in a continuing series of reports presenting water use data for Utah. The data are collected by the State of Utah, Division of Water Rights, for the National Water Use Information Program. This is a cooperative effort with the U.S. Geological Survey. Most states contribute...
Seepage study of six canals in Salt Lake County, Utah, 1982-1983
L. R. Herbert, R.W. Cruff, K.M. Waddell
1985, Technical Publication 82
A study of selected reaches of the Utah and Salt Lake, Utah Lake Distributing, Provo Reservoir, Draper Irrigation, East Jordan, and Jordan and Salt Lake City Canals in Salt Lake County, Utah, was made to determine gains or losses of flow in those reaches. Three to five sets of seepage...
