Amino acid geochemistry of fossil bones from the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposit, California
M.A.S. McMenamin, D.J. Blunt, K.A. Kvenvolden, Scott Miller, L.F. Marcus, R.R. Pardi
1982, Quaternary Research (18) 174-183
Low aspartic acid d:l ratios and modern collagenlike concentration values indicate that amino acids in bones from the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposit, Los Angeles, California are better preserved than amino acids in bones of equivalent age that have not been preserved in asphalt. Amino acids were recovered from 10 Rancho...
Regional significance of an early Holocene moraine in Enchantment Lakes basin, North Cascade Range, Washington
R. B. Waitt Jr., J. C. Yount, P.T. Davis
1982, Quaternary Research (17) 191-210
The upper Enchantment Lakes basin in the North Cascade Range of Washington displays two moraine belts, each recording an episode of glacier advance after the end of the last glaciation. The inner belt, the Brynhild, 0.1 to 0.5 km beyond existing glaciers, postdates Mount St. Helens Wn tephra (∼450 yr...
Cliff and slope topography of part of the Grand Canyon, Arizona as characterized on a seasat radar image
G. L. Berlin, G. G. Schaber, R.C. Kozak, P. Chavez Jr.
1982, Remote Sensing of Environment (12) 81-85
No abstract available....
The occurrence and fission-track ages of late neogene and quaternary volcanic sediments, Siwalik group, Northern Pakistan
G.D. Johnson, P. Zeitler, C. W. Naeser, N.M. Johnson, D.M. Summers, C.D. Frost, N.D. Opdyke, R.A.K. Tahirkheli
1982, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (37) 63-93
Volcanic sediments, now mostly bentonites and bentonitic mudstones, occur throughout the Late Neogene and Quaternary Siwalik Group of northern Pakistan. A number of these deposits have been dated by the fission-track method, utilizing zircon phenocrysts from these deposits, and provide the chronometric constraints upon which a paleomagnetic stratigraphy is developed...
Chronology of late Wisconsinan glaciation in middle North America
L. Clayton, S.R. Moran
1982, Quaternary Science Reviews (1) 55-82
We propose a chronology of late Wisconsinan glacial fluctuations in middle North America, from Alberta to Wisconsin, based on radiocarbon dates derived solely from wood. Previous chronologies of the southwestern margin of the North American Continental Ice Sheet have depended to a considerable degree on radiocarbon dates from fine-grained organic...
An oilspill trajectory analysis model with a variable wind deflection angle
W.B. Samuels, N.E. Huang, D.E. Amstutz
1982, Ocean Engineering (9) 347-360
The oilspill trajectory movement algorithm consists of a vector sum of the surface drift component due to wind and the surface current component. In the U.S. Geological Survey oilspill trajectory analysis model, the surface drift component is assumed to be 3.5% of the wind speed and is rotated 20 degrees...
Photogrammetric application of Viking Orbital photography
S.S.C. Wu, A.A. Elassal, R. Jordan, F.J. Schafer
1982, Planetary and Space Science (30) 45-55
Special techniques are described for the photogrammetric compilation of topographic maps and profiles from stereoscopic photographs taken by the two Viking Orbiter spacecraft. These techniques were developed because the extremely narrow field of view of the Viking cameras precludes compilation by conventional photogrammetric methods. The techniques adjust for internal consistency...
An electric-analog simulation of elliptic partial differential equations using finite element theory
O.L. Franke, G.F. Pinder, E.P. Patten
1982, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (24) 65-71
Elliptic partial differential equations can be solved using the Galerkin-finite element method to generate the approximating algebraic equations, and an electrical network to solve the resulting matrices. Some element configurations require the use of networks containing negative resistances which, while physically realizable, are more expensive and time-consuming to construct....
Landsat image map of the Abān Al Aḩmar quadrangle, sheet 25F, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
U.S. Geological Survey, Saudi Arabia. Deputy Ministry for Mineral Resources
1982, Open-File Report 220
Interagency Report 336...
Potentiometric surface of the Floridan Aquifer in central Sumter County, Florida, September 1981
L. A. Bradner
1982, Open-File Report 82-259
This map presents the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer in central Sumter County, Florida, for September 1981. The Floridan aquifer is the principal source of potable water in the area. The focus of the map is the potentiometric surface in the Jumper Creek Canal area for the high water-level...
Mitigation and enhancement techniques for the Upper Mississippi River system and other large river systems
Rosalie A. Schnick, John M. Morton, Jeffrey C. Mochalski, Jonathan T. Beall
1982, Resource Publication 149
Extensive information is provided on techniques that can reduce or eliminate the negative impact of man's activities (particularly those related to navigation) on large river systems, with special reference to the Upper Mississippi River. These techniques should help resource managers who are concerned with such river systems to establish...
Water resources data, Indiana, water year 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report IN-81-1
Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Indiana consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 195 gaging stations, stage and contents for 12 lakes and reservoirs,...
Habitat use and productivity of canvasbacks in southwestern Manitoba, 1961-72
Jerome H. Stoudt
1982, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 248
No abstract available....
Ground-water withdrawals and land-surface subsidence in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas, 1906-80
R.K. Gabrysch
1982, Open-File Report 82-571
The withdrawal of larqe amounts of ground water in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas, has resulted in water-level declines of as much as 250 feet (76 meters) in wells completed in the Chicot aquifer and as much as 300 feet (91 meters) in wells completed in the Evangeline aquifer during 1943-77....
Water quality of Canyon Lake, central Texas
W.R. Roddy, K.M. Waddell
1982, Open-File Report 82-678
The volume-weighted average concentrations of the principal dissolved constituents in Canyon Lake on the Guadalupe River in central Texas are usually less than 240 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids, 20 milligrams per liter of chloride, and 30 milligrams per liter of sulfate. The water, which is very hard, has...
Migration, harvest, and population dynamics of mourning doves banded in the central management unit, 1967-77
James H. Dunks, Roy E. Tomlinson, Henry M. Reeves, David D. Dolton, Clait E. Braun, Thomas P. Zapatka
1982, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 249
Interpretation of resistivity and induced polarization profiles with severe topographic effects, Yucca Mountain area, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Christian Smith, H. P. Ross, D.B. Hoover
1982, Open-File Report 82-182
Data on selected deep wells in south Florida
C.A. Smith, Lauralee Lidz, F.W. Meyer
1982, Open-File Report 82-348
A data base of 870 deep wells was assembled for the south Florida part of the Southeastern Limestone Regional Aquifer Study. The data in this report are for wells in Broward, Collier , Dade, Hendry, Lee, Martin, Monroe, Palm Beach, and St. Lucie Counties. Data are compiled for water wells,...
Preliminary interpretation of thermal data from the Nevada Test Site
John Harvey Sass, Arthur H. Lachenbruch
1982, Open-File Report 82-973
Analysis of data from 60 wells in and around the Nevada Test Site, including 16 in the Yucca Mountain area, indicates a thermal regime characterized by large vertical and lateral gradients in heat flow. Estimates of heat flow indicate considerable variation on both regional and local scales. The variations are...
Shallow subsurface temperatures and some estimates of heat flow from the Colorado Plateau of northeastern Arizona
J.H. Sass, Claudia Stone, D. J. Bills
1982, Open-File Report 82-994
Temperature data to depths of a few hundred meters were obtained from 29 wells in northeastern Arizona; 12 in the region surrounding the San Francisco Volcanic Field, 8 in the Black Mesa area, and 9 in the south-central Colorado Plateau which includes the White Mountains. Although there was evidence for...
Approximate altitude of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston area, Texas, spring 1982
C.E. Ranzau Jr., Jeffrey L. Strause
1982, Open-File Report 82-559
The purpose of this report, which was prepared in cooperation with the City of Houston, the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, and the Texas Department of Water Resources, is to show the altitudes of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area. The...
Mineral resource potential of the Olallie Roadless Area, Marion and Jefferson counties, Oregon
G. W. Walker
1982, Open-File Report 82-885
Sulfate concentration in water from the upper permeable zone of the Tertiary limestone aquifer system, southeastern United States
Craig L. Sprinkle
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-1101
Application of computer graphics to generate coal resources of the Cache coal bed, Recluse geologic model area, Campbell County, Wyoming
G. B. Schneider, S.S. Crowley, M.A. Carey
1982, Open-File Report 82-402
Low-sulfur subbituminous coal resources have been calculated, using both manual and computer methods, for the Cache coal bed in the Recluse Model Area, which covers the White Tail Butte, Pitch Draw, Recluse, and Homestead Draw SW 7 1/2 minute quadrangles, Campbell County, Wyoming. Approximately 275 coal thickness measurements obtained from...
Free-air gravity map, Norton Basin, Alaska
M. A. Fisher, J.R. Childs, Harold Magistrale
1982, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1460
