Measurement of irrigated acreage in Western Kansas from LANDSAT images
K.M. Keene, C.D. Conley
1980, Environmental Geology (3) 107-116
In the past four decades, irrigated acreage in western Kansas has increased rapidly. Optimum utilization of vital groundwater supplies requires implementation of long-term water-management programs. One important variable in such programs is up-to-date information on acreage under irrigation. Conventional ground survey methods of estimating irrigated acreage are too slow to...
About forty last-glacial Lake Missoula jokulhlaups through southern Washington
R. B. Waitt Jr.
1980, Journal of Geology (88) 653-679
The rhythmic Touchet Beds in the Walla Walla and lower Yakima valleys resulted from many separate backfloodings by hydraulically ponded glacial Lake Missoula water. At least once this episodic lake briefly contained half the of water that catastrophically drained the largest glacial Lakes Missoula. Evidence that the...
Evaluation of multispectral middle infrared aircraft images for lithologic mapping in the East Tintic Mountains, Utah
A.B. Kahle, L. C. Rowan
1980, Geology (8) 234-239
Six channels of multispectral middle infrared (8 to 14 μrn) aircraft scanner data were acquired over the East Tintic mining district, Utah. This area has high relief and moderate vegetation and consists mainly of Tertiary silicic igneous rocks and Paleozoic quartzite and carbonate...
Chemical mass-wasting of the northern Yucatan Peninsula by groundwater dissolution
B.B. Hanshaw, W. Back
1980, Geology (8) 222-224
The northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula is a relatively flat, low-lying carbonate terrane with no geomorphic expressions of stream channels. It is estimated that mean annual recharge to the groundwater system is 150 mm. For the 65,500 km2 study area, mean annual discharge (equivalent to recharge) is 9.8 × 109 m3,...
Dissolution and analysis of amorphous silica in marine sediments
D.W. Eggimann, F.T. Manheim, P.R. Betzer
1980, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (50) 215-225
The analytical estimation of amorphous silica in selected Atlantic and Antarctic Ocean sediments, the U.S.G.S. standard marine mud (MAG-1), A.A.P.G. clays, and samples from cultures of a marine diatom, Hemidiscus, has been examined. Quantitative recovery of sedimentary amorphous silica was achieved by reacting...
Chlorinated hydrocarbons as a limiting factor in the reproduction of lake trout in Lake Michigan
Wayne A. Willford
1980, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the third USA-USSR Symposium on the Effects of Pollutants Upon Aquatic Ecosystems : theoretical aspects of aquatic toxicology
No abstract available....
Food of alewives, yellow perch, spottail shiners, trout-perch, and slimy and fourhorn sculpins in southeastern Lake Michigan
LaRue Wells
1980, Report
Stomachs of 1, 064 alewives (Alosa pseudoharengus), 1, 103 yellow perch (Perca flavescens), 246 spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius), 288 trout-perch (Percopsis omiscomaycus), 454 slimy sculpins (Cottus cognatus), and 562 fourhorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) from Lake Michigan were examined for food contents. Fish were sampled primarily from March to November and...
Preliminary correlation of post-Erie interstadial events (16,000-10,000 radiocarbon years before present), central and eastern Great Lakes region, and Hudson, Champlain, and St. Lawrence Lowlands, United States and Canada
David S. Fullerton
1980, Professional Paper 1089
No abstract available....
Implications of regional gravity for state of stress in the earth's crust and upper mantle
M. McNutt
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6377-6396
Topography is maintained by stress differences within the earth. Depending on the distribution of the stress we classify the support as either local or regional compensation. In general, the stresses implied in a regional compensation scheme are an order of magnitude larger than those corresponding to local isostasy. Gravity anomalies,...
Compositional controls on spinel clouding and garnet formation in plagioclase of olivine metagabbros, Adirondack Mountains, New York
J. M. McLelland, P.R. Whitney
1980, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (73) 243-251
Olivine metagabbros from the Adirondacks usually contain both clear and spinel-clouded plagioclase, as well as garnet. The latter occurs primarily as the outer rim of coronas surrounding olivine and pyroxene, and less commonly as lamellae or isolated grains within plagioclase. The formation of garnet and metamorphic spinel is dependent upon...
Petrology of Hualalai volcano, Hawaii: Implication for mantle composition
D.A. Clague, E.D. Jackson, T. L. Wright
1980, Bulletin Volcanologique (43) 641-656
Hualalai is one of five volcanoes whose eruptions built the island of Hawaii. The historic 1800-1801 flows and the analyzed prehistoric flows exposed at the surface are alkalic basalts except for a trachyte cone and flow at Puu Waawaa and a trachyte maar deposit near Waha Pele. The 1800-1801 eruption...
Applications of statistics to thematic mapping.
G.H. Rosenfield, M.L. Melley
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 1287-1294
Two statistical problems occurring in the effort to analyze thematic maps and mapping are determining the accuracy of thematic content and comparing factors studied in thematic mapping. Statistical procedures applicable to thematic mapping involve sampling, determining accuracy, and comparing factors. A sampling procedure using an unaligned pattern within a square...
Speculations on processes responsible for mesoscale current lineations on the continental shelf, southern California
Herman A. Karl
1980, Marine Geology (34) M9-M18
A side-scan sonar survey of San Pedro shelf, California, reveals areas of mesoscale current lineations oriented approximately north-northeast in water depths of 20-25 m. Widths of sand ribbons range from 40 to 120 m and intervening erosional furrows, from 15 to 50 m. A conceptual model shows that the scale...
Hydrocarbon gas in sediment from the shelf, slope and basin of the Bering Sea.
K.A. Kvenvolden, G.D. Redden
1980, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (44) 1145-1150
Methane, ethane, ethene, propane, propene, isobutane and n-butane are present in low concentrations in the top 2m of sediment. Methane is most abundant and its concentration increases with depth in the sediment. Ethane, ethene, propane and propene are present in almost all samples, but the concentrations of these gases are...
Littoral transport in the surf zone elucidated by an Eulerian sediment tracer
D.B. Duane, W.R. James
1980, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (50) 929-942
An Eulerian, or time integration, sand tracer experiment was designed and carried out in the surf zone near Pt. Mugu, California on April 19, 1972. Data indicate that conditions of stationarity and finite boundaries required for proper application of Eulerian tracer theory exist...
Distribution of Quaternary rhyolite domes of the Coso Range, California: implications for extent of the geothermal anomaly.
C. R. Bacon, W. A. Duffield
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research (85) 2425-2433
38 separate domes and flows of phenocryst-poor, high-silica rhyolite of similar major element chemical composition were erupted over the past 1My from vents arranged in a crudely S-shaped array atop a granitic horst in the Coso Range, California. Most of the extrusions are probably less than about 0.3My old. The...
Nd-isotopes in selected mantle-derived rocks and minerals and their implications for mantle evolution
A. R. Basu, M. Tatsumoto
1980, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (75) 43-54
The Sm-Nd systematics in a variety of mantle-derived samples including kimberlites, alnoite, carbonatite, pyroxene and amphibole inclusions in alkali basalts and xenolithic eclogites, granulites and a pyroxene megacryst in kimberlites are reported. The additional data on kimberlites strengthen our earlier conclusion that kimberlites are derived from a relatively undifferentiated chondritic...
Flood risks and the willingness to purchase flood insurance
M.R. Karlinger, E. D. Attanasi
1980, Water Resources Research (16) 617-622
Computer simulation experiments were conducted to determine the effects of alternative sources of uncertainty on the willingness to pay for flood insurance. Two alternative insurance protection schemes were investigated: coinsurance and fixed coverage. The question investigated here is to what extent does the insurance scheme influence how purchasers respond to...
Distribution of modern benthic foraminifers on the New Jersey Outer Continental Shelf
C. Wylie Poag, H.J. Knebel, R. Todd
1980, Marine Micropaleontology (5) 43-69
We used samples from 21 stations within a 600 km2 area of the New Jersey Outer Continental Shelf to assess the effects of a hydrodynamic environment on the distribution and redistribution of benthic foraminifers. These samples show that, although the predominant genera (Elphidium, Cibicides, and Saccammina) are the same as...
Comment on 'A reinterpretation of the linear heat flow and heat production relationship for the exponential model of the heat production in the crust' by R.N. Singh & J.G. Negi.
A.H. Lachenbruch
1980, Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society (63) 791-795
In their recent paper, Singh & Negi, (This journal, 57, 741-744) contend that if thd slope of the empirical linear relation between heat flow and heat production is interpreted as the decay-length of an exponential depth-distribution of sources, a discrepancy rises, whereas if it is interpreted as the depth of...
Preparation and Presentation of Digital Maps in Raster Format
K. Edwards, R. M. Batson
1980, American Cartographer (7) 39-49
A set of algorithms has been developed at USGS Flagstaff for displaying digital map data in raster format. The set includes: FILLIN, which assigns a specified attribute code to units of a map which have been outlined on a digitizer and converted to raster format; FILBND, which removes the outlines;...
Epizootic of coccidiosis in free-flying lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
R. M. Windingstad, M.E. McDonald, Louis N. Locke, S.M. Kerr, J.A. Sinn
1980, Avian Diseases (24) 1044-1049
A coccidiosis epizootic has occurred in lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) at Bluestem Reservoir in eastern Nebraska during the spring in each of three recent years: 1976-1978. Losses peaked during the period from mid-March through April. As much as 29% of the peak population of scaup using the reservoir died. Necropsies...
Nest site and colony characteristics of wading birds in selected Atlantic Coast colonies
Donald L. Beaver, Ronald G. Osborn, Thomas W. Custer
1980, The Wilson Bulletin (92) 200-220
Nests of 5 species of wading birds were identified and marked during the breeding season at 6 locations from Massachusetts to North Carolina. At the end of the breeding season 12 characteristics of nest-site location were measured. Nest locations were mapped to examine dispersion and nearest neighbor relationships. Multivariate analyses...
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1979
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1980, Report
This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal Agencies on sedimentation investigations, both ongoing and planned. Included in the report are a review of important findings, new methodologies, new publications, laboratory and other research activities, and other pertinent information. The material is organized on the basis of the...
Reproductive success and nest attentiveness of mallard ducks fed Aroclor 1254
T. W. Custer, G. H. Heinz
1980, Environmental Pollution Series A: Ecological and Biological (21) 313-318
A dietary dosage of 25 ppm Aroclor 1254 fed to nine-month-old mallards Anas platyrhynchos for at least a month before egg-laying had no detrimental effect on reproductive success or nest attentiveness when hens were allowed to incubate their own eggs. The treatment caused no effect on number of hens laying, date of...
