Jupiter and the Voyager mission
L. Soderblom
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 128-130
In 1977, the United States launched two unmanned Voyager spacecraft that were to take part in an extensive reconnaissance of the outer planets over a 12-year period visiting the environs of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Their first encounter was with the complex Jupiter planetary system 400 million miles away....
Potential problems in the registration of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control agents
F. P. Meyer, R. A. Schnick
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2093-2102
Abstract has not been submitted...
A quantitative analysis of naiad mollusks from the Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin dredge material site on the Mississippi River
M.E. Havlik, L. L. Marking
1980, Bulletin of American Malacological Union 30-34
The Prairie du Chien dredge material site contains about 100,000 cubic meters of material dredged from the East Channel of the Mississippi Riverin1976. Previous studies in that area suggested a rich molluscan fauna, but most studies were only qualitative or simply observations. Our study of this material was designed...
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1978
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1980, Report
This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal agencies conducting sedimentation investigations on work in progress or planned, important findings, new methods, new publications, laboratory and other research activities, and other pertinent information. The material has been organized by major drainage regions in the conterminous United States,Alaska, Hawaii,...
Aerial photography summary record system - five years later.
T.J. Lauterborn
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 1537-1539
Describes the APSRS, an automated information system for conventional aerial photography projects, established after the formation of the National Cartographic Information Center in the US Geological Survey in 1974. -after Author...
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...
Tremors from earthquakes and blasting in the Powder River basin of Wyoming and Montana
C.H. Miller, F. W. Osterwald
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 212-219
Coal in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana (fig. 1) is greatly in demand. It can be economically mined from the surface, and the land is much easier to reclaim than land above underground mines that has been damaged by subsidence or by underground fires. Exploitation of the...
A grassroots movement in Glendora, California
S. Jagoda
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 185-187
DeLaine Morgan is a teacher at Sandburg Junior High School in Glendora, Calif. Because of her efforts, the Glendora Unified School District is establishing an earthquake preparedness program in each of the District's schools. The following interview relates how this program got started and what individuals can do to get...
Fish-stock assessment in the Great Lakes
Wilbur L. Hartman
C. H. Hocutt, J. R. Stauffer Jr., editor(s)
1980, Book chapter, Biological monitoring of fish
No abstract available....
Earthquake education in California
M. P. MacCabe
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 172-173
In a survey of community response to the earthquake threat in southern California, Ralph Turner and his colleagues in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, found that the public very definitely wants to be educated about the kinds of problems and hazards they can expect...
Workgroup on pesticides
J.J. Lech, J. L. Allen, D.J. Dube
J.J. Defino, editor(s)
1980, Book chapter, Methods for analysis of organic compounds in the Great Lakes
Abstract not submitted to date...
Earthquakes; March-April 1980
W. J. Person
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 228-231
Two of the three major (7.0-7.9) earthquakes during this reporting period occurred in the South Pacific on March 8 and April 13. The third, in the Fox Islands, Aleutian Islands, on March 23, was the first major earthquake of the year in the United States. In the State of Washington,...
Andrija Mohorovicic
W.E. Bonini, R.R. Bonini
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 108-112
Age and growth of rock bass in eastern Lake Ontario
David R. Wolfert
1980, New York Fish and Game Journal (27) 88-90
To test the reliability of current techniques, five biologists appraised the ages of 200 quail from a random sample of wings collected during the 1952-53 hunting season in Alabama. Attempt was made to distinguish adults from juveniles, to ascertain the stage of post-nuptial and post-juvenile molts, and to estimate the...
Earthquakes; a new unit in environmental education
R. D. Collyer
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 188-189
Monitoring active volcanoes
R.I. Tilling
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 131-134
One of the most spectacular, awesomely beautiful, and at times, most destructive displays of natural energy is an erupting volcano, belching fume and ash thousands of feet into the atmoshpehere and pouring out red-hot molten lava in fountains and streams. ...
Sterility method of pest control and its potential role in an integrated sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control program
Lee H. Hanson, Patrick J. Manion
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2108-2117
The sterility method of pest control could be an effective tool in the sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control program in the Great Lakes. Some of the requirements for its successful application have been met. A field study demonstrated that the release of male sea lampreys, sterilized by the injection of...
Classification of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) attack marks on Great Lakes lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush)
Everett Louis King Jr.
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 1989-2006
Criteria for the classification of marks inflicted by sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) into nine categories were developed from laboratory studies in an attempt to refine the classification system used in field assessment work. These criteria were based on characteristics of the attachment site that could be identified under field conditions...
Lifeline earthquake engineering; an interview with C. Martin Duke
T. Tugend
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 104-107
The behavior of 14C and 13C in estuarine water: Effects of In situ CO2 production and atmospheric exchange
Elliott C. Spiker
1980, Radiocarbon (22) 647-654
The effects of nonconservative sources (inputs) and sinks (outputs) of carbon are indicated by the behavior of Δ14C and δ13C of the total dissolved inorganic carbon (ΣCO2) in San Francisco Bay and Chesapeake Bay. Isotopic distributions and model calculations indicate that in North San Francisco Bay the net CO2 flux to...
Landsat wildland mapping accuracy
William J. Todd, Dale G. Gehring, J. F. Haman
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 509-520
A Landsat-aided classification of ten wildland resource classes was developed for the Shivwits Plateau region of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Single stage cluster sampling (without replacement) was used to verify the accuracy of each class....
A selected bibliography: Remote sensing applications in wildlife management
David M. Carneggie, Donald O. Ohlen, Lawrence R. Pettinger
1980, Report
Citations of 165 selected technical reports, journal articles, and other publications on remote sensing applications for wildlife management are presented in a bibliography. These materials summarize developments in the use of remotely sensed data for wildlife habitat mapping, habitat inventory, habitat evaluation, and wildlife census. The bibliography contains selected citations...
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Box Elder Draw quadrangle, Sheridan County, Wyoming, and Big Horn and Powder River Counties, Montana
IntraSearch Inc.
1980, Open-File Report 79-162
No abstract available....
Report of 1978-1979 field investigations of coal resources in the Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont County, Wyoming
John F. Windolph, Nelson L. Hickling, Ralph C. Warlow
1980, Open-File Report 80-674
No abstract available....
Visitor use patterns in Yosemite National Park
J. W. van Wagtendonk
1980, Journal of Travel Research (19) 12-17
After several years of dramatic increases, visitor use in Yosemite National Park has leveled off to an average of 2.4 million visits per year. Coincident with this decline in the growth rate, there have been some changes in visitation trends and patterns. Data collected in the park show that the...
