Upper Wisconsinan till recovered on the continental shelf southeast of New England
Michael H. Bothner, Elliott C. Spiker
1980, Science (210) 423-425
Basal till was identified in two sediment cores collected about 69 kilometers southeast of Nantucket Island on the east and west sides of Great South Channel. These are the first samples of till collected on the outer continental shelf off the northeastern United States. The carbon-14 age of the total...
Evaluation of organic matter, subsurface temperature and pressure with regard to gas generation in low-permeability Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary sandstones in Pacific Creek area, Sublette and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming.
B. E. Law, C. W. Spencer, N. H. Bostick
1980, Mountain Geologist (17) 23-35
The onset of overpressuring occurs at c.3,500 m, near the base of the U. Cretaceous Lance Formation. The development of overpressuring may involve several processes; however, interpretation of the available information indicates that active generation of large amounts of wet gas is one of the more important processes. The present...
Pomona Member of the Columbia River Basalt Group: an intracanyon flow in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
J. L. Anderson
1980, Oregon Geology (42) 195-199
The Pomona Member of the Saddle Mountains Basalt (Columbia River Basalt Group) occurs as an intracanyon flow greater than 75m (250ft) thick along the S side of the Columbia River Gorge between Mitchell Point and Shellrock Mountain, Oregon. Best exposures are at Mitchell Point, where this flow caps more than...
Sedimentary masses and concepts about tectonic processes at underthrust ocean margins
D.W. Scholl, Roland E. von Huene, T.L. Vallier, D. G. Howell
1980, Geology (8) 564-568
Tectonic processes associated with subduction of oceanic crust, but unrelated to the collision of thick crustal masses or microplates, are presumed by many geologists to significantly affect the formation and deformation of large sedimentary bodies at underthrust ocean margins. More geologists are familiar with the concept of subduction accretion, which describes...
Morphology of Lonar Crater, India: Comparisons and implications
R.F. Fudali, D.J. Milton, K. Fredriksson, A. Dube
1980, The Moon and the Planets (23) 493-515
Lonar Crater is a young meteorite impact crater emplaced in Deccan basalt. Data from 5 drillholes, a gravity network, and field mapping are used to reconstruct its original dimensions, delineate the nature of the pre-impact target rocks, and interpret the emplacement mode of the ejecta. Our estimates of the pre-erosion...
Tectonic stresses in the lithosphere: constraints provided by the experimental deformation of rocks.
S. H. Kirby
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6353-6363
The strengths of rocks clearly place an upper limit on the stress that can be sustained by the upper half of the lithosphere. Laboratory data on rock rheology are generally lacking at intermediate temperatures and pressures on the important rock types expected in the lithosphere, so a definitive accounting of...
Extraction and concentration of phenolic compounds from water and sediment
Marvin C. Goldberg, Eugene R. Weiner
1980, Analytica Chimica Acta (115) 373-378
Continuous liquid-liquid extractors are used to concentrate phenols at the ??g l-1 level from water into dichloromethane; this is followed by Kuderna-Danish evaporative concentration and gas chromatography. The procedure requires 5 h for 18 l of sample water. Overall concentration factors around 1000 are obtained. Overall concentration efficiencies vary from...
Data availability and technology transfer at the EROS Data Center: Current responsibilities, recent developments, and future plans
Donald T. Lauer
1980, Conference Paper, Proceedings of remote sensing for national resources: An international view of problems, promises and accomplishments
No abstract available....
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Rangely NE quadrangle, Rio Blanco and Moffat Counties, Colorado
AAA Engineering and Drafting Inc.
1980, Open-File Report 79-1422
No abstract available....
Satellite image atlas of glaciers
J.G. Ferrigno, R. S. Williams Jr.
1980, IAHS Red Book 126
The US Geological Survey has initiated a project to prepare a satellite image atlas of glaciers with the cooperation of a number of US and international organizations. The atlas will include the geographical distribution of glaciers as well as topics of glaciology and related environmental phenomena using Landsat, NOAA and...
Water resources data for Maryland and Delaware, water year 1978
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Water Data Report MD-DE-78-1
No abstract available....
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1979
Don Price, W.N. Jibson, P. Kay Contratto, R. W. Mower, Judy I. Steiger, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, D. C. Emett, C.T. Sumison, P.A. Carroll, L.J. Neff, G. W. Sandberg, L. R. Herbert
1979, Cooperative Investigations Report 18
This report is the sixteenth 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 to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like...
Seismology on Mars
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 120-126
Seismic gaps: Some questions and answers
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 221-223
Understanding seismicity within the continents
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 80-88
Memorial: Perry Byerly
B. A. Bolt
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 30-31
Trace metal bioavailability: Modeling chemical and biological interactions of sediment-bound zinc
S. N. Luoma, G.W. Bryan
Everett A. Jenne, editor(s)
1979, Book chapter, Chemical Modeling in Aqueous Systems
Extractable concentrations of sediment-bound Zn, as modified by the physicochemical form of the metal in the sediments, controlled Zn concentrations in the deposit-feeding bivalvesScrobicularia plana (collected from 40 stations in 17 estuaries in southwest England) andMacoma balthica (from 28 stations in San Francisco Bay). Over a wide range of concentrations,...
Preliminary geologic and geophysical data of the UE25a-3 exploratory drill hole, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Florian Maldonado, D. C. Muller, J.N. Morrison
1979, Report
The UE25a-3 drill hole, located in the Calico Hills area, southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site, was drilled as part of an effort to evaluate the Calico Hills area as a possible nuclear waste repository site. The purpose of the drill hole was to verify the existence of an...
Geology and groundwater resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Orville B. Lloyd Jr., Louis D. Carswell
1979, Water Resource Report 47
Monroe County is on the eastern border of Pennsylvania and includes much of the area popularly called the Poconos. It is an area long used for outdoor recreation and includes a part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Water resources in the county are derived from precipitation. The...
Water resources of the central Powder River area of southeastern Montana
W. Roger Miller
1979, Bulletin 108
Hydrogeologic atlas, Westminster quadrangle, Carroll County, Maryland
E. G. Otton
1979, Quadrangle Atlas 9
Geology and groundwater resources of western Crawford County, Pennsylvania
George R. Schiner, John T. Gallaher
1979, Water Resource Report 46
Western Crawford County is in northwestern Pennsylvania. The project area is 15 to 20 miles south of Lake Erie and is bordered on the west by Ohio. Drift of Pleistocene age (Wisconsinan Age) covers most of the area, which is a maturely dissected plateau. The drift in the upland area...
Atlas of Mars: the 1:5,000,000 map series
R. M. Batson, P.M. Bridges, J.L. Inge
1979, NASA SP 438
This atlas comprises small-scale maps and photomosaics covering the entire surface of the planet Mars. The cartographic contents are reduced-scale versions of the 1:5,000,000 topographic series of 30 quadrangles compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)....
Better utilization of ground water in the Piedmont and mountain region of the southeast
Ralph C. Heath
1979, Conference Paper, Water conservation and alternative water supplies: proceedings of a southeast regional conference
The development of water supplies for domestic consumption, and for those commercial and industrial uses requiring relatively pure water, has followed a pattern in the Piedmont and mountain areas of the southeast similar to that in most other humid areas. The first settlers utilized seepage springs on hillsides. Such springs...
Aquifer tests of the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah
J. W. Hood, T. W. Danielson
1979, Technical Publication 66
Ground water in the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah, was studied during 1975-77 as part of an investigation of water in bedrock in the lower Dirty Devil River basin area. The purpose of the study near Caineville was to determine the water-bearing properties of the Navajo by utilizing...
