Seismic refraction study of the continental edge off the eastern United States
R. E. Sheridan, J. A. Grow, John C. Behrendt, K.C. Bayer
1979, Tectonophysics (59) 1-26
Three long, strike-parallel, seismic-refraction profiles were made on the continental shelf edge, slope and upper rise off New Jersey during 1975. The shelf edge line lies along the axis of the East Coast Magnetic Anomaly (ECMA), while the continental rise line lies 80 km seaward of the shelf edge. Below...
Geology and tectonic development of the continental margin north of Alaska
Arthur Grantz, Stephen Eittreim, David A. Dinter
1979, Tectonophysics (59) 263-291
The continental margin north of Alaska, as interpreted from seismic reflection profiles, is of the Atlantic type and consists of three sectors of contrasting structure and stratigraphy. The Chukchi sector, on the west, is characterized by the deep late Mesozoic and Tertiary North Chukchi basin and the Chukchi Continental Borderland....
CDP seismic sections of the western Beaufort continental margin
Stephen Eittreim, Arthur Grantz
1979, Tectonophysics (59) 251-262
The continental rise, slope, and shelf in the Beaufort Sea off northern Alaska were surveyed with 5600 km of common-depth-point (CDP) seismic data by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1977. The lower continental rise consists of a wedge of at least 4.5 km of low-velocity, generally flat-lying, parallel-bedded sediments. Slump-related...
Anomalous topography on the continental shelf around Hudson Canyon
H.J. Knebel
1979, Marine Geology (33) 67-75
Recent seismic-reflection data show that the topography on the Continental Shelf around Hudson Canyon is composed of a series of depressions having variable spacings (< 100 m to 2 km), depths (1–10 m), outlines, and bottom configurations that give the sea floor an anomalous “jagged” appearance in profile. The acoustic...
Effects of oil transferred from incubating gulls to their eggs
Kirk A. King, C.A. LeFever
1979, Marine Pollution Bulletin (10) 319-321
No. 2 fuel oil, or water, was applied to the breast feathers of incubating laughing gulls trapped at their nest site on an island colony in Texas. Gulls were released after treatment and allowed to incubate their eggs for 5 days. Oil was transferred from the feathers of incubating adults...
Clay mineralogy, fine-grained sediment dispersal, and inferred current patterns, lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak shelf, Alaska
James R. Hein, Arnold H. Bouma, Monty A. Hampton, Ross C. Robin
1979, Sedimentary Geology (24) 291-306
Because lower Cook Inlet and Kodiak shelf are being explored and developed for their petroleum resources, it is essential for environmental reasons to understand the sediment dispersal routes and current patterns. The Susitna River flows into upper Cook Inlet and is the source of clay minerals in Holocene deposits found...
Relationship between physical condition of the carbonate fraction and sediment environments: Northern Puerto Rico shelf
O. H. Pilkey, E.I. Fierman, James V. A. Trumbull
1979, Sedimentary Geology (24) 283-290
Each of three sediment types recognizable on the northern Puerto Rico shelf and beaches is characterized by calcareous material in different physical condition. Dark terrigenous sand is accumulating at a relatively rapid rate and has a carbonate fraction containing fresh-appearing angular particles. The pure-carbonate skeletal-sand sediment type has a much...
Research in the United States relative to geochemistry and health
W.L. Petrie, H.L. Cannon
1979, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth (11) 829-847
Increasing concern regarding the effects of the geochemical environment on health in the United States has fostered research studies in a number of universities and government agencies. The necessity to evaluate the effects of natural and man-made elemental excesses in the environment on health requires the establishment of requirements and...
The determination of lead in 13 USGS standard rocks
P. J. Aruscavage, E.Y. Campbell
1979, Talanta (26) 1052-1054
Lead was determined in 13 U.S. Geological Survey standard rocks by graphite furnace atomization and atomic-absorption spectrometry after extraction of lead with diethylammonium diethyldithiocarbamic acid. An analysis of variance of the results obtained from a random sampling of three different bottles of each standard rock showed no heterogeneity among bottles,...
4 NCIC Data Acquisition Guide
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Report
The National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC) is the information branch of the National Mapping Program. NCIC gathers descriptions of cartographic products held by Federal, State and local agencies, and private companies. Computerized information systems are used to edit, store, and distribute these descriptions. The Aerial Photography Summary Record System (APSRS)...
Maps showing late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the South Texas continental shelf
Carroll A. Pyle, Henry L. Berryhill Jr., Anita R. Trippet
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1134
Interpretation of acoustical profiles has provided insight into the late Quaternary geologic history of the Continental Shelf off South Texas. (See the geographic index map on sheet 1 for location of the area studied.) The profiles reveal the interplay of tectonism, sedimentation, and cyclic fluctuations of sea level in the...
Results of Laboratory Tests on Surficial Sediments from the Upper Continental Slope Northern Gulf of Mexico
James S. Booth
1979, Open-File Report 79-579
The purpose of this report is to present the results of geotechnical, textural, and chemical tests performed on samples from the upper Continental Slope, northern Gulf of Mexico.The samples were collected by a piston corer up to 12 m (40 ft.} in length with a head weight of 908 kg...
Discussion, statistical analysis, and listing of the spectrographic analyses of alluvial heavy-mineral concentrates, Mogollon mining district, Catron County, New Mexico
K. C. Watts, J.R. Hassemer, C.L. Forn, D. F. Siems
1979, Open-File Report 79-1682
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas information program; Pacific index
Mitre
1979, Open-File Report 79-1327
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended in 1978, (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), grants to the Secretary of the Interior the authority to issue leases for minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It provides the authority and guidelines which the Secretary utilizes for expeditious...
Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas information program; Gulf of Mexico index (January 1977 - June 1979)
J. Benton, T. McDowell, R. Gilliam
1979, Open-File Report 79-1347
The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended in 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), grants to the Secretary of the Interior the authority to issue leases for minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It provides the authority and guidelines which the Secretary utilizes fo7 expeditious...
Dynamics of the Continental Crust: suggestions for U.S. Geological Survey research in the 1980's
Peter W. Lipman, Gordon P. Eaton, Warren Hamilton, Steven S. Oriel, Louis C. Pakiser
1979, Open-File Report 79-1185
Crustal dynamics--the study of the movement of mass and energy within, into, and out of the Earth's crust--encompasses most efforts of earth science, either directly or as background and support. A new international program is being formulated to promote cooperative development of the concepts required to solve proliferating problems created...
Sediment transport in Norton Sound, Alaska
David A. Cacchione, David E. Drake
1979, Open-File Report 79-1555
Summary report of the sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, and environmental conditions of the United States northeastern Atlantic Continental Margin
John Stevens Schlee, J.M. Aaron, M. M. Ball, Kim D. Klitgord, J. A. Grow, Bradford Butman, Michael H. Bothner
1979, Open-File Report 79-674
Outer continental shelf oil and gas information program; Alaska index (December 1974 - June 1979)
J. Benton, T. McDowell, W. Conner
1979, Open-File Report 79-1345
As part of a national goal to reduce dependence on foreign energy sources, the United States is currently managing a program for leasing of OCS oil and gas resources. The areas potentially affected, consisting of 22 coastal states and Pennsylvania, can be grouped into four major areas: Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf...
Lithologic log and lithium content of sediments penetrated in a test boring drilled on Wilcox Playa, Cochise County, Arizona
James David Vine, Sigrid Asher-Bolinder, J.D. Morgan, Brenda Higgins
1979, Open-File Report 79-397
Modern and Holocene chrysomonad cysts from Upper Echo Lake, El Dorado County, California
David P. Adam, Albert Mahood
1979, Open-File Report 79-1461
Coal resources of the southeast quarter of the Range Creek 15-minute Quadrangle, Emery and Grand Counties, Utah
AAA Engineering and Drafting Inc.
1979, Open-File Report 79-1017
Hydrologic data from selected wells in the Helena Valley, Lewis and Clark County, Montana
Joe A. Moreland, R. B. Leonard, T.E. Reed, R.O. Clausen, W.A. Wood
1979, Open-File Report 79-1676
Hydrologic data were collected during 1978-79 to aid in evaluating the hydrologic conditions in shallow aquifers beneath the Helena Valley, Montana. The locations of 52 shallow test wells augered during the study are shown on a map at a scale of 1:48,000. Periodic water-level measurements and water-quality analyses for the...
Preliminary data for Madison Limestone test well 3, NW 1/4 Sec. 35. T. 2 N., R. 27 E., Yellowstone County, Montana
Richard K. Blankennagel, L.W. Howells, W. R. Miller, C. V. Hansen
1979, Open-File Report 79-745
This report provides preliminary data for Madison Limestone test well 3 in Yellowstone County, Mont., including test-well history , geology of the test well, hydrologic testing, and geochemistry. It also discusses the preliminary results and future testing. The test well was drilled as part of the study to determine the...
Summary report of the sediments, structural framework, petroleum potential, and environmental conditions of the United States Mid-Atlantic continental margin in area of proposed Oil & Gas Lease Sale No. 59
John Stevens Schlee, Robert E. Mattick, Richard B. Powers, James M. Robb, David C. Twichell, Bradford Butman
1979, Open-File Report 79-1351
This report has been compiled to update and summarize the geological information concerning the area of the Atlantic continental margin off the U.S. Mid-Atlantic proposed for Oil and Gas Lease Sale No. 59 (fig. 1). The region of interest lies between 35° and 41° N and 70.5° and 76° W....
