Measured sections of Ordovician strata in northeast Kentucky
Gordon Whitney Weir, Warren Lee Peterson, W. C. Swadley
1979, Open-File Report 79-1663
The sections described in this report are part of the data used in studies of the Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky. The studies were part of a geologic mapping program by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey. Formations of Late Ordovician age described in...
Measured stratigraphic sections of Jurassic San Rafael Group and adjacent rocks in Emery and Sevier counties, Utah
J.C. Wright, D.D. Dickey, R.P. Snyder, L.C. Craig, R. A. Cadigan
1979, Open-File Report 79-1317
These sections were measured prior to 1960, before adoption of the metric system. Publication was delayed by other assignments of the authors and later by the untimely death of J. C. Wright. They are being released at this time because of the increased interest in the uranium potential of Jurassic...
Metals in Devonian kerogenous marine strata at Gibellini and Bisoni properties in southern Fish Creek Range, Eureka County, Nevada
George A. Desborough, F. G. Poole, R. K. Hose, A. S. Radtke
1979, Open-File Report 79-530
A kerogen-rich sequence of siliceous mudstone, siltstone, and chert as much as 60 m thick on ridge 7129 in the southern Fish Creek Range, referred to as Gibellini facies of the Woodruff Formation, has been evaluated on the surface and in drill holes principally for its potential resources of vanadium,...
Seismic safety and land-use planning; selected examples from California
M. L. Blair, W. E. Spangle
1979, Professional Paper 941-B
Sediment deposition in the White River Reservoir, northwestern Wisconsin
W. G. Batten, S. M. Hindall
1979, Open-File Report 79-1330
The history of deposition in the White River Reservoir was reconstructed from a study of sediment in the reservoir. Suspended-sediment concentrations, particle size, and streamflow characteristics were measured at gaging stations upstream and downstream from the reservoir from November 1975 through September 1977- Characteristics of the sediments were determined from...
Modeling highly transient flow, mass, and heat transport in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia
Harvey E. Jobson, Thomas N. Keefer
1979, Professional Paper 1136
A coupled flow-temperature model has been developed and verified for a 27.9-km reach of the Chattahoochee River between Buford Dam and Norcross, Ga. Flow in this reach of the Chattahoochee is continuous but highly regulated by Buford Dam, a flood-control and hydroelectric facility located near Buford, Ga. Calibration and verification...
Comprehensive monitoring of meteorology, hydraulics, and thermal regime of the San Diego Aqueduct, California
Harvey E. Jobson, Alex M. Sturrock
1979, Professional Paper 1137
Water temperature, as well as meteorologic and hydraulic variables which influence the energy budget of the San Diego Aqueduct in southern California, were continuously monitored for a 1-year period beginning July 24, 1973. Incoming solar and atmospheric radiation, windspeed and direction, water temperature, and wet- and dry-bulb air temperatures were...
Age control for the latest movements on the Melones fault zone in the Sierra Nevada foothills belt from K-Ar dates for Late Tertiary intrusions
J. Alan Bartow
1979, Open-File Report 79-582
K-Ar dates of 4.12 million years (m.y.) and 4.03 m.y. for two small dacite and rhyodacite intrusive bodies near Mokelumne Hill, Calif., provide important age control for the late Tertiary Mehrten Formation in this area because the Mehrten is both intruded by the dacite and rhyodacite and depositionally overlies the...
Analyses and description of geochemical samples, Dolly Sods Wilderness, Grant, Randolph, and Tucker Counties, West Virginia
J. M. Motooka, Leung Mei, C. A. Curtis, F. G. Lesure
1979, Open-File Report 79-542
No abstract available....
Mineral resources evaluation of the Round Lake Wilderness Study Area, Price and Vilas counties, Wisconsin
William F. Cannon, C. C. Cameron, J. S. Klasner, A. E. Grosz, B. B. Williams
1979, Open-File Report 79-705
An oilspill risk analysis for the Northern Gulf of Alaska (proposed sale 55), Outer Continental Shelf lease area
Kenneth J. Lanfear, Anastasis Nakassis, William B. Samuels, C.T. Schoen
1979, Open-File Report 79-1284
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Northern Gulf of Alaska Outer Continental Shelf lease area. The study analyzed the probability of spill occurrences, likely paths of the spilled oil, and locations of resources vulnerable to spilled...
A one-dimensional, steady-state dissolved-oxygen model and waste-load assimilation study for Cedar Creek, Dekalb and Allen counties, Indiana
William G. Wilber, James G. Peters, Mark A. Ayers, Charles G. Crawford
1979, Open-File Report 79-1062
The Indiana State Board of Health is developing a State water-quality management plan that includes the establishing of limits for wastewater effluents discharged into Indiana streams. A digital model calibrated to conditions in Cedar Creek was used to develop alternatives for future waste loadings that would be compatible with Indiana...
Ice gouge obliteration and sediment redistribution event: 1977-1978, Beaufort Sea, Alaska
Peter W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz
1979, Open-File Report 79-848
In 1978 major changes in shelf morphology were observed during a routine re-survey of part of the inner shelf region of the central Beaufort Sea. Regional observations are coupled with a detailed diving and side-scan study of a single ice gouge of known age to develop a detailed description of...
Stillwater Complex, Montana— Structure, mineralogy, and petrology of the basal zone with emphasis on the occurrence of sulfides
Norman J. Page
1979, Professional Paper 1038
No abstract available....
A study of global sand seas
Edwin D. McKee, editor(s)
1979, Professional Paper 1052
The birth of the idea that led to this publication on "Global Sand Seas" dates back to the late 1920's. At that time I was engaged in a study of the Coconino Sandstone of Arizona's Grand Canyon. Considerable controversy existed then as to whether this sandstone was a subaqueous deposit or...
Possible reestablishment of sawtimber production following mining in the Osceola National Forest, an analysis of the state-of-the-art, February 9, 1978
J. Scott Boyce
1979, Open-File Report 79-524
There is a good possibility that sawtimber production could be reestablished on the Osceola National Forest. Engineering technology that is coming on-line should allow the establishment of land/water relationships that meet the requirements of desired tree species. Information available on soil-plant relationships indicate an absence of phytotoxic materials in various...
Mineral resources of the Wambaw Swamp Wilderness Study Area, Charleston County, South Carolina
Cornelia Clermont Cameron, Eric R. Force, Gertrude C. Gazdik, Edward Charles Rodehamel
1979, Open-File Report 79-229
No abstract available....
Sediment transport in Norton Sound, Alaska
David A. Cacchione, David E. Drake
1979, Open-File Report 79-1555
Studies of the Permian Phosphoria Formation and related rocks, Great Basin-Rocky Mountain region
Bruce R. Wardlaw
1979, Professional Paper 1163-A-D
PART A: The transgression of the Permian Retort Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation is dated by the occurrence of diagnostic brachiopods. The complex pattern of this transgression reflects the paleogeography and indicates two initial basins of deposition: one in southwestern Montana and one in southeastern Idaho. PART B:...
The mineralogy and geochemistry of lithium in the Popotosa Formation, Socorro County, New Mexico
Elizabeth F. Brenner-Tourtelot, Michael N. Machette
1979, Open-File Report 79-839
Radioactive springs geochemical data related to uranium exploration: basic data and use of multivariate factor scores
Robert Allen Cadigan, J. Karen Felmlee
1979, Open-File Report 79-1302
Radioactive springs and wells at 33 localities in the States of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico have been studied and sampled to obtain geochemical data to determine whether such data are useful in a uranium exploration program. Most samples were collected from mineral-rich springs probably related to hydrothermal systems...
Computer retrieval of bibliographies using an editing program
G.E. Brethauer, V.L. Brokaw
1979, Open-File Report 79-1433
A simple program permits use of the text .editor 'qedx,' part of many computer systems, to input bibliographic entries and to retrieve specific entries which contain keywords of interest. Multiple keywords may be used sequentially to find specific entries....
Petroleum source rock and reservoir quality data from outcrop samples, onshore North Slope of Alaska, east of Prudhoe Bay
Irven F. Palmer, J.G. Bolm, L. R. Maxey, W. M. Lyle
1979, Open-File Report 79-1634
No abstract available....
Petrology and isotope geochemistry of calcite in a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Martin B. Goldhaber, R.L. Renolds, R. O. Rye, R. I. Grauch
1979, Open-File Report 79-828
Paleotectonic investigations of the Mississippian System in the United States
Lawrence C. Craig, Carol Waite Connor, Others
1979, Professional Paper 1010
This professional paper is the fifth in a series of paleotectonic studies each covering a geologic system in the conterminous United States. Part I provides a region-by-region discussion of data concerning the Mississippian System and an explanation and documentation for the maps and sections contained in part III. Part II...
