A slingram survey on the Nevada Test Site: part of an integrated geologic geophysical study of site evaluation for nuclear waste disposal
Vincent J. Flanigan
1979, Open-File Report 79-277
A slingram geophysical survey was made in early 1978 as part of the integrated geologlcal-geophysical study aimed at evaluating the Eleana Formation as a possible repository for nuclear waste. The slingram data were taken over an alluvial fan and pediments along the eastern flank of Syncline Ridge about 45 km...
Statistics and earth sciences; a challenge for the 80's; the geologists viewpoint
Richard B. McCammon
1979, Open-File Report 79-1245
It used to be that university students took up geology because they were attracted to the outdoors. This attraction developed perhaps because of a weekend field trip, or a summer field camp, or, for the lucky ones, a field season with an oil company. Whatever the reason, to be a...
A plan for study of flood hydrology of foothill streams in Colorado
Jerald F. McCain, John L. Ebling
1979, Open-File Report 79-1276
A comprehensive plan is presented for researching methods of flood-data analysis and informatin transfer for foothill areas, and for establishing a hydrologic data-collection network in the foothill areas of Colorado. The research will concentrate on three areas: (1) Developing methods to analyze flood peaks in foothill areas by using gaging-station...
Progress report on the study of radioactive quartz-pebble conglomerate of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre, southeastern Wyoming
Robert Stroud Houston, George A. Desborough, K. E. Karlstrom, W. N. Sharp, Paul J. Graff
1979, Open-File Report 79-1131
Report of the annual yield of the Arkansas River basin for the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1978 water year
G. Louis Ducret
1979, Open-File Report 79-422
The computed annual yields for subbasins in the Arkansas River basin as defined in the Arkansas River Basin Compact, Arkansas-Oklahoma, 1972, are presented in this report. The area bounded by the Compact is shown in figure 1.This report was prepared by the Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey...
Evidence for tectonic movement of the Las Positas Fault, Alameda County, California
Darrell G. Herd, Earl E. Brabb
1979, Open-File Report 79-1658
On October 29, 1979, a new exposure of the Las Positas fault zone near Livermore, California, was created by excavation of a creek bank along Arroyo Seco. The face of the bank was cleaned by geologists of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (Livermore, California) to obtain a better and more complete view...
Geometric fidelity of new digitially processed Landsat images
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1979, Open-File Report 79-1057
No abstract available. ...
Ground-water data in the Baker County-northern Malheur County area, Oregon
C. A. Collins
1979, Open-File Report 79-695
Ground-water data for the Baker County-northern Malheur area, Oregon, are tabulated for the Bureau of Land Management. The data include well and spring records, a well-location map, drillers' logs of wells, observation-well hydrographs, and chemical analyses of ground-water samples. The reported yields of wells and springs in the area ranged...
Geologic conditions in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area: A summary of USGS first year environmental studies
David W. Folger
1979, Open-File Report 79-1552
This report is a summary of the principal objectives, results, and conclusions of the environmental studies conducted by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area from July 1, 1975 to June 30, 1976. Environmental studies in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area were funded by the...
Machine-independent Fortran coding of the Lehmer random number generators
W.H. Kirby
1979, Open-File Report 80-4
DITT: a computer program for Data Interpretation for Torsional Tests
Albert T.F. Chen
1979, Open-File Report 79-1463
Measurements of the helium concentration of soil samples collected and stored in Vacutainer-brand evacuated glass tubes show that Vacutainers are reliable containers for soil collection. Within the limits of reproducibility, helium content of soils appears to be independent of variations in soil temperature, barometric pressure, and quantity of soil moisture...
Geophysical and lithologic logs of 1977 coal drilling in the Fort Union Formation, Carbon and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming
Robert D. Hettinger, Robert Brown
1979, Open-File Report 79-326
Elevations and discharges produced by a simulated flood wave on the lower Sabine River, Louisiana and Texas, caused by a theoretical dam failure
Braxtel L. Neely, Gloria J. Stiltner
1979, Open-File Report 79-678
The Toledo Bend Reservoir is located on the lower Sabine River between Louisiana and Texas. The objective of this study was to calculate the flood wave that would result from the theoretical failure of 25 percent of Toledo Bend Dam and route the wave downstream to Orange, Tex. Computations assumed...
Preliminary diagrams showing correlation of coal beds in the Fort Union and Wasatch Formations across the northern Powder River basin, northeastern Wyoming and southeastern Montana
William Craven Culbertson, Bion H. Kent, W. J. Mapel
1979, Open-File Report 79-1201
Mathematical model for simulating discharges on the Sabine River between Tatum and Ruliff, Texas
Braxtel L. Neely
1979, Open-File Report 79-566
A mathematical model for simulating discharges on the Sabine River between Tatum and Ruliff, TX., was developed to evaluate the effects of release schedules on discharges from the Toledo Bend Reservoir compared to discharges under natural conditions. Using the discharge at Tatum, TX., the rainfall over the basin, and the...
Projected effects of intermittent changes in withdrawal of water from the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
Dwight T. Hoxie
1979, Open-File Report 80-15
Effects on streamflows and ground-water levels attributable to a proposed intermittent change in use and sites of withdrawal of 3 ,146 acre-feet of water from the Arikaree aquifer in central Platte County, WY, are assessed with a previously developed ground-water flow model. This water has been permitted for agricultural use...
Results of transient simulations of a digital model of the Arikaree Aquifer near Wheatland, southeastern Wyoming
Dwight T. Hoxie
1979, Open-File Report 79-1280
Revised ground-water pumpage data have been imposed on a ground-water flow model previously developed for the Arikaree aquifer in a 400 square-mile area in central Platte County, Wyo. Maximum permitted annual ground-water withdrawals of 750 acre-feet for industrial use were combined with three irrigation-pumping scenarios to predict the long-term effects...
Solutions for apparent ages and U-Pb isotope ratios of young systems without initial secular equilibrium: a computer program in Hewlett-Packard BASIC
K.R. Ludwig
1979, Open-File Report 79-722
Landsat lineaments in parts of West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio, and Virginia
George Willis Colton
1979, Open-File Report 79-368
No abstract available....
Publications related to the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), 1971-79
(compiler) Beverly M. Myers
1979, Open-File Report 79-1299
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), formally established in January 1976, is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working to improve access to water data. Its primary objective is to assist users of water data in the identification, location, and acquistion of useful data. NAWDEX is coordinated by a central...
Water-quality investigation of the Caney Creek watershed, northeast Arkansas
T.E. Lamb, G. Newsom
1979, Open-File Report 79-1064
The results of a 1-year study, in 1977-78, of surface-water quality in the Caney Creek watershed are presented to document conditions before implementation of Soil Conservation Service programs. Analyses of samples collected at two sites shows that water in Caney Creek and Caney Creek Ditch is of good quality with...
Linear feature data derived from Landsat images of southeastern Missouri
Daniel H. Knepper
1979, Open-File Report 79-992
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bering Glacier, Icy Bay, Middleton Island, and Yakutat quadrangles, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1979, Open-File Report 79-1246
This summary of references is designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Bering Glacier, Icy Bay, Middleton Island, and Yakutat quadrangles, Alaska. References to most reports of the Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State...
A geohydrologic overview for the Pecora Symposium field trip, June 1979
Neil C. Koch
1979, Open-File Report 79-563
The settlement and development of South Dakota has been closely related to both its mineral and water resources In 1874 the discovery of gold in the Black Hills led to the opening and development of the area west of the Missouri River. Towns and farms both here and east of...
Water availability and flood hazards in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon
Frank J. Frank, E. A. Oster
1979, Open-File Report 79-1487
The rock formations of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument area are aquifers that can be expected to yield less than 10 gallons of water per minute to wells. The most permeable of the geologic units is the alluvium that occurs at low elevations along the John Day River...
