The use of soil-gas helium concentrations for earthquake prediction: Studies of factors causing diurnal variation
G. Michael Reimer
1979, Open-File Report 79-1623
The diurnal variation in the soil-gas helium concentration was monitored at depths of 0.5-2 m. Barometric pressure, air temperature, wind speed, soil temperature, soil moisture, relative humidity, and precipitation were also monitored. The helium variation below a 1-m sampling depth usually did not exceed the analytical sensitivity limit of +10...
Environmental features, general hydrology, and external sources of nutrients affecting Wilderness Lake, King County, Washington
N. P. Dion
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-63
A water budget prepared for Wilderness Lake, a candidate for lake-quality restoration, indicates that of the 530 acre-feet of water that enters the lake each year, 170 acre-feet is from precipitation and 360 acre-feet is from groundwater inflow. An equal amount leaves the lake, and of this, 380 acre-feet is...
Annotated geologic bibliography for the Richfield 1° x 2° Quadrangle, Utah
M.G. Nelson, Calvin Stanton Bromfield
1979, Open-File Report 79-1565
No abstract available. ...
Inventory of drilling activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in the United States, fiscal years 1979-1980
1979, Open-File Report 79-1567
No abstract available. ...
Monthly and annual water budgets of Lake Wingra, Madison, Wisconsin, 1972-77
R.P. Novitzki, B. K. Holmstrom
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-100
This report presents estimated annual and monthly water budgets for Lake Wingra and the adjacent wetland area for January 1972 through September 1972. Annually, inputs from precipitation, surface runoff, and groundwater inflow are approximately equal (31, 34, and 35 percent, respectively). Outputs include outflow from the lake into Murphy Creek...
Geologic map of the Dinosaur Quarry quadrangle, Uintah County, Utah
Peter D. Rowley, Douglas M. Kinney, Wallace R. Hansen
1979, Geologic Quadrangle 1513
Principal facts for borehole gravity stations in wells DC-3, DC-5, and DC-7 at the Hanford Site, Washington, and in well RSH No. 1 on Rattlesnake Hills, Washington
S. L. Robbins, R.J. Martinez, D.L. Smith
1979, Open-File Report 79-849
Borehole gravity surveys were carried out in four wells in the State of Washington by the U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) in September and October of 1978 using the U.S.G.S. - LaCoste and Romberg borehole gravity meter G-95 (BHGM) (McCulloh and others, 1967a; McCulloh and others, 1967b). The primary objective of...
Lithologic log, lithium content, and mineralogy of sediments penetrated in test boring drilled in Eureka Valley, Inyo County, California
James D. Morgan
1979, Open-File Report 79-1089
A test boring was drilled in a playa in Eureka Valley, Calif., by the U.S. Geological Survey in the spring of 1978. Work was done under the terms of a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to evaluate the leasable mineral potential...
Preliminary study of the geotechnical properties of the Fort Union Formation from the White Tail Butte drill holes 76-103 and 76-108 near Recluse, Wyoming
Jack K. Odum, James J. Sebesta
1979, Open-File Report 79-1137
Preliminary study of the geotechnical properties of the Fort Union Formation from drill holes BH-166-76, BH-168-76, and BH-187-76 near Sheridan, Wyoming
Jack K. Odum, Philip S. Powers
1979, Open-File Report 79-1132
Chemical analyses and norms of 81 volcanic rocks from part of the Mogollon-Datil volcanic field, southwestern New Mexico
James Clifford Ratte, Terry Grotbo
1979, Open-File Report 79-1435
Streamflow Estimates in Selected Wisconsin Streams
R.P. Novitzki
1979, Open-File Report 79-1282
The Wisconsin Department of natural Resources needs streamflow information in lake basins where lake-rehabilitation programs are implemented but where long-term stream-gaging stations are not justified. The U.S. Geological Survey provided streamflow estimates for 24 streams in Wisconsin. The estimates were made by the use of (1) midmonthly measurements, (2) basin...
Evaluation of methods for estimating ground-water withdrawals in western Kansas
Claud H. Baker Jr.
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-92
During 1978, methods of estimating ground-water withdrawals in western Kansas were examined and evaluated, using both existing data from the files of the U.S. Geological Survey and newly collected data.Values for annual ground-water withdrawals reported to the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, by water users probably...
Uranium and thorium content of some sedimentary and igneous rocks from the Rolla 1° x 2° quadrangle, Missouri
S. King Odland, Hugh T. Millard
1979, Open-File Report 79-1080
No abstract available....
A technique for estimating heights reached by the 100-year flood on unregulated, nontidal streams in North Carolina
R. W. Coble
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-69
A method for estimating the heights reached by floods having a recurrence interval of 100 years is defined for nontidal streams with unregulated flows in North Carolina. The flood heights are the vertical distance between stream stage at median discharge (50 percent duration) and the 100-year flood stage and are...
Tree rings as indicators of hydrologic change in the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia and North Carolina
Richard L. Phipps, D.L. Ierley, C.P. Baker
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-136
Analyses of tree rings of large, canopy loblolly pines (Pinus taeda L.,) growing near a drainage ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp have indicated that the tree rings are datable and hydrologically (climatically) sensitive. Climatic and prior growth factors in regression explained 87 and 71 percent of the variance of...
Evaluation of Landsat multispectral scanner images for mapping altered rocks in the East Tintic Mountains, Utah
Lawrence C. Rowan, Michael J. Abrams
1979, Open-File Report 78-736
The East Tintic Mountains, Utah consist of folded and faulted Paleozoic sedimentary rocks, which are partly covered by Tertiary volcanic rocks. Clastic rocks dominate the lower one-third of the Paleozoic section, whereas carbonate rocks with subordinate amounts of shale and elastic rocks predominate in the remainder. Some of the rocks,...
Geologic evaluation of major Landsat lineaments in Nevada and their relationship to ore districts
Lawrence C. Rowan, Pamela Heald Wetlaufer
1979, Open-File Report 79-544
Analysis of diverse geologic, geophysical, and geochemical data shows that eight major lineament systems delineated in Landsat images of Nevada are morphological and tonal expressions of substantially broader structural zones. Southern Nevada is dominated by the 175 km-wide northwest-trending Walker Lane, a 150 km-wide zone of east-trending lineament systems consisting...
Susceptibility of the Memphis water supply to contamination from the pesticide waste-disposal site in northeastern Hardeman County, Tennessee
Donald Robert Rima
1979, Open-File Report 79-750
Public concern has been expressed over the possiblity that leachates from a pesticide waste-disposal site in northeastern Hardeman County, Tennessee, might eventually reach the Memphis area and endanger the city 's water supply. An examination of the possible pathways and means of transport of these contaminants reveals that, the Memphis...
Stratigraphy and sedimentation of the Torok, Kukpowruk, and Corwin formations of Cretaceous age in the Kokolik-Utukok River region, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Henry W. Roehler, G. D. Stricker
1979, Open-File Report 79-995
Water resources data for Idaho, water year 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Water Data Report ID-77-1
Water resources data for the 1977 water year for Idaho consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 190 gaging stations; stage only...
Soil-gas helium concentrations in the vicinity of a uranium deposit, Red Desert, Wyoming
G.M. Reimer, C.G. Bowles
1979, Open-File Report 79-975
A survey of the helium concentration in soil-gas was conducted in the Red Desert Area, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The area studied is directly over a low-grade uranium deposit that may be suitable for recovery by in-situ leaching techniques. The area was sampled twice, once in December, 1977, and again in...
Analytical and stratigraphic data on the upper phosphatic mudstone member of the Santa Margarita Formation at Newsome Canyon, southern Cuyama Valley, California
Albert Eugene Roberts
1979, Open-File Report 79-1466
A detailed stratigraphic and geochemical program was conducted in 1978 on the strata of the upper phosphatic mudstone member of the Santa Margarita Formation at Newsome Canyon, Santa Barbara County, California, (fig 1). This program was undertaken to determine the phosphate content of each stratigraphic unit in an area of...
A note on the simple Bouguer gravity field in the eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington
Byron D. Ruppel
1979, Open-File Report 79-1674
Land use and land cover, 1974, Pratt, Kansas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1979, Land Use and Land Cover 28
