Physical stratigraphy and trilobite biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the southern Great Basin
Allison R. Palmer, Robert B. Halley
1979, Professional Paper 1047
No abstract available....
Modification of a commercial micrometer hanging mercury drop electrode
J. E. Bonelli, H. E. Taylor, R. K Skogerboe
1979, Analytical Chemistry (51) 2412-2413
U.S. Geological Survey...
Some aspects of the early history of seismology
J.S. Sachs
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 58-63
From the earliest times, people have been terrified yet fascinated by the workings of the Earth. Indeed records of earthquakes have been kept in China for over 3000 years and for 1500 years in Japan. because of the interior of the Earth is inaccessible, nothing about it could be known...
Population biology of plains cottonwood (Populus sargentii) in northeast Colorado. (Undergraduate honors thesis)
K. McEachern
1979, Thesis
No abstract available at this time...
The Parkfield prediction experiment
A. Lindh, P. Evans, P. Harsh, G. Buhr
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 209-213
The San Andreas fault is part of the boundary between the Pacific and North American crustal plates. In California, movements of about 3 centimeters per year are currently taking place along the fault, although plat tectonic models suggest a faster rate of 5 cm/yr may be the average over a...
Electrical measurements as stress-strain monitors
T. R. Madden
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 4-8
Many of the measurements of phyiscal properties being made in earthquake prediction studies are based on the premise that these properties are influenced by stresses and strains, especially so near the failure point. Electrical properties of rocks are controlled by the fluid in the pores and cracks in the rocks....
Earthquakes; March-April, 1979
W. J. Person
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 183-186
This was a moderately active period, seismically speaking. Three major earthquakes having magnitudes (M) ranging from 7.0 to 7.9 to only one major quake during the first 2 months of the year. Major earthquakes struck in Mexico, Indonesia, and Yugoslavia. The Yugoslavian earthquake caused considerable damage and loss of life. In...
Monitoring seismic wave velocities in situ
T.V. McEvilly, R. Clymer
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 214-220
Beginning in the early 1960's, reports from the Soviet Union described travel-time anomalies of 5 to 20 percent preceding large earthquakes. In the early 970's, similar observations began to be reported outside the U.S.S.R. The most convincing were anomalously low values of the velocity ration, Vp/Vs, before four earthquakes of...
Microearthquake networks and earthquake prediction
W.H.K. Lee, S. W. Steward
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 192-195
A microearthquake network is a group of highly sensitive seismographic stations designed primarily to record local earthquakes of magnitudes less than 3. Depending on the application, a microearthquake network will consist of several stations or as many as a few hundred . They are usually classified as either permanent or...
Earthquakes; May-June 1979
W. J. Person
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 236-238
The months of May and June were somewhat quiet, seismically speaking. There was one major earthquake in the South Pacific on MAy 1. The most destructive earthquake, causing loss of life, was in Indonesia on May 30. In the United States, the largest earthquakes were in Alaska but caused no damage....
Illustrated field guide for the classification of sea lamprey attack marks on Great Lakes lake trout
Everett Louis King Jr., Thomas A. Edsall
1979, Special Publication 79-1
No abstract available....
Maps showing bedrock topography of Lake Superior
Richard J. Wold
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1174
No abstract available....
A “natural and legitimate ambition . . . .”
S. J. Pyne
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 53-57
Grove Karl Gilbert (1843-1918) was Chief Geologist for the U.S Geological Survey from 1889 to 1892. Still working for the Survey, he was in Berkeley when the 1906 earthquake struck San Francisco. Immediately on waking, he began to study the motion of the light fixture hanging from the ceiling, trying...
Lignite drilling during 1978 in western North Dakota: Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burke, Golden Valley, Hettinger, McKenzie, McLean, and Slope Counties
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, North Dakota Geological Survey
1979, Open-File Report 79-1051
No abstract available....
Water resources data for Maryland and Delaware, water year 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Water Data Report MD-DE-77-1
No abstract available. ...
Numerical simulation of steady state three-dimensional groundwater flow near lakes
Thomas C. Winter
1978, Water Resources Research (14) 245-254
Numerical simulation of three-dimensional groundwater flow near lakes shows that the continuity of the boundary encompassing the local groundwater flow system associated with a lake is the key to understanding the interaction of a lake with the groundwater system. The continuity of the boundary can be determined by the presence...
Age of the last major scabland flood of the Columbia Plateau in eastern Washington
D. R. Mullineaux, R.E. Wilcox, W.F. Ebaugh, R. Fryxell, M. Rubin
1978, Quaternary Research (10) 171-180
Pumice layers of set S from Mount St. Helens can be correlated with certain ash beds associated with young flood deposits of the channeled scabland. The correlation points to an age of about 13,000 14C yr B.P. for the last major flood to have crossed the scabland. Until recently, the...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1978
Joseph S. Gates, W.N. Jibson, L. R. Herbert, R. W. Mower, A. C. Razem, R.M. Cordova, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, D. C. Emett, C.T. Sumison, P.A. Carroll, M.J. DeGrand, G. W. Sandberg
1978, Cooperative Investigations Report 17
This report is the fifteenth 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...
New ages on intrusive rocks and altered zones in the Alaska Peninsula: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1977
Frederic H. Wilson, Robert L. Detterman, Miles L. Silberman
1978, Circular 772-B
Preliminary potassium-argon dating of intrusive rocks and altered zones in the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles of the Alaska Peninsula seems to indicate at least three and possibly four Tertiary ages of alteration and mineralization....
Behavior of different segments of the San Andreas fault
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 126-130
No abstract available....
Earthquake history of Washington
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 28-33
No abstract available....
Ground-water resources and geology of Columbia County, Wisconsin
C.A. Harr, L. C. Trotta, Ronald G. Borman
1978, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 37
The increasing need for water of good Quality in Columbia County, caused by a steadily increasing population, can be met from the sand-and-gravel and sandstone aquifers. As much as 15 gallons per minute can be obtained from wells almost everywhere. Yields of more than 1,000 gallons per minute are available...
Geologic framework of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Michael A. Fisher, Leslie B. Magoon
1978, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (62) 373-402
Three seismic reflectors are present throughout the lower Cook Inlet basin and can be correlated with onshore geologic features. The reflections come from unconformities at the base of the Tertiary sequence, at the base of Upper Cretaceous rocks, and near the base of Upper Jurassic strata.A contour map of the...
In situ analysis of coal using a 252CF-Ge(Li) borehole sonde
F. E. Senftle, A.B. Tanner, P. W. Philbin, G. R. Boynton, C.W. Schram
1978, Mining Engineering (30) 666-674
Geology and groundwater resources of northern Berks County, Pennsylvania
Charles R. Wood, David B. MacLachlan
1978, Water Resource Report 44
The area of investigation comprises approximately 540 square miles and lies entirely within the Great Valley section of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province. The Great Valley is underlain chiefly by carbon ate rocks in the south and by shale and graywacke in the north. Most of the carbonate rocks...