Playback Station #2 for Cal Net and 5-day-recorder tapes
Jerry P. Eaton
1978, Open-File Report 78-542
A second system (Playback Station #2) has been set up to play back Cal Net 1" tapes and 5-day-recorder 1/2" tapes. As with the first playback system (Playback Station #1) the tapes are played back on a Bell and Howell VR3700B tape deck and the records are written out on...
Helium, mercury, sulfur compounds, and carbon dioxide in soil gases of the Puhimau Thermal area, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii
Margaret Hinkle
1978, Open-File Report 78-246
Water-quality investigation near the Chico and Hunters geothermal lease-application areas, Park and Sweet Grass counties, Montana
Robert B. Leonard, Ronald R. Shields, Norman A. Midtlyng
1978, Open-File Report 78-199
Water quality in and adjacent to geothermal lease-application areas near Chico and Hunters Hot Springs was investigated during two surveys in October 1976 and April 1977. The resulting data were needed to evaluate the effects of proposed geothermal exploration and development on the Yellowstone River and its tributaries.Waters from the...
Spectrographic and chemical analyses of bulk heavy-mineral concentrate samples from the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska
Gary C. Curtin, E.F. Cooley, R. M. O’Leary, S.K. McDanal
1978, Open-File Report 78-146
No abstract available....
A potential target for potash solution mining in cycle 18: Paradox Member of the Hermosa Formation, San Juan County, Utah, and Dolores and Montezuma Counties, Colorado
R. J. Hite
1978, Open-File Report 78-147
No abstract available....
Water-quality investigation of the Tyronza River Watershed, Arkansas
T.E. Lamb
1978, Open-File Report 78-175
The results of a 1-year study of surface-water quality in the Tyronza River Watershed are presented to document conditions before implementation of Soil Conservation Service programs. The report includes a general description of the watershed's topography, geology, and aquifers, and the results of monthly measurements of discharge at five sites,...
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1978, Open-File Report 78-93
These summaries of references are designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska. All references to reports of the Geological Survey, to most reports of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and to most reports...
Spectrographic and chemical analyses of geochemical samples from Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska
Richard M. O’Leary, E.F. Cooley, G.W. Day, C. M. McDougal, G.C. Curtin, S.W. Nelson
1978, Open-File Report 78-143
Summary of the estimated iron resources of the Marquette and Gogebic Iron Ranges of Michigan
William F. Cannon
1978, Open-File Report 78-153
The U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Geological Survey Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has recently completed detailed studies of iron-bearing rocks in the Marquette and Gogebic iron ranges in the northern peninsula of Michigan. The study included mapping the surface distribution of the iron-bearing...
Erosional hazards map of the arctic coast of the National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska
R. W. Hartz
1978, Open-File Report 78-406
No abstract available....
Guide to ground-water data, Cook Inlet basin, Alaska
Geoffrey W. Freethey
1978, Open-File Report 78-439
Composite log-type III frequency-magnitude curve of annual floods
John R. Crippen, Saul E. Rantz
1978, Open-File Report 78-352
Minisparker profiles and sedimentologic data from R/V Acona Cruise (April 1976) in the Gulf of Alaska and Prince William Sound
Paul R. Carlson, Bruce F. Molnia
1978, Open-File Report 78-381
In April 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Marine Geology conducted a geophysical and sediment sampling cruise in the northern Gulf of Alaska between Seward and Kayak Island (Fig. 1) to obtain data on seafloor hazards pertinent to the OCS oil and gas lease sales. Stormy weather interrupted the...
Proceedings of Conference VI: Methodology for identifying seismic gaps and soon-to-break gaps: Convened under auspicies of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 25-27 May, 1978
Bryan L. Isacks, George Plafker
1978, Open-File Report 78-943
The fifth conference in the continuing series under the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program was held at Massachusetts Institute of Technology on May 25- 27, 1978. Its theme was "Methodology for Defining Seismic Gaps and Soon-to-Break Seismic Gaps." One of the proposed strategies for acquiring critical data on earthquake prediction is...
Proceedings of Conference V: communicating earthquake hazard reduction information: convened under auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program 22-24 May, 1978
Walter W. Hays
1978, Open-File Report 78-933
Under the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Act of 1977, the federal government is significantly increasing its effort "to reduce the risk of life and property from future earthquakes in the United States through the establishment and maintenance of an effective earthquake hazards reduction program". This prgoram is sponsored primarily by the...
Proceedings of Conference IV: the use of volunteers in the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, convened under the auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 2-3 February, 1978, Menlo Park, California
Peter L. Ward, editor(s)
1978, Open-File Report 78-336
There are tens of thousands of people in the United States who could play an important voluntary role in reducing earthquake hazards and are probably willing to do so. Under the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Act of 1977 the Federal government is significantly increasing its effort "to reduce the risk of life and property from...
Proceedings of Conference III: fault mechanics and its relation to earthquake prediction, convened under the auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 1-3 December, 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 78-380
On 1 - 3 December 1977, a Conference on "Fault Mechanics and Its Relation to Earthquake Prediction" was held at Stanford University, Stanford, California. This Conference was the third in a continuing series of Conferences to be held under the auspices of the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. These Conferences and publication of their proceedings are...
Bottom characteristics of Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Arnold H. Bouman, M. A. Hampton, T. P. Frost, M.E. Torresan, R.C. Orlando, J.W. Whitney
1978, Open-File Report 78-236
Low-flow and flow duration of Tennessee streams
Robert L. Gold
1978, Open-File Report 78-807
Low-flow frequency and duration data are presented to define variations of the low flow of Tennessee streams both in time and place. Analysis has been made of 204 continuous record stations, both regulated and unregulated and 651 partial-record stations operated either by the U.S. Geological Survey or Tennessee Valley Authority...
FRISK: computer program for seismic risk analysis using faults as earthquake sources
Robin K. McGuire
1978, Open-File Report 78-1007
This computer program makes probabilistic seismic hazard calculations at sites affected by earthquakes occurring on faults which are defined by the user as a series of line segments. The length of rupture of the fault as a function of earthquake magnitude is accounted for, and ground motion estimates at the...
Geohydrology of the Antlers aquifer, southeastern Oklahoma
D.L. Hart, Robert Ellis Davis
1978, Open-File Report 78-766
The Antlers aquifer, which consists of as much as 900 feet of friable sandstone, silt, clay, and shale, crops out in area of 1,860 square miles and underlies about 4,400 square miles in southeastern Oklahoma. Precipitation ranges from 34 to 50 inches per year across the outcrop area which is...
Geophysical logs of coal test drill holes in the Grand Mesa coal field, Delta and Mesa Counties, Colorado
George P. Eager
1978, Open-File Report 78-540
A computer-oriented system for logging, annotating, tabulating, and plotting marine geophysical and geological data collected by the Pacific-Arctic Branch of the Office of Marine Geology, U.S. Geological Survey
Bradley R. Larsen, A. K. Cooper, G.A. McHendrie, J.V. Gardner
1978, Open-File Report 78-288
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1978, Open-File Report 78-1062
These summaries of references are designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska. References to most reports of the Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the State of Alaska Division of Geological...
Premetamorphic hydrothermal origin of the Tungsten Queen vein, Hamme District, North Carolina, as indicated by mineral textures and minor structures
Michael P. Foose, John F. Slack
1978, Open-File Report 78-427
The Hamme Tungsten district is a 13-km long, 2-km wide, northeast-trending belt located in northern Vance County, North Carolina and southern Mecklenburg County, Virginia (Fig. 1). The district contains the largest quartz-wolframite-type vein deposits in the United States. Over 50 tungsten-bearing veins occur in this area (Espenshade, 1947), from which...
