Analyses of rock samples from the Hunt Fork Shale and related Upper Devonian rocks, Philip Smith Quadrangle, Arctic Alaska
J. Thomas Dutro, David E. Detra
1978, Open-File Report 78-559
More than 1400 m of fine-grained clastic rocks and reefoid limestones constitute the lower part of an Upper Devonian transgressive-regressive cycle in the central Brooks Range, Alaska (Dutro and others, 1977). The Hunt Fork Shale and an underlying heterogeneous unit (unnamed) were measured and sampled on the east side of...
Historical profile, Quality of Water Laboratories, U. S. Geological Survey
W. H. Durum
1978, Open-File Report 78-432
During the period 1918 to 1973 the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, established 22 District-type water quality laboratories. These facilities provided the analytical capability and water-quality information for hydrologic investigations and the national baseline inventory of chemical, physical, fluvial sediment, and biological characteristics of surface and ground waters in...
Hypocenter location program HYPOINVERSE: Part I. Users guide to Versions 1, 2, 3, and 4. Part II. Source listings and notes
Fred W. Klein
1978, Open-File Report 78-694
No abstract available....
Program HPLT--an interactive hypocenter plotting program for the Eclipse computer
Fred W. Klein
1978, Open-File Report 78-726
Geologic setting of the lead and zinc deposits, Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass Quadrangle, Western Brooks Range, Alaska
Warren J. Nokleberg, Gary R. Winkler
1978, Open-File Report 78-70-C
Significant concentrations of galena, sphalerite, and minor barite are present in the Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass quadrangle, western Brooks Range, Alaska. Detailed geologic mapping indicates that galena, sphalerite and pyrite occur sporadically in a zone at least 1,830 m. long and 6-30 m. wide. The sulfides occur in tuff,...
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Juneau Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1978, Open-File Report 78-374
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 Juneau quadrangle, Alaska. All references to reports of the Geological Survey, to most reports of the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and to most reports...
Geophysical data from the 1975 cruise of the NOAA ship Surveyor in northern Gulf of Alaska
Bruce Molnia, Paul R. Carlson, Lisa H. Wright
1978, Open-File Report 78-209
In April and Flay 1975, a U.S. Geological Survey marine geology field party under the leadership of Bruce F. Molnia and Paul R. Carlson collected geophysical data from the N.O.A.A. ship Surveyor. The cruise, which consisted of 3 legs, studied the area between Cross Sound and Seward (Figure 1). Maps...
Effects of coal mine subsidence in the western Powder River basin, Wyoming
C. Richard Dunrud, Frank W. Osterwald
1978, Open-File Report 78-473
Analyses of the surface effects of past underground coal mining in the western Powder River Basin suggest that underground mining of strippable coal deposits will damage the environment more over long periods of time than will modern surface mining, provided proper restoration procedures are followed after surface mining. Subsidence depressions...
Ground-water availability in the Hayes-Red Willow, Frenchman, and Meeker-Driftwood irrigation districts, southwest Nebraska
E.G. Lappala, P.F. Hemphill, R.E. Booker
1978, Open-File Report 78-461
Surface-water supplies are diminishing in the Hitchcock-Red Willow and Frenchman Valley Irrigation Districts in southwest Nebraska. Stream depletions due to ground-water withdrawals upstream from Enders Reservoir (northwest of the study area) have resulted in a shortage of about 8,700 acre-feet per year. The availability of ground water to supply part...
Correlations between seismic wave velocities and physical properties of near-surface geologic materials in the southern San Francisco Bay region, California
Thomas E. Fumal
1978, Open-File Report 78-1067
To identify geologic units with distinctly different seismic responses for the purposes of seismic zonation, compressional and shear wave velocities have been measured in boreholes at 59 sites in the San Francisco Bay region in a wide range of near-surface (0-30m) geologic materials. Several physical parameters, which can be readily...
Potential hazards from future eruptions in the vicinity of Mount Shasta Volcano, northern California
C. Dan Miller
1978, Open-File Report 78-827
Mount Shasta has erupted, on the average, at least once per 800 years during the last 10,000 years, and about once per 600 years during the last 4,500 years. The last known eruption occurred about 200 radiocarbon years ago. Eruptions during the last 10,000 years produced lava flows and domes...
The water table on Long Island, New York, in March 1975
James H. Nakao, Freddy R. Erlichman
1978, Open-File Report 78-569
Geophysical investigations in southeastern Utah
Vincent J. Flanigan
1978, Open-File Report 78-1104
Geophysical investigations in Fairfax County, Virginia
Vincent J. Flanigan
1978, Open-File Report 78-150
Chemical analyses and preliminary interpretation of waters collected from the CGEH No. 1 geothermal well at Coso, California
Robert O. Fournier, J. M. Thompson, Carl Fulton Austin
1978, Open-File Report 78-434
Definitions of components of the Water Data Sources Directory maintained by the National Water Data Exchange
William A. Knecht, Melvin D. Edwards
1978, Open-File Report 77-775
This report contains a definition and description of each component of the Water Data Souces Directory data base maintained by the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX). It is intended, primarily, to assist those persons using the Water Data Sources Directory in understanding information obtained from the data base. The Water...
A water-quality assessment of the Muddy Fork Silver Creek watershed, Clark, Floyd, and Washington counties, Indiana
Mark A. Hardy
1978, Open-File Report 78-202
Data collected for a wide range of flow conditions from September 8, 1975, to July 13, 1976, reveal that human and animal waste loading of streams and pesticide use in the watershed are probably the most significant water-quality problems. Generally, the type(s) of water in tributary streams in the south...
Dye-dispersion study at proposed pumped-storage project on Hudson River at Cornwall, New York
Bernard Dunn, George C. Gravlee
1978, Open-File Report 78-589
Data were collected during a dye-dispersion study on a 6-mile, tide-affected reach of the Hudson River near the proposed Cornwall Pumped Storage Project on September 21-22, 1977. The results indicated that complete mixing did not occur during the first tidal cycle but was complete after two or more cycles. The...
Preliminary geologic map of the Gillette 1° x 2° quadrangle, northwestern Wyoming and western South Dakota
J. D. Love, Ann Coe Christiansen, Laura W. McGrew
1978, Open-File Report 78-343
No abstract available....
Water resources of the Cordova area, Alaska
George A. McCoy, Geoffrey W. Freethey
1978, Open-File Report 78-310
This report is a compilation of ground-water, surface-water, and water-quality data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division on Eyak Lake and Power Creek, near Cordova, and wells in and near Cordova, Alaska. Many of these data were collected as part of a cooperative program with the city...
Principal facts for detailed gravity profiles near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lindrith Cordell
1978, Open-File Report 78-818
Sediment sources and Holocene sedimentation history in Tillamook Bay, Oregon; data and preliminary interpretations
Jerry L. Glenn
1978, Open-File Report 78-680
Surface and core sediments from Tillamook Bay, Oregon, have been analyzed to determine modern and Holocene sediment sources and sedimentation history. Heavy mineral analyses established three sediment sources: (1) the five major rivers draining the volcanic and associated sedimentary rocks of the Coast Range, (2) small streams draining the sedimentary uplands that form the shoreline...
Geologic and geophysical data from Osceola National Forest, Florida
James Andrew Miller
1978, Open-File Report 78-799
Ten core holes were drilled as part of a hydrologic study of Osceola National Forest. This report describes the detailed lithology of the cores taken from test drilling, illustrates gamma-ray logs obtained from the test holes and from wells near the forest, and lists the microfauna obtained and identified from...
Model analysis of the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system, Michigan
Michael G. McDonald, William B. Fleck
1978, Open-File Report 78-99
A digital model was developed to study the impact on ground-water conditions of the Muskegon County wastewater disposal system. At the disposal site, wastewater is stored in two 850-acre (344-ha) lagoons and then spray-irrigated on crop land. About 70 miles (105 km) of drainage tile, which underlies the irrigated land,...
Reconnaissance assessment of erosion and sedimentation in the Canada de los Alamos Basin, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California
J. M. Knott
1978, Open-File Report 78-873
An assessment of present erosion and sedimentation conditions in the Canada de Los Alamos basin, Calif., was made to aid in estimating the impact of off-road-vehicle use on the sediment yield of the basin. Evaluations were made by reconnaissance techniques and by comparing the study area with other off-road-vehicle sites...
