Characteristics of the Landsat Multispectral Data System
James V. Taranik
1978, Open-File Report 78-187
Landsat satellites were launched into orbit in 1972 and 1975. Additional Landsat satellites are planned for launch in 1978 and 1981. The satellites orbit the Earth at an altitude of approximately 900 km and each can obtain repetitive coverage of cloud-free areas every 18 days. A sun-synchronous orbit is used...
Geochemical investigations in the Mahd adh Dhahab District, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ralph Jackson Roberts, Abdulaziz Bagdady, Robert W. Luce, L.D. North, Ibrahim H. Abuttahir
1978, Open-File Report 78-777
Principles of computer processing of Landsat data for geologic applications
James V. Taranik
1978, Open-File Report 78-117
The main objectives of computer processing of Landsat data for geologic applications are to improve display of image data to the analyst or to facilitate evaluation of the multispectral characteristics of the data. Interpretations of the data are made from enhanced and classified data by an analyst trained in geology....
Tectonic maps for the Circum-Pacific map project
Maurice J. Terman
1978, Open-File Report 78-118
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Halfway Hill Quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming
Prepared by Texas Instruments Incorporated
1978, Open-File Report 78-43
Hot, deep origin of petroleum: deep basin evidence and application
Leigh C. Price
1978, Open-File Report 78-1020
Use of the model of a hot deep origin of oil places rigid constraints on the migration and entrapment of crude oil. Specifically, oil originating from depth migrates vertically up faults and is emplaced in traps at shallower depths. Review of petroleum-producing basins worldwide shows oil occurrence in these basins...
A study of the October 12, 1877, Oregon earthquake
P.C. Thenhaus
1978, Open-File Report 78-234
No abstract available. ...
Chemical analyses of waters from springs and wells from the Clear Lake volcanic area, Northern California
J. M. Thompson, Fraser E. Goff, Julie M. Donnelly
1978, Open-File Report 78-425
Ground water withdrawn for municipal, industrial, and irrigation use in the Upper Peace and Alafia River basins, west-central Florida, 1970-74
Alton F. Robertson, L. R. Mills, D.C. Parsons
1978, Open-File Report 78-29
Data are presented for ground-water withdrawals for municipal, industrial and irrigation use in the upper Peace and Alafia River basins during 1970-71. Within the 1,160-square-mile study area, the principal source of ground water is the Floridan aquifer. Methods used to determine ground-water withdrawal include: metering water use; relating measured well...
Aqueous solubility of nitrogen at 290 degrees as a function of pressure
Leigh C. Price
1978, Open-File Report 78-1070
Petrophysical measurements across a uranium roll feature: Rajah-49 Mines, Gateway, Colorado
Jeffrey C. Wynn, Robert A. Brooks
1978, Open-File Report 78-565
Distribution of organic carbon and petroleum source rock potential of Cretaceous and lower Tertiary carbonates, south Florida basin: Preliminary results
James George Palacas
1978, Open-File Report 78-140
Analyses of 134 core samples from the South Florida Basin show that the carbonates of Comanchean age are relatively richer in average organic carbon (0.41 percent) than those of Coahuilan age (0.28 percent), Gulfian age (0.18 percent) and Paleocene age (0.20 percent). They are also nearly twice as rich as...
Monitoring water-quality during pilot-dredging operations in the Willamette and Columbia Rivers, Oregon
Joseph F. Rinella, Stuart W. McKenzie
1978, Open-File Report 78-554
Water quality was monitored in the Willamette and Columbia Rivers during a pilot dredging operation on December 16, 1977. Monitoring included in-situ measurements of pH, temperature, dissolved oxygen, and conductivity in the Willamette and Columbia Rivers; analyses of dissolved ammonia, dissolved manganese, suspended-sediment concentration and particle size, loss on ignition,...
Principal facts for gravity stations in and adjacent to the Superstition Mountains, Gila, Pinal, and Maricopa counties, Arizona
Jeffrey C. Wynn, Stephan A. Manydeeds
1978, Open-File Report 78-566
A gravity survey was made in the Superstition Mountains in Gila, Pinal, and Maricopa Counties during November 1976 as part of a wilderness study being conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines. The purpose of the survey was to map buried structural boundaries and features...
Scatter diagrams and correlations of uranium in surface water versus discharge, conductivity, and pH at various locations throughout the United States
Jennie L. Ridgley, Karen J. Wenrich-Verbeek
1978, Open-File Report 78-581
A study of the relationship of stream discharge, conductivity, and pH with uranium concentration in surface waters has been made for various locations in the United States utilizing data collected, for the most part, by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The results of the study are portrayed by the scatter...
Hydrologic data for the Copper Basin area, a potential mining area in Yavapai County, Arizona
B. W. Thomsen, R.S. Stulik
1978, Open-File Report 78-413
Large low-grade ore bodies have been discovered in Copper Basin, and a large copper-mining operation is anticipated in the near future. Hydrologic data are being collected to provide the data base necessary to determine the effects of a potential mining operation on the water resources of the area. The area...
A preliminary report on the geology of the Dennison-Bunn uranium claim, Sandoval County, New Mexico
Jennie L. Ridgley
1978, Open-File Report 79-1510
Uranium at the Dennison-Bunn claim, south of Cuba, N. Mex., along the east margin of the San Juan Basin, occurs in unoxidized gray, fluvial channel sandstone of the Westwater Canyon Member of the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation. The uranium-bearing sandstone is bounded on the north and south by a variable...
A computer program designed to produce tables from alphanumeric data
Jennie L. Ridgley, Robert Wayne Schnabel
1978, Open-File Report 78-875
This program is designed to produce tables from alphanumeric data. Each line of data that appears in the table is entered into a data file as a single line of data. Where necessary, a predetermined delimiter is added to break up the data into column data. The program can process...
Marine geotechnical data for North Pacific sediments
Adrian F. Richards
1978, Open-File Report 78-231
Geotechnical data from the published and unpublished literature are compiled in SI units and tabulated in a standardized format. Eight data sets are presented from a geographic area approximately bounded by 5° and 32° north latitude and 120° and 170° west longitude. The data exist in machine-readable form in the...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Hamilton 2 degrees Quadrangle, Montana and Idaho
Dolores M. Wilson
1978, Open-File Report 78-423
Preparation of a geologic photo map and hydrologic study of the Yemen Arab Republic
Maurice J. Grolier, M. Ibrahim, W.C. Overstreet, G. Chase Tibbitts, D.F. Davidson
1978, Open-File Report 78-770
Annotated bibliography of penecontemporaneous deformational structures in sediments 1819-April, 1978
John D. Sims
1978, Open-File Report 78-510
This bibliography summarizes the literature concerned with penecontemporaneous deformational and related structures in sediments produced in various depositional environments. Such structures are formed at the time of or shortly after the deposition of the sediments, and may be broadly construed to include deformation derived from both inorganic and organic processes....
Analyses of natural gases from Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
Dudley D. Rice, Charles N. Threlkeld
1978, Open-File Report 78-428
This report contains analyses and related source data for natural gas samples from 32 fields in the Gulf of Mexico OCS (Outer Continental Shelf).The interpretation of this data, along with analyses from other fields in Texas, is still in progress....
Principal facts for gravity profiles at Orrington and Waterville, Maine
Robert W. Simpson, Paul LaPierre
1978, Open-File Report 78-849
No abstract available. ...
Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Petersburg area, southeastern Alaska, with emphasis on geologic hazards
Lynn A. Yehle
1978, Open-File Report 78-675
A program to study the engineering geology of most larger Alaska coastal communities and to evaluate their earthquake and other geologic hazards was started following the 1964 Alaska earthquake; this report about the Petersburg area is a product of that program. Field-study methods were of a reconnaissance nature, and thus,...