Effects of converting sagebrush cover to grass on the hydrology of small watersheds at Boco Mountain, Colorado
Gregg C. Lusby
1978, Open-File Report 78-289
Changes in runoff and sediment yield caused by changing sagebrush cover to grass cover were studied at four small watersheds in western Colorado during a 9-year period. Measurements of runoff and sediment yield from four watersheds were made for 3 years, at which time two watersheds were plowed and seeded...
Effects of grazing on runoff and sediment yield from desert rangeland at Badger Wash in western Colorado, 1953-73
Gregg C. Lusby
1978, Open-File Report 78-165
Four different systems of livestock management were compared hydrologically during a 20-year study (November 1953-November 1973) in western Colorado. These systems were grazing by cattle and sheep from November 15 to May 15 each year, complete elimination of grazing, grazing by sheep from November 15 to February 15 each year,...
Gold, base-metal, and related deposits of North Carolina
Gwendolyn Werth Luttrell
1978, Open-File Report 78-152
Gold, silver, copper, lead, zinc, pyrite, tin, cobalt, molybdenum, tungsten, barite, and rare-earths have been mined in North Carolina. Gold, with by-product silver, occurs in veins and mineralized shear zones in metamorphic rocks of the Piedmont province and in placers derived from these deposits. Copper occurs with complex sulfide ores...
Annotated bibliography of the coal flora (Pennsylvanian) of Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Paul C. Lyons (compiler)
1978, Open-File Report 78-683
No abstract available. ...
Gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies in the Rexburg area of eastern Idaho
Don R. Mabey
1978, Open-File Report 78-382
Maps and tables describing metalliferous mineral resource potential of southern Alaska
E. M. MacKevett, D.A. Singer, Carleen D. Holloway
1978, Open-File Report 78-1-E
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Saco River basin in southwestern Maine
Derrill J. Cowing, Douglas Caracappa
1978, Open-File Report 78-556-B
The report contains drainage area value for: lakes and ponds included in the Maine Informational Display Analysis System (MIDAS) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 mil2, dams, and hydrologic data collection sites. Supplemental information in the report includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Drainage areas of surface water bodies of the Royal and Presumpscot River basins in southwestern Maine
Derrill J. Cowing, J.L. McNelly
1978, Open-File Report 78-556-A
The report contains drainage area values for: lakes and ponds included in the Maine Informational Display Analysis System (MIDAS) File 906-Z, streams that drain an area greater than 25 mi2, dams, and hydrologic data collection sites. Supplemental information in the report includes State and Federal location systems used to identify...
Description of data-collection system and synopsis of selected hydrologic data for Soldier Creek Basin, Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-678
Soldier Creek basin is a long, narrow basin encompassing an area of about 290 square miles almost directly north of Topeka, Kansas. A wide range of hydrologic data has been collected in the basin since the spring of 1964. These data include rainfall, stream discharge, sediment concentrations, chemical quality of...
Deep drilling data, Raft River geothermal area, Idaho Raft River geothermal exploration well No. 4
H. R. Covington (compiler)
1978, Open-File Report 78-91
Structure and stratigraphy of the Espanola Basin, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico
Kim Manley
1978, Open-File Report 78-667
Principal facts for detailed gravity profiles near Albuquerque, New Mexico
Lindrith Cordell
1978, Open-File Report 78-818
Color image maps from black-and-white photographs
Sheila Martin
1978, Open-File Report 79-680
Regional and local networks of horizontal control, Cerro Prieto geothermal area, Mexico
Bruce L. Massey
1978, Open-File Report 78-929
The Cerro Prieto geothermal area in the Mexicali Valley 30 km southeast of Mexicali, Baja California, is probably deforming due to (1) the extraction of large volumes of steam and hot water, and (2) active tectonism. Two networks of precise horizontal control were established in Mexicali Valley by the U.S....
Study to determine discharge at 50-percent flow duration and ordinary high water for streams in Louisiana
Braxtel L. Neely Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-218
Techniques are presented for estimating the discharge at 50-percent duration and "ordinary high water" on ungaged streams in Louisiana that have drainage areas of less than 3,000 square miles. Discharge data from 91 gaging stations were used in developing the techniques. The discharge at 50-percent duration can be estimated if...
Comments on classification of uranium resources
Charles D. Masters
1978, Open-File Report 78-76
National resource assessments are intended to give some insight into future possibilities for the recovery of a desired resource. The resource numbers themselves only useful when related to economically controlled factors, such as industry capability as reflected in rated of production, rates of discovery, and technology development. To that end,...
Natural gas: A perspective on resource availability
Charles D. Masters
1978, Open-File Report 78-188
No abstract available....
U.S. Geological Survey program of research and resource assessment in uranium and thorium
Charles D. Masters
1978, Open-File Report 78-444
No abstract available. ...
U.S. Geological Survey Oil and Gas Resource Investigations Program
Richard F. Mast
1978, Open-File Report 78-303
A summary of niobium and rare earth localities from Ha'il and other areas in western Saudi Arabia: a preliminary study
John J. Matzko, Mohammed Ibne Naqvi
1978, Open-File Report 78-773
Investigations in 1965 located veins containing radioactive material in the Halaban Group on the east side of a granite pluton at Jabal Aja near Ha'il. Later study extended the known area of radioactivity to a total length of about 30 km. Mineralogic studies indicated that the samples were low in...
Pennsylvanian (Upper Carboniferous) system of Wyoming
Edwin K. Maughan
1978, Open-File Report 78-377
Pennsylvanian rocks in Wyoming comprise two stratigraphic sequences bounded by regional unconformities. Red mudstone and limestone characterize the strata in the lower sequence, and sandstone and dolomite characterize the strata in the upper sequence. Initial deposits of the lower sequence are-red mudstone probably of no older age than about middle...
Strong-Motion Information Retrieval System user's manual
April Converse
1978, Open-File Report 79-289
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...
Preliminary report on analyses of Cretaceous coals from northwestern Alaska
James E. Callahan, E.G. Sloan
1978, Open-File Report 78-319
Landsat 3 Return Beam Vidicon (RBV) imagery (EC 62 Landsat)
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1978, Open-File Report 78-507
Enclosed is a copy of an early Landsat-3 RBV image of Cape Canaveral printed at 1:500,000 scale. The exposure setting was 5.6 milliseconds (ms) which resulted in some overexposure. With the shorter exposure times of 2.4 or 4 ms, which will generally be used, overall exposure should be more normal....