The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; organization and status of programs in 1978
Kathleen M. Johnson
1978, Circular 772-A
United States Geological Survey projects in Alaska study a wide range of topics of economic and scientific interest. Work done in 1977 includes contributions to economic geology, regional geology, stratigraphy, engineering geology, hydrology, and marine geology. Many maps and reports covering various aspects of the geology and mineral and water...
Earthquakes in the United States, January-March 1976
Ruth B. Simon, C. W. Stover, W. J. Person, J. H. Minsch
1978, Circular 766-A
No abstract available....
A theoretical basis for exploration for native copper in northern Wisconsin
Walter S. White
1978, Circular 769
Exploration for native copper in the Keweenawan lavas of northern Wisconsin has been concentrated in areas of relatively shallow overburden that have sparse to numerous outcrops. Lack of success of this exploration suggests that if large deposits, comparable to those of northern Michigan, are present, they are more likely to...
The case of the shrinking channels; the North Platte and Platte rivers in Nebraska
Garnett P. Williams
1978, Circular 781
Since the latter part of the 19th century, channels of North Platte and Platte Rivers in western and central Nebraska have changed considerably. In the 365-km reach from Minatare to Overton, the channel by 2969 ws only about 0.1-0.2 as wide in 1865. The 1969 channel for this reach was...
Gold, silver, and other resources in the ash of incinerated sewage sludge at Palo Alto, California; a preliminary report
Robert A. Gulbrandsen, Norma Rait, D.J. Krier, P. A. Baedecker, Anne Childress
1978, Circular 784
Worldwide directory of national earth-science agencies
Wenonah E. Bergquist, R. L. Miller, A.L. Falk, J.A. Tyskowki
1978, Circular 771
Program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina
Hugh B. Wilder, Clyde E. Simmons
1978, Circular 764
The design and objectives of the program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina are described. Using water-quality and streamflow data collected since the 1940's, a study is underway to define certain variations in water quality, to quantify the effects of man 's activities on water quality, and to determine...
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program; fiscal year 1978 studies supported by the U.S. Geological Survey
Robert Morrison Hamilton
1978, Circular 780
Earthquakes in the United States, October-December 1976
J. H. Minsch, C. W. Stover, W. J. Person, R. B. Simon, B.G. Reagor
1978, Circular 766-D
No abstract available....
Seismic engineering program report, September-December 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Circular 762-C
Geochemical explorations for gold deposits at Goldfield, Nevada
Roger P. Ashley, William J. Keith
1978, Open-File Report 78-228
The main problem in geochemical exploration for gold ore bodies in the 40 km2 hydrothermally altered area at Goldfield is to decide which of the many silicified ledges exposed are most likely to yield deposits with additional subsurface exploration. We conclude that the most efficient way to search for exploration...
Petrology, structure, and genesis of the asbestos-bearing ultramafic rocks of the Belvidere Mountain area in Vermont
A.H. Chidester, Arden Leroy Albee, Wallace Martin Cady
1978, Professional Paper 1016
No abstract available....
Lithium in rocks from the Lincoln, Helena, and Townsend areas, Montana
Elizabeth F. Brenner-Tourtelot, Allen L. Meier, Craig A. Curtis
1978, Open-File Report 78-430
In anticipation of increased demand for lithium for energy-related uses, the U.S. Geological Survey has been appraising the lithium resources of the United States and investigating occurrences of lithium. Analyses of samples of chiefly lacustrine rocks of Oligocene age collected by M. R. Mudge near Lincoln, Mont. showed as much...
Climatography of the Front Range Urban Corridor and vicinity, Colorado
Wallace R. Hansen, Byron John Chronic, John Matelock
1978, Professional Paper 1019
No abstract available....
Map and tables describing areas of metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Henry C. Berg, Raymond L. Elliott, Richard D. Koch
1978, Open-File Report 78-73-M
Reconnaissance geology and geochronology of the Precambrian of the Granite Mountains, Wyoming
Zell E. Peterman, Robert A. Hildreth
1978, Professional Paper 1055
The Precambrian of the western part of the Granite Mountains, Wyoming, contains a metamorphic complex of gneisses, schists, and amphibolites that were derived through amphibolite-grade metamorphism from a sedimentary-volcanic sequence perhaps similar to that exposed in the southeastern Wind River Mountains. Whole-rock Rb-Sr dating places the time of metamorphism at...
Preliminary geologic map of the Luning SE Quadrangle, Mineral and Nye Counties, Nevada
E. B. Ekren, F.M. Byers Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-918
Water-quality assessment of the Middle Fork Anderson River watershed, Crawford and Perry counties, Indiana
Mark A. Ayers
1978, Open-File Report 78-71
Surface-water quality in the watershed is generally good except for problem-causing concentrations of bacteria, dissolved oxygen, and phosphorus at some sites along the main stem during low flow and manganese at most sites year-round.Dissolved-solids concentration ranged from 76 to 248 milligrams per liter. Concentrations at sites upstream from reservoirs were...
Computer-aided estimates of concentrating-grade iron resources in the Negaunee Iron-formation, Marquette District, Michigan
William F. Cannon, Sandra L. Powers, Nancy A. Wright
1978, Professional Paper 1045
Placer gold deposits in the Mahd adh Dhahab district, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Abdulaziz Y. Bagdady, Jesse William Whitlow, Ralph Jackson Roberts
1978, Open-File Report 78-1074
Placer gold deposits in the Mahd adh Dhahab district were productive during ancient times, possibly during two periods, about 950 B.C. and 750— 1258 A.D. These deposits were mapped and systematically sampled in 1973 to determine their future potential. The sampling program was facilitated by use of a backhoe which...
Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska
David A. Brew, B. R. Johnson, Donald Grybeck, Andrew Griscom, D.F. Barnes, A.L. Kimball, J.C. Still, J.I. Rataj
1978, Open-File Report 78-494
Mineral resources of the Cranberry Wilderness Study Area, Pocahontas and Webster counties, West Virginia
Charles R. Meissner Jr., John F. Windolph Jr., Peter C. Mory, Donald K. Harrison, Cornelia Clermont Cameron, Andrew E. Grosz, William J. Perry Jr., Frank Gardner Lesure
1978, Open-File Report 78-142
Cranberry Wilderness Study Area comprises 14,702 ha in the Monongahela National Forest, Pocahontas and Webster Counties, east-central West Virginia. The area is in the Yew Mountains of the Appalachian Plateaus and is at the eastern edge of the central Appalachian coal fields. Cranberry Glades, a peatland of botanical interest lies...
Utility of aeroradioactivity maps in the vicinity of Charleston, South Carolina
Eric R. Force, A. E. Grosz, Isidore Zietz, P. J. Loferski
1978, Open-File Report 78-587
Physical stratigraphy of the Genesee Formation (Devonian) in western and central New York
Wallace De Witt Jr., George Willis Colton
1978, Professional Paper 1032-A
No abstract available....
Transport and dispersion of fluorescent tracer particles for the dune-bed condition, Atrisco Feeder Canal near Bernalillo, New Mexico
R. E. Rathbun, Vance C. Kennedy
1978, Professional Paper 1037
A fluorescent tracer technique was used to study the rates of transport and dispersion of sediment particles of various diameters and specific gravities for a dune-bed condition in an alluvial channel, Atrisco Feeder Canal near Bernalillo, N. Mex. The total transport rates of bed material measured by the steady-dilution and...
