Transverse mixing in the Mobile River, Alabama
William Meyer
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 11-16
Transverse dispersion in the Mobile River was measured by (1) ground-based techniques using water samples and a fluorometer and (2) by aerial photography. Magnitude of the transverse mixing coefficient obtained by the two methods was 6.2 feet squared per second (0.58 metre squared per second) and 5.0 feet squared...
Remote sensing techniques for monitoring impacts of phosphate mining in southeastern Idaho
D. M. Carneggie, C. S. Holm
1977, Conference Paper, Mapping with remote sensing data
No abstract available....
Electric power transmission, 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report, National atlas of the United States
No abstract available....
Surface deformation in part of the San Jacinto Valley, southern California
Douglas M. Morton
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 117-124
Ground fissuring and subsidence occur in a deep alluvium-filled graben between the Casa Loma and San Jacinto faults, San Jacinto Valley, southern California. These processes are attributed chiefly to compaction due to withdrawal of ground water. Subsidence due to compaction is estimated to be a maximum of 3.5 centimetres per...
International training in remote sensing
Donald T. Lauer
1977, Conference Paper, Eighth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for Asia and the Far East
The training and assistance programme at the Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center, Sioux Falls, South Dakota (United States of America), is designed to provide for the transfer of remote-sensing technology to land managers and resource specialists, both domestic and foreign. The programme does not emphasize research and development...
Use of infrared imagery in bank-storage studies
T. H. Thompson
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 1-10
The use of thermal infrared imagery as a reconnaissance tool to identify bank seepage was investigated at Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake in northeastern Washington. The banks of the lake are generally composed of glacial lacustrine sediments deposited when the Cordilleran ice sheet dammed the Columbia River at least three times...
Chemical variability in the Lakeview Mountains pluton, southern California batholith: A comparison of the methods of correspondence analysis and extended Q-mode factor analysis
A.T. Miesch, Douglas M. Morton
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 103-116
An extended method of Q-mode factor analysis that has been described previously offers a number of important advantages over conventional Q-mode factor analysis and correspondence analysis when applied to compositional data. Among these are the ability to compute the compositions, in the original units of the data, represented by the...
Topographic control and accumulation rate of some Holocene coral reefs: south Florida and Dry Tortugas
E.A. Shinn, J.H. Hudson, R. B. Halley, B. H. Lidz
D.L. Taylor, editor(s)
1977, Conference Paper, Proceedings: Third International Coral Reef Symposium
Core drilling and examination of underwater excavation on 6 reef sites in south Florida and Dry Tortugas revealed that underlying topography is the major factor controlling reef morphology. Carbon-14 dating on coral recovered from cores enables calculation of accumulation rates. Accumulation rates were found to range from 0.38 m/1000 years...
Limnological data report for the Maine department of environmental protection: U.S. Geological Survey cooperative lake studies project
Derrill J. Cowing, Matthew Scott
1977, Report
No abstract available....
Some characteristics of Pele's hair
Wendell A. Duffield, Everett K. Gibson Jr., Grant Heiken
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 93-101
Pele's hair is a filamentous variety of brown sideromelane glass that forms during eruption of basaltic lava. Strands of Pele's hair form from droplets of lava that are spun or stretched into filaments during quenching, and others may form as chilled streamers of lava. Common elongate vesicles, sometimes twisted, indicate...
Experimental studies of rock friction with application to earthquake prediction: proceedings of Conference II convened under the auspices of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, 28-30 April, 1977
James E. Earle, J. F. Evernden
1977, Report
No abstract available....
Limestone compaction: an enigma
Eugene A. Shinn, Robert B. Halley, J. Harold Hudson, Barbara H. Lidz
1977, Geology (5) 21-24
Compression of an undisturbed carbonate sediment core under a pressure of 556 kg/cm2 produced a “rock” with sedimentary structures similar to typical ancient fine-grained limestones. Surprisingly, shells, foraminifera, and other fossils were not noticeably crushed, which indicates that absence of crushed fossils in ancient limestones can no longer be considered...
Total petroleum movement, 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report
No abstract available....
Total petroleum products movement, 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report
No abstract available....
A comparison of some analytical techniques for determining uranium, thorium, and potassium in granitic rocks
John S. Stuckless, Hugh T. Millard Jr., Carl M. Bunker, Ignatius T. Nkomo, John N. Rosholt, Charles A. Bush, Claude Huffman Jr., Ronald L. Keil
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 83-91
Geochemical exploration for uranium requires accurate and precise determinations of low-level concentrations. We have used seven different techniques and four different treatments of the fluorometric method to analyze for uranium in granitic rocks. In addition we have used four analytical techniques for thorium and three analytical techniques for potassium,...
Coal: special report number 2
Kent D. Keenlyne
1977, FWS/OBS 77/43
The Fish and Wildlife Service has extensive biological expertise within the Department of Interior and exerts national leadership in the management and protection of the nation's fish and wildlife resources, their habitat, and environment. Specifically, the Office of Biological Services obtains and assimilates biological and environmental data and identifies additional...
Crater clusters and light mantle at the Apollo 17 site: A result of secondary impact from Tycho
Baerbel K. Lucchitta
1977, Icarus (30) 80-96
The morphologies of Tycho secondary craters and their ejecta deposits were studied using full-Moon, Lunar-Orbiter, and Apollo panoramic photographs. These data were compared with similar data for the secondary craters and light mantle of the Apollo 17 landing site. The results indicate that (1) the central crater cluster and the...
Classification of grassland communities in the Northern Great Plains and assessment of their value as habitats for breeding birds
Harold A. Kantrud, Russell L. Kologiski
1977, Report, Phase I report
No abstract available....
IFG incremental methodology
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
1977, Report
No abstract available....
The utilization of coal mine and mine-mouth conversion plant waste waters for fish and wildlife habitat enhancement. Task 5: aquatic habitat enhancement/development scenarios
1977, Report, Task 5: aquatic habitat enhancement/development scenarios
No abstract available....
Method for assessing additive toxicity of chemical mixtures
L. L. Marking
1977, Special Technical Publication 634
Abstract not submitted to date...
Formalin: its toxicity to nontarget aquatic organisms, persistence, and counteraction
T.D. Bills, L. L. Marking, J. H. Chandler Jr.
1977, Investigations in Fish Control 73
Abstract not submitted to date...
Analysis and machine mapping of the distribution of band recoveries
L.M. Cowardin
1977, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 198
A method of calculating distance and bearing from banding site to recovery location based on the solution of a spherical triangle is presented. X and Y distances on an ordinate grid were applied to computer plotting of recoveries on a map. The advantages and disadvantages of tables of recoveries by...
Malachite green: its toxicity to aquatic organisms, persistence, and removal with activated carbon
T.D. Bills, J. H. Chandler Jr., L. L. Marking
1977, Investigations in Fish Control 75
Abstract not submitted to date...
Some Bayesian statistical techniques useful in estimating frequency and density
Douglas H. Johnson
1977, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 203
This paper presents some elementary applications of Bayesian statistics to problems faced by wildlife biologists. Bayesian confidence limits for frequency of occurrence are shown to be generally superior to classical confidence limits. Population density can be estimated from frequency data if the species is sparsely distributed relative to the size...
