An investigation of basin effects on flood discharges in North Dakota
Orlo A. Crosby
1974, Open-File Report 74-346
An investigation of the relationship of peak discharge to causative storm variables and drainage-basin characteristics was made to provide guidelines for future analyses of frequency and magnitudes of floods from small drainage areas. The procedure used was (l) to estimate peak discharges on the ll study basins from multiple-regression models developed from the storm variables and...
Water supply at Painted Canyon Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (South Unit), southwestern North Dakota
M.G. Croft
1974, Open-File Report 74-136
A 1,930-foot (588-metre) water-supply well was constructed at the Painted Canyon Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park (South Unit), southwestern North Dakota. Aquifers underlying the site are in rocks of Late Cretaceous and Tertiary age. These rocks have an aggreqate thickness of about 2,000 feet (610 metres). The well screen...
Flashing flow in hot water geothermal wells
Manuel Nathenson
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 743-751
The production characteristics of hot-water geothermal wells which flash to steam-water mixtures in the cased part of the hole were-analyzed. The flashing flow is assumed to be isenthalpic and, for purposes of calculating pressure drop, a finely dispersed mixture of equal average velocity. Water flow in the aquifer is treated...
Catalog of creepmeter measurements in central California from 1968 to 1972
Robert D. Nason, F.R. Philippsborn, P.A. Yamashita
1974, Open-File Report 74-31
Volcanic hazards on the Island of Hawaii
Donal Ray Mullineaux, Donald W. Peterson
1974, Open-File Report 74-239
Volcanic hazards on the Island of Hawaii have been determined to be chiefly products of eruptions: lava flows, falling fragments, gases, and particle-and-gas clouds. Falling fragments and particle-and-gas clouds can be substantial hazards to life, but they are relatively rare. Lava flows are the chief hazard to property; they are...
Hydrologic effects of the Tampa Bypass Canal
Louis H. Motz
1974, Open-File Report 74-257
Rio Blanco seismic effects
Richard Navarro, Kenneth W. King, Stanley R. Brockman, Geraldine M. Wuollet
1974, Open-File Report 74-1077
The worldwide search for petroleum offshore; a status report for the quarter century, 1947-72
Henry L. Berryhill
1974, Circular 694
At the end of 1972, offshore petroleum exploration was in progress on the submerged continental margins of 80 countries. Some 780 oil and gas fields had been discovered. Estimated worldwide volume of oil discovered offshore as of January 1, 1973, is 172.8 billion barrels of oil, or about 26 percent...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1969, Parts 4 and 5, St. Lawrence River basin and Hudson Bay and Upper Mississippi River basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2144
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1969, Parts 9 and 10, Colorado River basin and the Great Basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2148
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1970, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2152
Dissolved-solids discharge to the oceans from the conterminous United States
Donald K. Leifeste
1974, Circular 685
Dissolved-solids data from 54 river basins for 1966-69 were used to compute the amount of dissolved material contributed to the oceans from the conterminous United States. The computations show that about 264,000,000 tons are discharged annually. The Gulf of Mexico receives the largest load, about 183,000,000 tons, of which about...
Seismic engineering program report, October-December 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Circular 713
Floods of September-October 1967 in south Texas and northeastern Mexico
Elmer E. Schroeder, R.U. Grozier, D. C. Hahl, A.E. Hulme
1974, Water Supply Paper 1880-B
Floods produced by Hurricane Beulah during September and October 1967 were outstanding because of the magnitude of the stage and discharge and because of the number of river basins affected. Previously known maximum stages were exceeded, at the downstream station, in five river basins in Texas by amounts ranging from...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1970, Part 11, Pacific slope basins in California
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2159
Selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in surficial materials of the conterminous United States
Hansford T. Shacklette, Josephine G. Boerngen, John R. Keith
1974, Circular 692
Concentrations of selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in 912, 911, and 910 samples, respectively, of soils and other regoliths from sites approximately 50 miles (80 km) apart throughout the United States are represented on maps by symbols showing five ranges of values. Histograms of the concentrations of these elements are also...
Gold in the Black Hills, South Dakota, and how new deposits might be found
James Jennings Norton
1974, Circular 699
Of the recorded production of 34,694,552 troy ounces of gold mined in South Dakota through 1971, about 90 percent has come from Precambrian ore bodies in the Homestake mine at Lead in the northern Black Hills. Most of the rest has come from ore deposited in the Deadwood Formation (Cambrian)...
United States Geological Survey Alaska program, 1974
Claire Carter
1974, Circular 700
This report on the Alaskan activities of the U.S. Geological Survey contains up-to-date accounts of recent results and summaries of plans for the summer of 1974. It is organized in six parts: (1) responsibilities and services of the Geological Survey; (2) organization of the U.S. Geological Survey; (3} Alaskan field...
Model synthesis in frequency analysis of Missouri floods
Leland D. Hauth
1974, Circular 708
Synthetic flood records for 43 small-stream sites aided in definition of techniques for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in Missouri. The long-term synthetic flood records were generated by use of a digital computer model of the rainfall-runoff process. A relatively short period of concurrent rainfall and runoff data...
Application of surface geophysics to ground-water investigations
Adel A. R. Zohdy, Gordon P. Eaton, Don R. Mabey
1974, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 02-D1
This manual reviews the standard methods of surface geophysics applicable to ground-water investigations. It covers electrical methods, seismic and gravity methods, and magnetic methods. The general physical principles underlying each method and its capabilities and limitations are described. Possibilities for non-uniqueness of interpretation of geophysical results are...
Environmental impact analysis; the example of the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline
David A. Brew
1974, Circular 695
The environmental impact analysis made as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the proposed trans-Alaska pipeline included consideration of the (1) technologically complex and geographically extensive proposed project, (2) extremely different physical environments across Alaska along the proposed route and elsewhere in Alaska and in Canada...
Mineral resources of Antarctica
Nancy A. Wright, Paul L. Williams, editor(s)
1974, Circular 705
Although the existence of mineral deposits in Antarctica is highly probable, the chances of finding them are quite small. Minerals have been found there in great variety but only as occurrences. Manganese nodules, water (as ice), geothermal energy, coal, petroleum, and natural gas are potential resources that could perhaps be...
Movement and effects of spilled oil over the outer continental shelf; inadequacy of existent data for the Baltimore Canyon Trough area
Harley J. Knebel
1974, Circular 702
A deductive approach to the problem of determining the movement and effects of spilled oil over the Outer Continental Shelf requires that the potential paths of oil be determined first, in order that critical subareas may be defined for later studies. The paths of spilled oil, in turn, depend primarily...
Hydrology of volcanic-rock terranes
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Professional Paper 383
Mineral resources; potentials and problems
Walden P. Pratt, Donald Albert Brobst
1974, Circular 698
