Water quality of hydrologic bench marks; an indicator of water quality in the natural environment
James E. Biesecker, Donald K. Leifeste
1974, Circular 460-E
Water-quality data, collected at 57 hydrologic bench-mark stations in 37 States, allow the definition of water quality in the 'natural' environment and the comparison of 'natural' water quality with water quality of major streams draining similar water-resources regions. Results indicate that water quality in the 'natural' environment is generally very...
Seismic hazards and land-use planning
Donald R. Nichols, Jane M. Buchanan-Banks
1974, Circular 690
Basic earth-science data are necessary for a realistic assessment of seismic hazards and as a basis for limiting corrective land-use controls only to those areas of greatest hazard. For example, the location, character, and amount of likely displacement and activity of surface faulting can be predicted if detailed geologic maps...
Water demands for expanding energy development
G. H. Davis, Leonard A. Wood
1974, Circular 703
Water is used in producing energy for mining and reclamation of mined lands, onsite processing, transportation, refining, and conversion of fuels to other forms of energy. In the East, South, Midwest, and along the seacoasts, most water problems are related to pollution rather than to water supply. West of about...
Water from the Coastal Plain aquifers in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area
S.S. Papadopulos, R.R. Bennett, F. K. Mack, P.C. Trescott
1974, Circular 697
A brief study of the Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifers in the vicinity of the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area was made, using available data, to estimate the water-supply potential of these aquifers and to determine the possibility of developing an emergency water supply during droughts. Assuming that the data available are...
Reports and maps of the Geological Survey released only in the open files, 1973
Betsy A. Weld, Kathleen T. Iseri, Marvin L. Millgate
1974, Circular 696
Goals, strategy, and tasks of the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
Robert E. Wallace
1974, Circular 701
Large rivers of the United States
Kathleen T. Iseri, Walter Basil Langbein
1974, Circular 686
Information on the flow of the 28 largest rivers in the United States is presented for the base periods 1931-60 and 1941-70. Drainage area, stream length, source, and mouth are included. Table 1 shows the average discharge at downstream gaging stations. Table 2 lists large rivers in order of average...
Extent and development of urban flood plains
William Joseph Schneider, James E. Goddard
1974, Circular 601-J
A study of26 urbanized areas in the United States indicates that the amount of urban area in flood plains ranges from 2.4 percent for Spokane, Wash., to 81 percent for Monroe, La. The median value is 10.5 percent, and the weighted average is 16.2 percent. The amount of development on...
Floods in Indiana: technical manual for estimating their magnitude and frequency
L.G. Davis
1974, Circular 710
This manual provides methods for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods on unregulated and unurbanized streams in Indiana that drain at least 15 square miles (38.8 square kilometres). The methods provide the design engineer with a means of estimating flood frequencies without having to analyze the records at individual...
Molybdenite in the Montezuma District of central Colorado
George J. Neuerburg, Theodore Botinelly, John R. Watterson
1974, Circular 704
The Montezuma mining district, in the Colorado mineral belt, is defined by an assemblage of porphyry, ore, and altered rocks that originated in the venting of a Tertiary batholith through weak structures in Precambrian rocks. The ore consists of silver-lead-zinc veins clustered on the propylitic fringe of a geometrically complex...
Remote sensing platforms
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1974, Circular 693
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 12, Pacific Slope basins in Washington, v. 1, Pacific Slope basins in Washington except Columbia River basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2132
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 6, Missouri River basin, v. 1, Missouri River basin above Willston, N. Dakota
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2116
Isopach maps of overburden on the Pittsburgh coal bed in southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia
Bion H. Kent
1974, Open-File Report 74-132
The instability of surface sediments on parts of the Mississippi delta front
L. E. Garrison
1974, Open-File Report 74-4
Viking rover studies
Harold Masursky, Joseph M. Boyce, Arthur L. Dial
1974, Open-File Report 74-212
Intensive study of Mariner 9 data has resulted in an understanding--although far from complete--of the geologic processes affecting the Martian surface and of its history of development. The results are briefly summarized in the following section. The second section consists of geologic studies of four widely separated areas on Mars...
Contour map of the bedrock surface, Glastonbury Quadrangle, Connecticut
R. B. Ryder, E. H. Handman
1974, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 561-B
Map showing depth to bedrock, Hartford South Quadrangle, Connecticut
E. H. Handman, J.B. Byrnes
1974, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 487-D
Contour map of the bedrock surface, Tariffville quadrangle, Connecticut-Massachusetts
E. H. Handman
1974, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 512-C
No abstract available....
Soft-water zone in the Chicot Aquifer, Bayou Teche area, Louisiana
R. L. Hosman
1974, Open-File Report 74-65
Test drilling in the vicinity of Bayou Teche in St. Martin Parish in southern Louisiana has disclosed a zone of soft water in the basal unit of the Chicot aquifer; the Chicot aquifer system blankets all southwestern Louisiana. Fresh water, which is defined as containing 250 milligrams per liter chloride...
Geologic map of the Bull Mountain area, Jefferson County, Montana
R. A. Weeks
1974, Open-File Report 74-354
Geology and ore deposits of the Rico District, Colorado
Edwin Thor McKnight
1974, Professional Paper 723
The Rico district is in the Dolores River valley at the east end of Dolores County in southwestern Colorado. Mining has been actively carried on in the district since 1879. In the early days, silver was the chief product and was mined largely from Newman Hill southeast of the town...
Gravity map of the Pueblo 1° x 2° quadrangle, Colorado
D. L. Peterson, M. D. Kleinkopf, D. M. Wilson
1974, Open-File Report 74-146
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Shandon and Orchard Peak quadrangles, San Luis Obispo and Kern Counties, California, showing Mesozoic and Cenozoic rock units juxtaposed along the San Andreas fault
T. W. Dibblee Jr.
1974, IMAP 788
Preliminary geologic map of the Monterey and Seaside 7.5-minute quadrangles, Monterey County, California, with emphasis on active faults
J. C. Clark, T. W. Dibblee Jr., H. Gary Greene, O.E. Bowen Jr.
1974, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 577
