Searching for prehistoric earthquakes in lake sediments
J. Sims
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-9
How often do major earthquakes occur? Do they follow regular patterns of recurrence, and if so, what is the length of the recurrence interval? These questions are of obvious importance to populations located in regions where earthquakes are a commonplace occurrence. They are also relevant questions in regions that are...
Earthquake prediction; new studies yield promising results
R. Robinson
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 14-17
On Agust 3, 1973, a small earthquake (magnitude 2.5) occurred near Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondack region of northern New York State. This seemingly unimportant event was of great significance, however, because it was predicted. Seismologsits at the Lamont-Doherty geologcal Observatory of Columbia University accurately foretold the time, place,...
The California geodimeter network; measuring movement along the San Andreas Fault
J.C. Savage
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-7
Following the great California earthquake of 1906 H. F. Reid, a contemporary seismologist, proposed the elastic rebound theory which in effect says that earthquake potential arises from the accumulation of elastic strain within the Earth's crust, just as the stretching of a rubberband creates the potential for violent rebound upon...
The chemical composition and estimated minimum thermal reservoir temperatures of the principal hot springs of northern and central Nevada
Robert H. Mariner, J. B. Rapp, L.M. Willey, T. S. Presser
1974, Open-File Report 74-1066
Fifty-five of the principal hot springs in northern and central Nevada have been sampled for chemical analyses. Major element constituents, sodium, potassium, calcium, and silica suggest minimum thermal-aquifer temperatures of 140°C or more at 16 of the hot spring complexes. At least five of the hot springs issue mixed waters...
A review of the literature on the use of TFM-Bayluscide in fisheries
Sandra E. Hamilton
1974, Literature Review 74-03
Since 1956 the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has been responsible for formulating and implementing a program to eradicate or control the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Sea Lamprey Control Centre of the Canadian Department of the Environment act as agents for...
A review of the literature on the use of Bayluscide in fisheries
Sandra E. Hamilton
1974, Literature Review 74-02
In the United States Bayluscide has had multiple uses. The 70% wettable powder has been used in Puerto Rico for snail control and the 5% granular formulation has been tested in Michigan and Wisconsin against freshwater snails serving as inter mediate hosts of the trematode causing swimmers' itch. Bayluscide has...
Use of small fences to protect ground bird nests from mammalian predators
A.B. Sargeant, A.D. Kruse, A. D. Afton
1974, Prairie Naturalist (6) 60-63
Abstract has not been submitted...
Some helminth parasites of the American bald eagle
A.A. Kocan, L. N. Locke
1974, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (10) 8-10
Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) found dead or moribund in the United States and Canada and submitted to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center were examined for helminth parasites. Nine genera of helminths were reported which include new host records for Clinostomum complanatum, Neogogatea pandionis, Centrorhynchus sp., Serratospiculum amaculata, Capillaria contorta, and Habronema americanum....
Habitat management considerations for prairie chickens
L.M. Kirsch
1974, Wildlife Society Bulletin (2) 124-129
Lack of nesting and brood rearing habitat appears to be the universal limiting factor for prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido pinnatus) throughout their range. Grasslands are essential to prairie chickens, but vary widely in quality and thus in their ability to support prairie chickens. High-quality habitat is grassland providing residual vegetation...
Homing to nest baskets by wild female mallards
Harold A. Doty, F.B. Lee
1974, Journal of Wildlife Management (38) 714-719
A high rate of homing to nest baskets by adult female mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) was observed in prairie potholes of North Dakota. One hundred and thirteen female mallards were caught on nest baskets, banded, and marked with nasal saddles. Forty-six percent homed at least once to nest baskets in the...
Land use map for Tucson quadrangle Arizona, and complementary tables for census tracts, drainage basins, land ownership, land use, and soils
Robin Fegeas
1974, Open-File Report 74-89
No abstract available....
Feeding ecology of pintail hens during reproduction
Gary L. Krapu
1974, The Auk (91) 278-290
Food supply has been acknowledged as one of eight major external factors regulating the sexual cycles of birds (Marshall 1961). Several hypotheses have been advanced to explain the role of food supply as an ultimate factor regulating breeding (Marshall 1951; Lack 1954, 1968; Wynne-Edwards 1962; and others). Another potential influence...
Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency. II. Compounds screened between 1950 and 1960
W.A. Bowles, V. A. Adomaitis, J.B. DeWitt, J.J. Pratt Jr.
1974, Report
Over 4,600 compounds, chiefly organic types, were evaluated using both a food acceptance test (Part A) and a barrier penetration bioassay (Part B), to correlate relationships between chemical structure and rodent repellency.These chemicals are indexed and classified according to the functional groups present and to the degree of substitution within...
Teleseismic studies indicate existence of deep magma chamber below Yellowstone National Park
H. M. Iyer
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-7
The secrets of Yellowstone National Park's spectacular geysers and other hot water and steam phenomena are being explored by the U.S Geological Survey with the aid of distant earthquakes (teleseisms). For some time geologists have known that the remarkable array of steam and hot water displays, for which the park...
Earthquakes, January-February 1974
W. J. Person
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 18-19
During the first 2 months of 1974, earthquakes caused fatalities in Peru and Turkey. The largest earthquake during the period was a magnitude 7.2 shock in the New Hebrides Islands. A local tsunami was generated by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Solomon Islands. The relative quiet that characterized world...
Earthquakes, November-December 1973
W. J. Person
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 26-27
A number of significant earthquakes happened during the last 2 months of 1973. Two major earthquakes (magnitude 7.0-7.9) occurred in the New Hebrides Islands, bringing the final major earthquake total for the year to 11, somewhat below the annual average which is 18. One great earthquake (magntidue 8.0 and above)...
Various fish species as biological control agents for the dark rice field mosquito in Arkansas rice fields
R. B. Davey, M. V. Meisch, D. L. Gray, J. M. Martin, Kermit E. Sneed, F. J. Williams
1974, Environmental Entomology (3) 823-826
During the summers of 1972–73, 10 fish species were evaluated as predators against larvae of the dark rice field mosquito, Psorophora confinnis (Lynch-Arribalzaga), near Stuttgart, Ark. Stocking rates were 0.02, 0.03, and 0.06 fish/ft 2 . At the lowest stocking rate green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, reduced larval numbers by 89.7% and were significantly more effective...
Porosity, density, grain density, and related physical properties of sediments from the Red Sea drill cores
Frank T. Manheim, Linda Dwight, Rebecca A. Belastock
1974, Initial reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (23) 887-907
Representative sediments from each site were chosen for examination of their dry specific gravity and grain density. The determinations were made by micropycnometer; water was used as the displacing medium, and salt corrections were based on the refractive index measurements on interstitial water. For saltier brines the "salinities" derived from...
Stable isotope and lead isotope study of the Cortez, Nevada, gold deposit and surrounding area
R. O. Rye, B. R. Doe, J. D. Wells
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 13-23
Isotope studies of sulfur, carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and lead were carried out to clarify the age and origin of the Cortex gold deposit and the surrounding mineralized area. The hydrogen isotope data indicate that meteoric water was the dominant component of the ore-forming fluids at Cortez. The hydrogen isotope data support geologic evidence for a...
Water resources data for Pennsylvania, water year 1973; Part 1: Surface water records
1974, Water Data Report PA-73-1
No abstract available....
Salinity studies in East Glades Agricultural Area, southeastern Dade County, Florida
J.E. Hull, F.W. Meyer
1973, Open-File Report FL 73-005
Salinity studies in East Glades Agricultural Area, southeastern Dade County, Florida...
Reconnaissance of the water resources in the vicinity of proposed deep-well injection sites in southeast Dade County, Florida
J.E. Earle, F.W. Meyer
1973, Open-File Report 73-65
Deep-well injection has been selected by the Dade County Water and Sewer Authority as a means of disposing treated waste water in southeast Dade County. Preliminary plans call for the construction of a county-owned sanitary sewage treatment plant and several 3,000-foot deep injection wells at 1,000-foot intervals on Levee 31E....
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1970, Part 2. Water quality records
U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Water Data Report MD-DE-70-2
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1972, Part 1. Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Water Data Report MD-DE-72-1
No abstract available....
The effects of restricted circulation on the salt balance of Great Salt Lake, Utah
K.M. Waddell, E.L. Bolke
1973, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Water-Resources Bulletin 18
During the 1970-1972 water years a net load of dissolved solids of 0.26 billion tons moved from the south to north part of Great Salt Lake, Utah, through the causeway of the Southern Pacific Transportation Co. The load loss from the south part during the 1972 water year was only...
