Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden and the founding of the Yellowstone National Park
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1973, Report
Following the Civil War, the United States intensified the exploration of her western frontiers to gain a measure of the vast lands and natural resources in the region now occupied by our Rocky Mountain States. As part of this effort, the U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories was...
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1971
F.H. Tovar
1973, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, began hydrologic studies in the Austin urban area in 1954. The objectives of this project are as follows: 1. To determine the effects of progressive urbanization on infiltration, rates of peak discharge, and rainfall-runoff...
Selected hydrologic data, lower Bear River drainage basin, Box Elder County, Utah
L.J. Bjorklund, L. J. McGreevy
1973, Utah Basic-Data Release 23
This report presents selected basic data from a study of the ground- water resources of the lower Bear River drainage basin, Box Elder County, Utah. The study was made during 1970-72 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. Incorporated...
Point of zero charge of weathered forsterite
R.W. Luce, George A. Parks
1973, Chemical Geology (12) 147-153
The point of zero charge of forsterite shifts from an estimated 8.9 for the unaltered mineral to 8.4 and 8.0, respectively, after being weathered artificially for 1 h and 4 h. These results corroborate the presence of magnesium-deficient surfaces on the weathered...
Faults and earthquakes in the Monterey Bay region, California
H. G. Greene, W.H.K. Lee, D. S. McCulloch, E. E. Brabb
1973, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 518
No abstract available....
The selenium content of U.S.G.S. standard rocks
M. M. Schnepfe, F.J. Flanagan
1973, Chemical Geology (12) 77-80
Selenium was determined in duplicate portions from three bottles of six U.S.G.S. standard rocks by a spect rofluorimetric procedure. The following averages, as p.p.m. Se, were obtained: PCC-1, 0.031; GSP-1, 0.088; BCR-1, 0.12; SCo-1, 0.91; MAG-1, 1.3; and SGR-1, 3.7. One-way analysis...
Yukon River: Evidence for extensive migration during the Holocene transgression
H.J. Knebel, J.S. Creager
1973, Science (179) 1230-1232
The shift of the Yukon River, during the Holocene sea-level transgression, from south of Nunivak Island during the Wisconsin maximum to its present location (a distance greater than 300 kilometers) is indicated by remanent channels, distinct subbottom structures, deltaic sediments, and anomalous rates of sediment accumulation on the continental shelf...
Excess lead in "rusty rock" 66095 and implications for an early lunar differentiation
P.D. Nunes, M. Tatsumoto
1973, Science (182) 916-920
Apollo 16 breccia 66095 contains a remarkably high amount of lead (15 parts per million), 85 percent of which is not supported by uranium and thorium in the rock. An acid leach experiment coupled with separate analyses of the whole rock and mineral fractions for uranium, thorium,...
Simultaneous flow of water and solutes through geological membranes-I. Experimental investigation
Y.K. Kharaka, F.A.P. Berry
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 2577-2603
The relative retardation by geological membranes of cations and anions generally present in subsurface waters was investigated using a high pressure and high temperature ‘filtration cell’. The solutions were forced through different clays and a disaggregated shale subjected to compaction pressures up to...
Endrin uptake and release by fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
R.L. Argyle, G.C. Williams, H.K. Dupree
1973, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (30) 1743-1744
Fingerling channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) offered diets containing 0.04–4.0 μg endrin/g food (dry weight) rapidly accumulated the pesticide. Amounts in the tissues were directly proportional to amounts in the food. Dietary endrin had no measurable effect on growth or mortality. After endrin was withdrawn from the diet, it rapidly disappeared and...
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1972
Celso Puente
1973, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 31
No abstract available....
Snowy owl predation on lapland longspur nestlings recorded on film
T. W. Custer
1973, The Auk (90) 433-435
During the summer of 1971 I investigated the breeding biology of the Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, near Barrow, Alaska. To obtain data on incubation and feeding patterns of nesting longspurs, time-lapse cameras (Minolta Autopak-8 D6 super-8 movie cameras equipped with an Intervalometer-P time-lapse device) were positioned at several nests throughout...
18O 16O ratios in cherts associated with the saline lake deposits of East Africa
J. R. O’Neil, R. L. Hay
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (19) 257-266
The cherts formed from sodium silicate precursors in East African saline, alkaline lakes have δ18O values ranging from 31.1 to 44.1. The δ18O values correlate in general with lake salinities as inferred from geologic evidence, indicating that most chert was formed...
Floods in New York, 1971
F. Luman Robison
1973, Report
This report, for the calendar year 1971, was prepared at the request of the New York State Department of Transportation under provisions of an agreement between the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the U.S. Geological Survey fore a cooperative statewide program investigate the water resources of the...
Petrography and stratigraphy of glacial drift, Mesabi-Vermilion Iron Range area, northeastern Minnesota
Thomas C. Winter, R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young
1973, Bulletin 1331-C
Glacial deposits in the Mesabi-Vermilion Iron Range area consist of four major till units and associated glaciofluvial sediments. Particle-size data and pebble, heavy-mineral, clay-mineral, and percentage-soluble content were used in addition to field description of color and texture to describe and correlate the drift units. The lowermost till unit, basal till,...
Constitutive relations associated with the Mott-Smith distribution function
M. Nathenson, D. Baganoff
1973, Physics of Fluids (16) 2110-2115
It is shown that the distribution function assumed by Mott-Smith determines a unique relation between heat flux, stress, and fluid velocity given by q = (3/2)τu, i.e., it provides a constitutive relation for heat flux, and it also determines a simple expression for this ratio of third-order central moments Q...
Lead concentration and isotopic composition in five peridotite inclusions of probable mantle origin
R. E. Zartman, F. Tera
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (20) 54-66
The lead content of five whole-rock peridotite inclusions (four lherzolites and one harzburgite) in alkali basalt ranges from 82 to 570 ppb (parts per billion). Approximately 30–60 ppb of this amount can be accounted for by analyzed major silicate minerals (olivine ≤...
Aspects of the magmatic geochemistry of bismuth
L. P. Greenland, D. Gottfried, E.Y. Campbell
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 283-295
Bismuth has been determined in 74 rocks from a differentiated tholeiitic dolerite, two calc-alkaline batholith suites and in 66 mineral separates from one of the batholiths. Average bismuth contents, weighted for rock type, of the Great Lake (Tasmania) dolerite, the Southern California batholith...
87Sr/86Sr ratios in basalts from islands in the Indian Ocean
C. E. Hedge, N.D. Watkins, R.A. Hildreth, W. P. Doering
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (21) 29-34
87Sr/86Sr ratios of basalts from islands in the Indian Ocean (0.7040) are higher than those of basalts dredged from the Mid-Indian Ocean Ridge (0.7034). The sources of the island basalts have apparently not been in equilibrium with the source of the...
An upland nest of the redhead far from water
J. T. Lokemoen, Harold F. Duebbert
1973, The Wilson Bulletin (85) 468-468
Abstract has not been submitted...
Application of theory and research in fishery management of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Stanford H. Smith
1973, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (102) 156-163
The Great Lakes have a high potential for the conduct of research and useful application of research findings, but the history of the Great Lakes indicates that extensive research and intensive management have failed to prevent deterioration of the fisheries. At times the research was not done before a loss...
Imaging characteristics of photogrammetric camera systems
R. Welch, J. Halliday
1973, Photogrammetria (29) 1-43
In view of the current interest in high-altitude and space photographic systems for photogrammetric mapping, the United States Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.) undertook a comprehensive research project designed to explore the practical aspects of applying the latest image quality evaluation techniques to the analysis of such systems. The project had two...
A method to determine waterfowl shooting distances
D.A. Davenport, G.A. Sherwood, H. W. Murdy
1973, Wildlife Society Bulletin (1) 101-105
Long-range shooting at ducks and geese frequently results in a high crippling loss, unretrieved birds and frustrated hunters. A principal problem has been the general inability of hunters or observers to properly judge distance of birds. This paper describes a reasonably accurate method developed to determine shooting distances to geese....
Galerkin finite-element simulation of a geothermal reservoir
J.W. Mercer Jr., G.F. Pinder
1973, Geothermics (2) 81-89
The equations describing fluid flow and energy transport in a porous medium can be used to formulate a mathematical model capable of simulating the transient response of a hot-water geothermal reservoir. The resulting equations can be solved accurately and efficiently using a numerical...
More on noble gases in Yellowstone National Park hot waters
E. Mazor, R.O. Fournier
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 515-525
Water and gas samples from research wells in hydrothermal areas of Yellowstone National Park, U.S.A., have been mass spectrometrically analyzed for their rare gas contents and isotopic composition. In agreement with previous findings, the rare gases have been found to originate from infiltrating...
