NEIC opens in Boulder
Carl A. Posey, editor(s)
1972, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (4) 12-15
The search for maximum magnitude
David M. Perkins
Carl A. Posey, editor(s)
1972, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (4) 18-22
Earthquakes: September-October 1971
Carl A. Posey, editor(s)
1972, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (4) 28-29
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, January 13-April 5 , 1972
L.J. Schroder, Wilbur C. Ballance
1972, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey collected 110 water samples from Amchitka Island, Alaska, between January 13 and April 5, 1972. Tritium determinations were made on all samples collected and gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 92 samples. The gross alpha and gross beta determinations when compared with previously...
Trends in ground-water levels in Wisconsin, 1967-1971
Robert M. Erickson
1972, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 21
This report supplements the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Information Circular No.9, "Trends in Ground-Water Levels in Wisconsin through 1966". It describes, by hydrographs, the ground-water level trends in Wisconsin for the period 1967-1971. All current observation wells with more than three years of record are included; records of...
Ground-water quality in Wisconsin through 1972
E.L. Skinner, C. L. R. Holt Jr.
1972, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 22
Ground water, a plentiful and largely underdeveloped resource of Wisconsin, has good to excellent chemical quality in most places. This resource is readily available in most parts of the State for municipal, industrial, and rural uses. In 1970, about 0.5 billion gallons of ground water a day was pumped in...
Water resources of Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
Charles R. Wood, Herbert N. Flippo Jr., Joseph B. Lescinsky, James L. Barker
1972, Water Resource Report 31
Lehigh County occupies an area of 347 square miles in southeastern Pennsylvania. The northern part of Lehigh County is underlain by the Martinsburg Formation, which consists chiefly of shale and slate. The central part of the county, where most of the population centers are located and much of the urbanization...
Hydrology of the Martinsburg Formation in Lehigh and Northampton Counties, Pennsylvania
Charles W. Poth
1972, Water Resource Report 30
The Martinsburg Formation underlies the northern half of Lehigh and Northampton Counties, and is of Middle and LateOrdovician age. It is bounded on the south by older Ordovician limestone formations and on the north by a ridge-forming conglomerate of Silurian age. Recent mapping has supported a three-part division of the...
Evaporite deposits of Bogota area, Cordillera Oriental, Colombia
Donald H. McLaughlin Jr.
1972, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (56) 2240-2259
Four evaporite-bearing stratigraphic zones are known in Cretaceous strata of the Cordillera Oriental of Colombia north and east of Bogota. The easternmost and oldest zone is probably of Berriasian to Valanginian age. The next oldest is probably late Barremian to early Aptian in age. The third appears to be Aptian....
Distribution of copper and other metals in gully sediments of part of Okanogan County, Washington
Kenneth F. Fox Jr., C. Dean Rinehart
1972, Bulletin 65
A geochemical exploration program aimed at determining regional patterns of metal distribution as well as pinpointing areas likely to contain undiscovered ore deposits was carried out in north-central Okanogan County, Washington. About 1,000 gully and stream sediment samples were collected from a rectangular area of about 800 square miles. The...
Geology and mineral deposits of the Loomis quadrangle, Okanogan County, Washington
C.D. Rinehart, K. F. Fox Jr.
1972, Bulletin 64
Hydrochemical study of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho
Robert Schoen
1972, Conference Paper, Hydrogeology: section 11 of the 24th International Geological Congress, Montreal 1972
Ground-water conditions in the central Virgin River basin, Utah
R.M. Cordova, G. W. Sandberg, Wilson McConkie
1972, Technical Publication 40
Water-rights problems have occurred in the central Virgin River basin and are expected to increase as development of the water resources increases. The Utah State Engineer needs a basic knowledge of ground-water conditions and of the relation of ground water to surface water as a first step to understanding and...
Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part C: frequency distributions of lunar slopes
Sherman S.C. Wu, H. J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The metric and panoramic cameras aboard the Apollo 16 spacecraft provided photographs on which photogrammetric techniques may be used to obtain precise measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements of horizontal distances and elevations. These measurements may in turn be used to obtain slope-frequency distributions of lunar surfaces at...
Photogrammetry and altimetry: Part B: photogrammetry using Apollo 16 orbital photography
Sherman S.C. Wu, Francis J. Schafer, Raymond Jordan, Gary M. Nakata
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 15 and 16 metric and panoramic cameras have provided photographs for accurate topographic portrayal of the lunar surface using photogrammetric methods. In turn, quantitative morphologic analyses of topographic results are invaluable aids in the interpretation of the geologic processes....
Photogeology: Part Y: physical and geological aspects of heiligenschein measurements
Robert L. Wildey
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Heiligenschein is the upsurge in reflected brightness as zero-phase angle is approached. For the first time, an effort has been made to investigate the diagnostic value of the heiligenschein photometric magnitude on a statistically significant scale. This investigation was performed by using the vertical photography of the Apollo 16 metric...
Photogeology: Part X: calibration of radar data from Apollo 16 results
S.H. Zisk, H. J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Orbital and surface photography collected during the Apollo 16 mission can be used to calibrate existing Earth-based, high-resolution radar maps of the lunar surface. The absence of any theoretical treatment of the radar backscatter from irregular rocks has prevented the assignment of radar-echo cross sections to specific size distributions of...
Photogeology: Part W: Apollo 16 landing site: summary of Earth-based remote sensing data
S.H. Zisk, Harold Masursky, D.J. Milton, G. G. Schaber, R.W. Shorthill, T.W. Thompson
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The purpose of the infrared (IR) and radar study of the Apollo data is to establish lunar surface conditions in the vicinity of the orbital tracks of the Apollo command modules during the J-series missions. Correlations and comparisons between the Earth-based radar observations, IR observations, and other data will be...
Photogeology: Part S: mare ridges and arches in southern Oceanus Procellarum
George W. Colton, Keith A. Howard, Henry J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Low-relief mare features such as ridges and arches are best studied by using stereoscopic photographs taken at low Sun angles. Apollo 16 metric camera photography of the southern Oceanus Procellarum east of Letronne Crater reveals a diversity of subtle features (fig. 29-125) and adds significantly to an understanding of the...
Photogeology: Part L: crater morphometry
Richard J. Pike
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
Morphometric analysis of lunar craters (ref. 29-75) complements the more traditional photointerpretive study of crater morphology. These two indirect approaches to the scientific investigation of lunar craters continue to be productive because the preferred alternative method, direct field examination of specific large craters, is not being undertaken in the current...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the San Francisco district and adjoining areas, Utah
Donald L. Peterson
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 450 gravity observations in southwestern Utah....
Principal facts for gravity stations in Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona
Donald L. Peterson
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 410 gravity observations in Sulphur Springs Valley, Arizona....
Photogeology: Part J: ranger and other impact craters photographed by Apollo 16
H. J. Moore
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 16 crew photographed an unusual variety of impact craters, including the two craters produced by the impacts of Ranger 7 and 9 spacecraft, small craters produced by boulders as they bounced downslope, craters with marked bilateral symmetry, and primary craters with a wide range of morphologies and sizes....
Orbital-science investigation: Part G: lineaments that are artifacts of lighting
Keith A. Howard, Bradley R. Larsen
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Many Apollo 15 orbital photographs, particularly those taken at low Sun-elevation angles, reveal grid patterns of lineaments. In some circumstances, the grid pattern is present in areas where structural control seems unlikely. For example, in an oblique view (fig. 25-52), the ejecta blankets of two fresh impact craters seem to...
Orbital-science investigation: Part F: regional geology of Hadley Rille
Keith A. Howard, James W. Head
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Study of the sinuous Hadley Rille (fig. 25-45) was a primary goal of the Apollo 15 mission. Local geology of the rille near the landing site is described in section 5 of this report. Preliminary study of orbital photography from Hasselblad, metric, and panoramic cameras makes possible a description of...