Relationships of the avifauna of San Esteban Island, Sonora
R.C. Banks
1969, Condor (71) 88-93
Seven species of geographically variable birds have been reported as part of the resident avifauna of San Esteban Island in the Gulf of California, Sonora. Two of these, the Curvebilled Thrasher and the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, may not actually have breeding populations there, at least at the present time. Of the...
The Breeding Bird Survey, 1967 and 1968
C.S. Robbins, W.T. Van Velzen
1969, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 124
In the Breeding Bird Survey of North America, cooperators ran 982 survey routes in 1967 and 1,174 in 1968. All States except Hawaii and all Canadian Provinces except Newfoundland were included. Roadside routes are selected at random within 1-degree blocks of latitude and longitude. Each 24 1/2-mile route, with 3-minute...
Statement
C. M. Herman
1969, Book chapter, Hearing before the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, U.S. House of Representatives, 91st Congress, on the recent outbreak of botulism in the Tulare Lake Basin of California's Joaquin Valley. Serial No. 91-8
Blood protozoa of free-living birds
C. M. Herman
Archibald McDiarmid, editor(s)
1969, Book chapter, Diseases in free-living wild animals: the proceedings of a symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 9 and 10 May 1968
Blood protozoa were first reported from wild birds in 1884. Since then numerous surveys throughout the world have demonstrated their presence in a wide variety of hosts and localities with continuing designations of new species. Taxonomic determinations include parasites in the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, Babesia, Lankesterella and Trypanosoma....
Water resources investigation program for Rio Aconcagua Valley, Chile
John Ezra Moore
1969, Report
This report, prepared at the request of the Government of Chile under the auspices of the U. S. Agency for International Development (US AID), is based on a 2-month assignment (Oct. 22 to Dec. 31, 1969) of the author and outlines a program of water resources studies. The study program,...
Activities and services of the U.S. Geological Survey, Denver area, Colorado
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1969, Report
This booklet is a summary of the activities and services of the United States Geological Survey, written for people who have visited or plan to visit one or more of its offices in the Denver area as well as to provide general information about the Geological Survey and its work....
Discussion on the paper "The origin of ultramafic and ultrabasic rocks" by P.J. Wyllie
Everett D. Jackson
1969, Tectonophysics (7) 517-518
No abstract available....
Analysis of a 24-Year photographic record of Nisqually glacier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
Fred M. Veatch
1969, Professional Paper 631
A systematic coverage of Nisqually Glacier by photographs taken from a network of stations on the ground was begun in 1942 to explore the value and limitations of such photographs as an aid in glacier study. Principles developed may be of value elsewhere, especially for the program 'Measurement of Glacier...
Chemical properties of ground water and their corrosion and encrustation effects on wells
Ivan Barnes, Frank Eldridge Clarke
1969, Professional Paper 498-D
Well waters in Egypt, Nigeria, and West Pakistan were studied for their chemical properties and corrosive or encrusting behavior. From the chemical composition of the waters, reaction states with reference to equilibrium were tested for 29 possible coexisting oxides, carbonates, sulfides, and elements. Of the 29 solids considered, only calcite,...
The Alaska earthquake, March 27, 1964: Effects on communities
Wallace R. Hansen, Reuben Kachadoorian, Henry W. Coulter, Ralph R. Migliaccio, Roger M. Waller, Kirk W. Stanley, Richard W. Lemke, George Plafker, Edwin B. Eckel, Lawrence R. Mayo
1969, Professional Paper 542
This is the second in a series of six reports that the U.S. Geological Survey published on the results of a comprehensive geologic study that began, as a reconnaissance survey, within 24 hours after the March 27, 1964, Magnitude 9.2 Great Alaska Earthquake and extended, as detailed investigations, through several...
Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, on various communities
George Plafker, Reuben Kachadoorian, Edwin B. Eckel, Lawrence R. Mayo
1969, Professional Paper 542-G
The 1964 earthquake caused wide-spread damage to inhabited places throughout more than 60,000 square miles of south-central Alaska. This report describes damage to all communities in the area except Anchorage, Whittier, Homer, Valdez, Seward, the communities of the Kodiak group of islands, and communities in the Copper River Basin; these...
Structural and stratigraphic significance of the Buchia zones in the Colyear Springs-Paskenta area, California
David Lawrence Jones, Edgar Herbert Bailey, Ralph Willard Imlay
1969, Professional Paper 647-A
Vegetation of Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Hansford T. Shacklette, L.W. Durrell, J. A. Erdman, J. R. Keith, W.M. Klein, Hildur Krog, Herman Persson, H. Skuja, W.A. Weber
1969, Professional Paper 648
Quaternary geology of the Grand and Battlement Mesas area, Colorado
Warren E. Yeend
1969, Professional Paper 617
The behavior of straight open channels with movable beds
Thomas Maddock Jr.
1969, Professional Paper 622-A
Magnetic fields for a 4x6 prismatic model
Gordon E. Andreasen, Isidore Zietz
1969, Professional Paper 666
Economic geology of the platinum metals
John Beaver Mertie Jr.
1969, Professional Paper 630
Permafrost and related engineering problems in Alaska
Oscar J. Ferrians Jr., Reuben Kachadoorian, Gordon W. Greene
1969, Professional Paper 678
Stratigraphy of the Star Peak Group (Triassic) and overlying lower Mesozoic rocks, Humboldt Range, Nevada
Norman J. Silberling, R. E. Wallace
1969, Professional Paper 592
Mineral investigations in northeastern Thailand
Herbert S. Jacobson, C. T. Pierson, Thawisak Danusawad, Thawat Japakasetr, Boonmai Inthuputi, Charlie Siriratanamongkol, Saner Prapassornkul, Narin Pholphan
1969, Professional Paper 618
Geology and beryllium deposits of the Lake George (or Badger Flats) beryllium area, Park and Jefferson Counties, Colorado
C. C. Hawley
1969, Professional Paper 608-A
Descriptive petrography of three large granitic bodies in the Inyo Mountains, California
Donald Clarence Ross
1969, Professional Paper 601
Detailed stratigraphic description of the JOIDES cores on the continental margin off Florida
W.B. Charm, Wladimir D. Nesteroff, Sylvia Valdes
1969, Professional Paper 581-D
Early Pennsylvanian ammonoids from southern Nevada
Mackenzie Gordon Jr.
1969, Professional Paper 613-C
Foraminifera and stratigraphy of the upper part of the Pierre Shale and lower part of the Fox Hills Sandstone (Cretaceous), north-central South Dakota
James F. Mello
1969, Professional Paper 611