A test of the 40Ar/39Ar age spectrum technique on some terrestrial materials
M. A. Lanphere, G. Brent Dalrymple
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (12) 359-372
40Ar/39Ar age spectra were determined for 10 terrestrial rock and mineral samples whose geologic history is known from independent evidence. The spectra for six mineral and whole rock samples, including biotite, feldspar, hornblende, muscovite, and granodiorite, that have experienced post-crystallization heating did...
Genetic implications of the shapes of martian and lunar craters
R.J. Pike
1971, Icarus (15) 384-395
Craters on Mars and the Moon are alike in that larger craters differ in shape from smaller ones, and older craters differ in shape from younger ones. Smoothed depth-diameter curves for 41 large martian craters photographed by Mariner IV inflect at a crater...
Variation of iridium in a differentiated tholeiitic dolerite
L. P. Greenland
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 319-322
Iridium has been determined in a drill core from the Great Lake (Tasmania) dolerite sheet. Iridium decreases systematically from the mafic dolerites (0.25 ppb) to the granophyres (0.006 ppb). The trend with differentiation closely parallels that of chromium....
Imaging of Mercury and Venus from a flyby
B. C. Murray, M. J. S. Belton, G. Edward Danielson, M. E. Davies, G. P. Kuiper, B. T. O’Leary, V.E. Suomi, N.J. Trask
1971, Icarus (15) 153-173
This paper describes the results of study of an imaging experiment planned for the 1973 Mariner Venus/Mercury flyby mission. Scientific objectives, mission constraints, analysis of alternative systems, and the rationale for final choice are presented. Severe financial constraints ruled out the best technical alternative for flyby imaging, a film/readout system,...
Scanning electron microscopy of clays and clay minerals
B.F. Bohor, R.E. Hughes
1971, Clays and Clay Minerals (19) 49-54
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) proves to be ideally suited for studying the configuration, texture, and fabric of clay samples. Growth mechanics of crystalline units—interpenetration and interlocking of crystallites, crystal habits, twinning, helical growth, and topotaxis—also are uniquely revealed by the SEM.Authigenic kaolins make up the bulk of the examples...
Effects of temperature on electrolyte balance and osmoregulation of the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus) in fresh and sea water
Jon G. Stanley, Peter J. Colby
1971, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (100) 624-638
A study of the effects of temperature and salinity on ionoregulation in the alewife, Alosa pseudoharengus, revealed that concentrations of sodium, potassium, and calcium in plasma and muscle were similar in fish adapted to fresh water and those adapted to sea water. The non-stressed alewife is apparently an excellent...
Comments on the use of Hiatella arctica for determining cenozoic sea temperatures
R.W. Rowland, D.M. Hopkins
1971, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (9) 59-61
[No abstract available]...
Fluid inclusions in quartz crystals from South-West Africa
K.A. Kvenvolden, E. Roedder
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 1209-1229
Quartz crystals from calcite veins of unknown age in Precambrian metasedimentary rocks at Geiaus No. 6 and Aukam farms in South-West Africa contain both primary and secondary inclusions filled with one or a variable combination of: organic liquid, moderately saline aqueous liquid, dark-colored...
An annotated bibliography of fauna and flora described from the Dockum Group of Triassic age in eastern New Mexico and West Texas
James C. Wright, Warren I. Finch
1971, Open-File Report 71-333
This annotated bibliography was prepared by Warren I. Finch from a rough copy compiled by the late James C. Wright in either late 1967 or early 1968 as an aid to his understanding of the stratigraphic distribution of uranium deposits in Triassic rocks of the Southern high Plains. He did...
Chemicals - their effectiveness in fisheries and the problem of their clearance for popular use
R. E. Lennon
1971, American Fishes and U.S. Trout News (16) 8-10
Abstract has not been submitted...
Giant American brook lampreys, Lampetra lamottei, in the upper Great Lakes
Patrick J. Manion, Harold A. Purvis
1971, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (28) 616-620
Five female American brook lampreys, Lampetra lamottei, collected in lakes Michigan and Huron averaged nearly twice as long and about six times as heavy as American brook lampreys of normal size. Three factors suggested that the giant lampreys may have fed parasitically after metamorphosis: morphological adaptations of the species for parasitic...
Aeromagnetic study of the midcontinent gravity high of central United States
Elizabeth R. King, Isidore Zietz
1971, Geological Society of America Bulletin (82) 2187-2208
A composite map of detailed aeromagnetic surveys over the midcontinent gravity high provides coverage of the 600-mi-long buried belt of mafic rocks of the Keweenawan Series from their outcrop localities in Minnesota and Wisconsin through Iowa and Nebraska. A map of the subsurface extent of the mafic rocks, based on...
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1970
Celso Puente
1971, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 26
No abstract available....
Records of precipitation, water levels, and ground-water recharge to the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1970
Celso Puente
1971, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 27
No abstract available. ...
Floods of Utah, magnitude and frequency characteristics through 1969
Elmer Butler
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Water in the economy of the Jackson Purchase region of Kentucky
Robert W. Davis, T. William Lambert, Arnold J. Hansen Jr.
1971, Kentucky Geological Survey Special Publication 20-10
No abstract available....
Selenography and selenodesy with Apollo whole-disk lunar photographs I. Selenography
D.W.G. Arthur
1971, Icarus (14) 388-418
The Apollo whole-disk lunar photographs, with spacecraft lunar nadirs about 70° from the center of mean face, have considerable selenodetic potential provided that the requirements of resolution and precision can be met. Uncertainties in the internal camera geometry degrade the precision and make...
Mississippian stratigraphy of the Diamond Peak area, Eureka County, Nevada, with a section on the biostratigraphy and age of the Carboniferous formations
David A. Brew, Mackenzie Gordon Jr.
1971, Professional Paper 661
No abstract available....
Comparison of Sr87 Sr86 for sea-water strontium and the Eimer and Amend SrCO3
R.A. Hildreth, W.T. Henderson
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 235-238
A series of analyses were undertaken to determine a precise difference between sea-water strontium and the Eimer and Amend SrCO3 standard. A mean difference between the sea-water composite and the Eimer and Amend SrCO3 of 0.00107 ± 0.000042 was obtained....
The earth's core: Speculations on its chemical equilibrium with the mantle
R. Brett
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 203-221
A review of the literature indicates that a reasonable estimate of the composition of the earth's core is iron with Ni0–5, Si10–25 (wt.%). Thermodynamic calculations and comparison of chondritic with terrestrial abundances indicate that 1 wt.% each of Mn, P, and Cr might also be present. A core of this composition...
Selective food preferences of walleyes of the 1959 year class in Lake Erie
John W. Parsons
1971, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (100) 474-485
Stomachs were examined from 1,473 walleyes (Stizostedion vitreum vitreum) of the 1959 year class collected in western Lake Erie from June 1959 to October 1960. In the same period, the relative abundance and lengths of potential forage species were determined from trawl catches. The walleye fed almost entirely on fish....
A procedure for testing the antigenicity of vaccines for immunization of fish against Furunculosis
Jamieson E. Holway, G.W. Klontz
1971, Progressive Fish-Culturist 42-44
Furnunculosis, a bacterial disease caused by Aeromonas salmonicida, is potentially one of the most devastating diseases in trout and salmon hatcheries. The disease may be controlled by three methods. The most frequently used method of control has been drug therapy. Unfortunately, the bacteria often develop resistance to the...
Water resources data for Idaho, water year 1970; Part 1, Surface water records
U.S. Geological Survey
1971, Water Data Report ID-70-1
Surface-water records for the 1970 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of Idaho are given in this report and their locations shown in figures 2 and 3. Records for a few selected gaging stations in bordering States also are included. The records were...
Water resources data for Louisiana, water year 1970
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1971, Water Data Report LA-70-1
Water-resources data for the 1970 water year for Louisiana, including records of streamflow or reservoir storage at gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites, and records of water quality data on the chemical and physical characteristics of surface water are given in this report. Records for a few pertinent gaging...
Water resources data for Idaho, water year 1970: Part 2. Water quality records
1971, Water Data Report ID-70-2
No abstract available....
