Some preliminary notes on the ground water in the Columbia River basalt
R. C. Newcomb
1959, Northwest Science (33) 1-18
The Columbia River basalt carries groundwater by percolation, largely along tabular interflow zones of variable permeability and continuity. At various places the water occurs under perched, unconfined, and confined conditions; at some places it occurs under all three conditions at different depths. Both initial and tectonic structural features, such as...
Resistance to ulcer disease and furunculosis in eastern brook trout, Salvelinus fontinalis
S. F. Snieszko, C. E. Dunbar, G. L. Bullock
1959, Progressive Fish-Culturist (21) 111-116
No abstract available....
Plasmoptysis and gelatin of erythrocytes in coagulation of blood of freshwater bony fishes
Ken Wolf
1959, Blood (14) 1339-1344
1. A clot-like material which results from very rapid plasmoptysis and hydrophyllic swelling of karyoplasm of erythrocytes from freshwater fish was reported. This attribute was found to a lesser degree in erythrocytes from an amphibian, but it was almost lacking in those of an aquatic reptile.2. Rapid clotting of fish...
Geology, hydrology, and chemical character of ground waters in the Torrance-Santa Monica area, California
J. F. Poland, A. A. Garrett, Allen Sinnott
1959, Water Supply Paper 1461
No abstract available....
Core logs from Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California
David V. Haines
1959, Bulletin 1045-E
Forty-one drill holes in the saline deposit on Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, Calif., were cored and logged. Drill holes averaged about 100 feet in depth; the majority are located around the margins of the dry lake. The saline deposit consists of an upper salt body about 39 square miles...
Paleotectonic maps of the Triassic system
Edwin Dinwiddie McKee, Steven S. Oriel, Keith Brindley Ketner, Marjorie Elizabeth MacLachlin, June Waterman Goldsmith, James Crawford MacLachlan, Melville R. Mudge
1959, IMAP 300
No abstract available....
Water resource development and management
Luna Bergere Leopold
1959, Journal of the American Water Works Association (51) 821-827
In a sandy, riverside location in Wisconsin, my family has a farm, once abandoned by a previous owner because it would not produce much corn. By the time we bought it – for a pittance – only a few remnants of white pine remained from the magnificent stands made famous...
Magnetic susceptibility of tektites and some other glasses
F. E. Senftle, A. Thorpe
1959, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (17) 234-237
The magnetic susceptibility at several magnetic field strengths of about thirty tektites from various localities have been measured. The susceptibility ranges from 2 × 10−6 to about 7.9 × 10−6 e.m.u./g. Tektites from a given locality have similar susceptibilities. The intensity of magnetization of all the tektites measured is zero or very...
Determination of uranium in zircon
F. Cuttitta, G. J. Daniels
1959, Analytica Chimica Acta (20) 430-434
A routine fluorimetric procedure is described for the determination of trace amounts of uranium in zircon. It employs the direct extraction of uranyl nitrate with ethyl acetate using phosphate as a retainer for zirconium. Submicrogram amounts or uranium are separated in the presence of 100,000 times the amount of zirconium....
Modern instruments for surveying and mapping
G.D. Whitmore, M.M. Thompson, J. L. Speert
1959, Science (130) 1059-1066
New surveying systems utilizing photogrammetry and electronics speed production of topographic maps....
α-Radioactivity of cerium-142
F. E. Senftle, T. W. Stern, V. P. Alekna
1959, Nature (184) 630
JOHNSON AND NIER1 have measured the atomic masses of some of the rare-earth isotopes and have shown that the mass difference cerium-142—(barium-138 + helium-4) is equivalent to 1.68 ± 0.10 MeV. Similar results for the naturally occurring samarium and neodymium isotopes show that the α-active isotope of each element is the one...
Ground-water conditions in the Avenal-McKittrick area, Kings and Kern Counties, California
Perry Rowley Wood, G. H. Davis
1959, Water Supply Paper 1457
No abstract available....
The electrical resistivity meter in fishery investigations
Robert E. Lennon
1959, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 287
A portable resistivity (or conductivity) meter is easily used in fishery investigations to obtain rapid and precise measurements of the electrical resistance (or conductance) of waters. These measurements can be used to estimate the total dissolved solids content of waters, to facilitate the selection of appropriate gear for efficient electrofishing,...
Ground-water resources of the middle Big Wood River-Silver Creek area, Blaine County, Idaho
Rex Onis Smith
1959, Water Supply Paper 1478
No abstract available....
The reclamation of Indian and Abrams creeks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Robert E. Lennon, Phillip S. Parker
1959, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 306
A complete program of stream reclamation was developed and applied on Indian and Abrams creeks in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. A salt-resistivity technique was used to estimate the dilution and velocity of a toxicant in running water. Streamside toxicity trials on resident fishes established minimal, effective concentrations of the...
Paper coal in Indiana
G.K. Guennel, R.C. Neavel
1959, Science (129) 1671-1672
The foliated, papery texture of the upper third of an 18-inch coal seam in a strip mine near Rockville, Indiana, is attributable to matted plant cuticle. The cuticles of pinnules, pinnae, and rachides resemble Sphenopteris bradfordii Arnold and thus differ from the lycopsid stem cuticles of the Russian paper coal....
Ecology, paleontology, and stratigraphy
H. S. Ladd
1959, Science (129) 69-78
Understanding of the habits of living organisms aids interpretations of fossiliferous sediments....
Magnetostriction and palæomagnetism of igneous rocks
John W. Graham, A. F. Buddington, James R. Balsley
1959, Nature (183) 1318
IN a recent communication, Stott and Stacey1 report on a “crucial experiment” from which they conclude: “This excellent agreement between the dip and the directions of artificial thermoremanent magnetization of the stressed and unstressed rocks indicates that large systematic errors due to magnetostriction are most improbable in igneous rocks of types...
Stratigraphic sections, well logs, and soil-profile sections in the southern Carson Desert near Fallon, Nevada
Roger B. Morrison
1959, Open-File Report 59-87
No abstract available....
Climatology and the problems of western grasslands
Luna Bergere Leopold
Howard B. Sprague, editor(s)
1959, Conference Paper, Grasslands: A symposium presented at the New York meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Sixty years after Coronado, Don Juan de Onate wrote the first reasonably good description of the High Plains. He was near the present site of Wichita, Kansas, in 1601, when he arrived a t a large rancheria, or temporary Indian camp, containing more than 5000 souls. Onate's account expressed wonderment...
New occurrences of ferroselite (FeSe2)
R. G. Coleman
1959, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (16) 296-301
Iron selenide from the uranium-vanadium ores of the Colorado Plateau was under investigation when ferroselite was described as a new mineral in Russia by Bur'yanova and Komkov (1955). Association of ferroselite with selenian pyrite and marcasite within discrete areas of these uranium-vanadium deposits suggests an unusual environment of formation. Its association...
A compilation of chemical quality data for ground and surface waters in Utah
John G. Connor, C.G. Mitchell
1958, Technical Publication 10
An accelerated use of water resulting from a growing population, industrial expansion, and irrigation has brought into focus the importance of the quality as well as the quantity of this natural resource in Utah. As new demands are made on the existing supply, a search goes on for new sources...
Pumping tests at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Topeka, Kansas
U.S. Geological Survey
1958, Report
Record of the fungus Ichthyosporidium Caullery and Mesnil, 1905, in Idaho
A. John Ross, Thomas J. Parisot
1958, Journal of Parasitology (44) 453-454
No abstract available....
A possible cause of sunburn in fish
1958, Progressive Fish-Culturist (20) 111-113
A LESION DESCRIBED AS A GRAY ΡATCH GENERALLY LOCATED ΑΝΤΕRIOR TO THE DORSAL FIN has been associated with high mortality of fish on numerous occasions in production hatcheries throughout the United States. This lesion has been called "sunburn" or "backpeel." No bacteria or other pathogens have been found in fish...
