Mineral resources of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California
Jane E. Nielson, James G. Frisken, Robert C. Jachens, John R. McDonnell Jr.
1987, Bulletin 1713-C
The Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area (CDCA-267) is in northeastern San Bernardino County, California, near the boundary between California and Nevada. Mineral surveys were requested for 31,371 acres of the Fort Piute Wilderness Study Area. In this report the area studied is referred to as "the study area". Examination of...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Juvenile English sole
Christopher L. Toole, Roger A. Barnhart, Christopher P. Onuf
1987, FWS/OBS 82/10.133
English sole (Parophrys vetulus) is one of the major commercial groundfish species caught along the Pacific coast. Landings in the United States and Canada averaged 4,947 t/yr between 1975 and 1984, placing it third in importance among flatfish caught by Pacific coast trawlers (Pacific Marine Fisheries Commission 1985). Juvenile English...
The geologic history of the Moon
Don E. Wilhelms, John F. McCauley, Newell J. Trask
1987, Professional Paper 1348
More than two decades of study have established the major features of lunar geologic style and history. The most numerous and significant landforms belong to a size-morphology series of simple craters, complex craters, and ringed basins that were formed by impacts. Each crater and basin is the source of primary...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Black Bear, Upper Great Lakes Region
Lynn L. Rogers, Arthur W. Allen
1987, FWS/OBS 82/10.144
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) model for the black bear (Ursus americanus). The model consolidates habitat use information into a framework appropriate for field application, and is scaled to produce an index between 0.0 (unsuitable habitat) to 1.0 (optimum...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: American alligator
John D. Newsom, Ted Joanen, Rebecca J. Howard
1987, FWS/OBS 82/10.136
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop a model for evaluating American alligator habitat quality. The model is applicable in marshes along the northern Gulf of Mexico. It is scaled to produce an index between 0 (unsuitable habitat) and 1.0 (optimal habitat). Habitat suitability index models...
Petrology and sedimentology of the Horlick Formation (Lower Devonian), Ohio Range, Transantarctic Mountains
Lucy McCartan, Margaret A. Bradshaw
1987, Bulletin 1780
The Horlick Formation of Early Devonian age is as thick as 50 m and consists of subhorizontal, interbedded subarkosic sandstone and chloritic shale and mudstone. The Horlick overlies an erosion surface cut into Ordovician granitic rocks and is, in turn, overlain by Carboniferous and Permian glacial and periglacial deposits. Textures,...
The Beringian ancestry of Phenacomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) and the beginning of the modern Arctic Ocean borderland biota
Charles Albert Repenning, E. M. Brouwers, L. D. Carter, Louie Marincovich Jr., T. A. Ager
1987, Bulletin 1687
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Simulation of flow in the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas, and refinement of storage and flow concepts
R.W. Maclay, L. F. Land
1987, Open-File Report 86-532
The Edwards aquifer is a complexly faulted, carbonate aquifer lying within the Balcones fault zone of south-central Texas. The aquifer is recharged mainly by streamflow losses in the outcrop area of the Edwards aquifer and is discharged by major springs located at considerable distances, as much as 150 mi, from...
Jabiluka-type gold deposits; text and slides for a talk presented at the international workshop on Gold deposit modeling in exploration
R. I. Grauch, C.J. Nutt
1987, Open-File Report 87-142
The effects of boundary conditions on the steady-state response of three hypothetical ground-water systems; results and implications of numerical experiments
O. Lehn Franke, Thomas E. Reilly
1987, Water Supply Paper 2315
The most critical and difficult aspect of defining a groundwater system or problem for conceptual analysis or numerical simulation is the selection of boundary conditions . This report demonstrates the effects of different boundary conditions on the steady-state response of otherwise similar ground-water systems to a pumping stress. Three series...
Geohydrology and simulated effects of withdrawals on the Miocene aquifer system in the Mississippi Gulf Coast area
D. M. Sumner, B. E. Wasson, S. J. Kalkhoff
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4172
Intense development of the Miocene aquifer system for water supplies along the Mississippi Gulf Coast has resulted in large water level declines that have altered the groundwater flow pattern in the area. Water levels in some Miocene aquifers have declined about 2 ft/year since 1940; declines exceed 100 ft (80...
Effects of coal strip mining on stream water quality and biology, southwestern Washington
L. A. Fuste, D. F. Meyer
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4056
Strip mining for coal in southwestern Washington may be affecting the water quality of streams. To investigate these possible effects, five streams were selected for study of water quality in each of the two coal bearing areas: the Centralia-Chehalis coal district, and Kelso-Castle Rock coal area. In the Centralia-Chehalis coal...
Simulation of flood hydrographs for Georgia streams
Ernest J. Inman
1987, Water Supply Paper 2317
Flood hydrographs are needed for the design of many highway drainage structures and embankments. A method for simulating these flood hydrographs at ungaged sites in Georgia is presented in this report. The O'Donnell method was used to compute unit hydrographs and lagtimes for 355 floods at 80 gaging stations. An...
Seismicity map of the state of Ohio
C. W. Stover, B.G. Reagor, S. T. Algermissen
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1975
This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 1:1,000,000. This map shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Ohio, even though earthquakes...
Hydrologic and geologic factors affecting land subsidence near Eloy, Arizona
V.J. Epstein
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4143
At an extensometer site near Eloy, Arizona, 1.09 m of land subsidence caused by groundwater withdrawal were measured by leveling in 1965-83. The extensometer, which partially penetrates the compressible sediments, recorded 0.82 m of compaction during the same period. By use of a one-dimensional model, cumulative daily compaction values were...
Geologic map of the east part of the San Francisco Volcanic Field, north-central Arizona
Richard B. Moore, Edward W. Wolfe
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1960
The geologic map of the east part of the San Francisco volcanic field (called the East map area) is one of five adjoining geologic maps (fig. 1) prepared under the Geothermal Research Program of the U.S. Geological Survey as a basis for interpreting the history of magmatic activity in the...
Surface-water-quality assessment of the upper Illinois River basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin; project description
D. M. Mades
1987, Open-File Report 87-473
In 1986, the U.S. Geological Survey began a National Water-Quality Assessment program to (1) provide nationally consistent descriptions of the current status of water quality for a large, diverse, and geographically distributed part of the Nation's surface- and ground-water resources; (2) define, where possible, trends in water quality; and (3)...
Preprocessor and postprocessor computer programs for a radial-flow finite-element model
A. A. Pucci Jr., D. A. Pope
1987, Open-File Report 87-680
Preprocessing and postprocessing computer programs that enhance the utility of the U.S. Geological Survey radial-flow model have been developed. The preprocessor program: (1) generates a triangular finite element mesh from minimal data input, (2) produces graphical displays and tabulations of data for the mesh , and (3) prepares an input...
Map showing the distribution and characteristics of plutonic rocks in the Tonopah 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, central Nevada
D. A. John
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1877-J
Plutonic rocks, mostly granite and granodiorite, are widely distributed in the west two-thirds of the Tonopah 1 degree by 2 degree quadrangle, Nevada. These rocks were systematically studied as part of the Tonopah CUSMAP project. Studies included field mapping, petrographic and modal analyses, geochemical studies of both fresh and altered...
Data-base development for water-quality modeling of the Patuxent River basin, Maryland
G. T. Fisher, R.M. Summers
1987, Open-File Report 87-379
Procedures and rationale used to develop a data base and data management system for the Patuxent Watershed Nonpoint Source Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program of the Maryland Department of the Environment and the U.S. Geological Survey are described. A detailed data base and data management system has been developed...
Ground-water levels in water years 1984-86 and estimated ground-water pumpage in water years 1984-85, Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada
D.L. Berger
1987, Open-File Report 86-539
Tabulations of groundwater level measurements made during the water years 1984-86 and summaries of estimated pumpage for water years 1984 and 1985 in Carson valley, Douglas County, Nevada, are included in this report. The data are being collected to provide a record of long-term groundwater changes and pumpage estimates that...
Hydrogeology, ground-water quality, and the possible effects of a hypothetical radioactive-water spill, Plainsboro Township, New Jersey
J. C. Lewis, F. J. Spitz
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4092
Princeton University, under contract to the Department of Energy , maintains a Tokamak fusion test reactor in New Jersey. The U.S. Geological Survey investigated groundwater flow and estimated the effects of a hypothetical spill of radioactive water at the site on the local groundwater system. The study included test drilling;...
Seismicity map of the state of Vermont
C. W. Stover, B.G. Reagor, L.M. Highland, S. T. Algermissen
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1987
This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 1:1,000,000. This map shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Vermont, even though earthquakes...
Surface-water hydrology of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center Cattaraugus County, New York
William M. Kappel, W. E. Harding
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4309
Precipitation data were collected from October 1980 through September 1983 from three recording gages at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center, and surface water data were collected at three continuous-record gaging stations and one partial-record gage on streams that drain a 0.7 sq km part of the site. Seepage...
Evaluation of availability of water from drift aquifers near the Pomme de Terre and Chippewa rivers, western Minnesota
G. N. Delin
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4321
Ground-water flow in the confined- and unconfined-drift aquifers near Appleton and Benson, Minnesota, was simulated with a three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water-flow model. Model results indicate that 98 percent of the total inflow to the modeled area is from precipitation. Of the total outflow, 38 percent is ground-water discharge to the Pom...
