Earthquakes; September-October 1982
W. J. Person
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 73-76
Seismically speaking the months of September and October were very quiet. There were no major (magnitude 7.0-7.9) earthquakes. Guatemala was struck by a moderate earthquake on September 29 causing fatalities and considerable damage. In the United States, a number of earthquakes occurred, but only slight damage was reported. ...
Tangshan, six years later
R. E. Wallace
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 102-107
At 3:42 a.m on July 28, 1976, the now infamous Tangshan earthquake struck that heavily industrialized city in eastern China killing, by official count, 240,000 people. During the first 2 years after the earthquake, estimates of casualties ranged from 650,000 to 800,000. Almost certainly the exact number will never be...
Research in seismology and earthquake engineering in Venezuela
L. Urbina, J. Grases
1983, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (15) 32-38
Venezuela has been affected by destructive earthquakes for the past four centuries. According to entries in the national seismic catalog, there have been about 180 earthquakes which have caused some type of damage to the country. The most catastrophic earthquake occurred on March 26, 1812, on the Bocono fault system...
SUBMICROSCOPIC ( less than 1 mu m) MINERAL CONTENTS OF VITRINITES IN SELECTED BITUMINOUS COAL BEDS.
J.A. Minkin, E. C. T. Chao, C.L. Thompson, M.-V. Wandless, F.T. Dulong, R.R. Larson, S.G. Neuzil
Gooley Ron, editor(s)
1983, Conference Paper, Proceedings, Annual Conference - Microbeam Analysis Society
An important aspect of the petrographic description of coal is the characterization of coal quality, including chemical attributes. For geologic investigations, data on the concentrations, distribution, and modes of occurrence of minor and trace elements provide a basis for reconstructing the probable geochemical environment of the swamp material that was...
An updated Bouguer anomaly map of south-central West Africa
David A. Hastings
1983, Geophysics (48) 1120-1128
A new Bouguer gravity anomaly map compiled for western Africa adds data for Ghana, Guinea, and Liberia.The new data add detail to a key part of the Eburnean shield and assist in the development of a model of rifting at the time of the Eburnean orogeny, 2000 million years ago....
Synthesis of geophysical data with space-acquired imagery: a review
David A. Hastings
1983, Advances in Space Research (3) 157-168
Geophysical data obtained from ground and airborne platforms have been used in the development of regional geologic models for many years. Space-acquired data and imagery have a shorter but similar history of applications. All these data may be synthesized either manually or digitally. Manual synthesis methods consist of overlaying and...
High-porosity Cenozoic carbonate rocks of South Florida: Progressive loss of porosity with depth
Robert B. Halley, James W. Schmoker
1983, AAPG Bulletin (67) 191-200
Porosity measurements by borehole gravity meter in subsurface Cenozoic carbonates of south Florida reveal an extremely porous mass of limestone and dolomite which is transitional in total pore volume between typical porosity values for modern carbonate sediments and ancient carbonate rocks. A persistent decrease of porosity with depth, similar to...
delta18O variations in the Halimeda of Virgin Islands sands: evidence of cool water in the northeast Caribbean, late Holocene
Charles W. Holmes
1983, Journal of Sedimentary Research (53) 429-438
Halimeda segments from carbonate sands on the Virgin Islands platform have delta 18 O versus PDB isotopic values ranging from -0.3% to -1.3% (x = -0.9%). Modern Halimeda segments from the same area have a measured delta18 O ranging from -2.0% to -2.5% PDB (x = -2.15%), and the carbonate skeleton appears to...
The role of remotely sensed and other special data for predictive modeling: the Umatilla, Oregon example
Thomas R. Loveland, Gary E. Johnson
1983, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (49) 1183-1192
Landsat data and 1:24 000-scale aerial photographs were initially used to map the expansion of irrigation from 1973 to 1979 and to identify crops under irrigation in 1979. The crop data were then used with historical water requirement figures and digital topographic and hydrographic data to estimate water and power...
Complexation of copper by aquatic humic substances from different environments
Diane M. McKnight, Gerald L. Feder, E. Michael Thurman, Robert L. Wershaw
1983, Science of the Total Environment (28) 65-76
The copper-complexing properties of aquatic humic substances isolated from eighteen different environments were characterized by potentiometric titration, using a cupric ion selective electrode. Potentiometric data were analyzed using FITEQL, a computer program for the determination of chemical equilibrium constants from experimental data. All the aquatic humic substances could be modelled...
Crustal structure beneath the southern Appalachians: Nonuniqueness of gravity modeling
Deborah R. Hutchinson, John A. Grow, Kim D. Klitgord
1983, Geology (11) 611-615
Gravity models computed for a profile across the long-wavelength paired negative-positive Bouguer anomalies of the southern Appalachian Mountains show that the large negative anomaly can be explained by a crustal root zone, whereas the steep gradient and positive anomaly east of the root may be explained equally well by three...
Aeromagnetic survey of the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1980
James E. Case, Dennis P. Cox, David E. Detra, Robert L. Detterman, Frederic H. Wilson
1982, Circular 844
The recently completed aeromagnetic survey of the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, on the Alaska Peninsula, is one of the most detailed systematic surveys ever made across a modern "volcanic arc" setting where both Holocene volcanic edifices and older volcanic centers occur (fig. 54)....
A topology of mineralization and its meaning for prospecting
G. J. Neuerburg
1982, Book chapter, Ore Genesis: Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
Epigenetic mineral deposits are universal members of an orderly spatial and temporal arrangement of igneous rocks, endomorphic rocks, and hydrothermally altered rocks. The association and sequence of these rocks is invariant whereas the metric relations and configurations of the properties of these rocks are unlimited in variety. This characterization satisfies...
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 10: Lower Connecticut River basin
Lawrence A. Weiss, James W. Bingham, Mendall P. Thomas
1982, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 31
The lower Connecticut River basin study area in south-central Connecticut includes 639 square miles and is drained principally by the Connecticut River and by seven smaller streams that flow directly to Long Island Sound between the West River on the west and the Connecticut River on the east. The population...
Sonographs of submarine sediment failure caused by the 1980 earthquake off northern California
M.E. Field, R. K. Hall
1982, Geo-Marine Letters (2) 135-141
In 1980, a large earthquake caused extensive sediment failure on the shallow continental shelf off the Klamath River in northern California. Side-scan sonography was used to complement detailed geophysical profiling in identifying specific features and resolving modes of failure. The features include a nearly flat failure terrace mantled with sand...
Channel systems and lobe construction in the Mississippi Fan
L. E. Garrison, Neil H. Kenyon, A.H. Bouma
1982, Geo-Marine Letters (2) 31-39
Morphological features on the Mississippi Fan in the eastern Gulf of Mexico were mapped using GLORIA II, a long-range side-scan sonar system. Prominent is a sinuous channel flanked by well-developed levees and occasional crevasse splays. The channel follows the axis and thickest part of the youngest fan lobe; seismic-reflection profiles...
Optimal stochastic control in natural resource management: Framework and examples
B. Kenneth Williams
1982, Ecological Modelling (16) 275-297
A framework is presented for the application of optimal control methods to natural resource problems. An expression of the optimal control problem appropriate for renewable natural resources is given and its application to Markovian systems is presented in some detail. Three general approaches are outlined for determining optimal...
Medical and husbandry aspects of captive Andean condors: A model for the California condor
J. W. Carpenter
1982, American Association of Zoo Veterinarians, Annual Proceedings (1982) 13-19
Capturing birds with mist nets: A review
B.E. Keyes, C.E. Grue
1982, North American Bird Bander (7) 2-14
Herein we have tried to provide a comprehensive review of mist-netting techniques suitable for both novice and experienced netters. General mist-netting procedures and modifications developed by netters for particular bird species and habitats are included. Factors which influence capture success, including site selection, net specifications and placement, weather, and time...
Techniques for trapping, aging, and banding wintering canvasbacks
G.M. Haramis, E.L. Derleth, D.G. McAuley
1982, Journal of Field Ornithology (53) 342-351
Techniques used to trap, band, and determine age of Canvasbacks during winter on Chesapeake Bay are presented. Canvasbacks were captured with welded-wire traps baited with corn. Two trap designs were used and traps and trapping techniques are described. Ducks were dipnetted from traps and held in modified poultry crates...
Care of nestlings by wild female starlings exposed to an organophosphate pesticide
C.E. Grue, G.V.N. Powell, M.J. McChesney
1982, Journal of Applied Ecology (19) 327-335
(1) Our objective was to determine the effect of exposure to an organophosphate pesticide (OP), dicrotophos (3-hydroxy-N,N-dimethyl-cis-scrotonamide dimethyl phosphate), on care of nestlings by wild female starlings (Sturnus vulgaris).(2) We selected twelve pairs of active nests based on synchrony in the reproductive cycle. When nestlings were 10 days old (day...
Regional population inferences for the American woodcock
T.J. Dwyer, J.D. Nichols
1982, Book chapter, Woodcock Ecology and Management
Woodcock (Philohela minor) bandings and recoveries from 1967 to 1977 were analyzed from two large banding reference areas corresponding to existing Eastern and Central harvest units. We examined temporal, age-specific, sex-specific, and geographic variation in both survival and recovery rates, using recently developed stochastic models. Survival rate estimates...
Modern pesticides and bobwhite populations
K. L. Stromborg
Frank= Schitoskey Jr., Elizabeth C. Schitoskey, Larry G. Talent, editor(s)
1982, Book chapter
Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) are frequently used as test animals for wildlife tests of pesticides. The organophosphate and carbamate pesticides that have replaced the organochlorines have many desirable properties, but they span a wide range of acute toxicities and some of them affe,ct survival, reproduction, food consumption, behavior, and nervous system...
Amino acid geochemistry of fossil bones from the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposit, California
M.A.S. McMenamin, D.J. Blunt, K.A. Kvenvolden, Scott Miller, L.F. Marcus, R.R. Pardi
1982, Quaternary Research (18) 174-183
Low aspartic acid d:l ratios and modern collagenlike concentration values indicate that amino acids in bones from the Rancho La Brea asphalt deposit, Los Angeles, California are better preserved than amino acids in bones of equivalent age that have not been preserved in asphalt. Amino acids were recovered from 10 Rancho...
The occurrence and fission-track ages of late neogene and quaternary volcanic sediments, Siwalik group, Northern Pakistan
G.D. Johnson, P. Zeitler, C. W. Naeser, N.M. Johnson, D.M. Summers, C.D. Frost, N.D. Opdyke, R.A.K. Tahirkheli
1982, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (37) 63-93
Volcanic sediments, now mostly bentonites and bentonitic mudstones, occur throughout the Late Neogene and Quaternary Siwalik Group of northern Pakistan. A number of these deposits have been dated by the fission-track method, utilizing zircon phenocrysts from these deposits, and provide the chronometric constraints upon which a paleomagnetic stratigraphy is developed...
