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...
An oilspill trajectory analysis model with a variable wind deflection angle
W.B. Samuels, N.E. Huang, D.E. Amstutz
1982, Ocean Engineering (9) 347-360
The oilspill trajectory movement algorithm consists of a vector sum of the surface drift component due to wind and the surface current component. In the U.S. Geological Survey oilspill trajectory analysis model, the surface drift component is assumed to be 3.5% of the wind speed and is rotated 20 degrees...
Photogrammetric application of Viking Orbital photography
S.S.C. Wu, A.A. Elassal, R. Jordan, F.J. Schafer
1982, Planetary and Space Science (30) 45-55
Special techniques are described for the photogrammetric compilation of topographic maps and profiles from stereoscopic photographs taken by the two Viking Orbiter spacecraft. These techniques were developed because the extremely narrow field of view of the Viking cameras precludes compilation by conventional photogrammetric methods. The techniques adjust for internal consistency...
Mitigation and enhancement techniques for the Upper Mississippi River system and other large river systems
Rosalie A. Schnick, John M. Morton, Jeffrey C. Mochalski, Jonathan T. Beall
1982, Resource Publication 149
Extensive information is provided on techniques that can reduce or eliminate the negative impact of man's activities (particularly those related to navigation) on large river systems, with special reference to the Upper Mississippi River. These techniques should help resource managers who are concerned with such river systems to establish...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Gulf menhaden
J.Y. Christmas, James T. McBee, Richard S. Waller, Frederick C. Sutter III
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.23
The gulf menhaden is an estuarine-dependent marine species that inhabits northern Gulf of ~1exico waters. The species is generally replaced at the southernmost extent of its range by the finescale menhaden (Brevoortia gunteri) in Texas and the yellowfin menhaden (~. smithi) in Florida. According to mark and recapture studies, there...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Yellow-headed blackbird
Richard L. Schroeder
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.26
Habitat preferences of the yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) are described in this publication. It is one of a series of Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models and was developed through an analysis of available infomration on the species-habitat requirements of the species. Habitat use information is presented in a review of...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Regression models based on harvest of cool and coldwater fishes in reservoirs
Larry R. Aggus, William M. Bivin
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.25
The methods presented in this report are designed to permit habitat classification of reservoirs, containing coolwater, coldwater, and seasonal two-story fisheries, based on harvest of selected coolwater and coldwater sport fishes. Multiple regression equations describing relations between reservoir environmental characteristics and biomass harvest of selected sport fish species or groups...
Digital classification of Landsat data for vegetation and land-cover mapping in the Blackfoot River watershed, southeastern Idaho
L. R. Pettinger
1982, Professional Paper 1219
This paper documents the procedures, results, and final products of a digital analysis of Landsat data used to produce a vegetation and landcover map of the Blackfoot River watershed in southeastern Idaho. Resource classes were identified at two levels of detail: generalized Level I classes (for example, forest land and...
Palaeocopid and podocopid Ostracoda from the Lexington Limestone and Clays Ferry Formation (Middle and Upper Ordovician) of central Kentucky
S.M. Warshauer, J.M. Berdan
1982, Professional Paper 1066-H
The Middle through lower Upper Ordovician Lexington Limestone and lower part of the Clays Ferry Formation contain an abundant and diversified ostracode fauna. More than 10,000 specimens belonging to 39 genera and 53 species have been found in 73 collections made by members of the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Largemouth bass
Robert J. Stuber, Glen Gebhart, O. Eugene Maughan
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.16
This is one of a series of publications that provide information on the habitat requirements of selected fish and wildlife species. Literature describing the relationship between habitat variables related to life requisites and habitat suitability for the Largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) are synthesized. These data are subsequently used to develop...
Habitat Suitability Index Models: Black bullhead
Robert J. Stuber
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.14
The native range of the black bullhead (Ictalurus melas) extends from North Dakota eastward through southern Canada to the upper tributaries of the St. Lawrence River and southward and westward to Texas and northern Mexico (Trautman 1957; Hubbs and Lagler 1958: Scott and Crossman 1973). It has been wide ly...
Digital-transport model study of the potential effects of coal-resource development on the ground-water system in the Yampa River Basin, Moffat and Routt Counties, Colorado
James W. Warner, Robert H. Dale
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-15
Habitat suitability index models: Cutthroat trout
Terry J. Hickman, Robert F. Raleigh
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.5
Cutthroat trout, Salmo clarki, are a polytypic species consisting of several geographically distinct forms with a broad distribution and a great amount of genetic diversity (Hickman 1978; Behnke 1979). Behnke (1979) recognized 13 extant subspecies: Coastal cutthroat (S. c. clarki) in coastal streams from Prince William Sound, Alaska to the...
Analysis of three tests of the unconfined aquifer in southern Nassau County, Long Island, New York
J.B. Lindner, T. E. Reilly
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4021
Drawdown and recovery data from three 2-day aquifer tests (OF) the unconfined (water-table) aquifer in southern Nassau County, N.Y., during the fall of 1979, were analyzed. Several simple analytical solutions, a typecurve-matching procedure, and a Galerkin finite-element radial-flow model were used to determine hydraulic conductivity, ratio of horizontal to vertical...
Determination of irrigation pumpage in parts of Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas
R. J. Lindgren
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4011
Irrigation pumpage was determined for parts of Kearny and Finney Counties in Southwestern Kansas using crop-acreage data and consumptive, irrigation-water requirements. Irrigated acreages for 1974-80 were compiled for wheat, grain sorghum, corn, and alfalfa using records from the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. Consumptive-irrigation requirements were computed using a...
Habitat suitability index models: Black crappie
Elizabeth A. Edwards, Douglas A. Krieger, Mary Bacteller, O. Eugene Maughan
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.6
Characteristics and habitat requirements of the black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus) are described in a review of Habitat Suitability Index models. This is one in a series of publications to provide information on the habitat requirements of selected fish and wildlife species. Numerous literature sources have been consulted in an effort to...
Evaluation of a predictive ground-water solute-transport model at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho
Barney D. Lewis, Flora J. Goldstein
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-25
Aqueous chemical and radioactive wastes discharged to shallow ponds and to shallow or deep wells on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) since 1952 have affected the quality of the ground water in the underlying Snake River Plain aquifer. The aqueous wastes have created large and laterally dispersed concentration plumes...
A three-dimensional ground-water-flow model modified to reduce computer-memory requirements and better simulate confining-bed and aquifer pinchouts
P.P. Leahy
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4023
The Trescott computer program for modeling groundwater flow in three dimensions has been modified to (1) treat aquifer and confining bed pinchouts more realistically and (2) reduce the computer memory requirements needed for the input data. Using the original program, simulation of aquifer systems with nonrectangular external boundaries may result...
Automation of an ion chromatograph for precipitation analysis with computerized data reduction
Arthur G. Hedley, Marvin J. Fishman
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-78
Interconnection of an ion chromatograph, an autosampler, and a computing integrator to form an analytical system for simultaneous determination of fluoride, chloride, orthophosphate, bromide, nitrate, and sulfate in precipitation samples is described. Computer programs provided with the integrator are modified to implement ionchromatographic data reduction and data storage. The liquid-flow...
Method for estimating historical irrigation requirements from ground water in the High Plains in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming
Frederick J. Heimes, Richard R. Luckey
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-40
Historical information on ground-water pumpage for irrigation is required for use with a computer model of the High Plains aquifer. Available historical data on ground-water pumpage in the High Plains were inadequate for use with the computer model. Consequently, a method was developed to estimate historical pumpage data.Two principal components...
Ground-water resources of the glacial outwash along the White River, Johnson and Morgan counties, Indiana
Z. C. Bailey, T.E. Imbrigiotta
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4016
An 88-square-mile segment of the White River valley contains an unconfined sand and gravel aquifer ranging-from a featheredge zero, to 120 feet in saturated thickness. Hydraulic conductivity is 340 feet per day, and transmissivity is as much as 35,000 square feet per day. The aquifer, recharged primarily by precipitation, gains...
Habitat suitability index models: Coastal stocks of striped bass
Mark B. Bain, Jane L. Bain
1982, FWS/OBS 82/10.1
A review and synthesis of existing information were used to develop estuarine habitat models for coastal stocks of striped bass (Morone saxatilis). Models for five life stages are scaled to produce an index of habitat suitability between 0 (unsuitable habitat) and 1 (optimally suitable habitat) for estuarine areas of the...
Techniques for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area, Texas
Larry F. Land, Elmer E. Schroeder, B.B. Hampton
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-18
Equations for predicting the magnitude and frequency of floods in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area were developed from recorded data from streams with drainage areas ranging in size from 1.25 to 66.4 square miles. The U. S. Geological Survey urban rainfall-runoff model was used to generate long-term flood-discharge record for...
Evapotranspiration of applied water, Central Valley, California, 1957-78
Alex K. Williamson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-45
In the Central Valley, Calif., where 57% of the 20,000 square miles of land is irrigated, ground-water recharge from agricultural lands is an important input to digital simulation models of ground-water flow. Several methods of calculating recharge were explored for the Central Valley Aquifer Project and a simplified water budget...
Preliminary projections of the effects of chloride-control structures on the Quaternary aquifer at Great Salt Plains, Oklahoma
J.E. Reed
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-120
About 1,200 tons of chloride per day are added to the salt load of the Salt Fork Arkansas River at Great Salt Plains Lake.from brine discharge from the rocks of Permian age in the vicinity of the lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has planned a chloride-control project. The...
