Computer program for the calculation of grain size statistics by the method of moments
Michael B. Sawyer
1977, Open-File Report 77-580
A computer program is presented for a Hewlett-Packard Model 9830A desk-top calculator (1) which calculates statistics using weight or point count data from a grain-size analysis. The program uses the method of moments in contrast to the more commonly used but less inclusive graphic method of Folk and Ward (1957). The...
Quality of rivers of the United States, 1974 water year: based on the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
Richard O. Hawkinson, John F. Ficke, L.G. Saindon
1977, Open-File Report 77-151
The National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) was established by the U.S Geological Survey to determine and compare the quality at key locations on the Nation 's major rivers. There are 345 stations in the network--data from the first 101 of these (those operating during the 1974 water year) are...
Leachate plumes in ground water from Babylon and Islip landfills, Long Island, New York
Grant E. Kimmel, Olin C. Braids
1977, Open-File Report 77-583
Landfills operated by the towns of Babylon and Islip in southwest and central Suffolk County, N.Y., contain urban refuse , incinerated garbage, and scavenger (cesspool) waste; some industrial refuse is deposited at the Babylon site. The Islip landfill was started in 1933, the Babylon landfill in 1947. The landfills are...
A summary of the mineral resources of the proposed Great Bear wilderness, Flathead, Teton, and Pondera counties, Montana
Melville Rhodes Mudge, Robert L. Earhart, Dudley D. Rice, Lawrence Y. Marks
1977, Open-File Report 77-95
The proposed Great Bear wilderness has a good potential for oil and gas (mainly gas), and a moderate potential for submarginal resources of copper and silver in a belt 25 miles (40 km) long and about 1 mile (1.6 km) wide that is partly within the study area along the...
Large landslides, composed of megabreccia, interbedded in Miocene basin deposits, southeastern Arizona
Medora Louise Hooper Krieger
1977, Professional Paper 1008
The landslides in the Kearny and El Capitan Mountain quadrangles, Pinal and Gila Counties, Ariz., are tabular or lens like masses of megabreccia enclosed in Miocene basin deposits. The megabreccias within individual slide blocks are composed of pervasively brecciated Precambrian and younger formations that remain in normal stratigraphic sequence, indicating...
Application of a rainfall-runoff model in estimating flood peaks for selected small natural drainage basins in Texas
B.C. Massey, Elmer E. Schroeder
1977, Open-File Report 77-792
A parametric rainfall-runoff simulation model was used to synthesize long-term records of annual peak discharges for small natural drainage basins in Texas. Optimum model-parameter values were determined for each of the 40 basins studied by using short-term rainfall, evaporation, and discharge data. The calibrated model was used in conjunction with...
Glastonbury gneiss body, a modified Oliverian dome, and related rocks in south-central Massachusetts and north-central Connecticut: petrology, geochemistry, and origin
Gerhard W. Leo, Douglas G. Brookins
1977, Open-File Report 77-554
Hydrologic reconnaissance evaluation of the Federal Capital Territory and surrounding areas, Nigeria
L.R. Peterson, Gerald Meyer
1977, Open-File Report 77-596
Initial moderate water requirements of the new Federal Capital Territory in Central Nigeria are available from the two large rivers, the Niger and Benue, from the smaller Gurara River, and possibly from several smaller streams. Ground water in the southwestern part of the Territory and in adjacent areas along the...
Effects of the catastrophic flood of December 1966, north rim area, eastern Grand Canyon, Arizona
Maurice E. Cooley, B. N. Aldridge, Robert C. Euler
1977, Professional Paper 980
Precipitation from the unusual storm of December 1966 was concentrated on highlands in northern Arizona, southwestern Utah , southern Nevada, and south-central California and caused widely scattered major floods in the four States. In Arizona the largest amount of precipitation was in the north rim area of eastern Grand Canyon,...
SIPB: a seismic refraction inverse modeling program for batch computer systems
James Henry Scott
1977, Open-File Report 77-366
SIPB is an interactive Fortran computer program that was developed for use with a timeshare computer system with program control information submitted from a remote terminal, and output data displayed on the terminal or printed on a line printer. The program is an upgraded version of FSIPI (Scott, Tibbetts, and...
Paleomagnetic investigation of late Quaternary sediments of south San Francisco Bay, California
John W. Hillhouse
1977, Open-File Report 77-457
Paleomagnetic inclinations of the Late Quaternary sediments of South San Francisco Bay were determined from bore hole samples collected near Dumbarton Bridge. The sediments consist of estuarine muds and nonmarine sand deposits, floored by bedrock of the Mesozoic Franciscan Formation. - Beneath Dumbarton Bridge the entire sedimentary fill is normally...
Insights from the Chinese Earthquake Catalog on stationary models used for seismic hazard assessment
Robin K. McGuire
1977, Open-File Report 77-715
A brief investigation of the surface-water hydrology of Yemen Arab Republic
Henry Chiles Riggs
1977, Open-File Report 77-150
Yemen, near the southwest tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a mountainous country bordered by a desert on the east and a coastal plain on the west. Rainfall is low and seasonal; consequently, most streams (wadis) are ephemeral. The natural flow regimens of many of the smaller wadis are modified...
Channel erosion surveys along the TAPS route, Alaska, 1977
Robert M. Loeffler, Joseph M. Childers
1977, Open-File Report 78-611
Channel surveys were made along the trans-Alaska pipeline system (TAPS) route during 1977 at the same 28 sites that were studied in 1976. In addition, a new site at pipeline mile 22 near Deadhorse (alignment No 134) along the Sagavanirktok River was put under surveillance. Except for changes wrought by...
Training and assistance at the EROS Data Center. A slide-cassette training module
William J. Redmond
1977, Open-File Report 77-122
No abstract available....
Geology and ground-water in western Santa Cruz County, California, with particular emphasis on the Santa Margarita Sandstone
J. P. Akers, L.E. Jackson
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-15
The water-bearing potential of the geologic formations in the western part of Santa Cruz County, Calif., is evaluated. Most of the sedimentary formations in this area are fine-grained rocks of Tertiary age that have been folded and faulted. These rocks, in general, yield supplies of water sufficient only for individual...
Digital flow model of the Chowan River estuary, North Carolina
C.C. Daniel
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-63
A one-dimensional deterministic flow model based on the continuity equation had been developed to provide estimates of daily flow past a number of points on the Chowan River estuary of northeast North Carolina. The digital model, programmed in Fortran IV, computes daily average discharge for nine sites; four of these...
Aeromagnetic maps with geologic interpretations for the Tularosa Valley, south-central New Mexico
G. D. Bath
1977, Open-File Report 77-258
An aeromagnetic survey of the Tularosa Valley in south-central New Mexico has provided information on the igneous rocks that are buried beneath alluvium and colluvium. The data, compiled as residual magnetic anomalies, are shown on twelve maps at a scale of 1:62,500. Measurements of magnetic properties of samples collected in...
Application of digital profile modeling techniques to ground-water solute transport at Barstow, California
Stanley G. Robson
1977, Open-File Report 77-276
Limnology of selected lakes in Ohio, 1975
Robert L. Tobin, John D. Youger
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-105
Water-quality reconnaissance by the U.S. Geological Survey and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, to evaluate the status of Ohio's lakes and reservoirs was begun in 1975 with studies of 17 lakes. Spring and summer data collections for each lake included: profile measurements of temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, and specific conductance; field...
Finite-difference model of two-dimensional, single, and two-phase heat transport in a porous medium - Version I
Charles R. Faust, James W. Mercer
1977, Open-File Report 77-234
Model documentation is presented for a two-dimensional (areal) heat-transport model capable of simulating both water- and vapor-dominated geothermal reservoirs that conform with the assumptions of the model. Finite-difference techniques are used to solve for the dependent variables pressure and enthalpy. The program is designed to simulate time-dependent problems such as...
Ground-water supplies in the Murfreesboro area, Tennessee
Donald Robert Rima, Mary S. Moran, E. Jean Woods
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-86
Ground water occurs in the Murfreesboro area in solution openings in the otherwise dense paleozoic limestones that underlie most of central Tennessee. Test drilling based on conceptual models of ground-water occurrence in carbonate-rock aquifers indicate that multimillion-gallon-per-day supplies could be developed from strategically located production wells in the Shiloh and...
Genesis of a zoned granite stock, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Travis Hudson
1977, Open-File Report 77-35
A composite epizonal stock of biotite granite has intruded a diverse assemblage of metamorphic rocks in the Serpentine Hot Springs area of north-central Seward Peninsula, Alaska. The metamorphic rocks include amphibolite-facies orthogneiss and paragneiss, greenschist-facies fine-grained siliceous and graphitic metasediments, and a variety of carbonate rocks. Lithologic units within the...
Analog-model analysis of regional three-dimensional flow in the ground-water reservoir of Long Island, New York
Rufus T. Getzen
1977, Professional Paper 982
A three-dimensional analog model of the ground-water system beneath Long Island, N.Y., provides a practical means for studying anisotropic flow on a regional scale. Constructional and operational techniques influence the simulation almost as much as model design does. Usefulness and accuracy of the model depend on (1) inherent and practical...
User's guide for U.S. Geological Survey rainfall-runoff models; revised 1977
Philip Hadley Carrigan Jr., David E. Bower, G.R. Dempster
1977, Open-File Report 77-884
Modified versions of the rainfall-runoff model described by Dawdy, Lichty, and Bergmann (1972) (see W72-11754) are used in the U.S. Geological Survey as a means of synthesizing flood discharges for small drainage areas. Synthesized flood discharges derived through use of long-term (60-70 year) rainfall and evaporation data, provide a more...
