The magnetic charts of the United States for Epoch 1975
Eugene B. Fabiano, W. J. Jones, Norman W. Peddie
1979, Circular 810
Approximately 24,000 measurements taken from 1900 to 1974 were analyzed by least-squares methods to produce a series of five magnetic charts of the United States for 1975. A feature of the analysis, differing from techniques used for previous editions of the national chart, is that analytic models define the regional...
Possible uranium mineralization, Mineral Mountains, Utah
W. Roger Miller, John B. McHugh, Walter H. Ficklin
1979, Open-File Report 79-1354
The Mineral Mountains block in west-central Utah is a horst whose core stands structurally high relative to all nearby basin-and-range fault blocks. Rocks of the Mineral Mountains range from Precambrian to Quaternary in age, but mostly consist of Tertiary granitic rocks. The range lies with the Wah Wah-Tusher mineral belt....
Revision of the documentation for a model for calculating effects of liquid waste disposal in deep saline aquifers
Inc. INTERA Environmental Consultants
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-96
The model developed under this contract is a modified version of the deep well disposal model developed by INTERCOMP Resource Development and Engineering, Inc., for the U.S. Geological Survey (A model for calculating effects of liquid waste disposal in deep saline aquifers). The model is a finite-difference numerical solution of...
Chemical analyses of ground water related to geothermal investigations in the Teton River area, eastern Idaho
E. G. Crosthwaite
1979, Open-File Report 79-687
Water samples were collected from 31 wells and springs in eastern Idaho and western Wyoming to help evaluate the potential geothermal resources in the Teton River area, Idaho. The water analyses included the common anions and cations, oxygen-18, deuterium, and several minor elements. Actual temperatures of the sampled thermal waters...
Depositional environments of the uranium-bearing Cutler Formations, Lisbon Valley, Utah
John A. Campbell, Brenda A. Steele-Mallory
1979, Open-File Report 79-994
The Cutler Formation in Lisbon Valley, San Juan County, Utah, is composed predominantly of fluvial arkosic sandstones, siltstones, shales, and mudstones that were deposited by meandering streams that flowed across a flood plain and tidal flat close to sea level. Two types of channel deposits are recognized from their sedimentary...
The concentration and mobility of elements in subalpine forest soils in Colorado and Idaho
Gary C. Curtin, Harley D. King, J. M. Nishi
1979, Open-File Report 79-710
Leaching studies of subalpine forest soils collected at seven sites in Colorado and Idaho show that copper, cobalt, chromium, magnesium, barium, tin, strontium, and yttrium are highly mobile elements in these soils; that zirconium, lanthanum, nickel, and scandium are moderately mobile; and that titanium is rather immobile. Furthermore, the results...
Vegetation map of the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
John R. Butler, J. Larry England
1979, IMAP 1141
This map has been prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic investigation of the southeastern Uinta Basin in cooperation with the Utah State Engineer and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. The map defines the extent of dominant types of vegetation within the study area prior...
Modeling highly transient flow, mass, and heat transport in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia
Harvey E. Jobson, Thomas N. Keefer
1979, Professional Paper 1136
A coupled flow-temperature model has been developed and verified for a 27.9-km reach of the Chattahoochee River between Buford Dam and Norcross, Ga. Flow in this reach of the Chattahoochee is continuous but highly regulated by Buford Dam, a flood-control and hydroelectric facility located near Buford, Ga. Calibration and verification...
Application of transient-flow model to the Sacramento River at Sacramento, California
R.N. Oltmann
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-119
The transient-flow simulation model was applied to the Sacramento River at Sacramento, Calif. An alternative is needed to the empirical stage-fall-discharge computational method, which provides only daily mean discharges and requires frequent measurement over a 25- to 26-hour period of the tide-affected flow. Measurement of tide-affected flow involves use of...
Effects of seepage from fly-ash settling ponds and construction dewatering on ground-water levels in the Cowles unit, Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana
William R. Meyer, Patrick Tucci
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-138
Part of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore shares a common boundary with the Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO). This area is underlain by unconsolidated deposits approximately 180 feet thick. NIPSCO accumulates fly ash from the burning of coal in electric-power generating units in settling ponds. Seepage from the ponds...
Seismicity map of the State of Louisiana
C. W. Stover, B.G. Reagor, S. T. Algermissen
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1081
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 Louisiana, even though earthquakes...
An appraisal of pumping effects on the Edgeley Aquifer, La Moure County, North Dakota, as determined by a digital model
M. R. Burkart
1979, Open-File Report 79-748
A finite-difference digital model simulated hydrologic conditions in the Edgeley aquifer, which is an unconfined glacial-drift aquifer. The calibrated model supported the hypothesis that under natural steady-state conditions, recharge is from precipitation and discharge is through evapotranspiration. This hypothesis was further supported by comparing simulated water levels to observed water...
Texas Instruments Model 59 hand-calculator program for interpretation of refraction seismic data over up to four dipping layers
David L. Campbell
1979, Open-File Report 79-1662
No abstract available. ...
Distribution of nitrate and related nitrogen species in the unsaturated zone, Redlands and vicinity, San Bernardino County, California
John M. Klein, Wesley L. Bradford
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-60
Nitrogen in the unsaturated soil zone in the vicinity of Redlands in San Bernardino County, Calif., has been suspected as the source of nitrate in water from wells. Plans have been made to recharge the aquifer with imported surface water. If this occurs, the rising water table will intercept soluble...
New geologic, ground magnetic, E-mode VLF, and radiometric surveys at Phillips Mine-Camp Smith uranium prospect, Westchester and Putnam Counties, New York
David L. Campbell, Richard I. Grauch, Connie J. Nutt
1979, Open-File Report 79-1078
This report updates U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-780 by including new field data taken in July 1978. A revised geologic map is included, as are new geophysical data from an approximately 0.3-km by 0.5-km area just northeast of and adjoining the area surveyed earlier. The pattern which had been...
Streamflow simulation studies of the Hillsborough, Alafia, and Anclote Rivers, west-central Florida
J.F. Turner Jr.
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-102
A modified version of the Georgia Tech Watershed Model was applied for the purpose of flow simulation in three large river basins of west-central Florida. The model was calibrated for six streamflow stations located in these basins using 4 years of historical and current rainfall, runoff, and estimated evapotranspiration data....
Sand dunes on the central Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland and Delaware
Charles Storrow Denny, James Patrick Owens
1979, Professional Paper 1067-C
Inconspicuous ancient sand dunes are present in parts of the central Delmarva Peninsula, Maryland and Delaware. Many dunes are roughly V-shaped, built by northwest winds, especially on the east sides of some of the large rivers. On the uplands, the form and spacing of the dunes are variable. A surficial...
Backwater at bridges and densely wooded flood plains, Yockanookany River near Thomastown, Mississippi
B.E. Colson, C. O. Ming, George J. Arcement
1979, Hydrologic Atlas 599
Floodflow data that will provide a base for evaluating digital models relating to open-channel flow were obtained at 22 sites on streams in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Thirty-five floods were measured. Analysis of the data indicated methods currently in use would be inaccurate where densely vegetated flood plains are crossed...
Simulated changes in ground-water levels and streamflow resulting from future development (1970 to 2020) in the Platte River basin, Nebraska
E.G. Lappala, P. A. Emery, F.J. Otradovsky
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-26
Future changes in ground-water levels and streamflow caused by a limited set of water-resources development conditions were simulated with digital models of stream-aquifer systems within the Platte River Basin, Nebraska. Simulated water-resources use in the basin included private development of ground water for irrigation, Federal development of surface-water systems for...
Seismic refraction profile, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: field operations, instrumentation, and initial results
H. Richard Blank, J. H. Healy, John Roller, Ralph Lamson, Fred Fisher, Robert McClearn, Steve Allen
1979, Open-File Report 79-1568
In February 1978 a seismic deep-refraction profile was recorded by the USGS along a 1000-km line across the Arabian Shield in western Saudi Arabia. The line begins in Paleozoic and Mesozoic cover rocks near Riyadh on the Arabian Platform, leads southwesterly across three major Precambrian tectonic provinces, traverses Cenozoic rocks...
Analyses of surficial deposits, central Brooks Range, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton, James H. Trexler, James McCalpin
1979, Open-File Report 79-228
Seventy-nine sediment samples from the central Brooks Range were analyzed for grain-size distribution, shape and composition of grains, and other physical properties. Four statistical measures (sorting, mean diameter, skewness, and kurtosis) were then computed for the sand-to-clay size fraction of all samples.Fan sediments resemble the other alluvial-gravel deposits in consisting...
Preconstruction and postconstruction ground-water levels, Lock and Dam 3, Red River Valley, Louisiana
A. H. Ludwig, J. E. Terry
1979, Open-File Report 79-920
Proposed construction of a series of locks and dams in the Red River in Louisiana will cause a permanent increase in average river stage. The potentiometric surface of the shallow alluvial aquifer and the water table in the fine-grained material confining the aquifer will be affected. The purpose of this...
Preconstruction and postconstruction ground-water levels, Lock and Dam 4, Red River Valley, Louisiana
A. H. Ludwig, J.E. Reed
1979, Open-File Report 79-921
Proposed construction of a series of locks and dams in the Red River in Louisiana will cause a permanent increase in average river stage. The potentiometric surface of the shallow alluvial aquifer and the water table in the fine-grained material confining the aquifer will be affected. The purpose of this...
Investigations needed to stimulate the development of Jordan's mineral resources
V.E. McKelvey
1979, Open-File Report 79-1569
The level of living that any society can attain is a direct function of the use it makes of all kinds of raw materials (soil, water, metals, nonmetals, etc.), all kinds of energy (both animate and inanimate), and all kinds of human ingenuity; and is an inverse function of the...
Depths of channels in the area of the San Juan Basin Regional Uranium Study, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah
Maurice E. Cooley
1979, Open-File Report 79-1526
During December 1977 and January 1978 about 280 measurements were made of the depths of channels (arroyos) more than 6 feet deep in the San Juan Basin area. More than half of the measurements were made at sites where channel depths had been previously measured Between 1964 and 1969. Some...
