Cylindrical jointing in mafic dikes, central Beartooth Mountains, Montana
Theodore J. Armbrustmacher, Frank S. Simons
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 213-221
Cylindrical joints are well displayed in two Precambrian mafic dikes that cut granitic gneiss in the central Beartooth Mountains, Mont. The dikes are vertical and about 23 m (75 ft) and 23 to 46 m (75-150 ft) thick, respectively. The cylindrical joints are perpendicular to the dike walls, and the...
The Pikes Peak batholith, Colorado front range, and a model for the origin of the gabbro-anorthosite-syenite-potassic granite suite
F. Barker, D. R. Wones, W. N. Sharp, G. A. Desborough
1975, Precambrian Research (2) 99-160
This study of the Pikes Peak batholith includes the mineralogy and petrology of quartz syenite at West Creek and of fayalite-bearing and fayalite-free biotite granite near Mount Rosa; major element chemistry of the batholith; comparisons with similar postorogenic, intracratonic, sodic to potassic intrusives; and genesis of the batholith.The batholith is...
Surface-water availability, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Alfred L. Knight, Marvin E. Davis
1975, Open-File Report 75-458
The average annual runoff, about 1,270 mgd (million gallons per day), originating in Tuscaloosa County is equivalent to 20 inches or 0.95 mgd per square mile. The Black Warrior and Sipsey Rivers, the largest streams in the county, have average flows of 5,230 mgd and 580 mgd, respectively, where they...
A digital-computer model for estimating hydrologic changes in the aquifer system in Dane County, Wisconsin
R.S. McLeod
1975, Open-File Report 75-304
Digital model analysis of the principal artesian aquifer, Glynn County, Georgia
Richard E. Krause, Harlan B. Counts
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-1
No abstract available. ...
Documentation of finite-difference model for simulation of three-dimensional groundwater flow
Peter C. Trescott
1975, Open-File Report 75-438
Water availability of Choctaw County, Alabama
John G. Newton, Jerald F. McCain
1975, Open-File Report 75-477
Large quantities of ground water and surface water are available in Choctaw County. Major sources of ground water are the Nanafalia Formation, Tuscahoma Sand, Hatchetigbee Formation, and Gosport Sand and Lisbon Formation. The Nanafalia Formation is the most productive source of ground water, and individual wells will yield as much...
A water-quality assessment of the Rock Creek (Cass) watershed, Cass and Carroll counties, Indiana
Mark A. Ayers
1975, Open-File Report 75-324
A water-quality assessment of the Rock Creek (Cass) watershed was made June 12 and 13, 1974. Nutrients were resampled November 7, 1974. Surface waters within the watershed were calcium bicarbonate types with very similar concentrations of major dissolved constituents. Samples collected June 13 contained between 7.4 and 14 milligrams per...
Digital-model analysis of the effects of water-use alternatives on spring discharges, Gooding and Jerome Counties, Idaho
Joe A. Moreland
1975, Open-File Report 75-615
Availability of ground water in Marion County, Indiana
William R. Meyer, J. P. Reussow, D. C. Gillies, W. J. Shampine
1975, Open-File Report 75-312
County constitute the most extensive aquifers in the county. Four areally distinct sand and gravel aquifers were mapped in the drift during the course of this study. The aquifer of greatest economic importance consists of sand and gravel deposits of glacial-outwash origin which coincide with the courses of the White...
Water-quality assessment of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 1973-74
Leslie D. Arihood
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-14
The Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is underlain by unconsolidated lake and glacial deposits which have been divided into three units. Unit 1 is comprised mostly of sand and, in the western part of the National Lakeshore, is capable of yielding more than 500 gallons per minute (32 litres per second)...
Hydrologic effects of reducing irrigation to maintain a permanent pool in John Martin Reservoir, Arkansas River Valley, Colorado
Richard R. Luckey
1975, Open-File Report 75-214
The U.S. Geological Survey has evaluated a plan by the Colorado Division of Wildlife to maintain a permanent pool of 10,000 acre-feet (1.2x107 cubic metres) in John Martin Reservoir on the Arkansas River. The proposed pool would be maintained through the use of water formerly diverted by the Catlin Canal...
Sandstone geometry, porosity and permeability distribution, and fluid migration in eolian system reservoirs
Robert Lupe, Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
1975, Open-File Report 75-357
Upper Paleozoic to Mesozoic eolian blanket sandstones of the Colorado Plateau and the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and southern Wyoming are texturally complex. As petroleum reservoirs they commonly have poor performance histories. They contain the sediments of a depositional system comprised of three closely associated depositional subenvironments: dune, interdune, and...
A digital-computer model for estimating drawdowns in the sandstone aquifer in Dane County, Wisconsin
R.S. McLeod
1975, Open-File Report 74-59
A digital-computer program was developed to compute nonsteady and steady-state hydrologic changes caused by pumping from a confined aquifer. The program computes head changes in the confined aquifer and the rate and volume of water withdrawn from aquifer boundaries.The program was used to model the sandstone aquifer underlying Dane County,...
Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Ketchikan area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards
Richard W. Lemke
1975, Open-File Report 75-250
The Alaska earthquake of March 27, 1964, dramatically emphasized the need for engineering geologic studies of urban areas in seismically active regions. A reconnaissance study of the Ketchikan area in southeastern Alaska is part of a program to evaluate earthquake and other geologic hazards in most of the larger Alaska...
MIX2 : a computer program for modeling chemical reaction in natural waters
Niel Plummer, David L. Parkhurst, David R. Kosiur
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-61
Water availability in Perry County, Alabama
Philip C. Reed, J.R. Willmon, Patrick O. Jefferson
1975, Open-File Report 75-482
The principal sources of large quantities of ground water in Perry County are sand and gravel aquifers in the Coker, Gordo, and Eutaw Formations of the Upper Cretaceous Series. Upper Cretaceous deposits, which dip to the southwest at about 35 feet per mile, range in thickness (d from about 400...
Self-calibrating seismic amplifier and telemetry system
John R. Van Schaack
1975, Open-File Report 75-64
A frequency modulated, constant bandwidth, telemetry system has been designed to transmit simultaneously up to 8 channels of seismograph data from remote locations to a central recording site via radio or voice-grade telephone circuit. By utilizing state-of-the-art integrated circuits, the size of the remote unit has been considerably reduced over...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Montezuma Creek-Aneth area, southeastern Utah
C. T. Sumsion
1975, Open-File Report 75-268
The Montezuma Creek-Aneth area is in the northeastern part of the Navajo Indian Reservation in southeastern Utah. It is a semiarid area along the San Juan River near the communities of Montezuma Creek and Aneth. Within the Blanding Basin, geologic formations exposed are of Jurassic and Quaternary age. The rock...
Water availability of Blount County, Alabama
Robert J. Faust, Joe R. Harkins
1975, Open-File Report 75-453
Ground water is obtained mostly from limestone and dolomite aquifers along the Sequatchie anticline and Murphrees Valley anticline and. from sandstone aquifers in Sand Mountain and Blount Mountain synclinal areas. Wells tapping some limestone and dolomite aquifers produce as much as 1.4 mgd (million gallons per day). Wells completed in...
Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run basin, central Pennsylvania
Lloyd A. Reed
1975, Open-File Report 75-26
Rainfall, streamflow, stream chemical, and sediment discharge data were collected from Bixler Run near Loysville, Pa., during the period February 1954 to September 1969, as part of a project to evaluate sediment discharge from an agricultural area that had been adopting soil-conservation techniques at a moderate rate. The study was...
Numerical modeling of liquid geothermal systems
M.L. Sorey
1975, Open-File Report 75-613
Numerical model of the salt-wedge reach of the Duwamish River estuary, King County, Washington
Edmund A. Prych, W.L. Haushild, J.D. Stoner
1975, Open-File Report 75-13
A numerical model of a salt-wedge estuary developed by Fischer has been expanded and used to calculate the distributions of salinity, temperature, chlorophyll a concentrations, biochemical oxygen demand, and dissolved-oxygen concentrations in the Duwamish River estuary, King County, Wash. With this model, which was calibrated and verified with observed data,...
A model for earthquakes near Palisades Reservoir, southeast Idaho
David L. Schleicher
1975, Open-File Report 75-12
The Palisades Reservoir seems to be triggering earthquakes: epicenters are concentrated near the reservoir, and quakes are concentrated in spring, when the reservoir level is highest or is rising most rapidly, and in fall, when the level is lowest. Both spring and fall quakes appear to be triggered by minor...
United States Geological Survey's hydrogeological research programs and plans related to disposal of radioactive waste into geologic formations
George D. DeBuchananne, William Stephens Twenhofel
1975, Open-File Report 75-626
The Geological Survey, United States Department of Interior, has cooperated with the United States Energy Research and Development Administration, formerly the Atomic Energy Commission, for more than 30 years on research related to the disposal of radioactive waste into geological formations. Results of most of this research effort have been...
