Stochastic analysis of particle movement over a dune bed
Baum K. Lee, Harvey E. Jobson
1977, Professional Paper 1040
Stochastic models are available that can be used to predict the transport and dispersion of bed-material sediment particles in an alluvial channel. These models are based on the proposition that the movement of a single bed-material sediment particle consists of a series of steps of random length separated by rest...
A FORTRAN program for calculating nonlinear seismic ground response
William B. Joyner
1977, Open-File Report 77-671
The program described here was designed for calculating the nonlinear seismic response of a system of horizontal soil layers underlain by a semi-infinite elastic medium representing bedrock. Excitation is a vertically incident shear wave in the underlying medium. The nonlinear hysteretic behavior of the soil is represented by a model...
Thermal loading of natural streams
Alan P. Jackman, Nobuhiro Yotsukura
1977, Professional Paper 991
The impact of thermal loading on the temperature regime of natural streams is investigated by mathematical models, which describe both transport (convection-diffusion) and decay (surface dissipation) of waste heat over 1-hour or shorter time intervals. The models are derived from the principle of conservation of thermal energy for application to...
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...
Correlation of major eastern earthquake centers with mafic/ultramafic basement masses
Martin Francis Kane
1977, Open-File Report 77-134
Extensive gravity highs and associated magnetic anomalies are present in or near seven major eastern North American earthquake areas as defined by Hadley and Devine (1974). The seven include the five largest of the eastern North American earthquake .centers. The immediate localities of the gravity anomalies are, however, relatively free...
Late Pleistocene and Recent geology of the Housatonic River region in northwestern Connecticut
George C. Kelley
1977, Open-File Report 77-545
An investigation of Late Pleistocene and Recent surficial deposits in western Connecticut and adjacent areas was undertaken, to determine characteristics of Wisconsin glaciation and the history and chronology of deglaciation in part of the finely dissected New England Uplands. The study area lies along the midreach of the Housatonic River...
Summary of watershed conditions in the vicinity of Redwood National Park, California
Richard J. Janda
1977, Open-File Report 78-25
The Redwood Creek Unit of Redwood National Park is located in the downstream end of an exceptionally rapidly eroding drainage basin. Spatial distribution and types of erosional landforms, observed in the field and on time-sequential aerial photographs, measured sediment loads, and the lithologic heterogeneity of streambed materials indicated (1) that...
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,...
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...
Studies related to the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake of 1886: A preliminary report
Douglas W. Rankin
1977, Professional Paper 1028
PART A: The seismic history of the southeastern United States is dominated by the 1886 earthquake near Charleston, S.C. An understanding of the specific source and the uniqueness of the neotectonic setting of this large earthquake is essential in order to properly assess seismic hazards in the southeastern United States....
Ground-water resources of the Upper Winooski River basin, Vermont
Arthur L. Hodges Jr., Richard E. Willey, James W. Ashley, David Butterfield
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-120
Ground water in the upper Winooski River basin, Vermont, occurs in bedrock and in overlying unconsolidated deposits of glacial origin. Bedrock in the area is composed of a series of metamorphic and igneous rocks. Median yield for 126 wells in four different bedrock formations ranges from 5 to 6 gallons...
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...
Geological studies on the COST No. B-2 well, U. S. Mid-Atlantic outer continental shelf area
Peter A. Scholle
1977, Circular 750
The COST No. B-2 well is the first deep stratigraphic test to be drilled on the United States Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf (AOCS) area. The well was drilled on the eastern flank of the Baltimore Canyon trough to a total depth of 16,043 feet; it penetrated a section composed almost...
The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program; background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska
E. M. MacKevett, N. R. D. Albert, D.F. Barnes, J. E. Case, Keith Robinson, D.A. Singer
1977, Circular 739
The McCarthy 1? by 3? quadrangle, in eastern south-central Alaska, contains potentially significant resources of copper and possibly of a few other commodities. This circular and a companion folio of maps represent results of integrated field and laboratory studies in the disciplines of geology, geophysics, geochemistry, and satellite imagery that...
Environmental geology, Allegheny County and vicinity, Pennsylvania: Description of a program and its results
Reginald Peter Briggs
1977, Circular 747
Past land-use practices, including mining, in Allegheny County, Pa., have resulted in three principal environmental problems, exclusive of air and water contamination. They are flooding, landsliding, and subsidence over underground mines. In 1973, information was most complete relative to flooding and least complete relative to landsliding. Accordingly, in July 1973,...
Application of digital profile modeling techniques to ground-water solute transport at Barstow, California
Stanley G. Robson
1977, Open-File Report 77-276
Study results of 9 sites used by off-road vehicles that illustrate land modifications
Howard Gordon Wilshire
1977, Open-File Report 77-601
Simulated changes in ground-water levels resulting from proposed phosphate mining, west-central Florida; preliminary results
William Edward Wilson
1977, Open-File Report 77-882
A digital model of two-dimensional ground-water flow was used to simulate projected changes in the Floridan aquifer potentiometric surface in 1985 and 2000, resulting from proposed ground-water developments by the phosphate mining industry in west-central Florida. The .model was calibrated under steady-state conditions to simulate the September 1975 potentiometric surface....
Reconnaissance engineering geology of the Metlakatla area, Annette Island, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquakes and other geologic hazards
Lynn A. Yehle
1977, Open-File Report 77-272
A program to study the engineering geology of most larger Alaska coastal communities and to evaluate their earthquake and other geologic hazards was started following the 1964 Alaska earthquake; this report about the Metlakatla area, Annette Island, is a product of that program. Field-study methods were of a reconnaissance nature,...
Uranium mobility during interaction of rhyolitic glass with alkaline solutions: dissolution of glass
Robert A. Zielinski
1977, Open-File Report 77-744
This report concerns investigations designed to identify the important physical and chemical parameters influencing the rate of release of uranium from glass shards of rhyolitic air-fall ash. Oxidizing, silica undersaturated, alkaline solutions are eluted through a column of rhyolitic glass shards at a carefully controlled temperature, pressure, and flow rate....
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...
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...
Water resources of the Maunabo Valley, Puerto Rico
D. G. Adolphson, M.A. Seijo, Tully M. Robison
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-115
The Maunabo Valley, in southestern Puerto Rico, consists of a 3.5-square-mile alluvial plain surrounded by hills of metavolcanic and igneous intrusive rocks. The principal source of ground water in the basin is a shallow unconfined aquifer in the valley alluvium. Continuous pumping of the shallow aquifer has induced the flow...
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...
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....
