Earthquake history of New Mexico
C. A. von Hake
1975, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (7) 23-26
Most of New Mexico's historical seismcity has been concentrated in the Rio Grande Valley between Socorro and Albuquerque. About half of the earthquakes of intensity V or greater (Modified Mercalli intensity) that occurred in teh State between 1868 and 1973 were centered in this region. ...
Inhibition of salt water survival and Na-K-ATPase elevation in steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) by moderate water temperatures
B.L. Adams, W.S. Zaugg, L. R. McLain
1975, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (104) 766-769
The steelhead trout metamorphosis from a freshwater parr to a sea water-tolerant smolt possessing the migration tendency was evaluated at six different growth temperatures ranging from 6 to 15 C during January through July. The highest temperature where a transformation was indicated was 11.3 C. By April fish reared at...
Digital-model study of ground-water hydrology, Columbia Basin Irrigation Project Area, Washington
H.H. Tanaka, A. J. Hansen Jr., J.A. Skrivan
1974, Water Supply Bulletin 40
Since 1952 water diverted from the Columbia River at Grand Coulee Dam has been used to irrigate parts of the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project area in eastern Washington, and as a result ground-water levels generally have risen in the area. The rapid increases in ground-water inflow, outflow, and storage from...
Application of digital modeling to the prediction of radioisotope migration in ground water
J.B. Robertson
1974, Conference Paper, Isotope Techniques in Groundwater Hydrology
Recently developed numerical techniques have been adapted to the solution of transient radioactive solute migration problems in groundwater....
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 5: lower Housatonic River basin
William E. Wilson, Edward L. Burke, Chester E. Thomas Jr.
1974, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 19
The 557 square miles of the lower Housatonic River basin in western Connecticut include the basins of two major tributaries, the Pomperaug and Naugatuck Rivers. Nearly all water is derived from precipitation, which averaged 47 inches per year during 1931-60, In this period an additional 570 billion gallons of water...
Shore zone land use and land cover: Central Atlantic Regional Ecological Test Site
R. Dolan, B.P. Hayden, C.L. Vincent
1974, Natural Resources Report 8
Anderson's 1972 United States Geological Survey classification in modified form was applied to the barrier-island coastline within the CARETS region. High-altitude, color-infrared photography of December, 1972, and January, 1973, served as the primary data base in this study. The CARETS shore zone studied was divided into six distinct geographical regions;...
Presentation and interpretation of chemical data for igneous rocks
T. L. Wright
1974, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (48) 233-248
Arguments are made in favor of using variation diagrams to plot analyses of igneous rocks and their derivatives and modeling differentiation processes by least-squares mixing procedures. These methods permit study of magmatic differentiation and related processes in terms ofall of the chemical data available. Data are presented as they are reported...
A comparison of infrared, radar, and geologic mapping of lunar craters
T.W. Thompson, H. Masursky, R.W. Shorthill, G.L. Tyler, S.H. Zisk
1974, The Moon (10) 87-117
Between 1000 and 2000 infrared (eclipse) and radar anomalies have been mapped on the nearside hemisphere of the Moon. A study of 52 of these anomalies indicates that most are related to impact craters and that the nature of the infrared and radar responses is compatible...
Capture-recapture analysis of a wintering black-capped chickadee population in Connecticut, 1958-1993
C.S. Robbins
1974, American Birds (28) 273-274
We investigated the dynamics of a wintering population of Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) using data from a long-term capture-recapture study. Goodness-of-fit and likelihood-ratio tests indicated that the standard Jolly-Seber model was inadequate for the data, so we explored different parameterizations of a model in which survival probability for new captures...
Optimal exploitation strategies for an animal population in a stochastic serially correlated environment
David R. Anderson
1974, Dissertation Abstracts International (35) 3107
Optimal exploitation strategies were studied for an animal population in a stochastic, serially correlated environment. This is a general case and encompasses a number of important cases as simplifications. Data on the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) were used to explore the exploitation strategies and test several hypotheses because relatively...
Optimal exploitation strategies for an animal population in a stochastic serially correlated environment
David R. Anderson
1974, Book
Optimal exploitation strategies were studied for an animal population in a stochastic, serially correlated environment. This is a general case and encompasses a number of important cases as simplifications. Data on the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) were used to explore the exploitation strategies and test several hypotheses because relatively...
Thin and layered subcontinental crust of the Great Basin western North America inherited from Paleozoic marginal ocean basins?
Michael Churkin Jr., E.H. McKee
1974, Tectonophysics (23) 1-15
The seismic profile of the crust of the northern part of the Basin and Range province by its thinness and layering is intermediate between typical continental and oceanic crust and resembles that of marginal ocean basins, especially those with thick sedimentary fill. The...
Computer model for determining bank storage at Hungry Horse Reservoir, northwestern Montana
T. H. Thompson
1974, Professional Paper 833
A program to compute aquifer-response coefficients
Thomas Maddock
1974, Open-File Report 75-612
An alternating direction technique is used to solve finite difference equations approximating the flow of water in an aquifer. The solutions produce response coefficients relating pumping from wells to drawdowns within those wells. The product of the response coefficient with the pumping values produces a linear algebraic technological function that...
Posssible extension of mineral belts, northern part of Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho
Garland Bayard Gott, Joseph Moses Botbol
1974, Open-File Report 74-67
The ore deposits in the northern part of the Coeur d'Alene district are located within rocks of the Belt Supergroup that have been intruded by Cretaceous quartz monzonites. Lead-zinc-silver replacement veins constitute most of the deposits. The geometry of the district has been modified by post-ore faulting along the Osburn,...
Some aspects of remote sensing for consideration in planning for environmental monitoring of the Alyeska Pipeline, Alaska
Herbert E. Skibitzke
1974, Open-File Report 77-643
Remote sensing data were taken along a line surveyed for the building of the Alyeska Pipeline, Alaska, in the winter of 1973-74. The portion considered in this report is the area from the Yukon River south to Isabel Pass in the Alaska Range. The occurrences of aufeis gave the appearance...
GEOPAC
Richard H. Godson
1974, Open-File Report 74-1039
GEOPAC .consists of a series of subroutines to primarily process potential-field geophysical data but other types of data can also be used with the program. The package contains routines to reduce, store, process and display information in two-dimensional or three-dimensional form. Input and output formats are standardized and temporary disk...
Evaluation of data availability and examples of modeling for ground-water management on Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Alan W. Burns, Michael H. Frimpter, Richard E. Willey
1974, Open-File Report 74-272
Summary of tectonic and structural evidence for stress orientation at the Nevada Test Site
Wilfred James Carr
1974, Open-File Report 74-176
A tectonic synthesis of the NTS (Nevada Test Site) region, when combined with seismic data and a few stress and strain measurements, suggests a tentative model for stress orientation. This model proposes that the NTS is undergoing extension in a N. 50 ? W.-S. 50 ? E. direction coincident with...
Users guide for a U.S. Geological Survey rainfall-runoff model and associated files
Charles W. Boning
1974, Open-File Report 74-33
Hydrology of the Dismal Swamp, Virginia-North Carolina
William Francis Lichtler, Patrick Neil Walker
1974, Open-File Report 74-39
The Dismal Swamp, on the border between eastern Virginia and North Carolina is one of the few remaining large (approximately 210,000 acres) areas of wet wilderness in the eastern United States. There has been much speculation concerning the hydrologic conditions that led to the formation of the swamp.Oaks and Coch...
An investigation of basin effects on flood discharges in North Dakota
Orlo A. Crosby
1974, Open-File Report 74-346
An investigation of the relationship of peak discharge to causative storm variables and drainage-basin characteristics was made to provide guidelines for future analyses of frequency and magnitudes of floods from small drainage areas. The procedure used was (l) to estimate peak discharges on the ll study basins from multiple-regression models developed from the storm variables and...
Water demands for expanding energy development
G. H. Davis, Leonard A. Wood
1974, Circular 703
Water is used in producing energy for mining and reclamation of mined lands, onsite processing, transportation, refining, and conversion of fuels to other forms of energy. In the East, South, Midwest, and along the seacoasts, most water problems are related to pollution rather than to water supply. West of about...
Storage of low-level radioactive wastes in the ground; hydrogeologic and hydrochemical factors
Stavros Stefanu Papadopulos, Isaac Judah Winograd
1974, Open-File Report 74-344
The status of mathematical simulation techniques, as they apply to radioactive waste burial sites, is briefly reviewed, and hydrogeologic and hydrochemical data needs are listed in order of increasing difficulty and cost of acquisition. Predictive modeling, monitoring, and management of radionuclides dissolved and transported by ground water can best be...
Response of ground-water levels of flood control operations in three basins, south-eastern Florida
William A.J. Pitt
1974, Open-File Report 74-86
Three basins in southeastern Florida were investigated to determine the changes in ground-water levels and canal flows that occurred in response to operation of coastal water-control structures in each canal. All three basins are underlain by the Biscayne aquifer. They are, Snapper Creek Canal basin, where the Biscayne aquifer is...
