Estimation of the probability of success in petroleum exploration
J.C. Davis
1977, Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (9) 409-427
A probabilistic model for oil exploration can be developed by assessing the conditional relationship between perceived geologic variables and the subsequent discovery of petroleum. Such a model includes two probabilistic components, the first reflecting the association between a geologic condition (structural closure, for example) and the occurrence of oil, and...
Modeling chloride movement in the alluvial aquifer at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
Leonard F. Konikow
1977, Water Supply Paper 2044
A solute-transport model that can be used to predict the movement of dissolved chemicals in flowing ground water was applied to a problem of ground-water contamination at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, near Denver, Colo. The model couples a finite-difference solution to the ground-water flow equation with the method-of-characteristics solution to...
Rise of a variable-viscosity fluid in a steadily spreading wedge-shaped conduit with accreting walls
Arthur H. Lachenbruch, Manuel Nathenson
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 181-188
Relatively rigid plates making up the outer 50 to 100 km of the Earth are steadily separating from one another along narrow globe-circling zones of submarine volcanism, the oceanic spreading centers. Continuity requires that the viscous underlying material rise beneath spreading centers and accrete onto the steadily diverging plates. It...
Digital-model analysis of the effects of water-use alternatives on spring discharges Gooding and Jerome Counties, Idaho
Joe A. Moreland
1976, Water Information Bulletin 42
Springs discharging from the Snake Plain aquifer contribute approximately 6,000 cubic feet per second (170 cubic metres per second) to flow in the Snake River between Milner and King Hill. Before irrigation began on the Snake River Plain north and east of the springs, total spring discharge was about 4,200...
Tectonic framework of petroliferous rocks in Alaska: hydrocarbons
Arthur Grantz, C.E. Kirschner
1976, Book chapter, Circum-Pacific energy and mineral resources (AAPG Memoir 25)
Alaska, which contains about 28% of the land and continental shelf of the United States, is estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to contain about one third of the nation's undiscovered oil and about one sixth of its undiscovered natural gas. The Survey estimates that fields discovered in Alaska through...
Electronic thermal sensor and Data Collection Platform technology: Part 5 in Thermal surveillance of active volcanoes using the Landsat-1 Data Collection System
Duane M. Preble, Jules D. Friedman, David Frank
1976, Report, Thermal surveillance of active volcanoes using the Landsat-1 Data Collection System
Five Data Collection Platforms (DCP) were integrated electronically with thermall sensing systems, emplaced and operated in an analog mode at selected thermally significant volcanic and geothermal sites. The DCP's transmitted 3260 messages comprising 26,080 ambient, surface, and near-surface temperature records at an accuracy of ±1.15 °C for 1121 instrument days...
Textural distribution of sea-floor sediments, south Texas Outer Continental Shelf
Gerald L. Shideler
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 703-713
The general texture of sea-floor sediments along the south Texas Outer Continental Shelf was evaluated in terms of gravel, sand, silt, and clay components. The gravel component is quantitatively minor and is concentrated mainly in the southern sector; it consists, for the most part, of relict biogenic detritus dominated by...
Gravity and magnetic studies of the Geysers-Clear Lake geothermal region, California, USA
William F. Isherwood
1976, Conference Paper, Proceedings: second United Nations Symposium on the development and use of geothermal resources, San Francisco, California, USA, 20-29 May 1975
Gravity and magnetic fields in The Geysers-Clear Lake region are interpreted in relation to the known geology and other available geophysical data. New gravity data provide additional detail with the area of geothermal steam production. Computer techniques were used for removal of the regional gravity field, anomaly enhancement, and modeling...
Man against volcano: The eruption on Heimaey, Vestmann Islands, Iceland
R.S. Williams Jr., J.G. Moore
1976, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey carries out scientific studies in the geological, hydrological, and cartographic sciences generally within the 50 states, but also in cooperation with scientific organizations in many foreign countries for the investigation of unusual earth science phenomena throughout the world. The following material discusses the impact of the...
Modified Carlin-type tag for identifying experimental fish
M.J. Donahoo
1976, Progressive Fish-Culturist (38) 88-89
No abstract available. ...
Strontium isotopic geochemistry of the volcanic rocks and associated megacrysts and inclusions from Ross Island and vicinity, Antarctica
J. S. Stuckless, R.L. Ericksen
1976, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (58) 111-126
Twelve whole-rock samples of volcanic rocks and a composite of 11 basanitoid samples from Ross Island and vicinity, Antarctica show a narrow range of 87Sr/86Sr ratios from 0.70305 to 0.70339. This range is consistent with a model of differentiation from a single parent magma, but the data allow a 30% variation in...
Leasing policies for the extractive resources
E. D. Attanasi, S.R. Johnson
1976, The Annals of Regional Science (10) 36-49
Much of the available analysis of policies for the disposal of publicly held resources is based on comparatively straightforward extensions of the neoclassical pricing and allocation theory. As such, these analyses have to a large extent not fully incorporated the fact that firms normally acquire rights...
Measurements of exclusive photoproduction processes at large values of t and u from 4 to 7.5 GeV
R.L. Anderson, D.B. Gustavson, D.M. Ritson, G.A. Weitsch, H.J. Halpern, R. Prepost, Donald H. Tompkins, D.E. Wiser
1976, Physical Review D (14) 679-697
Exclusive photoproduction cross sections have been measured for the processes γp→π<span...
Relative influence upon microwave emissivity of fine-scale stratigraphy, internal scattering, and dielectric properties
A. W. England
1976, Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH (114) 287-299
The microwave emissivity of relatively low-loss media such as snow, ice, frozen ground, and lunar soil is strongly influenced by fine-scale layering and by internal scattering. Radiometric data, however, are commonly interpreted using a model of emission from a homogeneous, dielectric halfspace whose emissivity derives exclusively...
Problems in shallow land disposal of solid low-level radioactive waste in the united states
P. R. Stevens, G.D. DeBuchananne
1976, Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology (13) 161-171
Disposal of solid low-level wastes containing radionuclides by burial in shallow trenches was initiated during World War II at several sites as a method of protecting personnel from radiation and isolating the radionuclides from the hydrosphere and biosphere. Today, there are 11 principal shallow-land burial sites in the United States...
Landslides - Cause and effect
D. H. Radbruch-Hall, D. J. Varnes
1976, Bulletin of the International Association of Engineering Geology (13) 205-216
Landslides can cause seismic disturbances; landslides can also result from seismic disturbances, and earthquake-induced slides have caused loss of life in many countries. Slides can cause disastrous flooding, particularly when landslide dams across streams are breached, and flooding may trigger slides. Slope movement in general is a major process of...
[Book review] American sportsmen and the origins of conservation
Richard C. Banks
1976, The Auk (93) 864-865
The relationship of this book to ornithology is so indirect that the work barely merits a review on these pages. In a rather subtle way, however, the book may have a considerable effect on at least one aspect of ornithology, that involving scientific collecting. In essence, the volume is an...
Model estimation of energy flow in Oregon coastal seabird populations
J. A. Wiens, J. M. Scott
1976, Condor (77) 439-452
No abstract available. ...
Reproductive rate and temporal spacing of nesting of red-winged blackbirds in upland habitat
Richard A. Dolbeer
1976, The Auk (93) 343-355
The literature contains numerous studies on Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) reproduction. Francis (1971) summarized eight studies dealing with nesting success. These and other studies have also provided information on breeding chronology, clutch sizes, sex ratios, survival rates for eggs and nestlings, reproductive physiology, and other life history aspects of reproduction....
Mathematical models for non-parametric inferences from line transect data
K.P. Burnham, David R. Anderson
1976, Biometrics (32) 325-336
A general mathematical theory of line transects is developed which supplies a framework for nonparametric density estimation based on either right angle or sighting distances. The probability of observing a point given its right angle distance (y) from the line is generalized to an arbitrary function g(y). Given only...
Fatal vaccine-induced canine distemper virus infection in black-footed ferrets
J. W. Carpenter, M.J.G. Appel, R.C. Erickson, M.N. Novilla
1976, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (169) 961-964
Four black-footed ferrets that were live-trapped in South Dakota and transported to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center died within 21 days after vaccination with modified live canine distemper virus. Immunofluorescence, European ferret inoculation, virus isolation attempts, and serum-neutralization tests indicated insufficient attenuation of the vaccine for this species....
Chemical pollutants in field-collected canvasback tissues, eggs, and food materials
Donald H. White, M. P. Dieter, Rey C. Stendell
1976, Book chapter, Transactions of the Canvasback Workshop : April 6-7, 1976, Ramada Inn, Jamestown, North Dakota
In 1972 studies began on the levels of environmental pollutants in canvasback tissues, eggs, and food items. The purpose of the studies were to determine if the levels of toxic chemicals found in canvasbacks were of the magnitude to cause problems affecting reproduction and survival. Overall, levels of...
Behavior of trace elements during magmatic processes - A summary of theoretical models and their applications
Joseph G. Arth
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 41-47
Progress in understanding the behavior of trace elements during the processes that produce igneous rocks has been made possible by the parallel development of theoretical models to describe that behavior and analytical techniques that permit precise measurement of trace-element concentrations in igneous rocks and minerals. The result of this progress...
Petrology of the Paloma Valley ring complex, southern California batholith
D. M. Morton, A.M. Bard
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 83-89
The Paloma Valley ring complex is one of the numerous plutons that make up the Cretaceous southern California batholith. The complex is composite, consisting of (1) an older, single ring dike and two subsidiary short-arced inner dikes, and (2) a younger set of thin short-arced dikes largely inside the older...
Oxygen isotopes of some trondhjemites, siliceous gneisses, and associated mafic rocks
F. Barker, I. Friedman, D.R. Hunter, J.D. Gleason
1976, Precambrian Research (3) 547-557
Analyses of oxygen isotopes in whole-rock samples of 58 Precambrian and Phanerozoic trondhjemites and siliceous gneisses and of 28 cogenetic mafic to intermediate rocks from North America, Fennoscandia, and southern Africa give the following results: 1. (1) 47 trondhjemites, tonalites, and mostly Archean acidic gneisses that apparently are not isotopically...
