The role of lava erosion in the formation of lunar rilles and Martian channels
M. H. Carr
1974, Icarus (22) 1-23
Lava tubes and channels develop around active sources of low viscosity lava. The channels normally form without erosion; however, sustained flow can result in the incision of a lava channel and simulation of fluvial erosion features. Lava erosion by means of thermal incision...
Oxygen isotope activities and concentrations in aqueous salt solutions at elevated temperatures: Consequences for isotope geochemistry
A.H. Truesdell
1974, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (23) 387-396
Studies of the effect of dissolved salts on the oxygen isotope activity ratio of water have been extended to 275°C. Dehydrated salts were added to water of known isotope composition and the solutions were equilibrated with CO2 which was sampled for analysis. For...
Earthquake history of Nevada
C. A. von Hake
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 26-29
Since 1852, more than 30 shocks of intensity VI or greater (Modified Mercalli scale) have occurred in western Nevada. At least three of these were classified as intensity X. In addition, seven earthquakes (intensity VI or greater) were centered in the eastern part of the State. Almost 2,000 other shocks...
Mercury's surface: Preliminary description and interpretation from Mariner 10 pictures
B. C. Murray, M. J. S. Belton, G. Edward Danielson, M. E. Davies, D. E. Gault, B. Hapke, B. O'Leary, R.G. Strom, V. Suomi, N. Trask
1974, Science (185) 169-179
The surface morphology and optical properties of Mercury resemble those of the moon in remarkable detail and record a very similar sequence of events. Chemical and mineralogical similarity of the outer layers of Mercury and the moon is implied; Mercury is probably a differentiated planet with a large iron-rich core....
Availability of ground water in the lower Pawcatuck River basin, Rhode Island
Joseph B. Gonthier, Herbert E. Johnston, Glenn T. Malmberg
1974, Water Supply Paper 2033
The lower Pawcatuck River basin in southwestern Rhode Island is an area of about 169 square miles underlain by crystalline bedrock over which lies a relatively thin mantle of glacial till and stratified drift. Stratified drift, consisting dominantly of sand and gravel, occurs in irregularly shaped linear deposits that are...
Ground-water resources of Coke County, Texas
Clyde A. Wilson
1973, Report 166
Coke County, located in semiarid west-central Texas, where large ranches, small farms, and oil production are the main bases of the economy, has a small supply of ground and surface water. Of the approximately 1,900 acre-feet of fresh to moderately saline ground water used in 1968, industry used 880 acre-feet,...
Crater studies: Part A: lunar crater morphometry
Richard J. Pike
1973, Book chapter, Apollo 17 preliminary science report (NASA SP-330)
Morphometry, the quantitative study of shape, complements the visual observation and photointerpretation in analyzing the most outstanding landforms of the Moon, its craters (refs. 32-1 and 32-2). All three of these interpretative tools, which were developed throughout the long history of telescopic lunar study preceding the Apollo Program, will continue...
Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 17 landing site
W.R. Muehlberger, R. M. Batson, E.A. Cernan, V. L. Freeman, M. H. Hait, H. E. Holt, K. A. Howard, E.D. Jackson, K.B. Larson, V. S. Reed, J. J. Rennilson, H.H. Schmitt, D. H. Scott, R. L. Sutton, D. Stuart-Alexander, G.A. Swann, N.J. Trask, G. E. Ulrich, H. G. Wilshire, E.W. Wolfe
1973, Book chapter, Apollo 17 preliminary science report
The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) landed on the flat floor of a deep valley that embays the mountainous highlands at the eastern rim of the Serenitatis basin. Serenitatis, the site of a pronounced mascon, is one of the major multi-ringed basins on the near side of the Moon. The...
Remote sensing and photogrammetric studies: Part D: repeatability of elevation measurements--Apollo photography
Sherman S.C. Wu, Francis J. Schafer, Gary M. Nakata, Raymond Jordan
1973, Book chapter, Apollo 17 preliminary science report (NASA SP-330)
Stereoscopic photographs of the Moon taken by the metric and panoramic cameras on board the service module of Apollo spacecraft provide a source for quantitative data on lunar topography. The accuracy of the topographic data depends, in part, on the repeatability of elevation measurements. The repeatability depends on contrast in...
Thermochemical parameters of minerals from oxygen-buffered hydrothermal equilibrium data: Method, application to annite and almandine
E-An Zen
1973, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (39) 65-80
Reversed univariant hydrothermal phase-equilibrium reactions, in which a redox reaction occurs and is controlled by oxygen buffers, can be used to extract thermochemical data on minerals. The dominant gaseous species present, even for relatively oxidizing buffers such as the QFM buffer, are H2O and H2; the...
Pesticide residues in birds and mammals
L.F. Stickel
C.A. Edwards, editor(s)
1973, Book chapter, Environmental Pollution by Pesticides
SUMMARY: Residues of organochlorine pesticides and their breakdown products are present in the tissues of essentially all wild birds throughout the world. These chemicals accumulate in fat from a relatively small environmental exposure. DDE and dieldrin are most prevalent. Others, such as heptachlor epoxide, chlordane, endrin, and benzene hexachloride...
Sea level history in Beringia during the past 250,000 years
D.M. Hopkins
1973, Quaternary Research (3) 520-540
This paper attempts to relate current knowledge of sea-level history in Beringia to the Broecker-van Donk “Termination” concept of climatic and sea-level history. The Einahnuhtan transgression is thought to represent Termination III, which according to Broecker and van Donk, took place about 225,000...
Mechanisms of high-temperature, solid-state flow in minerals and ceramics and their bearing on the creep behavior of the mantle
Stephen H. Kirby, C.B. Raleigh
1973, Tectonophysics (19) 165-194
The problem of applying laboratory silicate-flow data to the mantle, where conditions can be vastly different, is approached through a critical review of high-temperature flow mechanisms in ceramics and their relation to empirical flow laws. The intimate association of solid-state diffusion and high-temperature creep in pure metals is found to...
Geologic map of the Petavius quadrangle of the Moon
C. A. Hodges
1973, IMAP 794
The large crater Petavius, about 180 km in diameter, is the dominant geologic feature within this quadrangle at the southeast border of Mare Fecunditatis on the east limb of...
Water resources of the New Jersey part of the Ramapo River basin
John Vecchioli, E.G. Miller
1973, Water Supply Paper 1974
The Ramapo River, a major stream in the Passaic River basin, drains an area of 161 square miles, 70 percent of which is in Orange and Rockland Counties, N.Y., and 30 percent is in Bergen and Passaic Counties, N.J. This report describes the hydrology of the New Jersey part of...
Electrical-analog model study of a hydrologic system in Southeast Florida
Charles A. Appel
1973, Open-File Report 73-9
Alas of Mars chart, Mare Tyrrhenum Quadrangle, MC-22
United States Geological Survey
1973, Open-File Report 73-338
This mosaic was made with Mariner 9 pictures provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology. The Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of JPL processed the digital pictures to remove image artifacts and geometric distortions, to enhance high-frequency topographic detail while subduing low-frequency albedo variation, and to transform...
Hydrology and sediment transport, Moanalua Valley, Oahu, Hawaii
B.L. Jones, C.J. Ewart
1973, Open-File Report 73-134
The first 2 years of intensive data collection in Moanalua Valley have resulted in some observations concerning the rainfall-runoff and rainfall-sedimentation characteristics of the basin.This initial study period has been concerned primarily with establishing a reliable hydrologic data-collection network. However, enough data have been collected to determine that rainfall within...
Electric-analog simulation network of unconsolidated aquifers in the upper Wabash River basin, Indiana
James E. Heisel
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-29
The ground-water budget of the unconsolidated deposits in the upper Wabash River basin was modeled. An electrical-simulation network was used to determine an integrated storage coefficient of 0.003 for the basin. Two practical problems were investigated: a municipal pumping problem and the change in flow regime due to the addition...
Atlas of Mars, Iapygia Quadrangle, MC-21
United States Geological Survey
1973, Open-File Report 73-337
This mosaic was made with Mariner 9 pictures provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology. The Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of JPL processed the digital pictures to remove image artifacts and geometric distortions, to enhance high-frequency topographic detail while subduing low-frequency albedo variation, and to transform...
Ground-water hydrology of northern Napa Valley, California
Robert E. Faye
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-13
The alluvium of northern Napa Valley is the principal aquifer of the area and is capable of yielding as much as 3,000 gallons per minute to wells. Generally the larger-yielding wells are along the Napa River where the alluvium is thickest and most permeable. Recharge to the alluvium is chiefly...
Iterative digital model for aquifer evaluation
P.C. Trescott
1973, Open-File Report 73-282
Field reconnaissance of the effects of the earthquake of April 13, 1973, near Laguna de Arenal, Costa Rica
George Plafker
1973, Open-File Report 73-371
At about 3:34 a.m. on April 13, 1973, a moderate-sized, but widely-felt, earthquake caused extensive damage with loss of 23 lives in a rural area of about 150 km2 centered just south of Laguna de Arenal in northwestern Costa Rica (fig. 1). This report summarizes the results of the writer's reconnaissance...
Water-supply development and management alternatives for Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties, Michigan
Kenneth Eugene Vanlier, Warren W. Wood, Jilann O. Brunett
1973, Water Supply Paper 1969
The Tri-County region, consisting of Clinton, Eaton, and Ingham Counties, is an area of 1,697 square miles in Michigan's Lower Peninsula and has as its hub the Lansing metropolitan area. The land surface ranges in altitude from about 700 to about 1,000 feet. The region receives an average of about...
Predicted effects of proposed navigation improvements on residence time and dissolved oxygen of the salt wedge in the Duwamish River estuary, King County, Washington
W.L. Haushild, J.D. Stoner
1973, Open-File Report 73-102
A model of the circulation and quality of water in the Duwamish River estuary has been sufficiently developed to allow prediction of the effects of a proposed widening and deepening of waterways on residence time and dissolved oxygen in the estuary's salt wedge. For a low river-discharge period in August...
