The regolith at the Apollo 15 site and its stratigraphic implications
M. H. Carr, C.E. Meyer
1974, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (38) 1183-1197
Regolith samples from the Apollo 15 landing site are described in terms of two major fractions, a homogeneous glass fraction and a non-homogeneous glass fraction. The proportions of different components in the homogeneous glass fraction were determined directly by chemical analyses of individual...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Map showing man-modified land and man-made deposits in the Golden quadrangle, Jefferson County, Colorado
H. E. Simpson
1973, IMAP 761-E
No abstract available....
Bottom features and processes related to drifting ice on the Arctic shelf, Alaska
Erk Reimnitz, Peter W. Barnes, Tau Rho Alpha
1973, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 532
Early investigations of artic shelf regions led to the hypothesis that certain micro-relief forms are related to the action of grounded ice (for example, Rex, 1955). Since the introduction of side-scan sonar as a tool for ocean-floor surveys, a number of workers have described the occurrence of linear bottom features...
Appraisal of ground water for irrigation in the Little Falls area, Morrison County, Minnesota
John O. Helgesen
1973, Water Supply Paper 2009-D
Anticipated irrigation on sandy soils has prompted evaluation of ground-water supply potential in the Little Falls area. Geologic conditions cause ground-water availability to vary widely in the area. The largest and most readily available groundwater source is the glacial outwash sand and gravel from which the soils were derived. Test augering...
Geology and mineral resources of central Antioquia Department (Zone IIA), Colombia
R.B. Hall, Jairo Alvarez A., Hector Rico H.
1973, Open-File Report 73-97
This report summarizes the geology of an area of some 6000 square kilometers in the northern part of the Central Cordillera of the Colombian Andes. The area, in north-central Department of Antioquia, was mapped between 1964 and 1968 as part of the Inventario Minero Nacional (IMN) project. Mineral resources are...
Improvement of trout streams in Wisconsin by augmenting low flows with ground water
R.P. Novitzki
1973, Water Supply Paper 2017
Approximately 2 cubic feet per second of ground water were introduced into the Little Plover River in 1968 when natural streamflow ranged from 3 to 4 cubic feet per second. These augmentation flows were retained undiminished through the 2-mile reach of stream monitored. Maximum stream temperatures were reduced as much...
Salt deposits in Los Medanos area, Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico
C.L. Jones, Maurice E. Cooley, George Odell Bachman
1973, Open-File Report 73-135
The salt deposits of Los Medanos area, in Eddy and Lea Counties, southeastern New Mexico, are being considered for possible use as a receptacle for radioactive wastes in a pilot-plant repository. The salt deposits of the area. are in three evaporite formations: the Castile, Salado, and Rustler Formations, in ascending...
Effects of coal mining on the water resources of the Tradewater River Basin, Kentucky
Hayes F. Grubb, Paul D. Ryder
1973, Water Supply Paper 1940
The effects of coal-mine drainage on the water resources of the Tradewater River basin, in the Western Coal Field region of Kentucky, were evaluated (1) by synthesis and interpretation of 16 years of daily conductance data. 465 chemical analyses covering an 18-year period, 28 years of daily discharge data, and...
Erosion processes, fluvial sediment transport, and reservoir sedimentation in a part of the Newell and Zayante Creek basins, Santa Cruz County, California
W. M. Brown III
1973, Open-File Report 73-35
The drainage basins upstream from Loch Lomond, a water-supply reservoir on Newell Creek, and a proposed reservoir site on Zayante Creek were investigated for their characteristics with respect to the erosion, transportation, and deposition of sediment. The study area is underlain predominantly by sandstone, siltstone, and shale of Tertiary age...
Cost analysis of ground-water supplies in the North Atlantic region, 1970
Dagfin John Cederstrom
1973, Water Supply Paper 2034
The cost of municipal and industrial ground water (or, more specifically, large supplies of ground water) at the wellhead in the North Atlantic Region in 1970 generally ranged from 1.5 to 5 cents per thousand gallons. Water from crystalline rocks and shale is relatively expensive. Water from sandstone is less...
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...
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...
Hydrology of the dunes area north of Coos Bay, Oregon
J. H. Robison
1973, Open-File Report 73-241
Hydrology of a 20-square-mile area of dunes along the central Oregon coast was studied. The area is underlain by 80 to 150 feet of Quaternary dune and marine sand which overlies Tertiary marine clay and shale. Ground water for industrial and municipal use is being withdrawn at a rate of...
Stratigraphy and geologic history of the Montana group and equivalent rocks, Montana, Wyoming, and North and South Dakota
James R. Gill, William Aubrey Cobban
1973, Professional Paper 776
During Late Cretaceous time a broad north-trending epicontinental sea covered much of the western interior of North America and extended from the Gulf of Mexico to the Arctic Ocean. The sea was bounded on the west by a narrow, unstable, and constantly rising cordillera which extended from Central America to...
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...
