Effects of the earthquake of March 27, 1964, at Whittier, Alaska
Reuben Kachadoorian
1965, Professional Paper 542-B
Whittier, Alaska, lying at the western end of Passage Canal, is an ocean terminal of The Alaska Railroad. The earthquake that shook south-central Alaska at 5:36 p.m. (Alaska Standard Time) on March 27, 1964, took the lives of 13 persons and caused more than $5 million worth of damage to...
Chemical and modal analyses of the pre-Upper Silurian quartz monzonite, and the post-Lower Devonian granodiorite, Attean quadrangle, Somerset County, Maine
Arden Leroy Albee
1965, Open-File Report 65-1
No abstract available....
Geology of the Model quadrangle in Kentucky
William B. Rogers
1965, Geologic Quadrangle 409
Geology of the Romanzof Mountains, Brooks Range, northeastern Alaska
Edward G. Sable
1965, Open-File Report 65-141
This remote 700 square mile area in the Brooks Range is topographically rugged and geologically diverse; it contains a granitic pluton, low-grade metamorphic rocks, sedimentary rocks, and mafic igneous rocks, as well as glacial features.Rocks of sedimentary origin include from oldest to youngest:1.Neruokpuk Formation Middle and Upper Devonian(?), more than...
Freshwater inflow data for Corps of Engineers model study of Houston, Texas, ship channel
R. E. Smith, E.G. Kaminski
1965, Open-File Report 65-149
Summary of floods in the United States during 1961
J.O. Rostvedt
1965, Water Supply Paper 1810
This report describes the most outstanding floods in the United States during 1961. The most damaging floods during the year were those caused by snowmelt in March and April in the upper Mississippi River basin and those accompanying Hurricane Carla in September.Hurricane Carla traveled northward along the east edge of...
Water resources appraisal of the Anchorage area, Alaska
David A. Sommers, Melvin V. Marcher
1965, Open-File Report 65-151
At the present, water use in the Anchorage area amounts to about 21 mgd (million gallons per day); of this amount ground water accounts for about 10 mgd. By 1980, 60 mgd may be required to meet the demand.The greatest potential problem is overpumping the ground-water reservoir resulting in excessive...
Ground and surface water in the Mesabi and Vermilion Iron Range area, northeastern Minnesota
R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
1965, Water Supply Paper 1759-A
Within the Mesabi-Vermilion Iron Range area, water of good quality is available from the Biwabik Iron-Formation, from stratified drift, and from lakes and streams. About 700 bgy (billion gallons a year) leaves the area as surface water, of which about one-third comes from ground water. Leached, oxidized, and fractured parts of...
An evaluation of aquifer and well characteristics of municipal well fields in Los Alamos and Guaje Canyons, near Los Alamos, New Mexico
Robert L. Cushman
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-D
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles In Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Density comparison method for the measurement of isotopic variations in prepared waters
Joseph Howard McCarthy Jr., Thomas Seward Lovering, Herbert Williams Lakin
1965, Open-File Report 65-103
The falling-drop method of density determination has been modified so that the densities of a standard and a sample water are compared simultaneously. A constant temperature bath that does not vary more than 0.0001°C and an accurate double micropipet are described. The method has sufficient sensitivity and precision to distinguish...
Veins in the northern part of the Boulder batholith, Montana
D. M. Pinckney
1965, Open-File Report 65-123
About 20 miles north of Butte and extending nearly to Helena, is an area of 350 square miles containing hundreds of veins and altered zones. The bedrock of the area is 1) late Cretaceous volcanic rocks, forerunners of the Boulder batholith, 2) the Boulder batholith of late Cretaceous to early...
Hydrogeologic aspects of an analog model study of the Fairfield-New Baltimore area, Ohio
A. M. Spieker
1965, Open-File Report 65-152
Ground-water resources of Pavant Valley, Utah
R. W. Mower
1965, Water Supply Paper 1794
Pavant Valley, in eastern Millard County in west-central Utah, is in the Great Basin section of the Basin and Range province. The area of investigation is 34 miles long from north to south and 9 miles wide from east to west and comprises about 300 square miles. Agriculture, tourist trade,...
Preliminary map of the conterminous United States showing depth to and quality of shallowest ground water containing more than 1,000 parts per million dissolved solids
John Henry Frederick Feth
1965, Hydrologic Atlas 199
In this atlas, mineralized ground water is viewed presently as a source of water in some areas, but in much of the country as a source for future development. Mineralized water underlies large areas of the country, and its importance will grow as present supplies of fresh water are appropriated...
Floods of March-April 1960 in Eastern Nebraska and adjacent states
H.D. Brice, R.E. West
1965, Water Supply Paper 1790-A
Snowmelt floods, record breaking on many streams and outstanding in terms of total area affected and runoff volumes generated, occurred in late March and early April 1960 on Missouri River tributaries in adjacent parts of six states. In order of area affected, the States are Nebraska, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas,...
Water-resources reconnaissance of the Ouachita Mountains, Arkansas
Donald R. Albin
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-J
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles in Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Use of analog models in the analysis of flood runoff
John Shen
1965, Professional Paper 506-A
Water-supply potential from an asphalt-lined catchment near Holualoa Kona, Hawaii
Salwyn S.W. Chinn
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-P
The Jenkins-Whitesburg area includes approximately 250 square miles In Letcher and Pike Counties in the southeastern part of the Eastern Coal Field. In this area ground water is the principal source of water for nearly all rural families, most public supplies, several coal mines and coal processing plants, and one...
Description and analysis of the geohydrologic system in western Pinal County, Arizona
W. F. Hardt, R.E. Cattany
1965, Open-File Report 65-68
Western Pinal County is between Phoenix and Tucson in the Basin and Range physiographic province of southern Arizona and consists of about 2,000 square miles of valley floor with low relief surrounded by mountains. It is the second largest agricultural area in the State, and about 25 percent of the...
Geology and ground water of the Tualatin Valley, Oregon
D. H. Hart, R. C. Newcomb
1965, Water Supply Paper 1697
The Tualatin Valley proper consists of broad valley plains, ranging in altitude from 100 to 300 feet, and the lower mountain slopes of the drainage basin of the Tualatin River, a tributary of the Willamette River in northwestern Oregon. The valley is almost entirely farmed. Its population is increasing rapidly,...
Geology and ground-water resources of Waushara County, Wisconsin
William Kelly Summers
1965, Water Supply Paper 1809-B
Abundant ground water for irrigation is available in the outwash deposits in western Waushara County, and many more large-capacity wells can be developed in these deposits without seriously lowering the water level. Pumping for irrigation temporarily lowers water levels in the vicinity of the wells but has not lowered regional...
Osmotic equilibrium and overthrust faulting
B.B. Hanshaw, E-An Zen
1965, Geological Society of America Bulletin (76) 1379-1385
The two principal suggested modes of facilitating overthrust faulting are (1) lubrication at the sole by evaporite beds or micaceous shales and (2) flotation due to anomalously high (> hydrostatic) pore-water pressures. Past rapid sedimentation and tectonic compression have been suggested as important causes of anomalously high water pressure (Hubbert...
Late quaternary geologic history of the lower Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin
George W. Andrews
1965, Bulletin of the Geological Society of America (76) 113-124
The lower Chippewa Valley in west-central Wisconsin extends 65 miles from the Cary terminal moraine in Chippewa County to the Mississippi River Valley. The Chippewa Valley and its tributaries were filled with a valley train of sand and gravel during the maximum stand of the Cary ice, and entrenchment of...
A simple animal support for convenient weighing
H.P. Pan, J.W. Caslick, D.T. Harke, D.G. Decker
1965, Journal of Wildlife Management (29) 890-891
A simple animal support constructed of web belts to hold skittish pigs for weighing was developed. The support is easily made, noninjurious to the pigs, and compact, facilitating rapid, accurate weighing. With minor modifications, the support can probably be used in weighing other animals....
Eclogites and eclogites: Their differences and similarities
R. G. Coleman, Donald E. Lee, L. B. Beatty, W. W. Brannock
1965, GSA Bulletin (76) 483-508
Eclogites are divisible into three groups based on mode of occurrence: Group A, inclusions in kimberlites, basalts, or layers in ultramafic rocks; Group B, bands or lenses within migmatite gneissic terrains; Group C, bands or lenses within alpine-type metamorphic rocks. The compositions range from olivine basalt for Group A to...
