Geologic structure and occurrence of gas in part of southwestern New York. Part 2. Subsurface structure in part of southwestern New York and mode of occurrence of gas in the Medina group
G. B. Richardson
1941, Bulletin 899-B
Based on the records of several hundred deep wells, contour maps have been prepared showing the monoclinal structure of part of western New York, and isopach lines have been drawn showing the westward convergence of the rocks. The mode of occurrence of natural gas in the Medina group is briefly...
Factors influencing runoff during the flood of December, 1937, in northern California
W.G. Boyt
1941, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (22) 124-129
Engineers and hydrologists engaged on flood‐problems throughout much of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains must deal to a considerable extent with wide‐spread storms covering thousands of square miles. The gradations of meteorologic conditions as regard both area and time are relatively homogeneous during such storm‐events and are...
Determination of small quantities of fluoride in water: A modified zirconium-alizarin method
W.L. Lamar, C.G. Seegmiller
1941, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition (13) 901-902
The zirconium-alizarin method has been modified to facilitate the convenient and accurate determination of small amounts of fluoride in a large number of water samples. Sulfuric acid is used to acidify the samples to reduce the interference of sulfate. The pH is accurately controlled to give the most sensitive comparisons....
Oilfields of the United States
Hugh D. Miser
1940, Nature (146) 437
The modern petroleum industry in the United States of America dates from the drilling of the first commercial oil well in 1859. Up to the present, about a million wells have been drilled for oil and gas, and the total production of petroleum has been 22,452,498,000 barrels, which has been...
The evaluation of magnetic anomalies by means of scales
Irwin Roman
1940, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (21) 319-321
At the 1939 meeting of the Union [Fundamental research in geophysics relating to prospecting, Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 1939, pp. 302 and 390], the writer described a set of scales for aiding in the evaluation of the magnetic anomaly due to a selected magnetized body. During the past year, these...
Extraction of alkalies in rocks: Modification of the J. Lawrence Smith extraction, using barium chloride as a flux
R.E. Stevens
1940, Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Analytical Edition (12) 413-415
No abstract available....
Simplified methods for the prolonged treatment of fish diseases
F. F. Fish
1939, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (68) 178-187
The prevention or control of epidemics of fish diseases by applying a disinfecting solution in a uniform concentration directly to the water supply of a fish pond or trough for a definite period of time has been exceedingly slow in development. In so far as can be determined, the original...
Geology and ground-water hydrology of the Mokelumne area, California
A. M. Piper, H. S. Gale, H. E. Thomas, T. W. Robinson
1939, Water Supply Paper 780
The Mokelumne River basin of central California comprises portions of the California Trough and the Sierra Nevada section of the Pacific Mountain system. The California Trough is divisible into four subsections-the Delta tidal plain, the Victor alluvial plain, tlie river flood plains and channels, and the Arroyo Seco dissected pediment....
Part I—History and activities of the section of geophysics of the United States Geological Survey
F.W. Lee
1939, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (20) 280-291
From the beginning of time, all ingenuity of mankind has been concentrated upon the methods of finding gold and unusual deposits in the earth. An illustration (Fig. 1) from the old treatise by Agricola, “De Re Metallica,” published in 1580, will serve to show the implicit faith of that generation...
Ground‐water problems in the Southern High Plains
Walter N. White
1939, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (20) 32-35
The High Plains region has been passing through a prolonged low in the precipitation‐cycle during a large part of the last decade. The drought has continued longer and has been more severe than any that has been experienced since the region began to be farmed. It has caused untold distress....
The age, growth, and feeding habits of the whitefish Coregonus clupeaformis (Mitchell), of Lake Champlain
John Van Oosten, Hilary J. Deason
1939, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (68) 152-162
This study is based on 120 whitefish collected in northern Lake Champlain (Missisquoi Bay) in 1930 and on 175 whitefish taken in southern Lake Champlain in 1931. Since the whitefish population had not been exploited commercially after 1912 in United States waters and after 1915 in Canadian waters, its study...
Treat - think - and be wary, for tomorrow they may die
F. F. Fish
1938, Progressive Fish-Culturist (5) 1-9
For some very strange reason it is easy to minimize the villian's role, played by disease-producing organisms, in the theater of modern fish culture. Much concern is felt over the food bills footed each month by the hatcheries, but very little is thought about the dead fish which are picked...
Precipitation and vegetation
Ralf R. Woolley, J.C. Alter
1938, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (19) 804-807
As time marches on, historians are usually quite faithful in recording the activities of man, and it will usually be found that Mother Nature is even more meticulous in reflecting and preserving her experiences, more especially with regard to climate and vegetation. Just how much the activities of man have...
On the estimation of temperatures at moderate depths in the crust of the Earth
C. E. Van Orstrand
1937, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (18) 21-33
The modern deep well makes it possible to determine the temperatures of the rocks to depths exceeding two miles, and the rock‐samples obtained at these great depths enable the geologist to estimate the depths to the deeply buried basement‐rocks to a rather high degree of precision. The latter estimates are...
Mode of igneous intrusion in La Plata Mountains, Colorado
E.B. Eckel
1937, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (18) 258-260
The La Plata Mountains, in southwestern Colorado, have long been known as an example of a mountain group of the laccolithic type, although it has been recognized that the igneous geology was much more complex than that of typical laccoliths. A restudy of the ore‐deposits of the District, now in...
Founders of fish culture - European origins
F. F. Fish
1936, Progressive Fish-Culturist (16) 8-10
Just where true fish culture appeared in history depends entirely upon what one considers fish culture to be. If the transportation of fishes from regions of plenty to those of few is to be regarded as fish culture - as it is by some even today - then this story...
Supplementary report on the ground-water supplies of the Atlantic City region
Henry C. Barksdale, Raymond W. Sundstrom, Maurice S. Brunstein
1936, Special Report 6
This report is the second progress report on the ground-water investigations in the Atlantic City region. Many important problems still remain to be solved, however, and it is in no sense a final report. The report covers the area immediately surrounding Atlantic City, extending from Brigantine to Sea Isle City along...
Mode of intrusion of pre‐Cambrian granites in Central Boulder County, Colorado
Edwin N. Goddard
1936, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (17) 257-257
No abstract available....
Net selectivity on the Great Lakes
John Van Oosten
1936, Gold Medal Netting News (10) 2-3
Two experiments, using 784 bobwhite quail chicks, were conducted at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Bowie, Maryland, to find a growing diet that would meet wartime restrictions. In 1941 a diet containing 14 per cent sardine fish meal was formulated and gave satisfactory results from the standpoints of survival and growth....
Gold-quartz veins south of Libby, Montana
Russell Gibson
1934, Circular 7
The area described in this paper is one of rugged mountains, composed chiefly of folded and faulted sedimentary rocks of the Belt series. In the nearby region the beds are intruded by diorite sills and granitic stocks. Glacial drift, including silt deposited in a lake, covers much of the lower...
Guidebook of the western United States: Part F - The Southern Pacific lines, New Orleans to Los Angeles
Nelson Horatio Darton
1933, Bulletin 845
The Southern Pacific Railroad from New Orleans to Los Angeles, a distance of about 2,000 miles, passes through a region exhibiting a great variety of geographic and industrial conditions. The climate, especially the amount of precipitation, is the most influential factor in causing this variety. The low Coastal Plain of southern...
Metalliferous deposits of the greater Helena mining region, Montana
Joseph Thomas Pardee, F. C. Schrader
1933, Bulletin 842
The ore deposits described in this bulletin are distributed through a region of about 3,000 square miles surrounding the city of Helena, Mont. In general the surface of this region is mountainous, but it includes several large intermontane valleys. Large areas in the northern and eastern parts of the region...
Ground water supplies of the Camden area, New Jersey
David G. Thompson
1932, Report
This report is one of several setting forth the results of investigations as to the safe yield of the principal water-bearing formations in certain parts of New Jersey, carried on cooperatively by the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Development and the United States Geological Survey. Other areas in which...
A preliminary report on the artesian water supply of Memphis, Tennessee
F. G. Wells
1932, Water Supply Paper 638-A
Memphis is located in the part of the Gulf Coastal Plain known as the Mississippi embayment. It is underlain by unconsolidated sand and clay formations of Tertiary and Cretaceous age. The Wilcox group, of Tertiary age, and the Ripley formation, of Cretaceous age, are excellent aquifers, and all the water...
Potash brines in the Great Salt Lake Desert, Utah
T. B. Nolan
1927, Bulletin 795-B
During and immediately after the war the brines of the Salduro Marsh, in the Great Salt Lake Desert, were a source of considerable potash for the domestic supply. Although no potash has been produced from these brines in the last few years, a continued interest in the area has been...
