Statistical data for movements on young faults of the conterminous United States; paleoseismic implications and regional earthquake forecasting
H. R. Shaw, A.E. Gartner, F. Lusso
1981, Open-File Report 81-946
Directory of member organizations of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Janet M. Nokes, Cassandra D. Blackwell
1981, Open-File Report 81-497
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working together to improve access to water data. It consists of member organizations from all sectors of the water-data community. This Directory provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all NAWDEX member organizations and their designated...
Selected biological characteristics of streams in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
Ronald W. Naten, Richard H. Fuller
1981, Open-File Report 81-644
Biological sampling was carried out during 1976-78 in five streams in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, in order to provide baseline water-quality data for an area of potential oil-shale development. The biological activity in the streams sampled generally is limited by physical factors more so than by chemical...
Hydrogeologic data for Dawson, McCone, Prairie, and Richland counties, east-central Montana
Steven E. Slagle
1981, Open-File Report 81-801
Interpretation of deep crustal reflections data for structure and physical properties near active faults
Scott B. Smithson
1981, Open-File Report 81-79
Water-quality assessment of Cache Creek, Yolo, Lake, and Colusa counties, California
Stephen K. Sorenson, Ann L. Elliott
1981, Open-File Report 81-677
Cache Creek and its tributaries from Clear Lake to Yolo Bypass have been the subject of quality and quantity of water studies by several governmental agencies since the early 1900's. Water-quality data from these studies showed that water in the basin is of good quality for most of the beneficial...
Quality of surface water in the coal-mining areas of western Maryland and adjacent areas of Pennsylvania and West Virginia from April 1979 to June 1980
W. W. Staubitz
1981, Open-File Report 81-812
The U.S. Geological Survey is studying the water quality of streams within the Eastern Coal Province. This report contains streamflow, water-quality, and biologic data collected in the North Branch Potomac River basin and in the Maryland portion of the Youghiogheny and Casselman River basins. Data collected from 64 streams from...
Publication search and retrieval system
Elizabeth A. Winget
1981, Open-File Report 81-1096
The publication search and retrieval system of the Branch of Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico Geology, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Mass., is a procedure for listing and describing branch-sponsored publications. It is designed for maintenance and retrieval by those having limited knowledge of computer languages and programs. Because this branch currently...
Preliminary anaylsis of Arizona streamflow-data network for regional information
P.L. Stiehr
1981, Open-File Report 81-920
The Earth Resources Observation Systems data center's training technical assistance, and applications research activities
J. A. Sturdevant
1981, Open-File Report 81-1247
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Data Center (EDO, administered by the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, provides remotely sensed data to the user community and offers a variety of professional services to further the understanding and use of remote sensing technology. EDC reproduces and sells photographic...
Dissolution of sphalerite in ferric chloride solution
Huai Su
1981, Open-File Report 81-609
The dissolution of sphalerite in acidic ferric chloride solution of polished flat surfaces and of spherical particle surface was investigated. Tests were conducted on sphalerite to study rate of dissolution by the effects of stirring speed, temperature, ferric and ferrous concentrations, purity, and particle size.Kinetic investigations were conducted in a...
Annotated selected references on natural resources investigations, Collier County, Florida
Leo J. Swayze
1981, Open-File Report 81-1184
A data base for future natural resources investigations in Collier County was initiated by compiling a selected annotated bibliography. This report provides references and annotations for selected reports released between 1950 and 1978. The references are presented by subject material as follows: biologic, ecologic, geologic, geochemical, and hydrologic....
Proceedings of the Symposium on Mineral Deposits of the Pacific Northwest: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran Section meeting at Corvallis, Oregon, March 20-21, 1980
Miles L. Silberman, C. W. Field, Anne L. Berry
1981, Open-File Report 81-355
Stratiform and volcanogenic zinc-lead-barium deposits occur within the pelagic Kagvik sequence in the Red Dog Creek and Drenchwater Creek areas in the DeLong Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles. The sulfide deposits occur together with barite, tuff, sandstone, shale, chert, and keratophyre flows and sills. The three main occurrences of the...
Benthic macrofaunal biomass of San Francisco Bay, California; January, February, and August 1973
Janet Kay Thompson, Frederic H. Nichols
1981, Open-File Report 81-1331
Benthic macrofaunal biomass data from San Francisco Bay are presented for 43 stations which were sampled in January/February and August 1973. Biomass data for four major groups (Mollusca, Annelida, Athropoda, and a combination of remaining phyla) and for the groups combined are provided with relative rank at each station for...
Sediment grain-size distribution in San Francisco Bay, California; January, February, and August 1973
Janet Kay Thompson
1981, Open-File Report 81-1332
Sediment grain size data for San Francisco Bay are presented from 43 stations in January and February 1973 and from 42 of the same stations in August 1973. Mean and median grain size, sorting, skewness, kurtosis, and size class percentages and ratios are presented for each station....
Flood peaks and discharge summaries in the Delaware River basin
Arthur A. Vickers, Harry A. Farsett, J. Wayne Green
1981, Open-File Report 81-912
Streamflow data from 299 continuous and crest-stage sites in the Delaware River basin are summarized in this report. The location, drainage area, period of record, type of gage, and average discharge for each gaging site are given. Also included are tables of annual peaks and peaks above base, annual and...
Water-quality data for selected stations in the East Everglades, Florida
Bradley G. Waller
1981, Open-File Report 81-821
The results of water-quality samples collected from April 1978 through April 1980 from three canal stations, four marsh stations, and two ground-water stations within the East Everglades, Dade County, Florida, are tabulated in 37 tables. The major categories of parameters analyzed are field measurements, physical characteristics, macronutrients (carbon, nitrogen, and...
Decentralized shared computers in the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Peter L. Ward, James Herriot, William F. Jolitz
1981, Open-File Report 81-104
The needs for computer analysis in the National Earthquake Program are varied, complex, and rapidly growing. Major sources of frustration have been the difficulty of keeping up with the required analysis, and the difficulties of sharing a wide variety of data and computer programs among several hundred researchers at dozens...
Luminescence images of the Patrick Draw geosat petroleum test site, Wyoming
Robert Watson
1981, Open-File Report 81-606
In collaboration with the Geosat committee remote sensing test site program, luminescence images were acquired of parts of the Patrick Draw-Brady oil and gas test site in Wyoming. The Fraunhofer line discriminator was operated at 486.1 nanometer, 589.0 nanometer, and 656.3 nanometer Fraunhofer lines. Most of the luminescence highs occur...
Shallow electromagnetic data from three known fault zones in the Paradox Basin, Utah
Raymond D. Watts
1981, Open-File Report 81-1135
Floodflow characteristics related to channel geometry in Ohio
E.E. Webber, J.W. Roberts
1981, Open-File Report 81-1105
Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of flood-peak discharges, based on channel geometry parameters, are presented as a method for evaluating Ohio floods in geographic areas deficient in flow data. One hundred and sixty gaging stations were selected on streams with alluvial channels unaltered by man. Exposed bedrock is absent...
Stacked profiles of data from a helicopter airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Lake City area, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
William D. Heran
1981, Open-File Report 81-567
Ground-water level and precipitation data for slopes near La Honda, California
Gerald F. Wieczorek
1981, Open-File Report 81-367
Ground water levels and precipitation were measured on a regular basis over a five-year period between October 1975 and October 1980 on two slopes near La Honda, California....
Fisheries resource evaluation, Cache Creek EIS, Wyoming
Paul B. Holden, James R. Campbell
1981, Open-File Report 81-857
The U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Geological Survey are preparing an Environmental Impact Statement on proposed oil exploration in the Cache Creek area of the Teton National Forest, near Jackson, Wyoming. This fishery study represents a portion of the EIS data gathering effort by the U.S. Forest Service. The objective...
National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) System 2000 data retrieval manual
Owen O. Williams, William A. Knecht
1981, Open-File Report 81-419
The manual offers general instructions on the use of SYSTEM 2000 to retrieve any type of data, and specific instructions on how to retrieve data from the U.S. Geological Survey 's Water Data Sources Directory and Master Water Data Index Data Bases. The manual is divided into five major sections...