Computer program for the Hewlett-Packard-9825A to contour and plot data collected from helium surveys
G. Michael Reimer, V.C. Dean
1979, Open-File Report 79-865
Sediment discharge and channel change in the North Fork Teton River, 1977-78, Fremont and Madison counties, Idaho
Rhea P. Williams
1979, Open-File Report 79-1335
The Teton Dam failure flood of June 5, 1976, severely disrupted the geomorphic character of North Fork Teton River in Idaho. Extensive channel restoration was required to contain expected normal spring flows. Six principal sites were established on the 17-mile reach of the river to study sediment transport and channel...
Ground-water levels and quality data for Georgia, 1978
J.S. Clarke, W.G. Hester, M. P. O’Byrne
1979, Open-File Report 79-1290
Mean water levels in wells across Georgia were from 0.25 foot higher to 11.4 feet lower in 1978 than in 1977, and in some areas were the lowest on record. Water levels in the principal artesian aquifer underwent a long-term decline during the period 1969-78. In some areas water levels...
Selected well inventory and chemical analyses of ground water, parts of Missoula and Powell counties, Montana
Kathleen R. Wilke
1979, Open-File Report 79-1491
Ground-water data collected in 1975-76 in the Swan and Avon valleys of western Montana and in 1978 in southwestern Missoula are presented in two tables. Table 1 is an inventory of 146 selected wells and table 2 lists chemical analyses of ground water from 52 wells. (Woodard-USGS)...
Rock Analysis Storage System (RASS), Saudi Arabia; an introduction to the system and sample submittal manual, 1978
Lamont O. Wilch, L.D. North
1979, Open-File Report 79-591
The U.S. Geological Survey Saudi Arabian Mission has the responsibility for implementing a computer-based file known as the Rock Analysis Storage System (RASS), which is principally a geochemical data bank or library. Geologic parameters are necessarily provided for, but are far from comprehensive; nevertheless, nine years of operation in the...
The Jabal Ishmas-Wadi Tathlith gold belt, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ronald G. Worl
1979, Open-File Report 79-1519
The Jabal Ishmas-Wadi Tathlith gold belt is a north-south zone of numerous ancient gold mines in the southeastern Precambrian shield of Saudi Arabia, extending along long 43?30'E. between lat 18?N. and 21?30'N., a distance of about 390 km. The gold belt coincides with a major zone of faulting, shearing, and...
Trace-element distribution around a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Charles S. Spirakis
1979, Open-File Report 79-1375
The distribution of trace elements around a south Texas roll-type uranium deposit was examined using semiquantitative emission spectroscopic analytical data complemented by some quantitative data. The results suggest that of the 50 elements analyzed, only beryllium and possibly vanadium are enriched in the altered rock on the updip side of...
Palladium, platinum, and rhodium concentrations in mafic and ultramafic rocks from the Kizildag and Guleman areas, Turkey, and the Faryab and Esfandagheh-Abdasht areas, Iran
Norman J. Page, Tandogan Engin, Joseph Haffty
1979, Open-File Report 79-840
The Kizildag and Guleman areas, Turkey, and the Faryab and Esfandagheh-Abdasht areas, Iran, have produced chromite from ophiolite complexes consisting of harzburgite tectonite, dunite tectonite containing chromitite, pyroxenite, wehrlite, and gabbro. Forty-six samples from these complexes were analyzed in order to investigate the possibility of platinum-group metals being present that...
Ground-water data for Michigan, 1977
G.C. Huffman
1979, Open-File Report 79-332
The purpose of this report is to make available the 1977 records of water levels and related data for the principal aquifers of the State. These records and data provide a means for evaluating available ground-water supplies. Long- term records serve as a framework to which short-term records may be...
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the Pecatonica-Sugar River basin, Wisconsin
D.A. Stedfast
1979, Open-File Report 79-1274-Pecatonica River, Sugar River
The purpose of this report is to describe low-flow characteristics of streams in the Pecatonica-Sugar River basin, Wisconsin, where streamflow data have been collected, and to present equations for estimating low-flow characteristics at ungaged sites. Low-flow characteristics were estimated for 11 gaging stations, 25 low-flow partial-record stations, and 207 miscellaneous sites...
Preliminary catalog of aftershocks of the Guatemala earthquake of February 4, 1976, from the area between Guatemala City and Lake Atitlan
R.A. White, David H. Harlow
1979, Open-File Report 79-864
A six-station seismic network, about 140 km in diameter, has been operated just west of Guatemala City since March 1975, as part of a cooperative project between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Institute Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanologia, Meteorologia e Hidrologia (INSIVUMEH), of Guatemala. The purpose of this project was...
The brightness of lights on Earth at night, digitally recorded by DMSP satellite
Thomas A. Croft
1979, Open-File Report 80-167
The U.S. Air Force has operated its Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) for nearly a decade, and film images from the system have been openly available since 1973. Films are well suited for the study of weather, and users of such films have derived much useful data. For many potential...
Benthic invertebrates, periphyton, and bottom material and their trace-metal concentrations in Salmon Creek basin, Clark County, Washington
Amy C. White, Stuart W. McKenzie
1979, Open-File Report 79-978
In 1978, data were collected for identification and quantification of benthic invertebrates, periphyton, and bottom material and their trace-metals concentrations from three sites in Salmon Creek basin, Wash. Metal analyses included arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, zinc, selenium, and mercury. Physical data collected included water temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, discharge,...
An experimental ground-magnetic and VLF-EM traverse over a buried paleochannel near Salisbury, Maryland
Jeffrey C. Wynn
1979, Open-File Report 79-1505
Since, 1963, the Maryland Geological Survey and the U.S. Geological Survey have been engaged in a study of the Pleistocene Series beneath a 230 square kilometer area around Salisbury, Maryland. (Hansen, 1966; Weigle, 1972; Zohdy and others, 1974, p.56) North of Salisbury a deep Pleistocene paleochannel was discovered; this channel...
A proposed ground water quality monitoring network for Idaho
R.L. Whitehead, D. J. Parliman
1979, Open-File Report 79-1477
A ground water quality monitoring network is proposed for Idaho. The network comprises 565 sites, 8 of which will require construction of new wells. Frequencies of sampling at the different sites are assigned at quarterly, semiannual, annual, and 5 years. Selected characteristics of the water will be monitored by both...
Potential hydrologic effects of peat mining in the Red Lake Peatlands, north-central Minnesota— A project plan
Donald I. Siegel
1979, Open-File Report 79-1591
Peat is being considered for fuel in Minnesota. This study will investigate the potential effects of large-scale surface mining of peat on the hydrology and water quality of Upper Red Lake and the Tamarac River. The major aspects of the study are the characterization of the surface-water and groundwater hydrology...
January 1979 water levels, and data related to water-level changes, western and south-central Kansas
Marilyn E. Pabst
1979, Open-File Report 79-925
This report contains hydrologic data on water-level measurements in observation wells in western and south-central Kansas. The measurements were made in mid-winter, mostly in January, when pumping was minimal and water levels had recovered from the effects of pumping during the previous irrigation season. This report also provides basic hydrologic...
Chemical data and statistical analyses from a uranium hydrogeochemical survey of the Rio Ojo Caliente drainage basin, New Mexico, part I: Water
Karen J. Wenrich-Verbeek, Vivian J. Suits
1979, Open-File Report 79-996
No abstract available....
Measured sections of Upper Ordovician strata in central Kentucky
Gordon Whitney Weir, Warren Lee Peterson, Roy Clark Kepferle
1979, Open-File Report 79-835
The following sections in central Kentucky (fig. 1) are part of the data used in our studies of the Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky. The studies were part of a geologic mapping program by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey. Where not otherwise noted, sections...
Measured sections of Ordovician strata in south-central Kentucky
Gordon Whitney Weir, Warren Lee Peterson, W. C. Swadley
1979, Open-File Report 79-834
The following sections in south-central Kentucky are part of the data used in our studies of the Upper Ordovician rocks of Kentucky. The studies were part of a geologic mapping program by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Kentucky Geological Survey. Most sections were measured in the field...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico District, fiscal year 1978
Pat LeRoy Soule, D. W. Wilkins
1979, Open-File Report 79-560
This is the first of an annual series of reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, will be summarized. This report, which is for fiscal year 1978, should be useful to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in...
Water-resources data collected in the Devil's Hole area, Nye County, Nevada, 1976-77
R.L. Carson
1979, Open-File Report 79-742
This report presents water data collected in Devils Hole and vicinity from July 1976 through June 1977 for the purpose of observing the effects of irrigation pumping on the pool level in Devils Hole, Nye County, Nevada. The pool contains the endangered species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis. The report presents...
Floods in central Texas, August 1978
E.E. Schroeder, B.C. Massey, Kidd M. Waddell
1979, Open-File Report 79-682
Catastrophic floods, which resulted in millions of dollars in property damages and the loss of 33 lives, occurred in Central Texas during August 1-4, 1978, as a result of intense rainfall produced by the remnants of tropical storm Amelia. Rainfall in excess of 30 inches was unofficially reported at several...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Wyoming, fiscal year 1979
D.D. Carlson, S. L. Green
1979, Open-File Report 79-1278
This report contains lists of surface-water stations, ground-water stations, water-quality stations, sediment stations , and peak-flow partial-record stations in Wyoming. The locations of the data-collection sites are shown on maps. Water-resources projects in Wyoming are also described, including many that are related to development of energy resources. The general locations...
Hydrologic data for North Creek, Trinity River basin, Texas, 1977
C.C. Kidwell
1979, Open-File Report 79-335
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service is actively engaged in the installation of flood- and soil-erosion reducing structures in Texas under the authority of "The Flood Control Act of 1936 and 1944" and "Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" (Public Law 566), as amended. The Soil Conservation Service has found that...