Water resources of the Cordova area, Alaska
George A. McCoy, Geoffrey W. Freethey
1978, Open-File Report 78-310
This report is a compilation of ground-water, surface-water, and water-quality data collected by the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division on Eyak Lake and Power Creek, near Cordova, and wells in and near Cordova, Alaska. Many of these data were collected as part of a cooperative program with the city...
Water resources data for Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1977: Volume 1. Hawaii
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Water Data Report HI-77-1
Volume 1 of water resources data for the 1977 water year for Hawaii and other Pacific Areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; and water levels and water quality in wells and springs. This report contains discharge records for 114 gaging stations; water quality for...
Documentation for alinement arrays, Motagua fault, Guatemala
R.C. Bucknam
1978, Open-File Report 78-880
The following brief report documents the locations and surveying data for four alinement arrays (fig. 1, p.-7-19) across the Motagua fault, Guatemala, which were installed to measure afterslip occurring along the fault. The arrays represent new monuments installed in areas where displacements had been measured as early as four days...
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska: July 1978
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, S.P. Tilton
1978, Open-File Report 78-300-G
The preliminary geomagnetic data included here is made available to scientific personnel and organizations, as part of a cooperative effort and on a data exchange basis because of the early need by some users. To avoid delay, all of the data is copied from original forms processed at the observatory;...
Geophysical data from the 1975 cruise of the NOAA ship Surveyor in northern Gulf of Alaska
Bruce Molnia, Paul R. Carlson, Lisa H. Wright
1978, Open-File Report 78-209
In April and Flay 1975, a U.S. Geological Survey marine geology field party under the leadership of Bruce F. Molnia and Paul R. Carlson collected geophysical data from the N.O.A.A. ship Surveyor. The cruise, which consisted of 3 legs, studied the area between Cross Sound and Seward (Figure 1). Maps...
Basic data for the geochemical evaluation of National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
P. K. Theobald, H. N. Barton
1978, Open-File Report 78-70-D
No abstract available....
Directory of local assistance centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Melvin D. Edwards
1978, Open-File Report 78-162
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), managed by the U.S. Geological Survey, has established a network of Local Assistance Centers throughout the United States and Puerto Rico to assist users of water data in identifying and locating the data they need. This up-dated Directory provides the information needed to contact...
Water resources data for Mississippi, water year 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Water Data Report MS-77-1
Water resources data for the 1977 water year for Mississippi consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of wells. This report contains discharge records for 85 gaging stations; stage records for 15 of these...
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Missouri basin region
O. James Taylor
1978, Professional Paper 813-Q
The Missouri Basin Region lies in the north-central part of the United States and southern Canada. It includes parts of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Canada; parts of Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri, and all of Nebraska in the United States. The region includes...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Wyoming, fiscal year 1978
F. C. Boner
1978, Open-File Report 78-239
This report contains lists of streamflow and reservoir stations, peak-flow partial-record stations, chemical-quality stations, sediment stations, and observation wells where water levels are measured in Wyoming. The locations of the basic-data sites are shown on maps. Thirty-two water-resources appraisal projects in Wyoming are also described, including many that are related...
Analyses of natural gases from Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf
Dudley D. Rice, Charles N. Threlkeld
1978, Open-File Report 78-428
This report contains analyses and related source data for natural gas samples from 32 fields in the Gulf of Mexico OCS (Outer Continental Shelf).The interpretation of this data, along with analyses from other fields in Texas, is still in progress....
Floods of July 19-20, 1977 in the Johnstown area, western Pennsylvania
Stan A. Brua
1978, Open-File Report 78-963
Intense rainfall on the evening of July 19 and early morning hours of July 20, 1977, resulted in moderate to record flooding throughout much of an eight-county area of southwest Pennsylvania. In a 400-square-mile area directly north and east of Johnstown, rainfall totals of 6 to 12 inches were measured...
A prototype design for microprocessor based digital telemetry transmitter for low frequency data
J. Roger, R. Cutler, M. Varon
1978, Open-File Report 78-674
A prototype microprocessor based digital transmitter with low power requirements has been designed and built for use in dial-up telemetry applications. The processor used is the 8 bit RCA COSMAC. Input data is an analog signal in the range of -5 volts to +5 volts which is digitized to 12-bit...
Water quality in the Sugar Creek basin, Bloomington and Normal, Illinois
Byron J. Prugh Jr.
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-78
Sugar Creek, within the twin cities of Bloomington and Normal, Illinois, has differences in water quantity and quality as a result of urban runoff and overflows from combined sewers.Water-quality data from five primary and eight secondary locations showed three basic types of responses to climatic and hydrologic stresses. Stream temperatures...
Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources; Alaska
Chester Zenone, Gary S. Anderson
1978, Professional Paper 813-P
Alaska has enormous surface-water resources, but many of the streams are frozen for most of the year and most contain glacial silt that makes them unacceptable for human use. These factors lend special significance to ground water as a water-supply source, even though perennially frozen ground (permafrost) profoundly modifies ground-water...
Notes on the availability of mid-Atlantic multichannel seismic reflection profiles 11 and 12-A, -B, -C, and -D
John Stevens Schlee
1978, Open-File Report 78-474
Available are two multichannel profiles collected by Digicon Geophysical Corporation in 1975 using a 48-channel streamer (3600 m long). and a 27.9 cu. liter air gun array. They were processed in Denver on the Phoenix "I" by William C. Patterson. The processing included demultiplexing and resampling, geometry and common-depth-point definition,...
Evaporation and radiation measurements at Salton Sea, California
Alex M. Sturrock
1978, Water Supply Paper 2053
Evaporation from Salton Sea, Calif. was computed for a 539-day period between duly 14, 1967, and January 2, 1969, by use of energy-budget, mass-transfer, and water-budget methods. The total evaporation computed by the three methods agreed within 5 percent. For computing evaporation by the mass-transfer method, vapor pressure measured at...
Report on laboratory testing of shallow sediments, Middle Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf
Daniel P. LaGatta, Karl Dalenberg, H.J. Knebel, D.A. Sangrey
1978, Open-File Report 78-578
This report contains the results of geotechnical engineering testing on cores taken by the U.S. Geological Survey to evaluate the characteristics of the sea floor within the Baltimore Canyon Trough area. The coring took place in September, 1977 aboard the R/V ANNANDALE. During the cruise (AN-01-77), 20 vibracores were taken...
Geologic conditions in the Baltimore Canyon Trough area: A summary of U.S.G.S. second-year environment studies
Harley J. Knebel
1978, Open-File Report 78-921
Geologic studies of the outer Continental Shelf off the Middle Atlantic States (Baltimore Canyon Trough Area) have been carried out for two years to assess conditions and hazards which might cause or distribute oil spills and other potential pollution associated with petroleum exploration and development. These detailed investigations were requested...
Program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina
Hugh B. Wilder, Clyde E. Simmons
1978, Circular 764
The design and objectives of the program for evaluating stream quality in North Carolina are described. Using water-quality and streamflow data collected since the 1940's, a study is underway to define certain variations in water quality, to quantify the effects of man 's activities on water quality, and to determine...
The case of the shrinking channels; the North Platte and Platte rivers in Nebraska
Garnett P. Williams
1978, Circular 781
Since the latter part of the 19th century, channels of North Platte and Platte Rivers in western and central Nebraska have changed considerably. In the 365-km reach from Minatare to Overton, the channel by 2969 ws only about 0.1-0.2 as wide in 1865. The 1969 channel for this reach was...
A literature review of interaction of oxidized uranium species and uranium complexes with soluble organic matter
Joan K. Jennings, J.S. Leventhal
1978, Open-File Report 78-179
Organic material is commonly found associated with uranium ores in sandstone-type deposits. This review of the literature summarizes the classes and separations of naturally occurring organic material but the emphasis is on soluble organic species. The main class of materials of interest is humic substances which are high-molecular-weight complex molecules...
Field data from an observation well in Hillsborough Bay near Tampa, Florida, drilled March 14 to April 5, 1978
William C. Sinclair
1978, Open-File Report 78-984
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the lower Wisconsin River basin
W.A. Gebert
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-118
Low-flow characteristics of streams in the lower Wisconsin River basin are presented. Included are estimates of low-flow frequency and flow duration at 11 gaging stations; low-flow frequency characteristics at 26 low-flow partial-record stations and 70 miscellaneous sites; and a list of low-flow discharge measurements at 155 miscellaneous sites where insufficient...
Electron-microprobe study of chromitites associated with alpine ultramafic complexes and some genetic implications
M. L. Bird
1978, Open-File Report 78-119
Electron-microprobe and petrographic studies of alpine chromite deposits from around the world demonstrate that they are bimodal with respect to the chromic oxide content of their chromite. The two modes occur at 54 ? 4 and 37 ? 3 weight per cent chromic oxide corresponding to chromite designated as high-chromium...
