Teton Dam flood of June 1976, Moody quadrangle, Idaho
William A. Harenberg, Bruce B. Bigelow
1976, Hydrologic Atlas 568
The failure of the Teton Dam caused extreme flooding along the Teton River, Henrys Fork, and Snake River in southeastern Idaho on June 5-8, 1976. No flooding occurred downstream from American Falls Reservoir. The inundated areas and maximum water-surface elevations are shown in a series of 17 hydrologic atlases. The...
Hydrologic data for Cow Bayou, Brazos River Basin, Texas, 1974
J. K. VanZandt
1976, Report
No abstract available....
Ecology of mangroves in the Jewfish Chain, Exuma, Bahamas
L. V. Wilcox, Thomas G. Yocom, A. M. Forbes
1976, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the International Symposium on biology and management of mangroves
The structure and function of mangrove communities in the Jewfish Chain, Exumas, Bahamas, were investigated for 3-1/2 years. Mangrove vegetation in the Jewfish Chain is similar to that in all the Caribbean-Florida area; Rhizophora mangle L. dominates and is interspersed with Avicennia germinans (L.) Lamk. and Laguncularia racemosa (L.) Gaertn. There is no apparent zonation of...
Hydrology of the North Cascades region, Washington: 2. A proposed hydrometeorological streamflow prediction method
Wendell V. Tangborn, Lowell A. Rasmussen
1976, Water Resources Research (12) 203-216
On the basis of a linear relationship between winter (October-April) precipitation and annual runoff from a drainage basin (Rasmussen and Tangborn, 1976) a physically reasonable model for predicting summer (May-September) streamflow from drainages in the North Cascades region was developed. This hydrometeorological prediction method relates streamflow for a season beginning...
Change in methylene blue active substances and chloride levels in streams in Suffolk County, New York, 1961-1976
Stephen E. Ragone, August A. Guerrera, W.J. Flipse Jr.
1976, Open-File Report 76-600
Since 1961, concentrations of methylene blue active substances and chloride were measured in samples collected at 67 sampling stations on 44 streams in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York. Changes in the concentrations of these constituents and calculated chloride/methylene blue active substances ratios are reported. Although many factors--the 1962 to...
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, August 1974 and chemical monitoring from July 1972 to June 1974
Wilbur C. Ballance, William Thordarson
1976, Report
Radiochemical data from the Arnchitka Island study area were obtained from water samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during August 1974. Tritium determinations were made on 18 samples, and gross alpha and gross beta/ gamma determinations were made on 12 samples. No appreciable differences were found between the data...
Audio-magnetotelluric data log, station location map, and telluric profile data for the Elko Hot Springs Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA), Nevada
Donald B. Hoover, Gary W. Brougham, John Clark
1976, Open-File Report 76-152
No abstract available....
How did the 1906 San Francisco earthquake occur?
W. Thatcher
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 8-13
The 1906 earthquake in San Francisco was of magnitude 8.3 and was the most destructive in the history of the United States. Because this part of California is now much more heavily populated, intense studies have been made of the 1906 earthquake in an effort to understand how it occurred...
A land use and land cover classification system for use with remote sensor data
James R. Anderson, Ernest E. Hardy, John T. Roach, Richard E. Witmer
1976, Professional Paper 964
The framework of a national land use and land cover classification system is presented for use with remote sensor data. The classification system has been developed to meet the needs of Federal and State agencies for an up-to-date overview of land use and land cover throughout the country on a basis that is uniform...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area, 1974
R.M. Slade Jr., J.M. Taylor
1976, Report
No abstract available....
Turbidity distribution in the Atlantic Ocean
Stephen Eittreim, E. M. Thorndike, L. Sullivan
1976, Deep-Sea Research and Oceanographic Abstracts (23) 1115-1127
The regional coverage of Lamont nephelometer data in the North and South Atlantic can be used to map seawater turbidity at all depths. At the level of the clearest water, in the mid-depth regions, the turbidity distribution primarily reflects the pattern of productivity in the surface waters. This suggests that...
Concentration and mineralogical residence of elements in rich oil shales of the Green River Formation, Piceance Creek basin, Colorado, and the Uinta Basin, Utah - A preliminary report
G. A. Desborough, Janet K. Pitman, C. Huffman Jr.
1976, Chemical Geology (17) 13-26
Ten samples from drillcore of two rich oil-shale beds from the Parachute Creek Member of the Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Creek basin, Colorado, and Uinta Basin, Utah, were analyzed for 37 major, minor, and trace elements. For 23 of these elements, principal mineralogical residence is established or suggested and...
Utilization of satellite data for inventorying prairie ponds and lakes
E.A. Work, D.S. Gilmer
1976, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (42) 685-694
By using data acquired by LANDSAT-1 (formerly ERTS- 1), studies were conducted in extracting information necessary for formulating management decisions relating to migratory waterfowl. Management decisions are based in part on an assessment ofhabitat characteristics, specifically numbers, distribution, and quality of ponds and lakes in the prime breeding range. This...
Extended cabfac and Qmodel computer programs for Q-mode factor analysis of compositional data
J.E. Klovan, A.T. Miesch
1976, Computers & Geosciences (1) 161-178
The computer program CABFAC for Q-mode factor analysis of geologic data has been extended for use with data having constant row-sums. Another program, QMODEL, reads an output file from CABFAC and can be used to develop a variety of Q-mode models. The models serve to reproduce estimates of the original...
Instrumental activation analysis of coal and fly ash with thermal and epithermal neutrons and short-lived nuclides
E. Steinnes, J.J. Rowe
1976, Analytica Chimica Acta (87) 451-462
Instrumental neutron activation analysis is applied to the determination of about 25 elements in coals and fly ash by means of nuclides with half-lives of less than 48 h ; thermal and epithermal irradiations are used. The results indicate that epithermal activation is preferable for twelve of the elements (Ga,...
Concretionary manganese-iron oxides in streams and their usefulness as a sample medium for geochemical prospecting
G.A. Nowlan
1976, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (6) 193-210
Correlation studies of 400 samples of sieved stream sediments and 325 samples of fluvial, concretionary Mn-Fe oxides from Maine resulted in the separation of elements into the following categories: (1) elements not scavenged by Mn-Fe oxides — B, Cr, K, Mg, Rb, Sc, Ti, V, and Zr; (2) elements...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1972, Part 2. Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report MD-DE-72-2
No abstract available....
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1973, Part 2. Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report MD-DE-73-2
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1974, Part 2. Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report MD-DE-74-2
No abstract available....
Water resources data for Maryland and Delaware, water year 1974, Part 1. Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report MD-DE-74-1
No abstract available. ...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1975
James H. Eychaner, W.N. Jibson, E.L. Bolke, R. W. Mower, L. R. Herbert, R.M. Cordova, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, G. W. Sandberg, C.T. Sumison, L.J. Bjorklund
1975, Report
This report is the twelfth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties such as legislators, administrators, and planners to keep abreast...
1974 earthquake summary reported by the National Earthquake Information Service
Robert Mallis, editor(s)
1975, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (7) 21-23
For the second consecutive year, earthquake activity in the United States and around the world was below the long term average according to the National Earthquake Information Service (NEIS) in Golden, Colorado. However, more than 5,300 earthquake-related deaths were reported in 1974, up sharply from the approximately 650 deaths in...
A digital-computer model for estimating hydrologic changes in the aquifer system in Dane County, Wisconsin
R.S. McLeod
1975, Information Circular 30
The extensive use of ground water for water supply within Dane County has resulted in the need for an appraisal of the area's ground-water resources. Water-resources planners and other water-oriented groups have expressed concern over ground-water level declines and reductions in streamflow that are occurring as a result of heavy...
Flood of July 21, 1975 in Mercer County, New Jersey
Stephen J. Stankowski, Robert D. Schopp, Anthony J. Velnich
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 51-75
Intense rainfall during the evening of July 20 and early morning hours of July 21, 1975 caused flooding of unprecedented magnitude in highly urbanized Mercer County, New Jersey. Over 6 inches (152 millimetres) of rainfall was recorded during a 10-hour period at Trenton, the capital of New Jersey. No lives...
Water resources data for California, 1974; Part 1: Surface water records; Volume 1: Colorado River Basin, Southern Great Basin, and Pacific Slope Basins excluding Central Valley
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report CA-74-1-1
Surface-water records for the 1974 water year for California, including records of streamflow or reservoir storage at gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites, are given in this report. Records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States also are included. The records were collected and computed by the...
