Geologic map showing springs rich in carbon dioxide or or chloride in California
Ivan Barnes, William P. Irwin, H.A. Gibson
1975, Water Resources Investigations Open-File Map 1975
Carbon dioxide- and chloride-rich springs occur in all geologic provinces in California, but are most abundant in the Coast Ranges and the Great Valley. The carbon-dioxide-rich springs issue mainly from Franciscan terrane; they also are rich in boron and are of the metamorphic type (White, 1957). Based on isotopic data,...
Cost, accuracy, and consistency comparisons of land use maps made from high-altitutde aircraft photography and ERTS imagery
Katherine A. Fitzpatrick
1975, Final Report Volume 6
Accuracy analyses for the land use maps of the Central Atlantic Regional Ecological Test Site were performed for a 1-percent sample of the area. Researchers compared Level II land use maps produced at three scales, 1:24,000, 1:100,000, and 1:250,000 from high-altitude photography, with each other and with point data obtained...
Aerial photographic reproductions
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Report
The National Cartographic Information Center of the U.S. Geological Survey maintains records of aerial photographic coverage of the United States and its Territories, based on reports from other Federal agencies as well as State governmental agencies and commercial companies. From these records, the Center furnishes data to prospective purchasers on...
Land use information and air quality planning
Wallace E. Reed, John E. Lewis
1975, Final Report Volume 7
The pilot national land use information system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the Central Atlantic Regional Ecological Test Site project has provided an improved technique for estimating emissions, diffusion, and impact patterns of sulfur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter. Implementation of plans to control air quality requires land...
Interpretation, compilation and field verification procedures in the CARETS project
Robert H. Alexander, Peter W. De Forth, Katherine A. Fitzpatrick, Harry F. Lins, Herbert K. McGinty III
1975, Final Report Volume 5
The production of the CARETS map data base involved the development of a series of procedures for interpreting, compiling, and verifying data obtained from remote sensor sources. Level II land use mapping from high-altitude aircraft photography at a scale of 1:100,000 required production of a photomosaic mapping base for each...
National Cartographic Information Center Newsletter No. 1
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Newsletter 1
This is the first of what we hope will become a continuing series of quarterly NCIC newsletters. You, the reader, are encouraged to make comments, offer praise or criticism as the occasion warrants, send in suggestions, and contribute information or articles. In this issue, we plan to present information on...
Norfolk and environs: A land use perspective
Robert H. Alexander, Peter J. Buzzanell, Katherine A. Fitzpatrick, Harry F. Lins, Herbert K. McGinty III
1975, Final Report Volume 2, Part A
The Norfolk-Portsmouth Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in southeastern Virginia was the site of intensive testing of a number of land resources assessment methods, built around the availability of remotely sensed data from the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-I), later renamed LANDSAT I. The Norfolk tests were part of a...
Norfolk and environs: A land use perspective
Robert H. Alexander, Peter J. Buzzanell, Katherine A. Fitzpatrick, Harry F. Lins, Herbert K. McGinty III
1975, Final Report Volume 2, Part A
The Norfolk-Portsmouth Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in southeastern Virginia was the site of intensive testing of a number of land resources assessment methods, built around the availability of remotely sensed data from the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-I), later renamed LANDSAT I. The Norfolk tests were part of a...
Flood hazards in the Seattle-Tacoma urban complex and adjacent areas, Washington
B. L. Foxworthy, E.G. Nassar
1975, Report
Floods are natural hazards that have complicated man's land-use planning for as long as we have had a history. Although flood hzards are a continuing danger, the year-to-year threat cannot be accurately predicted. Also, on any one stream, the time since the last destructive flood might be so long that...
Arctic palaeosalinities during late Cainozoic time
Y. Herman, J. R. O’Neil
1975, Nature (258) 591-595
DURING the late Cainozoic, alternations between interglacial and glacial conditions, manifested by waning and waxing of continental ice sheets coincided with the rise and fall of seawater temperatures. Our palaeontological and oxygen isotope data indicate that although the major oceans and low latititude seas underwent large...
Distribution and density of bird species hazardous to aircraft
C.S. Robbins
Sidney A. Gauthreaux Jr., editor(s)
1975, Book chapter, Proceedings of a Conference on the Biological Aspects of the Bird/Aircraft Collision Problem
Only in the past 5 years has it become feasible to map the relative abundance of North American birds. Two programs presently under way and a third that is in the experimental phase are making possible the up-to-date mapping of abundance as well as distribution. A fourth program that has...
Estimates of temperature and precipitation for northeastern Utah
F.K. Fields, D. B. Adams
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 131-136
Estimates of temperature and precipitation were made for northeastern Utah from information that was collected at 67 locations. The variable-length records were converted to the common-time base of 1941-70; then general relations were developed to extend the converted point values to unsampled sites. Regression techniques were used to fill voids...
An integrated-intensity method for emission spectrographic computer analysis
Catharine P. Thomas
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 181-185
An integrated-intensity method has been devised to improve the computer analysis of data by emission spectrography. The area of the intensity profile of a spectral line is approximated by a rectangle whose height is related to the intensity difference between the peak and background of the line and whose width...
Delineation of buried glacial drift aquifers
Thomas C. Winter
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 137-148
Locating and delineating buried glacial-drift aquifers poses one of the major problems to hydrogeologists working in glacial terrain. To show the vertical and horizontal boundaries of aquifers, most techniques require a multiple set of maps, a fence diagram, or a combination of maps and sections. Calculations of the first two...
Information through color imagery
Alden P. Colvocoresses
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 127-129
The color-sensing capability of the human eye is a powerful tool. In remote sensing we should use color to display data more meaningfully, not to re-create the scene. Color disappears with distance, and features change color with viewing angle. Color infrared film lets us apply color with additional meaning even...
A summary of selected chemical-quality conditions in 66 California streams 1950-72
George A. Irwin, Michael Lemons
1975, Report
Water from California streams has been analyzed for concentrations of selected chemical constituents since the early 1950's. This summary includes about 1,200 water years of data from 88 sampling sites on 66 streams. Results of this summary show that about 80 percent of the sites had a mean dissolved-solids concentration...
Descriptions and chemical analyses for selected wells in the Tehama-Colusa Canal Service Area, Sacramento Valley, California
Ronald P. Fogelman
1975, Report
The Tehama-Colusa Canal Service Area is in the northwestern part of the Sacramento Valley, in parts of Yolo, Colusa, Glenn, and Tehama Counties. The area includes 450 square miles (1,160 square kilometres). The boundaries are: West, the eastern slopes of the Coast Ranges; north, Elder Creek; northeast, the Sacramento River...
Water resources data for Wisconsin, water year 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report WI-74-1
Water resources data for Michigan, water year 1974; Part 1, Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report MI-74-1
Surface-water records for the 1974 water year for gaging stations, partial-record stations, and miscellaneous sites within the State of Michigan are given in this report. For convenience there are also included records for a few pertinent gaging stations in bordering States. The records were collected and computed by the Water...
Geochemical prospecting for soluble salts in Kuchakki hamun, Chagai District, Pakistan
S. Anthony Stanin, M.A. Wahid, Aziz Ahmad Khan
1975, Open-File Report 75-165
The surface soil consisting of clay, silt, sand, and salt crust in Kuchakki hamun (dry lake) contains nitrates, sulfates, salts of boron, magnesium, and widely dispersed traces of potassium. No bromine or iodine salts were detected. Several hundred samples of soil were analyzed by spot-test methods, and the results were...
Tabulation of uranium and thorium data on the Mesozoic-Cenozoic intrusive rocks of known chemical composition in Colorado
George Phair, Lillie B. Jenkins
1975, Open-File Report 75-501
Flood-hazard study : 100-year flood stage for Apple Valley Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California
Mark W. Busby
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 75-11
A study of the flood hydrology of Apple Valley, Calif., was undertaken to develop the 100-year flood stage for Apple Valley dry lake. Synthetic hydrologic techniques were used because no adequate hydrologic or meteorologic data were available for the basin. The 100-year flood stage was estimated to be at an...
Water resources data for Texas, water year 1974; Part 1, surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report TX-74-1
No abstract available....
Data summary of June-July 1975 floods in eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
K.L. Lindskov
1975, Open-File Report 75-565
Torrential rains during late June and early July 1975, combined with wet antecedent conditions, caused severe flooding, mainly along the lower reaches of the Sheyenne and Maple Rivers and their tributaries in North Dakota, and in the Buffalo and Wild Rice River basins in Minnesota. The Red River of the...
Water resources data for South Dakota, water year 1974; Part 1, Surface water records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1975, Water Data Report SD-74-1
No abstract available. ...
