An evaluation of water-quality data obtained at four streamflow daily-record stations in Idaho
Kenneth L. Dyer
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-30
Chemical data for four stream-gaging stations in Idaho, each having 6 to 22 years of available records, were analyzed to determine functional relations between concentrations of the major inorganic constituents, specific conductance, and stream discharge. Three of the four stations had sufficient available record for assessing changes in constituent relations...
Streamflow, sediment, and turbidity in the Mad River basin, Humboldt and Trinity Counties, California
William M. Brown III
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-36
The Mad River discharged an average suspended-sediment load of 2,710,000 tons per year during a 13-year period beginning October 1957. Preliminary analysis of data collected during the 1971 water year indicated that about 66 percent of the suspended sediment was derived from sources upstream from a proposed reservoir site on...
Digest of the 1972 catalog of information on water data
F. H. Pauszek
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-63
No abstract available. ...
Index of time-of-travel studies of the US Geological Survey
Charles W. Boning
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-34
This index identifies locations on streams where the U. S. Geological Survey has investigated the time of travel of a highly soluble material moving through a reach of stream channel. This index provides information only on the location of studied stream reaches; it contains no basic data. It does contain,...
Index to water-quality data available from the U.S. Geological Survey in machine-readable form to December 31, 1972: Western region
Charles R. Showen, Owen O. Williams
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-24
No abstract available. ...
Data requirements for modeling a ground-water system in an arid region
Fred Kunkel
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-4
No abstract available. ...
Evaporation from Lake Michie, North Carolina 1961-71
W.L. Yonts, G. L. Giese, E. F. Hubbard
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-38
The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Durham, N. C., collected evaporation data at Lake Michie, Durham's 480-acre water-supply reservoir, for 10 consecutive years from September 1961 to September 1971. Wind speed, air temperature, and water temperature-collected continuously-were used in conjunction with water-budget data to calibrate the semi-empirical...
Floods of 1971 and 1972 on Glover Creek and Little River in southeastern Oklahoma
Wilbert O. Thomas, Robert K. Corley
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-5
Heavy rains of December 9-10, 1971, and Oct. 30-31, 1972, caused outstanding floods on Glover Creek and Little River in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma. This report presents hydrologic data that document the extent of flooding, flood profiles, and frequency of flooding on reaches of both streams. The data presented...
Effects of Urbanization on Floods in the Houston, Texas Metropolitan Area
Steven L. Johnson, Douglas M. Sayre
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-3
Rainfall and runoff data from drainage basins in the Houston metropolitan area and a 60-year rainfall record for the National Weather Service station, Houston-City, were used to simulate 60 annual flood peaks at 26 sites. Selected frequency characteristics, based on these simulated annual peaks, are related to drainage area and...
Sources of data for evaluation of selected geothermal areas in northern and central Nevada
F. H. Olmsted, P.A. Glancy, J. R. Harrill, F. E. Rush, A. S. Van Denburgh
1973, Water-Resources Investigations Report 73-44
No abstract available. ...
Catalog of earthquakes along the San Andreas fault system in Central California, July-September 1972
R. L. Wesson, K.L. Meagher, F.W. Lester
1973, Open-File Report 73-362
Numerous small earthquakes occur each day in the coast ranges of Central California. The detailed study of these earthquakes provides a tool for gaining insight into the tectonic and physical processes responsible for the generation of damaging earthquakes. This catalog contains the fundamental parameters for earthquakes located within and adjacent...
Catalog of earthquakes along the San Andreas fault system in Central California: January-March, 1972
R. L. Wesson, R.E. Bennett, K.L. Meagher
1973, Open-File Report 73-363
Numerous small earthquakes occur each day in the Coast Ranges of Central California. The detailed study of these earthquakes provides a tool for gaining insight into the tectonic and physical processes responsible for the generation of damaging earthquakes. This catalog contains the fundamental parameters for earthquakes located within and adjacent...
Catalog of earthquakes along the San Andreas fault system in Central California, April-June 1972
R. L. Wesson, R.E. Bennett, F.W. Lester
1973, Open-File Report 73-361
Numerous small earthquakes occur each day in the coast ranges of Central California. The detailed study of these earthquakes provides a tool for gaining insight into the tectonic and physical processes responsible for the generation of damaging earthquakes. This catalog contains the fundamental parameters for earthquakes located within and adjacent...
Geology and water resources of the Wharton Tract and the Mullica River basin in southern New Jersey
Edward C. Rhodehamel
1973, Special Report 36
The Wharton Tract is an area of 150 square miles located in the Mullica River basin in southern New Jersey's Pine Barrens region. The tract is a relatively flat, low-lying, generally sandy area containing shallowly incised streams. The larger streams are commonly bordered by swamps. The tract was purchased by...
Sediment discharge in the Lake Tahoe basin, California, 1972 water year
Carl G. Kroll
1973, Report
Streamflow and fluvial-sediment discharge data are being collected at selected streams and highway gutters in the Lake Tahoe basin to determine the extent of erosion from highway cuts and to evaluate the effects of various land treatment practices to reduce erosion. Precipitation in the Lake Tahoe area during 1972 was 77...
Hydrologic Data of the Neponset and Weymouth River Basins, Massachusetts
R. A. Brackley, William B. Fleck, Richard E. Willey
1973, Massachusetts Hydrologic - Data Report 14
The Neponset, Weymouth Fore, and Weymouth Back River basins occupy an area of 183 square miles in eastern Massachusetts south of Boston and Braintree, Brockton, Canton, Dedham, Dover, Foxborough, Hingham, Holbrook, Medfield, Milton, Norwood, Quincy, Randolph, Rockland, Sharon, Stoughton, Walpole, Westwood, and Weymouth. Hydrologic data presented in this report were collected...
Mantle convection and volcanic periodicity in the pacific; Evidence from Hawaii
H. R. Shaw
1973, Geological Society of America Bulletin (84) 1505-1526
The thermal-feedback theory of mantle melting proposed by Shaw in 1969 is found to be quantitatively consistent with data pertaining to the evolution of the Hawaiian Ridge. Applicable rate factors are estimated from relations between lava volumes and position along the ridge given in this paper and the radio-metric age...
Notes on the bromine pentafluoride technique of oxygen extraction
Irving Friedman, Jim D. Gleason
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 679-680
The necessity to use a dry box when loading silicate samples into reaction vessels prior to fluorination is eliminated by the use of a simple loading technique. Data presented show the reproducibility of the fluorination reaction using this technique. Sodium fluoride, when added to saline waters prior to fluorination, improves...
Nodal tidal cycle of 18.6 yr.: Its importance in sea-level curves of the east coast of the United States and its value in explaining long-term sea-level changes
Clifford A. Kaye, Gary W. Stuckey
1973, Geology (1) 141-144
The 18.6-yr cycle of the Moon's nodes dominates the annual means of high water, low water, and range at Boston and at other East Coast harbors. The maxima and minima of the high-water and range curves agree closely with the 180° and 0° long. yr, respectively, of the Moon's ascending...
Summer behavior of immature radio-equipped woodcock in central Maine
R.D. Dunford, Ray B. Owen
1973, Journal of Wildlife Management (37) 462-469
The behavior of 15 immature American woodcock (Philohela minor) was studied in central Maine during the summers of 1969 and 1970 using radiotelemetry. The monitored birds used a variety of nocturnal sites including old fields, bogs, powerlines, highway medians, woods roads, and fore clearings. Old fields were occupied more often...
Fossil forms of Amentiferae
Jack A. Wolfe
1973, Brittonia (25) 334-355
Review of the procedures used in determining fossil plant organs indicates that the many Cretaceous records of extant genera of “Amentiferae” based on leaves should be rejected as theoretically unreliable. Palynological data, in combination with some valid megafossil data, indicate that most recognizable members of “Amentiferae” are no older than...
Regional gravity anomalies and crustal structure in northern Colombia
J. E. Case, W.D. MacDonald
1973, Geological Society of America Bulletin (84) 2905-2916
The central range of the Colombian Andes gives way northward to a series of Cenozoic fault-bordered basins and uplifts near the Caribbean Sea. Pre-Cenozoic structures exposed in the uplifts curve increasingly toward the east to become parallel to the continental margins along the south side of the Caribbean. Major Cenozoic...
Alaska-Aleutian range batholith: Geochronology, chemistry, and relation to circum-Pacific plutonism
Bruce L. Reed, Marvin A. Lanphere
1973, GSA Bulletin (84) 2583-2610
Potassium-argon mineral ages and reconnaissance mapping of approximately 65,000 sq km in south-central Alaska indicate that the Mesozoic and Cenozoic plutonic rocks in the region were emplaced during three discrete intrusive epochs. Most of the plutonic rocks are part of the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith; the remainder appear as outcrops in...
Use of machine-processable field notes in a wilderness mapping project (Granite Fiords area), southeastern Alaska
Henry C. Berg, James G. Smith
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 579-585
For reconnaissance geologic mapping and mineral resource evaluation of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, we developed and used a system of machine-processable field notes. Preprinted field forms standardize notes and serve as checklists that insure collection of all available data. The use of this system cut in half the time required to record data...
A study of the distribution of the polychlorinated biphenyls in the aquatic environment
Hans J. Crump-Wiesner, Herman R. Feltz, Marvin L. Yates
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 603-607
Data gathered from monitoring activities and project studies indicate the ubiquitous occurrence and distribution of polychlorinated biphenyls in the aquatic environment. Residues have been detected in samples from 19 States, representing nearly every region of the country. Concentrations ranged from 0.1 to 4.0 ug/l in unfiltered water samples and 5.0 to 3,200 ug/kg in bottom...
