Coal resources of the United States, A progress report, November 1, 1950
Paul Averitt, Louise R. Berryhill
1950, Circular 94
Interest in the quantity and quality of the coal reserves of the United States has increased greatly since the end of World War II, principally because of the growing realization that the ultimate reserves of petroleum and natural gas, although largely undefined, still. have finite limits. With the greatly increased...
Salinity of ground water at sampling wells located in southeastern Nassau County, Long Island, New York
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1950, Open-File Report 50-82
In 1939, a special program for the systematic collection of chloride data in southeastern Nassau County was inaugurated in which three agencies participated. The Nassau County Department of Public Works constructed the sampling wells, the Ground Water Branch of the U.S. Geological Survey began to collect at period intervals water...
Second progress report on the cooperative investigation of springs and stream flow in the Tecolote Tunnel area of Santa Barbara County, California
Harold C. Troxell, C.E. Burgess
1950, Open-File Report 50-101
This report represents the second of a series of progress reports giving the results of discharge measurements made at more than 100 locations in the Santa Ynez Mountains from the Refugio Canyon on the west to the San Marcos Pass and Painted Cave area on the east. The flow in...
Chemical composition of Texas surface waters, 1949
Burdge Irelan
1950, Open-File Report 50-78
This report is the fifth the a series of publications by the Texas Board of Water Engineers giving chemical analyses of the surface waters in the State of Texas. The samples for which data are given were collected between October 1, 1948 and September 30, 1949. During the water year...
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1949
Delmar W. Berry
1950, Open-File Report 50-55
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the United States Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources...
Bibliography of publications relating to ground water in Connecticut
R.V. Cushman
1950, Open-File Report 50-67
The United States Geological Survey is currently investigating the ground-water resources of Connecticut in cooperation with the State Water Commission. As part of this cooperative project, in order to summarize the knowledge already gained about ground water in the State, a bibliography of reports dealing with ground water in Connecticut...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data, relocation of Route 2, Stations 138-155 in Lancaster, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-44
The proposed relocation of the Concord-Westminster Highway, Route 2, in Lancaster, Mass., requires a long, deep cut between stations 138 and 155. A preliminary seismic survey was made of the site in October 1949. At that time five transverses were made along the base-line, and three transverse to it. This...
The Fire Clay and Whitesburg coals in the Hyden quadrangle, Leslie, Clay, and Perry Counties, Kentucky
John Edward Johnston, W. A. Heck
1950, Coal Map 5
This preliminary report on the coal in the Hyden quadrangle, Kentucky, presents data on two of the principal commercial coals. The Fire Clay is the most valuable commercial coal in the quadrangle, and locally the Whitesburg bed is of minable thickness. Special emphasis has been placed on determining the thickness,...
Techniques used in mine-water problems of the east Tennessee zinc district
Deane Frederick Kent
1950, Circular 71
A study of ground water as related to mining in cavernous limestones and dolomites in eastern Tennessee was made in 1946 by the U. S. Geological Survey. Surface and subsurface mapping indicated the geologic control of underground channels. Several methods of tracing water were tried and new techniques in using...
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1948
Delmar W. Berry
1950, Open-File Report 50-54
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources in...
Preliminary report on selected sections of Lisburne Limestone, Brooks Range, Alaska
William P. Brosge, Hillard N. Reiser
1950, Geological Investigations, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 4, Alaska 31
Location: - This report describes sections of the Lisburne limestone studied in the foothills and northern mountains of the Brooks Range, Alaska. The area covered extends along the front of the range from Sagavanirktok Lake (68°28' N. - 149°25' W.) west to the head of the Kukpowruk River (68°25' N....
Discussion of “Annual floods and the partial duration flood series”
Ven Te Chow, W. B. Langbein
1950, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (31) 393-941
The writer is interested in finding from this paper a similar idea which he had in mind when engaging in a statistical study of hydrologic data, a part of the Highway Drainage Research Project being carried out in the Department of Civil Engineering, the University of Illinois. However, a complete...
Activity Of Paricutin Volcano From August 1, 1948 to June 30, 1949
Carl Fries Jr., Celedonio Gutierrez
1950, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (31) 406-418
The present brief summary of activity at Paricutin Volcano, State of Michoacán, Mexico, follows the pattern of the last report on this volcano published in these Transactions late in 1948 [Wilcox and Gutierrez, 1948]. Anticipating the end of his two‐year period of observation at Parícutin in December 1948, Wilcox instructed the junior...
Populations and home range relationships of the box turtle, Terrapene c. carolina (Linnaeus)
Lucille F. Stickel
1950, Ecological Monographs (20) 351-378
SUMMARY: A population study of the box turtle (Terrapene c. carolina Linnaeus) was made during the years 1944 to 1947 at the Patuxent Research Refuge, Maryland. A thirty acre area in well drained bottomland forest on the flood plain of the Patuxent River was...
A preliminary report on methods of determining the age of Colorado plateau carnotite
Lorin Rollins Stieff, M.N. Girhard, T. W. Stern
1950, Trace Elements Investigations 108
Four methods of dating Colorado Plateau carnotite have been examined and evaluated: mineralogic methods, radioactive-equilibrium methods, lead-uranium-ratio methods, and lead-isotope methods. The data on 12 high-grade samples, from a suite of 50 representative carnotite ores, are presented....
Canada geese of the Mississippi flyway with special reference to an Illinois flock
Harold C. Hanson, Robert H. Smith
1950, Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey (25) 67-210
This Canada goose study is based on data from three primary sources : data collected at Horseshoe Lake, Alexander County, Illinois ; surveys by the authors on the distribution, habitat, and behavior of the population elsewhere in the Mississippi flyway ; and banding records of the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary,...
Report of factual data obtained during examination of Copper King shaft, Black Hawk Claim No. 1, Larimer County, Colorado
Harry C. Granger, R.U. King
1950, Trace Elements Memorandum 128
No abstract available...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data relocation Route 1, cut, Stations 34-52, Copper Mine Road area and northern portion of Ballard Estate in Topsfield, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-46-B
Relocation of the Newburyport Turnpike, Route 1, in Topsfield, Mass., will require a long relatively deep cut between stations 34 and 52. In order to obtain preliminary information on the depths to bedrock and on the nature of the subsurface materials at this site, reconnaissance seismic work was performed in...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data relocation Route 2, Littleton Road grade separation stations 243-252 in Harvard, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-46-A
During parts of June and July 1949 nine seismic traverses were made at this site. Upon preliminary office development, the velocity data for some of these traverses were though to be inadequate and it was recommended that these lines be re-surveyed. Later surveys (March 1950), however, of nearby sites indicated...
Geologic interpretations of seismic data relocation Routes 15 and 20 in Sturbridge, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-D
The proposed improvements at the junction of Routes 15 and 20, Sturbridge, Massachusetts, requires a cut of considerable magnitude for the relocation of east-bound Route 20 between stations 158 and 167. Geologic and seismic studies were made of the site for the purpose of determining the position of the bedrock...
Geologic interpretations of seismic data Route 128 (Northern Circumferential Highway) cut, and Hopkins Street grade separation stations 1-18 in Wakefield, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Lineham
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-A
The completion of a segment of the Northern Circumferential Highway, Route 126, in Wakefield, Mass., requires an underpass bridge at Hopkins Street, Station 5+50. The plan of the project shows approximately 1800 feet if approach cuts between stations 1 and 18. In October 1945 a preliminary seismic study was made...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data relocation Route 1, stations 150-155 in Danvers, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-42-B
At this site the reconstruction of Route 1 requires a deep excavation through a high, east-west elongated hill. In order to obtain subsurface information that would be of aid in selecting the most suitable location for this deep cut through the hill, geologic and seismic studies were made in October...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data relocation of Route 2, Shelburne Falls in Shelburne, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-C
In June 1945 a seismic study was made for the projected Halligan Avenue out, stations 364-374, Route 2 relocation in Shelburne, Mass. Nine profiles were run at this time and a report on this work was submitted by James E. Maynard and Rev. Daniel Linehan (file report of July 1945)....
Geologic interpretation of seismic data relocation route 1: proposed cut at stations 127-135 in Danvers, Mass.
James E. May, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 50-43-B
The layout for the reconstruction of the Newburyport Turnpike (Route 1) proposed cit at stations 127-135, in Danvers, Mass., shows a deep cut through the western end of a hill between stations 127 and 135. Because of the depth of this cut seismic work was done at the site in...
Geologic interpretation of seismic data grade separation, proposed Route 102 and Route 7 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
James E. Maynard, Daniel Linehan
1950, Open-File Report 49-130
No abstract available....
