Volcanic processes in the solar system
M. H. Carr
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 128-137
Eruptions of ammonia, water, and sulfur. These have become some of the concerns of planetary volcanologists as they try to understand volcanic processes on other planetary bodies. As exploration of the Solar System has continues, we have been confronted with more and more exotic forms of volcanism and have come...
Alaska interim land cover mapping program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Data Users Guide 7
In order to meet the requirements of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) for comprehensive resource and management plans from all major land management agencies in Alaska, the USGS has begun a program to classify land cover for the entire State using Landsat digital data. Vegetation and land...
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1986
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1987, Report
This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal agencies conducting sedimentation investigations. The decision to publish the report was made in 1946, from a proposal by the Chairman of the Federal Interagency River Basin Committee, Subcommittee on Ground Water. The subcommittee approved the proposal and agreed to issue...
Seafloor gas seeps triggered by a northern California earthquake
M.E. Field, A. E. Jennings
1987, Marine Geology (77) 39-51
A series of marine surveys using high-resolution seismic-reflection and side-scan sonar profiling was conducted on the Klamath River delta from 1977 to 1985. In November 1980, near the middle of this 8-year time period, a major earthquake (magnitude 7) occurred in...
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1986
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Report
This catalog is a list of (1) books and mapsl that were published during 1986, and (2) articles by Geological Survey personnel in non-Geological Survey journals and books that came to our attention in 1986; it supplements the permanent catalogs "Publications of-.the Geological Survey, 1879-1961", "Publications of the Geological Survey,...
Gulf trough: The Atlantic connection
Peter Popenoe, Vernon J. Henry, Faisal M. Idris
1987, Geology (15) 327-332
Analyses of seismic reflection profiles and stratigraphic data indicate a continuation of the Gulf trough trend across eastern South Carolina and offshore between Cape Fear and Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Seismic profiles show a linear northeast-trending zone of nondeposition and erosion and areas...
Tolerance of juvenile fall Chinook salmon to selenium exposure from water and the food chain: impacts on smoltification and early marine survival
A.N. Palmisano
1987, Report
No abstract available ...
Dehydration of seabird prey during transport to the colony: Effects on wet weight energy densities
W.A. Montevecchi, John F. Piatt
1987, Canadian Journal of Zoology (65) 2822-2824
We present evidence to indicate that dehydration of prey transported by seabirds from capture sites at sea to chicks at colonies inflates estimates of wet weight energy densities. These findings and a comparison of wet and dry weight energy densities reported in the literature emphasize the importance of (i) accurate...
A compositional multiphase model for groundwater contamination by petroleum products: 1. Theoretical considerations
M. Yavuz Corapcioglu, Arthur L. Baehr
1987, Water Resources Research (23) 191-200
A mathematical model is developed to describe the fate of hydrocarbon constituents of petroleum products introduced to soils as an immiscible liquid from sources such as leaking underground storage tanks and ruptured pipelines. The problem is one of multiphase transport (oil (immiscible), air, and water phases) of a reactive contaminant...
An empirical model for estimating phytoplankton productivity in estuaries
B.E. Cole, J. E. Cloern
1987, Marine Ecology Progress Series (396) 299-305
e have previously shown that primary productivity in San Francisco Bay, USA, is highly correlated with phytoplankton biomass B (chlorophyll a concentration) and an index of light avallability in the photic zone, 2, I, (photic depth times surface irradiance). To test the generality of this relation, we compiled data from...
Aggressive encounters between tundra swans and greater white-fronted geese during brood rearing
Craig R. Ely, David A. Budeau, Una G. Swain
1987, The Condor (89) 420-422
Interspecific aggression in waterfowl (Anatidae) is relatively common (McKinney 1965; Kear 1972; Savard 1982, 1984), but interactions leading to mortality of one of the combatants are rarely-observed in the wild. A recent debate (Livezey and Humphrey 1985a, 1985b; Nuechterlein and Storer 1985a, 1985b; Murray 1985) has centered on the proximate...
Common Murre (Uria aalge) attendance patterns at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland
John F. Piatt, Ruth L. McLagan
1987, Canadian Journal of Zoology (65) 1530-1534
Attendance patterns of common murres (Uria aalge) at Cape St. Mary's, Newfoundland, were observed during hatching to post-fledging periods of 1980 to 1984. Six study plots on breeding ledges (ca. 450 birds total) and a "club" on the water were monitored for seasonal fluctuations in numbers attending. Attendance on ledges...
Winter diets of common murres and marbled murrelets in Kachemak Bay, Alaska
Gerald A. Sanger
1987, The Condor (89) 426-430
Knowledge of the winter diets of seabirds in high latitudes like Alaskan waters has been an elusive aspect of their biology. Scanty information on winter diets of Common Murres (Uria aalge) are available from the Pribilof Islands (Preble and McAtee 1923), California (Baltz and Morejohn 1977), Kodiak Island (Kraznow and...
Some effects of climate variability on hydrology in western North America
D. H. Peterson, D.R. Cayan, J. S. Dileo-Stevens, T.G. Ross
1987, Conference Paper, The influence of climate change and climatic variability on the hydrologic regime and water resources (Proceedings of the Vancouver Symposium, August 1987), IAHS Publication no. 168
The strong north-south gradient in precipitation along the West Coast makes this region an interesting laboratory for studying the influence of climate on runoff variability in general and riverine chemistry in particular. Interannual fluctuations in large-scale atmospheric circulation and associated precipitation and runoff can produce major disruptions in the "average"...
Sanctuaries for lake trout in the Great Lakes
Jon G. Stanley, Randy L. Eshenroder, Wilbur L. Hartman
1987, Conference Paper, Coastal zone '87 : proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Coastal and Ocean Management
Populations of lake trout, severely depleted in Lake Superior and virtually extirpated from the other Great Lakes because of sea lamprey predation and intense fishing, are now maintained by annual plantings of hatchery-reared fish in Lakes Michigan, Huron, and Ontario and parts of Lake Superior. The extensive coastal areas of...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1987
Dale E. Wilberg, G. J. Smith, D. Michael Roark, Patrick M. Lambert, V.L. Jensen, Gail E. Cordy, Carole B. Burden, Michael Enright, D. C. Emett, Susan A. Thiros, G. W. Sandberg, R. W Puchta, L. R. Herbert
1987, Cooperative Investigations Report 27
This is the twenty-fourth in a Series of annual reports that describe ground-water Conditions in Utah. Reports in the series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like...
Water quality of Canyon Lake, central Texas
W.R. Roddy, K. M. Waddell
1987, Texas Water Development Board Report 302
No abstract available....
Compilation of hydrologic data for the Edwards aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas, 1985, with 1934-85 summary
G. B. Ozuna, G.M. Nalley, M. N. Bowman
1987, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 45
No abstract available....
Use of low-altitude aerial photography to identify submersed aquatic macrophytes
Donald W. Schloesser, Bruce A. Manny, Charles L. Brown, Eugene Jaworski
1987, Conference Paper, Color aerial photography in the plant sciences and related fields : proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Workshop on Color Aerial Photography in the Plant Sciences
The feasibility of using low-altitude aerial photography to identify beds of submersed macrophytes is demonstrated. True color aerial photos and collateral ground survey information for submersed aquatic macrophyte beds at 10 sites in the St.Clair-Detroit River system were obtained in September 1978. Using the photos and collateral ground survey information,...
Predicting baseflow alkalinity as an index to episodic stream acidification and fish presence
David R. DeWalle, Richard S. Dinicola, William E. Sharpe
1987, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (23) 29-35
Regression models to predict baseflow alkalinity from basin hydrogeology were developed and verified for headwater streams on the Laurel Hill anticline in southwestern Pennsylvania. Predicted baseflow alkalinities were then used to estimate sensitivity to acidification and presence of trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) populations for 61 headwater streams. Sensitivity classifications were verified...
Variable delay miniservo-control unit
M.A. Uhrich
1987, WRD Instrument News
No abstract available. ...
Effects of the channelization of Río Bucaná on the ground-water resources north of the Ponce Valley, Puerto Rico
Vicente Quinones-Aponte
1987, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 12th Natural Resources Symposium
Calculation of solar radiation in mountainous terrain
Alan L. Flint, S.W. Childs
1987, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (40) 233-249
A study was performed to assess the accuracy of a daily solar radiation model for horizontal or sloping sites in terrain where surrounding ridges and tall trees block both direct beam and diffuse sky short wave radiation. To simulate adequately the major effects of these environments on radiation, the model...
Progress report on temperature effects in vibrational-type sediment-concentration gages
J. V. Skinner
1987, Report II
No abstract available....
Hydrogeologic conditions and saline-water intrusion, Cape Coral, Florida, 1978-81
D. J. Fitzpatrick
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4231
The upper limestone unit of the intermediate aquifer system, locally called the upper Hawthorn aquifer, is the principal source of freshwater for Cape Coral, Florida. The aquifer has been contaminated with saline water by downward intrusion from the surficial aquifer system and by upward intrusion from the Floridan aquifer system....
