Comparison of techniques for estimating annual lake evaporation using climatological data
M.E. Andersen, H.E. Jobson
1982, Water Resources Research (18) 630-636
Mean annual evaporation estimates were determined for 30 lakes by use of a numerical model (Morton, 1979) and by use of an evaporation map prepared by the U.S. Weather Service (Kohler et al., 1959). These estimates were compared to the reported value of evaporation determined from measurements on each lake....
Two-dimensional compressional wave velocity structure under San Francisco Volcanic Field, Arizona, from teleseismic P residual measurements
D.A. Stauber
1982, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (87) 5451-5459
A low compressional-wave velocity region in the midcrust below the San Francisco Mountain stratovolcano, Arizona, has been detected by the teleseismic P residual technique. This region is approximately 6 km wide, lies between elevations of 9 km and 34 km below sea level, and has a compressional velocity reduction of more than...
Sediment deposition in a flood retention structure after two record floods in southwestern Wisconsin.
P.A. Kammerer Jr., W. G. Batten
1982, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (37) 302-304
Sediment deposited in a flood-control structure was measured after record floods in SW Wisconsin on June 17 and June 30-July 1, 1978. The structure is in the Driftless Area, where high relief, erodible soils, and land use contribute to high soil losses. The two floods deposited 4.1 acre-ft of sediment...
Evaluation of the river die-away biodegradation test
Glenn D. Wylie, John R. Jones, B. Thomas Johnson
1982, Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation (54) 1231-1236
The reliability of the river die-away (RDA) test for establishing the biodegradability of chemicals was assessed. Reproducibility of biodegradation in the RDA test was analyzed under conditions in which the test is commonly done. Biodegradation results were not reproducible for di-2-ethylexyl phthalate (DEHP) and phthalic acid in replicated RDA tests...
Siderite concretions: indicators of early diagenesis in the Gammon shale (Cretaceous).
D. L. Gautier
1982, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (52) 859-871
The Gammon member of the Pierre shale of the northern Great Plains, USA, contains abundant siderite concretions. The relative depth and time of siderite precipitation can be inferred from the structure, mineralogy and isotopic composition of these concretions. Concretions that formed at shallow depths, early in the history of the...
[Book review] Diseases of Wild Waterfowl, by Gary A. Wobeser
M. Friend
1982, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (18) 523-524
Review of: Diseases of wild waterfowl. Gary A. Wobeser. Plenum Press, 1981. ISBN: 0306407469. 300 p....
Chemical-quality reconnaissance of the water and surficial bed material in the Delaware River estuary and adjacent New Jersey tributaries, 1980-81
Joseph J. Hochreiter Jr.
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-36
This report presents chemical-quality data collected from May 1980 to January 1981 at several locations within the Delaware River estuary and selected New Jersey tributaries. Samples of surface water were analyzed Environmental Protection Agency ' priority pollutants, ' including acid extractable, base/neutral extractable and volatile organic compounds, in addition to...
Ground-water temperature of the with application to ground-water-source heat pumps
Arthur L. Hodges Jr.
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-53
Ground-water temperature was measured during a one-year period (1980-81) in 20 wells in the Wyoming Quadrangle in central Delaware. Data from thermistors set at fixed depths in two wells were collected twice each week, and vertical temperature profiles of the remaining 18 wells were made monthly. Ground-water temperature at 8...
Methane production, consumption, and transport in the interstitial waters of coastal marine sediments
C.S. Martens
Kent A. Fanning, Frank T. Manheim, editor(s)
1982, Book chapter, The dynamic environment of the ocean floor
No abstract available....
Implications of the Precambrian lineaments on the Red Sea tectonics based on Landsat study of northeast Sudan
F. Ahmed
1982, Global Tectonics and Metallogeny (1) 326-335
Lineament analysis of a Landsat Imagery mosaic (scale 1:1,000,000) of northeast Sugdan indicate significant curvilinear as well as rectilinear fracture patterns of possible Precambrian age. Rectilinear features trend dominantly in N-S (± 10°), NNW and ENE, and less commonly in NW and EW directions. The Precambrian fractures closely match, and...
Nesting of waterfowl on islands in Lake Audubon, North Dakota
Harold F. Duebbert
1982, Wildlife Society Bulletin (10) 232-237
Nesting waterfowl were studied in 1978 and 1980 on 15 newly established islands with an area of 19 ha in 7,430-ha Lake Audubon in the Audubon National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), North Dakota. Islands ranged in size from 0.2 to 5.0 ha and were 60-1,600 m from the mainland. Cover available...
Hydrology of the surficial aquifer in the Floyd River Basin, Iowa
K.D. Wahl, M.J. Meyer, R.A. Karsten
1982, Water Supply Bulletin 12
The Floyd River basin was studied to provide water-resources Information for a typical surficial aquifer in northwest Iowa. Data collection included test drilling, water-level measurements, and chemical analyses of surface and ground water. The Floyd River basin drains 961 square miles of highly dissected to gently rolling topography. Major streams generally...
Geothermal systems of the Cascade Range
L.J. Muffler, Charles R. Bacon, W. A. Duffield
1982, Conference Paper, Proceedings of Pacific Geothermal Conference 1982
In the central and southern Cascade Range, plate convergence is oblique, and Quaternary volcanism produces mostly basalt and mafic andesite; large andesite-dacite composite volcanoes and silicic dome fields occur in restricted areas of long-lived igneous activity. To the north, plate convergence is normal, producing widely spaced centers in which mafic...
Effect of phosphorus in trout diets on water pollution
H. G. Ketola
1982, Salmonid (6) 12-15
Occlusion of the syrinx as a manifestation of aspergillosis in Canada geese
R. K. Stroud, R. M. Duncan
1982, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (181) 1389-1390
Aspergillosis has been described in many species of wild waterfowl, primarily as a disease of the respiratory tract. Typically, mycotic granulomas are found in the lungs. Air sacs may be thickened and contain discoid individual or coalescing greenish or bluish plaques resembling bread mold. Occasionally, there is systemic involvement, with...
The solubilities of calcite, aragonite and vaterite in CO2-H2O solutions between 0 and 90°C, and an evaluation of the aqueous model for the system CaCO3-CO2-H2O
Niel Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg
1982, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (46) 1011-1040
Calculations based on approximately 350 new measurements (CaT-PCO2) of the solubilities of calcite, aragonite and vaterite in CO2-H2O solutions between 0 and 90°C indicate the following values for the log of the equilibrium constants KC, KA, and KV respectively, for the reaction CaCO3(s) = Ca2+ + CO2−3: <img...
Post-middle Miocene accretion of Franciscan rocks, northwestern California.
R. J. McLaughlin, S.A. Kling, R.Z. Poore, K. McDougall, E.C. Beutner
1982, Geological Society of America Bulletin (93) 595-605
Deformed sedimentary rocks assigned to the Franciscan assemblage in the King Range S of Cape Mendocino, N California, are dominantly deep-water argillite and sandstone occurring as thick- to thin-bedded, locally channelized marine turbidities of arkosic to andesitic volcaniclastic composition. The King Range appears to be a displaced terrane of oceanic...
Digital model of predevelopment flow in the Tertiary limestone (Floridan) aquifer system in west-central Florida
Paul D. Ryder
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-54
A computer model was calibrated to approximate predevelopment flow conditions in a multilayered aquifer system in 10,600 square miles in west-central Floria. The lowermost aquifer, called the Floridan aquifer, is confined in most of the study area and consists of carbonate rocks ranging up to 1,300 feet thick. The Floridan...
Authigenic barite in varved clays: result of marine transgression over freshwater deposits and associated changes in interstitial water chemistry
Erwin Suess
Kent A. Fanning, Frank T. Manheim, editor(s)
1982, Book chapter, The dynamic environment of the ocean floor
Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847)
William D. Nichols
Robert Schneider, E.H. Roseboom, J.B. Robertson, P. R. Stevens, editor(s)
1982, Report, U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847)
A commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site has been operating near Beatty, Nevada, about 150 km northwest of Las Vegas, since 1962. The 32-ha site is situated in a desolate region of the Amargosa River Valley, sometimes referred to as the Amargosa Desert. Average annual precipitation is only about 114...
Map showing altitude of the top of the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4036
No abstract available....
Map showing cumulative thickness of sandstone in the "Dakota Sandstone," Montana
Richard D. Feltis
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4035
No abstract available....
A new instrument for sampling flocculent material at the water/sediment interface
Michael H. Bothner, Page C. Valentine
1982, Journal of Sedimentary Research (52) 639-640
We have designed an instrument to collect fine-grained and flocculent material from the water/sediment interface for chemical and mineralogical analysis. The sampler can be used from a manned research submersible or by a diver in shallow water. In areas of active deposition, the material collected represents the most recently deposited...
Chlamydiosis in 2 biologists investigating disease occurrences in wild waterfowl
Gary Wobeser, Christopher J. Brand
1982, Wildlife Society Bulletin (10) 170-172
Chlamydiosis (ornithosis, psittacosis) is an infectious disease of birds that can be transmitted to humans. Human infections are probably acquired by inhalation of aerosols containing elementary bodies of the causative agent Chlamydia psittaci, from bird droppings, or from tissues. Infected birds do not have to be ill to transmit the...
Simulated effects of ground-water development on the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer, west-central Florida
W.E. Wilson, J. M. Gerhart
1982, Professional Paper 1217
A digital model of two-dimensional ground-water flow was used to predict changes in the potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer, 1976 to 2000, in a 5,938-square-mile area of west-central Florida. In 1975, ground water withdrawn from the Floridan aquifer for irrigation, phosphate mines, other industries, and municipal supplies averaged about...
