Integrated uranium system in the Marysvale volcanic field, west-central Utah
T. A. Steven, C. G. Cunningham, M. N. Machette
1981, Book chapter, Uranium in volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks
Uranium in the Marysvale volcanic field is known to occur in several geologic environments and is thought to occur in others. These known and hypothetical occurrences are of various kinds, ranging in derivation from rhyolite magma, through porphyry-type deposits, hydrothermal vein deposits, dispersed hydrothermal deposits, and, after secondary transport in...
Water resources of the Kisatchie well-field area near Alexandria, Louisiana
James E. Rogers
1981, Water Resources Technical Report 26
Sands of Miocene, Pliocene(?), and Pleistocene age contain fresh-water in central Rapides Parish, La. In this area the base of fresh ground water ranges from 900 feet to more than 2,500 feet below National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. The principal sources of water are the Carnahan Bayou, Williamson Creek,...
Water resources of the terrace aquifers, central Louisiana
J.L. Snider, Thomas H. Sanford
1981, Water Resources Technical Report 25
Water resources of the southern Powder River area, southeastern Montana
W. Roger Miller
1981, Memoir 47
Geohydrology of the Antlers aquifer (Cretaceous), southeastern Oklahoma
Donald L. Hart Jr., Robert E. Davis
1981, Circular 81
The Antlers aquifer, which consists of as much as 900 feet of friable sandstone, silt, clay, and shale, crops out in an area of 1,860 square miles and underlies about 4,400 square miles in southeastern Oklahoma. Precipitation ranges from 35 to 50 inches per year across the outcrop area, which...
Water resources of the Rincon and Mesilla Valleys and adjacent areas, New Mexico
Clyde A. Wilson, Robert R. White, Brennon R. Orr, R. Gary Roybal
1981, Technical Report 43
The Rincon and Mesilla Valleys of New Mexico extend from Caballo Reservoir to El Paso del Norte, west of El Paso, Texas. Water supplies for this area are obtained from the Rio Grande and from the saturated sediments filling the intermontane basins of south-central New Mexico.The two major aquifers are...
Bedrock aquifers in the lower Dirty Devil River basin area, Utah, with special emphasis on the Navajo sandstone
J. W. Hood, T. W. Danielson
1981, Technical Publication 68
The lower Dirty Devil River basin area in southeastern Utah has an area of about 4,300 square miles (11,140 square kilometers) and ranges in altitude from about 3,700 to more than 11,000 feet (1,130 to 3,350 meters) above mean sea level. Precipitation, the main source of water in the area,...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the southern Great Salt Lake Desert and summary of the hydrology of west-central Utah
Joseph S. Gates, Stacie A. Kruer
1981, Technical Publication 71
This report is the last of 19 hydrologic reconnaissances of the basins in western Utah. The purposes of this series of studies are (1) to analyze available hydrologic data and describe the hydrologic system, (2) to evaluate existing and potential water-resources development, and (3) to identify additional studies that might...
Ground-water conditions in the upper Virgin River and Kanab Creek basins area, Utah, with emphasis on the Navajo sandstone
R.M. Cordova
1981, Technical Publication 70
The upper Virgin River and Kanab Creek basins area occupies parts of Iron, Kane, and Washington Counties in south-central Utah. It includes about 1,300 square miles (3,370 square kilometers) in the upper Virgin River basin and about 650 square miles (1,680 square kilometers) in the upper Kanab Creek basin. The...
Ground-water conditions in Tooele Valley, Utah, 1976-78
Allan C. Razem, Judy I. Steiger
1981, Technical Publication 69
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Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 7: upper Connecticut River basin
Robert B. Ryder, Mendall P. Thomas, Lawrence A. Weiss
1981, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 24
The 508 square miles of the upper Connecticut River basin in north-central Connecticut include the basins of four major tributaries: the Scantic, Park, and Hockanum Rivers, and the Farmington River downstream from Tariffville. Precipitation over this area averaged 44 inches per year during 1931-60. In this period, an additional 3,800...
Water Resources Research October 1, 1979 - September 30, 1980: Summary statements of research activities by the Water Resources Division
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Report
Research in the WRD had its beginnings in the late 1950's when the "core research" line item was added to the Congressional budget. Since this time the Federal program has grown from a "basic sciences" program to one that includes a broad spectrum of basic and applied scientific investigations. Water...
The EROS Data Center
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Report
The Earth Resources Observation Systems (EROS) Program of the U.S. Department of the Interior, administered by the Geological Survey, was established in 1966 to apply remote-sensing techniques to the inventory, monitoring, and management of natural resources. To meet its primary objective, the EROS Program includes research and training in the...
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1980
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Report
It is not very often that a single event is so overwhelming that it changes public perceptions of natural hazards for generations. Perhaps for the U.S. Geological Survey, the explosive volcanic activity of Mount St. Helens began such a change. After 101 years of careful science of the Earth's past...
Residues of isobornyl thiocyanoacetate (Thanite) and a metabolite in fish and treated ponds
J. L. Allen, J.B. Sills, V. K. Dawson, R.T. Amel
1981, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (29) 634-636
Isobornyl thiocyanoacetate (Thanite) is an insecticide that induces a surfacing response in fish and therefore has been considered to have potential as a fish collection agent. Analyses for residues of Thanite in carp (Cyprinus carpio) and largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) exposed to chemical yielded only a trace of the parent...
Studying the Earth from space
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1981, Report
Space age technology contains a key to increased knowledge about the Earth's resources; this key is remote sensing detecting the nature or condition of something without actually touching it. An early and still most useful form of remote sensing is photography which records the scene, as man sees it, on film...
Improved methods for national water assessment, water resources contract: WR15249270
Harold A. Thomas Jr.
1981, Report
The purpose of our research is to develop methods to make National Water Assessment more useful in estimating water availability for economic growth and more helpful in determining the effect of water resource development upon the environmental quality of related land resources. There are serious questions pertaining to the 1975...
"Duck stamp" dollars reserve native prairie tracts
K.F. Higgins
1981, Rangelands (3) 190-191
Ducks and wetlands are inseparable in the prairies. Hunters know this, bird watchers know this, wildlife managers know this, and most importantly people who manage the croplands and rangelands know this. The 1,746 tracts of native prairie within these upland-wetland complexes known as Waterfowl Production Areas are not the only...
Earth fissures and localized differential subsidence
Thomas L. Holzer, Earl H. Pampeyan
1981, Water Resources Research (17) 223-227
Long linear tension cracks associated with declining groundwater levels at four sites in subsiding areas in south-central Arizona, Fremont Valley, California, and Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, occur near points of maximum convex-upward curvature in subsidence profiles oriented perpendicular to the cracks. Profiles are based on repeated precise vertical control surveys...
Winter waterfowl research needs and efforts in the Mississippi delta
K. J. Reinecke
1981, International Waterfowl Symposium (4) 231-236
Common tern colonies along the mid-Atlantic coast. I. Nestling chronology
D. C. Smith, R.M. Erwin, T. W. Custer, J.O. Fussell III
1981, Colonial Waterbirds (4) 160-165
1. Sixteen Common Tern colonies in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina were studied from May through July 1980 by four investigators. Nests were marked during egg laying and were monitored every 5-7 days until fledging of young. 2. Results from 1980 indicate that ambient temperature differences...
Asiatic clam (Corbicula manilensis) and other foods used by waterfowl in the James River, Virginia
Matthew C. Perry, F.M. Uhler
1981, Estuaries (4) 229-233
Corbicula manilensis was found in the gizzards of 24 ducks of 5 species taken from the James River, Virginia, between 1973 and 1976. Percent average volume in these species ranged from trace to 6%. This is the first known occurrence of this exotic clam in the food of duck in Chesapeake...
Breeding habit of the toad Bufo coccifer in Costa Rica, with a description of the tadpole
R.W. McDiarmid, M.S. Foster
1981, Southwestern Naturalist (26) 353-363
The breeding habits of Bufo coccifer were studied in northwestern Costa Rica between 1971 and 1974. This species breeds during the rainy season, at least from May through August. Males chorus from areas of shallow water. Their calls resemble those of Mexican representatives of the species in pulse rate and...
Management of waterfowl during severe weather
R.E. Kirby, Fred Ferrigno
1981, New Jersey Outdoors (8) 14-16
The effects of ingested petroleum on the maphthalene-metabolizing properties of the liver tissue in seawater-adapted mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos)
J. Gorsline, W. N. Holmes, J. Cronshaw
1981, Environmental Research (24) 377-390
Hepatic mixed function oxidase activities were estimated in seawater-adapted mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) that had been consuming food contaminated with one of five different types of crude oil. After 50 days of exposure to contaminated food, enzyme activities of liver microsomal preparations were assessed in terms of their naphthalenemetabolizing properties...
