Satellite remote sensing of water turbidity
Gerald K. Moore
1980, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (25) 407-421
Remote sensing instruments obtain an optical measure of water colour and turbidity. Colour increases the absorption of light in water and decreases the remotely sensed signal; turbidity increases the backscatter of light. For low concentrations of suspended materials, spectral reflectance is determined mostly by the absorptance characteristics of water; for...
Geochemical evolution of brines in the Salar of Uyuni, Bolivia.
S.L. Rettig, B.F. Jones, F. Risacher
1980, Chemical Geology (30) 57-79
Recent analyses of brines from the Salars of Uyuni and Coipasa have been compared with published data for Lakes Titicaca and Poopo to evaluate solute compositional trends in these remnants of two large Pleistocene lakes once connected by overflow from the N to the S of the Bolivian Altiplano. From...
Paleoenvironment of the New Albany Shale Group ( Devonian- Mississippian) of Illinois
R.M. Cluff
1980, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (50) 767-780
The distribution of lithofacies in the New Albany Shale Group of Illinois was determined by wave energy, bottom oxygenation, and bottom topography in a deep water stratified anoxic basin. A transect from the margin to the center of the Illinois Basin reveals a...
Remote sensing of snow and ice
M. F. Meier
1980, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (25) 307-330
Monitoring of snow and ice on the Earth's surface will require increasing use of satellite remote sensing techniques. These techniques are evolving rapidly. Active and passive sensors operating in the visible, near infrared, thermal infrared, and microwave wavelengths are described in regard to general applications and in regard to specific...
Geologic history of Grecian Rocks, Key Largo Coral Reef Marine Sanctuary.
E.A. Shinn
1980, Bulletin of Marine Science (30) 646-656
Two transects were drilled across the major ecologic zones of the c. 750 by 200 m reef, whose accumulation was controlled by a local Pleistocene topographic feature. The Reef is composed of 5 major ecologic zones: 1) a deep seaward rubble zone, 6-8 m depth; 2) a poorly developed spur...
Stable isotope and fluid inclusion studies of carbonate deposits from the Tolfa Mountains mining district (Latium, central Italy)
U. Masi, V. Ferrini, J. R. O’Neil, J. N. Batchelder
1980, Mineralium Deposita (15) 351-359
Carbon and oxygen isotope analyses were made of representative samples of calcite and quartz from the carbonate deposits in the Tolfa Mountains mining district. Measurements were also made of hydrogen isotope compositions, filling temperatures and salinities of fluid inclusions in these minerals. There are three stages of mineralization at Tolfa....
Submarine volcanic features west of Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii
D.J. Fornari, J. P. Lockwood, P. W. Lipman, M. Rawson, A. Malahoff
1980, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (7) 323-337
Visual observations of submarine volcanic vents were made from the submersible vehicle DSV "Sea Cliff" in water depths between 1310 and 690 m, west of Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. Glass-rich, shelly submarine lavas surround circular 1- to 3-m-diameter volcanic vents between 1050 and 690 m depth in an area west-northwest of...
Crude oil degradation as an explanation of the depth rule
L.C. Price
1980, Chemical Geology (28) 1-30
Previous studies of crude oil degradation by water washing and bacterial attack have documented the operation of these processes in many different petroleum basins of the world. Crude oil degradation substantially alters the chemical and physical makeup of a crude oil, changing a light paraffinic low-S "mature" crude to a...
Declination and inclination errors in experimentally deposited specularite-bearing sand
S.L. Bressler, D. P. Elston
1980, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (48) 227-232
Naturally disaggregated specularite-bearing sandstone from the Triassic Moenkopi Formation, artificially deposited in controlled magnetic fields of ∼5 × 10−2 mT, acquires a stable remanent magnetization that has systematic errors in inclination and declination. Inclinations about 12° shallower than the applied fields are...
Speculations on processes responsible for mesoscale current lineations on the continental shelf, southern California
Herman A. Karl
1980, Marine Geology (34) M9-M18
A side-scan sonar survey of San Pedro shelf, California, reveals areas of mesoscale current lineations oriented approximately north-northeast in water depths of 20-25 m. Widths of sand ribbons range from 40 to 120 m and intervening erosional furrows, from 15 to 50 m. A conceptual model shows that the scale...
Extraction spectrophotometric determination of niobium in rocks with sulfochlorophenol S
A. E. Childress, L. P. Greenland
1980, Analytica Chimica Acta (116) 185-190
After acid decomposition and potassium pyrosulfate fusion, niobium (1—26 ppm) is separated from interfering elements by extraction into methyl isobutyl ketone from 6 M H2SO4—2 M HF and back-extracted into water. The niobium—sulfochloro-phenol S complex is extracted into amyl alcohol....
The age curves of sulfur and oxygen isotopes in marine sulfate and their mutual interpretation
George E. Claypool, William T. Holser, Isaac R. Kaplan, Hitoshi Sakai, Israel Zak
1980, Chemical Geology (28) 199-260
Three hundred new samples of marine evaporite sulfate, of world-wide distribution, were analyzed for δ34S, and 60 of these also for δ18O in the sulfate ion. Detailed δ34S age curves for Tertiary—Cretaceous, Permian—Pennsylvanian, Devonian, Cambrian and Proterozoic times document large variations in δ34S. A summary curve forδ18O also shows definite...
Geothermal system at 21°N, East Pacific Rise: physical limits on geothermal fluid and role of adiabatic expansion
J. L. Bischoff
1980, Science (207) 1465-1469
Pressure-volume-temperature relations for water at the depth of the magma chamber at 21°N on the East Pacific Rise suggest that the maximum subsurface temperature of the geothermal fluid is about 420°C. Both the chemistry of the discharging fluid and thermal balance considerations indicate that the effective water/rock ratios in the...
Mixing models and ionic geothermometers applied to warm (up to 60°C) springs: Jordan Rift Valley, Israel
E. Mazor, D. Levitte, A.H. Truesdell, J. Healy, A. Nissenbaum
1980, Journal of Hydrology (45) 1-19
Mixing models and evaluation of SiO2 contents of warm-water manifestations in the Jordan—Dead Sea Rift Valley indicate that these waters are fed by aquifers with estimated temperatures of up to 68°C. These calculations and Na/K ratios, concentrations of Na, K and Ca, concentrations of atmospheric Ne, Ar, Kr and Xe;...
Ground water in the Springfield-Salem plateaus of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas
Edward Joseph Harvey
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-101
No abstract available....
Water quality of Tampa Bay, Florida, June 1972 - May 1976
Carole L. Goetz, Carl R. Goodwin
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-12
A comprehensive assessment of the water quality of Tampa Bay, Florida, was initiated in 1970 to provide background information to evaluate the effects of widening and deepening the ship channel to the port of Tampa. This report provides results of water-quality sampling in the bay from 1972 to 1976, prior...
Map showing water circulation and rates of sedimentation in the Port Isabel 1 degree by 2 degrees quadrangle, Texas
H. L. Berryhill Jr., A. R. Trippet
1980, IMAP 1254-A
No abstract available....
Maps showing hydrologic conditions in the San Francisco River area, Greenlee County, Arizona, 1978: A reconnaissance study
Larry J. Mann
1980, Open-File Report 80-441
The San Francisco River area includes about 950 square miles in Greenlee County in east-central Arizona. Water-resources development has been slight compared with that in many areas in Arizona. In 1978 about 500 acre-feet of water was diverted for irrigation from the San Francisco and Blue Rivers, and about 550...
Lithologic and water-quality data from Troy Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California
Roger D. Dockter
1980, Open-File Report 80-1035
U.S. Geological Survey...
Effects of the rate of releases from Sam Rayburn Reservoir on the aeration capacity of the Angelina River, eastern Texas
Jack Rawson, Richard L. Goss, Ira G. Rathbun
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-58
A three-phase study was conducted during July and August 1979 to determine the effects of varying release rates through the power-outlet works at Sam Rayburn Reservoir, eastern Texas, on aeration capacity of a 14-mile reach of the Angelina River below Sam Rayburn Dam. The dominant factors that affected the aeration...
The nature of fracturing and stress distribution in quartzite around the 1128-M (3700-FT) level of the crescent mine, Coeur d'Alene mining district, Idaho
C.H. Miller, E.H. Skinner
1980, Engineering Geology (16) 321-338
Silver and copper are the principal ores mined from the quartzite at the Crescent mine. Both the main ore-bearing veins and foliation in the quartzite are parallel to the nearly vertical formational contacts. Anisotropy of the quartzite is indicated by both dynamic and static tests. Disking and breakage of core...
Publications of the Geological Survey 1962-1970
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
This permanent catalog is a list of books and maps that were published between 1962 and 1970. It supplements another permanent catalog "Publications of the Geological Survey, 1879-1961."...
Publications of the Geological Survey, 1879-1961
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
This permanent catalog is a list of books and maps that were published between 1879 and 1961. It supplements another permanent catalog "Publications of the Geological Survey, 1962-1970."...
Air supersaturation in surface water: a continuing engineering and biological problem
G.R. Bouck
1980, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the symposium on surface water impoundments ASCE
No abstract available ...
Plant stress detection by remote measurement of fluorescence
J. C. McFarlane, Robert D. Watson, Arnold F. Theisen, R. D. Jackson, W. L. Ehrler, P. J. Pinter Jr., S. B. Idso, R. J. Reginato
1980, Applied Optics (19) 3287-3289
Chlorophyll fluorescence of mature lemon trees was measured with a Fraunhofer line discriminator (FLD). An increase in fluorescence was correlated with plant water stress as measured by stomatal resistance and twig water potential....
