Geology and groundwater resources of northern Berks County, Pennsylvania
Charles R. Wood, David B. MacLachlan
1978, Water Resource Report 44
The area of investigation comprises approximately 540 square miles and lies entirely within the Great Valley section of the Valley and Ridge physiographic province. The Great Valley is underlain chiefly by carbon ate rocks in the south and by shale and graywacke in the north. Most of the carbonate rocks...
Ground-water resources in the Libby area, northwestern Montana
A. J. Boettcher, K.R. Wilke
1978, Bulletin 106
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat area, Tooele, Juab, and Millard Counties, Utah
E.L. Bolke, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Technical Publication 64
The Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles (1,530 square kilometers) in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches (180 millimeters) and totals about 232,000 acre-feet (286 cubic hectometers). Fish Springs Wash is the major drainage in the area; and, along with numerous...
Ground-water resources of the Parowan-Cedar City drainage basin, Iron County, Utah
L.J. Bjorklund, C.T. Sunsion, G. W. Sandberg
1978, Technical Publication 60
The Parowan-Cedar City drainage basin, Iron County, Utah, includes about 1,100 mi2 (square miles)(2,800 km2 [square kilometers])--520 mi2 (1,300 km2) in the Parowan basin and 580 mi2 (1,500 km2) in the Cedar City basin. Parowan and Cedar City Valleys are structural depressions formed by northeast-trending faults. Parowan Valley is essentially...
Natural radioactivity in geothermal waters, Alhambra Hot Springs and nearby areas, Jefferson County, Montana
Robert B. Leonard, Victor J. Janzer
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 529-540
Radioactive hot springs issue from a fault zone in crystalline rock of the Boulder batholith at Alhambra, Jefferson County, in southwestern Montana. The discharge contains high concentrations of radon, and the gross alpha activity and the concentration of adium-226 exceed maximum levels recommended by the Environmental Protection Agency for drinking...
Hydrology of the Beaver Valley area, Beaver County, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
R. W. Mower
1978, Technical Publication 63
Beaver Valley includes 534 square miles in southwestern Utah, in the Basin and Range physiographic province. The project area consists of a valley plain underlain by unconsolidated to partly consolidated material. The valley plain is bounded by mountains that are composed of partly consolidated to consolidated rocks of Pennsylvanian through...
Water resources of the northern Uinta Basin area, Utah and Colorado, with special emphasis on ground water supply
J. W. Hood, F.K. Fields
1978, Technical Publication 62
The northern Uinta Basin area covers about 5,200 square miles (13,470 square kilometers) in northeastern Utah and northwestern Colorado. Much of the lowlands are arid to semiarid, but the highest parts of the Uinta Mountains have a humid climate. During 1941-70, the average annual precipitation ranged from less than 8...
Ground-water conditions in the Navajo Sandstone in the central Virgin River basin, Utah
R.M. Cordova
1978, Technical Publication 61
The central Virgin River basin, Utah, includes about 1,000 square miles (2,600 square kilometers) in the drainage basin of the Virgin River downstream from the Hurricane Cliffs. The Navajo Sandstone of Late Triassic(?) and Jurassic age crops out in 234 square miles (606 square kilometers) of the basin and underlies...
Morphology of chasma walls, Mars
Baerbel K. Lucchitta
1978, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (6) 651-662
The landforms developed on the walls of the Valles Marineris system of chasmas are of three major types, which are locally transitional. The most common type is composed of steep spurs and gullies. The dominant process in the formation or modification of this type appears to be the downslope movement...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Dugway Valley-Government Creek area, West-Central Utah
Jerry C. Stephens, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Technical Publication 59
The Dugway Valley-Government Creek area covers about 890 square miles (2,300 square kilometers) in west-central Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 380,000 acre-feet (470 cubic hectometers). Most streams are ephemeral except for a few in their upper reaches--all are ephemeral below the altitude of about 6,000 feet...
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 8: Quinnipiac River basin
David L. Mazzaferro, Elinor H. Handman, Mendall P. Thomas
1978, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 27
The Quinnipiac River basin area in southcentral Connecticut covers 363 square miles, and includes all drainage basins that enter Long Island Sound from the Branford to the Wepawaug Rivers. Its population in 1970 was estimated at 535,000. Precipitation averages 47 inches per year and provides an abundant supply of water....
Coastal mapping handbook
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Melvin Y. Ellis, editor(s)
1978, Report
Passage of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 focused attention on the Nation's coastal land and water areas. As plans for more effective management of the coastal zone evolved, it soon became apparent that improved maps and charts of these areas were needed. This handbook was prepared with the...
National Cartographic Information Center Newsletter No. 8
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Newsletter 8
In this issue we cover several interesting topics, including a report on the NCIC/Special Libraries Association meeting in Denver, the launching of a third Landsat satellite with a new thermal band, and the formation of a new California map society....
NAWDEX: key to finding water data
Melvin D. Edwards
1978, Report
As our Nation's resources are developed, water will play an increasingly important role, both as a resource to be developed and as a resource to be protected. The proper development and protection of our water resources, however, will depend on adequate data on the quantity and quality of our water....
Guidelines for the use of NAWDEX data systems
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Report
This report has been prepared in order to identify the NAWDEX Data Systems and their respective documentation. It discusses the operation of the systems as well as tools that have been developed to enhance or facilitate their use....
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Report
Fiscal 1977 marked the 98th year the U.S. Geological Survey has endeavored in the unceasing task of providing information about the Earth and its physical resources, and regulating the activities of lessees engaged in extracting petroleum and other minerals from the public domain. The past year also marked the beginning...
Rapid method for determining concentrations of Bayer 73 in water during lampricide treatments
V. K. Dawson, P.D. Harman, D.P. Schultz, J. L. Allen
1978, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (35) 1262-1265
Two simple, rapid, sensitive methods were developed for determining the concentration of the lampricide 2',5-dichloro-4'-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) in stream water. Bayer 73 was extracted from acidified water samples with chloroform and then hydrolyzed to 2-chloro-4-nitroaniline (CNA) with either acid or base. The CNA was diazotized with sodium nitrite, and an...
Artificial recharge on Long Island, New York
D. A. Aronson
1978, Long Island Water Resources Bulletin LIWR-9
Discharge of solids from fish ponds
James E. Ellis, Dewey L. Tackett, Ray R. Carter
1978, Progressive Fish-Culturist (40) 165-166
Water samples were collected from effluents of fish ponds and analyzed for settleable, nonsettleable, and suspended solids. Fish biomass in ponds was not consistently associated with amounts of settleable or nonsettleable solids, but was correlated with amounts of suspended solids. The amount of solids discharged was relatively small, suggesting little or no pollution of...
Similar species of migratory waterbirds in Hawaii
J. M. Scott, R. L. Pyle, C.F. Zeillemaker
1978, 'Elepaio (39) 1-5
No abstract available....
Roosting of passerines over open water at night
R.E. Kirby
1978, North American Bird Bander (3) 104-105
Shell thinning and pesticide residues in Texas aquatic bird eggs, 1970
Kirk A. King, Edward L. Flickinger, H. H. Hildebrand
1978, Pesticides Monitoring Journal (12) 16-21
Significant decreases in eggshell thickness were found in 15 of 22 species of aquatic birds in Texas in 1970. Shell thickness reductions of 9 to 15 percent were found in white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), brown pelicans (P .occidentalis), and great blue herons (Ardea herodias). DDT family compounds were...
Organochlorine residues and eggshell thinning in anhingas and waders
Harry M. Ohlendorf, Erwin E. Klaas, T. Earl Kaiser
1978, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1977 conference of the colonial waterbird group
Residues of organochlorine compounds occur commonly in environmental samples and have been associated with adverse effects in numerous avian species (Cooke 1973; L. F. Stickel 1973; W. H. Stickel 1975; Ohlendorf et al. 1977; H. M. Ohlendorf, R. W. Risebrough, and K. Vermeer, unpublished manuscript). The affected species are...
Differential use of fresh water environments by wintering waterfowl of coastal Texas
Donald H. White, D. James
1978, The Wilson Bulletin (90) 99-111
A comparative study of the environmental relationships among 14 species of wintering waterfowl was conducted at the Welder Wildlife Foundation, San Patricia County, near Sinton, Texas during the fall and early winter of 1973. Measurements of 20 environmental factors (social, vegetational, physical, and chemical) were subjected to multivariate statistical methods...
Rehabilitation of birds oiled on two mid-Atlantic estuaries
Matthew C. Perry, Fred Ferrigno, Fairfax H. Settle
1978, Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (32) 318-325
An estimated 52,500 birds died as a result of 7 major oil spills on 2 mid-Atlantic estuaries between 1973-78. Ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis) constituted 98% of 12,500 birds known to have died from 5 spills on the Delaware River. Seventy-six percent of 40,000 dead birds from 2 Chesapeake Bay spills...
