Description of wells at Beale Air Force Base and vicinity, California
Gerald L. Rockwell
1978, Open-File Report 78-10
The study area occupies approximately 168 square miles of the Sacramento Valley. The study area boundary is the Yuba River in the north, the Feather River in the west, the Bear River in the south, and the Sierra Nevada foothills in the east. Between December 1976 and March 1977, 640 wells...
Sediment sources and Holocene sedimentation history in Tillamook Bay, Oregon; data and preliminary interpretations
Jerry L. Glenn
1978, Open-File Report 78-680
Surface and core sediments from Tillamook Bay, Oregon, have been analyzed to determine modern and Holocene sediment sources and sedimentation history. Heavy mineral analyses established three sediment sources: (1) the five major rivers draining the volcanic and associated sedimentary rocks of the Coast Range, (2) small streams draining the sedimentary uplands that form the shoreline...
A computer program for borehole compensation of dual-detector density well logs
James Henry Scott
1978, Open-File Report 78-515
The computer program described in this report was developed for applying a borehole-rugosity and mudcake compensation algorithm to dual-density logs using the following information: the water level in the drill hole, hole diameter (from a caliper log if available, or the nominal drill diameter if not), and the two gamma-ray...
Progress report on Black Mesa monitoring program; 1977
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Open-File Report 78-459
Monitoring activities of coal mine operations on Black Mesa were started in 1971 for the purpose of monitoring the effects of strip mining on the water resources of the area. Black Mesa is located in northeastern Arizona near the center of the Navajo Indian Reservation and is a prominent topographic...
Suspended-sediment transport in the Big Eau Pleine River Basin, central Wisconsin
S. M. Hindall
1978, Open-File Report 78-313
Suspended-sediment yields in the Big Eau Pleine River basin are low to moderate in comparison with other drainage basins in Wisconsin. Average annual yield in the Big Eau Pleine River near Stratford is 32.tons per square mile, with an annual yield ranging from 1.0 to 64 tons per square mile....
Evaluation and design of a streamflow-data network in Washington
Marshall E. Moss, W.L. Haushild
1978, Open-File Report 78-167
A method of evaluating the transferability of streamflow information by regional regression analysis was applied in Washington to several streamflow variables. The annual mean and annual standard deviation were chosen to represent the development potential of the water resource, while the mean, standard deviation, and the 50-year recurrence interval of...
Selected Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys reports and maps on Alaska released during 1977, indexed by quadrangle
Edward Huntington Cobb
1978, Open-File Report 78-283
This open-file report lists all Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys reports and maps on the geology, geophysics, and mineral and water resources of Alaska published or released to open files in 1977. They are listed by the quadrangles (scale...
Progress toward a ground-water-quality monitoring network for Idaho
R.L. Whitehead
1978, Open-File Report 78-786
A ground-water-quality monitoring network is being designed for Idaho. The primary objectives of the network are to (1) determine the present quality of the State's ground water, (2) provide continual monitoring of groundwater quality for water-management purposes, and (3) serve as a warning system of undesirable changes in ground-water quality. Data...
Directory of member organizations of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Melvin D. Edwards, Janet M. Nokes
1978, Open-File Report 78-872
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working to improve access to water data. It consists of member organizations from all sectors of the water-data community. This Directory provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all NAWDEX member organizations and their designated NAWDEX...
Analyses of water, core material, and elutriate samples collected near Yazoo City, Mississippi (Yazoo Headwater Project)
Harold L. Leone, Alton J. Dupuy
1978, Open-File Report 78-792
Five core-material-sampling sites were chosen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to represent areas of proposed dredging activity. Four receiving-water sites also were selected to represent the water that will contact the proposed dredged material. Chemical and physical analyses were performed upon core material and native-water samples from these...
Hydrologic data for the Antlers aquifer, southeastern Oklahoma
Robert E. Davis, Donald L. Hart Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-1038
The U.S. Geological Survey has collected data on Oklahoma's ground-water resources since 1934. Most of these data were collected as part of specific ground-water studies conducted in cooperation with various Federal, State, and local agencies.The information in this report was obtained in the field, from published reports (Davis, 1960, Hart,...
Ice-gouged microrelief on the floor of the eastern Chukchi Sea, Alaska: a reconnaissance survey
Lawrence J. Toimil
1978, Open-File Report 78-693
Side-scan sonar and bathymetric records obtained from 1,800 km of trackline from the eastern Chukchi Sea continental shelf, between water depths of 20 and 70 m show the ubiquitous presence of furrow-like linear depressions produced by gouging of the sea bed by ice keels. These sea bed micro-features are regionally...
Geotechnical properties of northern Bering Sea sediment
Edward C. Clukey, Hans Nelson, John E. Newby
1978, Open-File Report 78-408
The physical properties of sediments taken from the northern Bering Sea (Norton Sound area) have been determined in order to evaluate their impact on recently identified possible geologic hazards in the area. Standard identification tests (water content, Atterberg limits, grain size, specific gravity and density) as well as shear strength...
Pillar Mountain Landslide, Kodiak, Alaska
Reuben Kachadoorian, Willard H. Slater
1978, Open-File Report 78-217
Pillar Mountain landslide on the southeast face of Pillar Mountain is about 915 m (3,000 ft) southwest of the city of Kodiak, Alaska. The landslide is about 520 m (1,700 ft) wide at its base and extends approximately from sea level to an altitude of about 343 m (1,125 ft)....
Identification codes for organizations listed in computerized data systems of the U.S. Geological Survey
Melvin D. Edwards, Margery O. Drilleau
1978, Open-File Report 78-398
This report contains codes for the identification of public and private organizations listed in computerized data systems. These codes are used by the U.S. Geological Survey 's National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX), National Water Data Storage and Retrieval System (WATSTORE), National Cartographic Information Center (NCIC), and Office of Water Data...
Drought in California; water resources data for 1977
Leonard N. Jorgensen, Verrie F. Pearce
1978, Open-File Report 78-613
The 2-year dry period 1976-77 was the most severe drought in northern California 's history, and the quantity and quality of all water-supply sources in the State were affected. This report contains special water-resources data collected by the Geological Survey during 1977. These data include: streamflow at 11 selected stations,...
Hydrogeologic data for the South Cross Bayou test injection site, Pinellas County, Florida
John J. Hickey
1978, Open-File Report 78-575
One exploratory hole, a test injection well, and nine monitor wells were constructed at the South Cross Bayou test-injection site between January 1973 and October 1975. At the test site, the first 125 feet below land surface is predominantly limestone and clay; from 125 to 3,280 feet it is mostly...
Hydrogeologic data for the Bear Creek subsurface-injection test site, St. Petersburg, Florida
John J. Hickey
1978, Open-File Report 78-853
Lithologic, hydraulic, geophysical, and water-quality data were collected at the Bear Creek subsurface-injection test site at St. Petersburg, FL. The data were collected to determine the feasibility of subsurface injection of storm runoff. An exploratory hole and five observation wells were constructed between October 1974 and April 1976. The lithology...
Water resources of the Kodiak-Shelikof subregion, south-central Alaska
Stanley H. Jones, Robert J. Madison, Chester Zenone
1978, Open-File Report 78-127
Program objectives for the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) for fiscal year 1979
Melvin D. Edwards
1978, Open-File Report 78-975
This report describes the program objectives of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) for Fiscal Year 1979. These objectives include NAWDEX membership, program administration, management, and coordination, NAWDEX services, identification of sources of water data, indexing of water data, programs and systems documentation, recommended methods for the handling and exchange...
Bottom currents and bottom sediment distribution in Massachusetts Bay
Bradford Butman, John Stevens Schlee, Charles J. O’Hara, Robert H. Meade
1978, Open-File Report 78-369
Massachusetts Bay is a coastal Bay 100 km long and 40 km wide located in the western Gulf of Maine. The Bay is open only to the Gulf to the east; the opening is partially blocked by a shallow bank. The bottom sediment distribution in the bay is complex; fine...
Status of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) - September 1977
Melvin D. Edwards
1978, Open-File Report 78-154
Major progress in the implementation of the National Water Data Exchange (Nawdex) took place during Fiscal Year 1977--beginning October 1, 1976 and ending September 30, 1977. This report describes the status of the program at the end of this period. Program advancement is reported in the areas of administration, membership,...
Chemical quality of water in abandoned zinc mines in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas
Stephen J. Playton, Robert Ellis Davis, Roger G. McClaflin
1978, Open-File Report 78-294
Onsite measurements of pH, specific conductance, and water temperature show that water temperatures in seven mine shafts in northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas is stratified. With increasing sampling depth, specific conductance and water temperature tend to increase, and pH tends to decrease. Concentrations of dissolved solids and chemical constituents in mine-shaft water,...
Regional and local networks of horizontal control, Cerro Prieto geothermal area, Mexico
Bruce L. Massey
1978, Open-File Report 78-929
The Cerro Prieto geothermal area in the Mexicali Valley 30 km southeast of Mexicali, Baja California, is probably deforming due to (1) the extraction of large volumes of steam and hot water, and (2) active tectonism. Two networks of precise horizontal control were established in Mexicali Valley by the U.S....
Preliminary sulfur isotope investigations of mineral deposits in the Precambrian shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ralph Jackson Roberts, Robert O. Rye, Mustafa M. Mawad
1978, Open-File Report 78-776
Massive sulfide deposits and sulfide-bearing veins in Saudi Arabia show a wide range in δ34S values from very negative to strongly positive and cover almost the entire range observed for ore deposits in nature.Massive sulfide deposits that have very negative values (Wadi Wassat and Wadi Qatan) formed as syngenetic sedimentary...
