The displacement of calibration curves for electrical soil‐moisture units
Irwin Remson, G. S. Fox
1955, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (36) 821-826
Electrical‐resistance blocks were calibrated for use in soil‐moisture studies at Seabrook, N.J. Curves from successive laboratory calibrations are positioned differently because of the effects of chemical quality of the water used, drying techniques and other factors. Furthermore, the laboratory curves are displaced from the field calibration curves because of the...
Capillary losses from ground water
Irwin Remson, G. S. Fox
1955, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (36) 304-310
A method is presented for estimating the discharge of ground water by evapotranspiration of water rising from the water table by capillarity. ‘Potential capillary water loss’ is defined as a measure of the ability of the capillary interstices of a soil to raise water from the water table to the...
Effect of current drought upon water supplies in Cedar City Valley, Utah
H.A. Waite, H.E. Thomas
1955, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (36) 805-812
The ground water in the pumping district in Cedar City Valley, Utah is considered by the Utah State Engineer to be fully appropriated, and he has not authorized drilling of irrigation wells there since 1942 except as replacements for wells having established rights. In spite of this regulation, the water...
Geochemistry and mineralogy of a uraniferous lignite [South Dakota]
Irving A. Breger, Maurice Deul, Samuel Rubinstein
1955, Economic Geology (50) 206-226
Detailed studies have been carried out on a uraniferous lignite from the Mendenhall strip mine, Harding County, S. Dak. By means of heavy-liquid separations, a mineral-free concentrate of the lignite was obtained that contained 13.8 percent ash and 0.31 percent uranium in the ash. The minerals (gypsum 69 percent, jarosite...
Is Carbon dioxide an ore-forming fluid under shallow-earth conditions?
R.M. Garrels, D.H. Richter
1955, Economic Geology (50) 447-458
A review of some of the physical-chemical properties of CO 2 and of the system CO 2 --H 2 O indicates that under some shallow-earth conditions CO 2 can exist as a separate phase with a density approximately that of water. The effect of dissolved neutral or acid salts on the solubility of CO 2 in H 2 O is not large....
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1954
B.J. Mason, Linda Loye
1955, Open-File Report 55-109
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the United States Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources...
Salt-water encroachment as induced by sea-level excavation on Angaur Island
C.K. Wentworth, A.C. Mason, D.A. Davis
1955, Economic Geology (50) 669-680
Angaur, southwesternmost of the Palau Islands, 800 miles southwest of Guam, has an area of 3.2 square miles and consists of reef limestone of Pliocene through Recent age. In the northwestern part of the island a basin is formed by a ringlike ridge that has a maximum altitude of 150...
Another waterchestnut infestation
A. C. Martin
1955, Journal of Wildlife Management (19) 504-505
No abstract available. ...
Geochemistry and mineralogy of a uraniferous sub bituminous coal
Irving A. Breger, M. Deul, R. Meyrowitz
1955, Economic Geology (50) 610-624
A sample of subbituminous uraniferous coal from the Red Desert, Sweetwater County, Wyo., has been studied mineralogically. The coal contains gypsum (6 percent), kaolinite (1 percent), quartz (0.3 percent), calcite (trace), and limonite (trace). This suite of minerals and the absence of pyrite show that the coal has been subjected...
Effects of hail storms on waterfowl populations in Alberta, Canada — 1953
Allen G. Smith, Harry R. Webster
1955, Journal of Wildlife Management (19) 368-374
No abstract available....
Water-resources program of the Geological Survey in the Midwestern States
C. G. Paulsen
1955, Open-File Report 55-137
The program of basic water-resources investigations by the U.S Geological Survey in the Midwestern states is a highly coordinated undertaking. It represents a partnership among Federal, State, and participial agencies that has developed during the past 60 years from the mutual desire to obtain and maintain optimum knowledge of out...
Neck-banding and other color-marking of waterfowl; Its merits and shortcomings
John W. Aldrich, John H. Steenis
1955, Journal of Wildlife Management (19) 317-318
No abstract available. ...
Reproposal for review report of survey scope, Snake River basin above Weiser, Idaho
Thomas R. Newell
1955, Open-File Report 55-123
This submission applies to the available waters accruing to Snake River between Milner Dam and Weiser, Idaho. For basin upstram see statement by Lynn Crandall, "New storage on Snake River for irrigation use above Milner, Idaho" as filed February 15 at Idaho Falls hearing....
The relation between composition and swelling in clays
Margaret D. Foster
1955, Open-File Report 54-91
The phenomenon of swelling is associated with the hydration of clays; however, all clays do not swell when hydrated. those of the kaolin group, for example, exhibit little or no swelling on hydration. Sodiwm montmoillonite, on the other hand, characteristically swells in water to many times its dry volume. Calcium...
Radioactivity and uranium content of some Cretaceous shales, central Great Plains
Harry A. Tourtelot
1955, Trace Elements Investigations 298
The Sharon Springs member of the Pierre shale of Cretaceous age, a hard black organic-rich shale similar to the Chattanooga shale, is radioactive throughout central and western South Dakota, most of Nebraska, northern Kansas, and northeastern Colorado. In the Missouri River valley, thin beds of the shale contain as much...
Water resources of the Wheeling-Steubenville area, West Virginia and Ohio
Robert Cullen Smith, W. L. Doll, Garland Stratton
1955, Circular 340
No abstract available....
Statement on ground-water conditions in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, and Sonoma Valleys, Sonoma County, California
A.R. Leonard, G.T. Cardwell
1955, Open-File Report 55-95
No abstract available....
An electrical device for computing theoretical draw-downs of ground-water levels
Irwin Remson, M.H. Halstead
1955, Open-File Report 55-149
The construction, calibration and use of an electrical "slide rule" for computing theoretical drawdowns of ground-water levels are described. The instrument facilitates the computation of drawdowns under given conditions of discharge or recharge by means of the Theis nonequilibrium equation. It is simple to construct and use and can be...
The pygmy whitefish, Coregonus coulteri, in Lake Superior
Paul H. Eschmeyer, Reeve M. Bailey
1955, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (84) 161-199
Bottom trawling by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service motor vessel Cisco in Lake Superior in 1952–1953 revealed a large population of a tiny whitefish, Coregonus (Prosopium) coulteri, which has been reported previously only from northwestern North America. The hiatus in range, from Lake Superior to the Columbia...
Flood control problems
Luna Bergere Leopold, Thomas Maddock Jr.
1955, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation in India (3) 169-173
Throughout the world, alluvial soils are among the most fertile and easiest cultivated. Alluvial valleys are routes for transportation either by water or by road and railroad. Rivers are sources of water, a necessity of life. But these river valleys and alluvial deposits, which have so many desirable characteristics and...
Geology and ground-water resources of Webster County, Iowa
William E. Hale
1955, Water Supply Bulletin 4
Webster County, comprising an area of 718 square miles just northwest of the center of Iowa, had a population of 44,241 in 1950, with 25,115 in Fort Dodge, the principal city. Some 94.4 percent of the county is in farm land; corn is the principal crop and is used in...
Determination of boron in silicates after ion exchange separation
Henry Kramer
1955, Analytical Chemistry (27) 144-145
Existing methods for the determination of boron in silicates are not entirely satisfactory. Separation as the methyl ester is lengthy and frequently erratic. An accurate and rapid method applicable to glass, mineral, ore, and water samples uses ion exchange to remove interfering cations, and boron is determined titrimetrically in the...
Rapid determination of water in silicate rocks
Leonard Shapiro, W. W. Brannock
1955, Analytical Chemistry (27) 560-562
A rapid and simple method for the determination of total water in silicate rocks has been developed by modifying the Penfield procedure. In this method, the time required for a single determination has been reduced to less than 10 minutes. Comparison of the data obtained by this modification and the...
Molybdenum blue reaction and determination of phosphorus in waters containing arsenic, silicon, and germanium
H. Levine, J.J. Rowe, F. S. Grimaldi
1955, Analytical Chemistry (27) 258-262
Microgram amounts of phosphate are usually determined by the molybdenum blue reaction, but this reaction is not specific for phosphorus. The research established the range of conditions under which phosphate, arsenate, silicate, and germanate give the molybdenum blue reaction for differentiating these elements, and developed a method for the determination...
Determination of small and large amounts of fluorine in rocks
F. S. Grimaldi, B. Ingram, F. Cuttitta
1955, Analytical Chemistry (27) 918-921
Gelatinous silica and aluminum ions retard the distillation of fluorine in the Willard and Winter distillation method. A generally applicable, simple method for the determination of fluorine in rocks containing aluminum or silicon or both as major constituents was desired. In the procedure developed, the sample is fused with a...
