The crustal structure of the axis of the Great Valley, California, from seismic refraction measurements
W.S. Holbrook, Walter D. Mooney
1987, Tectonophysics (140) 49-63
In 1982 the U.S. Geological Survey collected six seismic refraction profiles in the Great Valley of California: three axial profiles with a maximum shot-to-receiver offset of 160 km, and three shorter profiles perpendicular to the valley axis. This paper presents the results of two-dimensional raytracing and synthetic seismogram modeling of...
Evolution, biogeography, and systematics of Puriana: evolution and speciation in Ostracoda, III.
T. M. Cronin
1987, Journal of Paleontology (61)
Three types of geographic isolation—land barriers, deep water barriers, and climatic barriers—resulted in three distinct evolutionary responses in Neogene and Quaternary species of the epineritic ostracode genus Puriana. Through systematic, paleobiogeographic, and morphologic study of several hundred fossil and Recent populations from the eastern Pacific, western Atlantic,...
Geology and origin of the Death Valley uranium deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Kendell A. Dickinson, Kenneth D. Cunningham, Thomas A. Ager
1987, Economic Geology (82) 1558-1574
A uranium deposit discovered in 1977 in western Alaska, by means of airborne radiometric data, is the largest known in Alaska on the basis of industry reserve estimates. At about latitude 65 degrees N, it is the most northerly known sandstone-type uranium deposit in the world. The deposit lies in...
Modeling and analysis of direct-current electrical resistivity in the Durham Triassic basin, North Carolina
C. Erwin Brown
1987, Geoexploration (24) 429-440
Sixty-two Schlumberger electrical soundings were made in the Durham Triassic basin in an effort to determine basin structural geometry, depth of the sedimentary layers, and spatial distribution of individual rock facies. A digital computer program was used to invert the sounding curves of apparent resistivity versus distance to apparent resistivity...
Effect of urbanization on the water resources of eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania
R. A. Sloto
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4098
The effects of human activity on the water resources of a 207-square-mile area of eastern Chester County was evaluated. The most serious consequence of urbanization is the contamination of ground water by volatile organic compounds, which were detected in 39 percent of the 70 wells sampled. As many as nine...
Ground-water flow and shallow-aquifer properties in the Rio Grande inner valley south of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
K. D. Peter
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4015
The purpose of this investigation was to describe the water table configuration and its temporal variations, estimate aquifer properties, and evaluate the interaction of groundwater and surface water in the inner valley of the Rio Grande in southern Albuquerque, New Mexico, where groundwater contamination is a continuing concern. The upper...
Ground-water withdrawals and changes in ground-water levels, ground-water quality, and land-surface subsidence in the Houston district, Texas, 1980-84
James F. Williams III, C.E. Ranzau Jr.
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4153
During 1980-84, ground-water withdrawals from the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston district decreased from 511 million gallons per day to 444 million gallons per day. This 13-percent decrease was due to the increased availability of surface water and a decreased demand for water. The largest decreases in ground-water...
Solute geochemistry of the Snake River plain regional aquifer system, Idaho and eastern Oregon
Warren W. Wood, Walton H. Low
1987, Open-File Report 86-247
Three geochemical methods were used to determine chemical reactions that control solute concentrations in the Snake River Plain regional aquifer system: (1) Calculation of a regional solute balance within the aquifer and of mineralogy in the aquifer framework to identify solute reactions, (2) comparison of thermodynamic mineral saturation indices with...
Hydrogeologic conditions and saline-water intrusion, Cape Coral, Florida, 1978-81
D. J. Fitzpatrick
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4231
The upper limestone unit of the intermediate aquifer system, locally called the upper Hawthorn aquifer, is the principal source of freshwater for Cape Coral, Florida. The aquifer has been contaminated with saline water by downward intrusion from the surficial aquifer system and by upward intrusion from the Floridan aquifer system....
Surficial aquifer system in eastern Lee County, Florida
D. H. Boggess, F. A. Watkins
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4161
The surficial aquifer system in eastern Lee County consists of an upper water bearing unit, which is generally unconfined, and a lower water bearing unit, which is confined and is the major source tapped by most wells. The top of the lower unit, which is of primary interest in this...
Long Valley is quiet but still bulging
R. A. Kerr
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1986, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (18) 154-154
A history of paleoflood hydrology in the United States
John E. Costa
1986, Eos, Earth and Space Science News (67) 425-430
The origins of paleoflood hydrology in the United States can be traced back to the beginning of the 19th century, when windgaps and watergaps in the Applachians were believed to have been eroded by extraordinary floods as large lakes that were ponded behind the ridges rapidly drained. Sediment evidence for...
Hydrogeology and ground-water use and quality, Brown County, Wisconsin
J. T. Krohelski, B.A. Brown
1986, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 57
The Paleozoic rock of Brown County includes formations of Cambrian, Ordovician, and Silurian age. These formations are eastward-dipping sedimentary rock that rest on Precambrian crystalline rock and are overlain by Pleistocene deposits. The units that are the principal sources of ground water were grouped into three aquifers (upper, St. Peter,...
Water resources of the Park City area, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
Walter F. Holmes, Kendall R. Thompson, Michael Enright
1986, Technical Publication 85
The Park City area is a rapidly growing residential and recreational area about 30 miles east of Sal t Lake City (fig. 1). The area of study is about 140 square miles in which the principle industries are agriculture, skiing, and other recreational activities. The area once was a major lead-...
Geohydrology of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer east-central Oklahoma with a section on chemical quality of water
Joseph J. D’Lugosz, Roger G. McClaflin, Melvin V. Marcher
1986, Circular 87
The Vamoosa-Ada aquifer, which underlies an area of about 2,320 mi2, consists principally of the Vamoosa Formation and the overlying Ada Group of Pennsylvanian age. Rocks comprising the aquifer were deposited in a nearshore environment ranging from marine on the west to nonmarine on the east. Because of changes in...
Bedrock aquifers of eastern San Juan County, Utah
Charles Avery
1986, Technical Publication 86
This study is one of a series of studies appraising the waterbearing properties of the Navajo Sandstone and associated formations in southern Utah. The stu<¥ area is al:x>dy area is about 4,600 square miles, extending from the Utah-Arizona State line northward to the San Juan-Grand County line and westward from...
Effects of brine on the chemical quality of water in parts of Creek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Payne, Pottawatomie, and Seminole Counties, Oklahoma
Robert B. Morton
1986, Circular 89
A study of water-quality degradation due to brine contamination was made in an area of ~1,700 mi2 in east-central Oklahoma. The study area coincides in part with the outcrop of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer of Pennsylvanian age....
The Breeding Bird Survey: Its first fifteen years, 1965-1979
C.S. Robbins, D. Bystrak, P.H. Geissler
1986, Resource Publication 157
The Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) is an ongoing cooperative program sponsored jointly by the U.S. Fish and Wildife Service and the Canadian Wildlife Service. Its main purpose is to estimate population trends of the many species of birds that nest in North America north of Mexico and that migrate across...
Aquatic birds and selenium in the San Joaquin Valley
Harry M. Ohlendorf
1986, Book chapter, Selenium and agricultural drainage: Implications for San Francisco Bay and the California environment - Proceedings of the second selenium symposium
Kesterton Reservoir is a series of ponds comprising 1,200 acres sitting in the grasslands of the Kesterton National Wildlife Refuge. It is bounded on the east by the San Luis Drain, a concrete-lined canal that discharges agricultural drainage into the ponds at their southern end, from which point it then...
Mechanical response of the south flank of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, to intrusive events along the rift systems
J.J. Dvorak, A.T. Okamura, T.T. English, R. Y. Koyanagi, J. S. Nakata, M. K. Sako, W.T. Tanigawa, K.M. Yamashita
1986, Tectonophysics (124) 193-209
Increased earthquake activity and compression of the south flank of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, have been recognized by previous investigators to accompany rift intrusions. We further detail the temporal and spatial changes in earthquake rates and ground strain along the south flank induced by six major rift intrusions which occurred...
Log of an exploratory trench in the New Madrid seismic zone near Blytheville, Arkansas
Kathleen M. Haller, Anthony J. Crone
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1858
During the winter of 1811-12, at least three major earthquakes having estimated magnitudes of MS 8.3-8.8 (Nuttli and Herrmann, 1984) struck the area near New Madrid, Mo. Since the 1811-12 series of earthquakes, 20 damaging earthquakes have occurred in the area (Nuttli, 1982), making the New Madrid seismic zone (fig....
Compilation of selected geophysical references for the Snake River plain, Idaho and eastern Oregon
R.L. Whitehead
1986, Geophysical Investigations Map 969
No abstract available....
Geochemical map of the North Fork John Day River Roadless Area, Grant County, Oregon
James G. Evans
1986, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1581-B
The Wilderness Act (Public Law 88-577, September 3, 1964) and related acts require the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines to survey certain areas on Federal lands to determine their mineral resource potential. Results must be made available to the public and submitted to the President and the...
Distribution and altitude of the top of saline ground water in the southeastern Coastal Plain
Roger W. Lee, Sydney S. DeJarnette, Rene A. Barker
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4109
A map prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey shows the approximate distribution of saline water (greater than 10,000 mg/L as NaCl) in the Southeastern Coastal Plain. The primary distribution of saline water is in Cretaceous sediments and may be characterized as an extensive body of fluid whose upper surface generally...
Water resources data for Oregon, water year 1984. Volume 1. Eastern Oregon
L.L. Hubbard, M.L. Smith, L.E. Hubbard
1986, Water Data Report OR-84-1
No abstract available....
