Potential hazards from future volcanic eruptions in the Long Valley-Mono Lake area, east-central California and southwest Nevada; a preliminary assessment
C. Dan Miller, D. R. Mullineaux, D. R. Crandell, R. A. Bailey
1982, Circular 877
No abstract available....
Water resources of Rockland Basin, southeastern Idaho
Rhea P. Williams, H.W. Young
1982, Open-File Report 82-755
Rockland basin comprises about 320 sq mi of the Snake River drainage in southeastern Idaho. Mountain ranges bordering the basin are composed predominantly of limestone and are complexly faulted. Major aquifers include Holocene alluvium, Quaternary-Tertiary volcanic rocks, and Tertiary sedimentary rocks. Groundwater occurs under water table conditions except where it...
Estimating peak discharges of small rural streams in Massachusetts
S. William Wandle Jr.
1982, Open-File Report 80-676
Floodflows on natural-flow streams in Massachusetts with drainage areas between 0.25 square miles and 260 square miles may be estimated from drainage area, main-channel slope, mean basin elevation, and the area of swamps, lakes, and ponds. Multiple-regression techniques were used to define the relationship between a suite of basin and...
A Two-dimensional finite-element model study of backwater and flow distribution at the I-10 crossing of the Pearl River near Slidell, Louisiana
J. K. Lee, D.C. Froelich, J. J. Gilbert, G.J. Wiche
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4119
A two-dimensional finite-element surface-water flow modeling system was used to study the effect of Interstate Highway 10 on water-surface elevations and flow distribution during the flood on the Pearl River on April 2, 1980, near Slidell, La. A finite-element network was designed to represent the topography and vegetative cover of...
Preliminary report on the geology and gold mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona
Ted G. Theodore, Will N. Blair, J. Thomas Nash, Edwin H. McKee
1982, Open-File Report 82-1052
The Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts are adjacent to each other in northwestern Arizona, south of Lake Mead, and just west of the Grand Wash Cliffs. Most recorded production from lode deposits is credited to mines in the Gold Basin district, which is in the southern White Hills, whereas the...
Configuration of the water table, March 1980, in the Snake River plain regional aquifer system, Idaho and eastern Oregon
G. F. Lindholm, S. P. Garabedian, G. D. Newton, R.L. Whitehead
1982, Open-File Report 82-1022
No abstract available....
Preliminary results of gravity investigations at Yucca Mountain and vicinity, southern Nye County, Nevada
D.B. Snyder, W. James Carr
1982, Open-File Report 82-701
Exploration for a high-level-nuclear-waste-repository site in the Yucca Mountain area, Nev., resulted in the addition of 423 new gravity stations during the past 2 years to the 934 existing stations to form the data base of this study. About 100 surface-rock samples, three borehole gamma-gamma logs, and one borehole gravity...
A study of trends in dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform bacteria at NASQAN stations
Richard A. Smith, Richard B. Alexander
1982, Open-File Report 82-1019
Most stations in the U.S. Geological Survey's National Stream Quality Accounting Network show no significant trend in either dissolved oxygen concentration or fecal coliform bacteria population for the period October 1974. through October 1981. Of the stations which do show trends, however, most show improved water quality: thirty-one of a...
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Delaware County, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood, Wayne W. Lapham
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-47
The ground-water resources of the White River basin in and near Delaware County, Indiana, were investigated by mapping the aquifers, calculating their hydraulic properties, determining the distribution of potentiometric head, and determining some of the components of the ground-water budget from data collected in the field. This information was used...
Johnstown-western Pennsylvania storms and floods of July 19-20, 1977
L. Ray Hoxit, Robert A. Maddox, Charles F. Chappell, Stan A. Brua
1982, Professional Paper 1211
Widespread thunderstorms associated with two major squall lines, moved across Pennsylvania between the afternoon of July 19 and morning of July 20, 1977. The western part of outflow boundary produced by the second line became almost stationary in western Pennsylvania and resulted in 6 to 9 hours of nearly continuous...
GLORIA sidescan and seismic data collected by the DESV STARELLA along the continental slope and upper continental rise of the Eastern United States in 1979
Kathryn M. Scanlon
1982, Open-File Report 82-1095
A cruise on the- DESV STARELLA was conducted between October 23. 1979, and November 8, 1979, by the U.S. Geologic.al Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United Kingdom's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS). The purpose of the study was to gain an overview of the morphology of large areas of...
Temporal trends in the acidity of precipitation and surface waters of New York
Norman E. Peters, Roy A. Schroeder, David E. Troutman
1982, Water Supply Paper 2188
Statistical analyses of precipitation data from a nine-station monitoring network indicate little change in pH from 1965-78 within New York State as a whole but suggest that pH of bulk precipitation has decreased in the western part of the State by approximately 0.2 pH units since 1965 and increased in...
Integrated model of the shallow and deep hydrothermal systems in the East Mesa area, Imperial Valley, California
T. David Riney, J.W. Pritchett, L.F. Rice
1982, Open-File Report 82-980
Geological, geophysical, thermal, petrophysical and hydrological data available for the East Mesa hydrothermal system that are pertinent to the construction of a computer model of the natural flow of heat and fluid mass within the system are assembled and correlated. A conceptual model of the full system is developed and...
Nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in ground water from three selected areas in Kansas
Timothy B. Spruill
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-11
Nitrate-nitrogen data collected during 1976-79 from 333 wells in western, central, and eastern Kansas were summarized and statistically analyzed on the basis of area, aquifer, and well depth. Concentrations exceeding 10 milligrams per liter occurred generally in wells less than 100 feet in depth, indicating that nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in ground...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the San Antonio, Texas, metropolitan area, 1979-80
Roberto Perez
1982, Open-File Report 82-158
Hydrologic investigations of urban drainage basins in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These studies are now in progress in Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. Studies were completed in the Fort Worth metropolitan area at the end of the 1977 water year, and in the Dallas...
Water resources of the Ochlockonee River area, northwest Florida
Charles A. Pascale, Jeffry R. Wagner
1982, Open-File Report 81-1121
The Ochlockonee River area comprises about 1,420 square miles in the panhandle of northwest Florida. In 1975, the population of the area was about 48,000. Water use averaged 11.4 million gallons per day; about half was pumped from wells and half from streams.The area receives 57 inches of precipitation per...
Geochemical analyses of panned heavy-mineral concentrates, stream sediments and rock samples from the East Yuba and West Yuba Roadless Areas, Plumas and Sierra Counties, California
Susan S. Page, Joel R. Bergquist
1982, Open-File Report 82-825
No abstract available....
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – New England region
Allen Sinnott
1982, Professional Paper 813-T
The New England Region has a total area of about 62,400 square miles (160,000 km2) and includes the States of Maine and New Hampshire, eastern Vermont, most of Massachusetts and Connecticut, all of Rhode Island, and a small part of southeastern New York. The longest stream is the Connecticut River,...
Yearly variations in runoff and frequency of dry years for the conterminous United States, 1911-79
W. B. Langbein, J. R. Slack
1982, Open-File Report 82-751
Gaging-station data are presented on variations in annual runoff over the conterminous United States and nearby Canada during the period 1911-79 in tabular and graphic (map) form. These data bring up-to-date and extend backward in time previous reports on streamflow stations by Harbeck and Langbein in 1949 which covered the...
Lineaments derived from analysis of linear features mapped from Landsat images of the Four Corners region of the Southwestern United States
Daniel H. Knepper
1982, Open-File Report 82-849
Linear features are relatively short, distinct, non-cultural linear elements mappable on Landsat multispectral scanner images (MSS). Most linear features are related to local topographic features, such as cliffs, slope breaks, narrow ridges, and stream valley segments that are interpreted as reflecting directed aspects of local geologic structure including faults, zones...
Gulf of Alaska and Lower Cook Inlet summary report 3: Second revision of Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas activities in the Gulf of Alaska (including Lower Cook Inlet) and their onshore impacts: A summary report, September 1980
Joanne Barnes Jackson, Frederick N. Kurz
1982, Open-File Report 82-20
Five Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease sales have been held in the Gulf of Alaska subregion of Alaska. Lease Sale 39, in the northern Gulf of Alaska, was held on April 13, 1976, and it resulted in the leasing of 76 tracts. Lease Sale CI, held on October 27, 1977,...
Upper Cretaceous subsurface stratigraphy and structure of coastal Georgia and South Carolina
Page C. Valentine
1982, Professional Paper 1222
Upper Cretaceous subsurface stratigraphy and structure of coastal Georgia and South Carolina is based on the study of 24 wells along two transects, one extending across the seaward-dipping sedimentary basin termed the 'Southeast Georgia Embayment' northeastward to the crest of the Cape Fear Arch, and the other alined east-west, parallel...
Hydrology of Area 24, Eastern Coal Province, Alabama and Georgia
Joe R. Harkins, and others
1982, Open-File Report 81-1113
Chemical and mineralogical variation in the Pioneer Batholith, southwest Montana
J. M. Hammarstrom
1982, Open-File Report 82-148
No abstract available....
A description of colored gravity and terrain maps for the United States and adjacent Canada east of 104 degrees
R.W. Simpson, T.G. Hildenbrand, R. H. Godson, M. F. Kane
1982, Open-File Report 82-877