Bimodal Silurian and Lower Devonian volcanic rock assemblages in the Machias-Eastport area, Maine
Olcott Gates, R. H. Moench
1981, Professional Paper 1184
Exposed in the Machias-Eastport area of southeastern Maine is the thickest (at least 8,000 m), best exposed, best dated, and most nearly complete succession of Silurian and Lower Devonian volcanic strata in the coastal volcanic belt, remnants of which crop out along the coasts of southern New Brunswick, Canada, and...
Ground-water hydrology of strip-mine areas in eastern Ohio (conditions during mining of two watersheds in Coshocton and Muskingum counties)
John O. Helgesen, Allan C. Razem
1981, Open-File Report 81-913
Ground-water conditions during coal strip mining in two small watersheds are described as part of an ongoing study of effects of mining on hydrologic systems. Both watersheds were underlain by stratified sedimentary rocks containing two perched aquifers above clay beds which underlaid the major coal seams. Mining involved removing the...
Quality of surface water before implementation of a flood-control project in Chaska, Minnesota
L. H. Tornes
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-83
Samples were collected for 1 year from East Creek, Chaska Creek, and Courthouse Lake in Chaska, Minnesota, to determine the water quality before implementation of a flood-control project proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The creeks had similar water-quality characteristics. Data indicate that ground water may be the...
Hydrologic data of the Shawsheen River basin, Massachusetts
Frederick B. Gay, David F. Delaney
1981, Open-File Report 81-802
The Shawsheen River basin drains a 77-square-mile area northwest of metropolitan Boston in eastern Massachusetts and discharges into the Merrimack River. Principal tributaries to the Shawsheen River are: Content, Elm, Heath, Hussey, Kiln, Rogers, Spring, Strong Water, Vine, and Webb Brooks....
Samples from the United States eastern continental margin collected by the U.S. Geological Survey
Wayne M. Ferrebee, Donald K. McElroy
1981, Open-File Report 81-467
As part of the National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center's (NGSDC's) project to maintain a computer-accessed list of marine geological samples, the U.S. Geological Survey has inventoried 3,949 samples from the continental margin of the Eastern United States (Fig. 1). Most (3,868) of these samples are grab and dredge samples...
Geohydrology of the Vamoosa-Ada aquifer, east-central Oklahoma
Joseph J. D’Lugosz, Roger G. McClaflin, Melvin V. Marcher
1981, Open-File Report 81-62
The Vamoosa-Ada aquifer, which underlies an area of about 2,320 square miles, consists principally of the Vamoosa Formation and the overlying Ada Group of Pennsylvanian age. Rocks comprising the aquifer were deposited in a near-shore environment ranging from marine on the west to nonmarine to the east. Because of changes...
Water-resources information for the Withlacoochee River region, west-central Florida
Robert A. Miller, Warren Anderson, Anthony S. Navoy, James L. Smoot, Roger G. Belles
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-11
Daily water use in the Withlacoochee River region in 1977 averaged about 2,005 million gallons per day, 94 percent of which was saline surface water used in thermoelectric power-generation cooling. Industrial and irrigation uses required 73 percent of the freshwater. The largest user of freshwater was Hernando County, using 43.0...
Hydrologic data of the lower Merrimack River basin, Massachusetts, from Concord River, Lowell, to Plum Island, Newburyport
David F. Delaney, Frederick B. Gay
1981, Open-File Report 81-1185
The lower Merrimack River basin study area drains approximately 180 square miles along the New Hampshire border in northeastern Massachusetts. This area includes parts of the Merrimack River basin within Massachusetts east of the Beaver Brook and Concord River basins, except for the Shawsheen River basin. Even though the Blackwater...
Gulf of Alaska and Lower Cook Inlet summary report 2, June 1981: A 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
Karen M. Collins, Anne Stadnychenko
1981, Open-File Report 81-607
The search for oil and gas on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) in the Gulf of Alaska subregion of the Alaska leasing Region began in 1967, when geophysical surveys of the area were initiated. Three lease sales have been held in the subregion. Lease Sale 39, for the northern Gulf...
Hydrologic conditions at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho, emphasis: 1974-1978
Jack T. Barraclough, Barney D. Lewis, Rodger G. Jensen
1981, Open-File Report 81-526
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) site covers about 890 square miles of the eastern Snake River Plain and overlies the Snake River Plain aquifer. Low concentrations of aqueous chemical and radio-active wastes have been discharged to shallow ponds and to shallow or deep wells on the site since 1952....
Alluvial aquifer of the Cache and St. Francis River basins, northeastern Arkansas
Matthew E. Broom, Forest P. Lyford
1981, Open-File Report 81-476
The alluvial aquifer underlies about 9,000 square miles of the study area. Well yields from the aquifer commonly are from 1,000 to 2,000 gallons per minute. Flow toward the main area of pumping stress is eastward from the Cache River and westward from the St. Francis River. The Memphis aquifer...
Records of water levels in unconsolidated deposits in eastern South Dakota
Wendell L. Bradford
1981, Open-File Report 81-924
This report, prepared in cooperation with the South Dakota Department of Water and Natural Resources and the South Dakota Geological Survey, contains a tabulation of water levels measured by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and State agencies.Wells owned by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) were measured as part of...
Submarine topography and physiography of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Arnold H. Bouma
1981, Open-File Report 81-1335
The submarine topography of lower Cook Inlet, Alaska, is complex because the bathymetric aspects and water depths change rapidly over short distances. The folded upper Tertiary subbottom was eroded during the first of five major Quaternary glacial advances over the inlet, and later fluvial, fluvioglacial, glacial, and marine erosional and...
Background hydrologic information in potential lignite mining areas in Mississippi, August 1980
J. K. Arthur
1981, Open-File Report 81-421
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with Mississippi Bureau of Geology is conducting a hydrologic data-collection program in the potential lignite-producing areas in Mississippi. During the week of August 25-28, 1980, hydrologic data on channel characteristics were collected at 15 sites on small streams draining potential lignite mining areas in...
Saline ground-water discharge to the Smoky Hill River between Salina and Abilene, central Kansas
Joe B. Gillespie, Gerald D. Hargadine
1981, Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-43
Saline water discharges from the alluvial aquifer into the Smoky Hill and Solomon Rivers between New Cambria and Sand Springs, Kansas. During relatively stable base flow in 1976-77, the discharge was about 32 cubic feet per second. Chloride concentrations at base flow increased about 800 milligrams per liter in the...
Coal surface mining reclamation and fish and wildlife relationships in the eastern United States. Vol. I, past findings, the surface Mining Law of 1977 (P.L. 95-87), future planning and management considerations, and information sources
Daniel L. Leedy
1981, FWS/OBS 80/24
Water-resources investigations of the USGS in Texas, fiscal year 1981
Alicia A. Mitchell, H.D. Buckner
1981, Open-File Report 81-347
Water-resources investigations in Texas consist of the collection of basic records through the hydrologic-data network, interpretive studies, and research projects. The hydrologic records and the results of investigations are published by the Geological Survey or by cooperating agencies. This report describes the water-resources projects and activities of the Geological Survey...
Summary report on the regional geology, environmental considerations for development, petroleum potential, and estimates of undiscovered recoverable oil and gas resources of the United States southeastern Atlantic continental margin in the area of proposed oil and gas lease sale No. 78
William P. Dillon
1981, Open-File Report 81-749
This report summarizes our general knowledge of the geology and petroleum potential, as well as potential problems and hazards associated with development of petroleum resources, of the area proposed for nominations for lease sale number 78. This area includes the U.S. eastern continental margin from the mouth of Chesapeake Bay...
Surficial geologic map of the eastern Snake River Plain and adjacent areas, 111° -115° W., Idaho and Wyoming
William E. Scott
1981, Open-File Report 81-507
This map portrays the distribution of surficial materials that cover most of the landscape of the eastern Snake River Plain and adjoining areas in a larger part of southeastern Idaho and a very small area in western Wyoming (fig. 1). Almost 350,000 people or 40 percent of Idaho's (estimating 1979...
Mid-range sidescan-sonar images covering parts of proposed tracts for OCS lease sale 56 and contiguous areas, Manteo, Cape Fear, and adjacent quadrangles off North Carolina
Peter Popenoe, K. V. Cashman, Dale Chayes, William B. F. Ryan
1981, Open-File Report 81-554
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory (LDGO), collected 335 km of mid-range sidescan-sonar data in some of the tracts proposed for inclusion in Federal OCS (Outer Continental Shelf) Oil and Gas Lease Sale 56 and in...
Coal surface mining reclamation and fish and wildlife relationships in the eastern United States. Vol. II, opportunities and approaches for fish and wildlife planning and management in coal surface mining, reclamation and postmining land use
Daniel L. Leedy, Thomas M. Franklin
1981, FWS/OBS 80/25
Birds of the St. Croix River valley: Minnesota and Wisconsin
Craig A. Faanes
1981, North American Fauna 73
The St. Croix River Valley encompasses nearly 11,550 km2 in east-central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin. A wide range of habitats are available for birds including upland oak, lowland deciduous, maple-basswood, lowland and upland coniferous forests, natural basin wetlands, and grasslands. Situated in the north-central region of the United States, the...
Geology and potential hazards of the continental slope between Lindenkohl and South Toms Canyons, offshore mid-Atlantic United States
James M. Robb, John C. Hampson Jr., John R. Kirby, David C. Twichell
1981, Open-File Report 81-600
Because sediment instability, or slumping, has been identified as a potential hazard to petroleum development of the east-coast Continental Slope, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, began a detailed study of a segment of the Continental Slope between Lindenkohl and South Toms Canyons...
Data file: the 1976 Atlantic Margin Coring (AMCOR) Project of the U.S. Geological Survey
Lawrence J. Poppe
Lawrence J. Poppe, editor(s)
1981, Open-File Report 81-239
In 1976, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted the Atlantic Margin Coring Project (AMCOR) to obtain information on stratigraphy, hydrology and water chemistry, mineral resources other than petroleum hydrocarbons, and geotechnical engineering properties at sites widely distributed along the Continental Shelf and Slope of the Eastern United States (Hathaway and others,...
Assessment of water quality in streams draining coal-producing areas in Ohio
C.L. Pfaff, D.R. Helsel, D.P. Johnson, C.G. Angelo
1981, Open-File Report 81-409
Quality of water in 150 sites in the coal-producing areas of eastern Ohio was studied in a two-phase investigation between May 1975 and August 1976. Results of phase one, a reconnaissance to determine the occurrence of certain inorganic and organic constituents and to relate their occurrence to coal mining, indicated...
