Seismic-reflection data on the eastern U.S. continental shelf acquired by M. V. L'OLONNOIS as part of the Atlantic Margin Coring Project (AMCOR) of the U.S. Geological Survey, July-September 1976
James M. Robb
1980, Open-File Report 80-369
In 1976 the U.S. Geological Survey undertook a program to sample the eastern United States Shelf for stratigraphic information by drilling a set of core holes. Results of this Atlantic Margin Coring Program (AMCOR) have been reported by Hathaway and others. Sites were chosen from seismic-reflection data and were reviewed...
Preliminary bathymetry— Esther Passage and channels east to Eaglek Island, Alaska
Austin Post
1980, Open-File Report 80-426
A map, scale 1:20,000, shows water depths, rocks, and hazards to navigation. These data are noted on track lines run by the Research Vessel Growler in Alaskan waters, where data on navigation shown on published charts are nonexistant, preliminary, or out dated....
Records of selected wells, springs and test holes in the upper Androscoggin River valley, Maine
Glenn C. Prescott
1980, Open-File Report 80-412
The area described in this report includes about 3,050 square miles in west-central Maine. Location of the area within the State is shown in figure 1, and a sketch map identifying the 15-minute topographic quadrangles for the study area is given in figure 2. The western boundary is the New...
Description and preliminary map of airborne electromagnetic survey of parts of Iron, Baraga, and Dickinson Counties, Michigan
William D. Heran, Bruce D. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-297
The data presented herein is from an airborne electromagnetic INPUT* survey conducted by Geoterrex Limited of Canada for the U.S. Geological Survey. The survey area is located in the central part of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, within parts of Iron, Baraga, and Dickinson Counties. The general area covered is...
Side-scan sonograph data from eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Massachusetts
Charles J. O’Hara
1980, Open-File Report 80-283
Two hundred twenty-four kilometers of closely spaced side-scan sonograph data have been collected from eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vineyard Sound, Mass., by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the New England Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. These data were obtained during the August 1976 cruise...
Potassium-argon geochronology of the eastern Transverse Ranges and southern Mojave Desert, southern California
F. K. Miller, D. M. Morton
1980, Professional Paper 1152
More than 200 potassium-argon apparent ages on minerals from crystalline rocks, chiefly from the San Bernardino and eastern San Gabriel Mountains and the southern Mojave Desert, define an area greater than 10,000 km2 in which the potassium-argon isotopic systematics have been highly disturbed. The disturbance or disturbances appear to have...
Outer continental shelf oil and gas activities in the Pacific (Southern California) and their onshore impacts: a summary report, May 1980
George S. Macpherson, Janis Bernstein
1980, Open-File Report 80-645
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas exploration and development have been under way in the Pacific (Southern California) Region since 1966. During that time, there have been four Federal lease sales: in 1966, 1968, 1975 (Sale 35), and 1979 (Sale 48). Oil and gas production from three leases has...
Selected vertebrate endangered species of the seacoast of the United States-the eastern cougar
National Fish And Wildlife Laboratory
1980, FWS/OBS 80/01.44
Hydrologic monitoring program in Eldridge-Wilde and East Lake Road well-field areas, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, Florida, 1977 water year
Boyd F. Joyner, James M. Gerhart
1980, Open-File Report 80-345
The observation-well network in the vicinity of the two well fields is described in detail. Data obtained from the network from October 1976 through September 1977, as well as rainfall and pumpage records, are presented and discussed. Below-normal rainfall caused the water table and potentiometric surface of the Floridan aquifer...
The river and the rocks: The geologic story of Great Falls and the Potomac River Gorge
John Calvin Reed Jr., Robert Sumner Sigafoos, George Wescott Fisher
1980, Bulletin 1471
The Great Falls of the Potomac River has figured prominently in the purposes of men since prehistoric time. Long before John Smith reached the falls in 1609, groups of Indians from East and West met at this great river barrier to trade and perform ceremonies in honor of the spirit...
Geology and mineral resources of the North Absaroka Wilderness and vicinity, Park County, Wyoming, with sections on mineralization of the Sunlight mining region and geology and mineralization of the Cooke City mining district, and a section on aeromagnetic interpretation
Willis H. Nelson, Harold J. Prostka, Frank E. Williams, James E. Elliott, Donald L. Peterson
1980, Bulletin 1447
SUMMARY The North Absaroka Wilderness is approximately 560 square miles (1,450 km 2 ) of rugged scenic mountainous terrain that adjoins the eastern boundary of Yellowstone National Park in northwestern Wyoming. The area was studied during 1970, 1971, and 1972 by personnel of the U. S. Geological Survey and the U....
Potential hazards from future eruptions in the vicinity of Mount Shasta Volcano, Northern California
C. Dan Miller
1980, Bulletin 1503
Mount Shasta has erupted, on the average, at least once per 800 years during the last 10,000 years, and about once per 600 years during the last 4,500 years. The last known eruption occurred about 200 radiocarbon years ago. Eruptions during the last 10,000 years produced lava flows and domes...
Hydrologic setting of wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, North Dakota
Thomas C. Winter, Mark R. Carr
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-99
Because of growing interest in the role of lakes and wetlands in the hydrology of the prairie environment, a group of wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, are being instrumented for long-term hydrologic studies. The study site is on a regional topographic high near the eastern edge of...
Geological studies of the COST No. B-3 well, United States mid-Atlantic continental slope area
Peter A. Scholle
1980, Circular 833
The COST No. B-3 well is the first deep stratigraphic test to be drilled on the Continental Slope off the Eastern United States. The well was drilled in 2,686 ft (819 m) of water in the Baltimore Canyon trough area to a total depth of 15,820 ft (4,844 m) below...
Summary of hydrologic testing in Tertiary limestone aquifer, Tenneco offshore exploratory well-Atlantic OCS, lease block 427 (Jacksonville NH-17-5)
Richard H. Johnston, Peter W. Bush, Richard E. Krause, James A. Miller, Craig L. Sprinkle
1980, Open-File Report 80-558
A summary of hydrologic testing in an offshore oil-test well drilled for Tenneco, Inc. 55 miles east of Fernandina Beach, Florida, is presented. The interval tested (1,050 to 1,070 feet below sea level) is in a calcarenite that is equivalent to the Ocala Limestone (late Eocene) of onshore Florida and...
Sedimentology and stratigraphy of the Kanayut Conglomerate and associated units, central and eastern Brooks Range, Alaska– Report of 1978 field season
Tor Helge Nilsen, Thomas E. Moore, J.T. Dutro Jr., W. P. Brosge, D. M. Orchard
1980, Open-File Report 80-888
No abstract available....
Seismic refraction data for shots recorded in the Coso Range, California, October 1976
A. W. Walter, Craig S. Weaver
1980, Open-File Report 80-186
The Coso Range lies in the southwest corner of the Basin and Range province, east of the Sierra Nevada and north of the Garlock Fault. The range, circular in form, is covered by a thin sequence of late-cenozoic volcanics which overlie highly fractured crystalline basement, similar in composition to the...
Lemhi Pass drilling project, Montana
Mortimer Hay Staatz
1980, Open-File Report 80-312
The Lemhi Pass district has the largest thorium resources of any vein district in the United States (Staatz and others, 1979, p. 10). Most of the resources occur in veins that have an average grade of between 0.1 and 2.0 percent Th02. More than 200 thorium-bearing veins have been mapped...
Water-quality data for canals in eastern Broward County, Florida, 1975-78
W. H. Sonntag
1980, Open-File Report 80-68
Increased urbanization in Broward County has contributed to canals being used as receptacles for urban wastes, sewage effluent, and stormwater runoff. The introduction of contaminants into the canals may affect the water quality. In 1969 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Broward County Pollution Control Board and the...
Bulletin of the Seismological Laboratory for the period from 1 January 1975 to 31 December 1979
G.M. Smith, F.D. Ryall
1980, Open-File Report 81-231
This issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Laboratory summarizes the determination of epicenters for earthquakes located in the western Great Basin, Nevada and eastern California, for the period 1975-1979. The Laboratory attempts to identify and locate all earthquakes with ML greater than about 2.5 in this region. Quality of...
Flood magnitude and frequency of small streams in Indiana: Preliminary estimating equations
Robert L. Gold
1980, Open-File Report 80-759
This interim report presents preliminary estimating equations developed for the ongoing study, "Flood Frequency of Small Streams in Indiana." The equations were developed by the multiple-regression technique from data collected at 57 crest-stage-gage and 15 rainfall-runoff sites in the study and from 133 streamflow stations in Indiana and 11 in...
Summary of water-level and discharge records for the East Everglades area, Dade County, Florida
James J. Schneider
1980, Open-File Report 80-215
Information concerning data collected and records maintained for 25 surface-water and 10 ground-water sites in the East Everglades area is presented; listed are: location of sites, period of record, type of gage used, average discharge, and extremes for period of record. A history of records for each site includes the...
Water-resources reconnaissance of the southeastern part of St Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Alvin John Feulner
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-61
A hydrologic reconnaissance of the southeastern part of St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, was made in August 1979 to determine if sufficient freshwater is available for a proposed harbor and fish-processing facility. Only three wells were being used in 1979, two by the community of St. Paul and one...
Ground water in the Thousand Oaks area, Ventura County, California
James J. French
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-63
The ground-water basin beneath the city of Thousand Oaks, Calif. , corresponds closely in area with the surface-water drainage basin of Conejo Valley. Before World War II there was little ground-water development. After World War II, urban development put a stress on the ground-water basin; many wells were drilled and...
Surficial geology of Oswego East quadrangle, Oswego County, New York
Ernest Hathaway Muller, Todd S. Miller
1980, Open-File Report 80-1209
No abstract available....
