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....
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...
High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles collected by the R/V Columbus Iselin, cruise CI 7807-1, in the Baltimore Canyon outer continental shelf area, offshore New Jersey
James M. Robb
1980, Open-File Report 80-935
High-resolution seismic-reflection profiles were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) aboard R/V COLUMBUS ISELIN, cruise 7807-1, from 18 August to 4 September 1978 over the Continental Slope of the Eastern United States between Wilmington and Hudson Canyons. These data were acquired as part of a study to determine potential...
Surface faulting near Livermore, California, associated with the January 1980 earthquakes
Manuel G. Bonilla, James J. Lienkaemper, J. C. Tinsley
1980, Open-File Report 80-523
The earthquakes of 24 January (Ms 5.8) 1980 north of Livermore, California, and 26 January (Ms 5.2), were accompanied by surface faulting in the Greenville fault zone and apparently in the Las Positas fault zone also. The surface faulting was discontinuous and of small displacement. The main rupture within the...
Quality of water and time of travel in Hobolochitto Creek, Pearl River County, Mississippi
Gene A. Bednar
1980, Open-File Report 80-203
In Mississippi, an intensive study of Hobolochitto Creek, including the lower parts of East and West Hobolochitto Creeks, was conducted on September 12-14, 1978. The quality-of-water data were collected during a period of generally low streamflow and seasonally high air temperatures. These data show that the quality of water in...
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...
Chemical analyses, correlations, and ages of late Cenozoic tephra units of east-central and Southern California
Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, H.W. Bowman, C.E. Meyer, P.C. Russell, Frank Asaro, Helen Michael, J.J. Rowe, P. A. Baedecker, G.A. McCoy
1980, Open-File Report 80-231
No abstract available....
Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12–13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Gulf Breeze-Fort Barrancas quadrangles, Florida
Marvin A. Franklin, John C. Scott
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 640
Shown on the Gulf Breeze-Fort Barrancas topographic map are floodmark elevations and approximate areas flooded by Hurricane Frederic tides of September 12-13, 1979, along the shores of Big Lagoon, Pensacola Bay, Santa Rosa Sound, and the Gulf of Mexico from Seaglades eastward to Pensacola Beach, Florida. The still water elevations...
Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12-13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Orange Beach quadrangle, Alabama
John C. Scott, Larry R. Bohman
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 636
Shown on the Orange Beach topographic map are floodmark elevations and approximate areas flooded by Hurricane Frederic tides of September 12-13, 1979, along the shores of Wolf Bay, Perdido Bay, and Bayou St. John and adjacent areas in the vicinity of Orange Beach, Ala., and along the beaches exposed to...
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...
Distribution of nitrate in the unsaturated zone, Highland-East Highlands area, San Bernardino County, California
John M. Klein, Wesley L. Bradford
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-48
Nitrogen in the unsaturated soil zone in the Highland-East Highlands area of San Bernardino County, Calif., has been suspected as the source of nitrate in water from wells. Plans to recharge the local aquifers with imported surface water would raise the water table and intercept that nitrogen. This study was...
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...
Ground-water appraisal in northwestern Big Stone County, west-central Minnesota
W.G. Soukup
1980, Open-File Report 80-568
The development of ground water for irrigation in northwestern Big Stone County has not kept up with development in other irrigable areas of the State. This is due, in part, to the absence of extensive surficial aquifers and the difficulty in locating buried aquifers. Test augering south of Beardsley outlined a...
Hydrology and model study of the proposed Prosperity Reservoir, Center Creek Basin, southwestern Missouri
Edward Joseph Harvey, Leo F. Emmett
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-7
A dam and reservoir have been proposed for construction on Center Creek, Jasper County, in southwestern Missouri. Ground-water levels in the hills adjacent to the reservoir will rise when the impoundment is completed. One of the problems is that the proposed site of Prosperity Reservoir is a few miles upstream...
Preliminary delineation of salty ground water in the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain
Harold Meisler
1980, Open-File Report 81-71
Salty ground water underlies freshwater in the eastern part of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain. The transition zone between freshwater and saltwater is represented in this report by a series of maps showing the depths to chloride concentrations of 250, 1,000, 10,000, and 18,000 milligrams per liter. The maps are...
Trends in the distribution of recent foraminifera in San Francisco Bay
R.E. Arnal, P. J. Quinterno, T. J. Conomos, Ralph Gram
1980, Cushman Foundation Special Publication (19) 17-39
Much of the bathymetry of the southern part of San Francisco Bay reflects the drainage pattern of late Pleistocene streams. Holocene estuarine silt and clay cover most of the bay floor; relict eolian and deltaic sand occurs along the eastern shore; sandy patches are present in the main channel owing...
Coincident sediment slump/clathrate complexes on the U.S. Atlantic continental slope
George B. Carpenter
1980, Geo-Marine Letters (1) 29-32
High-resolution seismic reflection data recorded on the continental slope off the east coast of the United States have revealed instances of sediment mass movement (slumps) which appear to occur above clathrate accumulations. The slumping is believed to be related to the liberation of free gas by clathrate decomposition and consequent...
Geology of the Ridge and Valley Province, northwestern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania
Jack B. Epstein
1980, Conference Paper, Field studies of New Jersey geology and guide to field trips; 52nd annual meeting of the New York State Geological Association
The rocks seen in this segment of the field trip range in age from Middle Ordovician to Middle Devonian and constitute a deep basin-continental-shallow shelf succession. Within this succession, three lithotectonic units, or sequences of rock that were deformed semi-independently of each other, have somewhat different structural characteristics. Both the...
The Vermilion Granitic Complex — A new name for old rocks in northern Minnesota
D. L. Southwick, P.K. Sims
1980, Professional Paper 1124-A
The name Vermilion Granitic Complex is introduced for the heterogeneous granitic and migmatitic rocks of Archean (formerly called Precambrian W) age that occur north of the Vermilion district and south of the Kabetogama peninsula in northern Minnesota. The complex consists of the following subdivisions: Lac La Croix Granite, granite-rich migmatite,...
Geology and hydrology for environmental planning in Washtenaw County, Michigan
William B. Fleck
1980, Report
Washteaw County is underlain by glacial deposits that range in thickness from about 50 feet to about 450 feet. Underlying the glacial deposits are sedimentary rocks of Mississippian and Devonian age. The youngest of these rocks are the sandstones of the Marshall Formation in the western part of the county; ...
World petroleum resource estimates and production forecasts: Implications for government policy
David H. Root, Emil D. Attanasi
1980, Natural Resources Forum (4) 181-196
Resource estimates alone will not give advance warning of encroaching production difficulties. An analysis of the general stages in the evolution of petroleum production and discovery and of industry statistics provides an estimate of when the stage characterised by increasing production in the market economy countries outside the United States...
Late Cenozoic volcanism, geochronology, and structure of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California
Wendell A. Duffield, Charles R. Bacon, G. Brent Dalrymple
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (85) 2381-2404
The Coso Range lies at the west edge of the Great Basin, adjacent to the southern part of the Sierra Nevada. A basement complex of pre‐Cenozoic plutonic and metamorphic rocks is partly buried by ∼35 km3 of late Cenozoic volcanic rocks that were erupted during two periods, as defined by K‐Ar...
Organic composition of some Upper Cretaceous shale, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
E. Allen Merewether, George E. Claypool
1980, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin (64) 488-500
The lower Upper Cretaceous strata in northeastern Wyoming, which have yielded major quantities of oil and gas, were sampled at boreholes in Converse, Johnson, and Weston Counties. Cores of noncalcareous shale of largely nearshore-marine origin were obtained from the Frontier Formation and the overlying Cody Shale at depths of 3,780.6...
Preliminary correlation of post-Erie interstadial events (16,000-10,000 radiocarbon years before present), central and eastern Great Lakes region, and Hudson, Champlain, and St. Lawrence Lowlands, United States and Canada
David S. Fullerton
1980, Professional Paper 1089
No abstract available....
Epizootic of coccidiosis in free-flying lesser scaup (Aythya affinis)
R. M. Windingstad, M.E. McDonald, Louis N. Locke, S.M. Kerr, J.A. Sinn
1980, Avian Diseases (24) 1044-1049
A coccidiosis epizootic has occurred in lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) at Bluestem Reservoir in eastern Nebraska during the spring in each of three recent years: 1976-1978. Losses peaked during the period from mid-March through April. As much as 29% of the peak population of scaup using the reservoir died. Necropsies...
