Amino acids and gases in some springs and an oil field in California
John B. Rapp
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 227-232
Samples of water and gas were collected from six springs and two wells in the Upper Cretaceous Great Valley sequence and Franciscan Formation underlying the Coast Range of northern California and from four oil wells penetrating Tertiary sedimentary rocks in the Kettleman North Dome oil field. Comparison of the dissolved...
Bog stratigraphy, radiocarbon dates, and Pinedale to Holocene glacial history in the Front Range, Colorado
Richard F. Madole
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (4) 163-169
Radiocarbon dates and stratigraphic cores from bogs, kettle ponds, and former ice-marginal lakes on the east and west sides of the Front Range, Colo., between lat 40°00' and 40°24' N. suggest that (1) valley glaciers of Pinedale age began to recede from their terminal positions between about 14,600 and 13,000...
Solute transport and modeling of water quality in a small stream
S. M. Zand, V. C. Kennedy, G. W. Zellweger, R.J. Avanzino
1976, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey 233-240
An injection of chloride, sodium, and stable strontium was made at a constant rate for 3 hours into Uvas Creek, Santa Clara County, Calif., to determine the mass transport processes in a small stream. Five observation points were selected within a 610-metre reach of the stream below the injection site....
Geochemistry of thermal waters in Long Valley, Mono County, California
Robert H. Mariner, Lawrence M. Willey
1976, Journal of Geophysical Research (81) 792-800
Thermal springs and wells in Long Valley, California, issue sodium bicarbonate‐chloride waters containing 1000–1420 mg/l of dissolved solids. Thermal waters of sodium bicarbonate‐chloride composition are usually associated with hot‐water reservoirs. Chloride concentrations and stable isotope data indicate that the thermal waters have had varied histories. All of the thermal springs...
Hydrology of the North Cascades region, Washington: 2. A proposed hydrometeorological streamflow prediction method
Wendell V. Tangborn, Lowell A. Rasmussen
1976, Water Resources Research (12) 203-216
On the basis of a linear relationship between winter (October-April) precipitation and annual runoff from a drainage basin (Rasmussen and Tangborn, 1976) a physically reasonable model for predicting summer (May-September) streamflow from drainages in the North Cascades region was developed. This hydrometeorological prediction method relates streamflow for a season beginning...
Earthquakes, April-May 1976
W. J. Person
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 28-30
This was an active period, seismically speaking, with four major earthquakes and a number of strong earthquakes in many parts of the world. Northern Italy experienced one of its most destructive earthquakes in many years. Ecuador suffered fatalities and damage from a strong quake. Uzbek SSR was struck by two...
Tragedy at Kilauea
D. A. Swanson, R.L. Christiansen
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 12-17
The following article is a reconstruction of events surrounding the deaths of a party of Hawaiian warriors in 1790 on Kilauea Volcano. It suggests that they were killed by a very hot, ash-free, base-surge cloud that rushed from the volcano. Much more recently than that, in the early morning hours of...
The San Francisco cow; did she or didn’t she?
M. Hill
1976, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (8) 19-23
No one has suggested that Mr. Shafter's nameless cow was the cause of the 1906 earthquake, but she has been the source of as persistent a rumor as Mrs. Murphy's Chicago cow. Since 1906, "the cow that fell in the crack" has been a favorite subject of humorous speculation. large...
Resource data bases-Resource assessment
A. L. Clark
1976, Computers & Geosciences (2) 309-311
The U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Resource Analysis is developing computer methods for the handling of mineral-resources data in order to provide improved means for addressing and manipulating data. These methods include: computerized data files and predictive resource models. Data files contain the raw or disaggregated information on mineral deposits...
Infrared spectral behavior of fine particulate solids
G.R. Hunt
1976, Journal of Physical Chemistry (80) 1195-1198
Transmission and emission spectra of clouds and layers of fine particulate samples of quartz, magnesium oxide, and aluminum oxide in the 6.5-35-??m wavelength range are presented. They demonstrate that the behavior of layers of particles constitutes a good analogue for a cloud of particles; that individual micrometer-sized particles emit most...
Late Pleistocene and Holocene depositional trends, processes, and history of Astoria deep-sea fan, Northeast Pacific
H. Nelson
1976, Marine Geology (20) 129-173
The asymmetrical Astoria Fan (110 × 180 km) developed off the Columbia River and Astoria submarine canyon during the Pleistocene. Morphology, stratigraphy, and lithology have been outlined for a Pleistocene turbidite, and a Holocene hemipelagic sedimentary regime to generate geologically significant criteria for comparison with ancient equivalent deposits. Both gray...
Mixing of carbonate waters
T.M.L. Wigley, Niel Plummer
1976, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (40) 989-995
When mineral solutions of different compositions are mixed, the molalities and activities of individual ions in the mixture are often non-linear functions of their end-member values. This non-linearity is particularly significant in determining mineral saturation levels. Mixtures of saturated solutions may be either...
Inbreeding in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
H. L. Kincaid
1976, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (33) 2420-2426
Effects of inbreeding on rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) were evaluated by a comparison of differences between inbred and outbred half-sib families reared as contemporaries during the 1st yr of life. Attention was focused on two levels of inbreeding expressed as inbreeding coefficients: F = 0.25, one generation of brother–sister matings, and F = 0.375,...
Thermomagnetic analysis of meteorites, 3. C3 and C4 chondrites
J.M. Herndon, M.W. Rowe, E.E. Larson, D.E. Watson
1976, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (29) 283-290
Thermomagnetic analysis was made on samples of all known C3 and C4 chondrites in a controlled oxygen atmosphere. Considerable variation was noted in the occurrence of magnetic minerals, comparable to the variation observed earlier in the C2 chondrites. Magnetite was found...
Avian botulism epizootiology on sewage oxidation ponds in Utah
Daniel W. Moulton, Wayne I. Jensen, Sondra K. Stewart
1976, Journal of Wildlife Management (40) 735-742
In the microenvironment concept of avian botulism epizootiology, it is hypothesized that invertebrate carcasses may serve both as a substrate for toxin production by Clostridium botulinum type C and as a vehicle for toxin transmission to water birds. We field-tested that hypothesis by attempting to induce botulism in wing-clipped mallard...
Geologic setting of Boulder 1, Station 2, Apollo 17 landing site
E.W. Wolfe
1975, The Moon (14) 307-314
Boulder 1 at Station 2 is one of three boulders sampled by Apollo 17 at the base of the South Massif, which rises 2.3 km above the floor of a linear valley interpreted as a graben formed by deformation related to the southern Serenitatis impact. The...
Effects of environmental pollutants on Connecticut and Maryland ospreys
Stanley N. Wiemeyer, P.R. Spitzer, W.C. Krantz, T. G. Lamont, E. Cromartie
1975, Journal of Wildlife Management (39) 124-139
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) eggs were exchanged between Connecticut and Maryland osprey nests in 1968 and 1969 to test the hypothesis that the decline in reproductive success of Connecticut ospreys was caused by something within the external environment of the eggs. Incubation of 30 Connecticut osprey eggs by Maryland ospreys did...
Delineation of buried glacial drift aquifers
Thomas C. Winter
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 137-148
Locating and delineating buried glacial-drift aquifers poses one of the major problems to hydrogeologists working in glacial terrain. To show the vertical and horizontal boundaries of aquifers, most techniques require a multiple set of maps, a fence diagram, or a combination of maps and sections. Calculations of the first two...
Relative efficiencies of square and triangular grids in the search for elliptically shaped resource target
Donald A. Singer
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 163-167
The relative efficiencies of equivalent-density, square and equilateral triangular (hexagonal) grids used in the search for elliptical targets are determined for ellipses having relative semi-major axes ranging from 0.50 to 1.00 of the square grid spacing and having shapes (minor axes/major axes) ranging from 0.2 to 1.0. Using the probability...
Evaluation of reservoir sites in North Carolina: Regional relations for estimating the reservoir capacity needed for a dependable water supply
F.E. Arteaga, E. F. Hubbard
1975, Water-Resources Investigations Report 74-46
Draft-storage-frequency relations, which show the storage required for a reservoir to furnish a specified withdrawal or draft are regionalized for four zones in the State, using the mean annual flow of the streams as an index. The differences between the zones primarily reflect differences in the variability of stream flow.To...
Experimental results of atomic absorption analyses for indium and thallium in 803 nonmagnetic concentrates from Alaska
William C. Overstreet, George L. Crenshaw, Arthur E. Hubert, Sam Rosenblum, Ricke J. Smith
1975, Open-File Report 75-253
The development in the U.S. Geological Survey of rapid methods for the determination by atomic absorption spectrophotometry of indium and thallium at limits of detection as low as 0.2 ppm each in geologic materials affords great advantages over spectrographic methods in studies concerned with values at or near the crustal...
Preliminary report on the reconnaissance engineering geology of the Yakutat area, Alaska, with emphasis on evaluation of earthquake and other geologic hazards
Lynn A. Yehle
1975, Open-File Report 75-529
Yakutat, situated about 225 miles northwest of Juneau, Alaska, near the shores of the Gulf of Alaska, has a setting that calls for superlatives. Within the Yakutat region are some of the tallest mountains, some of the heaviest snowfalls, and the largest glacier in North America. Between the abrupt mountain...
Rates of dissolution of aluminosilicates in seawater
A. Lerman, F.T. MacKenzie, O.P. Bricker
1975, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (25) 82-88
Dissolution of eight clay minerals, four zeolites, and quartz in seawater has been monitored for 8 1 2 years. For most of the minerals, dissolution can be described as a first-order reaction in which dissolved silica approaches from undersaturation steady concentration values with time. Characteristic reaction rate constants (k1) are...
Structure and petrology of a cumulus norite boulder sampled by Apollo 17 in Taurus-Littrow Valley, the Moon
E. D. Jackson, R. L. Sutton, H. G. Wilshire
1975, Geological Society of America Bulletin (86) 433-442
A glass-coated half-meter-size boulder was sampled by the Apollo 17 crew at station 8 near the foot of the Sculptured Hills. The rock proved to be a coarse-grained (0.5-cm) plagioclase-orthopyroxene cumulate, and the samples are the only true norites returned from the lunar surface. Photographs of the boulder showed it...
A late Holocene pollen record from Pearson's Pond, Weeks Creek landslide, San Francisco Peninsula, California
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 721-731
A 210-cm core from Pearson's Pond yielded a pollen record for the past 3 millenia. Prior to A.D. 1000 the pond biota was particularly sensitive to climatic fluctuations. Two wet intervals occur in the pollen record, between 350 B.C. and A.I). 0 and between A.D. 650 and 900. The pollen...
