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...
Progressive metamorphism of schists recovered from a deep drill hole near Fairbanks, Alaska
Robert B. Forbes, Florence R. Weber
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 647-657
In 1965, a deep test hole drilled near Eielson Air Force Base, Fairbanks district, Alaska, penetrated 9,774 ft (2,979.1 m) into schists of the metamorphic complex of the Yukon-Tanana Upland. Cores recovered from the test hole show that the section is dominated by calc-magnesian rocks with subordinate pelitic schists. Pelitic...
Quaternary faults at San Diego Bay, California
George W. Moore, Michael P. Kennedy
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 589-595
Acoustic-reflection profiles of subbottom strata reveal numerous faults that cut Quaternary deposits within and directly outside of San Diego Bay. These faults, together with previously mapped onshore faults, constitute the Rose Canyon fault zone that forms the local west boundary of the Santa Ana tectonic block, which is bounded on...
Earthquake shaking and damage to buildings
R.A. Page, W. B. Joyner, J.A. Blume
1975, Science (189) 601-608
Ground shaking close to the causative fault of an earthquake is more intense than it was previously believed to be. This raises the possibility that large numbers of buildings and other structures are not sufficiently resistant for the intense levels of shaking that can occur close to the fault. Many...
Applications of remote sensing to structural interpretations in the southern Appalachians
J. E. Johnston, R. L. Miller, K. J. Englund
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 285-293
Remote sensing is the technology of studying distant objects by measuring and recording energy from one or more segments of the electromagnetic spectrum. Imaging sensors which operate from medium- and high-altitude aircraft or from spacecraft can provide a synoptic view of large areas and of surface phenomena not evident in...
Monitoring regional effects of high pressure injection of wastewater in a limestone aquifer
Glen L. Faulkner, Charles A. Pascale
1975, Groundwater (13) 197-208
More than 10 billion gallons (38 × 106 m3) of acid industrial liquid waste has been injected in about 11 years under high pressure into a saline-water-filled part of a limestone aquifer of low transmissivity between 1,400 and 1,700 feet (430 and 520 m) below land surface near Pensacola, Florida....
Recurrent geothermally induced debris avalanches on Boulder Glacier, Mount Baker, Washington
David Frank, Austin Post, Jules D. Friedman
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 77-87
Avalanches of snow, firn and hydrothermally altered rock and mud have been released six times since 1958 from Sherman Peak, part of the crater rim south of the main summit of Mount Baker, Wash. The avalanches traveled nearly identical paths 2.0-2.6 km down Boulder Glacier on the east slope of...
K-Ar age of the Similkameen Batholith and Kruger Alkalic Complex, Washington and British Columbia
K. F. Fox Jr., C.D. Rinehart, J. C. Engels
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 39-43
Twelve K-Ar age determinations from the Similkameen batholith and the contiguous Kruger Alkalic Complex, including seven newly reported here, range from 69.9 m.y. to 177.2 m.y. Ages of coexisting hornblende and biotite show discordancies ranging from about 72 m.y. to 106 m.y., with hornblende consistently showing the greater analytical age....
Ore grade, metal production, and energy
Norman J. Page, S. C. Creasy
1975, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (3) 9-13
Recent resource estimates have been stimulated by national concern over present and pending shortages of energy and mineral resources. Although some believe that the resource base of a commodity is the total amount in the crust, the energy consumption for mining and milling under present technology suggests that grades of...
The Néel transition and magnetic properties of terrestrial, synthetic, and lunar ilmenites
Frank E. Senftle, Arthur N. Thorpe, Charles Briggs, Corrine Alexander, Jean A. Minkin, David L. Griscom
1975, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (26) 377-386
The magnetic susceptibility of a terrestrial, synthetic and lunar ilmenite specimen has been measured from 4 to 300 K. All specimens had a single Néel temperature transition which ranged from 56 to 57.7 K. In one case the powdered specimen was partially aligned in the magnetic field prior to the...
Determining earthquake recurrence intervals from deformational structures in young lacustrine sediments
John D. Sims
1975, Tectonophysics (29) 141-152
Examination of the silty sediments in the lower Van Normal reservoir after the 1971 San Fernando, California earthquake revealed three zones of deformational structures in the 1-m-thick sequence of sediments exposed over about 2 km2 of the reservoir bottom. These zones are correlated with moderate earthquakes that shook the San Fernando...
The Sargent-Berrocal Fault Zone and its relation to the San Andreas Fault system in the southern San Francisco Bay region and Santa Clara Valley, California
Robert McLaughlin
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 593-598
The Sargent-Berrocal fault zone is a belt of thrust faults extending for about 58 mi (94 km) southeastward from the vicinity of Los Altos to San Juan Bautista, Calif. The fault zone generally dips southwestward toward the adjacent San Andreas fault at low to steep angles, and the southwest...
Time of travel and dye dosage for an irrigation canal system near Duchesne, Utah
D. B. Adams
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 489-493
Fracturing and subsidence of the land surface in the Milford area oil Utah have resulted from the decline of water levels due to pumping in unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. To the writers’ knowledge, these are the first such effects of ground-water withdrawal reported in Utah. The fracturing is in...
Analyses and economic potential of monazite in Liberia
Sam Rosenblum
1974, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (2) 689-692
Eleven monazite samples from Liberia, including seven from beach sands, were analyzed by the X-ray fluorescence method. The monazite samples, containing only one-half percent impurities, were obtained by use of a hot Clerici-solution procedure for purification which was devised by the author. The percentage of the rare-earth elements in Liberian...
A comparison of infrared, radar, and geologic mapping of lunar craters
T.W. Thompson, H. Masursky, R.W. Shorthill, G.L. Tyler, S.H. Zisk
1974, The Moon (10) 87-117
Between 1000 and 2000 infrared (eclipse) and radar anomalies have been mapped on the nearside hemisphere of the Moon. A study of 52 of these anomalies indicates that most are related to impact craters and that the nature of the infrared and radar responses is compatible...
Electrophoresis as a management tool
R.P. Morgan II, J.A. Chapman, L.A. Noe, Charles J. Henny
1974, Transactions of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference (31) 63-71
The theme of this 1974 Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference is 'A New Era'. Indeed, it is a new era for improved techniques to assist in management of our fish and wildlife resources for the maximum benefit of all. In some cases, the new techniques are primarily used...
Capture-recapture analysis of a wintering black-capped chickadee population in Connecticut, 1958-1993
C.S. Robbins
1974, American Birds (28) 273-274
We investigated the dynamics of a wintering population of Black-capped Chickadees (Parus atricapillus) using data from a long-term capture-recapture study. Goodness-of-fit and likelihood-ratio tests indicated that the standard Jolly-Seber model was inadequate for the data, so we explored different parameterizations of a model in which survival probability for new captures...
Progress report on the North American Breeding Bird Survey
C.S. Robbins, W.T. Van Velzen
1974, Acta Ornithologica (14) 170-191
The Breeding Bird Survey has been monitoring bird population changes in the U.S.A. and Canada since 1966. Each cooperator makes 50 3-minute stops at 0.8-km intervals along randomly selected roadside routes in 4 to 4 1/2 hours on one morning in June of each year. Data from the 1500 to...
The winter bird survey of central Maryland, U.S.A
C.S. Robbins, D. Bystrak
1974, Acta Ornithologica (14) 254-271
A method for monitoring changes in winter bird populations was tested in central Maryland in the winters of 1970, 1971 and 1972. A systematic sample of 41 transects was established to sample an area of 6150 sq. km. Each transect, located at the center of a standard 7 1/2-minute topographic...
A tabulation of K-Ar, Rb-Sr and Pb-alpha ages obtained for materials within the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) during the years 1956 through 1964
Richard F. Marvin
1974, Open-File Report 74-1068
This tabulation of ages has been made as a convenience to anyone desiring a quick reference to ages published in the United States from 1956 through 1964. This tabulation does not include all published K-Ar, Rb-Sr, or Pb-a ages, but is probably 98 percent complete. Many of the radiometric ages...
A tabulation of K-Ar, Rb-Sr, and Pb-α ages obtained for materials within the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii) during the years 1965 through 1968
Richard F. Marvin
1974, Open-File Report 74-1069
This tabulation of ages has been made as a convenience to anyone desiring a quick reference to ages published in the United States and Puerto Rico from 1965 through 1968. This tabulation does not include all published K-Ar, Rb-Sr, or Pb-α ages, but is probably 98 percent complete. Many of...
Hydrology of the Dismal Swamp, Virginia-North Carolina
William Francis Lichtler, Patrick Neil Walker
1974, Open-File Report 74-39
The Dismal Swamp, on the border between eastern Virginia and North Carolina is one of the few remaining large (approximately 210,000 acres) areas of wet wilderness in the eastern United States. There has been much speculation concerning the hydrologic conditions that led to the formation of the swamp.Oaks and Coch...
Environmental impact analysis; the example of the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline
David A. Brew
1974, Circular 695
The environmental impact analysis made as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the proposed trans-Alaska pipeline included consideration of the (1) technologically complex and geographically extensive proposed project, (2) extremely different physical environments across Alaska along the proposed route and elsewhere in Alaska and in Canada...
Geologic and hydrologic control of chloride contamination in aquifers at Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia
Dean O. Gregg, Everett Alfred Zimmerman
1974, Water Supply Paper 2029-D
Water from a brackish-water zone (1,050-1,350 ft) has concentrations as high as 2,150 milligrams per liter chloride, and concentrations are suspected to be higher than 3,000 milligrams per liter chloride. This brackish water has been identified as the source of the water that contaminates the upper and lower fresh-water-bearing zones...
