Seasonal occurrence of migrant whimbrels and bristle-thighed curlews on the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska
Colleen M. Handel, Christian P. Dau
1988, The Condor (90) 782-790
Migrant Whimbrels (Numenius phaeopus) and Bristle-thighed Curlews (N. tahitiensis) were recorded during five summers along coastal tundra of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska. From June to September, 1975-1979, 358 flocks totalling 1,265 curlews were observed; an additional 54 flocks were identified by vocalization alone. Among the 359 flocks identified to species,...
Sandstone petrographic evidence and the Chugach-Prince William terrane boundary in southern Alaska
Julie A. Dumoulin
1988, Geology (16) 456-460
The contact between the Upper Cretaceous Valdez Group and the Paleocene and Eocene Orca Group has been inferred to be the boundary between the Chugach and the Prince William tectonostratigraphic terranes. Sandstone petrographic data from the Prince William Sound area show no compositional discontinuity across this contact. These data are...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1988
Gail E. Cordy, G. J. Smith, D. Michael Roark, Patrick M. Lambert, John A. Yarbrough, Carole B. Burden, R. B. Garrett, D. C. Emett, Susan A. Thiros, G. W. Sandberg, R. W Puchta
1988, Cooperative Investigations Report 28
This is the twenty-fifth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the...
Predation by resident fish on juvenile salmonids in John Day Reservoir
T.P. Poe, B.E. Rieman
1988, Report
No abstract available ...
Hydraulic conductivity of a sandy soil at low water content after compaction by various methods
John R. Nimmo, Katherine C. Akstin
1988, Soil Science Society of America Journal (52) 303-310
To investigate the degree to which compaction of a sandy soil influences its unsaturated hydraulic conductivity K, samples of Oakley sand (now in the Delhi series; mixed, thermic, Typic Xeropsamments) were packed to various densities and K was measured by the steady-state centrifuge method. The air-dry, machine packing was followed...
Review of the distribution and feeding ecology of seabirds in the oceanic subarctic north Pacific Ocean
Gerald A. Sanger, David G. Ainley
1988, Bulletin of the Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo (26) 161-186
No abstract available....
Stromatolite- and coated-grain-bearing carbonate rocks of the western Brooks Range: A section in Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987
Julie A. Dumoulin
1988, Circular 1016
Carbonate rocks characterized by locally abundant stromatolites and coated grains have been found at several localities in the Baird Mountains and Ambler River quadrangles (fig. 1). These rocks are part of a belt of metasedimentary and metaigneous rocks that constitutes the southwestern flank of the Brooks Range; all are included...
Sorption characteristics of organic compounds on hexadecyltrimethylammonium-smectite
Stephen A. Boyd, Max M. Mortland, Cary T. Chiou
1988, Soil Science Society of America Journal (52) 652-657
When hexadedyltrimethylammonium (HDTMA) ion is exchanged for metal cations like calcium in smectite, the sorptive properties of the clay are greatly modified. The resultant HDTMA-smectite complex behaves as a dual sorbent, in the sorption of organic compounds, in which the mineral fraction functions as a solid adsorbent and the organic...
Off-platform Silurian sequences in the Ambler River quadrangle: A section in Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987
Julie A. Dumoulin, Anita G. Harris
1988, Circular 1016
Lithofacies changes in coeval upper Paleozoic rocks have been used to unravel the tectonic history of northern Alaska (for example, Mayfield and others, 1983). Conodont biostratigraphy and detailed petrologic studies are now revealing facies differences in lower Paleozoic rocks that can also be used to constrain their tectono-sedimentary framework (Dumoulin...
Littoral foraging by red phalaropes during spring in the northern Bering Sea
J. Christopher Haney, Amy E. Stone
1988, The Condor (90) 723-726
Phalaropes demonstrate considerable plasticity in their choice of foraging habitats. The Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) alternates use of pelagic environments in winter and migration (Taning 1933, Stanford 1953, Briggs et al 1984) with wet tundra habitats during the breeding season (Kistchinski 1975, Mayfield 1979, Ridley 1980). Foods available and taken...
Foraging by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) at a nearshore, anticyclonic tidal eddy in the northern Bering Sea, Alaska
J. Christopher Haney
1988, Colonial Waterbirds (11) 318-321
Northern Fulmars (Fulmar glacialis) fed on ice-associated macrofauna (probably gammarid amphipods) and pinniped offal concentrated by convergent flow at an eddy boundary near Northwest Cape on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The eddy was anticyclonic, measured approximately 1.5 by 2.25 km, and was generated by nearshore streaming induced by the cape’s...
Survival of aluminum and monel bands on black brant
Calvin J. Lensink
1988, North American Bird Bander (13) 33-35
Three recoveries of Black Brant (Branta bernicla nigricans) were recently reported in the "Significant Encounters" section of North American Bird Bander (Anon. 1986). At the time of recovery these Brant were 21.5, 22 and at least 22.5 years old. The significance of these recoveries caught my attention as all were...
Factors influencing predation associated with visits to artificial goose nests
M. Michele Vacca, Colleen M. Handel
1988, Journal of Field Ornithology (59) 215-223
Artificial goose nests were used to determine what factors might increase predation after visits to nests of Cackling Canada Geese (Branta canadensis minima). We tested whether leaving the nest uncovered, marking the nest location with a flag, or placing the nest on an island or peninsula would increase the rate...
Volcanology in Hawaii
R. Decker, B. Decker
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 4-30
Polynesians who first inhabited the Hawaiian Islands told in legend about Pele, Goddess of volcanic fires, who migrated from the Island of Kauai to Oahu, then to Maui, and finally to her present home in Kilauea Volcano's Halemaumau Crater on the Island of Hawaii. Geologists today accept this same relative...
Volcanoes can generate devastating waves
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS)
Explosions. Noxious gases. Lava fountains and flows. Avalanches of superheated pyroclastics. Although volcanic eruptions can cause all these frightening phenomena, it is often the power of the sea that causes many volcano-related deaths. this destruction comes from tsunamis (huge volcano-generated waves) Roughly one-fourth of the deaths occurring during volcanic eruptions...
Otto W. Nuttli; a memorial
B. J. Mitchell
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 238-239
With the death of Otto W. Nuttli from cancer on February 9, 1988, the Seismological Society of America lsot one of its most respected and beloved members. ...
Aerial views of the San Andreas Fault
M. Moore
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 120-123
These aerial photographs of the San Andreas fault were taken in 1965 by Robert E. Wallace of the U.S Geological Survey. The pictures were taken with a Rolliflex camera on 20 format black and white flim; Wallace was aboard a light, fixed-wing aircraft, flying mostly at low altitudes. He photographed...
Earthquake warning system for Japan Railways’ bullet train; implications for disaster prevention in California
Y. Nakamura, B. E. Tucker
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 140-155
In Japan, the level of public awareness of the dangers of earthquakes is high. The 1923 Kanto earthquake killed about 120,000 people out of a total Japanese population of about 50 million; an equivalent disaster in the U.S would involve 600,000 deaths. Today, Japanese society is well aware of the prediction...
The fir trees have moved
Y. Oki, S. Otaka
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 224-225
Trees show a record of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 in Japan. Two minutes before noon on the morning of September 1, 1923, the Great Kanto earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 7.9 in the northern part of Mizukuma in Sagmi Prefecture, Japan. Fires broke out immediately following the earthquake,...
Earthquakes, July-August 1988
W. J. Person
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 234-237
Major earthquakes (7.0-7.9) struck the Burma-India border on August 6 and the Solomon Islands on August 10. The most devastating earthquake during this reporting period was a magnitude 6.6 on the Nepal-India border on August 20. In the United States, there were no casualties from earthquakes but moderate earthquakes (5.0-5.9) were...
What is worse than the “big one”?
R. A. Kerr
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 213-218
The Whittier Narrows California earthquake sequence (local magnitude, Ml=5.9 or 1 October, 1987), which caused over $358 million damage, indicates that assessments of earthquake hazards in Los Angeles metropolitan area may be underestimated. the sequence ruptured a previously unidentified thrust fault that may be part of a large system of...
Earthquakes, January-February 1988
W. J. Person
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 124-128
There was one major earthquake (7.0-7.9) during this reporting period, located in the Philippine Islands on February 24. The first earthquake-related deaths fro the year were reported in South Africa, Bangladesh, and California. In the United States, Southern California experienced a moderate earthquake on February 11. ...
Earthquakes, March-April 1988
W. J. Person
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 167-171
There were two major earthquakes (7.0-7.9) during this reporting period. the first, a magnitude 7.6, was centered in the Gulf of Alaska on March 6 and the second, a magnitude 7.0, occurred near the coast of southern Peru on April 12. In the United States, the largest earthquake was the magnitude...
Earthquakes, May-June 1988
W. J. Person
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 196-198
There were no major earthquakes during the months of May and June. Only one earthquake-related death was reported; this occurred on June 20 in the Philippine Islands. In the United States, three moderate earthquakes were expereinced in California but none crashed deaths or injuries. ...
Forecasting California’s earthquakes
R. A. Kerr
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 114-119
The first official earthquake forecast for California emphasizes the broad extent of the hazard and the uncertainties involved in predicting the next quakes. For the first time, researchers have reached to a consensus on the threat of large earthquakes to California, things look no worse for Los Angles than before. It...
