Recent developments in the U. S. Geological Survey's Landsat image mapping program
Frederick S. Brownworth, Wayne G. Rohde
1986, Conference Paper, Technical Papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Fall Technical Meeting
At the 1984 ASPRS-ACSM Convention in Washington, D. C. a paper on 'The Emerging U. S. Geological Survey Image Mapping Program' was presented that discussed recent satellite image mapping advancements and published products. Since then Landsat image mapping has become an integral part of the National Mapping Program. The Survey...
Data report for the Maine-Quebec cross-strike seismic-refraction profile
J.M. Murphy, J.H. Luetgert
1986, Open-File Report 86-47
No abstract available....
Obstacles facing the Venus radar mapper - The implications of gestalt formation in stereo-radargrammetry
R.L. Wildey
1986, Earth, Moon and Planets (36) 41-48
The question of adapting to radar images the existing hardware that form topographic maps through stereo-photogrammetric models, is examined in principle. Such hardware utilizes a human/computer hybrid. Although the problem of brightness differentials between corresponding landmarks can be dealt with pseudo-photoclinometrically, the main problem is whether the perspective in a...
U.S. Geological Survey toxic Waste-Groundwater Contamination Program, fiscal year 1985
S.E. Ragone
1986, Environmental Geology and Water Sciences (8) 129-132
In fiscal year 1982, the U S Geological Survey began an interdisciplinary research thrust entitled Toxic Waste-Groundwater Contamination Program The objective of the thrust was to provide earth sciences information necessary to evaluate and mitigate existing groundwater contamination problems resulting from the planned or inadvertant disposal...
NEW STUDIES OF URBAN FLOOD FREQUENCY IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.
Vernon B. Sauer
1986, Transportation Research Record 10-15
Five reports dealing with flood magnitude and frequency in urban areas in the southeastern United States have been published during the past 2 years by the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS). These reports are based on data collected in Tampa and Tallahassee, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; and several cities in Alabama...
Spectral reflectance of carbonatites and related alkalic igneous rocks: Selected samples from four North American localities
L. C. Rowan, M.J. Kingston, J.K. Crowley
1986, Economic Geology (81) 857-871
Laboratory spectral reflectance measurements were made in the 0.4- to 2.5-mu m wavelength range for samples collected from four North American carbonatite-alkalic igneous rock complexes. Alkalic rock spectra produced few absorption features; however, the carbonatites typically showed conspicuous carbonate, ferric and ferrous iron, and in some cases rare earth element...
FUNDAMENTAL MODAL BEHAVIOR OF AN EARTHQUAKE-EXCITED BRIDGE.
A. G. Brady, M. Çelebi
1986, Conference Paper
The magnitude 6. 1 Morgan Hill, California, earthquake of April 24, 1984, produced a set of acceleration records at the freeway overpass in San Jose carrying I-280/I-680 across U. S. 101, 12 km from the epicenter. Peak accelerations reached 0. 10 g at ground level and 0. 16 g in...
Borehole field calibration and measurement of low-concentration manganese by decay gamma rays
J.L. Mikesell, F. E. Senftle, T.A. Lloyd, A.B. Tanner, C.T. Merritt, E. R. Force
1986, Geophysics (51) 2219-2224
The manganese concentration in the Arundel clay formation, Prince Georges County, Maryland, was determined from a borehole by using delayed neutron activation. The neutrons were produced by a 100 mu g 252 Cf source. The 847 keV gamma ray of manganese was detected continuously, and its counting rate was measured at intervals...
**1**5N-NMR INVESTIGATION OF HYDROXYLAMINE DERIVATIZED HUMIC SUBSTANCES.
Kevin A. Thorn, Jeffrey B. Arterburn, Michael A. Mikita
1986, Conference Paper, National Meeting - American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry
Humic substances are the most abundant naturally occurring refactory organic compounds in soils and water. They have a broad range of physical, chemical and physiological properties. In soils, humic substances contribute to the cation exchange capacity, help maintain the physical structure, and play a role in plant growth and nutrition....
Late Cretaceous stratigraphy, deformation and intrusion in the Madison Range of southwestern Montana ( USA).
R. G. Tysdal, R. F. Marvin, E. Dewitt
1986, Geological Society of America Bulletin (97) 859-868
Dating of orogenic rock units in the central part of the Madison Range shows that Laramide deformation was virtually completed by the end of the Cretaceous. Early Campanian K-Ar dates of about 79 m.y. were obtained from welded tuffs in the basal part of the Livingston Formation, a volcanic and...
Invertebrate communities associated with Bangia atropurpurea and Cladophora glomerata in western Lake Erie
E.W. Chilton, R.L. Lowe, K.M. Schurr
1986, Journal of Great Lakes Research (12) 149-153
The appearance of the marine alga Bangia atropurpurea (Rhodophyta) in Lake Erie has been followed by its rapid dispersal throughout the eulittoral zone of the lake. Bangia was extensively sampled to determine its suitability as a habitat for littoral organisms. Present data indicate that the only organisms capable of maintaining...
Shallow subsurface temperature surveys in the basin and range province-II. Ground temperatures in the Upsal Hogback geothermal area, west-central Nevada, U.S.A.
F. H. Olmsted, S. E. Ingebritsen
1986, Geothermics (15) 267-275
Numerous temperature surveys at a depth of 1 m were made in 1973–1985 in the Upsal Hogback and Soda Lakes geothermal areas in west-central Nevada. Whereas the surveys effectively delineated temperature at depth and heat flow within the relatively intense Soda...
Computer program calculation of gas supersaturation in water
V. K. Dawson
1986, Progressive Fish-Culturist (48) 142-146
A short computer program, written in BASIC for the Apple IIe or IBM PC computer, efficiently performs all the calculations required to determine gas pressure and percent saturation values for water. Input for the program is limited to empirical determinations of barometric pressure, water temperature, differential dissolved gas pressures, dissolved...
Catastrophic flooding and eruption of ash-flow tuff at Medicine Lake volcano, California
J.M. Donnelly-Nolan, K.M. Nolan
1986, Geology (14) 875-878
Catastrophic flooding has eroded a discontinuous network of oversized anastomosing channels on the northwest flank of the Medicine Lake volcano. Most of these previously unrecognized channels were cut into an andesitic ash-flow tuff; boulders as large as 2 m in intermediate diameter were...
Fluid inclusion from drill hole DW-5, Hohi geothermal area, Japan: Evidence of boiling and procedure for estimating CO2 content
M. Sasada, E. Roedder, H. E. Belkin
1986, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (30) 231-251
Fluid inclusion studies have been used to derive a model for fluid evolution in the Hohi geothermal area, Japan. Six types of fluid inclusions are found in quartz obtained from the drill core of DW-5 hole. They are: (I) primary liquid-rich with evidence of boiling; (II) primary liquid-rich without evidence...
Automated mapping of the ocean floor using the theory of intrinsic random functions of order k
M. David, D. Crozel, James M. Robb
1986, Marine Geophysical Research (8) 49-74
High-quality contour maps can be computer drawn from single track echo-sounding data by combining Universal Kriging and the theory of intrinsic random function of order K (IRFK). These methods interpolate values among the closely spaced points that lie along relatively widely spaced lines. The technique provides a variance which can...
Enstatite chondrites and enstatite achondrites (aubrites) were not derived from the same parent body
R. Brett, Klaus Keil
1986, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (81) 1-6
Enstatite achondrites (aubrites) were not derived from known enstatite chondrites by melting and fractionation on one and the same parent body, for these and other reasons: (1) There is no satisfactory mechanism for fractionating metal plus troilite in enstatite chondrites to...
Precambrian basement geology of North and South Dakota
J. S. Klasner, E. R. King
1986, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (23) 1083-1102
Combined analysis of drill-hole, gravity, and magnetic data indicates that the buried Precambrian basement rocks of the Dakotas can be divided into several lithotectonic terranes. Eastern North Dakota and northeastern South Dakota are underlain by Archean gneiss. Except for the Black Hills region of South Dakota, where Archean rocks are...
Luminous phenomena and earthquakes in southern Washington
J.S. Derr, M.A. Persinger
1986, Experientia (42) 991-999
Luminous phenomena, mostly nocturnal lights, are associated with very small earthquakes in southern Washington state. The phenomena seem to be electrical in nature, related to earthquake lights, and tend to occur when the locus of earthquake activity moves across an active fault in an area of compressional stress. ?? 1986...
Design and cost analysis of rapid aquifer restoration systems using flow simulation and quadratic programming
L.J. Lefkoff, S.M. Gorelick
1986, Groundwater (24) 777-790
Detailed two-dimensional flow simulation of a complex ground-water system is combined with quadratic and linear programming to evaluate design alternatives for rapid aquifer restoration. The design model ensures that a contaminant plume is removed and treated within four years at the least possible cost. Rapid restoration is accomplished by maintaining...
Preliminary appraisal of ground water in and near the ancestral Missouri River Valley, northeastern Montana
G. W. Levings
1986, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4138
A preliminary appraisal was conducted in and near the ancestral Missouri River valley in northeastern Montana to describe the groundwater resources and to establish a data base for the area. The data base then could be used for future evaluation of possible changes in water levels or water quality. In...
Evidence for a stronger oxygen-minimum zone off central California during late Pleistocene to early Holocene
J.V. Gardner, E. Hemphill-Haley
1986, Geology (14) 691-694
Of 31 deep-sea cores collected along the central California continental slope, 18 have distinctly laminated sediment at depth, but none have laminations in the top few centimetres. The cores with laminated facies are restricted to water depths between 508 and 1508 m, but...
Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1985
1986, Report
This catalog is a list of (1) books and maps that were published in 1985, and (2) articles by Geological Survey personnel in non-Geological Survey journals and books that came to our attention in 1985; it supplements the permanent catalogs "Publications of the Geological Survey, 1879-1961"; "Publications of the Geological...
Loss of lampricides by adsorption on bottom sediments
V. K. Dawson, D.A. Johnson, J. L. Allen
1986, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (43) 1515-1520
Problems have been encountered in maintaining effective concentrations of the lampricides 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM) and 5,2a??-dichloro-4a??-nitrosalicylanilide (Bayer 73) during treatments of certain Great Lakes tributaries. Concentrations of Bayer 73 decreased by more than 80% in a portion of the Ford River, Michigan, during treatment in 1980. Adsorption of Bayer 73 on...
Distribution of early life history stages of fishes in selected pools of the upper Mississippi River
L. E. Holland
1986, Hydrobiologia (136) 121-130
Effective management of the fishery resources of the Upper Mississippi River and successful mitigation of the loss of critical habitat depend in part on an understanding of the reproductive and early life history requirements of the affected fishes. However, little is known about the use of...
