GEOLOGIC ASPECTS OF TIGHT GAS RESERVOIRS IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION.
Charles W. Spencer
1985, JPT, Journal of Petroleum Technology (37) 1308-1314
The authors describe some geologic characteristics of tight gas reservoirs in the Rocky Mountain region. These reservoirs usually have an in-situ permeability to gas of 0. 1 md or less and can be classified into four general geologic and engineering categories: (1) marginal marine blanket, (2) lenticular, (3) chalk, and...
Strontium and oxygen isotopic variations in Mesozoic and Tertiary plutons of central Idaho
R.J. Fleck, R.E. Criss
1985, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (90) 291-308
Regional variations in initial 87Sr/86Sr ratios (ri) of Mesozoic plutons in central Idaho locate the edge of Precambrian continental crust at the boundary between the late Paleozoic-Mesozoic accreted terranes and Precambrian sialic crust in western Idaho. The ri values increase abruptly but continuously from less than 0.704 in the accreted...
Heavy metals in white-tailed deer living near a zinc smelter in Pennsylvania
Louis Sileo, W. Nelson Beyer
1985, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (21) 289-296
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus (Zimmermann)) shot within 20 km of the zinc smelters in the Palmerton, Pennsylvania area contained extremely high renal concentrations of cadmium (372 ppm dry weight (dw)) and zinc (600 ppm dw). The deer with the highest renal zinc concentration was shot 4 km from the smelters and...
Geochemistry and petrogenesis of lamproites, late cretaceous age, Woodson County, Kansas, U.S.A.
R.L. Cullers, S. Ramakrishnan, P. Berendsen, T. Griffin
1985, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (49) 1383-1402
Lamproite sills and their associated sedimentary and contact metamorphic rocks from Woodson County, Kansas have been analyzed for major elements, selected trace elements, and strontium isotopic composition. These lamproites, like lamproites elsewhere, are alkalic (molecular K2O + Na2OAl2O3= 1.6–2.6">K2O + Na2OAl2O3= 1.6–2.6), are ultrapotassic <span...
The Schwartzwalder uranium deposit. I: Geology and structural controls on mineralization.
A. R. Wallace, R. C. Karlson
1985, Economic Geology (80) 1842-1857
Numerous uranium veins occupy fractures and faults in brittle Proterozoic gneisses along the east central Front Range of Colorado. The deposit size correlates with the density and localization of brittle fracture. The largest deposit, the Schwartzwalder, is explained by a singular configuration of complexly broken, deep-reaching brittle gneisses between impervious...
FINDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM ON COAL QUALITY.
Stanley P. Schweinfurth, Susan Garbini
1985, Conference Paper
The U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been doing research on coal quality for almost a century. Most of the work of the USGS regarding coal went into efforts to assess the quantity of coal in the United States, not the quality. On April 9-11, 1985, the U. S. Geological...
GELIFICATION OF WOOD DURING COALIFICATION.
Patrick G. Hatcher, Lisa A. Romankiw, John R. Evans
1985, Conference Paper
Coalified wood was examined by SEM and CPMAS**1**3C NMR to delineate chemical and physical alterations responsible for gelification. Early coalification selectively degrades cellulosic components, preserving lignin-like components that are eventually transformed to coal. Cellular morphology persists until the chemical composition becomes uniform, at which point the cells coalesce under compaction...
Time scales and mechanisms of estuarine variability, a synthesis from studies of San Francisco Bay
J. E. Cloern, F.H. Nichols
1985, Hydrobiologia (129) 229-237
This review of the preceding papers suggests that temporal variability in San Francisco Bay can be characterized by four time scales (hours, days-weeks, months, years) and associated with at least four mechanisms (variations in freshwater inflow, tides, wind, and exchange with coastal waters). The best understood component of temporal variability...
The Dunbar Gneiss-granitoid dome: Implications for early Proterozoic tectonic evolution of northern Wisconsin
P.K. Sims, Z. E. Peterman, K. J. Schulz
1985, Geological Society of America Bulletin (96) 1101-1112
The Dunbar dome in northeastern Wisconsin is a critical structural feature in the early Proterozoic Penokean orogen. It provides exposures of gneisses (Dunbar Gneiss) that structurally underlie the voluminous metavolcanic rocks of northeastern Wisconsin, and exposures of abundant granitoid rocks ranging from tonalite...
Investigation of selected streamflow characteristics of the Alabama River upstream from Selma, Alabama
G. H. Nelson Jr., C. O. Ming, W. L. Psinakis
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4055
Available data for floods in the vicinity of Montgomery since the late 1800 's indicate that the flood of 1886 is the highest since settlement of the area in 1814. Profiles for floods in 1948, 1961, 1976, and 1979 were defined using floodmarks and recorded peak stages at gaging stations...
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California, 1982-1984
C. D. Farrar, M.L. Sorey, S. Rojstaczer, C. J. Janik, Robert H. Mariner, T. L. Winnett, M. D. Clark
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4183
The Long Valley caldera is a potentially active volcanic area on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California. Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring of surface and subsurface features began in July 1982 to determine if changes were occurring in response to processes causing earthquakes and crustal deformation. Differences...
Partitioning studies of coal-tar constituents in a two-phase contaminated ground-water system
Colleen E. Rostad, W. E. Pereira, M. F. Hult
1985, Chemosphere (14) 1023-1036
Organic compounds derived from coal-tar wastes in a contaminated aquifer in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, were identified, and their partition coefficients between the tar phase and aqueous phase were determined and compared with the corresponding n-octanol/water partition coefficients. Coal tar contains numerous polycyclic aromatic compounds, many of which are suspected...
Water quality in the Blue Creek arm of Lake Eufaula and Blue Creek, Oklahoma, March-October 1978
J. K. Kurklin
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4039
Based on samples collected bimonthly for major inorganic and trace elements and monthly for biota and bacteria, water from the Blue Creek arm of Lake Eufaula and Blue Creek is suitable for most uses when compared to water-quality standards or criteria. Concentrations of most chemical constituents gradually increased from spring...
Review of radiometric data from the Yukon crystalline terrane, Alaska and Yukon Territory
Frederic H. Wilson, James G. Smith, Nora B. Shew
1985, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (22) 525-537
The results of more than 20 years of geochronological studies in the Yukon Crystalline Terrane in east-central Alaska and the western Yukon Territory suggest at least six igneous and thermal (metamorphic?) events. Plutonism during Mississippian, Early Jurassic, mid-Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous, and early Tertiary times is indicated. Evidence also indicates that...
A preliminary evaluation of hydrology and water quality near the Tacoma landfill, Pierce County, Washington
W. E. Lum, G. L. Turney
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4351
The Tacoma landfill, located in western Pierce County, Washington, has been used for the disposal of waste since about 1960. Disposal operations are planned to continue at this site until at least 1990. Data were compiled and interpreted to help understand the possible effects of the landfill on water quality...
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1984
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1985, Report
This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal agencies conducting sedimentation investigations. The decision to publish the report was made in 1946, from a proposal by the Chairman of the Federal Interagency River Basin Committee, Subcommittee on Ground Water. The Subcommittee approved the proposal and agreed to issue...
Preparation, homogenization, and storage of earth standards used and distributed by the International Humic Substances Society
W. L. Campbell, Mollie Malcolm
1985, Organic Geochemistry (8) 109-109
No abstract available. ...
Earthquake hazards to domestic water distribution systems in Salt Lake County, Utah
Lynn M. Highland
1985, Conference Paper
A magnitude-7. 5 earthquake occurring along the central portion of the Wasatch Fault, Utah, may cause significant damage to Salt Lake County's domestic water system. This system is composed of water treatment plants, aqueducts, distribution mains, and other facilities that are vulnerable to ground shaking, liquefaction, fault movement, and slope...
Remote sensing; a geophysical perspective
K. Watson
1985, Geophysics (50) 2595-2610
In this review of developments in the field of remote sensing from a geophysical perspective, the subject is limited to the electromagnetic spectrum from 0.4 mu m to 25 cm. Three broad energy categories are covered: solar reflected, thermal infrared, and microwave.The reflected solar region has been the most intensely...
Improving waterfowl production estimates: Results of a test in the prairie pothole region
P.M. Arnold, L.M. Cowardin
1985, International Congress of Game Biologists (17) 859-865
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in an effort to improve and standardize methods for estimating waterfowl production tested a new technique in the four-county Arrowwood Wetland Management District (WMD) for three years (1982-1984). On 14 randomly selected 10.36 km2 plots, upland and wetland habitat was mapped, classified, and digitized....
Disturbance of diving ducks by boaters on a migrational staging area
C. E. Korschgen, L. S. George, W. L. Green
1985, Wildlife Society Bulletin (13) 290-296
No abstract available....
Determination of carbonate carbon in geological materials by coulometric titration
E.E. Engleman, L. L. Jackson, D. R. Norton
1985, Chemical Geology (53) 125-128
A coulometric titration is used for the determination of carbonate carbon in geological materials. Carbon dioxide is evolved from the sample by the addition of 2 M perchloric acid, with heating, and is determined by automated coulometric titration. The coulometric titration showed improved speed and precision with comparable accuracy to...
DATA ACQUISITION AND APPLICATIONS OF SIDE-LOOKING AIRBORNE RADAR IN THE U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
John Edwin Jones, Allan N. Kover
1985, Conference Paper, Technical Papers of the American Society of Photogrammetry, Annual Meeting
The Side-Looking Airborne Radar (SLAR) program encompasses a multi-discipline effort involving geologists, hydrologists, engineers, geographers, and cartographers of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS). Since the program began in 1980, more than 520,000 square miles of aerial coverage of SLAR data in the conterminous United States and Alaska have been...
Effects of contaminants on toxicity of the lampricides TFM and Bayer 73 to three species of fish
L. L. Marking, T.D. Bills
1985, Journal of Great Lakes Research (11) 171-178
Waters in the Great Lakes basin contain more than 400 contaminant chemicals that potentially affect fishery resources, commerce, and human inhabitants. We determined in the laboratory the effects of selected contaminants on the toxicity of the widely used lampricides TFM (3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol)...
Organic geochemical characterization of the New Albany Shale group in the Illinois Basin
I.-M. Chou, D. R. Dickerson
1985, Organic Geochemistry (8) 413-420
Benzene extractable aliphatic hydrocarbons from the New Albany Shale in the Illinois Basin were characterized by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, and the total organic matter of the shale was characterized by solid state carbon-13 cross polarization magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic resonance. Core samples from a northwest-trending cross-section of...
