Effects of wildlife of ethyl and methyl parathion applied to California USA rice fields
T. W. Custer, E. F. Hill, H. M. Ohlendorf
1985, California Fish and Game (71) 220-224
Selected rice fields on the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex were aerially sprayed one time during May or June 1982 with either ethyl (0.11 kg Al/ha) or methyl (0.84 kg AI/ha) parathion for control of tadpole shrimp, Triops longicaudatus. No sick or dead vertebrate wildlife were found or adjacent to...
10Be analysis of a Quaternary weathering profile in the Virginia Piedmont
M.J. Pavich, Louis Brown, J. Nathalie Valette-Silver, Jeffrey Klein, Roy Middleton
1985, Geology (13) 39-41
Samples from a residual weathering profile in the Virginia Piedmont have been analyzed for cosmogenic 10Be. Concentrations are highest in clay-rich soil and decrease exponentially to a depth of about 15 m. Despite uncertainties about the processes by which 10Be may be intercepted before entering...
Effects of cumulative loading level, as fish weight per unit flow, on water quality and growth of lake trout
J. W. Meade, J.S. Ramsey, J.C. Williams
1985, Journal of the World Mariculture Society (16) 40-51
Lake trout, Salvelinus namaycush, were cultured in a series of five rearing units (in triplicate). The fish removed available oxygen in each unit, from about 10.5 to 7.0 mg/L. Oxygen was replaced, through aeration, between rearing units. Effects of cumulative loading, as fish weight/flow rate, are described in terms of water...
Comparative sensitivities of diagnostic procedures used to detect bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes
R. C. Cipriano, C. E. Starliper, J. H. Schachte
1985, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (21) 144-148
Kidney and spleen homogenates from each of 60 coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) were examined for detection of Renibacterium salmoninarum. The proportions of positives differed widely with the detection procedures used: in coho salmon, 5% were positive by the Gram-stain...
PREPRO: a computer program for encoding regional exploration data for use in characteristic analysis
N.J. Bridges, J.T. Hanley, R.B. McCammon
1985, Computers & Geosciences (11) 513-519
The preprocessor (PREPRO) computer program offers the exploration geologist a variety of options for encoding regional exploration data into ternary form for use in characteristic analysis. PREPRO's options include variable-input formats, cursor input, ordering among a set of input variables, and selectable ternary transformations. Moreover, the program provides for the...
Carboniferous paleogeographic, phytogeographic, and paleoclimatic reconstructions
D.B. Rowley, A. Raymond, Judith T. Parrish, A.L. Lottes, C.R. Scotese, A.M. Ziegler
1985, International Journal of Coal Geology (5) 7-42
Two revised paleogeographic reconstructions of the Visean and Westphalian C-D stages are presented based on recent paleomagnetic, phytogeographic, stratigraphic, and tectonic data. These data change the positions of some continental blocks, and allow the definition of several new ones. The most...
Antigen uptake by gill cells of Atlantic salmon given bath immunizations with Yersinia ruckeri bacterins
D. P. Anderson, A.G. Zapata, M. Wisniewski
1985, American Zoologist (25) 75A-75A
No abstract available....
Correlation of ash-flow tuffs
W. Hildreth, G. Mahood
1985, Geological Society of America Bulletin (96) 968-974
Discrimination and correlation of ash-flow sheets is important in structurally complex, long-lived volcanic fields where such sheets provide the best keys to the regional stratigraphic framework. Three-dimensional complexities resulting from pulsatory eruptions, sectorial emplacement, mechanical sorting during outflow, thermal and compositional zoning of...
Comparison of digestion methods for total elemental analysis of peat and separation of its organic and inorganic components
C. S.E. Papp, T. F. Harms
1985, The Analyst (110) 237-242
In order to find the most efficient digestion method for the total elemental recovery in peat, ten samples were subjected to different techniques and analysed for Ca, Mg, Fe, AI, Na, K, Mn, P, Zn, Cu, Li, Cd, Co, Ni, Pb and Si using atomic-absorption spectrophotometry. The most satisfactory procedures...
Comparison of methods for estimating ground-water pumpage for irrigation
Steven A. Frenzel
1985, Groundwater (23) 220-226
Ground-water pumpage for irrigation was measured at 32 sites on the eastern Snake River Plain in southern Idaho during 1983. Pumpage at these sites also was estimated by three commonly used methods, and pumpage estimates were compared to measured values to determine the accuracy...
Justification for a reduction in the crest-stage gage program in Louisiana
Richard A. Herbert, Darrell D. Carlson, Gregg J. Wiche
1985, Water Resources Bulletin (21) 953-965
The crest-stage gage program in Louisiana was evaluated to determine if the data were adequate for use in developing regional flood-frequency equations and to determine if any crest-stage gage stations could be discontinued. An abundance of data at many crest-stage gage stations and a lack of data for urban areas...
Degradation of carbohydrates and lignins in buried woods
J. I. Hedges, G.L. Cowie, J.R. Ertel, Barbour R. James, Patrick G. Hatcher
1985, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (49) 701-711
Spruce, alder, and oak woods deposited in coastal sediments were characterized versus their modern counterparts by quantification of individual neutral sugars and lignin-derived phenols as well as by scanning electron microscopy, 13C NMR, and elemental analysis. The buried spruce wood from a 2500 yr old deposit was unaltered whereas an alder wood from...
Federal coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Pinehaven 7 1/2-minute quadrangle, McKinley County, New Mexico
Berge Exploration Inc.
1985, Open-File Report 80-40
No abstract available....
Geology of the Brick Flat massive sulfide body, Iron Mountain cluster, West Shasta district, California
J. P. Albers
1985, Economic Geology (80) 2092-2099
The Brick Flat massive sulfide body is one of a group of 8 individual bodies that constitute the Iron Mountain cluster in the S part of the West Shasta district. Before they were separated by postmineral faulting, 5 of the 8 sulfide bodies formed a single large deposit about 1375...
Composition and morphology of ferromanganese coatings on glacial erratics in Lydonia Canyon, United States East Coast
L. J. Poppe, Dennis W. O’Leary, R.F. Commeau
1985, Geo-Marine Letters (5) 127-133
Ferromanganese coatings have been found on glacial erratics in Lydonia Canyon, off the United States northeastern coast. The coatings, which are about 17 ??m thick, consist of an outer manganese-rich layer which covers the top of the erratic, a middle transitional layer, and an internal iron-rich layer that encircles the...
A quantitative analysis of the Lassen hydrothermal system, north central California
S. E. Ingebritsen, M.L. Sorey
1985, Water Resources Research (21) 853-868
Our conceptual model of the Lassen system is termed a liquid-dominated hydrothermal system with a parasitic vapor-dominated zone. The essential feature of this model is that steam and steam-heated discharge at relatively high altitudes in Lassen Volcanic National Park (LVNP) and liquid discharge with high chloride concentrations at relatively low...
U-Pb isochron age and Pb isotope systematics of the Golden Fleece vein; implications for the relationship of mineralization to the Lake City caldera, western San Juan Mountains, Colorado
K. Hon, K.R. Ludwig, K. R. Simmons, J. F. Slack, R. I. Grauch
1985, Economic Geology (80) 410-417
A U-Pb isochron age of 27.5 + or - 0.5 m.y. has been determined for the Golden Fleece vein, southwestern Colorado, which contains an assemblage of pitchblende and gold-silver tellurides unique within the Lake City area. Initial Pb isotope ratios of ore samples from the vein ( 206 Pb/ 204 Pb = 19.08-19.58; 207 Pb/ 204 Pb =...
Magadi-type chert, indicator of a lacustrine environment in the Middle Eocene McBean formation, South Carolina.
B. B. Houser
1985, Southeastern Geology (25) 185-197
Magadi-type chert (chert derived from magadiite) occurs in the basal part of the formation at three localities in Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties. These occurrences imply that the basal part of the McBean formation was deposited here in an alkaline lake with a high silica content. Formation and filling of the...
Subdivision of thick sedimentary units into layers for simulation of groundwater flow
J. S. Weiss, A. K. Williamson
1985, Groundwater (23) 767-774
Subdividing thick sedimentary units into model layers based solely on stratigraphy can lead to serious violation of groundwater flow modeling restraints and produce erroneous results. Borehole geophysical data can be used to suggest relative permeabilities and delineate model layers that are more likely to have uniform hydraulic properties than layers...
Assessment of nasal marker materials and designs used on dabbling ducks
J. T. Lokemoen, D.E. Sharp
1985, Wildlife Society Bulletin (13) 53-56
Abstract has not been submitted...
Use of cultured fish in sport fisheries management in the United States of America
R.E. Stevens, J. P. McCraren, K.W. McAllister
R.H. Stroud, editor(s)
1985, Book chapter, World Angling Resources and Challenges
No abstract available at this time...
Summary of data on the age of the Orca Group, Alaska: A section in The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1984
George Plafker, Gerta Keller, Steven W. Nelson, Julie A. Dumoulin, Marti L. Miller
1985, Circular 967
The Orca Group is a widespread, thick, complexly deformed accretionary sequence of flysch and tholeiitic basalt in the Prince William Sound area (Winkler, 1976; Winkler and Plafker, 1981) (fig. 49). Despite a number of extensive field studies of the Orca Group, reliable data on the age of the unit have...
Stable-isotope evidence for a magmatic component in fumarole condensates from Augustine Volcano, Cook Inlet, Alaska, U.S.A.
J.A. Viglino, R.S. Harmon, J. Borthwick, N.L. Nehring, R.J. Motyka, L. D. White, D. A. Johnston
1985, Chemical Geology (49) 141-157
D/H and 18O 16O ratios have been determined for fumarole condensates from Augustine Volcano, an active calc-alkaline stratovolcano in Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska. The isotopic data for the condensates form a linear ?? D-?? 18O array from low-temperature fluids (< 100??C) which are essentially local meteoric water (?? D...
Genesis and evolution of water in a two-mica pluton: A hydrogen isotope study
R. H. Brigham, J. R. O’Neil
1985, Chemical Geology (49) 159-177
Measurements were made of the hydrogen isotope composition of 74 samples of muscovite, biotite, vein quartz and whole rocks from the Papoose Flat pluton, eastern California, U.S.A., and adjacent metamorphic and sedimentary rocks in order to elucidate the genesis and evolution of water and hydrous minerals in a two-mica granodiorite....
Well bore breakouts and in situ stress
Mark D. Zoback, Daniel Moos, Larry Mastin, Roger N. Anderson
1985, Journal of Geophysical Research (90) 5523-5530
The detailed cross-sectional shape of stress induced well bore breakouts has been studied using specially processed ultrasonic borehole televiewer data. Breakout shapes are shown for a variety of rock types and introduce a simple elastic failure model which explains many features of the observations. Both the observations and calculations indicate...
