Igneous history of the Koyukuk terrane, western Alaska: Constraints on the origin, evolution, and ultimate collision of an accreted island arc terrane
S. E. Box, W. W. Patton Jr.
1989, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (94) 15843-15867
The Koyukuk terrane of western Alaska consists of volcanic, volcaniclastic, and plutonic rocks which range from Late Paleozoic to Early Cretaceous in age. The terrane crops out in a U-shaped belt which is roughly paralleled by outer belts of ultramafic rocks, oceanic plate basalts and cherts, and retrograded blueschist facies...
Marine origin of pyritic sulfur in the Lower Bakerstown coal bed, Castleman coal field, Maryland (U.S.A.)
P.C. Lyons, J. F. Whelan, F.T. Dulong
1989, International Journal of Coal Geology (12) 329-348
The amount, kind, distribution, and genesis of pyrite in the Lower Bakerstown coal bed in a 150 × 15 m area of the Bettinger mine, Castleman coal field, Maryland, were studied by various analytical techniques. The mined coal, which had a...
Chlamydial infections in free-living birds
C. J. Brand
1989, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (195) 1531-1535
Most studies of chlamydial infections in free-living wild birds have been limited to surveys for the presence of Chlamydia psittaci or antibody to C psittaci and have largely been done in association with the identification of chlamydiosis in human beings, commercial fowl, or pet birds. The emphasis of these studies...
Swift snowmelt and floods (lahars) caused by great pyroclastic surge at Mount St Helens volcano, Washington, 18 May 1980
R. B. Waitt
1989, Bulletin of Volcanology (52) 138-157
The initial explosions at Mount St. Helens, Washington, on the moring of 18 May 1980 developed into a huge pyroclastic surge that generated catastrophic floods off the east and west flanks of the volcano. Near-source surge deposits on the east and west were lithic, sorted, lacking in accretionary lapilli and...
A record of Appalachian denudation in postrift Mesozoic and Cenozoic sedimentary deposits of the U.S. Middle Atlantic continental margin
C. W. Poag, W. D. Sevon
1989, Geomorphology (2) 119-157
The complex interplay between source-terrain uplift, basin subsidence, paleoclimatic shifts, and sea-level change, left an extensive sedimentary record in the contiguous offshore basins of the U.S. middle Atlantic margin (Salisbury Embayment, Baltimore Canyon Trough, and Hatteras Basin). Isopach maps of 23 postrift...
Presumed drowning of Aleutian Canada geese on the Pacific coast of California and Oregon
Paul F. Springer, Roy W. Lowe, Richard K. Stroud, Patricia A. Gullett
1989, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (25) 276-279
Carcasses of 42 and 17 Aleutian Canada geese (Branta canadensis leucopareia), a federally listed endangered species, were found on ocean beaches near Crescent City, California, and near Pacific City, Oregon, respectively, following severe storms. Necropsies and other information suggest that the birds were flushed during the storms and somehow entered...
Fusarium mycotoxins from peanuts suspected as a cause of sandhill crane mortality
Ronald M. Windingstad, Richard J. Cole, Paul E. Nelson, Thomas J. Roffe, Ronnie R. George, Joe W. Dorner
1989, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (25) 38-46
An estimated 9,500 sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) died in Gaines County, Texas and Roosevelt County, New Mexico between 1982 and 1987. The predominant clinical sign observed in sick cranes was their inability to hold their heads erect, both while standing and flying. Multiple muscle hemorrhages and submandibular edema were the...
Assessment of geothermal resources at Newcastle, Utah
Robert E. Blackett, Michael A. Shubat, David S. Chapman, Craig B. Forster, Charles M. Schlinger
1989, Conference Paper, Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council
Integrated geology, geophysics, and geochemistry studies in the Newcastle area of southwest Utah are used to develop a conceptual geologic model of a blind, moderate-temperature hydrothermal system. Studies using 12 existing and 12 new, thermal gradient test holes, in addition to geologic mapping, gravity surveys, and other investigations have helped...
Rocky Mountain Tertiary coal-basin models and their applicability to some world basins
R. M. Flores
1989, International Journal of Coal Geology (12) 767-798
Tertiary intermontane basins in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States contain large amounts of coal resources. The first major type of Tertiary coal basin is closed and lake-dominated, either mud-rich (e.g., North Park Basin, Colorado) or mud plus carbonate...
[Book review] The biogeography of fire in the San Bernardino Mountains of California---A historical study, by R.A. Minnich
Jon E. Keeley
1989, Madroño (36) 287-288
Review of: The Biogeography of Fire in the San Bernardino Mountains of California--A Historical Study. By Richard A. Minnich. University of California Publications in Geography Volume 28, University of California Press, Berkeley. 120 pp. plus plates, soft cover....
Dynamic rupture modeling with laboratory-derived constitutive relations
P. G. Okubo
1989, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (94) 12321-12335
A laboratory-derived state variable friction constitutive relation is used in the numerical simulation of the dynamic growth of an in-plane or mode II shear crack. According to this formulation, originally presented by J. H. Dieterich, frictional resistance varies with the logarithm of the slip rate and with the logarithm of...
Structural analysis of the southern Peninsular, southern Wrangellia, and northern Chugach terranes along the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect, northern Chugach Mountains, Alaska
W. J. Nokleberg, George Plafker, J. S. Lull, W. K. Wallace, G. R. Winkler
1989, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (94) 4297-4320
Structural and tectonic analysis of the southern Peninsular, southern Wrangellia, and northern Chugach terranes, along the Trans-Alaska Crustal Transect in the northern Chugach Mountains documents a long succession of Early Jurassic through Cenozoic deformational events. The deformational events are generally characterized by distinctive structural fabrics and metamorphisms. Most of the...
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, K. Roertgen, T. Roffe
1989, Supplement to the Journal of Wildlife Diseases (25)
Organic geochemistry and brine composition in Great Salt, Mono, and Walker Lakes
Joseph L. Domagalski, W. H. Orem, H.P. Eugster
1989, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (53) 2857-2872
Samples of Recent sediments, representing up to 1000 years of accumulation, were collected from three closed basin lakes (Mono Lake, CA, Walker Lake, NV, and Great Salt Lake, UT) to assess the effects of brine composition on the accumulation of total organic...
Dinoflagellate species and organic facies evidence of marine transgression and regression in the atlantic coastal plain
D. Habib, J. A. Miller
1989, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (74) 23-47
Palynological evidence is used to date and interpret depositional environments of sediments of Campanian, Maestrichtian and early Danian ages cored in three wells from South Carolina and Georgia. The evidence is usefil for distinguishing environments which lithofacies evidence indicates a range from nonmarine to coastal to inner neritic shallow shelf....
Quarterly Wildlife Mortality Report
K. A. Converse, R. Windingstad, K. Roertgen, T. Roffe
1989, Supplement to the Journal of Wildlife Diseases (25)
[Book review] Middle American Herpetology, by Jaime Villa, Larry David Wilson, and Jerry D. Johnson
N.J. Scott Jr.
1989, Copeia (1989) 802-804
Review of: Middle American Herpetology: a bibliographic checklist. By Jaime Villa, Larry David Wilson and Jerry D. Johnson. 1988. University of Missouri Press, Columbia, Missouri 65211. 132 p., 16 color plates, $35.00 (hardcover)....
Predictors of the peak width for networks with exponential links
B.M. Troutman, M.R. Karlinger
1989, Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics (3) 1-16
We investigate optimal predictors of the peak (S) and distance to peak (T) of the width function of drainage networks under the assumption that the networks are topologically random with independent and exponentially distributed link lengths. Analytical results are derived using the fact that, under these assumptions, the width function...
Enrichment of trace elements in garnet amphibolites from a paleo-subduction zone: Catalina Schist, southern California
Sorena S. Sorensen, J. N. Grossman
1989, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (53) 3155-3177
The abundance, P-T stability, solubility, and element-partitioning behavior of minerals such as rutile, garnet, sphene, apatite, zircon, zoisite, and allanite are critical variables in models for mass transfer from the slab to the mantle wedge in deep regions of subduction zones. The influence of these minerals on the composition of subduction-related magmas...
A system for reconstituting special water qualities for use in chronic toxicity studies
Steven J. Hamilton, Neil L. Faerber, Kevin J. Buhl
1989, Water Research (23) 159-165
A water treatment system and procedure are described that are designed for preparing large quantities of reconstituted water with specific chemical and physical characteristics for use in chronic toxicity studies with fish and invertebrates. Water treatment units produce high-purity water in large quantities for storage in high-density cross-linked polyethylene tanks,...
Acute toxicity of selected herbicides and surfactants to larvae of the midge Chironomus riparius
Kevin J. Buhl, Neil L. Faerber
1989, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (18) 530-536
The acute toxicities of eight commercial herbicides and two surfactants to early fourth instar larvae of the midgeChironomus riparius were determined under static conditions. The formulated herbicides tested were Eradicane® (EPTC), Fargo® (triallate), Lasso® (alachlor), ME4 Brominal® (bromoxynil), Ramrod® (propachlor), Rodeo® (glyphosate), Sencor®(metribuzin), and Sutan (+)® (butylate); the...
Flow modeling in the Toutle River, Washington
Yasuyuki Shimizu, Randy L. Dinehart, J. Dungan Smith
1989, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sediment Transport Modeling
No abstract available. ...
Bone characteristics and metal concentrations in white suckers (Catostomus commersoni) from one neutral and three acidified lakes in Maine
Steven J. Hamilton, Terry A. Haines
1989, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (46) 440-446
The bone characteristics of white suckers, Catostomus commersoni, from four lakes in Maine were studied in relation to lake water quality and metal concentrations in fish. Green Lake had a neutral pH, high buffering capacity, and low aluminum concentrations, whereas the other three lakes had low pH, low buffering capacity,...
Distribution and bioaccumulation of selenium in aquatic microcosms
John M. Besser, James N. Huckins, Edward E. Little, Thomas W. La Point
1989, Environmental Pollution (62) 1-12
Closed-system microcosms were used to study factors affecting the fate of selenium (Se) in aquatic systems. Distribution and bioaccumulation of Se varied among sediment types and Se species. A mixture of dissolved 75Se species (selenate, selenite and selenomethionine) was sorbed more rapidly to fine-textured, highly organic pond sediments than to...
ELISA-based segretation of adult spring Chinook salmon for control of bacterial kidney disease
S.L. Kaatari, D.D. Rockey, G.D. Weins, L.L. Gilkey, J. R. Winton, J. L. Bartholomew, J.M. Lehner-Fournier, R.L. Diehm
1989, Report
No abstract available...
