Meteorological, water-temperature, and discharge data for the Mattole River basin, Humboldt County, California
R.D. Noble, Alan P. Jackman
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-81
To overcome a major difficulty in the testing of the validity of river-temperature models - the lack of adequate precise synoptic data for an entire river basin - synoptic meteorologic, water-temperature, and discharge data were obtained in the Mattole River Basin in northern California during the period June 10 through...
Simulated effects of anticipated coal mining on dissolved solids in selected tributaries of the Yampa River, northwestern Colorado
R. S. Parker, J. M. Norris
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4084
Identifying cumulative effects of coal mining on dissolved solids downstream from multipe coal-mining operations is particularly important in western basins. The problem of identifying cumulative effects is evident in the Trout Creek drainage, a tributary to the Yampa River in northwestern Colorado, where a number of mines are active and...
Lower Mississippi Valley ecological inventory: user's guide and information base
Angelo D. Beccasio
1983, FWS/OBS 83/19
Measurements of debris-line elevations and beach profiles following a major storm; northern Bering Sea coast of Alaska
Asbury H. Sallenger Jr.
1983, Open-File Report 83-394
The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Ambler River quadrangle, Alaska
Charles F. Mayfield, I.L. Tailleur, N. R. Albert, Inyo Ellersieck, Donald Grybeck, S. W. Hackett
1983, Circular 793
The Ambler River quadrangle, consisting of 14,290 km2 (5,520 mi2) in northwest Alaska, was investigated by an interdisciplinary research team for the purpose of assessing the mineral resource potential of the quadrangle. This report provides background information for a folio of maps on the geology, reconnaissance geochemistry, aeromagnetics, Landsat imagery,...
The Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Guide to information contained in folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle, Alaska
H. N. Reiser, W. P. Brosge, T. D. Hamilton, D.A. Singer, W. D. Menzie II, K. J. Bird, J. W. Cady, J. R. Le Compte, J. B. Cathrall
1983, Circular 759
The geology and mineral resources of the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle were virtually unexplored until the investigations for oil began in northern Alaska. Construction of the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline System has now made the quadrangle accessible by road. In 1975 and 1976 a team of geologists, geochemists, and geophysicists investigated the...
Estimation of nonpoint source loadings of phosphorus for lakes in the Puget Sound region, Washington
Robert J. Gilliom
1983, Water Supply Paper 2240
Control of eutrophication of lakes in watersheds undergoing development is facilitated by estimates of the amounts of phosphorus (P) that reach the lakes from areas under various types of land use. Using a mass-balance model, the author calculated P loadings from present-day P concentrations measured in lake water and from...
Mean annual runoff and peak flow estimates based on channel geometry of streams in northeastern and western Montana
Charles Parrett, R. J. Omang, J. A. Hull
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4046
Equations for estimating mean annual runoff and peak discharge from measurements of channel geometry were developed for western and northeastern Montana. The study area was divided into two regions for the mean annual runoff analysis, and separate multiple-regression equations were developed for each region. The active-channel width was determined to...
Hydrogeology for land-use planning: the Peters Creek area, Municipality of Anchorage, Alaska
Jilann O. Brunett, Michael Lee
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4120
Wells currently provide all water supplies in the area. Most wells obtain enough water for individual household needs from unconsolidated, principally glacial and glacioalluvial deposits. In some places, however, wells must be drilled into the underlying bedrock to obtain adequate supplies. It may be possible to develop small community supplies--for...
Catalog of earthquakes in southern Alaska, April-June 1980
K.A. Fogleman, C.D. Stephens, J.C. Lahr, J. A. Rogers, R.S. Cancilla, Roy Tam, J.A. Freiberg, J.P. Melnick
1983, Open-File Report 83-14
Evidence of tectonic stability along the middle Columbia River, Washington, in Quaternary time
William Henry Hays, Robert L. Schuster
1983, Open-File Report 83-365
Observations of outcrops and Pleistocene-age surfaces along the Columbia River, between Priest Rapids Dam and Richland, Washington, provide evidence for recent tectonic stability that may be significant to planning of earthquake-sensitive engineered structures in the vicinity. Apparent continuity of layering in the Yakima Basalt (Miocene), Ringold Formation (Pliocene), and calcrete...
The Kern River Formation, southeastern San Joaquin Valley, California
J. Alan Bartow, Gardner M. Pittman
1983, Bulletin 1529-D
Ground-water potential of the Leadville limestone on the White River Uplift in Garfield and Rio Blanco counties, Colorado
R.W. Teller, F.A. Welder
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4036
Middle Tertiary continental rift and evolution of the Red Sea in southwestern Saudi Arabia
Dwight Lyman Schmidt, Donald G. Hadley, Glen F. Brown
1983, Open-File Report 83-641
Middle Tertiary rift volcanism in a continental-rift valley in the Arabian-Nubian Shield was the first surface expression of active mantle convection beneath an axis that was to become the Red Sea. Investigation of the coastal plain of southwestern Saudi Arabia suggests that the rift valley was filled with basaltic and...
Land use series, Aztec [quadrangle], New Mexico-Colorado
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Open-File Report 83-565
Empirical predictive curves for resistivity and dielectric constant of earth materials; 100 Hz to 100 MHz
R. C. Bigelow, W.R. Eberle
1983, Open-File Report 83-911
Guidebook for 1983 Friends of the Pleistocene field trip to the Sanpoil River valley, northeastern Washington
Brian F. Atwater
1983, Open-File Report 83-456
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Minnesota
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Open-File Report 83-551
Land use/land cover and environmental photointerpretation keys
George L. Loelkes Jr., G.E. Howard Jr., E.I. Schwertz Jr., P.D. Lampert, S.W. Miller
1983, Bulletin 1600
Mineral resource potential map of the Bald Rock and Middle Fork Feather River Roadless Areas, Butte and Plumas Counties, California
M. L. Sorensen, Andrew Griscom, M. D. Conyac, A. R. Buehler, D. E. Graham, T. M. Sweeney
1983, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1427-B
No abstract available....
Data from the surface-water hydrologic investigations of the Hay Creek Study Area, Montana, and the West Branch Antelope Creek Study Area, North Dakota, October 1976 through April 1982
Douglas G. Emerson, Steven W. Norbeck, Kelvin L. Boespflug
1983, Open-File Report 83-136
Data are provided for the Hay Creek study area near Wibaux, Mont., and the West Branch Antelope Creek study area near Beulah, N. Dak. The report contains data on the following: Air temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind run, solar radiation, precipitation, soil temperature, snowpack temperature, snowpack density and water...
Sedimentology of the lower part of the upper Triassic Chinle Formation and its relationship to uranium deposits, White Canyon area, southeastern Utah
Russell F. Dubiel
1983, Open-File Report 83-459
Closely spaced measured stratigraphic sections of the lower part of the Late Triassic Chinle Formation in the White Canyon area of southeastern Utah depict a fluvial-deltaic-lacustrine depositional sequence that hosts uranium deposits in basal fluvial sandstones. The basal Shinarump Member consists of predominantly trough-crossbedded, coarse-grained sandstone and minor gray, carbonaceous...
Stratigraphy, structure, and some petrographic features of Tertiary volcanic rocks at the USW G-2 drill hole, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
Florian Maldonado, S. L. Koether
1983, Open-File Report 83-732
A continuously cored drill hole designated as USW G-2, located at Yucca Mountain in southwestern Nevada, penetrated 1830.6 m of Tertiary volcanic strata composed of abundant silicic ash-flow tuffs, minor lava and flow breccias, and subordinate volcaniclastic rocks. The volcanic strata penetrated are comprised of the following in descending order:...
Structure, temperature, pressure, and salinity of Cenozoic aquifers of south Texas
John B. Wesselman
1983, Hydrologic Atlas 654
A study of the hydrogeology of deep sedimentary basins using the Neogene deposits of the northern Gulf of Mexico basin as a model was initiated by the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1960's (Jones, 1969). This study led to investigations of geopressured-geothermal resources in this basin (Papadopulos and others, 1975;...
Preliminary assessment of in-situ geomechanical characteristics in drill hole USW G-1, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
William L. Ellis, Henri S. Swolfs
1983, Open-File Report 83-401
Observations made during drilling and subsequent testing of the USW G-1 drill hole, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, provide qualitative insights into the in- situ geomechanical characteristics of the layered tuff units penetrated by the hole. Substantial drilling-fluid losses, and the occurrence of drilling-induced fracturing, are understandable in terms of the low,...
