Earthquake warning system for Japan Railways’ bullet train; implications for disaster prevention in California
Y. Nakamura, B. E. Tucker
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 140-155
In Japan, the level of public awareness of the dangers of earthquakes is high. The 1923 Kanto earthquake killed about 120,000 people out of a total Japanese population of about 50 million; an equivalent disaster in the U.S would involve 600,000 deaths. Today, Japanese society is well aware of the prediction...
Search for volatiles on icy satellites: I. Europa
R. H. Brown, D. P. Cruikshank, A. T. Tokunaga, R. G. Smith, Roger N. Clark
1988, Icarus (74) 262-271
New reflectance spectra have been obtained for both the leading and trailing sides of Europa, using the Cooled Grating Array Spectrometer (CGAS) of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF). The spectra are of higher precision than any yet obtained. Spectra of Europa's trailing side (central meridian longitude ≈300°) obtained in...
The fir trees have moved
Y. Oki, S. Otaka
1988, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (20) 224-225
Trees show a record of the great Kanto earthquake of 1923 in Japan. Two minutes before noon on the morning of September 1, 1923, the Great Kanto earthquake occurred with a magnitude of 7.9 in the northern part of Mizukuma in Sagmi Prefecture, Japan. Fires broke out immediately following the earthquake,...
Characteristics of gold deposits in northern Sonora, Mexico: A preliminary report
M.L. Silberman, D.A. Giles, C. Graubard
1988, Economic Geology (83) 1966-1974
No abstract available....
Seabeam and seismic reflection imaging of the tectonic regime of the Andean continental margin off Peru (4°S to 10°S)
J. Bourgois, G. Pautot, W. Bandy, T. Boinet, P. Chotin, P. Huchon, B. Mercier de Lepinay, F. Monge, J. Monlau, B. Pelletier, M. Sosson, Roland E. von Huene
1988, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (87) 111-126
Marine geophysical surveys employing Seabeam, multi- and single-channel seismic reflection, gravity and magnetic instruments were conducted at two locations along the continental slope of the Peru Trench during the Seaperc cruise of the R/V “Jean Charcot” in July 1986. These areas are centered around 5°30′S and 9°30′S off the...
Extracting topographic structure from digital elevation data for geographic information-system analysis
Susan K. Jenson, Julia O. Domingue
1988, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (54) 1593-1600
Software tools have been developed at the U.S. Geological Survey's EROS Data Center to extract topographic structure and to delineate watersheds and overland flow paths from digital elevation models. The tools are specialpurpose FORTRAN programs interfaced with general-purpose raster and vector spatial analysis and relational data base management packages. The first...
Maps for America: cartographic products of the U.S. Geological Survey and others
Morris M. Thompson
1988, Report
"Maps for America" was originally published in 1979 as a Centennial Volume commemorating the Geological Survey's hundred years of service (1879 - 1979) in the earth sciences. It was an eminently fitting Centennial Year publication, for, since its establishment, the Geological Survey has continuously carried on an extensive program of...
Strontium-isotope stratigraphy of Enewetak Atoll
K.R. Ludwig, Robert B. Halley, Kathleen R. Simmons, Zell E. Peterman
1988, Geology (16) 173-177
87Sr/86Sr ratios determined for samples from a 350 m core of Neogene lagoonal, shallow-water limestones from Enewetak Atoll display a remarkably informative trend. Like the recently published data for Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) carbonates, 87Sr/86Sr at Enewetak increases monotonically but not smoothly from...
Climate and ephemeral-stream processes: Twentieth-century geomorphology and alluvial stratigraphy of the Little Colorado River, Arizona
Richard Hereford
1988, GSA Bulletin (95) 654-668
During the first 40 years of the twentieth century, erosion was the dominant geomorphic process affecting the morphology of the Little Colorado River channel. The discharge regimen was one of frequent large floods and high annual discharge that created a wide sandy channel free of vegetation. In the 1940s and...
Relation of pH and other soil variables to concentrations of Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Se in earthworms
W. Nelson Beyer, Gary L. Hensler, Jeff Moore
1987, Pedobiologia (30) 167-172
Various soil treatments (clay, composted peat, superphosphate, sulfur, calcium carbonate, calcium chloride, zinc chloride, selenous acid) were added to experimental field plots to test the effect of different soil variables on the concentrations of 5 elements in earthworms (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd. SE). Concentrations of the 5 elements were related...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1987
R.W. James, R.J. Simmons, B.F. Strain
1987, Water Data Report MD-DE-87-1
No abstract available....
World resources of crude oil, natural gas, natural bitumen, and shale oil
C.D. Masters, Emil D. Attanasi, William D. Dietzman, R. F. Meyer, R.W. Mitchell, D. H. Root
1987, Book
No abstract available....
Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey water-resources reports for Utah
1987, Utah Division of Water Rights Information Bulletin 28
This bibliography contains a complete listing to December 31, 1986, of reports relating to the water resources of Utah prepared by personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey. Discussions of the related subjects of geology, hydrology, and chemical quality of the water are included in many of the reports. The reports...
Seepage study of a 15.3-mile section of the central Utah canal, Pahvant Valley, Millard County, Utah
Michael Enright
1987, Technical Publication 91
Three sets of seepage measurements were made at ten canal sites and at all turnouts along a 15.3-mile section of the Central Utah Canal during the summer of 1986. The total loss for the 15.3-mile section averaged about 36 cubic feet per second or 2.4 cubic feet per second per...
Seepage studies of the Weber River and the Davis-Weber and Ogden Valley canals Davis and Weber Counties, Utah, 1985
L. R. Herbert, R.W. Cruff, D.W. Clark, Charles Avery
1987, Technical Publication 90
Studies of selected reaches of the Weber River, Davis-Weber Canal, and the Ogden Valley Canal in Davis and Weber Counties, Utah, were made to determine gains or losses of flow in those reaches. Three to five sets of seepage measurements were made on the river and each canal during 1985....
Base of moderately saline ground water in the Uinta Basin, Utah, with an introductory section describing the methods used in determining its position
Lewis Howells, M.S. Longson, Gilbert L. Hunt
1987, Technical Publication 92
The base of the moderately saline water (water that contains from 3,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids) was mapped by using available water-quality data and by determining formation-water resistivities from geophysical well logs based on the resistivity-porosity, spontaneous potential, and resistivity-ratio methods. The contour map developed from...
Morgan Hill, California Earthquake, April 1984
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (17) 173-176
The Morgan Hill earthquake, a moderate-size (Mg=6.1, ML =6.2, M=6.2) event, was felt throughout central California on April 24, 1984. The epicenter of the earthquake was located near Halls Valley southwest of Mount Hamilton, and the event is presumed to have occurred on the Calaveras fault. Damage, however, was...
Taking the pulse of Parkfield
R. A. Kerr
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 28-29
DOSECC continental scientific drilling program
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (19) 48-55
Unreinforced masonry buildings
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (19) 178-178
An interview with Otto Nuttli
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 12-22
Raising the stakes at Mount St. Helens
R. A. Kerr
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 56-59
Earthquakes July-August 1986
Waverly J. Person
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 32-35
Earthquakes May-June 1986
Waverly J. Person
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 30-32
Delving into faults and earthquake behavior
R. A. Kerr
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1987, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (19) 29-30
