Hydraulic-fracturing measurmements in two boreholes near the Spent Fuel Test-Climax, Climax Stock, Nevada Test Site
William L. Ellis
1983, Open-File Report 83-406
Hydraulic-fracturing measurements are used to infer the magnitude of the least principal stress in the vicinity of the Spent Fuel Test-Climax, located in the Climax stock at the Nevada Test Site. The measurements, made at various depths in two exploratory boreholes, suggest that the local stress field is not uniform....
Geologic map of the northwest-quarter of the Beaver Quadrangle, Beaver County, Utah
M. N. Machette, T. A. Steven
1983, IMAP 1445
Estimates of the potential petroleum resources in wilderness lands; petroleum potential of wilderness lands in the Western United States
Betty M. Miller
1983, Circular 902-P
Petroleum potential of wilderness lands in Wyoming-Utah-Idaho Thrust Belt; petroleum potential of wilderness lands in the Western United States
Richard Blake Powers
1983, Circular 902-N
Projected effects of proposed chloride-control projects on shallow ground water– Preliminary results for the Wichita River basin, Texas
Sergio Garza
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4026
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' plan to control the natural chloride pollution in the Wichita River basin includes the construction of Truscott Brine Lake on a tributary of the North Wichita River. In connection with the proposed brine lake, the U.S. Geological Survey was requested to: (1) Define the...
Wyoming; basic data for thermal springs and wells as recorded in Geotherm
James D. Bliss
1983, Open-File Report 83-439
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Elko, Nevada
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Open-File Report 83-109
Stratigraphy of the Silurian outcrop belt on the east side of the Cincinnati Arch in Kentucky, with revisions in the nomenclature
Robert C. McDowell
1983, Professional Paper 1151-F
Silurian rocks form a narrow arcuate outcrop belt about 100 mi long on the east side of the Cincinnati Arch in Kentucky. They range from as much as 300 ft thick in the north to a pinchout edge in the south. The nomenclature of this sequence is revised to reflect...
Front-tracking model for convective transport in flowing ground water
S. P. Garabedian, Leonard F. Konikow
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4034
A finite-difference numerical model that simulates the convective transport of water or tracer particles through porous media is described. It can be applied to one- or two-dimensional problems involving either steady-state or transient flow. The model tracks representative water or tracer particles, initially located along specified lines, as they move...
Analytical data, geographic coordinates, and sample locality map of geochemical samples from the Mount Henry Roadless Area, Lincoln County, Montana
David F. Siems, R. W. Leinz, R. E. Van Loenen, Gail Wadsworth, C. M. McDougal
1983, Open-File Report 83-88
Late Proterozoic island-arc complexes and tectonic belts in the southern part of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
William R. Greenwood, D. B. Stoeser, R.J. Fleck, J. S. Stacey
1983, Open-File Report 83-296
Two main subdivisions of layered rocks are recognized in the southern Arabian Shield south of lat 22? N. These are an older ensimatic-arc complex, which formed 1100-800 m.y. ago, and a younger marginal-arc complex, which formed 800-690 m.y. ago. The older ensimatic-arc complex, located in the southwestern part of the...
Geochemical analyses of rock, stream-sediment, and nonmagnetic heavy-mineral concentrate samples, Laurel-McGee and Wheeler Ridge Roadless Areas, Inyo and Mono counties, California
M. A. Cosca, M.A. Chaffee, M. F. Diggles, D.L. Fey, R. H. Hill, S. J. Sutley
1983, Open-File Report 83-3
Bedrock geologic map of the East Killingly quadrangle, Connecticut and Rhode Island
George E. Moore
1983, Geologic Quadrangle 1571
An oilspill risk analysis for the Southern California lease offering (February 1984)
Robert P. LaBelle, K.J. Lanfear, A.D. Banks, R.M. Karpas
1983, Open-File Report 83-563
A summary of U.S. Geological Survey marine geological data collected in the Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 1982
Edward W. Kempema, P. W. Barnes, Erk Reimnitz, J.L. Asbury, D.M. Rearic
1983, Open-File Report 83-493
Peralkaline and peraluminous granites and related mineral deposits of the Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
James E. Elliott
1983, Open-File Report 83-389
In the Precambrian Arabian Shield, granitoid plutonic rocks are widespread and range in age from 800 to 550 Ma old; but the mineral-resource potential associated with these plutonic rocks is restricted mainly to the younger, postorogenic granites. Two granite types of current economic interest are zirconium- niobium-enriched per alkaline granites...
Geohydrology and model analysis of the stream-aquifer system along the Arkansas River in Kearny and Finney counties, southwestern Kansas
L. E. Dunlap, Richard J. Lindgren, C. G. Sauer
1983, Open-File Report 83-222
A study was made, in cooperation with the Division of Water Resources, Kansas State Board of Agriculture, to determine geohydrologic conditions in an area comprising nearly 850,000 acres along the Arkansas River valley in Kearny and Finney Counties, southwestern Kansas. The Arkansas River meanders atop and interacts hydraulically with the...
Facies analysis of the lower cycles of the Mesaverde Group (Upper Cretaceous) in northwestern Colorado
L.W. Kiteley
1983, Open-File Report 83-820
The uppermost 180 m of the Mancos Shale and overlying 390 m of the Iles Formation of the Mesaverde Group in northwestern Colorado were deposited at the west margin of an epicontinental seaway that spanned North America 66-98 million years ago from the circumboreal seaway on the north to the...
Effects of sanitary sewers on ground-water levels and streams in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, New York, part 1: Geohydrology, modeling strategy, and regional evaluation
T. E. Reilly, H. T. Buxton, O.L. Franke, R. L. Wait
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4045
A computer simulation of Long Island 's regional groundwater system has been used to evaluate the effects that new-installed sewers will have on ground-water levels. Results indicate maximum water-table decliners of as much as up to 18 feet in central Nassau County and about 9 feet in Suffolk County. Total...
Application of Gauss algorithm and Monte Carlo simulation to the identification of aquifer parameters
Timothy J. Durbin
1983, Open-File Report 81-688
The Gauss optimization technique can be used to identify the parameters of a model of a groundwater system for which the parameter identification problem is formulated as a least squares comparison between the response of the prototype and the response of the model. Unavoidable uncertainty in the true stress on...
Engineering geologic map of the Sheridan Quadrangle, Sheridan County, Wyoming
E. N. Hinrichs
1983, IMAP 1449
Permeability and pore-fluid chemistry of the Bullfrog Tuff in a temperature gradient; summary of results
J.D. Byerlee, C.A. Morrow, D. Moore
1983, Open-File Report 83-475
Geologic map of Liberia
R. G. Tysdal, C.H. Thorman
1983, IMAP 1480
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...
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,...
