Integrated instrumentation plan for assessing the seismic response of structures; a review of the current USGS program
Mehmet Çelebi, Erdal Safak, A. G. Brady, R.P. Maley, Vahid Sotoudeh
1987, Circular 947
Comparison of estimates of evapotranspiration and consumptive use in Palo Verde Valley, California
Lee H. Raymond, Sandra J. Owen-Joyce
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4071
Estimates of evapotranspiration and consumptive use by vegetation in Palo Verde Valley, California, were compared for calendar years 1981 to 1984. Vegetation types were classified, and the areas covered by each type were computed from Landsat satellite digital-image analysis. Evapotranspiration was calculated by multiplying the area of each vegetation type...
Surface-water quality in Pequea Creek basin, Pennsylvania, 1977-79
J. R. Ward
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4250
A study of the Pequea Creek basin was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Susquehanna River Basin Commission and the EPA from February 1977 through March 1979. Pequea Creek drains an intensive agricultural area of 154 sq mi in southeastern Pennsylvania, and enters the Susquehanna River...
The principle of superposition and its application in ground-water hydraulics
Thomas E. Reilly, O. Lehn Franke, Gordon D. Bennett
1987, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-B6
The principle of superposition, a powerful mathematical technique for analyzing certain types of complex problems in many areas of science and technology, has important applications in ground-water hydraulics and modeling of ground-water systems. The principle of superposition states that problem solutions can be added together to obtain composite solutions. This...
Analytical results and sample locality map of heavy-mineral-concentrate and rock samples from the Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area (NV-010-132), Elko County, Nevada
G.W. Day, R. L. Turner, M.J. Malcolm, Paul H. Briggs, J.G. Crock, K. R. Kennedy
1987, Open-File Report 87-510
Traveltime and dispersion in the New River, Hinton to Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
David H. Appel, S. B. Moles
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4012
Traveltime and dispersion studies were conducted on a 65-mile-long reach of the New River between Hinton and Gauley Bridge, West Virginia. Four sets of measurements were made from August 1985 to May 1986 at river discharges of about 2,220, 3 ,200, 9,200, and 18,000 cu ft/sec, which correspond to flow...
Summary mineral resource appraisal of the Richfield 1° x 2° quadrangle, west-central Utah
Thomas August Steven, Hal T. Morris
1987, Circular 916
The mineral resource potential of the Richfield 1° x 2° quadrangle, Utah, has been appraised using geological, geophysical, geochemical, and remote-sensing techniques. These studies have led to many publications giving basic data and interpretations; of these, a series of 18 maps at 1:250,000 and 1:500,000 scales summarizing aspects of the...
Stratigraphic notes, 1985-86
Daniel R. Shawe, John M. Sinton, Jack Burton Epstein
1987, Bulletin 1775-A
No abstract available....
Surface-water hydrology of the Little Black River basin, Missouri and Arkansas, before water-land improvement practices
W.R. Berkas, Suzanne R. Femmer, T. O. Mesko, B. W. Thompson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4076
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in accordance with Public Law 566, is implementing various types of water-land improvement practices in the Little Black River basin in southeastern Missouri. These practices are designed, in part, to decrease the suspended sediment (SS) transport in the basin, decrease flood...
Ground-water and soil contamination near two pesticide-burial sites in Minnesota
J. R. Stark, J.D. Strudell, P.A. Bloomgren, P. Eger
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4115
Preliminary investigations of the geology, groundwater hydrology , and soil and groundwater chemistry at sites in Pine and St. Louis Counties, Minnesota, have shown that contamination associated with pesticides buried at the sites is not widespread or highly concentrated. None of the pesticides sampled for in soil and in groundwater...
Remote sensing study in support of mineral resource appraisal of the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Montrose, Mesa, and Delta counties, Colorado
Keenan Lee
1987, Open-File Report 87-421
Regional study of the Castle Hayne Aquifer of eastern North Carolina
W.L. Lyke, R. W. Coble
1987, Open-File Report 87-571
The Castle Hayne aquifer is an eastward sloping and thickening wedge of limestone and sandstone, located in a 12,500 sq mi area in the eastern part of North Carolina. The Castle Hayne aquifer is the major source of freshwater for much of coastal North Carolina where the aquifers underlying the...
Complete Bouguer gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nevada
D.L. Healey, Reid N. Harris, D. A. Ponce, H. W. Oliver
1987, Open-File Report 87-506
A mineralogical look at the purple and green phyllitic sheared breccia from the Hammond Terrane, Chandalar D-6 Brooks Range, Alaska
W.B. Friesen, D. G. Howell
1987, Open-File Report 87-156
Hydrology of area 46, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, North Dakota
M.G. Croft, Orlo A. Crosby
1987, Open-File Report 84-467
This report is one of a series that describes the hydrology of coal provinces nationwide. The Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces are divided into 20 separate reporting areas which are numbered 43 to 62. This report provides general hydrologic information for Area 46 using a brief text...
Data on ground-water quality for the McDermitt 1° x 2° quadrangle, northern Nevada
Alan H. Welch, Rhea P. Williams
1987, Open-File Report 85-648-E
Water quality data for groundwater were compiled for the McDermitt 1° x 2° quadrangle which covers a portion of northern Nevada. Chemical characteristics of the water are shown on a map (at a scale of 1:250,000) and on trilinear diagrams for the major ions. The data for the area are...
Data on ground-water quality for the Lovelock 1° x 2° quadrangle, western Nevada
Alan H. Welch, Rhea P. Williams
1987, Open-File Report 85-648-F
Water quality data for groundwater has been compiled for the Lovelock 1 degree x 2 degree quadrangle which covers a portion of western Nevada. Chemical characteristics of the water are shown on a map (at a scale of 1:250,000) and on trilinear diagrams for the major ions. The data for...
Abstracts of papers presented at the Geographic information systems symposium, June 2-4, 1987, Reston, Virginia
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Open-File Report 87-314
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan Aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, May 1987
George R. Schiner
1987, Open-File Report 87-464
The potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity is shown for May 1987. The Upper Floridan aquifer is the principal source of potable water in the area. Water level measurements were made on approximately 1,000 wells and on several springs....
Interpretive geology of the Chaco area, northwestern New Mexico
J. W. Mytton, G. B. Schneider
1987, IMAP 1777
No abstract available....
Seismicity map of the state of Tennessee
B.G. Reagor, C. W. Stover, S. T. Algermissen
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1157
This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the U.S. Geological Survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 1:1,000,000. This map shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Tennessee, even though earthquakes in...
Seismicity map of the state of North Carolina
B.G. Reagor, C. W. Stover, S. T. Algermissen
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1988
This map is one of a series of seismicity maps produced by the U. S. Geological Survey that show earthquake data of individual states or groups of states at the scale of 1:1,000,000. This map shows only those earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of North Carolina, even though...
Geologic map of the Black Rock Wilderness Study Area, Graham County, Arizona
F. S. Simons
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1918
A review of circulation and mixing studies of San Francisco Bay, California
Lawrence H. Smith
1987, Circular 1015
A description of the major characteristics and remaining unknowns of circulation and mixing in San Francisco Bay has been constructed from a review of published studies. From a broad perspective San Francisco Bay is an ocean-river mixing zone with a seaward flow equal to the sum of the river inflows...
Geologic map of the Fishhooks Wilderness Study Area, Graham County, Arizona
F. S. Simons
1987, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1919