Prototype operational earthquake prediction system
Henry Spall, editor(s)
1986, Earthquakes & Volcanoes (USGS) (18) 151-152
An objective if the U.S. Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 is to introduce into all regions of the country that are subject to large and moderate earthquakes, systems for predicting earthquakes and assessing earthquake risk. In 1985, the USGS developed for the Secretary of the Interior a program for...
Natural fire management in national parks
D.J. Parsons, D.M. Graber, J.K. Agee, J. W. van Wagtendonk
1986, Environmental Management (10) 21-24
An evolving understanding of ecological processes, together with ambiguities in National Park Service policy, have led to multiple interpretations of the role of management in our large natural area National Parks. National Park Service management policies must be dynamic and responsive to changes in scientific knowledge...
Adaptation of the Carter-Tracy water influx calculation to groundwater flow simulation
Kenneth L. Kipp
1986, Water Resources Research (22) 423-428
The Carter-Tracy calculation for water influx is adapted to groundwater flow simulation with additional clarifying explanation not present in the original papers. The Van Everdingen and Hurst aquifer-influence functions for radial flow from an outer aquifer region are employed. This technique, based on convolution of unit-step response functions, offers a...
Estimation of distributional parameters for censored trace level water quality data: 2. Verification and applications
Dennis R. Helsel, Robert J. Gilliom
1986, Water Resources Research (22) 147-155
Estimates of distributional parameters (mean, standard deviation, median, interquartile range) are often desired for data sets containing censored observations. Eight methods for estimating these parameters have been evaluated by R. J. Gilliom and D. R. Helsel (this issue) using Monte Carlo simulations. To verify those findings, the same methods are...
Archaeological prospection: An introduction to the Special Issue
Jeffrey C. Wynn
1986, Geophysics (51) 533-537
Archaeological prospection, as the use of geophysical methods in archaeology is known in Europe, is about four decades old (seven decades, if aerial photography of archaeological sites is included). Virtually the entire range of geophysical methods, perhaps excluding only borehole techniques, has found application in the search for archaeological sites...
Processing techniques for the production of an experimental computer-generated shaded-relief map
Damon D. Judd
1986, American Cartographer (13) 72-79
An experimental computer-generated shaded-relief map of a topographic quadrangle of Nome, Alaska, at 1:1,000,000 scale was created to demonstrate current capabilities of map production. This paper describes the techniques used to produce the map product. The data consisted of forty-eight 1° by 1° blocks of resampled digital elevation model (DEM) data....
Nature of phases synthesized along the join (Mg,Mn)2Si2O6.
J.S. Huebner
1986, American Mineralogist (71) 111-122
Eight compositions were synthesized along this join. Orthopyroxene crystallized at X = Mn/(Mn + Mg) = 0.0-0.3, clinopyroxene at X 0.4-0.5, and pyroxmangite at X 0.65-1.0, consistent with the composition ranges that have been inferred by examination of metamorphic rock assemblages. Unit-cell dimensions for these phases and for rhodonite (X...
Characteristics of faults and shear zones in deep mines
R. E. Wallace, H. T. Morris
1986, Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH (124) 107-125
The characteristics of fault and shear zones to depths of 2.5 km are well documented in deep mines in North America. The characteristics may be summarized as follows. (a) Fault zones usually are irregular, branched, anastomosed, and curved rather than simple and planar. (b) Faults are generally composed of one...
LANDSLIDE DAMMED LAKES AT MOUNT ST. HELENS, WASHINGTON.
William Meyer, Martha A. Sabol, Robert Schuster
Schuster Robert L., editor(s)
1986, Conference Paper
The collapse of the north face of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980, and the debris avalanche that resulted blocked outflow from Spirit Lake and Coldwater and South Fork Castle Creeks. Spirit Lake began to increase in size and lakes began to form in the canyons of Coldwater and...
A new view for resource managers
Robert H. Haas
1986, Rangelands (8) 99-102
In decades past, the rancher depended upon reports from cowboys to gather information he needed to make management decisions. Today, the vast open ranges of the cowboy era are mostly gone in the United States-fenced into pastures, paddocks, or fields that are now discrete management units. But fencing in the...
Avian tuberculosis and salmonellosis in a whooping crane (Grus americana)
R. K. Stroud, C.O. Thoen, R. M. Duncan
1986, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (22) 106-110
The whooping crane has been the subject of intensive scientific study and management because it is an endangered species and has high public interest. Programs have been developed to identify critical habitat, to increase production through captive breeding, and in recent years, to use sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) as surrogate...
Prairie restoration at the National Wildlife Health Laboratory (Wisconsin)
R. M. Windingstad
1986, Restoration & Management Notes (4) 72-72
The National Wildlife Health Laboratory (NWHL), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Madison are in the process of a 7-ha prairie restoration project on their lands to create a microcosmic representation of presettlement Wisconsin. Visiting scientists, personnel from local schools and universities, and neighboring public will eventually be able to...
Inclusion body disease of cranes: Comparison of pathologic findings in cranes with acquired vs. experimentally induced disease
J. C. Schuh, L. Sileo, Lynne M. Siegfried, Thomas M. Yuill
1986, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (189) 993-996
Inclusion body disease of cranes was the cause of death in 17 immature and mature cranes of 5 different species in Wisconsin. A herpesvirus of unknown origin was the apparent cause. An isolate of this herpesvirus was used to experimentally infect 3 species of cranes. Macroscopic and microscopic lesions associated...
The use of stable isotopes in the study of photosynthesis in freshwater plants
Jon E. Keeley, Leonel Sternberg, Michael J. DeNiro
1986, Aquatic Botany (26) 213-223
The ratio of 13C/12C for photosynthetic tissues of 22 aquatic species was unrelated to photosynthetic pathway. In three aquatic environments CAM and non-CAM species were shown to have similar δ13C values. Although these CAM species derive up to half of their net carbon gain through dark fixation their δ13C values are similar to...
Geochemical evaluation of the geothermal resources in the San Marcos region, Guatemala
R.O. Fournier, B.B. Hanshaw
1986, Applied Geochemistry (1) 189-197
The chemical and isotopic compositions of hot springs in the San Marcos region of Guatemala are internally consistent with a hydrologic model in which a deep 240°C reservoir and one or more shallow 195–200°C reservoirs are present. Variations in hot-spring water...
Regional resource depletion and industry activity: The case of oil and gas in the Gulf of Mexico
E. D. Attanasi
1986, Socio-Economic Planning Sciences (20) 283-289
Stable and declining oil and gas prices have changed the industry's price expectations and, along with depletion of promising exploration prospects, has resulted in reduced exploration. Even with intensive additional exploration, production in most U.S. areas is expected to decline. What does this imply for the drilling and petroleum industry...
A united physicochemical description of the protonation and metal ion complexation equilibria of natural organic acids (humic and fulvic acids). 2. Influence of polyelectrolyte properties and functional group heterogeneity on the protonation equilibria of fulvic acid
J. Ephraim, S. Alegret, A. Mathuthu, M. Bicking, Ronald L. Malcolm, J.A. Marinsky
1986, Environmental Science & Technology (20) 354-366
No abstract available....
Antarctica: Measuring glacier velocity from satellite images
Baerbel K. Lucchitta, H.M. Ferguson
1986, Science (234) 1105-1108
Many Landsat images of Antarctica show distinctive flow and crevasse features in the floating part of ice streams and outlet glaciers immediately below their grounding zones. Some of the features, which move with the glacier or ice stream, remain visible over many years and thus allow time-lapse measurements of ice...
Distribution of early life history stages of fishes in selected pools of the upper Mississippi River
L. E. Holland
1986, Hydrobiologia (136) 121-130
Effective management of the fishery resources of the Upper Mississippi River and successful mitigation of the loss of critical habitat depend in part on an understanding of the reproductive and early life history requirements of the affected fishes. However, little is known about the use of...
Lower crustal xenoliths, Chinese Peak lava flow, central Sierra Nevada
F. C. W. Dodge, L. C. Calk, R. W. Kistler
1986, Journal of Petrology (27) 1277-1304
An assemblage of pyroxenite, peridotite, and mafic granulite xenoliths contained in the toe of a 10 Ma trachybasalt flow remnant overlying Late Cretaceous granitoids indicates the presence of a mafic-ultramafic complex beneath the Sierra Nevada batholith. Olivine-free pyroxenites that include orthopyroxenites, websterites, and clinopyroxenites are dominant. Primary igneous textures...
Satellite orientation and position for geometric correction of scanner imagery.
P.H. Salamonowicz
1986, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (52) 491-499
The USGS Mini Image Processing System currently relies on a polynomial method for geometric correction of Landsat multispectral scanner (MSS) data. A large number of ground control points are required because polynomials do not model the sources of error. In order to reduce the number of necessary points, a set...
Kassite from the Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas: The problem of cafetite and kassite
H. T. Evans Jr., E.J. Dwornik, C. Milton
1986, American Mineralogist (71) 1045-1048
Small (<0.5 mm), brownish-pink platy rosettes and yellow spherules, in cavities in nepheline syenite at the Diamond Jo quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, have been identified as kassite, CaTi2O4(OH)2, a mineral previously known only from the Kola Peninsula, USSR. The Magnet Cove kassite is orthorhombic, in...
Determination of Ca, Mg, Na, Cd, Cu, Fe, K, Li and Zn in acid mine and reference water samples by inductively coupled plasma atomic fluorescence spectrometry
R. F. Sanzolone, A. L. Meier
1986, The Analyst (111) 645-649
An inductively coupled plasma atomic fluorescence spectrometric (ICP-AFS) method was used for the determination of nine elements in natural water. Reference and acid mine water samples were analysed by this method to demonstrate its usefulness for hydrogeochemical exploration. The elements were determined in two groups based on the compatibility of...
Seismic measurements of the internal properties of fault zones
Walter D. Mooney, A. Ginzburg
1986, Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH (124) 141-157
The internal properties within and adjacent to fault zones are reviewed, principally on the basis of laboratory, borehole, and seismic refraction and reflection data. The deformation of rocks by faulting ranges from intragrain microcracking to severe alteration. Saturated microcracked and mildly fractured rocks do not exhibit a significant reduction in...
Ancient giant rockslides, Sinking Creek Mountain, southern Appalachians, Virginia.
A. P. Schultz
1986, Geology (14) 11-14
The zone of rockslides, identified by anomalous topography and geologic structures, is about 25 km long and 1.0 km wide. Downslope transport, ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 km, of at least 100 million m3 of Silurian sandstones and shales can be identified.-from Author...
