An oilspill risk analysis for the Kodiak Island (proposed sale 46) Outer Continental Shelf lease area
William B. Samuels, Kenneth J. Lanfear, Anastase Nakassis
1980, Open-File Report 80-175
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted to determine the relative environmental hazards of developing oil in different regions of the Kodiak Island Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease area. The study analyzed the probability of spill occurrences, likely paths of oil slicks, and locations of resources vulnerable to spilled oil. The...
Modern chrysomonad cysts from Alta Morris Lake, El Dorado County, California
David P. Adam, Albert D. Mahood
1980, Open-File Report 80-822
Principal facts for a gravity survey of the Ennis, Montana, geothermal area
R. Michael Senterfit
1980, Open-File Report 80-98
Lithologic and geophysical logs of drill holes BCR-4 and BCR-3 and coal analysis of a 1978 drill hole BCR-1 in the southern part of the Wasatch Plateau coal field, Emery West, Flagstaff Peak, and Acord Lakes quadrangles, Sevier County, Utah
Joseph D. Sanchez
1980, Open-File Report 80-188
USGS role in earthquake prediction/tectonophysics
C. Barry Raleigh, W. Thatcher
1980, Open-File Report 80-140
Water quality of Indian Creek-Van Buren watershed, Iowa and Missouri
Larry J. Slack, Mark G. Detroy
1980, Open-File Report 80-677
Generally, the water quality of Indian Creek-Van Buren watershed is suitable as a source of Municipal, industrial and agricultural water supply and for fish and wildlife. This suitability is based upon comparisons of the existing water quality of Indian Creek to Federal and State water quality standards and criteria developed for the protection of water sources...
Contamination studies and testing protocol for polyethylene bottles
L.J. Schroder, Howard E. Taylor
1980, Open-File Report 80-165
Late Cenozoic physiographic evolution of the Ocate volcanic field, north-central New Mexico
J. Michael O’Neill, Harald H. Mehnert
1980, Open-File Report 80-928
No abstract available....
Map showing potential geothermal-resource areas, as indicated by the chemical character of ground water, in Verde Valley, Yavapai County, Arizona
P. P. Ross, C. D. Farrar
1980, Open-File Report 80-13
Geochemical analyses of samples of rock, stream sediment, and panned heavy-mineral concentrate, southern part of the Walker River Indian Reservation, Mineral County, Nevada
Maurice A. Chaffee, R. H. Hill, W. S. Speckman, S. J. Sutley
1980, Open-File Report 80-365
No abstract available....
Simulated effects of a proposed well field on the ground-water system in the Salt River Indian Reservation, Maricopa County, Arizona
P. P. Ross
1980, Open-File Report 80-503-W
Measured stratigraphic sections of Jurassic San Rafael Group and adjacent rocks in Garfield County, Utah
James Clifton Wright, Dayton Delbert Dickey, R.P. Snyder
1980, Open-File Report 80-308
These sections were measured prior to 1960, before adoption of the metric system. Publication was delayed by other assignments of the authors and later by the untimely death of J. C. Wright. They are being released at this time because of the increased interest in the uranium potential of Jurassic...
Brines of Wadi as Sirhan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Cole L. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-1261
Bulletin of the Seismological Laboratory for the period from 1 January 1975 to 31 December 1979
G.M. Smith, F.D. Ryall
1980, Open-File Report 81-231
This issue of the Bulletin of the Seismological Laboratory summarizes the determination of epicenters for earthquakes located in the western Great Basin, Nevada and eastern California, for the period 1975-1979. The Laboratory attempts to identify and locate all earthquakes with ML greater than about 2.5 in this region. Quality of...
Vegetation analysis for the Cache Creek EIS, Brdiger-Teton National Forest, Wyoming
Andrew P. Youngblood
1980, Open-File Report 81-863
Seismic damage assessment for high-rise buildings
Roger E. Scholl
1980, Open-File Report 81-381
The problem considered in this project, conducted by URS/John A. Blume & Associates, Engineers (URS/Blume), for the U.S. Geological Survey, is the identification, evaluation, and correlation of ground-motion and structural parameters in order to improve procedures for predicting dollar losses for high-rise structures damaged by earthquakes. Ground-motion data bases, analytical...
Summary of data available for Morocco as of June 10, 1977
Glen F. Brown
1980, Open-File Report 80-520
Structurally, Morocco is partly European (Alpine and Hercynian) and partly the northwestern flank of the African platform. It includes a variety of land forms and structural provinces, each strikingly different from adjacent domains....
Long-term highwall stability in the northwestern Powder River basin, Wyoming and Montana
William K. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-1229
Time-dependent behavior of natural and and excavated slopes in sedimentary rocks is a subject that is poorly understood at present but that is now an important consideration in the design, operation, and reclamation of energy-extraction facilities, in part because of the environmental considerations mandated by the Surface Mining Control and...
A plotting program for producing ashfall prediction maps from the output of the NOAA forecast trajectory program; application to and examples from the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruptions
William K. Smith
1980, Open-File Report 80-2005
Water-quality data for canals in eastern Broward County, Florida, 1975-78
W. H. Sonntag
1980, Open-File Report 80-68
Increased urbanization in Broward County has contributed to canals being used as receptacles for urban wastes, sewage effluent, and stormwater runoff. The introduction of contaminants into the canals may affect the water quality. In 1969 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Broward County Pollution Control Board and the...
MAGIC; computer programs for paleontologists available on Multics
Robert A. Spicer, Richard J. Cullip, Richard Z. Poore
1980, Open-File Report 80-317
Selected commodity occurrence maps for the ophiolite belts of the western United States
Jocelyn A. Peterson
1980, Open-File Report 80-1273
No abstract available. ...
Water quality of Bear Creek basin, Jackson County, Oregon
Loren A. Wittenberg, Stuart W. McKenzie
1980, Open-File Report 80-158
Water-quality data identify surface-water-quality problems in Bear Creek basin, Jackson County, Oreg., where possible, their causes or sources. Irrigation and return-flow data show pastures are sources of fecal coliform and fecal streptococci bacteria and sinks for suspended sediment and nitrite-plus-nitrate nitrogen. Bear Creek and its tributaries have dissolved oxygen and...
Lemhi Pass drilling project, Montana
Mortimer Hay Staatz
1980, Open-File Report 80-312
The Lemhi Pass district has the largest thorium resources of any vein district in the United States (Staatz and others, 1979, p. 10). Most of the resources occur in veins that have an average grade of between 0.1 and 2.0 percent Th02. More than 200 thorium-bearing veins have been mapped...
Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Blying Sound and Seward quadrangles, Alaska
1980, Open-File Report 80-621
These summaries of data on metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences and lists of selected references to them in Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau of Mines, and State of Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys (and predecessor State and Territorial agencies) reports and maps and a very few journal articles...
