Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Rangely quadrangle, Rio Blanco County, Colorado
AAA Engineering and Drafting Inc.
1980, Open-File Report 79-1421
No abstract available....
Earthquakes, January-February, 1980
W. J. Person
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 200-202
Notes on sedimentation activities calendar year 1979
U.S. Interagency Advisory Committee on Water Data- Subcommittee on Sedimentation
1980, Report
This report is a digest of information furnished by Federal Agencies on sedimentation investigations, both ongoing and planned. Included in the report are a review of important findings, new methodologies, new publications, laboratory and other research activities, and other pertinent information. The material is organized on the basis of the...
The behavior of 14C and 13C in estuarine water: Effects of In situ CO2 production and atmospheric exchange
Elliott C. Spiker
1980, Radiocarbon (22) 647-654
The effects of nonconservative sources (inputs) and sinks (outputs) of carbon are indicated by the behavior of Δ14C and δ13C of the total dissolved inorganic carbon (ΣCO2) in San Francisco Bay and Chesapeake Bay. Isotopic distributions and model calculations indicate that in North San Francisco Bay the net CO2 flux to...
Earthquakes, September-October, 1979
W. J. Person
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (12) 74-77
The months of September and October were quite active, seismically speaking, compared to the previous 2 months. One great earthquake, a magnitude (M) 8.1, was centered in the West Irian region on September 12. Two major (M=7.0-7.9) earthquakes occurred, one on October 12, a M=7.3 off the west coast of...
Calculation of estuarine residual currents using the finite element method
R. A. Walters, R. T. Cheng
1980, Conference Paper, Third International Conference on Finite Elements in Flow Problems
No abstract available....
Earthquakes, November-December, 1979
W. J. Person
1980, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (13) 113-116
Circular current loops, magnetic dipoles and spherical harmonic analysis.
L.R. Alldredge
1980, Journal of Geomagnetism & Geoelectricity (32) 357-364
Spherical harmonic analysis (SHA) is the most used method of describing the Earth's magnetic field, even though spherical harmonic coefficients (SHC) almost completely defy interpretation in terms of real sources. Some moderately successful efforts have been made to represent the field in terms of dipoles placed in the core in...
Map showing water circulation and rates of sedimentation in the Port Isabel 1 degree by 2 degrees quadrangle, Texas
H. L. Berryhill Jr., A. R. Trippet
1980, IMAP 1254-A
No abstract available....
Geology and biology of Oceanographer submarine canyon.
P. C. Valentine, J. R. Uzmann, R.A. Cooper
1980, Marine Geology (38) 283-312
Santonian beds more than 100 m thick are the oldest rocks collected from the canyon. Quaternary silty clay veneers the canyon walls in many places and is commonly burrowed by benthic organisms that cause extensive erosion of the canyon walls, especially in the depth zone (100-1300 m) inhabited by the...
Inland (non-tidal) wetland mapping.
W.R. Steward, V. Carter, P. D. Brooks
1980, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (46) 617-628
The US Geological Survey has prepared three experimental wetland maps for the Auburndale, Florida 1:24,000-scale quadrangle. Wetland classes and boundaries were interpreted from quad centered high altitude color infrared and superwide black and white panchromatic photographs onto a black and white orthophoto base map made from a color infrared photograph....
Arctic sea-ice variations from time-lapse passive microwave imagery
W. J. Campbell, R.O. Ramseier, H.J. Zwally, P. Gloersen
1980, Boundary-Layer Meteorology (18) 99-106
This paper presents: (1) a short historical review of the passive microwave research on sea ice which established the observational and theoretical base permitting the interpretation of the first passive microwave images of Earth obtained by the Nimbus-5 ESMR; (2) the construction of a time-lapse motion picture film of a...
Multiple ice flow directions during the Fraser Glaciation in the lower Skagit River drainage, northern Cascade Range, Washington
Paul L. Heller
1980, Arctic and Alpine Research (12) 299-308
Stratigraphic mapping and pebble-count data suggest that ice flowed in three different directions in the lower Skagit drainage of the northern Cascade Range during the Fraser Glaciation (∼ 10K to 20K BP). Glacier reconstructions suggest that till exposed at one site in the lower Skagit Valley was deposited by a...
Crystallization history of Kilauea Iki lava lake as seen in drill core recovered in 1967-1979
Rosalind Tuthill Helz
1980, Bulletin Volcanologique (43) 675-701
Kilauea Iki lava lake formed during the 1959 summit eruption, one of the most picritic eruptions of Kilauea Volcano in the twentieth century. Since 1959 the 110 to 122 m thick lake has cooled slowly, developing steadily thickening upper and lower crusts, with a lens of more molten lava in...
Dissolution and analysis of amorphous silica in marine sediments
D.W. Eggimann, F.T. Manheim, P.R. Betzer
1980, Journal of Sedimentary Petrology (50) 215-225
The analytical estimation of amorphous silica in selected Atlantic and Antarctic Ocean sediments, the U.S.G.S. standard marine mud (MAG-1), A.A.P.G. clays, and samples from cultures of a marine diatom, Hemidiscus, has been examined. Quantitative recovery of sedimentary amorphous silica was achieved by reacting...
Scaling variables and interpretation of eigenvalues in principal component analysis of geologic data
A.T. Miesch
1980, Journal of the International Association for Mathematical Geology (12) 523-538
The dominant feature distinguishing one method of principal components analysis from another is the manner in which the original data are transformed prior to the other computations. The only other distinguishing feature of any importance is whether the eigenvectors of the inner product-moment of the transformed data matrix are taken...
Elastic moduli of rock glasses under pressure to 8 kilobars and geophysical implications
R. Meister, E.C. Robertson, R.W. Werke, R. Raspet
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6461-6470
Shear and longitudinal velocities were measured by the ultrasonic phase comparison method as a function of pressure to 8 kbar on synthetic glasses of basalt, andesite, rhyolite, and quartz composition and on natural obsidian. Velocities of most of the glasses decrease anomalously with pressure, but increasingly more-normal behavior occurs with...
Potential problems in the registration of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) control agents
F. P. Meyer, R. A. Schnick
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2093-2102
Abstract has not been submitted...
A model to forecast short-term snowmelt runoff using synoptic observations of streamflow, temperature, and precipitation
Wendell V. Tangborn
1980, Water Resources Research (16) 778-786
Snowmelt runoff is forecast with a statistical model that utilizes daily values of stream discharge, gaged precipitation, and maximum and minimum observations of air temperature. Synoptic observations of these variables are made at existing low- and medium-altitude weather stations, thus eliminating the difficulties and expense of new, high-altitude installations. Four...
Asian tapeworm, Bothriocephalus acheilognathi Yamaguti, 1934, in North America
G. L. Hoffman
1980, Fisch und Umwelt (Fish and Environment) (8) 69-75
No abstract available at this time...
A comparison of populations of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in grazed and ungrazed areas in Ivanpah Valley, California
F.B. Turner, P.A. Medica, C.L. Lyons
1980, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Geologic studies in White Pine County, Nevada
Donald Edward Lee, W. P. Doering, R. E. Van Loenen, E. L. Brandt Munson, R. F. Marvin, H. H. Mehnert
1980, Professional Paper 1158-A-C
No abstract available....
Map-plots and value/location lists of trace element concentrations in northern Bering Sea bottom sediment
Bradley R. Larsen, C. Hans Nelson, Chris Heropoulos, Jeffrey J. Patry
1980, Open-File Report 80-399-B
No abstract available....
Geohydrology of southwestern Kansas
Edwin D. Gutentag, David H. Lobmeyer, Steven E. Slagle
1980, Open-File Report 80-218
Southwestern Kansas is one of the principal areas of ground-water development for irrigation in the State, and many reports are available concerning ground-water conditions in the area. The purposes of this investigation were to consolidate and update data, to determine the extent and effects of irrigation development on the ground-water...
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the southeast quarter of the Orderville 15-minute quadrangle, Kane County, Utah
Meiiji Resource Consultants
1980, Open-File Report 79-1425
No abstract available....