Ground-water monitoring at Santa Barbara, California: Phase 1— Coastal monitor-well installation and initial measurements
C. B. Hutchinson
1979, Open-File Report 79-923
Plans to reduce natural ground-water storage in the 7-square-mile Santa Barbara groundwater basin have caused concern about possible saltwater intrusion into the coastal freshwater aquifer. To give advance warning of such intrusion, two multipiezometer wells were installed along the coast, about half a mile and 1 mile from the pumping...
Radiocarbon dates and Quaternary stratigraphic sections, Philip Smith Mountains Quadrangle, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton
1979, Open-File Report 79-866
Portable field kit for determining uranium in water
John B. McHugh
1979, Open-File Report 79-429
The pressing need for on-site field analyses of the uranium content of surface and ground waters has promoted the development of a simple, light-weight, relatively cheap, portable kit to make such determinations in the field. Forty to sixty water samples per day can be analyzed for uranium to less than...
Field verification of reconstructed dam-break flood, Laurel Run, Pennsylvania
Cheng-lung Chen, Jeffrey T. Armbruster
1979, Open-File Report 79-1483
A one-dimensional dam-break flood routing model is verified by using observed data on the flash flood resulting from the failure of Laurel Run Reservoir Dam near Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The model has been developed on the basis of an explicit scheme of the characteristics method with specified time intervals. The model...
Mineral resources of the Minarets Wilderness and adjacent areas, Madera and Mono counties, California
N. King Huber, Howard W. Oliver, Roy A. Bailey, U.S. Bureau of Mines
1979, Open-File Report 79-1472
A mineral survey of the Minarets Wilderness area and adjacent areas in the central Sierra Nevada, Calif., was conducted during 1973 through 1975. The total area covers about 620 km2 (237 sq mi) in the Sierra and Inyo National Forests, of which about 440 km2 (170 sq mi) are within...
Preliminary study of geotechnical properties of the Fort Union Formation near Recluse, Wyoming
Edward E. McGregor, Jack K. Odum
1979, Open-File Report 79-1077
Quaternary stratigraphic sections with radiocarbon dates, Chandalar Quadrangle, Alaska
Thomas D. Hamilton
1979, Open-File Report 79-751
Surficial geologic mapping of the Chandalar quadrangle was carried out during 1975 and 1976 as part of the Arctic Environmental Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Ten organic samples were collected at that time for radiocarbon dating. Six samples have been dated by Stephen W. Robinson at the U.S. Geological...
Texas Instruments Model 59 hand-calculator program to calculate theoretical MT planewave soundings over a structure of up to 10 horizontal layers
David L. Campbell
1979, Open-File Report 79-1613
No abstract available. ...
Availability of supplemental water supplies at salmonid fish-propagation stations in Wisconsin
C. Albert Harr, R.P. Novitzki
1979, Open-File Report 79-1170
Supplemental water supplies are available at all the 12 fish-propagation stations. At seven of the stations water may be obtained by diverting or impounding streams. Ground water is available from glacial sand-and-gravel aquifers at all the stations and from sandstone aquifers at 7 of the 12 stations. Probable well yields...
Geologic road log, Alyeska haul road, Alaska, June-August 1975
Thomas D. Hamilton
1979, Open-File Report 79-227
No abstract available....
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential of the northwest quarter of the Kemmerer 15-minute quadrangle, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Dames & Moore
1979, Open-File Report 79-1386
No abstract available....
Preliminary study of the geotechnical properties of the Fort Union Formation from drill holes BH-166-76, BH-168-76, and BH-187-76 near Sheridan, Wyoming
Jack K. Odum, Philip S. Powers
1979, Open-File Report 79-1132
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential of the Round Mountain quadrangle, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Dames & Moore
1979, Open-File Report 79-1387
No abstract available....
A total intensity magnetic anomaly map of the Red Sea and its interpretation
Stuart A. Hall
1979, Open-File Report 80-131
All available total intensity magnetic field data have been used to prepare a total intensity magnetic anomaly map of the Red Sea at a scale of 1:2,000,000. These include airborne surveys at various elevations and numerous sea surveys. The data have been digitised at approximately one kilometre intervals and the...
An analog data telemetry system for remote monitoring applications, Version II
K.A. McGee
1979, Open-File Report 79-946
An analog data telemetry system for remote monitoring applications: Version I
K.A. McGee, Motoaki Sato
1979, Open-File Report 79-276
Potential geologic hazards and constraints for blocks in proposed North Atlantic OCS oil and gas lease sale 42
Robert W. Hall
1979, Open-File Report 79-1285
Analysis of side-scan sonar, 3.5 kHz subbottom profiler, sparker, and fathometer data (approximately 9,900 km) from 206 blocks originally selected for proposed Outer Continental Shelf Lease Sale 42 disclosed potential hazards to oil and gas exploration and development operations. These potential hazards are a shallow gas deposit in one proposed...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of western Arctic Alaska, 1976 and 1977
Joseph M. Childers, Donald R. Kernodle, Robert M. Loeffler
1979, Open-File Report 79-699
A reconnaissance of the water resources of the western Arctic was conducted during April 1976 and August 1977. Data were collected at 9 springs, 9 lakes and 22 stream sites.Using slope-conveyance methods based on field evidence, estimates of bankfull and maximum evident flood-peak discharges were made for 20 selected streams....
Paleoecological evaluation of Late Eocene biostratigraphic zonations on the west coast
Kristin A. McDougall
1979, Open-File Report 79-934
Some peat deposits in Penobscot County, Maine
Cornelia Clermont Cameron, Walter A. Anderson
1979, Open-File Report 79-1096
Twenty of the peat deposits in Penobscot County, Maine contain an estimated 29,282,000 short tons air-dried peat. The peat is chiefly sphagnum moss and reed-sedge of high quality according to ASTM standards for agricultural and horticultural use. Analyses show that this same volume has high fuel value, low sulfur and...
Statistics and earth sciences; a challenge for the 80's; the geologists viewpoint
Richard B. McCammon
1979, Open-File Report 79-1245
It used to be that university students took up geology because they were attracted to the outdoors. This attraction developed perhaps because of a weekend field trip, or a summer field camp, or, for the lucky ones, a field season with an oil company. Whatever the reason, to be a...
Coal resource occurrence maps and coal development potential of the Pine Knoll Quadrangle, Uinta County, Wyoming
Dames & Moore
1979, Open-File Report 79-1391
A plan for study of flood hydrology of foothill streams in Colorado
Jerald F. McCain, John L. Ebling
1979, Open-File Report 79-1276
A comprehensive plan is presented for researching methods of flood-data analysis and informatin transfer for foothill areas, and for establishing a hydrologic data-collection network in the foothill areas of Colorado. The research will concentrate on three areas: (1) Developing methods to analyze flood peaks in foothill areas by using gaging-station...
A proposed U.S. resource classification system
Charles D. Masters
1979, Open-File Report 79-1553
Energy is a worldwide problem calling for worldwide communication to resolve the many supply and distribution problems. Essential to a communication problem is a definition and comparability of elements being communicated. The U.S. Geological Survey, with the cooperation of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and the U.S. Department of Energy,...
A reconnaissance study of the association of zeolites with mesothelioma occurrences in central Turkey
Frederick Albert Mumpton
1979, Open-File Report 79-954
