Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico District, fiscal year 1978
Pat LeRoy Soule, D. W. Wilkins
1979, Open-File Report 79-560
This is the first of an annual series of reports in which the program of the New Mexico District, U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, will be summarized. This report, which is for fiscal year 1978, should be useful to cooperating agencies and to the users of water data in...
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Oliver Draw quadrangle, Campbell County, Wyoming
IntraSearch Inc.
1979, Open-File Report 79-27
No abstract available....
A one-dimensional, steady-state, dissolved-oxygen model and waste-load assimilation study for West Fork Blue River, Washington County, Indiana
James G. Peters, William G. Wilber, Charles G. Crawford, Frank P. Girardi
1979, Open-File Report 79-1479
The Indiana State Board of Health is developing a water-quality management plan that includes establishing limits for wastewater effluents discharged into Indiana streams. A digital model calibrated to conditions in West Fork Blue River was used to predict alternatives for future waste loadings that would be compatible with Indiana stream...
Geophysical logs and coal sections of holes drilled during 1977 and 1978 in the Browns Hill Quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming
C.S. Venable Barclay
1979, Open-File Report 79-1528
Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mount Hayes Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1979, Open-File Report 79-238
These summaries of references are designed to aid in library research on metallic and nonmetallic (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) mineral occurrences in the Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska. References to most reports of the Geological Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Mines, and the State of Alaska Division of...
Catalog of earthquakes in southern Alaska: January-March 1978
C.D. Stephens, J.C. Lahr, K.A. Fogleman, M.A. Allan, S.M. Helton
1979, Open-File Report 79-718
The National Center for Earthquake Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began a program of telemetered seismic recording in south-central Alaska in 1971. The principal objectives of this program have been to use data recorded by this network to precisely locate earthquakes in the active seismic zones of southern...
GNAP (Graphic Normative Analysis Program)
Roger W. Bowen, John Odell North, L.D.
1979, Open-File Report 79-1211
A user-oriented command language is developed to provide direct control over the computation and output of the standard CIPW norm. A user-supplied input format for the oxide values may be given or a standard CIPW Rock Analysis format may be used. Once the oxide values have been read by the...
Water-resources data collected in the Devil's Hole area, Nye County, Nevada, 1976-77
R.L. Carson
1979, Open-File Report 79-742
This report presents water data collected in Devils Hole and vicinity from July 1976 through June 1977 for the purpose of observing the effects of irrigation pumping on the pool level in Devils Hole, Nye County, Nevada. The pool contains the endangered species of pupfish, Cyprinodon diabolis. The report presents...
A supplement to "Methods for collection and analysis of aquatic biological and microbiological samples" (U.S. Geological Survey Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations, Book 5, Chapter A4)
Phillip E. Greeson, editor(s)
1979, Open-File Report 79-1279
The manual contains methods used by the U.S. Geological Survey to collect, preserve, and analyze waters to determine their biological and microbiological properties. It supplements ' Methods for Collection and Analysis of Aquatic Biological and Microbiological Samples ' (TWRI, Book 5, Chapter A4, 1977, edited by P. E. Greeson, T....
Estimated oil and gas reserves, Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf, January 1, 1978
Floyd T. Bryan, John H. Knipmeyer, E. Kenneth Schluntz
1979, Open-File Report 79-551
Remaining reserves of oil* and gas in the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf area have been estimated as 34.2 trillion cubic feet of gas and 2.7 billion barrels of oil as of January 1, 1978. These reserves are recoverable from 318 fields under the Federal submerged lands off the...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Fort Worth, Texas, metropolitan area, 1977
R.M. Slade Jr., J.M. Taylor, D.L. Haynes
1979, Open-File Report 79-216
Hydrologic investigations of urban areas in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. These investigations are now in progress in several major metropolitan areas including Austin, Dallas, Dallas County, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.In October 1968, the Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Fort...
Program objectives for the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) for fiscal year 1980
Melvin D. Edwards
1979, Open-File Report 80-11
This report describes the proposed program objectives of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) for fiscal year 1980. These include NAWDEX program administration, NAWDEX services, water-data indexing activities, systems development, training, and the development of recommended methods for the handling and exchange of water data. ...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area, 1977
R.M. Slade, J.D. Gordon, R.N. Mitchell
1979, Open-File Report 79-271
No abstract available....
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area, 1977
B.B. Hampton, C.M. Wood
1979, Open-File Report 79-562
In August 1961, the Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Dallas, began a program of investigations designed to evaluate hydrologic factors affecting floods on several small streams in Dallas. During the 1977 water year, the original program was expanded to include the greater Dallas metropolitan area....
Geologic description of selected strong-motion accelerograph sites, Part II
B.L. Silverstein
1979, Open-File Report 79-428
One of the major tasks of the U.S. Geological Survey as regards seismic engineering is the collection and dissemination of strong-motion accelerograph records. When analyzing these records certain information describing the instrument site is important: local geology; instrument housing (buildings, dams, bridges, instrument shelters, etc.); local topography; and proximity of...
Goal-seismic computer programs in BASIC: Part I; Store, plot, and edit array data
Wilfred P. Hasbrouck
1979, Open-File Report 79-242
Processing of geophysical data taken with the U.S. Geological Survey's coal-seismic system is done with a desk-top, stand-alone computer. Programs for this computer are written in an extended BASIC language specially augmented for acceptance by the Tektronix 4051 Graphic System. This report presents five computer programs used to store, plot,...
The origin, distribution, and depositional history of gravel deposits on the Beaufort Sea Continental Shelf, Alaska
Craig A. Rodeick
1979, Open-File Report 79-234
Two distinct gravel populations are present on the Beaufort Sea continental shelf. First, a geographically arcuate deposit that is convex seaward has been designated as the Chert Facies. This deposit is restricted to landward of the 10 meter bathymetric contour and west of Heald Point. The Chert Facies, originally a...
Geologic description of selected strong-motion accelerograph sites: Part III
B.L. Silverstein
1979, Open-File Report 79-1619
Ground-water data for Michigan, 1977
G.C. Huffman
1979, Open-File Report 79-332
The purpose of this report is to make available the 1977 records of water levels and related data for the principal aquifers of the State. These records and data provide a means for evaluating available ground-water supplies. Long- term records serve as a framework to which short-term records may be...
Seminar on water quality in the tidal Potomac River
1979, Open-File Report 79-1588
In the interest of maintaining communication between researchers and managers concerned with the tidal Potomac River, the U.S. Geological Survey sponsored a Seminar on the Water Quality of the Tidal Potomac River. The Seminar was held on December 6 and 7, 1978, at the U.S. Geological Survey National Headquarters in...
Water-resources investigations in Kansas; fiscal year 1978
Harold E. McGovern, L. J. Combs
1979, Open-File Report 79-561
Hydrologic investigations in Kansas during fiscal year 1978 consisted of collecting and analyzing data to assess the State 's water resources, describe the framework of hydrologic systems , and provide quantity and quality of water data for optimum development and management. Surface-water studies were made to analyze long-term records of...
Major and trace element data with partition coefficients for lava flows from the San Francisco volcanic field
Karen J. Wenrich-Verbeek
1979, Open-File Report 79-998
Major and trace element data from San Francisco Mountain (a stratovolcano), as well as major element data from representative flows of the surrounding volcanic field (figure 1), are presented in this report. Also included are conventional and normalized partition coefficients for trace elements in each of the coexisting mineral phases...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado; fiscal year 1979
1979, Open-File Report 79-402
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado consist of collecting water-resources data and conducting interpretive hydrologic investigations. The water-resources data and the results of the investigations are published or released by either the U.S. Geological Survey or by cooperating agen-cies. This report describes the water-resources investigations in Colorado...
Monitoring crustal strain, Cerro Prieto geothermal field, Baja California, Mexico
Ben Elder Lofgren, Bruce L. Massey
1979, Open-File Report 79-204
Significant ground deformation may be occurring in the Cerro Prieto geothermal area, Mexicali Valley, Mexico, as a direct result of extensive withdrawals of geothermal fluid and of continuing tectonism. In order to measure the magnitude and rate of this deformation, three networks of precise geodetic control were established in 1977-78,...
Status of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX); September 1978
Melvin D. Edwards
1979, Open-File Report 79-330
This report describes the activities of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) during Fiscal Year 1978, October 1, 1977 through September 30, 1978. Discussions include program administration, NAWDEX services, identification of sources of water data, indexing of available water data, development of systems to be used with the NAWDEX data...
