Range charts and no-space graphs
Lucy E. Edwards
1978, Computers & Geosciences (4) 247-255
No-space graphs present one solution to the familiar problem: given data on the occurrence of fossil taxa in separate, well-sampled sections, determine a range chart; that is, a reasonable working hypothesis of the total range in the area in question of each taxon studied. The solution presented here treats only...
Subaerial weathering of sedimentary organic matter
J.L. Clayton, P.J. Swetland
1978, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (42) 305-312
Small diameter core samples were taken from outcrops of the Permian Phosphoria Formation and the Cretaceous Pierre Shale of the Western United States to determine the effects of weathering on organic matter in shale outcrops. While the Pierre Shale core showed no evidence of weathering, the Phosphoria Formation showed significant...
Dispersion of plutonium from contaminated pond sediments
T.F. Rees, J.M. Cleveland, Gottschall W. Carl
1978, Environmental Science & Technology (12) 1085-1087
No abstract available....
Gases and water isotopes in a geochemical section across the Larderello, Italy, geothermal field
A.H. Truesdell, N.L. Nehring
1978, Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH (117) 276-289
Steam samples from six wells (Colombaia, Pineta, Larderello 57, Larderello 155, Gabbro 6, and Gabbro 1) in a south to north section across the Larderello geothermal field have been analyzed for inorganic and hydrocarbon gases and for oxygen-18 and deuterium of steam. The wells generally decrease in depth and increase...
Recent biogenic phosphorite: Concretions in mollusk kidneys
L. J. Doyle, N.J. Blake, C.C. Woo, P. Yevich
1978, Science (199) 1431-1433
Phosphorite concretions have been detected in the kidneys of two widespread species ofmollusks, Mercenaria mercenaria and Argopecten irradians, which have relatively high population densities. These concretions are thefirst documentation of the direct biogenic formation of phosphorite grains. The concretions are principally amorphous calcium phosphate, which upon being heated yields an...
Global color variations on the Martian surface
L.A. Soderblom, K. Edwards, E. M. Eliason, E.M. Sanchez, M.P. Charette
1978, Icarus (34) 446-464
Surface materials exposed throughout the equatorial region of Mars have been classified and mapped on the basis of spectral reflectance properties determined by the Viking II Orbiter vidicon cameras. Frames acquired at each of three wavelengths (0.45 ± 0.03 μm, 0.53 ± 0.05 μm, and 0.59 ± 0.05 μm) during the approach of...
Conceptual models in exploration geochemistry-The Basin and Range Province of the Western United States and Northern Mexico
T.G. Lovering, J. H. McCarthy Jr.
1978, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (9) 113-276
This summary of geochemical exploration in the Basin and Range Province is another in the series of reviews of geochemical-exploration applications covering a large region; this series began in 1975 with a summary for the Canadian Cordillera and Canadian Shield, and was followed in 1976 by a similar summary for...
Mars, highlands-lowlands: Viking contributions to mariner relative age studies
D. H. Scott
1978, Icarus (34) 479-485
Stratigraphic relations between lowland plains and highlands, two major types of Martian geologic-terrain units, were not directly distinguishable on Mariner-9 images. Morphologic characteristics and crater densities suggested that the lava plains beneath their eolian cover were younger than adjacent highland rocks, which form a plateau bounded in many places by...
Determination of silver, bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in geologic materials by atomic absorption spectrometry with tricaprylylmethylammonium chloride
John G. Viets
1978, Analytical Chemistry (50) 1097-1101
Interferences commonly encountered in the determination of silver, bismuth, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc at crustal abundance levels are effectively eliminated using a rapid, sensitive, organic extraction technique. A potassium chlorate-hydrochloric acid digestion solubilizes the metals not tightly bound in the silicate lattice of rocks, soils, and stream sediments. The...
Can animals help to predict earthquakes?
Shen Ling-huang
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 231-233
Prediction without precursors; seismic slip along the Calaveras Fault, northern California
C. G. Bufe, Philip W. Harsh, Robert O. Burford
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 12-15
Earthquake history of Wisconsin
C. A. von Hake
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 100-103
Only one earthquake of intensity V on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MM) or greater has occurred within Wisconsin during historic times. Some shocks originating in Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, and Canada have been felt. ...
In-situ measurement of the Earth’s stress field
M. Zoback, J. Roller, J. Healy
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 214-219
Earthquake history of West Virginia
C. A. von Hake
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 62-64
Comparison of a few recording current meters in San Francisco Bay, CA
R. T. Cheng
1978, Conference Paper, Proceedings, Conference on Current Measurements
A team of research scientists in the U.S. Geological Survey uses San Francisco Bay, California, as an outdoor laboratory to study complicated interactions of physical, chemical, and biological processes which take place in an estuarine environment. A current meter comparison study was conceived because of the need to select a...
Simple total field and Schlumberger soundings near Sugar City, Idaho
Adel A. R. Zohdy, Robert J. Bisdorf, Dallas B. Jackson
1978, Open-File Report 78-709
No abstract available....
Net energy maintenance requirements of salmonids as measured by direct calorimetry: Effect of body size and environmental temperature
R. R. Smith, G. L. Rumsey, M. L. Scott
1978, Journal of Nutrition (108) 1017-1024
Most studies of metabolic rates and energy requirements in aquatic animals have been conducted using indirect methods wherein heat production estimates were based on O2 consumed and CO2 produced. The purpose of the present study was to determine the feasibility of direct calorimetry as a method for measuring heat production of fish...
Heritability of tolerance for infectious hematopoietic necrosis in sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
John D. McIntyre, Donald F. Amend
1978, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (107) 305-308
A hierarchical breeding design was used to demonstrate the heritability of tolerance for infectious hematopoietic necrosis (IHN) in sockeye salmon. Oncorhynchus nerka. Heritability was about 30%, indicating that artificial selection may increase the number of fish that can tolerate the disease....
Earthquakes; November-December, 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 110-112
Seismically speaking, the last 2 months were the most active of the year. There were six major earthuakes having magnitudes (M) ranging from 7.0 to 7.9 throughout the world: the Solomon Islands, Mexico (the largest of the year, M=7.9), the Kuril Islands, Taiwan, the Philippine Islands, and western Iran. THe...
Earthquakes; January-February, 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 148-149
Seismically speaking, 1978 began slowly. The first major earthquake (magnitude 7.0 and above) of the year occurred on February 9 and was centered in the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. The first destructive earthquake of the year strukc southern Honshu, Japan, on January 14. The magnitude 6.5...
Radon emanation on the San Andreas Fault
C. Y. King
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 136-138
Radon is a radioactive gas with a half-life of 3.8 days. (Half-life is the time required for the substance to lose half of its radioactivity by decay.) It is itself produced by the decay of uranium. Radon is constantly emanated from the Earth into the atmosphere. Many cases are known...
The architecture of the porphyry-metal system as a prospecting stratagem in the Southern Rocky Mountains
George J. Neuerburg
1978, Open-File Report 78-130
A model of the porphyry-metal system characteristic of the consanguineous Cretaceous and Tertiary igneous rocks and associated ores of the southern Rocky Mountains is constructed from the bits and pieces exposed in the Colorado mineral belt and the San Juan volcanic field. Hydrothermally altered rocks in a part of the...
Earthquakes, March-April 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 192-194
Earthquakes caused fatalities in Mexico and Sicily; injuries and damage were sustained in eastern Kazakh SSR and Yugoslavia. There were four major earthquakes; one south of Honshu, Japan, two in the Kuril Islands region, and one in the Soviet Union. The United States experienced a number of earthquakes, but only...
Earthquakes; May-June, 1978
W. J. Person
1978, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (10) 234-235
Chronic and simulated use-pattern exposures of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) to 3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol (TFM)
W.R. Dwyer, F.L. Mayer, J. L. Allen, D.R. Buckler
1978, Investigations in Fish Control 84
Abstract not submitted to date...
