Mineral resource evaluation of the Sturgeon River Wilderness Study Area, Houghton and Baraga counties, Michigan
William F. Cannon, E. R. King, J. J. Hill, P. C. Mory
1978, Open-File Report 78-141
No abstract available....
Incidence of disease in warmwater fish farms in the south-central United States
F. P. Meyer
1978, Marine Fisheries Review (40) 38-41
Abstract has not been submitted...
Hydrologic appraisal of the water resources of the Homer-Preble Valley, New York
William Buller
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-94
Water resources of Homer-Preble Valley, 1 to 2 miles wide and 9 miles long, in central New York, were appraised because the area is expected to undergo considerable residential development in the near future. The main source of water supply to the residents of the area is the glacial-outwash aquifer....
Coccidia of whooping cranes
Donald J. Forrester, J. W. Carpenter, D.R. Blankinship
1978, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (14) 24-27
Coccidial oocysts were observed in 6 of 19 fecal samples from free-ranging whooping cranes (Grus americana) and 4 of 16 samples from captive whooping cranes. Eimeria gruis occurred in four free-ranging whooping cranes and E. reichenowi in two free-ranging and two captive whooping cranes. Fecal samples from two captive cranes contained oocysts of lsospora lacazei which...
Formation of lunar basin rings
C. A. Hodges, D.E. Wilhelms
1978, Icarus (34) 294-323
The origin of the multiple concentric rings that characterize lunar impact basins, and the probable depth and diameter of the transient crater have been widely debated. As an alternative to prevailing “megaterrace” hypotheses, we propose that the outer scarps or mountain rings that delineate the topographic rims of basins—the Cordilleran...
Minerals produced during cooling and hydrothermal alteration of ash flow tuff from Yellowstone drill hole Y-5
T. E. C. Keith, L.J.P. Muffler
1978, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (3) 373-402
A rhyolitic ash-flow tuff in a hydrothermally active area within the Yellowstone caldera was drilled in 1967, and cores were studied to determine the nature and distribution of primary and secondary mineral phases. The rocks have undergone a complex history of crystallization and hydrothermal alteration since their emplacement 600,000 years...
Interpretation of a Landsat image of an unusual flood phenomenon in Australia
Charles J. Robinove
1978, Remote Sensing of Environment (7) 219-225
A Landsat image of part of the flooded area of Cooper Creek, Queensland, Australia, in February 1974, shows large dark areas within the flooded valley. The dark areas are believed to be wet, but unflooded, areas of dark alluvial soil. These striking features, which have not previously been identified on...
Leasable mineral and waterpower land classification map of the Shiprock quadrangle, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and Utah
Donald A. DeCicco, E. D. Patterson, Gale A. Lutz
1978, Open-File Report 78-478
No abstract available....
Map showing gold determined by atomic absorption and spectrographically determined silver in stream sediments, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Richard D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, M. J. Diggles
1978, Open-File Report 78-73-G
No abstract available....
Geothermal resource assessment of the United States
L.J.P. Muffler, R.L. Christiansen
1978, Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH (117) 160-171
Geothermal resource assessment is the broadly based appraisal of the quantities of heat that might be extracted from the earth and used economically at some reasonable future time. In the United States, the Geological Survey is responsible for preparing geothermal assessments based on the best available data and interpretations. Updates...
Applications of the VLF induction method for studying some volcanic processes of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii
C.J. Zablocki
1978, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (3) 155-195
The very low-frequency (VLF) induction method has found exceptional utility in studying various volcanic processes of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii because: (1) significant anomalies result exclusively from ionically conductive magma or still-hot intrusions (> 800??C) and the attendant electrolytically conductive hot groundwater; (2) basalt flows forming the bulk of Kilauea have...
The relationship of morphology, structure, and lithology to the emplacement of the Hot Creek rhyolite flow, Long Valley, California
Thomas J. Holecek
1978, Open-File Report 79-668
No abstract available....
Tectonic map of the Puget Sound region, Washington, showing locations of faults, principal folds and large scale Quaternary deformation
Howard Dale Gower
1978, Open-File Report 78-426
No abstract available....
Time-dependence of sea-ice concentration and multiyear ice fraction in the Arctic Basin
P. Gloersen, H.J. Zwally, A.T.C. Chang, D.K. Hall, W. J. Campbell, R.O. Ramseier
1978, Boundary-Layer Meteorology (13) 339-359
The time variation of the sea-ice concentration and multiyear ice fraction within the pack ice in the Arctic Basin is examined, using microwave images of sea ice recently acquired by the Nimbus-5 spacecraft and the NASA CV-990 airborne laboratory. The images used for these studies were constructed from data acquired...
Uranium-isotope variations in groundwaters of the Floridan aquifer and Boulder Zone of south Florida
J.B. Cowart, M. I. Kaufman, J.K. Osmond
1978, Journal of Hydrology (36) 161-172
Water samples from four wells from the main Floridan aquifer (300-400 m below mean sea level) in southeast Florida exhibit 234U 233U activity ratios that are significantly lower than the secular equilibrium value of 1.00. Such anomalous values have been observed previously only in waters from sedimentary aquifers in the...
Effects of paved surfaces on recharge to the Floridan aquifer in east-central Florida: A conceptual model
C. H. Tibbals
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-76
The proportionate amount of surface area that can be paved in Floridan aquifer recharge areas in east-central Florida without reducing the net recharge to the Floridan aquifer is a function of many variables that include rainfall, depth to water table, depth to potentiometric surface of the Floridan, evaporation from paved...
Distribution and relations of 4- to 10-km-diameter craters to global geologic units of Mars
C.D. Condit
1978, Icarus (34) 465-478
By correlating the 1:25,000,000 geologic map of Mars of Scott and Carr (1977) with 4- to 10-km-diameter crater density data from Mariner 9 images, the average crater density for 23 of the equatorial geologic-geomorphic units on Mars was computed. The correlation of these two data sets was accomplished by digitizing...
The marine geology of the eastern Santa Barbara Channel, with particular emphasis on the ground water basins offshore from the Oxnard Plain, Southern California
H. Gary Greene, Stephen C. Wolf, Ken G. Blom
1978, Open-File Report 78-305
Marine geophysical investigations provide new data concerning the stratigraphy, tectonic and sedimentary history, and the ground water geology of the southeastern Santa Barbara Channel region. The offshore stratigraphy identified in seismic reflection profiles includes a succession of Neogene to Quaternary strata. The middle Miocene Conejo volcanics form an acoustical basement...
K-Ar age of the late Pleistocene eruption of Toba, north Sumatra
D. Ninkovich, N. J. Shackleton, A. A. Abdel-Monem, J. D. Obradovich, G. Izett
1978, Nature (276) 574-577
The late Pleistocene eruption of Toba is the largest magnitude explosive eruption documented from the Quaternary. K-Ar dating of the uppermost unit of the Toba Tuff gives an age of [~amp]sim; 75,000 yr. A chemically and petrographically equivalent ash layer in deep-sea cores helps calibrate the Stage 4-5 boundary of...
Principal facts and profiles of gravity data from parts of Meade, Pennington, Haakon, and Jackson Counties, South Dakota
Donald L. Peterson, Jerry H. Hassemer
1978, Open-File Report 78-198
No abstract available....
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...
Field and modeling studies of San Francisco Bay
T. J. Conomos, F.H. Nichols, R. T. Cheng, D. H. Peterson
1978, Conference Paper
Map showing zinc determined by atomic absorption in stream sediments, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Richard D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, M. J. Diggles
1978, Open-File Report 78-73-E
No abstract available....
Map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska
Bela Csejtey Jr., R. J. Miller
1978, Open-File Report 78-558-B
No abstract available....
Map showing lead determined by atomic absorption in stream sediments, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska
Richard D. Koch, Raymond L. Elliott, M. J. Diggles
1978, Open-File Report 78-73-D
No abstract available....