The Giles County, Virginia, seismogenic zone-- seismological results and geological interpretations
G. A. Bollinger, Russell L. Wheeler
1982, Open-File Report 82-585
This paper describes and interprets a newly-recognized 40-km-long seismogenic zone, which is inferred to have been the locus of a damaging earthquake in 1897. That shock was the second largest known to have occurred in the southeastern United States (MMI VIII, mb estimated at 5.8, felt over 725,000 km2). It...
Machine-readable data files from the Madison Limestone and northern Great Plains regional aquifer system analysis projects, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming
J. S. Downey
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4107
Lists of machine-readable data files were developed for the Madison Limestone and Northern Great Plains Regional Aquifer System Analysis (RASA) projects. They are stored on magnetic tape and available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Record format, file content, and size are given for: (1) Drill-stem-test data for Paleozoic and Mesozoic...
Hydrologic-information needs for oil-shale development, northwestern Colorado
O.J. Taylor
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4076
Hydrologic information is not adequate for proper development of the large oil-shale reserves of Piceance basin in northwestern Colorado. Exploratory drilling and aquifer testing are needed to define the hydrologic system, to provide wells for aquifer testing, to design mine-drainage techniques, and to explore for additional water supplies. Sampling networks...
Middle Triassic molluscan fossils of biostratigraphic significance from the Humboldt Range, northwestern Nevada
Norman J. Silberling, K. M. Nichols
1982, Professional Paper 1207
Cephalopods and bivalves of the genus Daonella occur at certain levels throughout the Middle Triassic section in the Humboldt Range, northwestern Nevada. These fossiliferous strata are assigned to the Fossil Hill Member and upper member of the Prida Formation, which here forms the oldest part of the Star Peak Group....
Hydrologic characteristics of surface-mined land reclaimed by sludge irrigation, Fulton County, Illinois
G. L. Patterson, R.F. Fuentes, L.G. Toler
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-16
Analyses of water samples collected at four stream-monitoring stations, in an area surface mined for coal and being reclaimed by sludge irrigation, show the principal metals are sodium, calcium, and magnesium and principal non-metals are chloride, sulfate, and bicarbonate. Comparing yearly mean chemical concentrations shows no changing trends since reclamation...
Specification for procurement of water-level sensing instrumentation, specification number HIF-I-1
D.H. Rapp
1982, Open-File Report 82-89
This specification is to communicate to instrument manufacturers the U.S. Geological Survey 's requirements. It covers systems for sensing the elevation of the water surface on open channels, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, storm-sewer pipes, and observation wells at Survey data-collection sites. The signal output (mechanical or electrical) must meet the signal...
Selected climatic characteristics of the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
S. D. Waltemeyer
1982, Open-File Report 82-91
The southeastern Uinta Basin in Utah and Colorado contains large reserves of oil shale, the mining of which could affect the area 's water resources. Climatic characteristics of the area, which were evaluated as one phase of a comprehensive hydrologic study, are presented to help provide the means of evaluating...
An atlas of eleven selected aquifers in New York
Roger Milton Waller, Anne J. Finch
1982, Open-File Report 82-553
Water from 11 aquifer systems in New York, excluding Long Island , is used by 2.8 million people. Ten are in areas hydraulically connected with the master stream and have a shallow water table, the 11th is a buried valley system on the Lake Ontario Plain. In all systems, till,...
Flood of September 16, 1975 in the Guayanilla Valley, Puerto Rico
Karl G. Johnson
1982, Open-File Report 80-1282
This report provides hydrologic and hydraulic information related to the flood of September 16, 1975 in the Guayanilla Valley. The information presented is a compilation of data recovered by the U.S. Geological Survey, and information provided by the residents in the study area....
Plankton studies in San Francisco Bay; V, Zooplankton species composition and abundance in the South Bay, 1980-1981
Anne Hutchinson
1982, Open-File Report 82-1002
Data are presented that summarize zooplankton species composition and abundance in South San Francisco Bay during 1980 and 1981. Sampling was conducted at least twice monthly at thirteen stations, from the southern extremity of the South Bay to the Golden Gate Bridge between January 1980 and May 1981. Samples were...
GLORIA sidescan and seismic data collected by the DESV STARELLA along the continental slope and upper continental rise of the Eastern United States in 1979
Kathryn M. Scanlon
1982, Open-File Report 82-1095
A cruise on the- DESV STARELLA was conducted between October 23. 1979, and November 8, 1979, by the U.S. Geologic.al Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United Kingdom's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS). The purpose of the study was to gain an overview of the morphology of large areas of...
A model for hydrostatic consolidation of Pierre Shale
W. Z. Savage
1982, Open-File Report 82-1058
Shallow subsurface temperatures and some estimates of heat flow from the Colorado Plateau of northeastern Arizona
J.H. Sass, Claudia Stone, D. J. Bills
1982, Open-File Report 82-994
Temperature data to depths of a few hundred meters were obtained from 29 wells in northeastern Arizona; 12 in the region surrounding the San Francisco Volcanic Field, 8 in the Black Mesa area, and 9 in the south-central Colorado Plateau which includes the White Mountains. Although there was evidence for...
Water resources program of the U.S. Geological Survey related to agriculture in Louisiana
T.L. Huntzinger
1982, Open-File Report 82-554
Surveillance activities of the U.S. Geological Survey Louisiana District include long-term, hydrologic-data-collection sites that serve a current-purpose, management function and (or) that furnish a data base for interpretative studies. The proposed program for 1982 includes a network of 69 surface-water data sites (continuous gaging stations), 250 flood-data sites (crest-stage stations),...
An oilspill risk analysis for the South Atlantic (proposed sale 78) outer continental shelf lease area
W.B. Samuels
1982, Open-File Report 82-807
An oilspill risk analysis was conducted for the South Atlantic (proposed sale 78) Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease area. The analysis considered the probability of spill occurrences based on historical trends; likely movement of oil slicks based on a climatological model ; and locations of environmental resources which could be...
Ground-water data for Michigan, 1981
G.C. Huffman
1982, Open-File Report 82-754
This report summarizes data on water levels in 124 observation wells and provides information on well locations, depths, altitudes, and aquifers that they tap. Tabulated data include extremes of water levels for 1981 and for the period of record; pumpage of most major groundwater users in the State; and quality...
Slides showing a preliminary geologic map of the Dillon 1 degree by 2 degrees Quadrangle, Montana and Idaho
E. T. Ruppel, J.M. O’Neill, David Lopez
1982, Open-File Report 82-667
This open-file report consists of two colored 35-mm photographic slides. Slide 1 is a photograph of a hand-colored copy of the geologic map of the Dillon 1' x 2' quadrangle. Scale of original 1:250,00. Slide 2 is a brief explanation of the map units shown on slide 1....
A survey of asbestos-related disease in trades and mining occupations and in factory and mining communities as a means of predicting health risks of nonoccupational exposure to fibrous minerals
Malcolm Ross
1982, Open-File Report 82-745
Integrated model of the shallow and deep hydrothermal systems in the East Mesa area, Imperial Valley, California
T. David Riney, J.W. Pritchett, L.F. Rice
1982, Open-File Report 82-980
Geological, geophysical, thermal, petrophysical and hydrological data available for the East Mesa hydrothermal system that are pertinent to the construction of a computer model of the natural flow of heat and fluid mass within the system are assembled and correlated. A conceptual model of the full system is developed and...
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Surface Sediments of Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor, Washington
J. B. Rapp, K.A. Kvenvolden, H.E. Clifton
1982, Open-File Report 82-609
Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor are two adjacent estuaries along the coast of Washington state. Willapa Bay is a recreational area minimally affected by industry; Grays Harbor, on the other hand, is moderately industrialized. Aliphatic hydrocarbons in surface sediments from these two estuaries reflect the differences in human activities. For...
Results of an aquifer test near Lynndyl, Utah
Walter F. Holmes, Dale E. Wilberg
1982, Open-File Report 82-514
An aquifer test was conducted near Lynndyl, Utah, to determine the hydraulic characteristics of a deep artesian aquifer and its associated confining bed. A well completed in the aquifer was pulped continuously for 25 days and measurements of drawdown and recovery were made in 34 observation wells located within a...
Tectonic geomorphology and earthquake hazard, north flank, central Ventura Basin, California
E.A. Keller, D.L. Johnson, M.N. Clark, T. K. Rockwell
1982, Open-File Report 81-376
Eruptive history, petrology, and petrogenesis of the Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics, Marysvale volcanic field, west-central Utah
Karin E. Budding
1982, Open-File Report 82-891
The Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics is the largest rhyolitic ash-flow tuff sheet in the Marysvale volcanic field. It was erupted 19 m.y. ago, shortly after the changeover from intermediate-composition calc-alkalic volcanism to bimodal basalt-rhyolite volcanism. Eruption of the tuff resulted in the formation of the...
Special earthquake report for the September 1, 1981, Samoa Islands region earthquake
R.E. Needham, R.P. Buland, G. L. Choy, J. W. Dewey, E.R. Engdahl, S.A. Sipkin, W. Spence, M.D. Zirbes
1982, Open-File Report 82-781
Complete Bouguer gravity map near Crater Lake, Oregon
Carol A. Finn
1982, Open-File Report 82-592
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