Qualitative requirements and utilization of nutrients: fishes
H. G. Ketola
M. Recheigl Jr., editor(s)
1977, Book chapter, CRC handbook series in nutrition and food: Section D: Nutritional Requirement, Volume 1: Comparative and Qualitative Requirements
No abstract available at this time...
Breeding avifauna of the south San Francisco Bay estuary
Robert E. Gill Jr.
1977, Western Birds (8) 1-12
San Francisco Bay represents one of the largest estuarine areas on the Pacific Coast of North America. Its open waters, tidal flats, tidal marshes and solar evaporation ponds provide critical foraging, resting and breeding habitat for migratory and resident birds. The avifauna of San Francisco Bay has received considerable attention;...
Upland nesting of American bitterns, marsh hawks, and short-eared owls
Harold F. Duebbert, J. T. Lokemoen
1977, Prairie Naturalist (9) 33-40
No abstract available....
Surface faulting and displacements of the 1976 Guatemala earthquake
R.C. Bucknam
1977, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (9) 12-17
Preliminary determination of epicenters (PDE) and earthquake data report (EDR)
J.S. Derr
1977, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (9) 34-35
Classification of the hydrologic settings of lakes in the north central United States
Thomas C. Winter
1977, Water Resources Research (13) 753-767
The hydrologic settings of 150 lakes in the north central United States were investigated by principal component analysis as a first attempt to develop a general classification of the hydrologic settings of lakes. Precipitation-evaporation balance and the water quality variables have high loadings on the first principal component. Highest loadings...
A selected bibliography: Remote sensing applications in agriculture
William C. Draeger, David T. McClelland
1977, Report
The bibliography contains nearly 300 citations of selected publications and technical reports dealing with the application of remote-sensing techniques to the collection and analysis of agricultural information. Most of the items included were published between January 1968 and December 1975, although some earlier works of continuing interest are included....
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1976
R. A. Rappmund
1977, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 36
No abstract available....
Tectonic map of the Rio Grande Rift system in Colorado
1977, Open-File Report 77-750
No abstract available. ...
Orientale and Caloris
J.F. McCauley
1977, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors (15) 220-250
Applications of experimental explosion-crater data to Orientale and recent geologic mapping of the basin have produced a new stratigraphy and genetic model for Orientale that are also applicable to Caloris. The inner-basin scarp of Orientale is thought to be a bench separating the upper parts of the basin from its...
Paleomagnetic poles and polarity zonation from Cambrian and Devonian strata of Arizona
D. P. Elston, S.L. Bressler
1977, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (36) 423-433
Basal Paleozoic Tapeats Sandstone (Early and Middle Cambrian) in northern and central Arizona exhibits mixed polarity and a low-latitude paleomagnetic pole. Carbonates of Middle and early Late Cambrian age, and directly superposed carbonate and carbonate-cemented strata of latest Middle(?) and early...
Hydrothermal transport of heavy metals by seawater: The role of seawater/basalt ratio
W. Seyfried, J. L. Bischoff
1977, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (34) 71-77
Seawater reacted with basaltic glass at 260°C and 500 bars under water-dominated conditions (50 : 1 water/rock ratio) efficiently leached and maintained heavy metals in solution. Cu, Zn, and Ba are transferred in significant proportions to the aqueous phase, while Fe...
Uranium and coexisting element behaviour in surface waters and associated sediments with varied sampling techniques used for uranium exploration
K.J. Wenrich-Verbeek
1977, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (8) 337-355
Optimum sampling methods in surface water and associated sediments for use in uranium exploration are being studied at thirty sites in Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. For water samples, filtering is recommended to increase sample homogeneity and reproducibility because for most elements studied water samples which were allowed...
Recent metalliferous sediment in the North Pacific manganese nodule area
J. L. Bischoff, R.J. Rosenbauer
1977, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (33) 379-388
Quaternary sediments cored in the northeast Pacific nodule area (DOMES site C, 14°N, 126°W) contain a significant amount of hydrothermal metalliferous mud. Water content, color, mineralogy, and chemical composition are analogous to metalliferous sediments of the subequatorial East Pacific Rise.Correction for contribution of pelagic clay indicates the metalliferous fraction to...
New fishery research center
R. L. Herman
1977, Fisheries (2) 22-23
No abstract available....
Heavy-mineral variability in bottom sediments of the lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
F. Firek, G. L. Shideler, P. Fleischer
1977, Marine Geology (23) 217-235
Heavy minerals in bottom-sediment samples of the lower Chesapeake Bay show distribution patterns and interrelationships that denote characteristic mineral suites associated with defined geographic provinces. The Baymouth province has a garnet-hornblende-pyroxene suite, which is largely attributed to the influx of littoral and shelf sediments; the Eastern Shore province has a...
Effect on tricaine methanesulfonate (MS-222) on hematocrit values in rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
G. L. Reinitz, J. Rix
1977, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C: Comparative Pharmacology (56) 115-116
1. Anesthesia of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) with 70 ppm tricaine methanesulfonate (MS-222) for 3-9 min resulted in a linear increase in hematocrit.2. Handling of unanesthetized trout caused a higher and more variable hematocrit reading than did exposure to MS-222 for up to 3 min.3. The range and standard error...
Laboratory hydraulic fracturing experiments in intact and pre-fractured rock
Mark D. Zoback, F. Rummel, R. Jung, C.B. Raleigh
1977, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts (14) 49-58
Laboratory hydraulic fracturing experiments were conducted to investigate two factors which could influence the use of the hydrofrac technique for in-situ stress determinations; the possible dependence of the breakdown pressure upon the rate of borehole pressurization, and the influence of pre-existing cracks on the orientation of generated fractures. The experiments...
Application of gold compositional analyses to mineral exploration in the United States
J.C. Antweiler, W. L. Campbell
1977, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (8) 17-29
Native gold is a mineral composed of Au, Ag and Cu in solid solution and it usually contains one or more trace metals as lattice impurities, as mineral inclusions, in grain boundaries or in surface coatings. Alloy proportions of Au, Ag and Cu, together with certain other elements, can...
Further paleomagnetic results for the San Juan volcanic field of southern Colorado
M. E. Beck Jr., S.D. Sheriff, J. F. Diehl, E.A. Hailwood, P. W. Lipman
1977, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (37) 124-130
Combining paleomagnetic data for 17 new sites from the northwest portion of the (Oligocene) San Juan volcanic field of southern Colorado with data for 29 sites previously published yields a paleomagnetic pole at 85°N, 114°E (with a 95% confidence circle of...
Techniques for the conversion to carbon dioxide of oxygen from dissolved sulfate in thermal waters
N.L. Nehring, P.A. Bowen, A.H. Truesdell
1977, Geothermics (5) 63-66
The fractionation of oxygen isotopes between dissolved sulfate ions and water provides a useful geothermometer for geothermal waters. The oxygen isotope composition of dissolved sulfate may also be used to indicate the source of the sulfate and processes of formation. The methods described here for separation, purification and reduction of...
Ore transport and deposition in the Red Sea geothermal system: a geochemical model
Wayne C. Shanks III, J. L. Bischoff
1977, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (41) 1507-1519
Thermodynamic calculation of distribution of dissolved aqueous species in the Red Sea geothermal brine provides a model of ore transport and deposition in good agreement with observed accumulations of base metal sulfides, anhydrite, and barite.The Red Sea brine is recirculated seawater that acquires high salinity by low-temperature interaction with Miocene...
Earthquake lights
J.S. Derr
1977, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (9) 18-21
Abnormal tooth development in a sea lamprey
Patrick J. Manion, Lee H. Hanson
1977, Progressive Fish-Culturist (39) 127-128
Sea lampreys en route to their spawning grounds have been captured at mechanical or electrical structures that have been in operation for 1 to 27 spawning seasons (1949-75) on some 167 tributaries of the upper Great Lakes; more than 750,000 were taken in 1949-70 (Smith 1971). Among these lampreys...
Drainage areas of Texas streams, Brazos River Basin
F.H. Tovar, S.M. Brown
1977, Report
No abstract available....