Mineral resources; potentials and problems
Walden P. Pratt, Donald Albert Brobst
1974, Circular 698
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 6, Missouri River basin, v. 1, Missouri River basin above Willston, N. Dakota
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2116
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1970, Part 11, Pacific slope basins in California
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2159
Surface water supply of the United States, 1966-70, Part 12, Pacific Slope basins in Washington, v. 1, Pacific Slope basins in Washington except Columbia River basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2132
Goals, strategy, and tasks of the Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
Robert E. Wallace
1974, Circular 701
The worldwide search for petroleum offshore; a status report for the quarter century, 1947-72
Henry L. Berryhill
1974, Circular 694
At the end of 1972, offshore petroleum exploration was in progress on the submerged continental margins of 80 countries. Some 780 oil and gas fields had been discovered. Estimated worldwide volume of oil discovered offshore as of January 1, 1973, is 172.8 billion barrels of oil, or about 26 percent...
Movement and effects of spilled oil over the outer continental shelf; inadequacy of existent data for the Baltimore Canyon Trough area
Harley J. Knebel
1974, Circular 702
A deductive approach to the problem of determining the movement and effects of spilled oil over the Outer Continental Shelf requires that the potential paths of oil be determined first, in order that critical subareas may be defined for later studies. The paths of spilled oil, in turn, depend primarily...
Water quality of hydrologic bench marks; an indicator of water quality in the natural environment
James E. Biesecker, Donald K. Leifeste
1974, Circular 460-E
Water-quality data, collected at 57 hydrologic bench-mark stations in 37 States, allow the definition of water quality in the 'natural' environment and the comparison of 'natural' water quality with water quality of major streams draining similar water-resources regions. Results indicate that water quality in the 'natural' environment is generally very...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1969, Parts 9 and 10, Colorado River basin and the Great Basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2148
Large rivers of the United States
Kathleen T. Iseri, Walter Basil Langbein
1974, Circular 686
Information on the flow of the 28 largest rivers in the United States is presented for the base periods 1931-60 and 1941-70. Drainage area, stream length, source, and mouth are included. Table 1 shows the average discharge at downstream gaging stations. Table 2 lists large rivers in order of average...
Environmental impact analysis; the example of the proposed Trans-Alaska Pipeline
David A. Brew
1974, Circular 695
The environmental impact analysis made as required by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 for the proposed trans-Alaska pipeline included consideration of the (1) technologically complex and geographically extensive proposed project, (2) extremely different physical environments across Alaska along the proposed route and elsewhere in Alaska and in Canada...
Gold in the Black Hills, South Dakota, and how new deposits might be found
James Jennings Norton
1974, Circular 699
Of the recorded production of 34,694,552 troy ounces of gold mined in South Dakota through 1971, about 90 percent has come from Precambrian ore bodies in the Homestake mine at Lead in the northern Black Hills. Most of the rest has come from ore deposited in the Deadwood Formation (Cambrian)...
Hydrology of volcanic-rock terranes
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Professional Paper 383
Seismic engineering program report, October-December 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Circular 713
Dissolved-solids discharge to the oceans from the conterminous United States
Donald K. Leifeste
1974, Circular 685
Dissolved-solids data from 54 river basins for 1966-69 were used to compute the amount of dissolved material contributed to the oceans from the conterminous United States. The computations show that about 264,000,000 tons are discharged annually. The Gulf of Mexico receives the largest load, about 183,000,000 tons, of which about...
Selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in surficial materials of the conterminous United States
Hansford T. Shacklette, Josephine G. Boerngen, John R. Keith
1974, Circular 692
Concentrations of selenium, fluorine, and arsenic in 912, 911, and 910 samples, respectively, of soils and other regoliths from sites approximately 50 miles (80 km) apart throughout the United States are represented on maps by symbols showing five ranges of values. Histograms of the concentrations of these elements are also...
Mineral resources of Antarctica
Nancy A. Wright, Paul L. Williams, editor(s)
1974, Circular 705
Although the existence of mineral deposits in Antarctica is highly probable, the chances of finding them are quite small. Minerals have been found there in great variety but only as occurrences. Manganese nodules, water (as ice), geothermal energy, coal, petroleum, and natural gas are potential resources that could perhaps be...
Model synthesis in frequency analysis of Missouri floods
Leland D. Hauth
1974, Circular 708
Synthetic flood records for 43 small-stream sites aided in definition of techniques for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in Missouri. The long-term synthetic flood records were generated by use of a digital computer model of the rainfall-runoff process. A relatively short period of concurrent rainfall and runoff data...
Extent and development of urban flood plains
William Joseph Schneider, James E. Goddard
1974, Circular 601-J
A study of26 urbanized areas in the United States indicates that the amount of urban area in flood plains ranges from 2.4 percent for Spokane, Wash., to 81 percent for Monroe, La. The median value is 10.5 percent, and the weighted average is 16.2 percent. The amount of development on...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1970, Part 2, South Atlantic slope and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2152
United States Geological Survey Alaska program, 1974
Claire Carter
1974, Circular 700
This report on the Alaskan activities of the U.S. Geological Survey contains up-to-date accounts of recent results and summaries of plans for the summer of 1974. It is organized in six parts: (1) responsibilities and services of the Geological Survey; (2) organization of the U.S. Geological Survey; (3} Alaskan field...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1969, Parts 4 and 5, St. Lawrence River basin and Hudson Bay and Upper Mississippi River basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1974, Water Supply Paper 2144
Molybdenite in the Montezuma District of central Colorado
George J. Neuerburg, Theodore Botinelly, John R. Watterson
1974, Circular 704
The Montezuma mining district, in the Colorado mineral belt, is defined by an assemblage of porphyry, ore, and altered rocks that originated in the venting of a Tertiary batholith through weak structures in Precambrian rocks. The ore consists of silver-lead-zinc veins clustered on the propylitic fringe of a geometrically complex...
Seismic hazards and land-use planning
Donald R. Nichols, Jane M. Buchanan-Banks
1974, Circular 690
Basic earth-science data are necessary for a realistic assessment of seismic hazards and as a basis for limiting corrective land-use controls only to those areas of greatest hazard. For example, the location, character, and amount of likely displacement and activity of surface faulting can be predicted if detailed geologic maps...
Floods of September-October 1967 in south Texas and northeastern Mexico
Elmer E. Schroeder, R.U. Grozier, D. C. Hahl, A.E. Hulme
1974, Water Supply Paper 1880-B
Floods produced by Hurricane Beulah during September and October 1967 were outstanding because of the magnitude of the stage and discharge and because of the number of river basins affected. Previously known maximum stages were exceeded, at the downstream station, in five river basins in Texas by amounts ranging from...