Calculation of gravity and magnetic anomalies of finite-length right polygonal prisms.
J. W. Cady
1980, Geophysics (45) 1507-1512
An equation is derived for the vertical gravity field due to a homogeneous body with polygonal cross‐section and finite strike‐length. The equation can be separated into the two‐dimensional (2-D) terms of Talwani et al. (1959) and exact terms for the contributions of the ends of the prism. Equations for the...
Upper Wisconsinan till recovered on the continental shelf southeast of New England
Michael H. Bothner, Elliott C. Spiker
1980, Science (210) 423-425
Basal till was identified in two sediment cores collected about 69 kilometers southeast of Nantucket Island on the east and west sides of Great South Channel. These are the first samples of till collected on the outer continental shelf off the northeastern United States. The carbon-14 age of the total...
Geophysical observations of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, 1. temporal gravity variations related to the 29 November, 1975, M = 7.2 earthquake and associated summit collapse
R.C. Jachens, G. P. Eaton
1980, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (7) 225-240
Repeated high-precision gravity measurements made near the summit of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii, have revealed systematic temporal variations in the gravity field associated with a major deflation of the volcano that followed the 29 November, 1975, earthquake and eruption. Changes in the gravity field with respect to a stable reference station...
Geodetic measurement of horizontal deformation across the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico
J.C. Savage, M. Lisowski, W.H. Prescott, A.R. Sanford
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 7215-7220
Trilateration surveys of a geodetic network across the Rio Grande rift near Socorro, New Mexico, in 1972, 1973, 1976, and 1979 have failed to detect any significant strain accumulation. The surveys place an upper bound (95% confidence limit) of 1 mm/a (a = years) on east-west spreading cross the rift...
Tectonic stresses in the lithosphere: constraints provided by the experimental deformation of rocks.
S. H. Kirby
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6353-6363
The strengths of rocks clearly place an upper limit on the stress that can be sustained by the upper half of the lithosphere. Laboratory data on rock rheology are generally lacking at intermediate temperatures and pressures on the important rock types expected in the lithosphere, so a definitive accounting of...
Role of physical barriers in the control of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
J. B. Hunn, W.D. Youngs
1980, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (37) 2118-2122
Mechanical and electromechanical barriers played a significant role in the initial attempts to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) populations in the upper Great Lakes. More recently electromechanical weirs have been used to assess the relative abundance of spawning-run sea lampreys in Lake Superior. Development of an integrated control approach to...
Evaluation of organic matter, subsurface temperature and pressure with regard to gas generation in low-permeability Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary sandstones in Pacific Creek area, Sublette and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming.
B. E. Law, C. W. Spencer, N. H. Bostick
1980, Mountain Geologist (17) 23-35
The onset of overpressuring occurs at c.3,500 m, near the base of the U. Cretaceous Lance Formation. The development of overpressuring may involve several processes; however, interpretation of the available information indicates that active generation of large amounts of wet gas is one of the more important processes. The present...
Morphology of Lonar Crater, India: Comparisons and implications
R.F. Fudali, D.J. Milton, K. Fredriksson, A. Dube
1980, The Moon and the Planets (23) 493-515
Lonar Crater is a young meteorite impact crater emplaced in Deccan basalt. Data from 5 drillholes, a gravity network, and field mapping are used to reconstruct its original dimensions, delineate the nature of the pre-impact target rocks, and interpret the emplacement mode of the ejecta. Our estimates of the pre-erosion...
Sedimentary masses and concepts about tectonic processes at underthrust ocean margins
D.W. Scholl, Roland E. von Huene, T.L. Vallier, D. G. Howell
1980, Geology (8) 564-568
Tectonic processes associated with subduction of oceanic crust, but unrelated to the collision of thick crustal masses or microplates, are presumed by many geologists to significantly affect the formation and deformation of large sedimentary bodies at underthrust ocean margins. More geologists are familiar with the concept of subduction accretion, which describes...
Extraction and concentration of phenolic compounds from water and sediment
Marvin C. Goldberg, Eugene R. Weiner
1980, Analytica Chimica Acta (115) 373-378
Continuous liquid-liquid extractors are used to concentrate phenols at the ??g l-1 level from water into dichloromethane; this is followed by Kuderna-Danish evaporative concentration and gas chromatography. The procedure requires 5 h for 18 l of sample water. Overall concentration factors around 1000 are obtained. Overall concentration efficiencies vary from...
Pomona Member of the Columbia River Basalt Group: an intracanyon flow in the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon.
J. L. Anderson
1980, Oregon Geology (42) 195-199
The Pomona Member of the Saddle Mountains Basalt (Columbia River Basalt Group) occurs as an intracanyon flow greater than 75m (250ft) thick along the S side of the Columbia River Gorge between Mitchell Point and Shellrock Mountain, Oregon. Best exposures are at Mitchell Point, where this flow caps more than...
Some constraints on levels of shear stress in the crust from observations and theory
Art McGarr
1980, Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth (85) 6231-6238
In situ stress determinations in North America, southern Africa, and Australia indicate that on the average the maximum shear stress increases linearly with depth to at least 5.1 km measured in soft rock, such as shale and sandstone, and to 3.7 km in hard rock, including granite and quartzite. Regression...
Geochemistry, strontium isotope data, and potassium-argon ages of the andesite-rhyolite association in the Padang area, West Sumatra
G. W. Leo, C. E. Hedge, R. F. Marvin
1980, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (7) 139-156
Quaternary volcanoes in the Padang area on the west coast of Sumatra have produced two-pyroxene, calc-alkaline andesite and volumetrically subordinate rhyolitic and andesitic ash-flow tuffs. A sequence of andesite (pre-caldera), rhyolitic tuff and andesitic tuff, in decreasing order of age, is related to Maninjau caldera. Andesite compositions range from 55.0...
Quantile estimation with more or less floodlike distributions
J. Maciunas Landwehr, N.C. Matalas, J.R. Wallis
1980, Water Resources Research (16) 547-555
The desirable properties of an estimator relative to a hypothetical population may be irrelevant in practice unless the population at issue more or less resembles the hypothetical population. Evidence that floods are distributed with long, stretched upper tails suggests that use of the more common distributions results in a rather...
Fission-track age of the Mangaroa ash and tectonic implications at Wellington, New Zealand.
C. W. Naeser, S. Nishimura, Te Punga
1980, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (23) 615-621
Three samples of zircon from the Mangaroa Ash, an important marker bed in the late Pleistocene deposits of the Wellington area, have been dated by fission-track analysis. The average age of the 3 zircon samples is 380 000 years. Since this tephra fell, vertical uplift at Tinakori Hill on the...
Hydraulic fracturing in granite under geothermal conditions
P. Solberg, D. Lockner, J.D. Byerlee
1980, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts (17) 25-33
The experimental hydraulic fracturing of granite under geothermal conditions produces tensile fracture at rapid fluid injection rates and shear fracture at slow injection rates and elevated differential stress levels. A sudden burst of acoustic emission activity accompanies tensile fracture formation whereas the acoustic emission rate increases exponentially prior to shear...
Geochemical exploration for uranium in playas
D. L. Leach, K.P. Puchlik, R.K. Glanzman
1980, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (13) 251-283
Playas and closed-basin lakes represent unique geochemical environments for the entrapment and concentration of mobile chemical elements. For this reason, playas may be considered as potentially favorable areas for the accumulation of uranium. We investigated playa sediments to determine their value as possible sample media for determining the presence...
Maps showing hydrologic conditions in the San Francisco River area, Greenlee County, Arizona, 1978: A reconnaissance study
Larry J. Mann
1980, Open-File Report 80-441
The San Francisco River area includes about 950 square miles in Greenlee County in east-central Arizona. Water-resources development has been slight compared with that in many areas in Arizona. In 1978 about 500 acre-feet of water was diverted for irrigation from the San Francisco and Blue Rivers, and about 550...
Short term alleviation of ammonia toxicity by environmental sodium chloride in channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus)
B.D. Redner, Simco Tomasso Jr.
1980, Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science (55) 54-54
Enumeration of prairie wetlands with Landsat and aircraft data. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing
D.S. Gilmer, E.A. Work Jr., J.E. Colwell, D.L. Rebel
1980, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Drinking and construction of water catchments by the desert tortoise, Gopherus agassizii, in the Mojave Desert
P.A. Medica, R.B. Bury, R. Luckenbach
1980, Herpetologica (36) 301-304
Locality records of Rhinocheilus lecontei in the United States and Mexico
P.A. Medica
1980, Herpetological Review (11) 42
Rearing Pacific salmon in saltwater ponds fertilized with domestic wastewater; data report -- June 1979-May 1980
G.H. Allen, J. Hedgepeth, J. Pandozzi, M. Jennings
1980, Report
No abstract available at this time...
Viruserkrankungen der Fische (Viral diseases of fishes)
W. Ahne, K. Wolf
H. H. Reichenbach-Klinke, editor(s)
1980, Book chapter, Krankheiten und Schadigungen der Fische (Diseases and Injuries of Fishes): 2nd Revised ed.
No abstract available at this time...
Toxicity of arsenic and PCBs to fry of deepwater ciscoes (Coregonus)
Dora R. May Passino, Janet Matsumoto Kramer
1980, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (24) 527-534
No abstract available....