Determination of lead, uranium, thorium, and thallium in silicate glass standard materials by isotope dilution mass spectrometry
I. L. Barnes, E. L. Garner, J. W. Gramlich, L. J. Moore, T. J. Murphy, L. A. Machlan, W. R. Shields, Mitsunobu Tatsumoto, R. J. Knight
1973, Analytical Chemistry (45) 880-885
A set of four standard glasses has been prepared which have been doped with 61 different elements at the 500-, 50-, 1-, and 0.02-ppm level. The concentrations of lead, uranium, thorium, and thallium have been determined by isotope dilution mass spectrometry at a number of points in each of the...
An empirical NaKCa geothermometer for natural waters
R.O. Fournier, A.H. Truesdell
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 1255-1275
An empirical method of estimating the last temperature of water-rock interaction has been devised. It is based upon molar Na, K and Ca concentrations in natural waters from temperature environments ranging from 4 to 340°C. The data for most geothermal waters cluster near a straight line when plotted as the...
Red sea drillings
D.A. Ross, R.B. Whitmarsh, S.A. Ali, J.E. Boudreaux, R. Coleman, R.L. Fleisher, R. Girdler, Frank T. Manheim, A. Matter, C. Nigrini, P. Stoffers, P.R. Supko
1973, Science (179) 377-380
Recent drilling in the Red Sea has shown that much of the basin is underlain by evaporites of a similar age to that of evaporites found in the Mediterranean Sea. These evaporites and their structural positions indicate that other brine areas are present - and, indeed, several others have been...
Tertiary plate tectonics and high-pressure metamorphism in New Caledonia
R.N. Brothers, M.C. Blake Jr.
1973, Tectonophysics (17) 337-358
The sialic basement of New Caledonia is a Permian-Jurassic greywacke sequence which was folded and metamorphosed to prehnite-pumpellyite or low-grade greenschist facies by the Late Jurassic. Succeeding Cretaceous-Eocene sediments unconformably overlie this basement and extend outwards onto oceanic crust. Tertiary tectonism occurred in three distinct phases.1. During the...
Simultaneous flow of water and solutes through geological membranes-I. Experimental investigation
Y.K. Kharaka, F.A.P. Berry
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 2577-2603
The relative retardation by geological membranes of cations and anions generally present in subsurface waters was investigated using a high pressure and high temperature ‘filtration cell’. The solutions were forced through different clays and a disaggregated shale subjected to compaction pressures up to...
Radial particle-size segregation during packing of particulates into cylindrical containers
C.D. Ripple, R.V. James, J. Rubin
1973, Powder Technology (8) 165-175
In a series of experiments, soil materials were placed in long cylindrical containers, using various packing procedures. Soil columns produced by deposition and simultaneous vibratory compaction were dense and axially uniform, but showed significant radial segregation of particle sizes. Similar results were obtained with deposition and simultaneous impact-type compaction when...
18O 16O ratios in cherts associated with the saline lake deposits of East Africa
J. R. O’Neil, R. L. Hay
1973, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (19) 257-266
The cherts formed from sodium silicate precursors in East African saline, alkaline lakes have δ18O values ranging from 31.1 to 44.1. The δ18O values correlate in general with lake salinities as inferred from geologic evidence, indicating that most chert was formed...
Petrology of some lithic fragments from Luna 20
E. Roedder, P.W. Weiblen
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 1031-1052
Microscopic and electron microprobe studies were made of polished thin sections of part of a 30-mg sample of 250–500 μm lunar soil returned by Luna 20 from a point between Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Crisium. Very fine-grained lithic (crystalline) rock fragments, composing about...
Duck plague (duck virus enteritis) in wild waterfowl
Milton Friend, Gary L. Pearson
1973, Report
No abstract availablie....
Selected hydrologic data, lower Bear River drainage basin, Box Elder County, Utah
L.J. Bjorklund, L. J. McGreevy
1973, Utah Basic-Data Release 23
This report presents selected basic data from a study of the ground- water resources of the lower Bear River drainage basin, Box Elder County, Utah. The study was made during 1970-72 by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights. Incorporated...
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas, 1972
Celso Puente
1973, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 31
No abstract available....
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the Dallas, Texas, metropolitan area, 1971
B.C. Massey
1973, Report
No abstract available....
Annual compilation and analysis of hydrologic data for urban studies in the San Antonio, Texas, metropolitan area, 1971
R.D. Steger
1973, Report
No abstract available....
Time of travel of solutes, field observations of water quality, and suspended-sediment data for stream reaches in the Trinity River Basin, Texas, July 31 to August 14, 1972
R.H. Ollman
1973, Report
No abstract available....
Ground water in selected areas in the Klamath Basin, Oregon
A.R. Leonard, A.B. Harris
1973, Report
GROUNDWATER FEATURES OF SIX LOWLAND AREAS IN THE KLAMATH BASIN OF OREGON--KLAMATH MARSH AREA, AND SPRAGUE RIVER, SWAN LAKE, YONNA, POE, AND LANGELL VALLEYS--ARE DESCRIBED. RUGGED MOUNTAINS AND RIDGES SURROUND AND SEPARATE THESE LOWLANDS WHERE FLOORS RANGE IN ALTITUDE FROM 4,100 FEET IN POE...
Geology of the oxidized uranium ore deposits of the Tordilla Hill-Deweesville area, Karnes County, Texas; a study of a district before mining
C. M. Bunker, J. A. MacKallor
1973, Professional Paper 765
No abstract available....
Landslides in the vicinity of the Fort Randall Reservoir, South Dakota
Christopher F. Erskine
1973, Professional Paper 675
No abstract available....
History of salmon in the Great Lakes, 1850-1970
John W. Parsons
1973, Technical Paper 68
This history of the salmon in the Great Lakes describes the decline and extinction of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) in Lake Ontario in the 1800's; the failure to establish, by salmon culture, permanent or sizable populations of Atlantic or Pacific salmon in any of the Great Lakes in 1867-1965;...
Petrography and stratigraphy of glacial drift, Mesabi-Vermilion Iron Range area, northeastern Minnesota
Thomas C. Winter, R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young
1973, Bulletin 1331-C
Glacial deposits in the Mesabi-Vermilion Iron Range area consist of four major till units and associated glaciofluvial sediments. Particle-size data and pebble, heavy-mineral, clay-mineral, and percentage-soluble content were used in addition to field description of color and texture to describe and correlate the drift units. The lowermost till unit, basal till,...
Mineral resources of the Alpine Lakes study area, Chelan, King, and Kittitas Counties, Washington, with a section on aeromagnetic interpretation
James Louis Gualtieri, G. C. Simmons, H. K. Thurber, M. S. Miller, W. E. Davis
1973, Open-File Report 73-93
No abstract available....
Biochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, August 1973
Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
Radiochemical data from the Amchitka Island study area were obtained from water samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey during August 1973. Tritium determinations were made on 86 samples collected and gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 38 samples. The range of data for these samples was...
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, October 1972
L.J. Schroder, Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey collected water samples from Arnchitka Island, Alaska, during October 1972. Tritium determinations were made on all samples collected and gross alpha and gross beta/gamma determinations were made on 41 samples. The gross alpha and gross beta determinations when compared with previously determined ranges for fresh waters...
Radiochemical monitoring of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, July 1972
Wilbur C. Ballance, L.J. Schroder
1973, Report
The U.S. Geological Survey established a sampling program on Amchitka Island in 1967 in cooperation with the U.S . Atomic Energy Commission. Water samples are analyzed routinely for tritium, gross alpha, and gross beta/gamma content, Frequency of sampling was semiannually prior to Cannikin and has been bimonthly since the Cannikin...
Hydraulic tests in hole UAe-3, Amchitka Island, Alaska
Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
Inflatable straddle packers were used to isolate and test selected intervals in hole UAe-3. Packer seats were poor in the uncased part of the hole because of unstable wall conditions, and leakage around packers occurred during some tests. However, leakage generally was slight, as shown on pressure-gage charts, and had...
Summary of chemical and radiochemical monitoring of water for the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska, fiscal year 1972
L.J. Schroder, Wilbur C. Ballance
1973, Report
An increased dissolved-solids content was found immediately after the Cannikin event (November 6, 1971) at most of 10 locations in a water-sampling network established in 1967 and revised in September 1971. The observed dissolved-solids content increase was within the seasonal range that has been observed at these locations. No measurable increase...
