Coastal ecosystems characterizations - a summary of activities FY75 through FY79
Office of Biological Services
1979, FWS/OBS 79/01
Ground water in Myrtle Creek - Glendale area, Douglas County, Oregon
F. J. Frank
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-8
The Myrtle Creek-Glendale area covers about 400 mi2 (1,000 km2 in Douglas County in southwestern Oregon. Although the geologic formations of the area have low permeabilities and generally yield small amounts of water to wells, ground water is the chief source of water for domestic usse in rural parts of the...
Selected geologic information from drill holes in southeastern Iowa
Daniel J. Gockel
1979, Open-File Report 79-415
This report presents selected geologic information derived from wells in a 22-county area of southeastern Iowa. The information was extracted from the Automatic Data Processing (ADP) geologic file of the Iowa and U.S. Geological Surveys. The data presented include location, well identification number, and elevation of the well sites; depth and stratigraphic classification of...
Ground-water quality in the upper Santa Ana River basin, southern California
Lawrence A. Eccles
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-113
The principal ground-water quality problems in the Santa Ana River basin, as determined from two samplings (1968-69 and 1977-78), are high concentrations of dissolved solids in general and nitrate-nitrogen in particular. The distribution of dissolved solids exceeding 800 milligrams per liter was smaller in area in 1977-78 than in 1968-69....
Coastal flood of February 7, 1978, in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
Russell A. Gadoury
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-61
On February 6-8, 1978, New England was battered by one of the most severe winter storms of record. The storm produced record snowfall in many areas of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Spring high tides (sun and moon in such alinement as to cause the highest tides of the month), a...
Geology of the south-central part of the New River Mesa Quadrangle, Cave Creek area, Maricopa County, Arizona
Ernest Gomez
1979, Open-File Report 79-1312
A small area north of Cave Creek, Arizona, contains key stratigraphic and structural information bearing on the Cenozoic development of the mountain and desert regions of Arizona. The area contains elements of the two physiographic regions. The northern and western parts are high mesas containing flat lying interbedded Tertiary volcanic...
A synoptic approach for analyzing erosion as a guide to land-use planning
William M. Brown III, Walter G. Hines, David A. Rickert, Gary L. Beach
1979, Circular 715-L
A synoptic approach has been devised to delineate the relationships that exist' between physiographic factors, land-use activities, and resultant erosional problems. The approach involves the development of an erosional-depositional province map and a numerical impact matrix for rating the potential for erosional problems. The province map is prepared by collating...
Analysis of ground water by different laboratories: a comparison of chloride and nitrate data, Nassau and Suffolk counties, New York
Brian G. Katz, Richard K. Krulikas
1979, Open-File Report 79-1063
Water samples from wells in Nassau and Suffolk Counties were analyzed for chloride and nitrate. Two samples were collected at each well; one was analyzed by the U.S. Geological Survey, the other by a laboratory in the county from which the sample was taken. Results were compared statistically by paired-sample...
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Browns Lake Quadrangle, Powell County, Montana
W. Mark Weber, Irving Jerome Witkind
1979, Open-File Report 79-439
Retreat of Columbia Glacier; a preliminary prediction
Mark Frederick Meier, Austin Post, Lowell A. Rasmussen, W. G. Sikonia, L.R. Mayo
1979, Open-File Report 80-10
Coal resource occurrence and coal development potential maps of the Somerville Flats East Quadrangle, Johnson and Campbell counties, Wyoming
IntraSearch Inc.
1979, Open-File Report 79-173
Resource report for proposed OCS sale No. 60, lower Cook Inlet-Shelikof Strait, Alaska
Leslie B. Magoon, A.H. Bouma, M. A. Fisher, M. A. Hampton, E. W. Scott, C.L. Wilson
1979, Open-File Report 79-600
Effects of landfill leaching on water quality and biology of a nearby stream, South Cairo, Greene County, New York
Theodore A. Ehlke
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-13
A 1-kilometer stream reach receiving leachate-enriched water from a small municipal landfill in Greene County, N.Y., was studied from 1971-75 to document streamflow rates and chemical quality of the stream and ground water. The distribution of benthic invertebrates and microorganisms in the stream above the landfill was markedly different from...
Gravity and magnetic profiles, and rock property data for the Shaviovik and Echooka Rivers area, North Slope, Alaska
D.M. Giovannetti, Kenneth J. Bird
1979, Open-File Report 79-1504
Georgia from space; an explanation of the NASA Landsat 1 satellite image color mosaic of the State of Georgia
Sam M. Pickering, Michael W. Higgins
1979, Circular 787
Water quality of Threemile Creek, Badger Creek, and Little River watersheds, Iowa
Larry J. Slack
1979, Open-File Report 79-1254
Metals in Devonian kerogenous marine strata at Gibellini and Bisoni properties in southern Fish Creek Range, Eureka County, Nevada
George A. Desborough, F. G. Poole, R. K. Hose, A. S. Radtke
1979, Open-File Report 79-530
A kerogen-rich sequence of siliceous mudstone, siltstone, and chert as much as 60 m thick on ridge 7129 in the southern Fish Creek Range, referred to as Gibellini facies of the Woodruff Formation, has been evaluated on the surface and in drill holes principally for its potential resources of vanadium,...
Analysis of picric acid in water by high-performance liquid chromatography
D.F. Goerlitz
1979, Open-File Report 79-207
Methods for the determination of picric acid (2,4,6, trinitrophenol) in water employing high-performance liquid chromatography are presented. Ion-pair chromatography under an isocratic condition is performed on a reverse-phase column. Picric acid can be determined directly in water at a lower detection limit of 10 micrograms per liter. By use of...
Cross section A-A' of Upper Cretaceous and lower Tertiary rocks, southern Piceance Creek basin, Colorado
R. C. Johnson, M.P. Granica, N.C. Dessenberger
1979, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1130-A
Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Marquette County, Michigan
N.G. Grannemann
1979, Open-File Report 79-1339
Dependable water supplies are vital to the mining industry in the Marquette Iron Range in Michigan. Development of processes that concentrate and pelletize low-grade iron ore has permitted mining to expand during the past two decades. Water demand has increased both for iron ore concentration processes and for the area...
Initial report of the Petrophysics Laboratory
Graham R. Hunt, G. R. Johnson, G.R. Olhoeft, D.E. Watson
1979, Circular 789
Current national requirements for energy and mineral resources, and for protection of the quality of the environment, have focused attention on the need to develop new methods and interpretation techniques to be used in understanding geologic systems. Geophysical surveys play a significant role in acquiring this information, particularly by providing...
Formation and resulfidization of a South Texas roll-type uranium deposit
Martin B. Goldhaber, Richard L. Reynolds, Robert O. Rye
1979, Open-File Report 79-1651
Core samples from a roll type uranium deposit in Live Oak County, south Texas have been studied and results are reported for Se, Mo, FeS2 and organic-carbon distribution, sulfide mineral petrology, and sulfur isotopic composition of iron-disulfide phases. In addition, sulfur isotopic compositions of dissolved sulfate and sulfide from the...
Literature review and synthesis of information on Pacific island ecosystems
John E. Byrne, editor(s)
1979, FWS/OBS 79/35
Mineral resources of the Minarets Wilderness and adjacent areas, Madera and Mono counties, California
N. King Huber, Howard W. Oliver, Roy A. Bailey, U.S. Bureau of Mines
1979, Open-File Report 79-1472
A mineral survey of the Minarets Wilderness area and adjacent areas in the central Sierra Nevada, Calif., was conducted during 1973 through 1975. The total area covers about 620 km2 (237 sq mi) in the Sierra and Inyo National Forests, of which about 440 km2 (170 sq mi) are within...
A computer program in Hewlett-Packard BASIC for plotting and processing U-Pb isotope data on concordia diagrams
K.R. Ludwig
1979, Open-File Report 79-1692