The beginnings of seismology in North America
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 47-49
The study of earthquakes advanced somewhat more slowly in North America than it did in Europe and Japan. J.D. Whitney, professor of geology at Harvard University and former State Geologist of California, studied the Owens Valley, Calif., earthquake of 1872 and reported on it that same year....
Comparison of Miocene provincial foraminiferal stages to coccolith zones in the California Continental Borderland
James K. Crouch, David Bukry
1979, Geology (7) 211-215
Biostratigraphic ages determined by planktic coccoliths and benthic foraminifera for the same core samples from the California Continental Borderland suggest that a significant overlap exists among provincial Miocene stages of California and that some of the benthic foraminifera commonly used to recognize these stages are time-transgressive. For example, samples assigned...
Comments on opal phytoliths and stratigraphy of Neogene silicoflagellates and coccoliths at Deep Sea Drilling Project Site 397 off northwest Africa.
David Bukry
1979, Initial Reports of the D.S.D.P. (54) 977-1009
No abstract available....
Strain-softening instability model for the San Fernando earthquake
W.D. Stuart
1979, Science (203) 907-910
Changes in the ground elevation observed before and immediately after the 1971 San Fernando, California, earthquake are consistent with a theoretical model in which fault zone rocks are strain-softening after peak stress. The model implies that the slip rate of the fault increased to about 0.1 meter per year near...
Determination of sulfate in seawater and natural brines by 133Ba and membrane dialysis
William E. Seyfried, Robert J. Rosenbauer, James L. Bischoff
1979, Limnology and Oceanography (24) 393-396
Dissolved sulfate is determined by precipitation with the radioisotope 133Ba and counting of the precipitate on a scintillation counter. Precipitation is carried out in dialysis bags; excess 133 Ba is removed via diffusion by soaking the bags in distilled water for 12 h, and the bags are then placed directly in the well...
Structure of the atmosphere of Venus up to 110 kilometers: Preliminary results from the four Pioneer Venus entry probes
A. Seiff, D.B. Kirk, S.C. Sommer, R.E. Young, R.C. Blanchard, D.W. Juergens, J.E. Lepetich, P.F. Intrieri, J.T. Findlay, J.S. Derr
1979, Science (203) 787-790
The four Pioneer Venus entry probes transmitted data of good quality on the structure of the atmosphere below the clouds. Contrast of the structure below an altitude of 50 kilometers at four widely separated locations was found to be no more than a few degrees Kelvin, with...
Pioneer Venus radar mapper experiment
G.H. Pettengill, P.G. Ford, W.E. Brown, W.M. Kaula, C.H. Keller, H. Masursky, G.E. McGill
1979, Science (203) 806-808
Altimetry and radar scattering data for Venus, obtained from 10 of the first 13 orbits of the Pioneer Venus orbiter, have disclosed what appears to be a rift valley having vertical relief of up to 7 kilometers, as well as a neighboring, gently rolling plain. Planetary oblateness appears unlikely to...
Biogenic and thermogenic gas in gas-charged sediment of Norton Sound, Alaska
Keith A. Kvenvolden, C.H. Nelson, D.R. Thor, Matthew C. Larsen, G.D. Redden, J. B. Rapp, D. J. Des Marais
1979, Conference Paper, Proceedings of Eleventh Annual Offshore Technology Conference
Chemical and isotopic compositions of sediment gas from Norton Sound have been determined for near-surface, gas-charged sediments at two sites identified in acoustic profiles and bottom observations. At one site air-driven vibracorer penetrated sediment saturated with methane. The isotopic value suggests that the methane originated from active biological processes operating...
Results of a reconnaissance microearthquake survey of Bucaramanga, Colombia
W.D. Pennington, Walter D. Mooney, Rene van Hissenhoven, H. Meyer, J.E. Ramirez, Robert P. Meyer
1979, Geophysical Research Letters (6) 65-68
Six University of Wisconsin portable, continuously‐recording seismographs were operated for 3½ days in late 1976 in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia in a 200‐km‐diameter array around Bucaramanga, where there are also three permanent stations of the Instituto Geofísico de Los Andes Colombianos. Twenty‐seven microearthquakes were recorded. Most can be well...
Modern biogenic gas-generated craters (sea-floor “pockmarks”) on the Bering Shelf, Alaska
Nelson C. Hans, D.R. Thor, Mark W. Sandstrom, Keith A. Kvenvolden
1979, GSA Bulletin (90) 1144-1152
As many as 1,340 small craters per square kilometre cover the sea floor of Norton Sound in the northeastern Bering Sea. The craters are circular pits, 1 to 10 m in diameter and less than 1 m deep, observed on sonographs over 20,000 km2 of northern Norton Sound sea floor. Craters...
Reply to discussion by Michael A. Collins, "Fresh ground water stored in aquifers under the continental shelf: implications from a deep test, Nantucket Island, Massachusetts"
F. A. Kohout, D.F. Delaney
1979, Water Resources Bulletin (15) 252-254
We appreciate the comments made in the discussion by Michael A. Collins,...
Glaciological field stations: Part 1: Iceland: Satellite monitoring of changes of glaciers of Iceland
Richard S. Williams Jr., Helgi Bjornsson, Sigurdur Thorarinsson, Bragi Gudmundsson, Agust Bodvarsson, Sigurjon Rist, K. Saemundsson
1979, Report GD-4
No abstract available....
Regional geohydrology of the San Juan hydrologic basin of New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah
Maurice E. Cooley, William G. Weist
1979, Open-File Report 79-1498
The San Juan Basin in the southeastern part of the Colorado Plateau, southwest of the San Juan Mountains, broadly includes the Acoma and Gallup Sags in its southern part and the small Chama Basin in its northeastern part. Regionally, the water-yielding strata (aquifers) dip inward toward the center of San...
The appearance and distribution of the gas-hydrate reflector off the southeastern United States.
Charles K. Paull, William P. Dillon
1979, Open-File Report 80-88
No abstract available....
Djurleite (Cu1.94S) and low chalcocite (Cu2S): New crystal structure studies
H. T. Evans Jr.
1979, Science (203) 356-358
Additional x-ray structure studies on low chalcocite generally confirm the previously reported structure but show that either disorder is present or the true space group is not P21/c but Pc, four of the 96 copper atoms in the monoclinic unit cell taking on twofold (linear) coordination. The crystal structure of...
Frontier Formation and equivalent rocks in eastern Wyoming
E. Allen Merewether, W. A. Cobban, E.T. Cavanaugh
1979, Mountain Geologist (16) 67-95
No abstract available....
Late Jurassic Independence dike swarm in eastern California
J.-H. Chen, James G. Moore
1979, Geology (7) 129-133
The Independence dike swarm in eastern California, more than 250 km long, extends from the eastern Sierra Nevada and Inyo Mountains through the Argus Range, Alabama Hills, and Spangler Hills to the Garlock fault, where it is offset 64 km before continuing into the Mojave Desert. The dike swarm includes...
Regional deformation of the Sierra Nevada, California, on conjugate microfault sets
J. P. Lockwood, James G. Moore
1979, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (84) 6041-6049
Strike slip microfaults are pervasive throughout the granitic rocks of the eastern Sierra Nevada. Offsets typically range from less than a millimeter to several tens of centimeters but exceed 100 m in some places. The spacing between microfaults varies from a few tens of centimeters to a few tens of...
Comment and reply on ‘Mapped offset on the right-lateral Kern Canyon fault, southern Sierra Nevada, California’: Reply
James G. Moore, Edward A. du Bray
1979, Geology (7) 119
No abstract available. ...
Emplacement temperatures of unsorted and unstratified deposits of volcanic rock debris as determined by paleomagnetic techniques
Richard P. Hoblitt, Karl S. Kellogg
1979, GSA Bulletin (90) 633-642
Unsorted and unstratified deposits of volcanic rock debris typically flank recently active stratovolcanoes. It is often difficult, using standard geologic procedures, to establish whether a particular deposit was emplaced by a pyroclastic flow, lahar, rock avalanche, or glacier. Determination of the emplacement temperatures of clasts contained in the deposit aids...
Proceedings of the symposium on mitigating developmental impacts on fish and wildlife
Gerry C. Horak
1979, Book
No abstract available....
Genesis of ore deposits in the San Juan Volcanic Field, Southwestern Colorado-lead isotope evidence
B. R. Doe, T. A. Steven, M.H. Delevaux, J. S. Stacey, P. W. Lipman, F. S. Fisher
1979, Economic Geology (74) 1-26
In the San Juan volcanic area of southwestern Colorado, the isotopic composition of lead in ores and ore prospects of Cenozoic age ranges widely: 17.72 to 21.13 for 206Pb/ 204Pb; 15.50 to 15.81 for 207Pb/ 204Pb; and 37.21 to 38 for 208Pb/ 204Pb. Examination of the lead isotope data indicates that once deposition of lead minerals...
Hydrologic and geologic data from the Upper East Coast Planning Area, southeast Florida
Wesley L. Miller
1979, Open-File Report 79-1543
The Upper East Coast Planning Area, one of five designated planning areas in the South Florida Water Management District, consists of St. Lucie, Martin, and eastern Okeechobee Counties. Existing hydrologic and geologic data have been compiled as a base for additional investigations to determine the water-bearing characteristics of the shallow...
Hydrologic conditions in Broward County, Florida, 1976
T.R. Beaven
1979, Open-File Report 79-1258
During the 1976 water year, rainfall was 3.6 percent below average in Broward County, Fla. Water levels in the Pompano Beach and Dixie well fields were lower during the peak of the 1976 dry season than the peak of the record low dry season in 1971. Flow in the major...
Lakes of Oregon, Volume 6: Douglas County
Joseph F. Rinella
1979, Report
An inventory of lakes and reservoirs in Oregon is useful in evaluating the surface-water supply of the State and in providing answers to questions about Oregon's lakes. Much of the information on lakes and reservoirs previously collected by Federal and State agencies has never been published. Those data were compiled...
