The water resources of southeast Iowa
R. W. Coble, J.V. Roberts
1971, Iowa Geological Survey Water Atlas 4
Water is vital in the lives of the people and the economy of any area. In order to utilize this natural resource in the most efficient and beneficial manner, a basic knowledge and understanding of its sources and the occurrence and potential of each source must be gained. To provide...
Water resources data for Iowa, water year 1970
U.S. Geological Survey
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Flooded area of Lakeland Shores, Minnesota
G.H. Carlson
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Chemical compositions of rock types as factors in our environment
Harry A. Tourtelot
Helen L. Cannon, Howard C. Hopps, editor(s)
1971, Book chapter, Environmental geochemistry in health and disease
The types of rocks that form geologic units in the Earth’s crust supply most of the raw materials from which soils are formed and from which water derives its inorganic constituents. The compositions of what we eat and drink thus depend in part upon the compositions of the source rocks.Igneous...
Magnetic susceptibility and triangular exchange coupling in the tourmaline mineral group
T. Tsang, A. N. Thorpe, G. Donnay, Frank E. Senftle
1971, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (32) 1441-1448
Magnetic susceptibilities of three iron-rich tourmaline crystals from Mexquitic (Mexico), Pierpont (New York), and Madagascar with different and known chemical compositions have been studied from 8° to 300°K. The iron atoms in the tourmaline crystal structure, space group R3m, a∼15·9, c∼7·2 , are...
Appraisal of chemical and biological conditions of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, 1969-70
Boyd F. Joyner
1971, Report
Palaeomagnetism and potassium-argon ages of volcanic rocks of Ngorongoro caldera, Tanzania
C. S. Grommé, T. A. Reilly, A. E. Mussett, R. L. Hay
1971, Geophysical Journal International (22) 101-115
Natural remanent magnetization (NRM) has been measured in 21 lava flows and 1 tuff in the south-west wall of Ngorongoro caldera, Tanzania. The lowest three lavas are normally magnetized, the next two have intermediate directions, and the remainder are reversed; potassium-argon dating places the reversal at 2.45 My, corresponding...
Water-quality data for selected sites tributary to the Salton Sea, California, August 1969 - June 1970
George A. Irwin
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Wells and springs in California and Nevada within 100 miles of point 37°15' N, 116°25' W, on Nevada test site
William Thordarson, B.P. Robinson
1971, Report
Studies of published and unpublished geologic and ground-water data, for an inventory of 6,032 wells and 754 springs in parts of Inyo and Mono Counties, California, and Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada, reveal the following information:A complex sequence of granitic, metamorphic, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks of Precambrian to...
Water resources of the Coamo area, Puerto Rico
Ennio V. Giusti
1971, Report
This study, like other similar studies, was made possible by a cooperative water-resources program between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (at the time), representing also the Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company.This report covers the hydrologic investigation...
Open-channel integrating-type flow meter
K.C. Koopman
1971, Report
A relatively inexpensive meter for measuring cumulative flow in open channels with a rated control,. called a "totalizer", was developed. It translates the nonlinear function of gage height to flow by use of a cam and a float. A variable resistance element in an electronic circuit is controlled by the...
Comments on An unconventional approach to flood frequency analysis
Manuel A. Benson
1971, International Association of Scientific Hydrology - Bulletin (16) 91-91
No abstract available....
Application of remote sensing techniques for appraising changes in wildlife habitat
Harvey K. Nelson, Albert T. Klett, John E. Johnston
1971, Conference Paper, International Workshop in Earth Resources Survey Systems
An attempt was made to investigate the potential of airborne, multispectral, line scanner data acquisition and computer-implemented automatic recognition techniques for providing useful information about waterfowl breeding habitat in North Dakota. The spectral characteristics of the components of a landscape containing waterfowl habitat can be detected with airborne scanners. By...
Notice to lessees and operators of federal oil, gas, and sulphur leases in the outer continental shelf Gulf of Mexico region: OCS order nos. 1 through 12: Gulf of Mexico
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1971, Report
No abstract available....
A comment concerning the applicability of the “open system” model to dating of fossil bones from San Joaquin soil, California
Barney J. Szabo
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10) 252-252
No abstract available....
Biology of larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) of the 1960 year class, isolated in the Big Garlic River, Michigan, 1960-65
Patrick J. Manion, Alberton L. McLain
1971, Technical Report 16
The early life history of the sea lamprey, from hatching to the first capture of metamorphosed individuals, is described from observations on a known-age population isolated in a tributary of southern Lake Superior. The population had its origin in the spring of 1960, when 722 sea lampreys nearing spawning condition...
Some blood chemistry values for the juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
Gary Wedemeyer, K. Chatterton
1971, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 606-608
Overlapping Gaussian distribution curves were resolved into normal ranges for 1800 clinical test values obtained from caudal arterial blood or plasma of more than 1000 juvenile coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) held under defined conditions of diet and temperature. Estimated normal blood chemistry ranges were bicarbonate, 9.5–12.6 mEq/liter; blood urea nitrogen (BUN),...
Hydrogeochemical effects of injecting wastes into a limestone aquifer near Pensacola, Florida
Donald A. Goolsby
1971, Groundwater (9) 13-19
Acidic industrial wastes have been injected into deep wells in a limestone aquifer near Pensacola, Florida, since 1963. Prior geohydrologic studies in the area had indicated that the limestone aquifer contained nonpotable water and was overlain by an extensive clay confining layer.Two injection wells are presently being used to inject...
Magnetic susceptibilities of crystalline rock samples, Yukon River-Porcupine River area, east-central Alaska
William Peters Brosge, Arthur Conradi
1971, Open-File Report 71-55
No abstract available....
Aeromagnetic study of the midcontinent gravity high of central United States
Elizabeth R. King, Isidore Zietz
1971, Geological Society of America Bulletin (82) 2187-2208
A composite map of detailed aeromagnetic surveys over the midcontinent gravity high provides coverage of the 600-mi-long buried belt of mafic rocks of the Keweenawan Series from their outcrop localities in Minnesota and Wisconsin through Iowa and Nebraska. A map of the subsurface extent of the mafic rocks, based on...
Nickel in high-alumina basalts
C. E. Hedge
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 522-524
New analyses of high-alumina basalts reveal an average nickel content higher than previously indicated. Ni in high-alumina basalts correlates with magnesium in the same way as it does in other basalt types. There is therefore no reason, based on Ni contents, to hypothesize...
Scanning electron microscopy of clays and clay minerals
B.F. Bohor, R.E. Hughes
1971, Clays and Clay Minerals (19) 49-54
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) proves to be ideally suited for studying the configuration, texture, and fabric of clay samples. Growth mechanics of crystalline units—interpenetration and interlocking of crystallites, crystal habits, twinning, helical growth, and topotaxis—also are uniquely revealed by the SEM.Authigenic kaolins make up the bulk of the examples...
Isotopic composition of strontium in three basalt-andesite centers along the Lesser Antilles arc
C. E. Hedge, J.F. Lewis
1971, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology (32) 39-47
Si87/Sr86 ratios have been determined for lavas and py lastic rocks from three basalt-andesite centers along the Lesser Antilles arc—Mt. Misery on the island of St. Kitts, Soufriere on the island of St. Vincent, and Carriacou, an island of The Grenadines. The average Si87/Sr86 content of these rocks...
Variation of iridium in a differentiated tholeiitic dolerite
L. P. Greenland
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 319-322
Iridium has been determined in a drill core from the Great Lake (Tasmania) dolerite sheet. Iridium decreases systematically from the mafic dolerites (0.25 ppb) to the granophyres (0.006 ppb). The trend with differentiation closely parallels that of chromium....
Giant American brook lampreys, Lampetra lamottei, in the upper Great Lakes
Patrick J. Manion, Harold A. Purvis
1971, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (28) 616-620
Five female American brook lampreys, Lampetra lamottei, collected in lakes Michigan and Huron averaged nearly twice as long and about six times as heavy as American brook lampreys of normal size. Three factors suggested that the giant lampreys may have fed parasitically after metamorphosis: morphological adaptations of the species for parasitic...
