Survival in wood duck broods
Frank B. McGilvrey
1969, Journal of Wildlife Management (33) 73-76
Mortality of wood ducklings (Aix sponsa) from hatching to 6 weeks of age averaged 47 percent during a 4-year study at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Over 90 percent of the total mortality occurred during the first 2 weeks of life. Brood bonds began to dissolve after the fifth week....
Blueschist-facies metamorphism related to regional thrust faulting
M.C. Blake Jr., W. P. Irwin, R. G. Coleman
1969, Tectonophysics (8) 237-246
Rocks of the blueschist (glaucophane schist) facies occur throughout the world in narrow tectonic belts associated with ultramafic rocks. In the Coast Range province of California, blueschist rocks are devloped in the eugeosynclinal Franciscan Formation of Late Mesozoic age. The blueschist rocks form a narrow belt for more than 800...
Geochemistry of pore waters from Shell Oil Company drill holes on the continental slope of the northern Gulf of Mexico
F.T. Manheim, J. L. Bischoff
1969, Chemical Geology (4) 63-82
Pore waters were analyzed from 6 holes drilled from M.V. “Eureka” as a part of the Shell Oil Co. deeper offshore study. The holes were drilled in water depths of 600–3,000 ft. (approximately 180–550 m) and penetrated up to 1,000 ft. (300 m) of Pliocene-Recent clayey sediments. Salt and...
Ion association in natural brines
A.H. Truesdell, B.F. Jones
1969, Chemical Geology (4) 51-62
Natural brines, both surface and subsurface, are highly associated aqueous solutions. Ion complexes in brines may be ion pairs in which the cation remains fully hydrated and the bond between the ions is essentially electrostatic, or coordination complexes in which one or more of the hydration water molecules are...
Selective feeding by juvenile diving ducks in summer
James C. Bartonek, J.J. Hickey
1969, The Auk (86) 443-457
Waterfowl often fail to use foods that seem plentiful to the investigator. The extent to which selective feeding or rejection of foods is a function of behavioral and morphological adaptations of the species, conditioned behavior of the individual, or individual preference for certain foods has not been appraised. The objectives...
Thermochemical study of the system Fe-As-S
P. B. Barton Jr.
1969, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (33) 841-857
The results of Toulmin and Barton (1964) for the Fe-S system have been combined with a series of new measurements on As-bearing assemblages in the 500°–850°C temperature range to derive data on the free energies, enthalpies, and entropies of formation for arsenopyrite, loellingite, orpiment, realgar,...
Landscape esthetics: How to quantify the scenics of a river valley
Luna Bergere Leopold
1969, Natural History 37-44
There are an increasing number of bills before Congress that in one way or another affect the landscape or the environment. Each of these requires seemingly endless numbers of congressional hearings, which are recorded upon endless reams of paper.And if, for some reason, you happen to read the voluminous testimony...
Selected hydrologic data, southern Utah and Goshen Valleys, Utah
R.M. Cordova
1969, Utah Basic-Data Release 16
The purpose of this report is to present basic geologic, ground-water, surface-water, and quality of water data that are useful for the study and effective development of the water resources of southern Utah and Goshen Valleys. This report supplements an interpretive report which will be published later.Much of the basic...
Comparison of thermal data from airborne and vessel surveys of Lake Erie
Alfred M. Beeton, James W. Moffett, Dana C. Parker
1969, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Great Lakes Research
A study of the applications of airborne infrared equipment for detecting water masses and currents of the Great Lakes is described. Infrared scanners were used to make thermal strip maps and an infrared radiometer was used to obtain surface temperatures of the western end of Lake Erie and the lower...
Environmental impact of the Big Cypress Swamp jetport
U.S. Department of the Interior
1969, Report
Development of the proposed jetport and its attendant facilities will lead to land drainage and development for agriculture, industry, housing, transportation, and services in the Big Cypress Swamp which will inexorably destroy the south Florida ecosystem and this the Everglades National Park....
Comparative ecology of pinyon mice and deer mice in Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
Charles L. Douglas
Frank B. Cross, Philip S. Humphrey, J. Knox Jones Jr., editor(s)
1969, Book
No abstract available at this time...
Devonian laterite in Chitral state, West Pakistan
Karl W. Stauffer
1969, Economic Geology (64) 452-454
A Devonian laterite has recently been discovered near Reshun in the Mastuj valley of Chitral State, West Pakistan. It is believed to be the fourth recorded Paleozoic laterite in the world. The laterite is entirely within a thick carbonate of the Shogram Formation of Upper Devonian (Frasnian) age. A chemical...
Old Faithful: A physical model
R.O. Fournier
1969, Science (163) 304-305
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data for Iowa, water year 1968
U.S. Geological Survey
1969, Report
No abstract available...
Compilation of hydrologic data, Green Creek, Brazos River basin, Texas, 1966
Trigg Twichell
1969, Report
In 1950 the U. S. Soil Conservation Service began construction of floodwater-retarding structures in Texas under authorities granted by the Congress. These authorities provide, where economically feasible, that the program be applied to tributary watersheds of 240,000 acres or less. The usual practice has been to control flood runoff from...
Compilation of hydrologic data, Honey Creek, Trinity River Basin, Texas, 1967
Trigg Twichell
1969, Report
The U.S. Soil Conservation Service is actively engaged in the installation of flood and soil erosion reducing measures in Texas under the authority of "The Flood Control Act of 1936 and 1944" and "Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act" (Public Law 566), as amended. The Soil Conservation Service has found...
Geology of the west-central part of the Southern Anthracite field and adjoining areas, Pennsylvania
Gordon H. Wood Jr., J. Peter Trexler, Thomas M. Kehn
1969, Professional Paper 602
No abstract available....
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1966, Part 1. Surface water records
U.S. Geological Survey
1968, Water Data Report MD-DE-66-1
No abstract available. ...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1966, Part 2. Water quality records
U.S. Geological Survey
1968, Water Data Report MD-DE-66-2
No abstract available. ...
The circle creek rhyolite, a volcanic complex in northern Elko county, Nevada
Robert R. Coats
1968, Book chapter, Studies in Volcanology
The Circle Creek Rhyolite is a multiple-source mass of fayalite-ferro-augite rhyolite, forming an extensive complex in northern Elko County, Nevada, with a diameter of about 8 miles and an exposed area of about 36 square miles. From the structure of the flow layering and the complex sequence of microbrecciation structures,...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1968
R.M. Cordova, L.J. Bjorklund, R.G. Butler, R. W. Mower, L. R. Herbert, E.L. Bolke, G. W. Sandberg
1968, Cooperative Investigations Report 6
This report is the fifth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series are prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources and are designed to provide data to enable interested parties such as legislators, administrators,...
Fluvial sediment in Utah, 1905-65: A data compilation
J. C. Mundorff
1968, Utah Division of Water Rights Information Bulletin 20
During the past 60 years, the characteristics of fluvial sediment in many streams in the Unites States have been studied by Federal agencies. The purpose of this report is to present available data – both published and unpublished – on fluvial sediment in Utah for the period 1905-65. (See figs....
Dissolved-mineral inflow to Great Salt Lake and chemical characteristics of the salt lake brine: Summary for water years 1960, 1961, and 1964
D. C. Hahl
1968, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Water-Resources Bulletin 10
The investigation of dissolved-mineral inflow to Great Salt Lake during the water years 1960, 1961, and 1964 was conducted during conditions of streamflow that were representative of the lowest and the average recorded during the water years 1934-64. The study conducted during the 1960 and 1961 water years was limited...
An appraisal of the quality of surface water in the Sevier Lake basin, Utah, 1964
D. C. Hahl, J. C. Mundorff
1968, Technical Publication 19
The Sevier and Beaver River systems are the two major river systems in the Sevier Lake basin in Utah. This report contains an analysis of reconnaissance data collected during the 1964 water year regarding the quality of water in these rivers and their tributaries. The purpose of the reconnaissance was...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of Skull Valley, Tooele County, Utah
James W. Hood, K.M. Waddell
1968, Technical Publication 18
This report is the second in a series by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Utah Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Rights, which describes the water resources of the western basins of Utah. Its purpose is to present available hydrologic data on Skull Valley, to provide...
