Galleries and their use for development of shallow ground-water supplies, with special reference to Alaska
Alvin J. Feulner
1964, Water Supply Paper 1809-E
Sources of mineral constituents in water from granitic rocks, Sierra Nevada, California and Nevada
John Henry Frederick Feth, C.E. Robertson, Wilfred L. Polzer
1964, Water Supply Paper 1535-I
Chemical composition of snow in the northern Sierra Nevada and other areas
John Henry Frederick Feth, S. M. Rogers, Charles Elmer Roberson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1535-J
Melting snow provides a large part of the water used throughout the western conterminous United States for agriculture, industry, and domestic supply. It is an active agent in chemical weathering, supplies moisture for forest growth, and sustains fish and wildlife. Despite its importance, virtually nothing has been known of the...
Ground-water resources of the Bengasi area, Cyrenaica, United Kingdom of Libya
William Watson Doyel, Frank J. Maguire
1964, Water Supply Paper 1757-B
The Benpsi area of Libya, in the northwestern part of the Province of Cyrenaica (Wilayat Barqah), is semiarid, and available ground-water supplies in the area are relatively small. Potable ground water from known sources is reserved for the present and future needs of the city, and no surface-water supplies are...
Cenomanian-Turonian aquifer of central Israel, its development and possible use as a storage reservoir
Robert Schneider
1964, Water Supply Paper 1608-F
The Cenomanian-Turonian formations constitute a highly permeable dolomite and limestone aquifer in central Israel. The aquifer is on the west limb of an anticlinorium that trends north-northeast. In places it may be as much as 800 meters thick, but in the report area, largely the foothills of the Judean-Ephraim Mountains...
Geology and ground-water resources of Richardson County, Nebraska
Philip A. Emery
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-W
Richardson County is in the extreme southeast corner of Nebraska. It has an area of 545 square miles, and in 1960 it had a population of 13,903. The county is in the physiographic region referred to as the Dissected Loess-covered Till Prairies. Major drainage consists of the Big Nemaha River,...
Summary of floods in the United States during 1958
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1660-B
This report describes the most outstanding floods that occurred in the United States during 1958.A series of storms from January 23 to February 16 brought large amounts of precipitation to northern California and produced damaging floods, particularly in the Lower Sacramento Valley where losses totaled about \$12 million.Major floods, notable...
Summary of floods in the United States during 1957
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1652-C
Summary of floods in the United States during 1956
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1530
Geology and ground-water conditions of the Redwood Falls area, Redwood County, Minnesota
George R. Schiner, Robert Schneider
1964, Water Supply Paper 1669-R
The Redwood Falls area includes about 80 square miles in southwestern Minnesota and is about 100 miles west of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Its surface is a gently undulating glacial-drift plain, interrupted in part by the large Minnesota River valley and the tributary Redwood River valley. The drift plain was...
Discharge ratings for streams at submerged section controls
William Stewart Eisenlohr
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-L
Hydrogeologic reconnaissance of Poro Point and vicinity, Luzon Island, Philippines
George Frank Worts
1964, Water Supply Paper 1608-E
In 1961 a reconnaissance of the geology and ground-water hydrology of Poro Point, on the west coast of Luzon Island, Philippines, was made on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Navy. Poro Point, which marks the northern end of Lingayen Gulf, is about half a mile wide and projects...
Compilation of records of surface waters of the United States, October 1950 to September 1960, part 11. Pacific slope basins in California
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1735
No abstract available....
Summary of developed and potential waterpower of the United States and other countries of the world, 1955-62
Loyd L. Young
1964, Circular 483
Estimates of potential waterpower and historical data on waterpower developments in various parts of the world are assembled in this report. Salient characteristics of the period studied, 1955-62, include increased use of the underground powerhouse, multiple -purpose developments, and use of storage (including pumped storage) to increase the value of...
A magnetic anomaly of possible economic significance in southeastern Minnesota
Isidore Zietz
1964, Circular 489
An aeromagnetic survey in southeastern Minnesota by the U. S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the State of Minnesota has revealed a high-amplitude, linear, and narrow magnetic feature that suggests a possible source of Precambrian iron-formation of economic value. For the past few years the U. S. Geological Survey has...
Quality of surface waters of the United States, 1962, Parts 1 and 2, North Atlantic slope basins and South Atlantic and eastern Gulf of Mexico basins
S. K. Love
1964, Water Supply Paper 1941
Alaska's Good Friday earthquake, March 27, 1964, a preliminary geologic evaluation
Arthur Grantz, George Plafker, Reuben Kachadoorian
1964, Circular 491
Mercury - Its occurrence and economic trends
Edgar H. Bailey, Roscoe M. Smith
1964, Circular 496
In 1963 the domestic production of primary mercury was less than one-fourth of the domestic consumption, largely because a series of years of declining price led to the closing of most of the domestic mines. During 1963 and 1964 the U.S. price, which usually responds to world price, increased from...
Floods of January-February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1964, Water Supply Paper 1652-A
Heavy rains over an extensive area on January 27-February 2, caused extreme flooding in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas in West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. Total rainfall for the storm period ranged from 6-9 inches over most of the report area and was 12? inches at the eastern end of...
Ground water east of Jackson Lake, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
Laurence J. McGreevy, Ellis D. Gordon
1964, Circular 494
The project area, which lies east of and adjacent to Jackson Lake is on the downthrown eastern block of the Teton fault, a normal fault that trends northward along the west edge of Jackson Lake. Rocks of pre-Cretaceous age are deeply buried beneath this area. Sedimentary rocks of Cretaceous age...
Effect of urban growth on streamflow regimen of Permanente Creek, Santa Clara County, California
E. E. Harris, S. E. Rantz
1964, Water Supply Paper 1591-B
This report presents the results of an investigation of the effect of urban growth on the streamflow regimen of Permanente Creek in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, Calif. The data available did not permit a complete study of all hydrologic aspects, but there is conclusive evidence that the volume of...
Exploratory laboratory study of lateral turbulent diffusion at the surface of an alluvial channel
William W. Sayre, A.R. Chamberlain
1964, Circular 484
In natural streams turbulent diffusion is one of the principal mechanisms by which liquid and suspended-particulate contaminants are dispersed in the flow. A knowledge of turbulence characteristics is therefore essential in predicting the dispersal rates of contaminants in streams. In this study the theory of diffusion by continuous movements for...
Lithologic variations in slope development theory
Adrian E. Scheidegger
1964, Circular 485
This paper presents a comprehensive review and amplification of the writer's earlier slope development theory. In particular, the influence of lithology on evolving slope profiles is investigated and calculations are made for various conditions, such as presence of caprock, soft bottom, and hard and soft intermediate layers....
Growing importance of urban geology
John T. McGill
1964, Circular 487
Stream gaging control structure for the Rio Grande Conveyance Channel near Bernardo New Mexico
D.D. Harris, E.V. Richardson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1369-E