The California geodimeter network; measuring movement along the San Andreas Fault
J.C. Savage
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-7
Following the great California earthquake of 1906 H. F. Reid, a contemporary seismologist, proposed the elastic rebound theory which in effect says that earthquake potential arises from the accumulation of elastic strain within the Earth's crust, just as the stretching of a rubberband creates the potential for violent rebound upon...
Earthquake prediction; new studies yield promising results
R. Robinson
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 14-17
On Agust 3, 1973, a small earthquake (magnitude 2.5) occurred near Blue Mountain Lake in the Adirondack region of northern New York State. This seemingly unimportant event was of great significance, however, because it was predicted. Seismologsits at the Lamont-Doherty geologcal Observatory of Columbia University accurately foretold the time, place,...
Laboratory experiments duplicate conditions in the Earth’s crust
L. Peselnick, James H. Dieterich, R.M. Stewart
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 10-15
An experimental device that simulates conditions in the Earth's crust at depths of up to 30 kilometers has been constructed by geophysicists working at the U.S Geological Survey laboratories in Menlo Park, California. A high pressure "bomb" is being used to experimentally measure the velocity of seismic waves in different...
Seismicity and earthquake hazards of the Wasatch Front, Utah
H. Spall
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 12-17
The impressive topographic break at the base of the Wasatch Range immediately east of Salt Lake City, Utah, marks the location where Mormon colonizer Brigham Young said in 1847. "This is the place" Actually, "the place" is termed the Wasatch Front because the Wasatch Range to the east, which rises...
Scientists probe Earth’s secrets at the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
J. D. Unger
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-11
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) sits on the edge of Kilauea Caldera at the summit of Kilauea Volcao, one of the five volcanoes on the island of Hawaii, the largest island in the Hawaiian Islands chain. Of the five, only Kilauea and Mauna Loa have been active in the past...
Ground-water favorability and surficial geology of the Machias-Lubec area, Washington County, Maine
Glenn C. Prescott
1974, Hydrologic Atlas 535
No abstract available....
The design earthquake and earthquake response spectra
W. W. Hays
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 18-22
Residues of DDT in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) and coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from the Great Lakes
Robert E. Reinert, Harold L. Bergman
1974, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (31) 191-199
Concentrations of DDT residues were higher in lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) from southern Lake Michigan in 1966–70 (average 18.1 ppm in fish 558–684 mm long) than in lake trout of the same size-class from Lake Superior in 1968–69 (4.4 ppm), and higher in adult coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) from Lake Michigan in 1968–71...
The Mississippi Valley earthquakes of 1811 and 1812
O.W. Nuttli
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 8-13
Shortly after 2 o'clock on the morning of December 16, 1811, the Mississippi River valley was convulsed by an earthquake so severe that it awakened people in cities as distant as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk, Virginia. This shock inaugurated what must have been the most frightening sequence of earthquakes ever...
Effect of temperature on accumulation of methylmercuric chloride and p,p'DDT by rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri)
Robert E. Reinert, Linda J. Stone, Wayne A. Willford
1974, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (31) 1649-1652
Amounts of mercury and DDT residues accumulated from water by yearling rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) in the laboratory increased as water temperature increased. Fish exposed to methylmercuric chloride at concentrations of 234–263 parts per trillion for 12 wk at 5, 10, and 15 C accumulated 1.19, 1.71, and 1.96 ppm; fish exposed to p,p′DDT...
Dieldrin and DDT: accumulation from water and food by lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in the laboratory
Robert E. Reinert, Linda J. Stone, Harold L. Bergman
1974, Proceedings of the Conference on Great Lakes Research (17) 52-58
In the laboratory we measured the amounts of dieldrin and p,p'DDT accumulated by fish from contaminated water and food to determine how fish from Lake Michigan accumulate high concentrations of these insecticides from an environment where the concentrations in water are generally less than 0.01 ppb. Eight groups of yearling...
Various fish species as biological control agents for the dark rice field mosquito in Arkansas rice fields
R. B. Davey, M. V. Meisch, D. L. Gray, J. M. Martin, Kermit E. Sneed, F. J. Williams
1974, Environmental Entomology (3) 823-826
During the summers of 1972–73, 10 fish species were evaluated as predators against larvae of the dark rice field mosquito, Psorophora confinnis (Lynch-Arribalzaga), near Stuttgart, Ark. Stocking rates were 0.02, 0.03, and 0.06 fish/ft 2 . At the lowest stocking rate green sunfish, Lepomis cyanellus Rafinesque, reduced larval numbers by 89.7% and were significantly more effective...
Teleseismic studies indicate existence of deep magma chamber below Yellowstone National Park
H. M. Iyer
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 3-7
The secrets of Yellowstone National Park's spectacular geysers and other hot water and steam phenomena are being explored by the U.S Geological Survey with the aid of distant earthquakes (teleseisms). For some time geologists have known that the remarkable array of steam and hot water displays, for which the park...
Relationships between chemical structure and rat repellency. II. Compounds screened between 1950 and 1960
W.A. Bowles, V. A. Adomaitis, J.B. DeWitt, J.J. Pratt Jr.
1974, Report
Over 4,600 compounds, chiefly organic types, were evaluated using both a food acceptance test (Part A) and a barrier penetration bioassay (Part B), to correlate relationships between chemical structure and rodent repellency.These chemicals are indexed and classified according to the functional groups present and to the degree of substitution within...
Oil shale development and its environmental considerations
R.T. Stone, H. Johnson, A. Decora
1974, Conference Paper, Preprints
The petroleum shortage recently experienced by many nations throughout the world has created an intense interest in obtaining new and supplemental energy sources. In the United States, this interest has been centered on oil shale. Any major action by the federal government having significant environmental effects requires compliance with the...
Heat flow from eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia
J.H. Sass, R. J. Munroe, T. H. Moses Jr.
1974, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (21) 134-142
Heat flows were determined at 12 sites in four distinct areas between longitude 77° and 80°W in eastern Panama and northwestern Colombia. Evidently, most of the region is underlain by mafic oceanic crust so that the crustal radiogenic component of heat...
Use of small fences to protect ground bird nests from mammalian predators
A.B. Sargeant, A.D. Kruse, A. D. Afton
1974, Prairie Naturalist (6) 60-63
Abstract has not been submitted...
A review of the literature on the use of Bayluscide in fisheries
Sandra E. Hamilton
1974, Literature Review 74-02
In the United States Bayluscide has had multiple uses. The 70% wettable powder has been used in Puerto Rico for snail control and the 5% granular formulation has been tested in Michigan and Wisconsin against freshwater snails serving as inter mediate hosts of the trematode causing swimmers' itch. Bayluscide has...
A review of the literature on the use of TFM-Bayluscide in fisheries
Sandra E. Hamilton
1974, Literature Review 74-03
Since 1956 the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has been responsible for formulating and implementing a program to eradicate or control the sea lamprey in the Great Lakes. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Sea Lamprey Control Centre of the Canadian Department of the Environment act as agents for...
The chemical composition and estimated minimum thermal reservoir temperatures of the principal hot springs of northern and central Nevada
Robert H. Mariner, J. B. Rapp, L.M. Willey, T. S. Presser
1974, Open-File Report 74-1066
Fifty-five of the principal hot springs in northern and central Nevada have been sampled for chemical analyses. Major element constituents, sodium, potassium, calcium, and silica suggest minimum thermal-aquifer temperatures of 140°C or more at 16 of the hot spring complexes. At least five of the hot springs issue mixed waters...
New cooperative seismograph networks established in southern California
D.P. Hill
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 8-11
Southern California has more active faults located close to large, urban population centers than any other region in the United States. Reduction of risk to life and property posed by potential earthquakes along these active faults is a primary motivation for a cooperative earthquake research program between the U.S Geological...
A geologic and geophysical study of the Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake zone
B.B. Higgins, P. Popenoe
1974, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (6) 16-23
A maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X was reported in Charleston. Damage to buildings was extensive, railroads were made impassable, and communications were disrupted. During the earthquake 27 people were killed, and 56 later died as a result of exposure and injuries sustained during the shaking. The earthquake was reported...
An antigenic comparison between infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (OSV strain) and the virus of haemorrhagic septicaemia of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) (Denmark strain) by cross neutralization
P. E. McAllister, J. L. Fryer, K.S. Pilcher
1974, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (10) 101-103
The infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (OSV strain) and the virus of haemorrhagic septicaemia of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri) (Denmark strain) were examined for possible antigenic relationship by plaque neutralization using homologous and heterologous antisera. No neutralization of either virus was observed on exposure to heterologous antiserum. This indicates that there...
Report on direct current soundings over a geothermal prospect in the Bruneau-Grand View area, Idaho
Dallas B. Jackson
1974, Open-File Report 74-240
No abstract available....
Studying the golden-rumped elephant-shrew
G. B. Rathbun
1974, Kenya Post (4) 21-22
No abstract available at this time...
