Effect of septic-tank wastes on quality of water, Ipswich and Shawsheen River basins, Massachusetts
L.G. Toler, George B. Morrill III
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 117-120
Many housing projects in the metropolitan area of Boston are beyond the reach of municipal sewer systems. Waste water disposed of through septic-tank or cesspool systems percolates to ground-water reservoirs and eventually reaches the streams. The dissolved-solids load in the streams receiving septic-tank effluent is increased by an amount that can be predicted from the...
A second specimen of Parahyus vagus Marsh, 1876
G. Edward Lewis
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 147-149
The occurrence of the second known specimen of Parahyus vagus, from the Tepee Trail Formation, Wyoming, is recorded. As the first specimen was reported from the lower Eocene, this second occurrence casts doubt on the supposed age ranges of both Parahyus and the Tepee Trail....
Lithostrotion reiseri n. sp., a cerioid colonial coral from Meramec-age beds, Lisburne Group, arctic Alaska
Augustus K. Armstrong
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 137-145
Lithostrotion reiseri n. sp. is a cerioid, colonial coral, index fossil for microfossil zones 12-13 (Meramec) in the Lisburne Group in the central and eastern Brooks Range, arctic Alaska....
Evaluating the reliability of specific-yield determinations
Ronald L. Hanson
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 371-376
The specific yield of the alluvial aquifer in the Gila River flood plain in southeastern Arizona has been determined using two methods of analysis - the time-drawdown method and the soil-moisture-content method. Time-drawdown data measured at 17 observation wells during a 3.5-day aquifer test define an average apparent specific yield of 0.13. Soil-moisture-content data...
Accessory apatite from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nevada
Donald E. Lee, Robert E. Mays, Richard E. Van Loenen
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 89-98
Analytical data, optical properties, and unit-cell parameters are presented for 24 samples of accessory apatites recovered from hybrid granitoid rocks of the southern Snake Range, Nev. A complete chemical analysis is given for one. In the Snake Creek-Williams Canyonoutcrop area, where the hybrid rocks grade from granodiorite with 63 percent SiO2 to a...
Antimony-bearing orpiment, Carlin gold deposit, Nevada
Arthur S. Radtke, Charles M. Taylor, Chris Heropoulos
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 85-87
Orpiment, As2S3, containing up to 1.5 percent antimony has been recognized in carbonaceous arsenic-rich gold ores in the unoxidized East ore body of the Carlin gold deposit. Associated hydrothermal minerals include realgar (AsS) and quartz. Stibnite, commonly associated with realgar in the ores, has not been observed associated with this type of orpiment....
A preliminary classification of wetland plant communities in north-central Minnesota
L.M. Cowardin, Douglas H. Johnson
1973, Special Scientific Report - Wildlife 168
A classification of wetland plant communities was developed for a study area in north-central Minnesota in order to analyze data on waterfowl use of habitat that were gathered by radio telemetry. The classification employs features of several earlier classifications in addition to new classes for bogs and lakeshore communities. Brief...
Lake Michigan: Man's effects on native fish stocks and other biota
LaRue Wells, Alberton L. McLain
1973, Technical Report 20
Man's activities have caused great changes in Lake Michigan in the past 120 years. Although changes in water chemistry and lower biota have been generally modest (except locally), those in native fish stocks have been vast. Exploitation, exotic fish species, and eutrophication and other forms of pollution all have played...
Unharvested fishes in the U. S. commercial fishery of western Lake Erie in 1969
Harry D. Van Meter
1973, Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 670
Potential commercial fish production was estimated for U.S. waters of western Lake Erie in 1969 from pounds landed and pounds discarded. Periodic observations of catches in haul seines and trap nets revealed that about 37% of the catch (by weight) in haul seines and 26% of that in trap nets...
Preparation and properties of quinaldine sulfate, an improved fish anesthetic
J. L. Allen, J.B. Sills
1973, Investigations in Fish Control 47
Abstract not submitted to date...
Studies of reptiles in Rock Valley
F.B. Turner, P.A. Medica, D.D. Smith
1973, Desert Biome Research Memo RM 73-2
No abstract available at this time...
The microgravimetric determination of acid-insoluble impurities in the complete analysis of small samples of acid-soluble minerals
Robert Meyrowitz
1973, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (1) 207-209
The acid-insoluble impurities of small samples of minerals are determined by a microgravimetric procedure. A Schwarz von Bergkampf glass filter stick with paper filter medium is used to separate the insoluble material. The filtration apparatus and procedural details are described....
Scolecobasidium humicola, a fungal pathogen of fish
A. J. Ross, W. T. Yasutake
1973, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (30) 994-995
Scolecobasidium humicola, a previously undescribed fungal pathogen of fish was isolated from coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch). In natural infections the kidney was the organ most affected. The disease was difficult to transmit experimentally and appeared to be only weakly contagious....
Application of theory and research in fishery management of the Laurentian Great Lakes
Stanford H. Smith
1973, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (102) 156-163
The Great Lakes have a high potential for the conduct of research and useful application of research findings, but the history of the Great Lakes indicates that extensive research and intensive management have failed to prevent deterioration of the fisheries. At times the research was not done before a loss...
Preliminary geologic map of the Calaveras Reservoir Quadrangle, Alameda and Santa Clara counties, California
T. W. Dibblee Jr.
1973, Open-File Report 73-58
No abstract available....
Extraction and concentration of organic solutes from water
Marvin C. Goldberg, Lewis L. DeLong, Mark Sinclair
1973, Analytical Chemistry (45) 89-93
A continuous extraction apparatus is described. It extracts and simultaneously concentrates organic solutes from water. Any immiscible solvent can be used in this apparatus if the solute will partition between the solvent and water. A concentration factor of up to 105 is obtained with this technique. The dipole moment difference...
Polyphenyl fluorides
D. R. Dickerson, G. C. Finger, R.H. Shiley
1973, Journal of Fluorine Chemistry (3) 113-116
Studies related to the chemistry of aromatic fluorine compounds have been carried out at the Illinois State Geological Survey since 1933. In our reference collection we have several compounds that have not previously been described. This communication records data on 18 biphenyl, three terphenyl and some benzene fluorinated derivatives that...
Solubility and occurrence of lead in surface water
J.D. Hem, W. H. Durum
1973, Journal - American Water Works Association (65) 562-568
The data in this article suggest methods of reducing the lead content of drinking water at the water-treatment plant....
U-Th-Pb measurements of Luna 20 soil
M. Tatsumoto
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 1079-1086
The concentrations of uranium, thorium and lead and the lead isotopic composition of Luna 20 soil were determined. The data indicate that the Luna 20 soil is mainly a mixture of highland anorthosites and low-K basalt, but little KREEP basalt. The U-Th-Pb systematics...
Determination of indium in rocks by substoichiometric radioisotope dilution analysis
L. Paul Greenland, E.Y. Campbell
1973, Analytica Chimica Acta (67) 29-36
Rocks containing 10–140 ng of indium per g are decomposed with hydrofluoric and nitric acids in the presence of 114In. Indium is separated from other constituents by sequential extractions of the bromide, cupferronate, and acetylacetonate, and is then reacted with a substoichiometric amont of EDTA. Excess...
Tertiary plate tectonics and high-pressure metamorphism in New Caledonia
R.N. Brothers, M.C. Blake Jr.
1973, Tectonophysics (17) 337-358
The sialic basement of New Caledonia is a Permian-Jurassic greywacke sequence which was folded and metamorphosed to prehnite-pumpellyite or low-grade greenschist facies by the Late Jurassic. Succeeding Cretaceous-Eocene sediments unconformably overlie this basement and extend outwards onto oceanic crust. Tertiary tectonism occurred in three distinct phases.1. During the...
Ultrafiltration by a compacted clay membrane-I. Oxygen and hydrogen isotopic fractionation
T.B. Coplen, B.B. Hanshaw
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 2295-2310
Laboratory experiments were carried out to determine the magnitude of the isotopic fractionation of distilled water and of 0.01 N NaCl forced to flow at ambient temperature under a hydraulic pressure drop of 100 bars across a montmorillonite disc compacted to a porosity...
Isotopic composition of oil-field brines from Kettleman North Dome, California, and their geologic implications
Y.K. Kharaka, F.A.F. Berry, I. Friedman
1973, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (37) 1899-1908
Deuterium and O18 analyses were made on 25 formation-water samples from Miocene (Temblor Formation) and Eocene (McAdams Formation) reservoir rocks at Kettleman North Dome oil field, California, and on three surface water samples from Reef Ridge located about three miles to the west of the field. The δO18 values obtained generally increase with...
Can American oil refineries yield vanadium?
R. P. Fischer
1973, Conference Paper, Preprints
[No abstract available]...
Red sea drillings
D.A. Ross, R.B. Whitmarsh, S.A. Ali, J.E. Boudreaux, R. Coleman, R.L. Fleisher, R. Girdler, Frank T. Manheim, A. Matter, C. Nigrini, P. Stoffers, P.R. Supko
1973, Science (179) 377-380
Recent drilling in the Red Sea has shown that much of the basin is underlain by evaporites of a similar age to that of evaporites found in the Mediterranean Sea. These evaporites and their structural positions indicate that other brine areas are present - and, indeed, several others have been...
