Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 15 landing site
G.A. Swann, N. G. Bailey, R. M. Batson, V. L. Freeman, M. H. Hait, J.W. Head, H. E. Holt, K. A. Howard, J.B. Irwin, K.B. Larson, W.R. Muehlberger, V. S. Reed, J. J. Rennilson, G. G. Schaber, D.R. Scott, L. T. Silver, R. L. Sutton, G. E. Ulrich, H. G. Wilshire, E.W. Wolfe
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
The Apollo 15 lunar module (LM) landed at longitude 03°39'20'' E, latitude 26°26'00'' N on the mare surface of Palus Putredinis on the eastern edge of the Imbrium Basin. The site is between the Apennine Mountain front and Hadley Rille. The objectives of the mission, in order of decreasing priority,...
Orbital-science investigation: Part C: photogrammetry of Apollo 15 photography
Sherman S.C. Wu, Francis J. Schafer, Raymond Jordan, Gary M. Nakata, James L. Derick
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Mapping of large areas of the Moon by photogrammetric methods was not seriously considered until the Apollo 15 mission. In this mission, a mapping camera system and a 61-cm optical-bar high-resolution panoramic camera, as well as a laser altimeter, were used. The mapping camera system comprises a 7.6-cm metric terrain...
Preliminary geologic investigation of the Apollo 16 landing site
W.R. Muehlberger, R. M. Batson, E. L. Boudette, C.M. Duke, R. E. Eggleton, D. P. Elston, A. W. England, V. L. Freeman, M. H. Hait, T.A. Hall, J.W. Head, C. A. Hodges, H. E. Holt, E.D. Jackson, J.A. Jordan, K.B. Larson, D.J. Milton, V. S. Reed, J. J. Rennilson, G. G. Schaber, J.P. Schafer, L. T. Silver, D. Stuart-Alexander, R. L. Sutton, G.A. Swann, R.L. Tyner, G. E. Ulrich, H. G. Wilshire, E.W. Wolfe, J.W. Young
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The Apollo 16 landing site in the lunar central highlands encompassed terra plains and adjacent mountainous areas of hilly and furrowed terra. These morphologic units, representing important terrane types in the lunar highlands, had been interpreted as volcanic on most premission geologic maps. However, it became apparent during the mission...
Photogeology: Part A: relative ages of some near-side and far-side terra plains based on Apollo 16 metric photography
Laurence A. Soderblom, Joseph M. Boyce
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 16 preliminary science report (NASA SP 315)
The materials of most light or terra plains predate the lunar maria and postdate the Imbrian event. In the vicinity of the Imbrium Basin, these materials have been called the Cayley Formation (ref. 29-3) but because of the subtle diversity of the terra plains over the near side, Whilhelms and...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Bearpaw Mountains and vicinity, Montana
Donald L. Peterson, William L. Rambo
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 500 gravity observations in north-central Montana. These data were used in preparation of -- Peterson, Donald L. and Rambo, William L., 1967, Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Bearpaw Mountains and vicinity,...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the San Francisco district and adjoining areas, Utah
Donald L. Peterson
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 450 gravity observations in southwestern Utah....
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Death Valley region, California
Don R. Mabey
1972, Report
Observed gravity values, station locations, terrain corrections, and Bouguer gravity data are provided in tabular form for approximately 1,500 gravity observations in eastern California. Coverage includes Saline Valley, Panamint Valley, Searles Basin, Death Valley, the southern Amargosa Desert and the enclosed and adjoining highlands. These data were used in preparation...
Orbital-science investigation: Part L: selected volcanic features
Mareta N. West
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
Preliminary examination of Apollo 15 orbital photographs indicates a large number of volcanic features. One area of exceptionally interesting volcanic activity is depicted in figure 25-74. Located approximately at latitude 25° S and longitude 123° E on the lunar far side, this region also is covered by panoramic camera photographs...
Orbital-science investigation: Part B: photogrammetric analysis of Apollo 15 records
Frederick J. Doyle
1972, Book chapter, Apollo 15 preliminary science report (NASA SP-289)
The three cameras—stellar, mapping, and panoramic—together with the laser altimeter, all included in the scientific instrument module (SIM) bay, represent an integrated photogrammatric system with extraordinary potential for extending knowledge of the lunar figure, surface configuration, and geological structure....
Lake Erie: Effects of exploitation, environmental changes and new species on the fishery resources
Wilbur L. Hartman
1972, Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada (29) 899-912
In no other lake as large as Lake Erie (surface area, 25,690 km2) have such extensive changes taken place in the drainage basin, the lake environment, and the fish populations over the last 100 years. Deforestation and prairie burning led to erosion and siltation of valuable spawning grounds. Marsh spawning...
Water resources data for California, 1971; Part 2: Water quality records
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1972, Water Data Report CA-71-2
Water-resources data for the 1971 water year for California include records of data for the chemical and physical characteristics of surface water. The distribution, type, and number of stations in each river or drainage basin are shown in figure 1. A few pertinent stations in bordering States are also included....
Water resources inventory of Connecticut Part 6: Upper Housatonic River basin
Michael A. Cervione Jr., David L. Mazzaferro, Robert T. Melvin
1972, Connecticut Water Resources Bulletin 21
The upper Housatonic River basin report area has an abundant supply of water of generally good quality, which is derived from precipitation on the area and streams entering the area. Annual precipitation has averaged about 46 inches over a 30-year period. Of this, approximately 22 inches of water is returned...
Ground control requirements for precision processing of ERTS images
Thomas C. Burger
1972, Report
When the first Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-A) flies in 1972, NASA expects to receive and bulk-process 9,000 images a week. From this deluge of images, a few will be selected for precision processing; that is, about 5 percent will be further treated to improve the geometry of the scene,...
Book review: Check list of helminth parasites of African fishes by L. F. Khalil
G. L. Hoffman
1972, Journal of Parasitology (58) 884
No abstract available....
Surface-water investigations at Barrow, Alaska
Stanley H. Jones
1972, Report
The U.S. Public Health Service is currently developing plans for a long-term water supply and sewage treatment system for the village of Barrow, Alaska. To assist in planning, the U.S. Geological Survey was requested to initiate a cooperative streamflow data-collection program with the U.S. Public Health Service in June 1972...
A neutron activation analysis procedure for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in geologic samples
P. J. Aruscavage, Hugh T. Millard Jr.
1972, Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry (11) 67-84
A neutron activation analysis procedure was developed for the determination of uranium, thorium and potassium in basic and ultrabasic rocks. The three elements are determined in the same 0.5-g sample following a 30-min irradiation in a thermal neutron flux of 2·1012 n·cm−2·sec−1. Following radiochemical separation, the nuclides239U...
Crust and mantle of the Gulf of Mexico
G. W. Moore
1972, Nature (238) 452-453
A SEEMING paradox has puzzled investigators of the crustal structure of the Gulf of Mexico since Ewing et al.1 calculated that a unit area of the rather thick crust in the gulf contains less mass than does a combination of the crust and enough of the upper mantle...
The complex filling of alae crater, Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
D. A. Swanson, W. A. Duffield, D. B. Jackson, D. W. Peterson
1972, Bulletin Volcanologique (36) 105-126
Since February 1969 Alae Crater, a 165-m-deep pit crater on the east rift of Kilauea Volcano, has been completely filled with about 18 million m3 of lava. The filling was episodic and complex. It involved 13 major periods of addition of lava to the crater, including spectacular...
Chlorinated naphthalenes in pesticide analysis
D.F. Goerlitz, LeRoy M. Law
1972, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (7) 243-251
[No abstract available]...
Microcrystalline sphalerite in resin globules suspended in Lake Kivu, East Africa
E.T. Degens, H. Okada, S. Honjo, J.C. Hathaway
1972, Mineralium Deposita (7) 1-12
The origin and chemical nature of micron-sized spheres found as suspended particles in Lake Kivu are examined. It can be shown that the hollow spheres, with a wall thickness of 500 Å, consist of a complex polymeric resinous material which has little functionality, except for hydroxyl...
Uranium-series dating of bone from the Isimila prehistoric site, Tanzania
F.C. Howell, G.H. Cole, M.R. Kleindienst, Barney J. Szabo, K.P. Oakley
1972, Nature (237) 51-52
EXCAVATIONS in 1957 and 1958 at the Isimila prehistoric site, in Tanzania1, sampled Acheulian occurrences in horizons at various levels in the Isimila Beds which are approximately 18 m thick. No significant breaks were observed in the sedimentary sequence, although there are numerous local hiatuses....
Subduction zones: Not relevant to present-day problems of waste disposal
E. A. Silver
1972, Nature (239) 330-331
SUBDUCTION zones are considered to be sites of disposal for vast areas of the Earth's surface1, while new surface is generated simultaneously at rise crests2. Bostrom and Sherif3 suggest that the world's industrial and domestic waste be dumped into subduction zones at deep sea trenches to allow...
The Apollo 17 landing site
Baerbel K. Lucchitta
1972, Nature (240) 259-260
Dr Lucchitta describes the geology of the Apollo 17 landing site in the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon....
A simply constructed and adjustable mercury vapor cell mount
J.W. Ball, E. A. Jenne
1972, Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (7) 369-370
[No abstract available]...
Occurrence and significance of formaldehyde in the Allende carbonaceous chondrite
Irving A. Breger, P. Zubovic, J.C. Chandler, R.S. Clarke
1972, Nature (236) 155-158
Meteorites may disperse formaldehyde to planets where, in the proper conditions, the compound could then serve as a precursor for carbohydrates....
