Chemical compositions of rock types as factors in our environment
Harry A. Tourtelot
Helen L. Cannon, Howard C. Hopps, editor(s)
1971, Book chapter, Environmental geochemistry in health and disease
The types of rocks that form geologic units in the Earth’s crust supply most of the raw materials from which soils are formed and from which water derives its inorganic constituents. The compositions of what we eat and drink thus depend in part upon the compositions of the source rocks.Igneous...
Remanent magnetization and susceptibility of late Cenozoic rocks from New Zealand
Allan Cox
1971, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (14) 192-207
Measurements of magnetic remanence and susceptibility were made on 176 samples of volcanic rocks from 22 late Cenozoic formations from the North Island. Intensities of remanence, susceptibilities, and Q ratios are highly variable in both the ignimbrites and andesites and their ranges overlap, indicating that the magnetic...
Magnetic susceptibility and triangular exchange coupling in the tourmaline mineral group
T. Tsang, A. N. Thorpe, G. Donnay, Frank E. Senftle
1971, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (32) 1441-1448
Magnetic susceptibilities of three iron-rich tourmaline crystals from Mexquitic (Mexico), Pierpont (New York), and Madagascar with different and known chemical compositions have been studied from 8° to 300°K. The iron atoms in the tourmaline crystal structure, space group R3m, a∼15·9, c∼7·2 , are...
Appraisal of chemical and biological conditions of Lake Okeechobee, Florida, 1969-70
Boyd F. Joyner
1971, Report
Palaeomagnetism and potassium-argon ages of volcanic rocks of Ngorongoro caldera, Tanzania
C. S. Grommé, T. A. Reilly, A. E. Mussett, R. L. Hay
1971, Geophysical Journal International (22) 101-115
Natural remanent magnetization (NRM) has been measured in 21 lava flows and 1 tuff in the south-west wall of Ngorongoro caldera, Tanzania. The lowest three lavas are normally magnetized, the next two have intermediate directions, and the remainder are reversed; potassium-argon dating places the reversal at 2.45 My, corresponding...
Water-quality data for selected sites tributary to the Salton Sea, California, August 1969 - June 1970
George A. Irwin
1971, Report
No abstract available....
Wells and springs in California and Nevada within 100 miles of point 37°15' N, 116°25' W, on Nevada test site
William Thordarson, B.P. Robinson
1971, Report
Studies of published and unpublished geologic and ground-water data, for an inventory of 6,032 wells and 754 springs in parts of Inyo and Mono Counties, California, and Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye Counties, Nevada, reveal the following information:A complex sequence of granitic, metamorphic, volcanic, and sedimentary rocks of Precambrian to...
Water resources of the Coamo area, Puerto Rico
Ennio V. Giusti
1971, Report
This study, like other similar studies, was made possible by a cooperative water-resources program between the U.S. Geological Survey and the Puerto Rico Water Resources Authority (at the time), representing also the Puerto Rico Aqueduct & Sewer Authority and the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company.This report covers the hydrologic investigation...
Open-channel integrating-type flow meter
K.C. Koopman
1971, Report
A relatively inexpensive meter for measuring cumulative flow in open channels with a rated control,. called a "totalizer", was developed. It translates the nonlinear function of gage height to flow by use of a cam and a float. A variable resistance element in an electronic circuit is controlled by the...
Action report: conservation and enhancement of fish and wildlife in the National Water Resources Program. State fish and game departments, national conservation organizations, and Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
T.J. Bond
1971, Report
Comments on An unconventional approach to flood frequency analysis
Manuel A. Benson
1971, International Association of Scientific Hydrology - Bulletin (16) 91-91
No abstract available....
Application of remote sensing techniques for appraising changes in wildlife habitat
Harvey K. Nelson, Albert T. Klett, John E. Johnston
1971, Conference Paper, International Workshop in Earth Resources Survey Systems
An attempt was made to investigate the potential of airborne, multispectral, line scanner data acquisition and computer-implemented automatic recognition techniques for providing useful information about waterfowl breeding habitat in North Dakota. The spectral characteristics of the components of a landscape containing waterfowl habitat can be detected with airborne scanners. By...
Notice to lessees and operators of federal oil, gas, and sulphur leases in the outer continental shelf Gulf of Mexico region: OCS order nos. 1 through 12: Gulf of Mexico
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1971, Report
No abstract available....
A comment concerning the applicability of the “open system” model to dating of fossil bones from San Joaquin soil, California
Barney J. Szabo
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10) 252-252
No abstract available....
Biology of larval sea lampreys (Petromyzon marinus) of the 1960 year class, isolated in the Big Garlic River, Michigan, 1960-65
Patrick J. Manion, Alberton L. McLain
1971, Technical Report 16
The early life history of the sea lamprey, from hatching to the first capture of metamorphosed individuals, is described from observations on a known-age population isolated in a tributary of southern Lake Superior. The population had its origin in the spring of 1960, when 722 sea lampreys nearing spawning condition...
The white-crowned pigeon: A fruit-eating pigeon as a host for Trichomonas gallinae
R. M. Kocan, A. Sprunt IV
1971, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (7) 217-218
Trichomoniasis resulting from infection by Trichomonas gallinae was observed in 12 laboratory reared white-crowned pigeons (Columba leucocephala). A field survey of nestlings in the Florida Keys revealed a prevalence of 88% T. gallinae carriers but no evidence of trichomoniasis could be found among the wild birds....
The bufflehead (Bucephala albeola): A new host record for Plasmodium
R. M. Kocan, J. O. Knisley Jr.
1971, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (7) 35-35
No abstract available. ...
Trees and streams: The efficiency of branching patterns
Luna Bergere Leopold
1971, Journal of Theoretical Biology (31) 339-354
Extending the analysis of branching patterns of the drainage net of rivers, originated by Horton, the relation of average numbers and lengths of tree branches to size of branch was investigated. Size of branch was defined by branch order, or its position in the hierarchy of tributaries. It was found...
Calcium-magnesium carbonate solid solutions from Holocene conglomerate cements and travertines in the Coast Range of California
I. Barnes, J. R. O’Neil
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 699-718
Two calcium-magnesium carbonate solid solutions form Holocene travertines and conglomerate cements in fresh water stream channels of the Coast Range of California. Calcite does not yield the {015} diffraction maximum. The {006} diffraction maximum is lacking over most of the range of composition...
Thermoluminescence of Apollo 12 lunar samples
Richard R. Doell, G. Brent Dalrymple
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10) 357-360
Thermoluminescence (TL) glow curve and decay characteristics of Apollo 12 fines and soil samples are similar to those from Apollo 11. Interpretation of the results from the core sample is difficult because of inadequate sample, spacing, but it appears that the part...
On the origin of lunar soil 12033
P.A. Beadecker, F. Cuttitta, H. J. Rose Jr., R. Schaudy, J. T. Wasson
1971, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (10) 361-364
The lunar soil 12033 is compositionally distinctly different from both the local rocks at the Apollo 12 site and other lunar samples. It must be a recent deposit, else it would not have retained its identity. It contains a meteoritic component which...
Geological provinces of the near side of the moon
J.F. McCauley, D.E. Wilhelms
1971, Icarus (15) 363-367
Systematic geologic mapping of the near side of the Moon has provided the basis for defining and delineating the major geological provinces of the near side. From the nature of the provinces and their distribution patterns a general historical sequence evolves. Five main...
Duck mortality caused by wind
H.A. Kantrud
1971, Prairie Naturalist (3) 32-32
Abstract has not been submitted...
C13 and O18 compositions in some fresh-water carbonates associated with ultramafic rocks and serpentinites: Western United States
J. R. O’Neil, I. Barnes
1971, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (35) 687-697
All carbonates associated with the ultramafic rocks and serpentinites of the western United States are shown by their stable isotope ratios to be of near-surface, low-temperature origin. These include vein materials that have been previously classified as hydrothermal. New laboratory and natural data...
A Pliocene flora and insect fauna from the Bering Strait region
D.M. Hopkins, J.V. Matthews, J. A. Wolfe, M.L. Silberman
1971, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (9) 211-231
A flood-plain forest has been preserved beneath a lava flow that invaded the Inmachuk River Valley in the northern part of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, during the Pliocene Epoch. The fossil flora is of great biogeographic interest because of its position (Fig. 1)...
