Limnological survey of Lake Erie 1959 and 1960
Alfred M. Beeton
1963, Technical Report 6
Federal, provincial, state, and university organizations participated in cooperative limnological surveys of Lake Erie in September 1959 and August 1960 to determine the extent and severity of the low dissolved-oxygen content of the hypolimnetic waters. Observations were restricted to the central basin in 1959, but were lake-wide in 1960....
Minor elements in serpentine-additional data
G. T. Faust
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 665-668
No abstract available....
Labeling lake water with tritium
B. J. Frederick
1963, International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes (14) 401-404
A method of packaging tritiated water in a manner that facilitates safe handling in environmental labeling operations, and procedures followed in labeling a large body of water with a small volume of tritiated water are described....
New chemical determinations of zinc in basalts, and rocks of similar composition
L. F. Rader, W. C. Swadley, C. Huffman Jr., H. H. Lipp
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 695-714
New determinations of zinc in 124 basalts by the chemical method described (Huff-Manet al. 1963) are reported. Average zinc values, in per cent, for basalts from diverse regions are as follows: Idaho, 28 samples, 0.013; Hawaii, 33 samples, 0.010; Connecticut, 27 samples, 0.0090; Oregon, 17 samples, 0.0081; California, 8 samples,...
Origin of the Nubian and similar sandstones
E. D. McKee
1963, Geologische Rundschau (52) 551-587
The Nubian Sandstone and similar sandstone bodies exposed across much of northern Africa and adjoining parts of Asia are characteristically formed of clean sand that is conspicuously cross stratified throughout. Such sandstone, here called Nubian-type sandstone, ranges from Cambrian through Cretaceous in age and its genesis has been interpreted in...
Tertiary lake deposits in western coterminous United States
J. H. Feth
1963, Science (139) 107-110
No abstract available....
Dynamic similarity in erosional processes
A. E. Scheidegger
1963, Geofisica Pura e Applicata (56) 58-66
A study is made of the dynamic similarity conditions obtaining in a variety of erosional processes. The pertinent equations for each type of process are written in dimensionless form; the similarity conditions can then easily be deduced. The processes treated are: raindrop action, slope evolution and river erosion....
Implications of the minor element content of some major streams of the world
W. H. Durum, J. Haffty
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 1-11
Of 15 or more minor elements in the world's principal river waters only aluminum, iron, manganese, barium and strontium range much over 100 μgl">100 μgl. (parts per billion). Most minor elements range at or below 100 μg1">100 μg1. and have...
Hydrogen-water vapor mixtures: Control of hydrothermal atmospheres by hydrogen osmosis
H. R. Shaw
1963, Science (139) 1220-1222
Experiments at 700°C and 800 bars total pressure demonstrate positive deviations from ideality for mixtures of hydrogen and H2O gases. The deviations are greater than predicted with Stockmayer's method. The composition of the mixture and the fugacity of hydrogen are controlled by diffusing hydrogen through metallic membranes. The results give...
Study of multicomponent mixtures in solution with a vertical-axis transmission-type filter-fluorometer
M. H. Fletcher
1963, Analytical Chemistry (35) 278-288
Fluorescence intensity, sensitivity, and the effect of diverse ions are discussed in relation to chemical equilibrium and the general equation for fluorescence. High sensitivity is the common denominator in eliminating or reducing all types of interference and the general equation is the key for quickly selecting conditions that give maximum...
Antiferromagnetism of UO2⋅2H2O
T. Pankey, F. E. Senftle, F. Cuttitta
1963, Journal of Chemical Physics (39) 1702-1706
Magnetic susceptibility measurements have been made on UO2·xH2O for x=1.78 to x=2.13, and from 77° to 375°K. As the value of x decreased the susceptibility increased. Both these data and structural arguments imply that the formula of this compound is U(OH)4 rather than the dihydrate form. Based on this concept the data have been corrected...
Geomagnetic polarity epochs and pleistocene geochronometry
A. Cox, Richard R. Doell, G. B. Dalrymple
1963, Nature (198) 1049-1051
[No abstract available]...
Applications of geohydrologic concepts in geology
G. B. Maxey, J. E. Hackett
1963, Journal of Hydrology (1) 35-45
Subsurface water, an active agent in many geologic proceses, must be considered in interpreting geologic phenomena. Principles of the occurrence, distribution, and movement of subsurface waters are well established and readily applicable. In many interpretations in geologic literature, geohydrologic principles have been employed realistically, but in many others these principles...
Boron-oxygen polyanion in the crystal structure of tunellite
J. R. Clark
1963, Science (141) 1178-1179
The crystal structure of tunellite, SrO·3B2O3·4H2O, with infinite sheets of composition n[B6O9(OH)2]2-, has cations and water molecules in the spaces within the sheets. Adjacent sheets are held together by hydrogen bonding through the water molecules. The boron-oxygen polyanions provide the first example in hydrated borate crystals of one oxygen linked...
Deuterium in Iceland waters
I. Friedman, T. Sigurgeirsson, O. Gardarsson
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 553-561
From the deuterium analysis of 159 samples of water collected in Iceland from hot-water boreholes, cold and hot springs, rivers and rain, the geographical distribution of deuterium in surface waters is plotted. On the basis of the deuterium analysis, the water from boreholes near Reykjavik does not originate from local...
The precipitation of aluminum, iron and manganese at the junction of Deer Creek with the Snake River in Summit County, Colorado
P. K. Theobald Jr., H. W. Lakin, D. B. Hawkins
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 121-132
The oxidation of disseminated pyrite in relatively acid schists and gneisses of the Snake River drainage basin provides abundant iron sulfate and sulfuric acid to ground and surface water. This acid water dissolves large quantities of many elements, particularly aluminum and surprisingly large quantities of elements, such as magnesium and...
Unmineralized fossil bacteria
W. H. Bradley
1963, Science (141) 919-921
Unmineralized bacterial cells, mostly Micrococcus sp., but including also Streptococcus sp. and Actinomyces sp., were found in enormous numbers in lake beds of the Newark Canyon Formation of Early Cretaceous age, Eureka County, Nevada. The micrococci are black, and have an average diameter about 0.5 µ. Similar black micrococci (0.4...
Petrology of the volcanic rocks of Guam, with a section on trace elements in the volcanic rocks of Guam
J. T. Stark, J. I. Tracey Jr.
1963, Professional Paper 403-C
No abstract available....
Ground-water discharge from the Edwards and associated limestones, 1955-62, San Antonio area, Texas
Sergio Garza
1963, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 2
No abstract available....
Conversations on ecology IV
Luna Bergere Leopold
1963, The Garden Journal: Journal of the New York Botanical Garden (13) 141-142
The conversations on ecology have mentioned the pesticide problem, and in such discussion it is easy to lose sight of the basic philosophic view which is an undercurrent in Miss Carson's book. I should like to expand on that philosophic premise and examine some of its implications for planning vegetation...
A study of the food habits of some Lake Erie fish
John W. Price
1963, Bulletin of the Ohio Biological Survey (2) 89
A study of the food habits by means of stomach analyses of eight species of Lake Erie fishes was begun June 16, 1958. The species studied were smelt, yellow perch, troutperch, spottail shiner, sheepshead, yellow walleye (hereafter termed walleye), gizzard shad, and alewife. In a similar manner, stomach...
Releasing-addition method for the flame-photometric determination of calcium in thermal waters
J.J. Rowe
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 915-923
Study of the interferences of silica and sulfate in the flame-photometric determination of calcium in thermal waters has led to the development of a method requiring no prior chemical separations. The interference effects of silica, sulfate, potassium, sodium, aluminum, and phosphate are overcome by an addition technique coupled with the...
Quality of water, Upper Colorado River Basin: Progress report
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
1963, Report
No abstract available....
Selected hydrologic data, Tooele Valley, Tooele County, Utah
Joseph S. Gates
1963, Utah Basic-Data Report 7
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources, and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1958-63 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
Selected hydrologic data, Jordan Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah
I. Wendell Marine, Don Price
1963, Utah Basic-Data Report 4
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1956-59 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
