The habits and adaptation of the Oligocene saber tooth carnivore, Hoplophoneus
Jean Hough
1950, Professional Paper 221-H
Cretaceous plants from southwestern Colorado
Roland W. Brown
1950, Professional Paper 221-D
Pre-Wisconsin soil in the Rocky Mountain region; a progress report
Charles B. Hunt, V.P. Sokoloff
1950, Professional Paper 221-G
Progress report on the geology and ground-water hydrology of the Riverton Irrigation Project, Wyoming
D. A. Morris, W. H. Durum
1950, Open-File Report 50-85
Reconnaissance for trace elements in North Dakota and eastern Montana. Part 1. Geology and radioactivity. Part 2. Reserves and summary
Donald G. Wyant, Ernest P. Beroni
1950, Trace Elements Investigations 61
A reconnaissance for sources of radioactive material in North Dakota and eastern Montana was made in 1948. This reconnaissance was followed by a more detailed survey of parts of Golden Valley and Slope counties, southwestern North Dakota, in June 1949. The radioactivity of representative sections of all formations known to be...
Withdrawal of ground water and pond water on Long Island from 1904 to 1949
Norbert J. Lusczynski
1950, Open-File Report 50-83
For more than 50 years the highly productive and readily replenishable water-bearing sands and gravels on Long Island -- capable of yielding an average of at least 1,000 million gallons a day -- and also some surface streams and ponds have been utilized on a large scale of public water...
Reconnaissance of Lake Chackachamna, Alaska
Arthur Johnson
1950, Open-File Report 50-112
The purpose of this brief investigation was to obtain general information on Lake Chackachamna and its water-power possibilities which would serve as a guide in planning and executing future studies. Field investigation consisted of a flight to the lake in a small float plane (see Plate I-B) by the writer...
Water supply of the United States
Carl G. Paulsen
1950, Open-File Report 50-89
The front pages of the press throughout the country during the past several weeks have dramatized the critical water shortages in many parts of the Nation. The concerns that has grown in recent years over the future of our water supplies has been forcibly brought to the attention of the...
Water levels in observation wells in Santa Barbara County, California, in 1948
M.A. Warren
1950, Open-File Report 50-105
Memorandum on location of proposed well 15 miles north of Crown Point, McKinley County, New Mexico
H.A. Whitcomb, C.A. Repenning
1950, Open-File Report 50-10
Memorandum on possibility of developing ground water for irrigation along Toc Chinlin Wash near Emmanuel Mission, Navajo Indian Reservation, Apache County, Arizona
H.A. Whitcomb, C.A. Repenning
1950, Open-File Report 50-109
On November 21, 1949, the writers accompanied Mr. Chester Wilson of the Navajo Service Water Supply Office to Emmanuel Mission, Arizona, to investigate the adequacy of ground-water supplies adequate for irrigation along Toc Chinlin Wash. The investigation was made as part of the ground-water studies of the Geological Survey on...
Chemical composition of Texas surface waters, 1949
Burdge Irelan
1950, Open-File Report 50-78
This report is the fifth the a series of publications by the Texas Board of Water Engineers giving chemical analyses of the surface waters in the State of Texas. The samples for which data are given were collected between October 1, 1948 and September 30, 1949. During the water year...
Ground-water resources of the Mt. Savage area, Maryland
R. M. Overbeck
1950, Open-File Report 50-87
A law providing for the establishment of sanitary district in Allegany Count was passed by the Maryland State Legislature in 1949. In connection with the establishment of these district a commission, called the Allegany County Metropolitan Commission, was appointed on January 1, 1950. This commission is considering the construction of...
Delivery of water in the Brazos River from Possum Kingdom Reservoir to Richmond, Texas during August and September, 1948
D. E. Havelka
1950, Open-File Report 50-76
Unusual drought conditions in the summer of 1948 led the irrigators in the lower Brazos River Valley to request releases from Possum Kingdom Reservoir primarily for the irrigation of rice.The purpose of this study is to determine the time of travel. The first release is identified as that passing the...
Contour map showing altitude of bedrock surface in southern Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
J.B. Graham
1950, Open-File Report 50-73
Mineral constituents in water and their significance
T.B. Dover
1950, Open-File Report 50-69
Pure water does not exist in nature. Because water is a powerful solvent, every drop of rain water carries dissolved or suspended material - dust, pollen, and smoke, as well as the atmospheric gases, oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide. When rain falls, the water running over the rocks and percolating...
Additional water wells at Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Allen Sinnott
1950, Open-File Report 50-96
Gypsiferous deposits on Sheep Mountain, Alaska
Richard A. Eckhart
1950, Open-File Report 51-62
Gypsiferous deposits occur on the south side of Sheep fountain, 112 miles northeast of Anchorage via the Glenn Highway. Sheep Mountain is a high east trending, ridge, approximately 10 miles long and 3 miles wide. It is bordered on the west by Caribou Creek and on the east by Tahneta...
Bibliography of publications relating to ground water in Connecticut
R.V. Cushman
1950, Open-File Report 50-67
The United States Geological Survey is currently investigating the ground-water resources of Connecticut in cooperation with the State Water Commission. As part of this cooperative project, in order to summarize the knowledge already gained about ground water in the State, a bibliography of reports dealing with ground water in Connecticut...
Supplementary report on surface-water and ground-water surveys, Nueces River Basin, Texas
W. L. Broadhurst, C.E. Ellsworth
1950, Open-File Report 50-62
A report on the ground-water and surface-water surveys of the Nueces River Basin was included in a report by the Bureau of Reclamation, entitled "Comprehensive plan for water-resources development of the Nueces River Basin project planning report number 5-14.04-3, February 1946"....
Progress report: chemical character of surface waters in the Devils Lake Basin, North Dakota
Herbert A. Swenson
1950, Open-File Report 50-98
Devils Lake in northeastern North Dakota was at one time the most popular summer resort in the state. With decline in lake level the lake has become a shallow body pf vary saline water, which scenic value and recreational appeal completely destroyed. Under the Missouri River development program, it is...
Ground-water data collected in the Missouri River basin units in Kansas during 1949
Delmar W. Berry
1950, Open-File Report 50-55
Ground-water studies in the Missouri River Basin were begun by the United States Geological Survey during the fall of 1945 as a part of the program for development of the resources of the basin by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and other Federal Agencies. The studies of the ground-water resources...
Total intensity aeromagnetic map of De Kalb County, Indiana
William J. Dempsey, John R. Henderson Jr., R. T. Duffner
1950, Geophysical Investigations Map 23
No abstract available....
Aeromagnetic-geologic maps of Cranberry Lake, Starke, and Childwood quadrangles and part of Russel quadrangle, New York
J. R. Balsley Jr.
1950, Open-File Report 50-28
The District of Columbia, its rocks and their geologic history
Martha S. Carr
1950, Bulletin 967
No abstract available....