Ideas for clear technical writing
B.P. Robinson
1984, Open-File Report 83-867
The three greatest obstacles to clear technical-report writing are probably (1) imprecise words, (2) wordiness, and (3) poorly constructed sentences. Examples of category 1 include abstract words, jargon, and vogue words; of category 2, sentences containing impersonal construction superfluous words; and of category 3, sentences lacking parallel construction and proper...
Assessment of undiscovered conventionally recoverable petroleum resources of Australia
E. W. Scott
1984, Open-File Report 84-214
Primer on improving the state of earthquake hazards mitigation and preparedness
P. L. Gori
1984, Open-File Report 84-772
Hydrology of area 45, northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain coal provinces, Montana and North Dakota
Steven E. Slagle, and others
1984, Open-File Report 83-527
Activities of the Alaska District, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984
E.F. Snyder
1984, Open-File Report 84-246
Twenty-two projects active in 1984 are described. Each description includes information on period of project, chief, funding sources, location, purpose, current status, and published or planned reports. The compilation also contains a bibliography of reports published by the Alaska Distict from 1977 through 1983. (USGS)...
Earthquake Data Archiving and Retrieval System; reference manual
G.R. Crane, W.H. Lee, J.T. Newberry
1984, Open-File Report 84-840
Generalized geologic map of the Big Maria Mountains region, northeastern Riverside County, southeastern California
Warren Bell Hamilton
1984, Open-File Report 84-407
State hydrologic unit maps
P. R. Seaber, F.P. Kapinos, G.L. Knapp
1984, Open-File Report 84-708
A set of maps depicting approved boundaries of, and numerical codes for, river-basin units of the United States has been developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. These ' State Hydrologic Unit Maps ' are four-color maps that present information on drainage, culture, hydrography, and hydrologic boundaries and codes: (1) the...
Hydrologic monitoring in the area of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi-Alabama, fiscal year 1983
Fred Morris III
1984, Open-File Report 84-717
Carbonate geology and hydrology of the Edwards Aquifer in the San Antonio area, Texas
R.W. Maclay, T. A. Small
1984, Open-File Report 83-537
Regional differences in the porosity and permeability of the Edwards aquiifer are related to three major depositional areas, the Maverick basin the Devils River trend, and the San Marcos platform, that existed during Early Cretaceous time. The rocks of the Maverick basin are predominantly deep basinal deposits of dense, homogeneous...
Summaries of technical reports, volume XVIII
M.L. Jacobson, T.R. Rodriguez
1984, Open-File Report 84-628
Proceedings of the Geologic and Hydrologic Hazards Training Program
M.E. Williams
1984, Open-File Report 84-760
East-west geologic cross section along the DeBarr Line, Anchorage, Alaska
H. R. Schmoll, W.W. Barnwell
1984, Open-File Report 84-791
United States earthquakes, 1972
J.L. Coffman, C. A. von Hake
1984, Open-File Report 84-972
X-ray mineralogy of cores from the North Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic continental slope and rise
L. J. Poppe
1984, Open-File Report 84-673
Differential-ground-motion array at Hollister Municipal Airport, California
G.N. Bycroft
1984, Open-File Report 83-327
Geological bibliography of the Juneau Project area, Alaska
S. L. Douglass, E.H. Cobb
1984, Open-File Report 84-564
Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles, southeastern Alaska
D. J. Grybeck, H. C. Berg, Susan M. Karl
1984, Open-File Report 84-837
A survey of the trace-metal content of Corbicula fluminea and associated sediments in the tidal Potomac River
G. Harrison
1984, Open-File Report 84-558
U.S. Geological Survey mini image processing system (MIPS)
P.S. Chavez Jr.
1984, Open-File Report 84-880
Geochemical data for Jurassic diabase and basalt of the northern Culpeper basin, Virginia
K. Y. Lee, B. D. Leavy, David Gottfried
1984, Open-File Report 84-771
Thermal studies at the Brantley Damsite on the Pecos River near Carlsbad, New Mexico
J.H. Sass
1984, Open-File Report 84-663
A Summary of U.S. Geological Survey marine geologic studies on the inner shelf of the Chukchi Sea, Alaska, summer 1982
T. E. Reiss, R. E. Hunter, R. L. Phillips
1984, Open-File Report 84-116
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Forsyth, Montana
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1984, Open-File Report 84-39
Fortran programs for properties of water and steam, and solubilities of solid silica phases
L.A. Keith, P.T. Delaney
1984, Open-File Report 84-690