A method for estimating intermediate and long-term risks from volcanic activity, with an example from Mount St. Helens, Washington
C. G. Newhall
1982, Open-File Report 82-396
Damage in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California, in the earthquake of 18 April 1906
Robert Nason
1982, Open-File Report 82-63
Approximate altitude of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston area, Texas, spring 1982
C.E. Ranzau Jr., Jeffrey L. Strause
1982, Open-File Report 82-559
The purpose of this report, which was prepared in cooperation with the City of Houston, the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, and the Texas Department of Water Resources, is to show the altitudes of water levels in wells in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area. The...
A model for hydrostatic consolidation of Pierre Shale
W. Z. Savage
1982, Open-File Report 82-1058
USGS Mineralogy Laboratory user's guide to the TECO editing program for the DEC RT-11 operating system; Part C
R.E. Phillips, P. L. Hauff
1982, Open-File Report 82-177
GLORIA sidescan and seismic data collected by the DESV STARELLA along the continental slope and upper continental rise of the Eastern United States in 1979
Kathryn M. Scanlon
1982, Open-File Report 82-1095
A cruise on the- DESV STARELLA was conducted between October 23. 1979, and November 8, 1979, by the U.S. Geologic.al Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the United Kingdom's Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (IOS). The purpose of the study was to gain an overview of the morphology of large areas of...
Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 1981, to November 30, 1982
Francis T. Schaefer, Robert E. Fish
1982, Open-File Report 83-538
The Amended Decree of the Supreme Court of the United States in 1954 established the position of Delaware River Master to administer provisions of the decree relative to diversions from the Delaware by the City of New York and the State of New Jersey , and releases from reservoirs of...
List of published articles on mineralogy and geochemistry for which translations by U.S. Geological Survey members are deposited at the USGS Library in Reston, Virginia
Constance M. Schafer, Constance J. Conte, Michael Fleischer
1982, Open-File Report 82-982
No abstract available....
Ground-water quality in east-central Idaho valleys
D. J. Parliman
1982, Open-File Report 81-1011
From May through November 1978, water quality, geologic, and hydrologic data were collected for 108 wells in the Lemhi, Pahsimeroi, Salman River (Stanley to Salmon), Big Lost River, and Little Lost River valleys in east-central Idaho. Data were assembled to define, on a reconnaissance level, water-quality conditions in major aquifers...
Regional neotectonic analysis of the Sonoran Desert
B. A. Schell, K. L. Wilson
1982, Open-File Report 82-57
No abstract available....
Continuous water sampling and water analysis in estuaries
L. E. Schemel, L.A. Dedini
1982, Open-File Report 82-551
Salinity, temperature, light transmission, oxygen saturation, pH, pCO2, chlorophyll a fluorescence, and the concentrations of nitrate, nitrite, dissolved silica, orthophosphate, and ammonia are continuously measured with a system designed primarily for estuarine studies. Near-surface water (2-m depth) is sampled continuously while the vessel is underway; on station, water to depths...
Petrographic study of sandstones from measured sections of the Morrison Formation and related units, southwestern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
L.J. Schmitt
1982, Open-File Report 82-991
Fluid-inclusion data on samples from Creede, Colorado, in relation to mineral paragenesis
T.L. Woods, Edwin Roedder, P. M. Bethke
1982, Open-File Report 82-313
Published and unpublished data on 2575 fluid inclusions in ore and gangue minerals from the Creede, Colorado, Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu vein deposit collected in our laboratories from 1959 to 1981 have shown that the average salinity (wt. % NaCl equivalent, hereinafter termed wt.% eq.) and homogenization temperature (Th), and the ranges of...
Water resources of the Ochlockonee River area, northwest Florida
Charles A. Pascale, Jeffry R. Wagner
1982, Open-File Report 81-1121
The Ochlockonee River area comprises about 1,420 square miles in the panhandle of northwest Florida. In 1975, the population of the area was about 48,000. Water use averaged 11.4 million gallons per day; about half was pumped from wells and half from streams.The area receives 57 inches of precipitation per...
Application of computer graphics to generate coal resources of the Cache coal bed, Recluse geologic model area, Campbell County, Wyoming
G. B. Schneider, S.S. Crowley, M.A. Carey
1982, Open-File Report 82-402
Low-sulfur subbituminous coal resources have been calculated, using both manual and computer methods, for the Cache coal bed in the Recluse Model Area, which covers the White Tail Butte, Pitch Draw, Recluse, and Homestead Draw SW 7 1/2 minute quadrangles, Campbell County, Wyoming. Approximately 275 coal thickness measurements obtained from...
Discussion of proposed rule in Federal Register, 10 CFR Part 60, pertaining to ground-water travel time; an appendix to report by Sandia National Laboratories to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, assessing the technical criteria for geologic disposal of high-level radioactive waste
Robert Schneider
1982, Open-File Report 82-626
U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal; fiscal year 1980
Robert Schneider, N.J. Trask
1982, Open-File Report 82-509
The report summarizes progress on geologic and hydrologic research related to the disposal of radioactive wastes. The research is described according to whether it is related most directly to: (1) High-level and transuranic wastes; (2) Low-level wastes, or (3) Uranium mill tailings. Included is research applicable to the identification and...
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, December 1982
J.B. Townshend, J.E. Papp, E.A. Sauter, L.Y. Torrence
1982, Open-File Report 82-300-L
Quality of runoff from small watersheds in the Twin Cities metropolitan area, Minnesota: Hydrologic data for 1980
G. A. Payne, M. A. Ayers, R. G. Brown
1982, Open-File Report 82-504
An intensive study of nonpoint-source runoff was conducted in the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Minnesota during 1980. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationships between land use, watershed characteristics, and the quantity, quality, and timing of runoff. Discharge and water-quality data were collected at 19 sites located...
MRNIDX - Marine Data Index: Database Description, Operation, Retrieval, and Display
Valerie F. Paskevich
1982, Open-File Report 82-397
A database referencing the location and content of data stored on magnetic medium was designed to assist in the indexing of time-series and spatially dependent marine geophysical data collected or processed by the U. S. Geological Survey. The database was designed and created for input to the Geologic Retrieval and...
Gravity observations in the Walker Lake 1 degree x 2 degrees Quadrangle, California-Nevada
Donald Plouff
1982, Open-File Report 82-405
Land use and land cover and associated maps for Tyler, Texas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Open-File Report 82-805
Earthquake hazard and prediction in NW Mexico and the California/Mexico border
Michael Reichle, J.N. Brune
1982, Open-File Report 82-62
Aspects of the palynology of the Chinle Formation (Upper Triassic), Colorado Plateau, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico
Richard A. Scott
1982, Open-File Report 82-937
This study deals with 16 palynological samples from Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, that represent six members of the Chinle Formation of Late Triassic age. The samples, in ascending sequence, show a gradual change in the spore-bisaccate ratio from a preponderance of spores to numerical dominance of bisaccate pollen grains....
Results of USGS oil-shale core drilling in the eastern Uinta Basin; Red Wash-1 drill hole
R. W. Scott, M. P. Pantea
1982, Open-File Report 82-965