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- Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey of Lubbock and Plainview National Topographic Maps, NW Texas: Volume 2
- This document contains topographic maps for Lubbock and Plainview, Texas for an aerial radiometric and magnetic survey.
- Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey of the Lubbock and Plainview Geologic Atlas Areas of Texas: Volume 1. Summary Report
- From introduction: Geodata International, Incorporated, conducted an airborne gamma ray and total magnetic field survey of a region of Northwest Texas which covered the Lubbock and Plainview Geologic Atlas Maps. The area shown on Figure 1 was surveyed from an aircraft using large-volume radiation detectors with computer-controlled airborne equipment. Each map line was flown in an east-west direction with an average length of 120 miles. A total of 47 map lines were surveyed spaced at 3-mile intervals beginning at latitude 33000' and ending at latitude 350
- Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Survey of the Lubbock and Plainview National Topographic Maps, NW Texas, Vol. 3
- Report of the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration presenting aerial radiometric and magnetic survey data of the Lubbock and Plainview areas in northwest Texas.
- Analysis of Optically Excited Mercury Molecules
- Report presenting new measurement techniques used to obtain potential curves, f-values, and kinetic behavior for Hg2. The Hg2 molecule is representative of a class of molecules which have dissociative ground states and bound excited states. It can therefore be used as a prototype of this class of molecules which are of interest as potential new laser candidates. Because of the non-bound ground state, standard absorption spectroscopic techniques cannot be used to obtain the necessary information about the excited states.
- Argonne National Laboratory Division of Biological and Medical Research, Annual Report: 1975
- Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Division of Biological and Medical Research summarizing research an other activities. This report includes studies conducted during calendar year 1975 when the Division of Biological and Medical Research was initiating its responses to the challenge posed by the enlarged mission in the field of energy production of its principal sponsor, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration.
- Changes in Stratigraphic Nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1973
- A paper which provides a list of nomenclatural changes. The list also contains publications, the authors, and the names of the reports.
- Changes in Stratigraphic Nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1974
- A list of stratigraphic names adopted, revised, reinstated, and abandoned. The nomenclatural changes pertain to geology.
- Class Notes for a PL/I Course
- Presented here are notes for a course in PL/I. They might serve as a guide to those who are developing a course, or as class notes for that course. They might be useful as a textbook independent of any course; as such a textbook, however, they are not self-contained because of the built-in assumption that they will supplement lectures and be accompanied by manuals. Very nearly the full language is taught here, with the emphasis on concepts rather than practical details. Discussion of I/O is avoided until roughly the midpoint of the course. The hoped-for consequence for students is an enhanced perception and understanding of the many concepts and their logical relationships. The dawning of the age of transportability for PL/I programs gives the user a reason, for the first time, to avoid convenient but illegal language.
- Coal Surface Mining Reclamation Costs: Appalachian and Midwestern Coal Supply Districts
- Report issued by the U.S. Bureau of Mines discussing costs of strip mining reclamation. As stated in the introduction, "the Bureau of Mines has undertaken this study to determine, as accurately as possible, the actual costs of reclaiming strip mined land in conjunction with active mining operations" (p. 2). This report includes tables, illustrations, and photographs.
- Coughs Creek Tongue--A New Tongue of the Eocene Green River Formation, Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado
- A report about the Coughs Creek Tongue which is a sequence of light-gray marlstone, locally containing beds of sandstone and siltstone, in the upper part of the Green River Formation.
- Design and Potentials of the Californium-252 Radiation Facility at WES: Final Report
- Final report discussing a facility built to test californium-252 in research on moisture, density, and other properties of soil and rock in relation to engineering characteristics.
- Digital Model Simulation of the Glacial-Outwash Aquifer at Dayton, Ohio
- From introduction: The specific purpose of the digital model study was to develop a better understanding of the aquifer system and to show how it responds to various pumping stresses. The scope of the study was to develop a single-transmissive-layer model that could be used to evaluate the effects proposed ground-water development schemes would have on water levels.
- Digital Models of a Glacial Outwash Aquifer in the Pearl-Sallie Lakes Area, West-Central Minnesota
- From purpose and scope: The purpose of this investigation is to 1) study the hydrologic system in a glaciated terrain typified by numerous lakes, with particular focus on the effects of lake-ground-water interchange, 2) simulate the natural system by using two digital modeling methods--areal (map view) and vertical section, and 3) evaluate the utility of the models and determine the kinds and amount of basic data needed to obtain reasonable simulations.
- The Distribution and Occurrence of the Birds of Jackson County, Oregon, and Surrounding Areas
- Detailed descriptions of the species of birds of Jackson County, Oregon,
- Effects of Possible Compression Loading of EBR-II Subassemblies Due to Irradiation-Induced Swelling and Changes in Reactor Environment
- A condition of compression loading could possibly occur to a subassembly as a result of large length changes to irradiation-induced swelling and thermal expansion. The effects of axial compression loading on EBR-II experimental and driver-fuel subassemblies were evaluated. Compression tests that were performed on the slotted top fixture of a subassembly showed that a force of 2100 lb at 900 degrees F would close the slot enough so that the core-gripper blade would not fit into the slot. Such a slot closure would prevent the subassembly from being removed from the reactor with the core gripper.
- Feasibility Study for an Airborne High-Sensitivity Gamma-Ray Survey of Alaska: Phase 2 (Final) Report -- 1976-1979 Program
- "This study constitutes a determination of the extent to which it is feasible to use airborne, high-sensitivity gamma-ray spectrometer systems for uranium reconnaissance in the State of Alaska, and specification of a preliminary plan for surveying the entire state of the 1975-1979 time frame."--Page iii.
- A Gage Block Measurement Process Using Single Wavelength Interferometry
- Report describing the interferometric measurement process using a laser light source and a Kosters type gage block interferometer. Continuous evaluation and refinement of the process is aided by statistical treatment and control chart techniques. All error sources, both random and systematic, are evaluated and the process is maintained in a state of statistical control.
- Geohydrology of Baca and Southern Prowers Counties, Southeastern Colorado
- This is a sheet showing 3 maps of 3 different aquifers as well as stratigraphic sections and hydrographs of selected wells.
- Ground Water for Irrigation in the Viking Basin, West-Central Minnesota
- Abstract: The Viking Basin consists of six glacial outwash areas in Douglas, Ottertail, and Todd Counties, west-central Minnesota. Total area is 340 square miles (880 square kilometers). Soils are sandy and excessively well-drained. Crops grown on the outwash would benefit from supplemental irrigation. Irrigation supplies can be obtained from wells in the surface outwash aquifer in significant parts of the large outwash areas near Carlos and Parkers Prairie and the small outwash area near Clotho. Irrigation supplies are unlikely in the outwash areas near Alexandria, Urbank, and Rose City. Major use of ground water for irrigation may lower ground-water levels sufficiently to affect lake and marsh levels and streamflow out of the irrigation areas. Water from the outwash is of excellent chemical quality for irrigation.
- Hydraulic Characteristics and Water-Supply Potential of the May 1975 Aquifers in the Vicinity of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, South Bend, Indiana
- Abstract: An intensive study was made of a 24-square mile (62-square kilometer) area surrounding the South Bend wastewater treatment plant to document the effects of dewatering about 40 feet (12 meter) of the 130-feet (40-meter) thick aquifer during construction at the plant, define the hydrologic system in order to allow development of a predictive model and select and evaluate one possible water-supply development plan as a model demonstration. Model-simulated water levels agree very well with those observed, both before and during dewatering. Model results indicate that the hydrologic system can sustain withdrawal of 28 million gallons per day (106,300 cubic meter per day) indefinitely with little effect on ground-water levels. The quantity that would be diverted from the St. Joseph River is less than 10 percent of the estimated minimum daily flow.
- Hydrology of Malheur Lake, Harney County, Southeastern Oregon
- Abstract: The various components of inflow and outflow to and from the lake and their relative magnitudes were identified. In 1972 water year the total inflow to the lake was 200,000 acre-feet, but it was only 75,000 acre-feet in 1973 water year. In 1972 water year the Donner and Blitzen River contributed 55 percent of the inflow, with Silvies River, direct precipitation, and Sodhouse Spring contributing 28, 13, and 4 percent respectively. Om 1973 the Donner and Blitzen River contributed 61 percent of the inflow. The Silvies River, direct precipitation, and Sodhouse Spring contributed 1, 25, and 12 percent respectively. Ground-water inflow, other than Sodhouse Spring, appears to be negligible. In 1972 water year, 81 percent of the outflow was by evapotranspiration and 19 percent was surface outflow through The Narrows. In 1973, 96 percent of the outflow was by evapotranspiration and 4 percent was surface outflow through The Narrows. Ground-water outflow is negligible.
- Hydrology of the Albemarle-Pamlico Region, North Carolina -- a Preliminary Report on the Impact of Agricultural Developments
- From abstract: Extensive agricultural land clearing and drainage operations underway in a 650 square mile part of the Albemarle-Pamlico region--a 1,634 square mile peninsula in North Carolina lying between Albemarle Sound on the North and the Pamlico River on the south--are changing the hydrology of the area. The artificial drainage system being constructed in the region, although it will probably result in only a slight modification of the natural annual evatranspiration, overland runoff, and ground-water discharge, will likely result in several important problems.
- Hydrology of the Lake Wingra Basin, Dane County, Wisconsin
- From introduction: The purpose of this report is to describe the hydrologic system in the Lake Wingra basin, with particular emphasis on the hydrolic budget of the lake itself.
- Index of Generic Names of Fossil Plants 1966-1973
- An index of names of new fossil plant genera found in literature between 1966 and 1973 which is now included in the pendium Index of Paleobotany.
- Interactions of High Energy Particles With Nuclei
- Report discussing elastic scattering and diffractive production processes induced in nuclear targets by high energy projectiles. Special attention is paid to the interaction of high energy hadrons and photons. The common features of all these processes are emphasized throughout the article: The multiple scattering and shadowing processes inside of the target nuclei. An effort is made to develop a unified way of treating nuclear interactions of particles which are either hadrons or exhibit some hadronic components in such interactions.
- Investigation of Nonmetallic Waterstops Report 9: Final Report of Effect of Exposure
- Final report describing the results of experiments to test samples of rubber, synthetic rubber, and polyvinylchloride (PVC) to determine their suitability for use in nonmetallic waterstops. During the tests, each of the samples was exposed to various conditions and environments before evaluation. This report discusses longer exposures of materials, to follow the previous report in the series discussing an evaluation of the same tests.
- Measurement Assurance Program - A Case Study: Length Measurements. Part 1. Long Gage Blocks (5 in to 20 in)
- From Abstract and Introduction: "This paper is, in essence, a report on the extension of the techniques first suggested in NBS Monograph 103 "Realistic Uncertainties and the Mass Measurement Process" to the area of length measurement. This paper covers the progress to date on the long gage blocks (from 5 to 20 in the length). The purpose of this purpose is to verify the closure between the "old" process and the "new" process, and to describe the present "points of departure" upon which some of the current assigned length values are based."
- The Miocene Aquifer System in Mississippi
- From introduction: A large amount of information is available on the aquifers of Mississippi. Reports resulting from various areal studies have described the ground-water resources of the areas concerned, but no reports dealing specifically with statewide occurrence of individual aquifer systems have been prepared previously. A series of "aquifer atlases" was deemed the most effective way to point out the character, the potential, and the extent of development of the aquifers and thereby provide water managers with data needed for efficient utilization of available resources. This report on Miocene aquifer system is the first in the series.
- Nondestructive Vibratory Testing of Airport Pavements: Volume 1, Experimental Test Results and Development of Evaluation Methodology and Procedure
- From abstract: Conventional direct sampling methods of airport pavement evaluation interfere with aircraft operations; therefore, an evaluation procedure based on nondestructive vibratory testing was developed.
- Occurrence of Pesticide Residues in Four Streams Draining Different Land-Use Areas in Pennsylvania
- From introduction: This study was conducted to determine the relative degree of pesticide contamination in four small drainage basins and to determine if pesticide residues were present in amounts that could be hazardous to humans or detrimental to aquatic life.
- The People's Republic of China: A New Industrial Power with a Strong Mineral Base
- The following report summarizes the overall outlook and significance of Chinese mineral resources and development.
- Physical Hydraulic Models: Assessment of Predictive Capabilities; Report 1: Hydrodynamics of the Delaware River Estuary Model
- Partial abstract: The purpose of this study is to define the reliability with which results of tests conducted in a physical model of the Delaware River Estuary can be used to predict the effects of modifications to the estuary. The Delaware River model at the Waterways Experiment Station was used to conduct tests to predict the effects of the navigation channel enlargement between Philadelphia and Trenton, and the results of the tests are compared with subsequent prototype data to determine the accuracy of the model predictions.
- Piping in Earth Dams Constructed of Dispersive Clay: Literature Review and Design of Laboratory Tests
- Report providing a literature review and information about the design and constuction of laboratory tests and procedures to assess the susceptibility of homogenous earth dams to dispersive clay piping.
- Potential Uranium Host Rocks and Structures in the Central Great Plains
- From introduction: This report covers the results of an ERDA-sponsored study to provide a preliminary evaluation of the uranium potential of the central portion of the Great Plains. It was carried out by the University of Kansas under contract number AT (05-1)-1642. This work is part of the ERDA National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program. Texas Instruments Incorporated contributed to the study as a subcontractor.
- Radiological and Environmental Research Division Annual Report: Part 1, Fundamental Molecular Physics and Chemistry, July 1975-September 1976
- Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Radiological and Environmental Research Division regarding activities related to molecular physics and chemistry. The papers in the present volume are ordered in accordance with the subjects treated. Papers 1-6 concern electron energy-loss spectroscopy; papers 7-24 photoabsorption, photoionization, and photoelectron analysis; papers 25-34 electron collisions and related topics; papers 35-36 the delivery of radiation energy to matter; and papers 37-40 energetic collisions of atoms and molecules.
- Radiological and Environmental Research Division Annual Report: Part 3, Ecology, January-December 1975
- Annual report of the Argonne National Laboratory Radiological and Environmental Research Division regarding activities related to ecology. This report includes a study of the effect of phosphorus on cadmium accumulation by exposure to 3-week-old soybeans to 0.5 ppm cadmium in the presence of added phosphate in a standard Hoagland nutrient solution for 2 days.
- Reactor Safety Study: An Assessment of Accident Risks in U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants, Appendices 3 and 4
- From section 1: In the quantitative system probability estimates performed in this study, component behavior data in the form of failure rates and repair times are required as inputs to the system models. Since the goal of this study is risk assessment, as opposed to reliability analysis, larger errors (e.g. order of magnitude type accuracy) can be tolerated in the quantified results. This has important implications on the treatment of available data. In standard reliability analysis, point values (i.e., "best-estimates") are generally used for both data and results in quantifying the system model. In risk assessment, since results accurate to about an order of magnitude are sufficient, data and results using random variable and probabilistic approaches, can be usefully employed. The base of applicable failure rate data is thus significantly broadened since data with large error spreads and uncertainties can now be utilized. The data and associated material that were assembled for use in this study and that are presented here are to be used in the random variable framework (which will be described). The data and the accompanying framework are deemed sufficient for the study's needs. Care must be taken, however, since this data may not be sufficiently detailed, or accurate enough for use in general quantitative reliability models.
- Reactor Safety Study: An Assessment of Accident Risks in U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Plants, Appendix 1
- From introduction: In conventional safety analyses, a suitable design basis, including redundancy, is specified to assure a minimum level of operability of ESFs, and the likelihood or consequences of total failure of ESFs are not considered further. In this study all failures are considered possible, but appropriate probabilities are assigned to them. Thus, many potential accident sequences are described in the following discussions as if they will surely occur, with no reservations expressed as to their likelihood or significance. However, most of these sequences have such low probability that they do not contribute to the overall risk from reactor accidents. In fact, in order to make an overall risk assessment, a major task of this study was to identify the sequences that are the dominant contributors to risk. In this study the initial failures or initiating events that could lead to significant consequences were examined to varying degrees. Those that seemed to contribute significantly to potential risks were analyzed in considerable detail; those that did not, received less detailed consideration. This is discussed more fully in section 3 of this appendix.
- Relativistic Many-Body Bound Systems
- Report containing "[t]he principles and the mathematical details of a fully relativistic nuclear theory" (p. v). Appendix begins on page 124.
- The Role of Standard Reference Materials in Measurement Systems
- Report is a guide to Standard Reference Materials (SRM's) and should be useful to all users of SRM's particularly those in countries developing national measurement systems. It is not intended to be an exhaustive description of the NBS-SRM program, but rather a review of the role SRM's play in the measurement system, how SRM's are certified, and what the certification means. To illustrate the use of SRM's, several selected industries are described in which SRM's have made significant contributions.
- The Rotary-Vane Attenuator as an Interlaboratory Standard
- From Abstract: "This paper presents a comprehensive report on the measurement and the use of rotary-vane attenuator as an interlaboratory standard."
- Scour at Selected Bridge Sites in Alaska
- From introduction: The purpose of this report is to describe the results of the data collection at these bridge sites and compare the results with existing laboratory and field data and with those results predicted from selected scour formulas.
- The Screech Owl, its Life History and Population Ecology in Northern Ohio
- Brief summary of the screech owl in northern Ohio, including food habits, migration and dispersal, breeding biology, population dynamics, pesticides and pollution, polymorphism, status of population,
- South Loop New Town Urban Pollutant Study: Status Report. Comparison of Two Proposed Franklin St. Connector Alternatives
- Preliminary results are given of a study of probable carbon monoxide pollution concentrations in the South Loop area that may arise from either of two alternative Franklin Street Connector plans proposed by the Chicago Bureau of Street Traffic and by Alan M. Voorhees and Associates.
- The Sparta Aquifer System in Mississippi
- This report of figures and tables is the first on the entirety of aquifers in Mississippi.
- Standard X-ray Diffraction Powder Patterns: Section 12. Data for 57 Substances
- Report documenting standard x-ray diffraction powder patterns for various compounds, intended to replace previous data or provide information for new substances. It describes the methods and, for each substance, outlines any previous data as well as information about the sample used and structural data, with a table of diffraction patterns.
- Stream Reconnaissance for Nutrients and Other Water-Quality Parameters, Greater Pittsburgh Region, Pennsylvania
- Abstract: Eighty-five stream sites in and near the six-county Greater Pittsburgh Region were sampled in mid-June 1971 and again in mid-October 1972. Concentrations of inorganic nitrogen, organic carbon, or phosphorus were high enough to indicate potential problems at about a quarter of the sampling sites. Temperature, dissolved oxygen, and pH values indicated a generally favorable capacity for recovery from degradation, although a number of streams east of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers are marginal or lacking. Regionally, sulfate is the dominant ion and was observed in concentrations of 40 milligrams per liter or more at 90 percent of the sites. Bicarbonate exceeded 100 milligrams per liter at 22 sites. A moderate to high degree of mineralization is indicated by conductance readings of more than 500 micromhos per centimeter at half of the sampling sites.
- Study of Clay Shale Slopes Along the Panama Canal, Report 3: Engineering Analyses of Slides and Strength Properties of Clay Shales Along the Gaillard Cut
- "The results of the engineering studies and analyses which provide guidance on shear strength parameters applicable to the stability evaluation of existing slopes along the Gaillard Cut, the effects of future modifications, and evaluation of newly excavated slopes in clay shales are summarized in this report" (abstract). This report includes the appendices containing enginering data, characteristics of materials, analysis of past slides, active slopes, and hydrographic survey data.
- Study of Low-Grade Uranium Resources of the Coso Formation, Owens Valley, California
- This report presents the results of a surface investigation and favorability study of low-grade uranium deposits in the Coso Formation in Owens Valley, California that were explored between 1954 and 1956.
- Subsurface Stratigraphy and Uranium-Vanadium Favorability of the Morrison Formation, Sage Plain Area, Southeastern Utah and Southwestern Colorado
- Introduction: This report presents the results of a subsurface uranium favorability study of the Morrison Formation in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah. The project began November 1, 1974 and was concluded April 11, 1975. The study was carried out under the auspices of the Grand Junction Office of the Energy and Research Development Administration (ERDA).