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Geophysical Institute Annual Report 1973-74, Geophysical Institute

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The 1973-74 Geophysical Institute Annual Report presents an overview of the year’s scientific research achievements across the Institute’s disciplines, alongside operational summaries covering finances, administrative changes, and other key activities.

Pseudoscorpions Cavernicoles De La Macédoine, B. P. M. Ćurčić

International Journal of Speleology

A cavernicolous pseudoscorpion of the genus Neobisium Chamberlin 1930 is living in Kalina Dupka cave in the Bistra Highland of western Macedonia. This pseudoscorpion clearly differs from the other members of the subgenus Blothrus Schiodte 1849, and belongs to the new species N. (B.) princeps, the principal features of which are described in this study. The nearest relatives of this species are N. (B.) spelaeum (Schiodte) 1849, and N. (B.) stygium Beier 1931, both from Slovenian and Croatian caves. From chelal dentition N. (B.) princeps may be considered as the most primitive element of the princeps-stygium-spelaeum series. This new …

The Physical And Petrographic Characteristics Of Formcoke Produced Experimentally From Lignite And Subbituminous Coal, Bruce L. Ramsey

Theses and Dissertations

Formcoke was produced experimentally from a North Dakota lignite and a Wyoming subbituminous coal. The effect of initial charring temperature (600°C or 900°C), of char grain size (less than 18 mesh, less than 35 mesh, or less than 60 mesh), of briquetting pressure (1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 or 10,000 psi) of binder percentage (5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 per cent), and of final carbonization heating rate (18°C/:min, 12°C/min or 6°C/min) on formcoke briquet com pressive strength was studied.

A final carbonization heating rate of 6°C/min produced uniform shape briquets. Rates of 12°C/min and 18°C/min …

Paleontology Of Brackish-Water Faunas In Two Tongues Of The Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian), Slope And Golden Valley Counties, Southwestern North Dakota, James B. Van Alstine

Theses and Dissertations

In June and July, 1972, four stratigraphic sections were mea sured and described in Slope and Golden Valley Counties, southwestern North Dakota. Within the sections, the Cannonball and Ludlow Formations are recognized. The Cannonball consists of two tongues in the upper part of the Ludlow (perhaps equivalent to the Lebo Member), separated stratigraphically by about 30 roof Ludlow. The U tongue (upper tongue in the study area) is up to 11. 7 m thick. The L tongue (lower tongue. in the study area) is up to 3.8 m thick. The Cannonball is composed mostly of mudstones and the Ludlow consists …

1974 Potassium Soil Test Calibration Trials 1. Soil Analysis, W. J. Cox

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Site details - 74AL1, 74AL2, 74DE1, 74DE2, 73DE3, 73DE4, 73DE5, 73DE6, 74MA1, 74MA2, 74MA3, 74BU1, 74BU2, 74BU3, 74BU4, 74BY1, 74BY2, 74BY3, 74HA1, 74HA2, 74HA3, 74AR1, 74AR2, 74M01, 74M02, 74M03, 74NA1, 74NA2. 1974 Soil analyses. I. % Gravel, bulk density and ph measurements. I (a) Moisture characteristics. II. Measures of Available potassium. III. CSBP results.

Summary Of 1974 Phosphorus And Sulphur Group, J W. Bowden, B. Scurr, R Lunt

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Stocking x Super Rate - Merredin - 66M30. Twitcham - 62MB9. Kojonup - 68BR7. Maintenance P x S Trials - I. Residual Value - 66N07 and 66ME3. II. Wheatbelt Rate Trials - 67N011, 66LG1, 68LG1, 67NO5, 6NA3, 67GE2, 66M06 and 67M01. III. Wheatbelt Research Stations and Farmers- 65C5, 65A1, 65N5,69WH15 and 66N09. IV. Higher Rainfall Area Trials - 68B1, 68BU2, 68BR5,68AL3, 69E6, 69AL2 and 69AL3. Miscellaneous Trials - 74GE2, 74GE4, 74GE5,74JE3, 74LG4, 74M06, 74M07, 74TS3, 74NA3 74NA4, 74M07, 74TS4.

Interim Summary 1974 Experiments, M L. Poole

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Data presented for: 74MT38 - Variety Trial - New rape and radish varieties 74MT27 - Rates of seed, time of planting on Crambe abyssinica 74GE'1 ·- Time of Seeding X Rate of Nitrogen on Sunflowers. Oilseed and Grain Legumes under Summer Irrigation. Sunflower Progress Report. Safflower Progress Report. Response of Oilseed Crops to Climate. Introduction - The results given in this report provide an interim record of 1974 experimental work with oilseed crops. An essential part of oilseed trial programme is an evaluation of the quantity and quality of oil produced by different species and varieties under a range of …

Summary Of Experimental Work 1974, G Walton

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupinus albus cv WB2: Maximum yield response to 36 plants/m2 at Avondale (1973 and 1974) and Mt Barker Research Station in 1973 (achieved with 180 to 200 kg/ha seed rate), Maximum yield response to 48 plants/m2 at Chapman 1973 and 1974 and at Eradu 1974 (achieved with 220 tG 240 kg/ha). Very good yield results: Season - site Avondale 1973-3300, 1974-2250. kg/ha Chapman 1973-2800, 1974-2400. Mt Barker 1973-1900. 74A2 - Rates Of seeding for L, albus cv WB2. 74A21 - Rates of super on two lupin varieties. 74BR1 - Pasture regeneration after lupin survey. 74C4 - Rates of seeding L. …

1974 Potash Trials 2. Yield Data, W. J. Cox

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Experiment nos: 74AL1, 74AL2, 74AR1, 74AR2,74BU1, 74BU2, 74BU3, 74BU4, 74BY1, 74 BY2, 74BY3, 74DE1, 74DE2, 74DE3, 74DE4, 74DE5, 74DE6, 74HA1, 74HA2, 74HA3, 74MA1, 74MA2, 74MA3, 74MO1, 74MO2, 74MO3, 74NA1, 74NA2.

Dairying In W.A., Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

Bulletins - 3000 - 3999

Western Australia has a small dairy industry compared with its other rural production. However, the industry has consolidated over recent years.Tree clearing and pasture development on existing holdings and the amalgamation of small dairy farms has led to a rapid increase in the area of pasture per farm. The trend in Western Australia is towards bigger herds, more efficient dairies, more fodder conservation and increasing production per cow and per hectare. Commercial dairy farming in Western Australia is confined to the south-western corner of the State, south of Perth, extending in a 50-kilometre-wide strip along the coast to 50 kilometres …

1974 The Ecology And Control Of Doublegee (Emex Australis) And Emex Spinosa, D J. Gilbey

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

The objectives of the field experimental programme for 1974 were to - 1) Evaluate a technique to measure pasture loss as a result of doublegee infestation at Merredin, Wongan.Hills and Chapman. 2) Evaluate the effect of cultural and herbicide treatment combinations on the magnitude and distribution of viable doublegee seeds in the soil at Avondale, Merredin, Wongan Hills and Chapman. 3) Measure the magnitude and distribution of viable doublegee seeds in the soil from paddocks representing each year of a two crop, plus three year pastureley rotation at Avondale, Merredin, Wongan Hills and Chapman. 4) Screen herbicides for selective control …

Fallow Re-Assessment - Wheat Variety Investigations- Root Growth And Moisture Use, D Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

This report summarises progress and data available for the following investigations - Fallow Re-assessment - 72M29. Wheat Variety Investigations - Root Growth and Moisture Use. Location: Wongan Hills Research Station. Merredin Research Station.

Lupin Agronomy: Time Of Planting, Seeding Rate And Variety In A Long Season Area., M. W. Perry

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

To evaluate lupin varieties and agronomic practices in a long season district using a factorial experimental design. 74A16a Location - Warriup 57 km E. of .Albany. 74A16b Green Range, 70 km E. of Albany. Time of Planting (4) Seeding Rates (4) Varieties (4) Fertiliser.

Spotlight On Mineral Stamps, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Pesticide Effects In A Simulated Soil Ecosystem, Raymond J. Samp

Masters Theses

The screening of pesticides to determine which were most inhibitory to bacteria was accomplished by testing the effects of 10 pesticides on 9 different organisms using the disk assay method. Results showed that Gram positive bacteria were more sensitive to all pesticides tested than were the Gram negative bacteria. In addition, the hormone herbicides were found to be the most inhibitory to these bacteria and 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid), a hormone herbicide, was chosen for subsequent in vivo studies.

A soil perfusion apparatus was used to determine the effects of 2,4-D in a typical soil ecosystem. Bacterial plate counts and nutrient …

Conodonts Of The Mecca Quarry Shale, Timothy Charles O'Neill

Masters Theses

Conodonts were found to be abundant in the Middle Pennsylvanian, Mecca Quarry Shale, Parke County, Indiana. Nine forms were identified in this black fissile shale from a locality along Montgomery Creek near the town of Mecca. These elements are: Hindeodella parva, Idiognathodus delacatus, Gondolella sp. a, Ozarkodina delacatula, Lonchodina clarki, Ligonodina typa, Lonchodus simplex, Metalonchodina bidentata, and Neoprioniodus conjunctus.

Ratios of elements to each other were determined and used to arrive at an idea of what conodont assemblages were present. At least three asemblages are presented; Scottognathus, Duboisella, and Illinella …

Biology And Ecology Of The El Convento Cave-Spring System (Puerto Rico), G. Nicholas

International Journal of Speleology

The El Convento Cave-Spring System is located at the head of the Quebrada de Los Cedros, approximately 20 km. west of Ponce, southwestern Puerto Rico. Although situated in an arid environment, the gorge receives sufficient moisture from the cave-spring system to support an abundant flora, with Bucida buceras and Bursera simaruba as the dominant trees. The cave is frequently flooded and possesses a rich nutrient substrate in the form of bat guano. Numerous orthopterans (Aspiduchus cavernicola and Amphiacusta annulipes), decapoda (Macrobrachium carcinus and Epilobocera sinuatifrons), and chiroptera (Brachyphylla cavernarum and Artebius jamaicensis) are present. …

Un Nouvel Asellide Interstitiel D'Espagne Méridionale Bragasellus Boui N. Sp. (Crustacea Isopoda Asellota) Et Considérations Sur Les Genres Européens D'Asellides, Jean-Paul Henry, Guy Magniez

International Journal of Speleology

Description of a new, unpigmented and eyeless Asellid, belonging to the iberian genus Bragasellus Henry et Magniez, 1968. Bragasellus boui, n.sp., lives on the bottom of a river that is a tributary of Guadalquivir River (Southern Spain). Bragasellus, Proasellus, Stygasellus and Synasellus are four genuine phyletic lines of European Asellidae, all of them independent of each other, and the authors confirm their validity as true genera.

Geology And Hydrology Of The El Converto Cave-Spring System, Southwestern Puerto Rico, Barry F. Beck

International Journal of Speleology

Whereas the North Coast Tertiary Limestones of Puerto Rico are classic karst locales, their southern counterparts are almost devoid of karst development. The El Convento Cave-Spring System is the most prominent feature of the only large scale karst area developed on the South Coast Tertiary limestones. The karst topography is localized on the middle Juana Diaz Formation, which is a reef facies limestone, apparently because of the high density and low permeability of this zone as compared to the surrounding chalks and marls. In the El Convento System a sinking ephemeral stream combines with the flow from two perennial springs …

Guidebook To The 1974 Spring Field Trip Of The Nebraska Geological Society, G.R. Svoboda

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Inventory Of Mining Operations In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett, Duane A. Eversoll

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Predicted Water-Level Declines For Alternative Groundwater Developments In The Upper Big Blue River Basin, Nebraska, P. W. Huntoon

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Geology Tour Of Lancaster County, Nebraska, Conservation Survey Division

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Location Of Registered Irrigation Wells In Nebraska As Of 1974

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Geology Tour Of Lancaster County, Nebraska

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Coexisting Actinolite And Hornblende From West-Central New Hampshire, John B. Brady

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

The coexistence of actinolite and hornblende and of cummingtonite and hornblende has been observed in garnet-zone and staurolite-kyanite-zone amphibolites of the Ammonoosuc Volcanics near Hanover, New Hampshire. The amphibole pairs occur both as separate grains and as intergrowths with boundaries that are optically and chemically sharp, but geometrically irregular; no exsolution lamellae were observed.Electron microprobe analyses of the amphibole pairs show that: (1) hornblende is richer in Al, Na, K, Ti, and Fea+,and has a lower Mg/(Me f Fe) ratio than the coexisting actinolite; (2) hornblende is enriched in Al, Na, and Ca, but has a similar Mel(Mg f Fe) …

An Analysis Of The Bourbeuse River As A Source Of Concrete Aggregate., David John Lexa

Masters Theses

"This thesis represents a study made to evaluate the sand and gravel deposits of the Bourbeuse River as a source of concrete aggregate. The Meramec River has long been a major source of aggregate in Missouri; however, proposed dam construction will limit the quantity available for exploitation. The Bourbeuse River, a tributary of the Meramec, was chosen for evaluation as an alternate source.

The study was conducted in two parts: an estimation of available quantity; a determination of the quality of the material. Quantity of material was estimated through an analysis of drill logs, correlated with the results of basic …

Heavy And Alkali Metal Content Of Surface And Ground Waters In The Joplin Area, Missouri., Edwin Joseph Garrison

Masters Theses

"Over 50 water samples were collected in the fall and spring from springs, streams, lakes and selected water wells within a radius of six miles from the population center of Joplin, Missouri, which lies within the formerly active Tri-State mining district. The samples were analyzed for Ca, Mg, Na, K, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Fe and Hg. Water well samples represent deep (Cambrian-Ordovician) and shallow (Mississippian) rock sources. Statistical evaluations of the data were conducted to help delineate the patterns and causes of metal variations.

The Ca, Mg, Na, K, Zn and Fe concentrations, listed in descending order of abundance, …

Mercury Distribution In A Massive Sulfide Ore Deposit At Balmat, New York, David Ray Jessey

Masters Theses

"Ore samples consisting of diamond drill core and mine samples, collected from several Balmat ore bodies, were analyzed for their mercury content. The average contents in these ore bodies were found, in ppb, to be: Upper Gleason, 829; Middle and Lower Gleason, 504; Loomis, 546; Fowler, 195; No. 1 Zone, 37; Sylvia Lake, 59; No. 2 Mine, 5. If all of the mercury in these pyrite-sphalerite-galena ores occurs in the sphalerite, then the average sphalerite mercury contents, in ppb, are the following: Upper Gleason, 2490; Middle and Lower Gleason, 2516; Loomis, 2701; Fowler, 1376; No.1 Zone, 384; Sylvia Lake, 408; …

Interpretation Of Imagery Lineations, Logan Creek Area, Southeast Missouri, Gregory Paul Smith

Masters Theses

"Depletion of ore in Missouri's old lead districts and the opening of the state's new lead district adds impetus to understanding and delineating geologic structure in and adjacent to the new lead district. Image and geomorphic analysis, hydrologic data, and subsurface structural contour mapping are used in interpretation of geologic structure in Dent, Shannon, Reynolds, and Carter counties, Missouri. Unlike the time consuming surface geologic mapping, the modes of investigation used in this study enabled the writer to make a larger, regional-scale study with results comparable to those attainable by surface mapping. The area is covered by thick residual soils …