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Deep Ripping Effects On Cultivation Pans, Root Growth, Crop Growth, Soil Water Relations And Yields., D. Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Experiment programme. 77WH17, 82WH2, 82WH35, 82WH36, 81M52.

Grain Legume Agronomy Programme., G. H. Walton

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Lupin agronomy, Series l - Growth factor interactions. 82GE18, 82GE19, 82N038, 82N18, 82MA13. Lupin agronomy, Series 2 - Harvest index response to density 82GE20, 82M24. Lupin agronomy, nutrition, 82GE21, 82MA14, 82M017. Erregulla lupin rotation plots, 81M027, 81M029, 81M030. Grain legumes for wheatbelt rotations, 81GE6,81TS3, 81ME3, 81M05, 81MO14. Grain legume species trials, 81E30, 82NA31, 82JE23, 82E26, 82LG28. Low rainfall, medium soils pH 5.5 to 7.0, 82ME41, 82ES35, 82ES36, 82TS25, 82ME39. Sites that failed, 82GE23, 82ME40, 82JE18. Field pea agronomy, 82LG27, 82LG26. Oat/lupin mixtures for grain feed 82Bu9, 82Bu10, 82AL34. Oat/pea mixtures for hay, 82PE21, 82KA37. Fababean nodulation, 82MD16, 82MN25.

Row Spacing On Wheat Yield, M. L. Poole.

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

The main aim of these trials was to provide preliminary information on the effect of row spacing on wheat yield. 82M56, 82M57, 82N37, 82M54, 82M55, 82ME75, 82ME76, 82N36, 82LG4.

Sulphur Nutrition Of Pastures, Phosphorus And Potassium Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures On Deep Sands And Soil Acidity - High Rainfall Pastures., J. S. Yeates., M. F. Clarke

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Sulphur - high rain fall areas. Rates and time of application of sulphur as superphosphate to pastures. 79AL2, 79AL23, 79AL41, 82BY7, 82BY8, 82PE2. Sulphur rundown on heavy soils - 81BY1. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur to pastures. 80AL1, 80AL4, 81AL3, 81AL4. Sulphur - low rainfall areas. Sulphur on pastures 80JE16/17, 82AL9, 82KA4. Sulphur on crops 82ME68 (with G Fosberry). Phosphorus. Sources, rates, time of application of phosphorus on high rainfall deep sand pastures. 80AL2, 80ALS, 80AL15, 81AL5, 81KE2, 81MA4, 82AL10. Potassium. Sources, rates, time of application of potassium on high rainfall deep sand pastures. 80AL3, 80AL6, 81AL7, 81AL8. …

Geothermal Resources Of Nebraska, W. D. Gosnold, D. A. Eversoll

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Thickness And Structure Maps Of The Pennsylvanian And Permian Rocks Across Southern Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

New Plesiadapiform Primates From The Eocene Of Wyoming And Montana, Kenneth D. Rose, Thomas M. Bown

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Several recently discovered fossil specimens add to our knowledge of plesiadapiform primates.

The Fayum Primate Forest Revisited, Thomas M. Bown, Mary Kraus, Scott Wing, John Fleagle, Bruce H. Tiffney, Elwyn Simons, Carl F. Vondra

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

In Oligocene times, the Fayum area of northern Egypt was a subtropical to tropical lowland coastal plain with damp soils and seasonal rainfall that supported an abundance and variety of vegetation, including lianes (large vines), tall trees, and possibly mangroves, and a large and varied vertebrate fauna. The Oligocene marine strandline was close by and principal Jebel Qatrani Formation streams were probably brackish several kilometers inland due to tidal incursions. Sediments of the Jebel Qatrani Formation were deposited by several large meandering streams, associated with minor but sometimes extensive flood basin ponds. These rocks provide no evidence for the former …

Aftershocks Of The Coyote Lake, California, Earthquake Of August 6, 1979' A Detailed Study, P. Reasenberg, W. L. Ellsworth

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Aftershock hypocenters and focal mechanism solutions for the Coyote Lake, California, earthquake reveal a geometrically complex fault structure, consisting of multiples lip surfaces. The faulting surface principally consists of two right stepping en echelon, northwest trending, partially overlapping, nearly vertical sheets and is similar in geometry to a slip surface inferred for the 1966 Parkfield, California, earthquake. The overlap occurs near a prominent bend in the surface trace of the Calaveras fault at San Felipe Lake. Slip during the main rupture, as inferred from the distribution of early aftershocks, appears to have been confined to a 14-km portion of the …

The Distribution Of Natural Fractures And Joints At Depth In Crystalline Rock, Donald A. Seeburger, Mark D. Zoback

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

This paper presents the results of studies of the natural fracture distribution encountered in 10 test wells drilled in three areas of the United States. Seven of the wells were drilled to depths of 200-250m, while three were drilled to depths of about 1 km. Using an ultrasonic borehole televiewer, fracture depths, strikes, and dips were determined. Steeply dipping fractures were found throughout each of the wells, and in general, few horizontal fractures were observed. Statistically significant fracture pole concentrations were found for each well which were basically invariant with depth, although some variation of fracture orientation with depth was …

Implications Of An Elastic Analysis Of In Situ Stress Measurements Near The San Andreas Fault, A. Mcgarr, M. D. Zoback, T. C. Hanks

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Twenty-nine measurements of in situ stress obtained with the hydraulic fracturing technique near Palmdale, California, are the basis of an elastic analysis of the state of stress in the Mojave Desert adjacent to the San Andreas fault. The measurements were made at depths extending from 80 to 849 m and at distances from the fault between 2 and 34 km. The elastic solution indicates a state of deviatoric stress typical for continents in that the inferred depth gradient of the maximum shear stress is about 7.9 MPa/km. Extrapolation yields an average shear stress in the upper 14 km of the …

Petrology And Alteration In The Core Of The Bear Lodge Tertiary Intrusive Complex, Bear Lodge Mountains, Crook County, Wyoming, Michael Wilkinson

Theses and Dissertations

The Bear Lodge complex is an elongate, dome-shape uplift about 8.5 km long by 4 km wide, 10 km northwest of Sundance, Wyoming. The study area is centered about Warren Peaks and includes approximately 23 km2. The igneous intrusive core of the complex is mostly alkali trachyte but latite is abundant in the southern portion of the complex. Phonolite, pseudoleucite trachyte porphyry, and carbonatite dikes cut across the core. Precambrian granitic rocks and lower Paleozoic sedi mentary rocks flank the intrusion and occur as xenoliths.

The latite is relatively unaltered and consists mostly of oligo clase, andesine, alkali feldspar, salite, …

Analysis Of Petroleum Source Rocks Of The Bakken Formation (Devonian And Mississippian) In North Dakota, Rick L. Webster

Theses and Dissertations

The Bakken Formation of North Dakota consists of upper and lower, black, organic-rich shales separated by a calcareous siltstone middle member. The formation is a relatively thin unit (maximum thickness of 145 feet) with the lower shale .attaining a maximum thickness of 50 feet and the upper shale a maximum thickness of 23 feet. The shales are hard, siliceous, pyritic, fissile, and noncalcareous. They contain abundant conodonts and tasmanites and have planar laminations accented by pyrite. The upper and lower shales were apparently deposited in an offshore, marine, anoxic environment where anoxic conditions may have been caused by silling of …

Mineralogical, Textural, And Paragenetic Studies Of Selected Ore Deposits Of The Southeast Missouri Lead-Zinc-Copper District And Their Genetic Implications, Kenneth Bruce Horrall

Doctoral Dissertations

“A detailed paragenetic study of Pb-Zn-Cu ores from the Viburnum Number 28, Brushy Creek, and Goose Creek mines in the Southeast Missouri lead district indicates a complicated paragenesis characterized by repeated periods of mineral deposition. The sequence is composed of nineteen minerals including abundant galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, dolomite, calcite, and quartz and minor siegenite, bornite, bravoite, blaubleibender covellite, covellite, gersdorffite, digenite, enargite, tennantite, dickite, and malachite.

The paragenesis indicates that the ore solutions evolved in the following order: (1) Cu-rich, (2) Co-Ni-rich, (3) Pb-Zn-rich, and (4) Fe-rich. Subsequent repeated generations include cubic galena, later sphalerite, and minor crystalline …

Influence Of The Termite Macrotermes Michaelseni (Sjöst) On Soil Fertility And Vegetation In A Semi-Arid Savannah Ecosystem, M. A. Arshad

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The growth and species structure of vegetation in relation to the proximity of termite (M. michaelseni) mounds was studied in a semi-arid savannah ecosystem during 1978-1980. The dry matter yield in the termite-modified area at 1-10 m distance from mounds was significantly greater (P < 0.01) than that in the area beyond 22 m which is relatively unaffected by the termites. Themeda triandra and Digitaria scalarum, dominant grass species of the area, were totally absent in the 1-10 m zone around the mound. The major species in the immediate vicinity of the mound were Pennisetum stramineum and Cynodon dactylon, the latter was a dominant species (over 90%) within the 0-10 m zone and entirely absent beyond 15 m from the mound. The number of grass species increased from 2-3 species around the mound to 6-7 species in the area apparently beyond the influence of the mound. High concentration of nutrients and favourable water availability, together with good drainage, appeared to be the major causes of increased biomass and different species composition of vegetation around the mound. © 1982.

Observations On The Biology Of Cave Planarians Of The United States, Jerry H. Carpenter

International Journal of Speleology

Observations are made on the biology of several species of cave planarians (mostly of the family Kenkiidae) collected alive from over 50 caves in 14 states. Most of these species were maintained in laboratory cultures at 12°C±3°C. Food eaten was extremely variable. Functions of the anterior adhesive organ included food capture, locomotion, defence against predators, and probably chemoreception, mechanoreception, and as a holdfast in strong currents. Predators probably consist of fishes, crayfishes, and salamanders. Sporozoan and ciliated parasites were found occasionally. Cocoons were found in winter, spring, and summer; they hatched in about 3 months and contained 2 to 17 …

Paramexiweckelia, A New Genus Of Subterranean Amphipod Crustacean (Hadziidae) From Northern Mexico, John R. Holsinger

International Journal of Speleology

Paramexiweckelia, new genus, is described from a groundwater outlet in Cohauila, Mexico. The type-species, by monotypy, is Mexiweckelia particeps Holsinger. Based on the number of its plesiomorphic (ancestral) characters, this genus is the most primitive member of the family Hadziidae from the North American mainland.

Stenasellus Chapmani N. Sp. Crustacea Isopoda Asellota Des Eaux Souterraines De Bornéo (Sarawak), Guy Magniez

International Journal of Speleology

The females of a new species of Stenasellidae have been discovered in Snake Cave (= Gua Siput), in Sarawak, 4th Division, Malaysia (Gunong Mulu National Park, Borneo Island), by Mr. Philip Chapman, of Bristol, U.K., during an expedition of the Royal Geographical Society. The females of another larger species were known previously from several Cambodian caves. This suggests the existence of a general distribution of this family in the underground waters of the Peninsula and of the large Islands of the Indochinese Platform. Nevertheless, we must wait for the discovery of the males of these species to study their relationships, …

Sur Une Nouvelle Espèce Cavernicole Du Genre Cyathura (Isopoda, Anthuridae), (Résultats Zoologiques De La Mission Spéléologique Britannique En Papouasie-Nouvelle Guinée, 1975, 7), Stoitze Andreev

International Journal of Speleology

The present paper deals with the description of a new species of the genus Cyathura - C. beroni n.sp. - discovered in the caves in Papua New Guinea.

Absolute Population Censuses Of Cave-Dwelling Crickets: Congruence Between Mark-Recapture And Plot Density Estimates, Gianmaria Carchini, Mauro Rampini, Valerio Sbordoni

International Journal of Speleology

The absolute size, N, of a Dolichopoda geniculata population was estimated both by the Lincoln-Petersen index and the total count on sample plot methods in a natural cave in Central Italy. 19 pairs of estimates, obtained over 2 years, exhibit a seasonal pattern and a mean value of N ≈ 430. Differences between estimates obtained with the 2 methods are not significant (P > 0.8). These results, and data from the literature enable most of the major factors influencing the two types of estimates to be identified. Respective cases where methods may be preferably applied are suggested.

A Contribution To The Knowledge Of The Invertebrate Cave Faunas Of Venezuela: Invertebrate Faunas Of Tropical American Caves, Part 4, Stewart B. Peck

International Journal of Speleology

The invertebrate faunas of four caves in northern Venezuela were studied. Three were dry and one was a wet cave; but guano provided the base of the food chain in all four caves. The faunas in each were strikingly different. Of 24 non-accidental species of arthropods, all were judged to be troglophiles. All were scavengers except for 5 predators, one ectoparasite, and one parasitoid.

Variation Among Populations Of The Troglobitic Amphipod Crustacean Crangonyx Antennatus Packard (Crangonyctidae) Living In Different Habitats Ii. Population Distribution, Gary W. Dickson

International Journal of Speleology

Population densities and factors affecting the distribution of the troglobitic (i.e., obligatory cavernicole) amphipod Crangonyx antennatus were examined in two distinct aquatic habitats. Observations were made seasonally for one year in six Lee Co., Virginia (U.S.A.) caves, three with mud-bottom pools and three with gravel-bottom streams. Pool habitats were found to contain greater C. antennatus densities than stream habitats, while the highest seasonal densities were recorded in August. Availability of food is considered to be the major factor allowing these increased population densities. The population distribution of C. antennatus was not found to be related to current velocity, water depth, …

Three Groundwater Candoninae (Ostracoda) From Romania, Dan L. Danielopol

International Journal of Speleology

Description of Mixtcandona botosaneanu, Mixtacandona loffleri and Phreatocandona motasi, are presented. The first two species belong to the group laisi-chappuisi and have been found in porous and karstic aquifers in Southwest Romania in or near the Lower Danube Valley. Phreatocandona motasi occurs in a porous aquifer in the Olt Valley, at Jiblea, near Calimanesti. Biogeographical information on the present distribution of the Mixtacandona of the group laisi-chappuisi and on the subterranean Candoninae from the Lower Danube Valley in Romania is given.

Effets Des Informations Chimiques Provenant D'Un Milieu Habité Par Des Congénères Sur I'Orientation Topographique Du Poisson Cavernicole Phreatichthys Andruzzii Vinciguerra (Pisces, Cyprinidae), R. Berti, G. Thinès, B. Lefèvre

International Journal of Speleology

Two series of experiments were performed on the oriented locomotor responses of 27 specimens of the blind cave fish Phreatichthys andruzzii from Somalia using a three-compartment choice apparatus. The oriented responses were observed individually from the central compartment towards either of the extreme ones. In one of them, 500 ml water were introduced from either the tank in which the test fish had previously resided with conspecifics (1st series, 46 experiments) or from another tank occupied by unknown conspecifics, the other compartment receiving an equivalent volume of pure water. The two series were performed in random blocks of 6 experiments, …

Lamtobathynella Pentodonta N.G., N.Sp., Leptobathynellidé Nouveau D'Afrique (Côte D'Lvoire) (Malacostraca, Bathynellacea), Eugène Serban, Nicole Coineau

International Journal of Speleology

Lamtobathynella pentodonta n.g., n.sp. is described. We consider then its relations with the genus Leptobathynella and Parvulobathynella. Some observations about the most characteristic features of The VIIIth male pereiopods are made. This study ends with a discussion concerning the differences between Lamtobathynella pentodonta n.g., n.sp. and Acanthobathynella knoepffleri Coineau.

Flume Experiments On Bedforms And Structures At The Dune-Plane Bed Transition, Francis P.J. Lockett

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

A tiltable, recirculating flume, 18 metres long and 76 cm. wide was used to investigate bedforms and structures near the transition between dunes and a plane bed for a moderately sorted, coarse sand. At Froude numbers ranging from about 0.4 to 1.0, three dune types developed: (1) asymmetrical (triangular) dunes, (2) convex (symmetrical) dunes and (3) humpback (whaleback) dunes. Asymmetrical dunes had gentle, long stoss sides and steep, short lee sides and contained cross-stratification with a maximum dip mostly about 30 degrees to 35 degrees. Flow separation and avalanching were strongly developed to the lee of these dunes. Convex dunes …

Hydrology Of The Sinking Creek System, Logan And Simpson Counties, Kentucky, James C. Cubbage

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Southwest of Bowling Green, Kentucky, is the Western Pennyroyal, is a karstified area which has been neglected in the study of its ground water. About 100 square miles near Adairville were chosen for analysis to help rectify this lack of knowledge. The area is dominated by Sinking Creek, a surface-subsurface drainage system.

The main purpose of the study was to map the underground flow in the Sinking Creek area. The drainage system seemed to be typical for the Western Pennyroyal and exhibited many similarities to flow paths known in the Central Kentucky Karst.

The investigation proved to be of basic …

Geology Newsletter- 1981, Department Of Geology

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 1 No. 6

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Molybdenum Nutrition Of Crops In Kentucky, J. L. Sims

Soil Science News and Views

Molybdenum (Mo) is one of eight micronutrient elements required for the growth of plants. Research conducted in California nearly 40 years ago established its need for plant growth. Mo deficiencies have been reported throughout the world, especially on acid soils in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. Generally, the Mo requirement of leguminous crops is greater than for non~legumes, but many non-leguminous field and vegetable crops have responded to additions of fertilizer Mo under severe deficiency conditions. Of all the nutrient elements required by plants for growth, Mo is needed in smallest amounts.

Petrology Of Fluvial And Shoreline Sands In A Modern Arc-Trench Gap, Guatemala, James Robert Bartel

Masters Theses

Petrographic studies of modern sands, derived from areas with known source rocks, climate, relief, environments of deposition, and tectonic setting, are essential for compiling compositional models for ancient sandstones. The Pacific coastal plain of Guatemala is terminated 25-60 km inland by the steep slopes of a row of active Quaternary volcanic and granitic rocks.

Sands being deposited on the coastal plain by the Rio Nahulate, which drains the older volcanic and granitic terrane, show significant compositional differences with those supplied by the Rio Samala, which drains an area dominated by active volcanism: Q₉F₃₅L₅₆ vs. Q …