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Altered Volcanic Ash Partings In The C Coal Bed, Ferron Sandstone Member Of The Mancos Shale, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Altered Volcanic Ash Partings In The C Coal Bed, Ferron Sandstone Member Of The Mancos Shale, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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When volcanic ash falls onto the surface of a peat-forming swamp and is then covered by peat, it forms a horlzontal parting that can be recognized in the subsequent coal bed. As a consequence of the acid leaching environment in the swamp, the original glassy component and some of the less resistant pyrogenic minerals in the ash alter to clay minerals, usually kaolinite.

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Geologic Map Of The Beaver 15 Minute Quadrangle, Beaver County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geologic Map Of The Beaver 15 Minute Quadrangle, Beaver County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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This is a geologic map of the Beaver 15 minute quadrangle, Beaver County, Utah, and accompanying descriptions and correlations.

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Flood Insurance Study, City Of Harrisville, Utah, Weber County, Federal Emergency Management Agency Jan 1981

Flood Insurance Study, City Of Harrisville, Utah, Weber County, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Harrisville, Weber County, Utah, and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study will be used to convert Harrisville to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local and regional planners will use this study in their efforts to promote sound flood plain management.

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Hydrologic Monitoring In The Coal Fields Of Central Utah, August 1978-September 1979, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Hydrologic Monitoring In The Coal Fields Of Central Utah, August 1978-September 1979, United States Geological Survey

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Surface-water quantity and quality were observed at 12 gaging stations downstream from mined and lease areas in the Wasatch Plateau, Book Cliffs, and Emery coal fields in central Utah. Measurements of base flow were made at 52 additional sites in the region. The report describes the hydrologic setting of this important coal region and summarizes the surface-water data collected at the monitoring sites from August 1978 through September 1979. Coal mining and lease activities in each of the monitored basins also are described.

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Selected Biological Characteristics Of Streams In The Southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah And Colorado, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Selected Biological Characteristics Of Streams In The Southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah And Colorado, United States Geological Survey

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Biological sampling was carried out during 1976-78 in five streams in the southeastern Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado, in order to provide baseline water-quality data for an area of potential oil-shale development. The biological activity in the streams sampled generally is limited by physical factors more so than by chemical constituents and plant nutrients. Characteristics of streamflow, such as high turbidity, fluctuating water levels, and moderate to high salinity, limit production of flora and fauna biomass.

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Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Red Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Red Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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Red Point quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1979 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate land in the public domain for potential coal leasing.

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Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Cap Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Cap Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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The Cap quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1977-79 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate lands in the public domain for potential coal leasing.

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Geological Map And Coal Sections Of The Mahogany Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geological Map And Coal Sections Of The Mahogany Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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The Mahogany Point quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1978-79 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate land in the public domain for potential coal leasing. Mapping was done using U.S. Forest Service color aerial photographs at a scale of 1:15, 840 on U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps at a scale of 1:24,000. The quadrangle was mapped previously by Spieker (1931) at a scale fo 1:62,500.

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Newly Identified Intertonguing Between The Star Point Sandstone And The Blackhawk Formation And The Correlation Of Coal Beds In The Northern Part Of The Wasatch Plateau, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Newly Identified Intertonguing Between The Star Point Sandstone And The Blackhawk Formation And The Correlation Of Coal Beds In The Northern Part Of The Wasatch Plateau, United States Geological Survey

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On the basis of fieldwork and drilling completed in the Fall of 1980, several zones of intertonguing between the Star Point Sandstone and the overlying Blackhawk Formation have been identified in the northern part of the Wasatch Plateau, Carbon County, Utah (sheet 1). As a result of this work, correlations of important coal beds have been revised. The U.S. Geological Survey drilled a total of 12 holes in the area, from the west side of Pleasant Valley, near Slaughterhouse Canyon, to the eastern part of the Beaver Creek drainage (sheet 1) (Blanchard and others, 1976; U.S. Geological Survey, 1980). In …

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Seepage Study Of The Sevier River And The Central Utah, Mcintyre, And Leamington Canals, Juab And Millard Counties, Utah, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Seepage Study Of The Sevier River And The Central Utah, Mcintyre, And Leamington Canals, Juab And Millard Counties, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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A study of the gains or losses of the Sevier River and the Central Utah, McIntyre, and Leamington Canals in the Leamington area, in Juab and Millard Counties, Utah, was made to determine changes in those reaches. Three to seven sets of seepage measurements made during 1980 were used in the analysis. Adjustments for fluctuations in flow were made from information obtained from water-stage recorders operated at selected locations during the time of each seepage run.

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Water-Resources Studies In Utah July 1, 1980 To June 30, 1981, United States Geological Survey Jan 1981

Water-Resources Studies In Utah July 1, 1980 To June 30, 1981, United States Geological Survey

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This report summarizes the progress on water-resources studies in Utah by the U.S. Geological Survey during the period July 1, 1980, to June 30, 1981. Much of the work was done in cooperation with the State of Utah or local agencies. Additional supporting funds were transferred from other Federal agencies or appropriated directly to the Geological Survey.

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Application Of Mineral-Solution Equilibria To The Search For Sanstone-Type Uranium Deposits In The Beaver Basin, Utah, W. R. Miller, J. B. Mchugh, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Application Of Mineral-Solution Equilibria To The Search For Sanstone-Type Uranium Deposits In The Beaver Basin, Utah, W. R. Miller, J. B. Mchugh, U.S. Geological Survey

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An improved computer modeling program was used to calculate the saturation indexes of 50 waters from the Beaver basin in west-central Utah with respect to uraninite and coffinite. The mineral-solution study showed that the chemical environment of parts of the Beaver basin is favorable for the occurrence of sandstone-type uranium deposits. The ground waters from several areas are supersaturated with respect to uraninite and coffinite. Two areas, in particular, an area west of the town of Beaver and an area near the settlement of Manderfield, have been identified as most favorable for exploration. The methods described in this study can …

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Geologic Map Of The Steamboat Mountain And Bible Spring Quadrangles, Western Iron County, Utah, Myron G. Best, Robert L. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geologic Map Of The Steamboat Mountain And Bible Spring Quadrangles, Western Iron County, Utah, Myron G. Best, Robert L. Davis, U.S. Geological Survey

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Geology mapped in 1980 with the assistance of Lehi F. Hintze and students in the Brigham Young University summer geology field course. This report includes geological maps along with a detailed key.

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Shallow Electromagnetic Data From Three Known Fault Zones In The Paradox Basin, Utah, Raymond D. Watts, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Shallow Electromagnetic Data From Three Known Fault Zones In The Paradox Basin, Utah, Raymond D. Watts, U.S. Geological Survey

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This report describes a preliminary investigation of the effectiveness of two electromagnetic exploration methods as means of finding unmapped faults in the Paradox Basin environment. Results indicate that the Very Low Frequency (VLF method is useful. VLF profiles were measured across three known fault traces near Gibson Dome, San Juan County, Utah. Each fault or set of faults generated a significant anomaly. In some cases, the anomaly due to the fault was superimposed on a larger scale anomaly caused by the transition from unaltered rocks away from the fault to altered rocks in or on one side of the fault …

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Geochemical Results From A Rock Geochemical Survey In The Mount Belknap Caldera Vicinity, Utah, Robert E. Tucker, William R. Miller, J. N. Motooka, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geochemical Results From A Rock Geochemical Survey In The Mount Belknap Caldera Vicinity, Utah, Robert E. Tucker, William R. Miller, J. N. Motooka, U.S. Geological Survey

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Rock, stream-sediment, and hydrogeochemical surveys were conducted in the Mount Belknap caldera area, south-central Utah, during the summer of 1979. The presence of leucocratic rocks and relatively high concentrations of the elements Nb, Be, Ga, Y, Pb, Sn, Mo, and F with corresponding low concentrations of the elements Ba, Mg, Ca, Fe, Sr, and Cu suggests that late phase highly differentiated felsic magmas were intruded and (or) erupted in the caldera vicinity. The presence of Mo and Sn in the rocks and F in the water samples suggest that the ore elements were concentrated, first in residual fluids in the …

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Mineral Resources Of The Phipps-Death Hollow Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah, G. W. Weir, M. E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Mineral Resources Of The Phipps-Death Hollow Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah, G. W. Weir, M. E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey

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During 1979 and 1980 the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted field studies to evaluate the mineral-resource potential of the Phipps-Death Hollow Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah. Field studies included geological mapping (Weir and Beard, 1981), geochemical sampling, and a search for mines, prospects and mineralized areas.

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Mineral Resources Of The Escalante Canyon Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah, Gordon W. Weir, Michael E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau Of Mines Jan 1981

Mineral Resources Of The Escalante Canyon Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah, Gordon W. Weir, Michael E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau Of Mines

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During 1979 and 1980 the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines conducted field investigations to evaluate the mineral resources potential of the Escalante Canyon Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah. Field studies included geological mapping and reconnaissance (Weir and Beard, 1981), geochemical sampling, and a survey of known mines, prospects, and mineralized areas (Lane, 1981).

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Hydrology Of The Ferron Sandstone Aquifer And Effects Of Proposed Surface-Coal Mining In Castle Valley, Utah, Gregory C. Lines, Daniel J. Morrissey, Thomas A. Ryer, Richard H. Fuller, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Hydrology Of The Ferron Sandstone Aquifer And Effects Of Proposed Surface-Coal Mining In Castle Valley, Utah, Gregory C. Lines, Daniel J. Morrissey, Thomas A. Ryer, Richard H. Fuller, U.S. Geological Survey

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Coal in the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale of Cretaceous age has traditionally been mined by underground techniques in the Emery Coal Field in the southern end of Castle Valley in east-central Utah. However, approximately 99 million tons are recoverable by surface mining. Ground water in the Ferron is the sole source of supply for the town of Emery, but the aquifer is essentially untapped outside the Emery area. The Ferron Sandstone Member crops out along the eastern edge of Castle Valley and generally dips 2" to 10" to the northwest beneath the surface. Sandstones in the Ferron …

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Off-Road Vehicular Destabilization Of Hillslopes: The Major Contributing Factor To Destructive Debris Flows In Ogden, Utah, 1979, John K. Nakata Jan 1981

Off-Road Vehicular Destabilization Of Hillslopes: The Major Contributing Factor To Destructive Debris Flows In Ogden, Utah, 1979, John K. Nakata

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A severe rain storm on August 11 and 18, 1979, caused major flood damage in urban areas of east Ogden, Utah. At least 3.85 cm of rain fell in a 7 hour-period. The severity of damage was dramatically increased by water diverted from the Brigham-Ogden Canal, when it was clogged by a debris flow in the vicinity or Third, Taylor, and Polk Streets (Fig. 1). The purpose or this investigation is to ascertain the sequence of events that followed the storm, and to quantify the processes insofar as possible. An inspection of the area on September 21-25, 1979 , and …

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Analyses Of Rock, Stream-Sediment, And Water Samples From The Vermilion Cliffs-Paria Canyon Instant Study Area, Coconino County, Arizona, And Kane County, Utah, Alfred L. Bush, Michael E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Analyses Of Rock, Stream-Sediment, And Water Samples From The Vermilion Cliffs-Paria Canyon Instant Study Area, Coconino County, Arizona, And Kane County, Utah, Alfred L. Bush, Michael E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey

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This open-file report contains the complete analyses of all rock, stream-sediment, and water samples collected and used by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Bureau of Mines in the preparation of Open-File Report 80-1056 (Bush and Lane, 1980). In the tables that follow, Qls indicates a landslipped mass of any form or origin, and only the abbreviated name of rock units is used.

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Geophysical Measurements In The Beaver Basin, West-Central Utah; Part 1--Slingram, Magnetic, And Self-Potential Profiles, Vincent J. Flanigan, David L. Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey Jan 1981

Geophysical Measurements In The Beaver Basin, West-Central Utah; Part 1--Slingram, Magnetic, And Self-Potential Profiles, Vincent J. Flanigan, David L. Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey

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This report consists of figures showing profile locations (fig. 1, table 1) in the Beaver Basin, west-central Utah, and ground geophysical data collected in September 1980 along these traverses (figs. 2-11). These data consist of slingram electromagnetic (real and imaginary components at 222, 444, 888, 1777, and 3555 Hz), ground magnetic and self-potential measurements collected at 200-foot (61-m) intervals along about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) of survey line. Table 2 lists equipment used. The report contains data only, and no interpretations of the data are included.

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Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Red Point Quadrangle, Eugene G. Elllis, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Joseph R. Frank Jan 1981

Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Red Point Quadrangle, Eugene G. Elllis, U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Joseph R. Frank

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Red Point quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1979 as a part of the U.S. Geological Survey's progress to evaluate lands in the public domain for potential coal leasing. Mapping was done using U.S. Forest Service color aerial photographs at a scale of 1:15,640 and U.S. Geological Survey black-and-white aerial photographs at a scale of 1:30,000. The quadrangle was mapped previously by Spicker (1931) at a scale of 1:62,500.

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Why Windspeeds Increase On High Mountain Slopes At Night, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1981

Why Windspeeds Increase On High Mountain Slopes At Night, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

The purpose of this report is to explain the windspeed increase on mountain slopes at night. Additional work is required to determine such things as the frequency of the winds, the area affected, seasonal variation, and the effect on fire behavior. Also, additional studies are needed to develop the type of procedures required to forecast these nocturnal mountain winds.

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Visual Impacts Of Forest Management Activities: Findings On Public Preferences, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service Jan 1981

Visual Impacts Of Forest Management Activities: Findings On Public Preferences, United States Department Of Agriculture, Forest Service

Forestry

A major concern of forest land managers is the visual impact that activities such as timber harvest, road building, and mining have on the forest landscape. Management of the visual resource is a regular part of planning on National Forests, and many other public and private forest land managers are increasing their efforts to protect and enhance this resource. The Forest Residue and Harvesting Research Program at the Intermountain Station includes studies of the impact of harvest and roading activities on visual quality. Preliminary results were reported earlier (Schweitzer, Ullrich, and Benson 1976). This report updates earlier findings and presents …

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Sulphur Nutrition Of Pastures And Crops, Phosphorus And Potassium Nutrition Of High Rainfall Pastures On Deep Sands, Soil Acidity - High Rainfall Pastures, J S. Yeates, M F. Clarke Jan 1981

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

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

A. SULPHUR - HIGH RAINFALL 1. Rates and time of application of superphosphate to pastures. 79AK2, 79AL23, 79AL25, 79AL41, 81BY1, 81KE1. 2. Sulphur soil test calibration on pastures. 79AL18, 80BY2, 80KE2. 3. Sulphur soil test calibration on pastures: Co-operative PKS soil test project on pastures on duplex soils of the east Albany area (PRD/ARO). Sulphur results. 80 AL44, 46, 47, 48, 72, 73 81AL51, 53, 55 4. Sulphur on adsorbing soils receiving no current S input. 80BY1., 80AL16. 5. Sources, rates, time of application of sulphur on pastures. 80AL1, 80AL4, 81AL3, 81AL4, 80KE1, 80MA1 B. SULPHUR - LOW RAINFALL 1. …

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Phosphorus Sources Trials. Miscellaneous Trials., J. W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M J. Baker Jan 1981

Phosphorus Sources Trials. Miscellaneous Trials., J. W. Bowden, R J. Lunt, M J. Baker

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

I Sources of PhosphorusTrials - 1981 results. Pasture Trials. 76MT10 - New land pasture at Mt Barker - gravel. 77MT1 - New land pasture at Mt Barker - gravel Methods and particle size effects. 76BU1 - New land pasture at Yallingup - sand over gravel. Cropped to oats 1981. Cropping Trials. 76WH10 - Young land at Wongan Hills - ley year: W.L.S. 76WH9 - New land at Wongan Hills - W.L.S. 76N4 - New land at Newdegate - shallow gravel. 76LG6 - Young land at Newdegate - sandy gravel. 80BA6 - Young land at Badgingarra - pale, deep sand. Trials …

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Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology Jan 1981

Ua66/8/3 Annual Report, Wku Geography & Geology

WKU Administration Documents

Annual report of activities of the WKU department of Geography & Geology.

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Influence Of Planting Systems On Crop Growth And Soil Water Relations., D Tennant Jan 1981

Influence Of Planting Systems On Crop Growth And Soil Water Relations., D Tennant

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Summary of experimental results 1981. Influence of planting systems on crop growth and soil water relations. Rainfall infiltration, drainage and water use. Yields. The two late sown treatments of previous years were replaced in 1981 with deep ripping treatments. Details are presented in R. Jarvis' report. 77A16, 77WH17,

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Development Of Bioassay Techniques/ Field Persistence Of Trifluralin, Simazine And Diuron. Calotropis Procers And Parkinsonia Aculeata., A H. Cheam Jan 1981

Development Of Bioassay Techniques/ Field Persistence Of Trifluralin, Simazine And Diuron. Calotropis Procers And Parkinsonia Aculeata., A H. Cheam

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

1. Development of bioassay techniques for trifluralin, simazine and diuron. 2. Field persistence of trifluralin, simazine and diuron in Wongan Hills soils. 3. Taxonomic studies of Calotropis procera, a declared weed of the North-West of Western Australia. 4. Germination studies of calotropis procera and Parkinsonia aculeata.

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Experimental Summaries., M W. Perry, R N. Weir Jan 1981

Experimental Summaries., M W. Perry, R N. Weir

Experimental Summaries - Plant Research

Wheat Yield Potential Trials, 81BA4, 81WH7, 81KAS.Wheat-Regenerating Sandplain Lupin Rotation Trials, 79GE38, 79GE42.Nitrogen x Cycocel x Foliar Nutrients x Fungicide-on Wheat,81KA6. Historical Wheat Trials, 81A3, 81C4, 81SG22, 81WH6. Time of Planting on Cereal Yields, 81NA8, 81KA55.

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