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Fracturation Et Karstification D'Un Massif: L'Exemple De L'Azerou El Kebir (Algérie Du Nord), P. E. Coiffait, Y. Quinif

International Journal of Speleology

The fracturation of the sub-autochthonous massif of the Azerou el Kebir is not fundamentally different from that of the adjoining allochthonous massif - where the structures are due to an Alpine phase, known as the Atlas phase. As with all fractures, karstification only exploits certain of them, without having any linkage to their statistical importance, caves have developed following fractures which are qualitatively important, but are poorly represented quantitatively. The study of the karstification therefore, confirms his complementary to the structural analysis in order to elucidate the technical problems of fracturation in the region.

Synthèse Bibliographique Sur La Toxicité Des Substances Fluorescentes Utilisées En Hydrologie, J. Molinari, J. Rochat

International Journal of Speleology

This synthesis has been established from three recent studies and from a complementary bibliographical research. It resumes the names of fluorescent substances actually used or experimented as tracers in hydrology and draws attention to their uses and relative problems in their uses. The adjoining annex gives an exhaustive use of publications received on the subject (35 titles).

Spontane Und Induzierte Aktivitätsmuster Bei Troglobionten Käfern (Genera Aphaenops, Geotrechus, Speonomus), G. Lamprecht, F. Weber

International Journal of Speleology

In Constant temperature the troglobite beetles Aphaenops cerberus and pluto, Geotrechus orpheus and Speonomus diecki are aperiodically active. By periodogram analysis neither circadian nor ultradian or infradian periodic components can be found. Moreover there are no relevant correlations between the lengths of successive activity bursts and rest pauses. Consequently the activity patterns are stochasticly structured. In cases with constancy of activity respectively rest behaviour the probabilities for the transition from activity to rest and from rest to activity are computed using the Frequency histograms of lengths of activity bursts and rest pauses. The transition probability is time-invariant if the …

Bragasellus Escolai N.Sp., Crustacea Isopoda Asellota Cavernicole D'Espagne, J. P. Henry, G. Magniez

International Journal of Speleology

The paper gives a description of a new, unpigmented and anophtalmous species of Bragasellus collected in Calderón Cave, Vellia de Carrión, Palencia Province, Northern Spain (hydrographic basin of Douro River).

Notes Éco-Éthologiques Et Parasitologiques Sur Les Chiroptères Cavernicoles Du Shaba (Zaïre), M. Anciaux De Faveaux

International Journal of Speleology

After a brief analysis of the elements of the cavernicolous microclimate in Shaba, the author emphasizes the possibility of relations between ecology and parasitism. He then reviews the 9 species of Chiroptera that live in the subterranean field in Shaba, pointing out their environmental habitat, behaviour and parasites.

Prime Osservazioni In Margine A Un'esperienza Di Concrezionamento Di Alabastri Calcarei In Ambiente Ipogeo, P. Forti, R. Casali, G. Pasini

International Journal of Speleology

Optical analysis of thin slides of cave fromations carried out by a number of researchers showed a fine structure consisting of a succession of double layers (thichness less than a fe tens of micron). In each two layer unit, one is thicker, transparent and composed of an assembly of calcite needle shaped crystals oriented perpendicularly to the layer: the other layer is opaque, cryptocrystalline or amorphous. According to some C-14 datings of archaeological remains covered by the formations each couple of layers would correspond to one year. In order to check this hypothesis an experiment was set up in the …

Studies Of The Cave Crayfish, Orconectes Inermis Inermis Cope (Decapoda, Cambaridae). Part Iv: Mark-Recapture Procedures For Estimating Population Size And Movements Of Individuals, Horton H. Hobbs Iii

International Journal of Speleology

Several methods for permanently marking cavernicolous crayfishes were investigated prior to initiation of field work in Pless Cave, Lawrence County, Indiana. Internally injected ink complemented with external “painting” proved to be a most satisfactory tagging procedure. During the two-year study period 211 individuals of the troglobitic crayfish Orconectes inermis inermis Cope were marked; 96 tagged individuals were recaptured at least once, a 46% recapture rate. The population size was estimated to be 1586 +/- 79 (95% C.L.) over the 540 m subterranean stream study area and remained relatively stable during the period of 1970 to 1972. The home range of …

Sui Rhachomyces (Ascomycetes, Laboulbeniales) Parassiti Dei Duvalius Italiani (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechini), W. Rossi

International Journal of Speleology

The systematic position, variability and distribution of the two species of Rhachomyces parasitic on Italian Duvalius are defined on the basis of several new findings. Rhachomyces stipitatus Thaxter was found in Liguria, central Italy, Sicily and Sardinia; its synonymy with R. capucinus Thaxter is confirmed and the ssp. pallidus Maire is considered of no systematic relevance. R. maublancii, whose position is regularized by a Latin validating diagnosis, was only found on the Alps and previous records in other countries are questioned.

Heat Flow And Heat Production Studies In North Dakota, Richard Scattoline

Theses and Dissertations

Thirty-one new heat flow determinations in North Dakota range from 0.6 to 1.9 HFU. The majority of heat flow measurements were completed for southwestern North Dakota.

Heat flow measurements were made in both oil and water wells. Heat production data from basement rocks when used in conjunction with nearby heat flow values indicate that only two of six sites may be considered to be similar to Basin and Range type of heat flow. One site occurs in southwestern North Dakota in a region west of 103° W where no heat flow value is less than 1.5 HFU. The other site …

Morphology And Anatomy Of The Norwood Esker, Ontario, John Arthur Dixon

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

Over its 25 km. length the Norwood esker traverses two morphologically different areas, a northern section of kame, and a southern section of elongated drumlins. In the north the esker consists of single and multiple ridges: where multiple, the ridges are superimposed on a lower, broader, plateau-like base. In the south a high, steep-sided single ridge is present. In both areas, where single, the ridge splits locally into two narrower ridges which region a short distance downstream.

Internally, the esker contains mostly cross-laminated sands, tough-shaped and tabular sets of cross-bedded sands and gravel, and matrix-supported sandy gravels. The cross-laminated sands …

A Petrochemical Characterization Of Certain Dsdp Subaqueous Basalts And Andesites From The Indian Ocean, John Lee Berkley

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Thirty-eight samples of Indian Ocean subaqueous basalt and andesite recovered by the Deep-Sea Drilling Program (DSDP) were analyzed by the following methods: (1) standard petrographic analysis, (2) electron microprobe analysis of major minerals, (3) bulk-rock analyses for major, minor, and trace elements, including eight rare earth elements (REE), and (4) determination of 87Sr/86Sr by mass spectroscopy. A varied suite of basement igneous rocks was studied, including (1) abyssal tholeiites, (2) ferrobasalts, (3) oceanic andesites, (4) transitional basalts (high-Al basalts), and (5) trachybasalts.

Texture, Fabric And Composition Of Fine-Grained Terrigenous Sediments From The Graneros Member Of The Mancos Shale, San Juan Basin, New Mexico, Anthony J. Skeryanc

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Petrography, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), porosity and permeability, radiography, x-ray diffraction (clay mineralogy), whole rock wet chemistry and organic analysis are used to examine the texture, fabric and composition of fine-grained terrigenous sediments from the Graneros Member of the Mancos Shale, San Juan Basin, New Mexico. Grain content is highly variable and determines the configuration of the fabric during compaction. A scale of the degree of parallel orientation is compared to grain content and reveals a decrease in parallelism with an increase in grain content. Grain content also affects permeability, thus controlling he degree of authigenic mineralization. Although clay composition …

The Parmo De Berlin, Colombia: A Study Of Water Resources In A Rural Andean Community, Daniel Bodo

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The condition of water resources in the rural Andean community of Berlin, Colombia, was explored for the purpose of future development in the area. Through investigation of water acquisition techniques, use, and water discharge methods, combined with analysis of chemical water quality tests, the overall pattern of water resources in the study area was revealed. Although the methods of acquiring water were not found to be especially damaging to water quality, the use, and more importantly, the methods of discharging waste water suggested a water resource base harboring certain questionable qualities. The quality of surface waters, as revealed through analysis …

An Annotated Bibliography Of Ocs Documents In Maine, Maine State Planning Office

Maine Collection

An Annotated Bibliography of OCS Documents in Maine

Outer Continental Shelf Memorandum 1

Compiled by Edward H. Shenton & Charles S. Colgan

Maine Coastal Program, Maine State Planning Office, Augusta, Maine, 1977.

Contents: 1. Introduction / 2. OCS - General / 3. OCS - Federal Regulations / 4. Economic Aspects / 5. Environmental Studies / 6. Oil Spills - Effects and Studies / 7. Onshore Effects / 8. The North Sea Experience / 9. Legal Aspects / 10. Petroleum Drilling Technology

Suspended Matter And Light Attenuation In A Turbid Estuary, Daniel E. Campbell

OES Theses and Dissertations

A study was made in Hampton Roads, Virginia, to characterize the suspended matter and to investigate its relationship to the light attenuation coefficient. The study gives a detailed description of the seston and its variations with time and space. An evaluation of the light attenuation coefficient as an indicator of seston distributional parameters was made.

The distribution of the suspended matter is obtained through gravimetric, Coulter counter and microscopic analyses. Microscopic analysis is employed to determine the composition of the seston and ATP determinations give the amount of living biomass. The suspended matter is characterized in terms of weight, numbers, …

Mineralogy, Petrology, And Geochemistry Of Some Lavas From Kohala Volcano, Hawaii, Steven Sherman Sibray

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Twelve samples from Kohala volcano, Hawaii, were selected for chemical analyses and electron microprobe study. Seven of the samples are from the Polulu volcanic series. Three of the samples are tholeiitic basalts, two are oceanites, and two are alkali olivine basalts transitional to hawaiite. The five samples from the Hawi volcanic series include one hawaiite, two mugearites, and two benmoreites. Electron microprobe study of the minerals in the basaltic matrix of the two oceanites reveal that one of the oceanites was derived from a tholeiitic magma while the other was derived from an alkalic magma. The alkalic oceanite matrix is …

Mineralogy, Petrology, And Geochemistry Of Some Lavas From Kohala Volcano, Hawaii, Steven Sherman Sibray

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Twelve samples from Kohala volcano, Hawaii were selected for chemical analyses and electron microprobe study. Seven of the samples are from the Pololu volcanic series. Three of these samples are tholeiitic basalts, two are oceanites, and two are alkali olivine basalts transitional to hawaiite. The five samples from the Hawi volcanic series include one hawaiite, two mugearites, and two benmoreites. Electron microprobe study of the minerals in the basaltic matrix of the two oceanites reveal that one of the oceanites was derived from a tholeiitic magma while the other was derived from an alkalic magma. The alkalic oceanite matrix is …

Beach Vegetation And Oceanic Processes Study Of Popham State Park Beach, Reid State Park Beach, And Small Pt. Beach, Philip Trudeau, Paul J. Godfrey, Barry S. Timson

Maine Collection

Beach Vegetation and Oceanic Processes Study of Popham State Park Beach, Reid State Park Beach, and Small Pt. Beach

by Philip Trudeau, Paul J. Godfrey and Barry S. Timson

"Prepared Under Cooperative Agreement Between the Maine Department of Conservation and the Soil Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture, September 1977."

On Cover: Time and Tide Resource Conservation and Development Project.

Contents: List of Figures / List of Tables / Introduction / Plant Community Research / Oceanic Processes / Historic Analysis of Barrier Beach Movement and Erosion / Dune Dynamics / Suggestions for Long Term Management / Appendices A - …

Megafossil Orientation Of Selected Silurian, Devonian, And Pleistocene Reefs Of North America, Lance T. Hodges

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

The definition and identification of fossil reefs has been a continually vexing problem for paleoecologists. One approach to this problem is a study of fossil orientation in "reef" strata. Orientation of corals in exposures of reef limestones has been mentioned in the literature, but usually in a brief, non-quantitative way. Eight study sites were used to investigate the nature of structures described as reef-related. Two sites were selected from the Pleistocene Key Largo Limestone of Florida, probably a backreef facies. The Florida sites were used as fossil reef reference sites, because of their close relationship to modern Florida reefs. The …

Twin Buttes Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden County, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic), Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

Twin Buttes Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden Co.

7.5 minute series (topographic), scale 1:24000

102°07'30" to 102°15'

41°07'30" to 41°30'

Qsa, Ql, Qg, Ogallala Outcrop, Ogallala Volcanic Ash, Pre-Ogallala (Brule) Outcrop, Pre-Ogallala (Brule) White Horizons, QF=Pleist Fossil, BF=Brule Fossil, F-Ogallala Fossil

August 28, 1977

Lisco Se Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden And Cheyenne Counties, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic), Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

Lisco SE Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden and Cheyenne Counties

7.5 minute series (topographic), scale 1:24,000

102°30' to 102°37'30"

41°15' to 41°22'30"

Ql = Loess

Qsa = Sand

Volcanic ash

Completed August 27, 1977

Biostratigraphy Of The Type Weberg Member, Snowshoe Formation, Grant County, Oregon, David G. Taylor

Dissertations and Theses

Thirty three species of ammonites are recorded from the composite type section of the Weberg Member of the Snowshoe Formation in the Suplee area, Grant County, Oregon. Holcophylloceras burkei, Euhoploceras westi, E. tubereulosum and Strigoceras taylori are described as new, while four new species belonging to the genera Sonninia [?], Bradfordia, Pseudotoites and Witchellia are not formally named. Three ammonite zonules characterize the ammonite sequence of the type Weberg composite section. The sequence correlates with parts of the standard lower and middle Bajocian (Jurassic) of northwestern Europe. In addition, four associations (paleo-communities) of benthic mega invertebrates, the Gervillia, Protocardia, Isocyprina …

Oshkosh Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden County, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic), Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

Oshkosh Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden County

7.5 minute series (topographic), scale 1:24000

102°15' to 102°22'30"

41°22'30" to 41°30'

Ogalalla Outcrop, Pre-Ogallala Outcrop, Brule-Whitney

August 5, 1977

Lisco Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden And Cheyenne Counties, 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic), Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

Lisco Quadrangle, Nebraska—Garden and Cheyenne Counties

7.5 minute series (topographic), scale 1:24,000

102°30' to 102°37'30"

41°22'30" to 41°30'

Quarternary sand and gravel (Broadwater)

Ogallala Outcrop

Volcanic ash

Ogallala fossil

Completed August 5, 1977

Coumbe Bluff Quadrangle, Garden County, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

7.5' topgraphic quadrangle showing exposures of bedrock formations and other geologic information.

41° 22'30" — 41° 30'

102° 22'30" — 102° 30'

Scale 1:24,000

High resolution .tif file attached below as supplemental file

Beef Cattle Feedlot Runoff And Control In Eastern Nebraska, L. P. Schram, Lynn R. Shuyler

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This study was initiated to determine operational characteristics of runoff control facility components for beef cattle feedlots.

A runoff control facility was designed and constructed for a 3,000 head capacity feedlot in eastern Nebraska. Components of the runoff control facility included debris basins inside the pen and outside the pen, a holding pond, and a disposal system.

Results indicated that design volumes for the debris basins and holding ponds were effective in controlling runoff from the lots caused by snowmelt and rainfall for climatic conditions within eastern Nebraska. Characteristics of runoff transported solids from this large lot compared favorably with …

Shear Waves In Glacial Till, Craig Woerpel

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of An Interlobate Boundary In The Wisconsinan Drift Of Kalamazoo County And Adjacent Areas In Southwestern Michigan, Norman A. Lovan

Masters Theses

A detailed investigation of selected textural and mineralogical aspects of tills in southwestern Michigan is used to define an interlobe boundary relationship between the Wisconsinan ice of the Lake Michigan and Saginaw lobes. Bedrock underlying the study area contributed little to the bulk composition of the tils investigated. However, morainal development in the study area shows strong correlation with bedrock topography.

In a discussion of the deglaciation of Michigan and the study area, a history of morainal development is reviewed and attention is focused on the reentrant district located in Kalamazoo and neighboring counties. Attempts to delineate tills of the …

On The Electrical Evaluation Of Three Southern New Mexico Geothermal Areas, Christian Smith

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

Three electrical resistivity exploration programs have been made at areas of known but unassessed geothermal resources in the Rio Grande rift and Basin and Range province of southern New Mexico: Radium Springs Known Geothermal Resource Area (KGRA), Las Alturas Estates, and Lightning Dock KGRA. The experiments are the framework for a thorough reconnaissance electrical evaluation of these geothermal resource areas. A preliminary experiment was made at Rio Rancho Estates, near Albuquerque, in order to evaluate the applicability and resolution of electrical methods in an area of known subsurface geology within the Rio Grande rift. The interpreted depth to electrical basement, …

Sediment Interstitial Dissolved Mercury And Carbon Relationships In An Artificial And Natural Marsh, James River, Virginia, Apostolos Katsaounis

OES Theses and Dissertations

Thirty six sediment cores were collected during August, 1976 and January, 1977 in order to examine the relationships between dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved mercury in the interstitial water of two marshes located near Windmill Point, James River, 16 km downstream from Hopewell, Virginia. The Windmill Point marsh development site is a dredged material disposal island in the James River. The reference marsh which does not contain dredged material, is located 2.3 km upstream at Ducking Stool Point.

The concentrations of dissolved organic carbon and total dissolved mercury showed no significant difference between the two marshes. Trends in the …