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Location Of Registered Irrigation Wells In Nebraska As Of 1974

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.

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 …

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; …

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) …

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.

Spotlight On Mineral Stamps, R. R. Burchett

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.

A Study Of The Subsurface Stratigraphy Of The Upper Cambrian In Western Missouri, Joseph L. Thacker Jr.

Masters Theses

"Megascopic examination of diamond-drill cores supplemented by insoluble residue data provides a usable means of studying the lithologic characteristic of Upper Cambrian strata in the subsurface of western Missouri.

The stratigraphic relationships within each Cambrian formation and the relationships of each Cambrian unit to formations above and below are discussed.

The relationship of Upper Cambrian strata to the Precambrian surface in western Missouri and easternmost Kansas is illustrated. The Lamotte Sandstone is overlapped by the Reagan Sandstone against Precambrian topographic highs and the Bonneterre and lower Davis are replaced by sandstones similar to the Reagan in southwest Missouri and southeast …

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, …

Barometric And Pump Test Determination Of The Characteristics Of A Carbonate Aquifer In The Vicinity Of Norman Creek, Phelps County, Missouri., Somchai Wongsawat

Masters Theses

"Carbonate rock aquifers underlie many parts of Missouri. As population and water use increase, these aquifers will increase in importance as sources of water supply. The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of barometric calculations and a variety of pump test evaluation equations to a shallow confined doloii mite aquifer. The aquifer is the upper Gasconade Formation of Lower Ordovician age in the vicinity of Norman Creek, south central Phelps County, Missouri.

The response of water level to atmospheric pressure showed that the carbonate aquifer in this study site has a rather high barometric efficiency (B_{av …}

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 …

The Foraminiferids Of The Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian) And Their Paleoenvironmental Significance : Grant, Morton And Oliver Counties, North Dakota, William E. Fenner

Theses and Dissertations

Two hundred-forty samples (of which fifty-five contained micro fossils) were collected from six measured sections in the Cannonball Formation (Paleocene, Danian) in Grant, Morton and Oliver Counties, North Dakota. Twenty-six species of benthonic foraminiferids were identified from these samples: 6 textulariines, 2 miliolines and 18 rotaliines. No planktonic foraminiferids were found. The fauna is characterized by a predominance of individuals of textulariines, especially the lituolids. Although the Cannonball Formation is characterized by an alternating sequence of sandstones and mudstones> the foraminiferid fauna was restricted to the mudstone facies in the upper and upper-middle part of the formation. Two characteristic assemblages …

Glacial Deposits, Vol. 2, 1973-1974, Department Of Geography-Geology

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

A Mechanical Well Log Study Of The Popular Interval Of The Mississippian Madison Formation In North Dakota, C. W. Cook

Theses and Dissertations

The Poplar interval of interbedded evaporites and carbonates forms the uppermost part of the Mississippian Madison Forr.1ation in western North Dakota. A detailed mechanical well log study of the Poplar interval in North Dakota was conducted to interpret the Poplar's regional geology and to attempt to locate areas with potential for petroleum production. Limestone, dolomite, anhydrite and salt were differentiated using mechanical well logs.

The complex facies of the Madison are subdivided into para-time rock units (the Poplar interval is one) on the basis of extensive thin anhydrite beds which are considered time-parallel.

The base of the Poplar interval is …

A Preliminary Investigation Of The Land Use Limitations Of The Major Landforms Along A Portion Of The Lincoln County Coast, Oregon, Richard Kent Mathiot

Dissertations and Theses

This study of a portion of Oregon's Lincoln County coast describes the physical limitations to land use of the various landforms in the study area. Seven major landform types comprise the study area: beaches, active dunes, stabilized dunes, marsh land and tidal flats, marine terraces, basaltic headlands, and uplands. Descriptions and evaluations of their physical characteristics, distribution, geologic and and engineering characteristics, and potentially hazardous processes are contained in the maps, figures, and text.

Environmental Geology Of The Marquam Hill Area, Roger Alan Redfern

Dissertations and Theses

This work on Marquam Hill area in Portland, a relatively undeveloped urban hillside area, is a pilot study in which environmental factors are evaluated quantitatively in order to delineate limitations on development. The study was undertaken at the request of and in cooperation with the City of Portland Planning Commission and with the State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. Factors considered include various aspects of the land, vegetation and attitudes of inhabitants. Findings are not intended to satisfy need for individual site studies by qualified experts but should show where that expertise is needed.

Field data were …

Selenium In Nebraska's Groundwater And Streams, R.A. Engberg

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Structure And Stratigraphy Of The Central Cimarron Range, Colfax County, New Mexico., Craig S. Goodknight

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The Cimarron Range forms a southeastern extension of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The area mapped in this study lies mainly between Eagle Nest and Ute Park, New Mexico, and is centered around Cimarron Canyon.

Rocks ranging from Precambrian to Quaternary in age are exposed• - in the central Cimarron Range. Precambrian rocks in the core of the range consist mainly of moderately foliated, low- to medium-grade metamorphics intruded by faintly foliated bodies of meta-granodiorite and meta-diabase.

Approximately 4000 feet of sedimentary rocks ranging from the Sangre de Cristo Formation of Pennsylvanian-Permian age through the Poison Canyon Formation of …

Petrogenetic And Trend Surface Analysis Of Hell Canyon Pluton, Montana, William M. Johanns

Masters Theses

I. Introduction

The purpose of this study is to ascertain the petrogensis of the Hell Canyon pluton through the use of standard petrographic techniques and three dimensional mineralogical variability trends. It is intended that this study will provide additional information to the ongoing investigations of the Boulder batholith sequence, of which this intrusion is a part.

The Boulder batholith is located in the Southeastern part of the Northern Rocky Mountains physiographic province in southwestern Montana. This province is typified by numerous rugged mountain ranges of which there are two distinct types. The Idahotype( Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists, 1972) mountains, …

Biostratigraphy Of The Type Yamhill Formation, Polk County, Oregon, Larry R. Gaston

Dissertations and Theses

One hundred and seventy-four species and varieties of fossil Foraminifera are recorded from thirty-eight localities in the Siletz River Volcanics, Yamhill and Nestucca Formations exposed along Mill and Gooseneck Creeks, in the Northern Coast Range of Oregon. Marginulina holmesi is described as new. The Foraminifera indicate that this sequence was deposited during late Ulatisian and Narizian time, in marine waters at bathyal or lower neritic depths, with cool surface temperatures. The Yamhill Formation can be correlated with Moody Shale member of the Toledo Formation and the Coaledo Formation of Oregon; the McIntosh and Aldwell Formations of Washington; and the upper …

Evolution Of Platt Shoals Northern North Carolina Shelf: Inferences From Areal Geology, Philip C. Sears

OES Theses and Dissertations

The evolution of Platt Shoals, a complex ridge and trough system on the south side of the Albemarle Shelf Valley, was determined and the modern hydraulic regime was inferred. The methods used were surficial grain size, 11 vibracores, seismic profiling and bathymetric maps. Platt Shoals developed in a three step process. The first, step was the formation of a substrate of late Pleistocene regressive deposits from 15,000 to 30,000 yr B. P. The second step, occurring approximately 11,000 yr B. P., was the formation of estuary mouth shoals of the ancestral Albemarle River. Between 4,4.00 to 5,000 yr B. P., …

Uniformitarian Principle, Richard G. Hodgson

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Geology Of Atwater Well Field Kalamazoo County, Michigan, John E. Malanchak

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Shore Erosion At Seventeen Sites Along Eastern Lake Michigan, Walter George Fingleton

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Structure And Stratigraphy Of The San Ysidro Quadrangle, Sandoval County, New Mexico, Richard Luverne Ruetschilling

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The mapped area is in Sandoval County, New Mexico, and includes the San Ysidro 7-minute quadrangle. Precambrian rocks in the area consist mainly of quartz monzonite gneiss. Quartz diorite xenoliths and leucocratic dike rocks are less abundant.

Strata totaling 1300 meters, ranging from Morrow-age strata of Pennsylvanian age through the Zia Sand Formation of Miocene age, are exposed in area (fig. 3). Overlying the marine Pennsylvanian Morrow-age strata and Madera Formation is 900 meters of continental, marginal marine, and evaporite deposits consisting, in ascending order, of the Permian Abo Yeso, Glorieta, San Andres and Bernal Formations, the Chinle Formation of …

The Bedrock Geology Of The Southwest Part Of The Kachess Lake Quadrangle, Washington, David Carl Lofgren

Dissertations and Theses

The southwestern part of the Kachess Lake quadrangle lies between Lakes Cle Elum and Kachess, on the east flank of the central Cascade Range of Washington. The region lies between the North and South Cascade petrologic provinces, and includes rocks typical of each. Pre-Tertiary Easton Schist (called the Shuksan Suite farther north), and the Late Cretaceous-Paleocene Swauk Formation occur widely in the North Cascades, while the Tertiary Silver Pass Volcanics and Teanaway Basalt are typical of South Cascade volcanic sequences. Diabasic dikes of the Teanaway dike swarm occur throughout the vicinity.

The area is bounded on the west by a …

Granulometric Analysis Of Recent Sediments Of Tillamook Bay, Oregon, Gennaro William Avolio

Dissertations and Theses

The author has sampled the recent bottom sediments in Tillamook Bay, Oregon. Sediment distribution is assessed in relation to sediment source areas and related to sedimentary environments. Particular attention was directed to the precision with which granulometric data can be stated. It was found that variance is quite high for granulometric parameters of the bay sediments.

Sediment distribution using different measures are displayed on charts of the bay. Size distributions of sediments at any given location are examined for geologic significance. Plotting of size distribution on graph paper using probability ordinate is shown to increase the ease of geologic interpretation. …