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Petrography Of Xenolith Zones In The Black Face-Ames Plutons, Western San Juan Mountains, Colorado, Richard B. Moore

Theses and Dissertations

The middle to late Tertiary Black Face-Ames plutons are irregularly-shaped, intrusive bodies located in the San Miguel Mountains of southwestern Colorado. The Ames pluton is generally a composite sill; the Black Face pluton is an asymmetric laccol1th. The two plutons are probably joined at depth, and together they form a crudely annular outcrop pattern, open toward the west. The principal rock type within the plutons is granodiorite porphyry, although part of the Ames pluton consists of porphyritic rhyodacite.

Two major zones of xenoliths of Precambrian rock occur within the Black Face-Ames plutons; scattered xenoliths are found at widely separated locations. …

Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction Of Late Quaternary Lacustrine Sediments (Seibold Site) In Southeastern North Dakota, William B. Bickley Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The Seibold Site on the Missouri Coteau in northwest Stutsman County, North Dakota, contains a late Quaternary lacustrine deposit with a spectaculary preserved and diverse biota; more than 150 species occur, of which the mollusks and fish are figured and discussed in detail in this study. The stratigraphic sequence, in ascending order, is a follows: 1) pebbly silt; 2) clayey silt; 3) organic mud; 4) calcareous mud; 5) sandy silt and clay; 6) silty sand; and 7) sandy silt and clay.

The stratigraphic sequence and biota suggest a 5-phase history for the area during the last 11,000 years. During phase …

Man And His Environment: The Ecological Limits Of Optimism, R. S. Miller, G. M. Woodwell, W. R. Burch, P. A. Jordan, R. L. Means

Yale School of the Environment Bulletin Series

No abstract provided.

(06) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume I: 1898-1924 [1921-1924: Beginnings Of Experimentation With Liquid Propellants], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers Robert Goddard's life from 1921 through 1924. During this time, Goddard began his experimentation with liquid propellants for rockets, became a part-time consultant on solid-propellant rocket weapons for the U.S government, began a twenty-year tenure as Director of Physical Laboratories at …

(04) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume I: 1898-1924 [1898-1914: Speculation And Preparation], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers Robert Goddard's life from age sixteen through thirty-two. It contains diary entries, correspondence, school themes, entries from his green notebooks (used for calculations), a graduation oration, published articles,

This section contains the following articles:
"The Use of the Gyroscope in the Balancing and …

(10) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume Ii: 1925-1937 [1932-1934: Interlude At Clark University], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers a brief period in Robert Goddard's life, from mid 1932 to mid 1934, between his two grant funded periods (1930-1932, 1934-1942) for rocket research in Roswell, New Mexico. During this time, he continued to teach at Clark University and conduct research …

(09) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume Ii: 1925-1937 [1930-1932: The First New Mexico Adventure], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers Robert Goddard's life from mid 1930 to mid 1932 when Goddard received his first Guggenheim grant (this one from Daniel) which would bring Robert and Esther to Roswell, New Mexico for two years of rocket research. They would soon relocate to …

(13) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume Iii: 1938-1945 [1938-1941: Rockets With Turbopumps], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers 1938 to 1942. During this period, Goddard begins to develop turbine-driven pumps for liquid propellant rockets and conducts a series of flight tests with pump-driven rockets.

This section contains correspondence by, to, and about Robert H. Goddard from the following people and entities: …

(05) The Papers Of Robert H. Goddard, Volume I: 1898-1924 [1915-1920: Experimentation With Solid Propellants], Robert H. Goddard, Esther C. Goddard, G. Edward Pendray

The Papers of Robert H. Goddard

Meticulously curated and edited by Esther C. Goddard and G. Edward Pendray, The Papers of Robert H. Goddard is a 1700-page 3 volume set published in 1970. The set presents a careful and exhaustive chronological presentation of Robert Goddard’s life through diary snippets, notebook entries, correspondence, publications, speeches, patent outlines, school papers, press, reports and more.

This section covers Robert Goddard's life from 1915 through 1920. During this time, he became an Assistant Professor in Physics at Clark University, demonstrated that reaction takes place in a vacuum, hence a rocket could function in airless space, received his first Smithsonian grant …

Quaternary Geology Of Rolette County, North Dakota, Dwight E. Deal

Theses and Dissertations

Rolette County contains approximately 942 square miles in north central North Dakota (Tps. 159-164 N., Rs. 69-73 W.) adjacent to the Canadian border. It includes the southeastern part of the Turtle Mountains and part of the glacial Lake Souris basin. Basic lithologies recognized in the surface sediments were bedded clay, silt, sand, and gravel; and three types of non-bedded diamicton. These were combined and, with bedding characteristics and organic content, formed 15 practical field mapping units. Geologically significant scarps and hill slopes were also mapped. The data collected is shown at a scale of 1 inch to 2 miles. The …

Developing An Optical Scanner Card For Computerized Football Scouting, Curtis Lowell Byrnes

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to develop an optical scanner scouting card to use in conjunction with the computer for football scouting.

Auger Electrons From Argon With Energies 150-210 Ev Produced By H+ And H2 Impacts, D. J. Volz, M. Eugene Rudd

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Secondary electrons in the energy range 150-210 eV produced by 125-300-keV H⁺ and H₂⁺ impacts on argon gas are measured as a function of their energy and angle of emission. Discrete line spectra are due to Auger transitions from L₂ and L₃ vacancy states as well as satellite transitions from multivacancy states. The widths, energies, and branching ratios of the L₂ and L₃ vacancy states are presented. Widths of these states are appreciably greater than those obtained with electron impact excitation. This can be attributed to the recoil velocities of the target atom …

Surficial Lineaments And Their Structural Implications In The Williston Basin, A. Kirth Erickson

Theses and Dissertations

Lineaments of apparent geostructural origin are observable on air photos of the Williston basin. The pattern formed by these lineaments has the appearance of a broad system of interconnecting wrench faults such as occur on the adjacent Canadian shield. On this basis it is hypothesized that a broad system of left-lateral wrench faults may underlie the Williston basin region and possibly the entire continental foreland structural province.

Structures in the Williston basin are readily adaptable to this interpretation. The Nessen anticline appears to consist of a north-south realignment of a N. 40° E.- trending Precambrian high which was segmented by …

Final Report: Wasatch Airborne Seeding Program, Geoffrey E. Hill

Reports

No abstract provided.

Systems Analysis Of Hydrologic Problems, J. Paul Riley, Diana Averett

Reports

Introduction: Increasing national and international interest in water resources in recent years has stimulated much new activity and progress in hydrology. It is now generally recognized that the science of hydrology is basic to an understanding of water resources problems and to planning for water resources development. Accompanying this demand upon the science of hydrology is an urgent need for improved education at the university level. In resopnse to this need for improved education, the First International Seminar for Hydrology Professors was held at Urbana, Illinois, in July 1969. The Second International Seminar was held at Logan, Utah, during August …

Computer Simulation Of Water Resource Systems At Utah State University, J. Paul Riley

Reports

Introduction: The problems of managing water-resource systems are basically those of decision making based upon a consideration of the physical, economic, and sociological processes involved. These processes are strongly interrelated and constitute a dynamic and continuous system. Any combination of these interrelated and numerous system variables yields a management solution. At Utah State University the problem of investigating system response to various possible management alternatives is being approached by hybrid computer simulation. The concept of simulation is fundamentally simple. Basically, it is a technique of analysis whereby a model is developed for investigating the behavior or performance of a dynamic …

Attitudes For Environmental Planning In The 1970'S, Dean F. Peterson

Reports

No abstract provided.

The Function Of Social Behavior In Water Resource Development , Wade H. Andrews, Dennis C. Geertsen

Reports

Preface: This report is an analysis of a social survey of the middle and lower Bear River Basin of southeastern Idaho and northern Utah concerning the problem of water resource development in a semiarid region of the Western United States. The survey part of the study, carried out in the summer of 1966, dealt with both general social factors and a specific proposal made by the Bureau of Reclamation for developing water resources of the Bear River. In many respects this proposal and the resulting behavior is typical of other western river basin projects, in some other ways, however, it …

Radiative Lifetime Of The A¹Π State And The Transition Moment Variation Of The Fourth Positive Band System Of Carbon Monoxide, Joseph George Chervenak

Doctoral Dissertations

"The lifetime of the A¹π state of carbon monoxide has been measured using a pulsed invertron excitation source and delayed coincidence measurement technique on the fourth positive system. Eighteen bands, originating from the upper states v' = 0 to 5, were examined at pressures between 500 and 50 microns, with no pressure dependence noted. The data were corrected for photon "pile up" and least-squares fitted to the sum of two exponentials. The transition moment was found to vary and was expanded about the r-centroid of the v' = 0 to v" = 0 transition. Oscillator strengths are calculated and compared …

Upper Cretaceous And Lower Cenozoic Foraminifera Of Three Oil Wells In Northwestern Iraq, Farouk Sunallah Al-Omari

Doctoral Dissertations

"Seventy-five samples of well cuttings and cores from the Iraq Petroleum Company Butmah Well No. 9, Ain Zalah Well No. 16 and Ain Zalah Well No. 17, in northwestern Iraq at approximately 36° 37' north latitude and 42° 41' east longitude, have been examined in detail. The lithologic descriptive term "marl" is replaced by calcareous shale or argillaceous limestone, and the term "globigerinal limestone" is not considered applicable. The foraminiferal fauna from the upper part of the Shiranish Formation prove to be of Maestrichtian age. The Mesozoic-Cenozoic boundary is recognized on the basis of "smaller foraminiferal" faunal assemblages; it is …

Discrimination Of Signal And Noise Events On Seismic Recordings By Linear Threshold Estimation Theory, David Nuse Peacock

Doctoral Dissertations

"The object of this study is the investigation of a linear threshold element technique for identifying surface multiples on a single seismic trace. Traces of seismic events were generated which contained primaries, surface multiples, and various levels of Gaussian random noise. Since it was necessary to separate the events as much as possible, the traces were subjected to pulse-compression deconvolution processing prior to LTE analysis. Mean frequency, peak frequency, amplitude spectrum variance, periodicity, and polarity were employed as pattern parameters. A set of weights was found that would maximize the moment of inertia of the S line distribution of the …

Mass Spectrometric Study Of "Anomalous" Water, Bernard Jean Bouy

Masters Theses

"Considerable interest has developed recently in a material called "polywater" or "anomalous water". This material has properties quite different from those normally associated with liquid water. The purpose of this study is to give some mass spectrometric observations of "polywater". The "polywater" samples were produced within silica capillaries. These capillaries were heated by means of a helical coil to vaporize the "polywater". The vapor was directed into the source of a mass spectrometer. The results of this study show that a significant portion of the "anomalous water" samples is composed of a polymer of dimethylsiloxane. To date, the observations are …

The Radial Distribution Curve Of "Anomalous" Water By X-Ray Diffraction, Jerome Dechelette

Masters Theses

"Amorphous and liquid samples, believed to be "anomalous" water were studied by X-ray diffraction. A diffusion ring, characteristic of liquids and glass was observed at Θ =10.5º. For purposes of comparison an X-ray diffraction pattern was obtained for pure water under nearly identical conditions. By means of a microdensitometer, X-ray intensity curves were prepared from the diffraction patterns and corrected for absorption and polarization. From the Fourier transform of the intensities, we obtained the radial distribution curves. The radial distribution curve for water, obtained in previous work, shows an initial peak at 2.9Å. This peak is due to the nearest …

Enhanced Evaporation Of Water Droplets Due To Surface Contamination, Robert Bernard Hughes

Masters Theses

"Experimental evidence for enhanced evaporation of small (3-9 µ radius) water droplets are presented. Both "pure" droplets and droplets contaminated with surface active materials fell into air of known relative humidity (96-99 per cent) at an ambient temperature of 29.9C and evaporated. The rates of evaporation were determined by photographing the evaporating drops, measuring the distance a drop fell during a fixed time interval, and applying Stokes law. The contaminated droplets exhibited a rate of evaporation 1.8µ² sec⁻¹ faster than "pure" drops. This can be compared with rates for pure drops of 1.9 and 5.7µ² sec⁻¹ at 0.1 and 0.3C …

Glory Scattering In Molecular Collisions: Formal Expressions For The Total Cross Section, Louis Biolsi

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

An Extended Distorted-Wave Treatment is Used to Obtain Formal Expressions for the Total Cross Section When Two Rigid Diatomic Molecules with Orbital and Nuclear-Spin Angular Momenta Collide. Explicit Expressions Are Obtained through Second Order, Including the Lowest-Order Inelastic Effects.

Quaternary Sedimentation On The Inner Atlantic Shelf Between Cape Henry And Cape Hatteras: A Preliminary Report, Donald J. P. Swift, Gerald L. Shideler, Nicholas F. Avignone, Barry M. Holliday, Charles E. Dill Jr.

OES Faculty Publications

The coast of the Middle Atlantic Bight of North America's Atlantic shelf consists of a series of spit - barrier island systems attached on their northern ends to eroding headlands. It has been suggested that these barriers were generated as coastwise-prograding spits (Fisher, 1967) or alternatively as mainland beaches detached by the Holocene rise of sea level (Hoyt, 1967). The shore face before the barriers consists of fine, seaward-fining sand. Locally, it is corrugated by oblique-trending ridges with up to 8 metres of relief — see for instance CSGS Chart 1109. Beyond the shore face lies a vast submarine sand …

Modified Method Of Linear Associative Retrieval, James Donald Byrd

Masters Theses

"It is becoming increasingly important for those in decision making positions to have the most current and accurate data possible as related to their particular needs. Although there are several well known retrieval techniques available an intensified effort is being made at many installations to provide a retrieval system that will supply the demands of their own needs. One well known approach to the solution of information retrieval is linear associative retrieval. The solution that has been proposed requires several computer runs on some requests and therefore is very time consuming. The author has implemented a method to eliminate unnecessary …

Petrology And Diagenesis Of The Cyclic Maquoketa Formation (Upper Ordovician) Pike County, Missouri, Edwin Carl Kettenbrink Jr.

Masters Theses

"The Maquoketa Formation (Upper Ordovician-Cincinnatian Series) has been extensively studied for over one hundred years, but a petrographic study of its cyclic lithologies has been neglected. The following six distinct Maquoketa lithologies have been recognized in this study in Pike County, Missouri: 1) phosphatic biosparite, 2) phosphorite, 3) micrite-microsparite, 4) dolomitic shale, 5) dolomitic marlstone, and 6) dolomitic quartz siltstone. Three cycle types are present in the Maquoketa. They are expressed as thin beds (1-20 inches) of alternating micrite-shale, micrite-marlstone, and shale-siltstone. Contacts between different lithologies are sharp, indicating a primary sedimentological origin for the cycles. Precisely what mechanism was …

Ua66/7/2 Newsletter, Wku Chemistry

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by and about the WKU Chemistry department.

Problems And Management Of Water Quality In Hillsborough Bay, Fl, Federal Water Pollution Control Administration

Reports

Full scale filed operations began on June 8, 1967. Since that time, a pattern of pollution, water quality degradation and a complex ecological system has been defined.