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Minnesotans In Nature: Trends And Prospects, John R. Borchert

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Evaluation And Impact Of Planning And Development Under The Washington State Shoreline Management Act, Donald S. Skone

All Master's Theses

The Shoreline Management Act of 1971, ballot proposition 43B, was approved by the voters of the State of Washington on November 7, 1972. The Act is designed to prevent uncoordinated and piecemeal development of the shorelines in Washington State. This study focuses on the impact of the Shoreline Management Act on development of the shorelines. Emphasis is placed on the non-development nature and intent of the Act. Included is a sample study of implementation of the Act under the Guidelines.

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 …

The Mormon Role In Irrigation Beginnings And Diffusions In The Western States: An Historical Geography, Kelly C. Harper

Theses and Dissertations

Irrigation has played an important part in the development of the Western States. Its beginnings have often been associated with the Mormon settlement in Utah. However, irrigation had its inception in the West long before the Mormons came to the Great Basin in 1847. The spatial extent of irrigation before this date included limited acreage in nearly every Western State.

Before their arrival in the Great Basin the Mormons had become acquainted with irrigation methods. Knowledge of irrigation had diffused to them primarily from the Spanish in the Southwest. Thus, they were well prepared to begin their irrigation enterprises in …

A Field Study Of Infiltration On Various Agricultural Soils, Stephen J. Stephen

Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)

The purpose of the study was to ascertain if infiltration and temperature varied significantly among the selected soil types of the Smithfield, Otonabee, Wendigo and Farmington Series. These data were gathered from field tests performed during the summer months in Ontario and Victoria Counties.

A stopwatch was used to measure the number of seconds that were required for 0.8 inches of water to disappear into the soil inside a 4 inch diameter single ring infiltrometer which had been placed one inch into the soil surface. The soil temperature was recorded at the same time.

The sites were chosen by stratified …

Phytoplankton Distribution And Water Quality Indices For Lake Mead (Colorado River), Robert D. Staker, Robert W. Hoshaw, Lorne G. Everett

Publications (WR)

Phytoplankton samples were collected in Lake Mend 6 times from September 1910 to June 1971 for 8 stations at depths of 0. 3, 5, 10, 20, and 30 m. These samples were processed through a Millipore filter apparatus and 79 planktonic algae were identified. Algal divisions represented were Bacillariophyta, 42 species; Chlorophyta, 18 ; Cyanophyta, 9; Chrysophyta, 3; Cryptophyta, 3; Pyrrophyta, 2; and Euglenophyta, 2. Blue-green algae were dominant in late summer and fall; green algae, diatoms, and, cryptomonads in winter; and green algae in spring. The early summer flora was best represented by the Chlorophyta, Cryptophyta, and Chrysophyta. Palmer's …

A Survey Of The Water Quality And Fishes Of Rocky Branch Nature Preserve, Clark County, Illinois, Larry J. Decker

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Effectiveness Of Water Resources Planning Groups A Final Report, Daniel H. Hoggan, Jim Mulder, Sarah Jane Taylor, Dennis E. Oaks, Brent Somers, Raymond L. Richardson

Reports

Information and recommendations were developed pertaining to the organization of regional and river basin water planning studies, useful to river basin commissions and others responsible for such studies. The approach that was used included four basic components: (1) conceptualization of a planning model, based on an analysis of planning theory and organizational literature, (2) analysis and review of historical trends in water resources planned, (3) examination and comparative evaluation of 15 river basin planning studies, and (4) case studies of two planning efforts selected from the 15 examined in order to perform a more detailed analysis and to gain information …

Principal Component Factor Analysis, Kuang-Ming Chu

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

The principal-factor solution is probably the most widely used technique in factor analysis and a relatively straight forward method to determine the minimum number of independent dimensions needed to account for most of the variance in the original set of variables.

The principal components approach to parsimony was first proposed by Karl Pearson (1901) who studied the problem for the case of nonstochastic variables, and in a different context. Hotelling provided the full development of the method (1933) and Thomson (1947) was the first to apply it to the principal factor analysis.

This method was first developed to deal with …

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

Glacial Deposits

Newsletter of the Department of Geography-Geology

The Mediterranean Coast Of Israel: A Planner's Approach, Sophia Professorsky

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The coastal zone of Israel is facing an ever-growing pressure of varied and conflicting land uses. Spreading urbanization, from Nahariya in the north to Ashkelon in the south, gnaws agricultural areas; the needs for commercial ports and industrial plants stand in conflict with recreational uses of the seashore and, as described before, the natural conditions of land shelf structure, topography and climate, are favourable for both industry and residence so that the narrow stretch of the coastal zone attracts more and more of them.

The Economic Aspects Of Water Pollution By Naval Vessels In The Port Of Charleston, South Carolina, John Edward O'Connor

Economics Theses & Dissertations

No abstract provided.

From Portland To The Pacific: An Environmental Studies Tour Via The Wilson River Highway, John O. Dart

Occasional Papers in Geography

Occasional Papers in Geography Publication No. 2

This field guide is the outgrowth of several years experience conducting field courses in conservation and environment and the recognition that little has been prepared for this area through which thousands of Oregonians travel each year, particularly during the summer season.

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 7, July 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Fiscal Year 1973 WRRI Research Staff
NWRRI Administration Assistant Appointed
NWRRI Hosts Energy Conference
Congratulations Ed McPartland!
Final NWC Report Receives Icy Reception from Westerners
Burec Warns White House
New Office of Research and Development
NWC Report Under Fire by House Committee

Remote Sensing Of Earth Resources System Capabilities V.S. Design Constraints, William Howard Grisham

Retrospective Theses and Dissertations

There is new evidence that global earth resources satellite net will be practical. This paper weighs recent advances in remote sensing to pinpoint the dominant constraints. The data and sensor systems interfacing requirements are critically reviewed. It is shown that conventional optics constraints can be relaxed, with the newer systems, based on multi-spectral imagery and statistical processing methods. The most powerful computational methods use algorithms based on a Gaussian assumption for the species vector in feature space, but biases in the imagery limit their efficiency. A rationale is proposed: improving the observational network calibrating efficiency will also improve the photogrammetric …

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 …

The Monadnock Volume 47, June 1973, Clark University Geographical Society

The Monadnock (Clark Geographical Society)

Volume 47 The Monadnock. The Monadnock was the alumni magazine of the Clark University Geographical Society (1927-1985) (2014-present).

Channel Improvements, New London, Connecticut: A Case Study, E. L. Gallup

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is one of the largest single Federal agencies involved in the planning, design and construction of public waterborne transportation facilities. A critical review of a typical corps of Engineers survey report on the improvements to a harbor should provide an insight to the means of allocating the costs and benefits resulting from government expenditures. The purpose of this paper is to review this process using as a vehicle the proposed improvements to the navigation channel at New London, Connecticut

A Regional Perspective For Coastal Zone Management In New England, Susan Holliday Anderson

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

To emphasize the need for a regional perspective of the coastal zone in effective planning in New England, the characteristics that make New England a distinct marine region and the use conflicts that are specific to this region are explored in the discussion that follows.The extent to which the New England states have developed coastal zone management, both in incremental local and state practice and through comprehensive plans, is also discussed. Within New England, there are regional organizations that provide assistance and guidance in matters relating to the coastal zone, but to date, most of their efforts have been directed …

Chemical Quality Of The Groundwater System In Hall County, Nebraska, Jon C. Atkinson

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Hall County, an area of 540 square miles, is in south-central Nebraska. The Platte River flows east-northeasterly across the county from its southwest corner; the Wood River, which is tributary to the Platte within Hall County, enters the county about 6 miles north of the southwest corner. Analysis of streamflow data indicates that the Platte and Wood Rivers are losing streams in Hall County. Based on an 18-year period, October 1953 through September 1971, the average annual losses between gaging stations were 48,100 and 1,940 acre-feet, respectively.

The county is underlain by unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. These deposits mantle …

Petrology And Geochemistry Of The Morrison Formation, Dinosaur Quarry Quadrangle, Utah, Sue Ann Bilbey

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Mineralogical and petrographic analyses of the upper Jurassic - lower Cretaceous units in the vicinity of the Dinosaur National Monument quarry near Jensen, Utah, have elucidated their characteristics and the locations of formational boundaries. The lower part of the Morrison Formation is distinguished by a decreased amount of illite and an increased amount of kaolinite. In contrast, the underlying Curtis Formation contains an approximately equal mixture of illite and kaolinite. The lower Salt Wash Member and the upper Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison are both lithologically and mineralogically identifiable in this area. Above the boundary between the two, kaolinite …

Mineral And Chemical Content Of The Deep-Water Sediment Sequences Of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho, James C. Biesinger

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Twenty-five piston cores 6 to 12 feet long were obtained from the deepwater sediments of Bear Lake, Utah-Idaho. Analyses of these cores revealed that the deep-water sediments of the lake are divided into two major sequences: a younger sequence rich in carbonate minerals, here called the carbonate sequence, and an older sequence rich in silicate minerals, referred to in this paper as the silt sequence. The carbonate sequence is composed of clay-sized quartz, aragonite, calcite, dolomite, montmorillonite, illite, kaolinite, chlorite, and amorphous material. The silt sequence consists of both silt- sized and claysized particles of quartz, calcite, dolomite, montmorillonite, illite, …

Spatial Variations In The Intra-Urban Response To A Noise Source, Wilbur David Conder

Dissertations and Theses

Most research on the urban sonic environment has been recent. One finding has been that physical noise exposure indices calibrate poorly with human noise response. The vagaries of human response to noise have given impetus to research to isolate the factors that differentiate human response to noise. The present thesis continues this research.

The thesis specifies human noise response to occur on three levels: awareness, annoyance, and complaint. The factors that structure each level of noise response are identified in the published Iiterature.

Noise awareness is a function of noise exposure. Noise annoyance is a function of noise exposure to …

Implications Of Photogeologic Linears In The South Long Lake Area, Alpena And Presque Isle Counties, Michigan, Richard E. Kimmel

Masters Theses

There are numerous linear features in Alpena and Presque Isle Counties, Michigan, which are generally visible on aerial photographs. These photolinears trend in two general directions, northeast-southwest and northwest-southeast. These two sets are perpendicular to each other, and represent vector means of two fracture sets.

The development of the photolinears began in Early Devonian. Throughout its history, ground water flowed along underground channels connecting fracture intersections. This underground drainage network is responsible for many of the photolinears. Some of the photolinears can be attributed tb Early Devonian ground water activity and subsequent collapse of the Salina Salt basin, and some …

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 3, March 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Interdisciplinary Water Resource Seminar
Nitrogen In Nebraska's Environment
Cottonwood Watershed Gets Award
Water Conference at Nebraska Center
New Senior Specialist in Engineering and Public Works
New Officers for NWRA
Rain Bombs
Institute for Environmental Studies at Illinois
Water Pollution Study: Pushbutton?
Superport Sites for Oil Tankers
Report on Irrigation in Bulgaria Announced
World Climatic Data

The Characteristics And Genesis Of Stone Stripes In North Central Oregon, John Baine Pyrch

Dissertations and Theses

Stone stripes are linear accumulations of rock debris separated by finer material and oriented down the steepest available slope. In north central Oregon, the stone stripes are composed of basalt fragments and occur where the soil mantle averages less than 1 m in depth. They are best developed in areas of higher elevation, usually from about 900 to 1100 m, and are most prominent on convex to straight slopes of 15 to 30 degrees. The stripes vary from a few meters to over 150 in length, and their widths range from 0.3 to over 3 m. The depth of the …

Water Resources News, Volume 5, No. 2, February 1973

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Interdiscplinary Water Resources Seminar
Summer Institutes Announced at the University of Nebraska
Research Project Initiatied on White River Basin
NU Irrigation Short Course
Nitrogen in Nebraska's Environment
White House Aids Chosen
Reap and Water Bank Programs Abolished
New EPA Training Grant Rules
Water Funds Lawsuit
Water Agencies, Inc.
Proposed Drinking Water Standards
EPA Issues New Water Pollution Control Standards
Laser Beam Eradication
MIT Offers Professional Degree; Environmental Engineer
Environmental Quality Improving
GAO Urges Changes on 160-Acre Limit
What About Water?

Ua77/1 Western Alumnus, Vol. 43, No. 2, Wku Alumni Association

WKU Administration Documents

WKU alumni magazine. Features the following articles:

• Armstrong, Don. Engineering Technology Accredited
• Martin, Vernon & Don Armstrong. Public Affairs Aids Counties
• Distinguished Alumnus Julian Goodman
• Gray, David. WKU Physicist Invents Ultraviolet Dosimeter - William Buckman
• Richards, Jim. Why Recruit the Junior Colleges?
• Pageantry, Nostalgia & Victory - Homecoming
• Just, Paul. The Red and Gray Orchestra
• Ivan Wilson Center for Fine Arts, Dedication
• Hood, Gordon. The Ivan Wilson Center
• Downing, Dero. A Dedication Response
• Downing, Dero. Awareness & Willingness
• Dickey, Debbie. A Renewal of the Spirit
• Sutherland, David. Appalachia, A Stronghold of Early American Folk Culture
• Cann, Kenneth. If It's Guatemala …

Bibliography Of Latin American Agricultural Production And Development. Volume I: Inputs And Outputs In Crop And Livestock Production, Allen Lebaron, Samuel Daines, Percy Aitken, Ruby Johnson, Angeles Ely

Reports

No abstract provided.

A Preliminary Model Of The Hydrologic-Sociologic Flow System Of An Urban Area, Wade H. Andrews, J. Paul Riley, Craig W. Colton, George B. Shih, Malcolm B. Masteller

Reports

This report describes the first phase of a larger study which is directed toward the development of a general technique for analyzing and solving urban metropolitan hydrologic problems through a joint consideration of both the physical and social dimensions. This report is limited to the preliminary work of identification of social variables, the first steps in assigning mathematical values to them, and developing a mathematical format for these variables. In addition, the physical-hydrologic system is identified for purposes of clarifying the elements in that system. The ultimate objective of the entire study is directed toward discovering a theoretical and generally …