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USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER / PAPERS :
USGS PP 802-A : 1973 : Principles and measuring techniques of turbulence characteristics in open-channel flows. Author: McQuivey Turbulence in water. 82p. (Cover detached from one staple.) $1
USGS PP 802-B : 1973 : Summary of turbulence data from rivers, conveyance channels, and laboratory flumes. Author: McQuivey Turbulence in water. 66p. $1
USGS PP 804 : 1973 : Erosional and depositional aspects of Hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969. Author: Williams. 80p. $2
USGS PP 806 : 1975 : Geology of the Chewelah-Loon Lake area, Stevens and Spokane counties, Washington. By Fred K. Miller and Lorin D. Clark. With a section on Potassium-Argon ages of the Plutonic rocks by Joan C. Engels. 74p., 2 plates in pocket, 24 figures, 4 tables. (Good, barely rumpled) $15
USGS PP 807 : 1973 : Geochemical anomalies of a claypit area, Callaway County, Missouri, and related metabolic imbalance in beef cattle. Author: Ebens. 24p. $1
USGS PP 809-A : 1973 : Recognition of natural brine by electrical soundings near the Salt Fork of the Brazos River, Kent and Stonewall Counties, Texas. Author: Zohdy Origin and management of salt springs and seeps in the upper Brazos River basin, Texas. 14p. $1
USGS PP 809-B : 1973 : Location and characteristics of the interface between brine and fresh water from geophysical logs of boreholes in the upper Brazos River Basin, Texas. Author: Keys Origin and management of salt springs and seeps in the upper Brazos River basin, Texas. 23p. $1
USGS PP 810 : 1974 : Geophysical surveys of Liberia with tectonic and geologic interpretations. Author: Behrendt. 1974. 33p. 6 plates in pocket. (Back cover has slight extra wear.) $2
USGS PP 813-B : 1975 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; upper Mississippi region. Author: Bloyd. 22p. $1
USGS PP 813-C : 1974 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; upper Colorado region. Author: Price. 40p. 2 plates in pocket. $2
USGS PP 813-D : 1975 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Rio Grande region. Author: West. 39p. $1
USGS PP 813-F : 1976 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Texas-Gulf region. Author: Baker. 29p. 3 plates in pocket. $2
USGS PP 813-G : 1976 : Summary appraisals of the Nation’s ground-water resources – Great Basin Region. By Thomas E. Eakin, Don Price, and J. R. Harrill. A regional appraisal and discussion of planning the future ground-water development in a region characterized by a semiarid climate and closed-basin drainage. 37p., 1 plate in pocket, 8 figures, 8 tables. $2
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USGS PP 813-H : 1976 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Arkansas-White-Red region. Author: Bedinger. 31p. $1
USGS PP 813-J : 1978 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Great Lakes region. Author: Weist. 30p. $1
USGS PP 813-K : 1978 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Souris-Red-Rainy region. Author: Reeder. 25p. $1
USGS PP 813-L : 1978 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Tennessee region. Author: Zurawski. 35p. $1
USGS PP 813-N : 1979 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Lower Mississippi region. Author: Terry. 41p. $1
USGS PP 813-O : 1979 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; South Atlantic Gulf region. Author: Cederstrom. 35p. $12
USGS PP 813-Q : 1978 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Missouri Basin region. By O. James Taylor. Appraisal of ground-water resources in a vast region, with suggestions for improved management of ground water by planned depletion, storage, salvage, and reuse of available supplies. 41p., 3 plates in pocket, 12 figs., 8 tables. $2
USGS PP 813-S : 1979 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Pacific Northwest region. Author: Foxworthy. 39p. $1
USGS PP 813-T : 1982 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; New England region. Author: Sinnott. 23p. $1
USGS PP 813-U : 1980 : Summary appraisals of the Nations ground-water resources; Caribbean region. Author: Gomez-Gomez. 32p. 2 plates in pocket. $2
USGS PP 814 : 1973 : Distribution of selected elements in surficial marine sediments of the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf and slope. Author: Holmes. 7p. 4 plates in separate pocket. (Cover has extra wear and fading.) $2
USGS PP 817 : 1973 : Summary petroleum and selected mineral statistics for 120 countries, including offshore areas. Author: Albers. 1973. 149p. $2
USGS PP 820 : 1973 : United States Mineral Resources. Edited by Donald A. Brobst and Walden P. Pratt. This is a MASSIVE hardbound book, 722p. Consists of separate chapters for each mineral, including (among many others) : Asbestos, Cadmium, Coal, Diatomite, Gem stones, Gold, Mercury, Mica, Uranium, Thorium, Oil and gas, Peat, platinum, Tellurium, and more. $10
USGS PP 828 : 1974 : Fuller’s earth and other industrial mineral resources of the Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy district, Georgia and Florida. By Sam H. Patterson. A summary of the general and economic geology of the major fuller’s earth-producing district in the United States. 45p., 2 plates in pocket, 11 figures, 5 tables. $2
USGS PP 833 : 1974 : Computer model for determining bank storage at Hungry Horse Reservoir, northwestern Montana.. Author: Thompson. 14p. (Bound without the title page!) $1
USGS PP 837 : 1974 : The logic of geological maps, with reference to their interpretation and use for engineering purposes. By David J. Varnes. A discussion of the definition and classification of map units, with emphasis on the problems presented by maps intended for use in civil engineering. 48p., 3 color plates in pocket, 35 figs., 2 tables. $1
USGS PP 840 : 1976 : Descriptions and analyses of eight new USGS rock standards.. Author: Flanagan. 29 separate papers compiled here. 192p. $4
USGS PP 850 : 1973 : Geological Survey research 1973. A summary of recent significant scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic and hydrologic investigations in progress and a report on the status of topographic mapping. 366p., 10 figures. $5
USGS PP 855 : 1975 : Geology of the Sage and Kemmerer 15-minute quadrangles, Lincoln county, Wyoming. By William W. Rubey, Steven S. Oriel, and Joshua I. Tracey, Jr. Geologic map and structure sections depict the geometry of part of the western Wyoming thrust belt where overlapped by mainly Tertiary strata of northern Fossil basin. 18p., frontispiece, 2 plates in pocket, 2 figures, 1 table. $10
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USGS PP 857 : 1975 : Diagenesis and stratigraphy of the Lisburne Group limestones of the Sadlerochit Mountains and adjacent areas, northeastern Alaska. Author: Wood 1975. 71p. $2
USGS PP 858 : 1976 : Late Paleozoic foraminifera from southern Chile. Author: Douglass. 1976. 85p. $1
USGS PP 859 : 1976 : Reconnaissance geology of the submerged and emerged Coastal Plain province, Cape Lookout area, North Carolina. Author: Mixon. 45p. 2 plates in pocket. $2
USGS PP 860 : 1975 : Geochemical and geologic relations of gold and other elements at the Gold Acres open pit mine, Lander county, Nevada. by Chester T. Wrucke and Theodore J. Armbrustmacher. 27p., plate in pocket, 12 figures, 4 tables.
Choose your copy of USGS Professional Paper 860 :
VG - $15
Good (cover lightly soiled, bumped corner) - $9
USGS PP 863 : 1976 : Smaller foraminifera from deep wells on Puerto Rico and St Croix. Author: Todd. 1976. 56p. $1
USGS PP 865 : 1975 : Normapolles pollen from the Mississippi embayment. By Robert H. Tschudy. Taxonomy and stratigraphic ranges of Normapolles genera and species found in Mississippi embayment rocks. 41p., plus 20 plates on unnumbered pages, 44 figures. $2
USGS PP 866 : 1974 : Tectonic features of the Precambrian Belt Basin and their influence on post-Belt structures. By Jack E. Harrison, Allan B. Griggs, and John D. Wells. 15p., 4 figures. $8
USGS PP 867-B : 1976 : Stratigraphy of post-Paleozoic rocks and summary of resources in the Carlin-Pinon range area, Nevada. by J. Fred Smith, Jr. and Keith B. Ketner, with a section on Aeromagnetic survey by Don R. Mabey. Geology of the Carlin-Pinon range area, Nevada. A study of a thick sequence of Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene through Pliocene Tertiary nonmarine sedimentary rocks and volcanic and intrusive rocks. 48p. 1 plate in pocket. (Fair : mostly very good, but covers and edge of page block soiled) $5
USGS PP 867-C : 1977 : Tectonic events since early Paleozoic in the Carlin-Pinon Range area, Nevada. By J. Fred Smith, Jr., and Keith B. Ketner. (Geology of the Carlin-Pinon range area, Nevada.) Of seven recognized deformational episodes, the earliest occurred in Late Devonian to Early Mississippian time and a principal orogenic event occurred in Mesozoic time. 18p., 3 figures, 1 table. $1
USGS PP 872 : 1976 : Geology of the Golden quadrangle, Colorado. By Richard Van Horn. Geology of part of the Denver urban area, Colorado, with emphasis on deposits of Pleistocene age and their economic potential, engineering characteristics, and environmental implications. 116p., double page frontispiece, 1 plate in pocket, 53 figures, 14 tables (1 in pocket), 17 measured sections. VG - $45
USGS PP 875 : 1975 : Deformations associated with relaxation of residual stresses in a sample of Barre Granite from Vermont. Author: Nichols. 32p. $1
USGS PP 876 : 1975 : Cauldron subsidence of Oligocene age at Mount Lewis, northern Shoshone Range, Nevada. Author: Wrucke. 20p. (bent corner) $1
USGS PP 878 : 1975 : Evaluation of ground-water degradation resulting from waste disposal to alluvium near Barstow, California. Author: Hughes. 33p. $1
USGS PP 879 : 1976 : Silurian-Devonian pelecypods and Paleozoic stratigraphy of subsurface rocks in Florida and Georgia and related Silurian pelecypods from Bolivia and Turkey by John Pojeta, Jr., Jiri Kriz, and Jean Berdan. General geologic setting of the Florida and Georgia subsurface Paleozoic; systematics and the biostratigraphic, paleoecologic, and paleobiogeographic significance of the pelecypods. 32p. plus 5 plates. $2
USGS PP 881 : 1976 : Geologic evaluation of waste-storage potential in selected segments of the Mesozoic aquifer system below the zone of fresh water, Atlantic Coastal Plain,. Author: Brown North Carolina through New Jersey. 47p. 10 large plates in pocket. (Faint stain on front of cardboard holder.) $7
USGS PP 885 : 1974 : Summary of 1972 oil and gas statistics for onshore and offshore areas of 151 countries. By Sherwood E. Frezon. Data on offshore and onshore production, reserves, resources, exploration activity, and imports and exports of oil and natural gas for 1972. 163p., 3 tables. $2
USGS PP 889 : 1975 : Precambrian and lower Ordovician rocks in East-central Idaho. Chapters A and B. Precambrian Y sedimentary rocks in east-central Idaho by Edward T. Ruppel. AND Precambrian Z and Lower Ordovician rocks in East-Central Idaho by Edward T. Ruppel, Reuben James Ross, Jr. and David Schleicher. 34p., 4 figures, 3 tables. $1
USGS PP 890 : 1975 : The August and October 1968 east rift eruptions of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Author: Jackson. 33p. $1
USGS PP 891 : 1976 : The February 1969 east rift eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii. Author: Swanson. 30p. 1 large plate in pocket. (Spine a little rough.) $2
USGS PP 899 : 1976 : The karst landforms of Puerto Rico. Author: Watson H. Monroe. A discussion of a solution landscape formed in a tropical climate of moderately high rainfall. 69p., 50 figures in text, 1 table, 1 large plate in pocket – a map showing outcrops of limestone, karst landforms and caves. (Good, bumped corners) $25
USGS PP 901 : 1974 : Explanatory text to accompany the geologic map of the United States. By Philip B. King and Helen M. Beikman. NOTE – this is not the map, just a text to go with the map. 40p., 16 figures, 1 table. $5
USGS PP 902 : 1976 : Precambrian geology of the United States; an explanatory text to accompany the geologic map of the United States. Author: King. 85p. $5
USGS PP 903 : 1976 : The Paleozoic and Mesozoic rocks; a discussion to accompany the geologic map of the United States. By Philip B. King and Helen M. Beikman. NOTE – this is not the map, just a text to go with the map. 76p., 19 figures. $3
USGS PP 908 : 1974 : Simulated effects of oil-shale development on the hydrology of Piceance Basin, Colorado. Author: Weeks. 84p. 1 color plates in pocket. (Corner bumped.) $3
USGS PP 913 : 1976 : A stochastic model for predicting the probability distribution of the dissolved-oxygen deficit in streams.. Author: Esen. 50p. $1
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USGS PP 917 : 1975 : A numerical model of material transport in salt-wedge estuaries. Author: Fischer and Stoner. 36p. $1
USGS PP 921 : 1974 : Earth science in the public service. This is 16 different papers bound together. 73p. (Back cover lightly soiled, corners bumped.) $1
USGS PP 924 : 1975 : Hurricane Agnes rainfall and floods, June-July 1972. Author: Bailey. 1975. 403p. 1 large plate in pocket. $7
USGS PP 925 : 1975 : Sedimentation and tectonics in the early Tertiary continental borderland of central California. Author: Nilsen. 64p. $9
USGS PP 927 : 1976 : Effect of irrigation pumping on desert pupfish habitats in Ash Meadows, Nye County, Nevada. Author: Dudley. 52p. $1
USGS PP 929 : 1976 : ERTS-1, a new window on our planet. Editors Richard S. Williams, Jr., and William D. Carter. Color illustrations. 361p., 256 figures. Earth Resources Technology Satellite. (cover rubbed, may have a signature beginning to loosen.) $6
Selected content of USGS Professional Paper 929, titles abbreviated :
Antarctic cartography.
Geologic analysis of the Santa Lucia Range, California.
Jordan Rift Valley.
Geological structure in the western Brooks Range area, Alaska.
Sand seas of the world.
Saindak area, Western Pakistan.
Active faults in the Los Angeles – Ventura area of southern California.
Debris avalanches at Mount Baker Volcano, Washington.
Monitoring the motion of surging glaciers in the Mount McKinley massif, Alaska.
Vatnajokull icecap, Iceland.
Glaciology in Antarctica.
Land use in Northeast Colorado.
Short-term changes in vegetation of southern Arizona.
Road alinement through the Great Kavir in Iran.
Tornado tracks.
MUCH MORE, neat book!
USGS PP 937 : 1975 : The 1973 Mississippi River basin flood; compilation and analyses of meteorologic, streamflow, and sediment data. Author: Chin. 1975. 137p. 9 plates in pocket. (Back cover has wear.) $6
USGS PP 938 : 1976 : Platinum deposits of the Goodnews By district, Alaska. By John B. Mertie, Jr. Mining history and general and economic geology of placer deposits of the district. 42p., 14 figures, 27 tables. $15
USGS PP 939 : 1977 : Artificial recharge to a freshwater-sensitive brackish-water sand aquifer, Norfolk, Virginia. Author: Brown. 53p. $1
USGS PP 940 : 1975 : Mineral resource perspectives 1975. Author: USGS. 24p. $1
USGS PP 954-A : 1976 : Geochemical survey of Missouri: methods of sampling, laboratory analysis, and statistical reduction of data.. Author: Miesch. 39p. $5
USGS PP 954-B : 1976 : Geochemical survey of Missouri: Chemical variation of soils in Missouri associated with selected levels of the soil classification system. Author: Tidball. 16p. $1
USGS PP 954-C : 1976 : Geochemical survey of Missouri: Elemental composition of selected native plants and associated soils from major vegetation-type areas in Missouri by Erdman, Shacklette, and Keith. 87p. $2
USGS PP 954-D : 1976 : Geochemical survey of Missouri: Elemental composition of corn grains, soybean seeds, pasture grasses, and associated soils from selected areas in Missouri. Author: Erdman. 23p. $1
USGS PP 954-G : 1980 : Geochemical survey of Missouri: Geochemistry of loess and carbonate residuum. Author: Ebens. 31p. $1
USGS PP 959-AF : 1976 : Geology and resources of titanium. Author: Force. Several papers combined. 60p. $9
USGS PP 959-G : 1976 : Rutile in Precambrian sillimanite-quartz gneiss and related rocks, East-central Front Range, Colorado. Author: Marsh. 17p. $1
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USGS PP 959-H : 1976 : Alluvial ilmenite placer deposits, central Virginia. Author: Minard. Roseland Anorthosite. 15p. 1 plate in pocket. $2
USGS PP 960 : 1976 : Statistical studies of selected trace elements with reference to geology and genesis of the Carlin gold deposit, Nevada. Author: Harris. 21p. $5
USGS PP 965 : 1976 : The relation of geology to stress changes caused by underground excavation in crystalline rocks at Idaho Springs, Colorado. Author: Lee Anisotropic metasedimentary rocks. 47p. 1 plate in pocket. $2
USGS PP 966 : 1975 : The geologic retrieval and synopsis program (GRASP). Author: Bowen. 87p. $1
USGS PP 967 : 1976 : Trioctahedral smectite in the Green Formation, Duchesne County, Utah. Author: Dyni. X-ray diffraction of clay. 14p. $1
USGS PP 969 : 1976 : Some engineering geologic factors controlling coal mine subsidence in Utah and Colorado. Author: Dunrud. 39p. (Cover has darkened area.) $1
USGS PP 971 : 1977 : Structural geology of the Confusion range, West-central Utah. By Richard K. Hose. 9p., 1 plate in pocket, 3 figures. $1
USGS PP 973 : 1976 : Roberts Mountains formation, a regional stratigraphic study with emphasis on rugose coral distribution by Charles W. Merriam and Edwin H. McKee, with a section on conodonts by John Huddle. A study of stratigraphy, facies, and coral distribution in the middle Paleozoic (Silurian and Devonian) limestone belt of the central and SW Great Basin). 51p., 12 plates, 3 figures, 2 tables. Good : (cover faintly soiled, has several underlined sentences) $1
USGS PP 974 : 1976 : Type sections and stratigraphy of the members of the Blackleaf and Marias River formations (Cretaceous) of the Sweetgrass arch, Montana. Authors : Cobban, William Aubrey; Erdmann, C. E.; Lemke, R. W.; Maughan, E. K. 66p. $1
USGS PP 978 : 1976 : PACER; data entry, retrieval, and update for the National Coal Resources Data System (Phase I). Author: Cargill. 107p. $1
USGS PP 985 : 1976 : Biostratigraphy and regional relations of the Mississippian Leadville limestone in the San Juan mountains, SW Colorado. 25p. plus plates. $2
USGS PP 987 : 1976 : Physical, chemical, and biological aspects of subsurface organic waste injection near Wilmington, North Carolina. Author: Leenheer. 51p. $1
USGS PP 989 : 1977 : Plutonism and orogeny in north-central Washington; timing and regional context. By Kenneth F. Fox, Jr., C. Dean Rinehart, and Joan C. Engels. 27p., 8 figures, 2 tables. $1
USGS PP 990 : 1976 : Numerical model of the salt-wedge reach of the Duwamish River estuary, King County, Washington. Author: Prych. 34p. $1
USGS PP 994-A : 1977 : Depostional environment of Upper Cretaceous black sandstones of the western interior. By Robert S. Houston and John F. Murphy. Cretaceous black sandstone deposits of the Western Interior have stratigraphic, structural, textural, and mineralogical characteristics helpful in reconstructing local and regional environments. 29p[., frontispiece, 21 figures, 1 table. $2
USGS PP 998 : 1976 : Floods of March-April 1973 in southeastern United States. Author: Edelen. 1976. 283p. $4
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USGS PP 1001 : 1976 : Numerical simulation analysis of the interaction of lakes and ground water.. Author: Winter. 45p. $1
USGS PP 1004 : 1977 : Cooling and crystallization of tholeiitic basalt, 1965 Makaopuhi lava lake, Hawaii. Author: Wright. 78p. $3
USGS PP 1005 : 1976 : Lithium resources and requirements by the year 2000. Author: Vine. A collection of papers presented at a symposium held in Golden, Colorado, January 22-24, 1976. 162p. $4
USGS PP 1006-AB : 1976 : (1006-A) Demand for nonfuel minerals and materials by the United States energy industry, 1975-90. By John P. Albers, Walter J. Bawiec, and Lawrence F. Rooney. AND (1006-B) Supply of Nonfuel minerals and maerials for the United States Energy Industry, 1975-90 by Gus H. Goudarzi, Lawrence F. Rooney, and Glenn L. Shaffer. 60p. 36 tables, 5 figures. $1
USGS PP 1011 : 1976 : The environment of South Florida, a summary report. Author: McPherson A description of the south Florida ecosystem and changes resulting from man's activities. In color . 81p. $3
USGS PP 1012 : 1978 : Hydrogeology of the karst of Puerto Rico. Author: Giusti. 1978. 68p. 2 plates in pocket. $15
USGS PP 1013 : 1976 : Glass reference standards for the trace-element analysis of geological materials; compilation of interlaboratory data. Author: Myers. 29p. $1
USGS PP 1015 : 1977 : Proceedings of the First annual William T Pecora memorial symposium, October 1975, Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Author: Woll. 370p. (Good : Paper over spine has small tears – doesn’t affect binding, ink spot on a couple page margins at back, lightly bumped corners) $5
USGS PP 1016 : 1978 : Petrology, structure, and genesis of the asbestos-bearing ultramafic rocks of the Belvidere Mountain area in Vermont. Authors : A. H. Chidester, A. L. Albee, and W. M. Cady. A study of the origins of some ultramafic igneous rocks, of the alteration products – serpentinite, chrysotile asbestos, steatite, talc-carbonate rock and carbonate-quartz rock – and of the contact rock associations. 95p., 4 plates in pocket, 8 figures, 11 tables (1 table is in pocket). (cover edges bumped) $3
USGS PP 1018 : 1977 : Characteristics of thin-skinned style of deformation in the Southern Appalachians, and potential hydrocarbon traps. Author: Harris Thin-skinned tectonics. 40p. 8 plates in pocket. $3
USGS PP 1020 : 1977 : Ordovician and Silurian graptolite succession in the Trail Creek area, central Idaho; a graptolite zone reference section. Author: Carter. 45p. $2
USGS PP 1021 : 1977 : Movement of moisture in the unsaturated zone in a loess-mantled area, southwestern Kansas. Author: Prill. 21p. $1
USGS PP 1023 : 1978 : The Lyon Station-Paulins Kill nappe - the frontal structure of the Musconetcong Nappe system in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Author: Avery Ala Drake, Jr. A study of a complex nappe system in te complicated polydeformed terrane of the central Appalachians. 20p., 11 figures, 1 table, 3 color geologic maps in pocket. (bumped corner) $1
USGS PP 1024 : 1979 : General geology and mines of the East Tintic mining district, Utah and Juab counties, Utah by H.T. Morris and T.S. Lovering. With sections on the geology of the Burgin mine and the Geology of the Trixie Mine. A study of the rocks, geologic structures, and mines of a highly productive silver, gold and base-metal mining district in the east-central Great Basin. 203p., 4 color plates in pocket, 72 figures, 11 tables. VG. $56
USGS PP 1025 : 1977 : Stratigraphy and microfaunas of the Oquirrh Group in the southern East Tintic Mountains, Utah. By H. T. Morris, R. C. Duglass, and R. W. Kopf. 1977. 25p., 4 plates (1 in pocket), 4 figures. $1
USGS PP 1032-A : 1978 : Physical stratigraphy of the Genesee formation (Devonian) in Western and Central New York. Authors ; Wallace deWitt, Jr. and G. W. Colton. Stratigraphy and conodonts of the Genesee formation (Devonian). – West of Cayuga Lake, the Genesee formation thins by transgression on the Algonquin arch, as is shown by stratigraphic sections and conodont biostratigraphy. 23p., 6 large plates in pocket, 1 large table in pocket, 9 figures in text. All in cardboard binder. (G/VG, but binder rough at spine ends - an easy tape repair) $5
USGS PP 1037 : 1978 : Transport and dispersion of fluorescent tracer particles for the dune-bend condition, feeder canal near Bernalillo, New Mexico. Author: Rathbun. 95p. 1 plates in separate pocket. $4
USGS PP 1041 : 1978 : Intrusive rocks northeast of Steamboat Springs, Park Range, Colorado. Author : George L. Snyder. With a section on geochemistry by Carl E. Hedge. Delineation of intrusive rock types in a previously unstudied area of Colorado and comparison with related rocks elsewhere in Colorado and Wyoming. 42p., 20 figures, 7 tables (1 in pocket). (bumped corner) $2
USGS PP 1043 : 1979 : Subsurface stratigraphy and geochemistry of Late Quaternary Evaporites, Searles Lake, California. Author : George I. Smith. With a section on radiocarbon ages of stratigraphic units by Minze Stuiver and George I. Smith. Description of the stratigraphic succession of muds and salts deposited by closed-basin lakes that occupied Searles Valley during late Quaternary time. 130p., 7 figures, 2 plates in pocket. (bumped corner) $4
USGS PP 1044-B : 1977 : Use of temperature surveys at a depth of 1 meter in geothermal exploration in Nevada. Author: Olmsted Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 25p. $1
USGS PP 1044-E : 1979 : Hydrology and geochemistry of thermal springs of the Appalachians. Author: Hobba Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 36p. $1
USGS PP 1044-F : 1980 : Chemical studies of selected trace elements in hot-spring drainages of Yellowstone National Park. Author: Stauffer Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 20p. $1
USGS PP 1044-G : 1980 : Hydrogeologic appraisal of the Klamath Falls geothermal area, Oregon. Author: Sammel Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 45p. 4 plates in pocket. $3
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USGS PP 1044-J : 1982 : Hydrology and geochemistry of thermal ground water in SW Idaho and north central Nevada by H.W. Young and R.E. Lewis. Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 20p., 2 plates in pocket. (cover lightly soiled) $2
USGS PP 1044-K : 1988 : Evaluation of a hydrothermal anomaly near Ennis, Montana. Author: Leonard Geohydrology of geothermal systems. 53p. (Back cover has crease.) $2
USGS PP 1045 : 1978 : Computer-aided estimates of concentrating-grade iron resources in the Negaunee Iron-Formation, Marquette District, Michigan.. Author: Cannon. 21p. $1
USGS PP 1059 : 1977 : GIRAS : A geographic information retrieval and analysis system for handling land use and land cover data. By William B. Mitchell, Stephen C. Guptill, K. Eric Anderson, Robin G. Fegeas, and Cheryl A. Hallam. 16p., 10 figs., 4 tables. (bumped corner) $1
USGS PP 1060 : 1978 : Deformation of the Roberts Mountains allochthon in North Central Nevada by James Evans and Ted Theodore. 18p., 2 plates in pocket. Very good (bumped corner) $1
USGS PP 1066-A-G : 1979 : Contributions to the Ordovician Paleontology of Kentucky and Nearby States, edited by John Pojeta, Jr. Includes Brachiopods, Trilobites, Echinodermata, and Conodonts. Paged in sections, about 200p, nice plates. (cover has underlined sentence) $32
USGS PP 1084 : 1980 : Sporomorphs from the Jackson Group (upper Eocene) and adjacent strata of Mississippi and western Alabama. Author: Frederiksen 16 plates in text. 1980. 75p. plates in pocket. $10
USGS PP 1085 : 1980 : Leachate plumes in ground water from Babylon and Islip landfills, Long Island, New York. Author: Kimmel. 38p. 3 plates in pocket. $2
USGS PP 1086 : 1979 : Regional metamorphism in the Condrey Mountain quadrangle, North-central Klamath Mountains, California. Author : Preston E. Hotz. 25p., 8 figures, 10 tables. $1
USGS PP 1088 : 1979 : Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the waste-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Author: Brown South Carolina and Georgia. 37p. 11 plates in pocket. (Hardcover binder.) (binder intact and nice, but has rough section at bottom of one hinge) $10
USGS PP 1089 : 1980 : Preliminary correlation of post-Erie interstadial events (16,000-10,000 radiocarbon years before present). Author: Fullerton Central and eastern Great Lakes region, and Hudson, Champlain, and St Lawrence Lowlands, United States and Canada. 52p. 1 plate in pocket. ( Cover partially detached (from one of two staples).) $9
USGS PP 1090 : 1980 : Ordovician and Silurian Phi Kappa and Trail Creek formations, Pioneer Mtns, central Idaho; stratigraphic & structural revisions, and new data on graptolite faunas. Author: Dover. 60p. 1 plate in pocket. $3
USGS PP 1093 : 1979 : Reconnaissance study of Upper Cretaceous to Miocene stratigraphic units and sedimentary facies, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska. Author: Nilsen With a section on sedimentary petrography. 1979. 34p. $1
USGS PP 1097 : 1981 : Chemical composition of sedimentary rocks in California and Hawaii. Author: Hill. 145p. $5
USGS PP 1099-B : 1978 : Land use and land cover information and air-quality planning. Author: Reed The influence of land use and land cover in climate analysis. 43p. $7
USGS PP 1099-C : 1980 : Relationships between aerodynamic roughness and land use and land cover in Baltimore, Maryland. Author: Nicholas The influence of land use and land cover in climate analysis. 36p. $1
USGS PP 1099-E : 1980 : Testing an urban climate simulator. Author: Greene The influence of land use and land cover in climate analysis. 1980. 17p. $1
USGS PP 1102 : 1979: Integrated terrain mapping with digital Landsat images in Queensland, Australia.. Author: Robinove. 39p. $1
USGS PP 1106 : 1979 : Temperature parameters of humid to mesic forests of eastern Asia and relation to forests of other regions of the Northern Hemisphere and Australasia. Author: Wolfe. 37p. 3 color plates in pocket.(Back cover lightly soiled.) $3
USGS PP 1107 : 1980 : Erosion, sediment discharge, and channel morphology in the upper Chattahoochee River basin, Georgia. Author: Faye With a discussion of the contribution of suspended sediment to stream quality. 85p. $3
USGS PP 1114 : 1980 : Procedures for estimating earthquake ground motions. Author: Hays. 77p. $4
USGS PP 1116 : 1980 : Geochemical-exploration studies in the Coeur d’Alene district, Idaho and Montana by Garland Gott and John Cathrall. Geochemistry of the mining district including the modifications that have been made by postore faulting, have been investigated. 63p. 7 plates in pocket (on a total of 9 sheets, all color), 30 figures, 20 tables. VG. $10
USGS PP 1118 : 1980 : On modeling magnetic fields on a sphere with dipoles and quadrupoles.. Author: Knapp Global geomagnetic field. 37p. $1
USGS PP 1119-AB : 1980 : Tectonic studies in the Brazilian Shield. Author: Drake. 30p. $1
USGS PP 1121-A : 1980 : Age and structural significance of ophiolite and adjoining rocks in the upper Chulitna District, South-central Alaska. Author: Jones Geologic framework of the upper chulitna district, Alaska. 1980. 24p. 1 color plates in pocket. $1
USGS PP 1122 : 1980 : Thermal modeling of flow in the San Diego Aqueduct, California, and its relation to evaporation. Author: Jobson. 24p. $1
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USGS PP 1131 : 1980 : Rubidium-strontium geochronology and plate-tectonic evolution of the southern part of the Arabian Shield. Author: Fleck Southwestern Saudi Arabia. 1980. 38p. $1
USGS PP 1135 : 1980 : Equivalent uranium and selected minor elements in magnetic concentrates from the Candle Quadrangle, Solomon Quadrangle, and elsewhere in Alaska. Author: Pan. 1980. 115p. 1 plate in pocket. $5
USGS PP 1138-AC : 1980 : Petroleum-resource appraisal and discovery rate forecasting in partially explored regions. Author: Drew, Root and Attanasi. 43p.
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USGS PP 1140 : 1980 : An economic analysis of selected strategies for dissolved-oxygen management; Chattahoochee River, Georgia. Author: Schefter. 26p. $1
USGS PP 1143 : 1981 : The sorting and deposition of allochthonous plant material in the modern environment at Silwood Lake, Silwood Park, Berkshire, England. Author: Spicer A study of how a potential plant-fossil deposit was formed in a fluviolacustrine environment. 77p. $3
USGS PP 1153 : 1982 : Geological mapping by use of computer-enhanced imagery in western Saudi Arabia. Author: Blodget Land surface reflectance as shown on satellite imagery. 10p. 2 plates in pocket. $1
USGS PP 1160 : 1980 : The distributions and relationships of grade and tonnage among some nickel deposits. Author: Foose. 14p. , $1
USGS PP 1161-A-BB : 1981 : Genesis of uranium- and gold-bearing Precambrian Quartz-Pebble conglomerates : proceedings of a workshop, October 13-15, 1975, held in Golden, Colorado. Edited by Frank Armstrong. Paged in sections – about 700p. (cover rubbed) $10
USGS PP 1162-B : 1980 : Makah Formation; a deep-marginal-basin sequence of late Eocene and Oligocene age in the northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Author: Snavely Shorter contributions to stratigraphy. 28p. $1
USGS PP 1165 : 1981 : Differentiation of a gabbro sill in the Oregon Coast Range by crystallization-zone settling. Author: MacLeod. 22p. $1
USGS PP 1167 : 1980 : A comparison of two Atlantic-type continental margins. Author: Schlee. 21p. $1
USGS PP 1169 : 1981 : Floods in Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, September 12-13, 1977. Author: Hauth. 1981. 47p. $2
USGS PP 1170-C : 1980 : Seismic properties investigation of the Springer Ranch landslide, Powder River basin, Wyoming. Author: Miller Shorter contributions to general geology. 7p. $1
USGS PP 1170-D : 1983 : Merced Peak Quadrangle, Central Sierra Nevada, Califorania – Analytic data by Dallas Peck and Gerald Van Kooten. Chemical, semiquantitative spectrographic, and modal analyses and potassium-argon, uranium-lead, and rubidium-strontium age determinations on plutonic, metavolcanic, and volcanic rocks supplement USGS Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1531. 29p. (Good : cover rubbed with light soil) jb, $1
USGS PP 1170-F : 1987 : Implications of deformation along the east flank of the Charleston-Nebo thrust plate, central Utah. Author: Witkind Shorter contributions to general geology. 29p. $1
USGS PP 1172 : 1982 : Geoindex. Author: Fulton Data base and database management system for the index to geologic maps. 298p. $7
USGS PP 1175 : 1980 : Geological Survey research 1980 : A summary of recent significant scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic, hydrologic, and cartographic investigations in progress. 459p. $10
USGS PP 1176 : 1981 : Irradiation of samples for 40Ar/39Ar dating using the Geological Survey TRIGA reactor. Author: Dalrymple. 55p. $2
USGS PP 1177-A : 1980 : Geographical analysis of Fenwick Island, Maryland, a middle Atlantic coast barrier island. Author: Dolan. 24p. $1
USGS PP 1177-B : 1986 : The Outer Banks of North Carolina. Author: Dolan. 47p. $2
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USGS PP 1178 : 1980 : Elements in fruits and vegetables from areas of commercial production in the conterminous United States. Author: Shacklette. 149p. $7
USGS PP 1183 : 1982 : Landslide overview map of the conterminous United States. Author: Radbruch-Hall. 1982. 25p. 1 color plate in pocket. $7
USGS PP 1184 : 1981 : Bimodal Silurian and Lower Devonian volcanic rock assemblages in the Machias-Eastport area, Maine. Author: Gates Weakly metamorphosed volcanic rocks. 32p. $1
USGS PP 1191 : 1980 : Storm-induced debris avalanching and related phenomena in the Johnstown area, Pennsylvania. Author: Pomeroy. 1980. 24p. $1
USGS PP 1193 : 1982 : Resources for the twenty-first century; proceedings of the International centennial symposium of the US Geological Survey. Author: Whitmore Held at Reston, Virginia, October 14-19, 1979. 345p. $12
USGS PP 1199-AE : 1981 : Shorter contributions to isotope research in the Western United States, 1980. Author: USGS Archean gneisses, redioelement distribution, ages of igneous rocks, cerro toledo rhyolite tephra, fission-track dating. 47p. (Extra wear on front cover.) $2
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