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CONTRIBUTION OF LAND USE DATA TO THE INVESTIGATION OF TRENDS IN FLOODING IN THE TUG FORK BASIN OF KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA. CONTRIBUTION OF LAND USE DATA TO THE INVESTIGATION OF TRENDS IN FLOODING IN THE TUG FORK BASIN OF KENTUCKY, VIRGINIA, AND WEST VIRGINIA.

The U. S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Mines and the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, is investigating effects of mining on flood frequency and magnitude within the basin. Changing land use, particularly the acceleration of surface mining, may cause or contribute to flooding problems.
Authors
Sarah E. Bowers, Arthur G. Scott

COORDINATION OF DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. COORDINATION OF DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

The development and application of digital cartographic data bases are significant and important activities in the Federal Government. Increasingly, digital spatial data are being used for computer-based analyses in support of management decisions on land, forests, minerals, and energy.
Authors
K. Eric Anderson, Peter F. Bermel

DETERMINATION OF MODE OF OCCURRENCE OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE UPPER FREEPORT COAL BED USING SIZE AND DENSITY SEPARATION PROCEDURES. DETERMINATION OF MODE OF OCCURRENCE OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN THE UPPER FREEPORT COAL BED USING SIZE AND DENSITY SEPARATION PROCEDURES.

A procedure has been developed using low temperature ashing, followed by size and sink-float separation of the ash, X-ray diffraction analysis, and instrumental neutron activation analysis to give both qualitative and quantitative information for major, minor and trace minerals and their associated trace elements in coal.
Authors
C.A. Palmer, R.H. Filby

DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY AIDS IN THE SOLUTION OF BOUNDARY DISPUTE. DIGITAL CARTOGRAPHY AIDS IN THE SOLUTION OF BOUNDARY DISPUTE.

The boundary between the States of Ohio and Kentucky and Indiana and Kentucky has been in dispute for many years. A major breakthrough in this continuing dispute has been a recent agreement between the States to accept the boundary line as depicted on U. S. Geological Survey 7. 5-minute quadrangle maps. A new segment of the boundary line was established utilizing the shoreline depicted...
Authors
Francis J. Beck

DIGITAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNITED STATES. DIGITAL GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UNITED STATES.

The geologic map of the United States was published in 1974 by the U. S. Geological Survey. This major publication contains an enormous amount of information on the surficial geology of the United States. Many geologists have used this map as a research tool. Most have needed information from only specific parts of the map, and have manually extracted data from these areas. These data...
Authors
Patricia Fulton

Dunlins and merlins: predator avoidance in wintering shorebirds Dunlins and merlins: predator avoidance in wintering shorebirds

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Authors
B.E. Kus
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Ecosystems Mission Area, Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
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