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UNITED s rA res DEPARfMENT Of TH£ INlEHIOR GEOLO !CAL SUR E\'
F~d~ral Center, D nver. Colorado 80'2l
BtSLIO< RAPllY OF Pl BL ::>HED REPORIS BY U.S .EOL)GlCAI SllRVEY PERSO lNEL ()!>~ THE GEOLOGY AND l!YDROL , OF TllE AMCHITKA St PPLFMENTARY U.:::iT AREA, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, A1..ASKA, 1969- 72
(Amchlt a-39 Date Published· June 1973
Prepared Under Agreement No. AT(29-2)-474
for the
Nevada Operations Office U.S. Atomic Energy Comm ission
Amchitka-39 USGS-474-164 1973
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLISHED REPORTS BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PERSONNEL ON THE GEOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY OF THE AMCHITKA SUPPLEMENTARY TEST AREA , ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA, 1969-72
By
Jane P. Ohl, compiler DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SUR.VEY
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Figure 1.--Amchitka Island, Alaska, showing locations of drill sites B, C, D, E, and F, and the nuclear tests Cannikin, Long Shot, and Milrow. BIBLIOGRAPHY
(Entries marked by an asterisk are available only from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia 22151.)
*Anderson, R. E., 1971, Tectonic setting of Amchitka Islacd, Alaska:
U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-75 (Rev. 1), 42 p. *Ballance, W. c., 1970a, Hydraulic testing of hole UAe-7h, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-84, 31 p.
* ~~~~- 1970b, Hydraulic tests in hole UA-1 and water inflow into an underground chamber, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-72, 54 p.
* ~~~~- 1972a, Hydraulic tests in drill hole UAe-1, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol • . Survey rept. USGS-474-102, 32 p. * 1972b, Hydraulic tests in hole UAe-6h, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U. S. Geol . Survey rept. USGS-474-104, 27 p. *Ballance, w. c., and Beetem, w. A., 1972, Water inflow into hole UA-1, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-156, 27 p. *Ballance, w. C., and Dinwiddie, G. A., 1972, Hydraulic testing of hole UA-1-HTH-l, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey
rept. USGS-474-144, 23 p.
Ballance, W. c., and Gard, L. M., 1971, Earth-science studies of a
nuclear test area in the western Aleutian Islands: Supplementary
hydrologic information--Discuasion: Geol. Soc. America Bull.,
v. 82, no. 10, p. 2963. Bath, G. D., Carr, W. J., Gard, L. M., Jr., and Quinlivan, W. D.,
1972, Interpretation of an aeromagnetic survey of the Amchitka
Island area, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 707, 25 p. *Bath, G. D., Miller, C. H., and\Quinlivan,. W. D., 1971, Interpretation of a gravity survey of Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey
rept. USGS-474-93, BO p. * Beetem, W. A., Washington, c. L., Janzer, v. J., and Schroder, L. J., 1971, Radiochemical analyses of water samples collected on Amchitka
Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-123, 34 p. * Beetem, W. A., Young, R. A., Washington, C. L., and Schroder, L. J., 1971, Chemical analyses of water samples collected on Amchitka
Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-135, 18 p. *Carr, W. J., Gard, L. M., Jr., and Quinlivan, w. D., 1969, Geologic reconnaissance of Amchitka Island, Alaska, December 1966: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-42, 14 p. *Carr, W. J., and Quinlivan, w. D., 1969, Progress report on the geology of Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept.
USGS-474-44, 15 p.
Carr, W. J., Quinlivan, W. D., and Gard, L. M., Jr., 1970, Age and
stratigraphic relations of Amchitka, Banjo Point, and Chitka Point Formations, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, !!!. Changes in stratigraphic nomenclature by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1969,
by G. V. Cohee, R. G. Bates, and W. B. Wright: U.S. Geol • Survey
Bull. 1324-A, p. Al6-A22.
2 Dickey, D. D., McKeown, F. A., and Bucknam, R. c., 1972, Preliminary results of ground deformation measurements near the Cannikin
explosion: Seismol. Soc. America .Bull., v. 62, no. 6, p. 1505-1518.
*Gard, L. M., Jr., compiler, 1972, Chemical analyses of igneous rocks
from drill holes and outcrops, Amchitka Island, Alaska (including
working-point rocks of Long Shot, Milrow, and Cannikin events):
U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-140, 14 p.
*Gard, L. M., Lee, W. H., and Way, R. J., 1969, Preliminary lithologic
log of drill hole UAe-1 from 0 to 5,028 feet, Amchitka Island,
Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-46, 2 p.
Gard, L. M., Lewis, G. E., and Whitmore, F. c., Jr., 1972, Steller's Sea Cow in Pleistocene interglacial beach deposits on Amchitka,
Aleutian Islands: Geol. Soc. America Bull., v. 83, no. 3,
p. 867-869.
Gard, L. M., and Szabo, B. J., 1971, Age>of the Pleistocene deposits
at South Bight, Amchitka !§land, Alaska: Geol. Soc. America
Abstracts with Programs, v. 3, no. 7, p. 577.
Gard, L. M., and West, S. W., 1969, Geology and hydrology of Amchitka Island, Appendix C, !!1 Bioenvironmental safety studies, Amchitka Island, Alaska--Progress report for FY 1968, by James B. Kirkwood:
Battelle Mem. Inst., BMI-171-116, p. Cl-C4.
Gonzalez, D. D., and Wollitz, L. E., 1972a, Response of aquifer systems to explosions, Amchitka Island, Alaska: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 4, no. 3, p. 163-164.
3 Gonzalez, D. D., and Wollitz, L. E., 1972h, Hydrologic effects of
the Cannikin event: Seismol. Soc. America Bull., v. 62, no. 6,
p. 1527-1542.
* Healey, D. L., 1971, Calculated in situ rock density from gravity
observations, UA-1 (Cannikin) emplacement hole, Amchitka Island,
Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-106, 6 p. *Lee, W. H., 1969a, Physical property data from drill hole UAe-3,
Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-6, 11 p. * 1969b, Preliminary lithologic log of drill hole UAe-3, from 0 to 4,816 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey
rept. USGS-474-50, 3 p.
* 1969c, Preliminary lithologic log of drill hole UAe-3,
from 4,800 to 7,012 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-51, 4 p.
* 1969d, Lithologic log of emplacement drill hole UA-1,
from 5,000 to 6,500 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-4, 3 p. * 1969e, Some physical properties of rocks in drill hole UAe-1, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-48,
13 p.
* ------1969f, Some physical properties of rocks in drill hole UAe-2, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS•474-5,
12 p. * 1969g, Some physical properties of rocks in drill hole UAe-6c, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-33, 13 p.
4 *Lee, W. H., and Gard, L. M., Jr., 1971, Summary of the subsurface
geology of the Cannikin site, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-132, 19 p.
*Lee, W. H., and Morris, R. H., 1969, Preliminary lithologic log of
drill hole UAe-1 from 5,000 to 7,000 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-47, 3 p.
Miller, C. H., and Bath, G. D., 1969, Gravity map of Amchitka and
nearby islands, Alaska: U.S . Geol. Survey Geophys. Inv. Map
GP-693.
*Miller, C. H., Kibler, J. D., and Tuttle, T. J., 1969, Reconnaissance
gravity survey on the Rat Islands, with emphasis on Amchitka
Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-49, 10 p.
*Morris, R. H., 1969, Preliminary lithologic log of drill hole
UAe-6c, from 0 to 6,999 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-54, 3 p. * 1970, A preliminary study of relict marine terraces of the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept.
USGS-474-62, 19 p. * 1971, Marine terraces of the western Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-139, 18 p.
Morris, R. H., and Bucknam, R. C., 1972, Geomorphic evidence of late
Holocene vertical stability in the Aleutian Islands: Seismal.
Soc . America Bull., v . 62, no . 6, p. 1365-1375.
5 Morris, R. H., Gard, L. M., Jr., and Snyder, R. P., 1972, Visible
geologic effects of the Cannikin event: Seismol. Soc. America
Bull., v. 62, no. 6, p. 1519-1526.
* Quinlivan, W. D., 1969, Physical properties of 16 surface rock
samples from southeastern Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-43, 4 p.
*Sass, J. H., and Moses, T. H., Jr., 1969, Subsurface temperatures
from Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-20,
4 p. *Schroder, L. J., and Ballance, W. c., 1972, Radiochemical monitoring
of water after the Cannikin event, Amchitka Island, Alaska,
January 13-April 5, 1972: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-159,
13 p.
*Snyder, R. P., 1969a, Preliminary lithologic log of UAe-2, from 0 to 3,580 feet, Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept.
USGS-474-52, 2 p. * 1969b, Preliminary lithologic log of drill hole UAe-2, from 3,580 feet to 6,500 feet (TD): U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-53,
2 p. * 1969c, Preliminary lithologic log of drill hole UAe-7c, from 0 to 7,495 feet (TD), Amchitka Island, Alaska: U.S. Geol.
Survey rept. USGS-474-32, 4 p.
*U.S." ~~q_l:C?.gical Survey, 1970, Geologic and hydrologic effects of the
Milrow event, Amchitka Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S.
Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-71, 72 p.
6 * U.S. Geological Survey, 1972, Geologic and hydrologic effects of the Cannikin underground nuclear explosion, Amchitka Island, Aleutian
Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-148, 83 p. * von Huene, Roland, Carr, W. J., McManus, Dean, and Holmes, Mark,
197~, Marine geophysical study around Amchitka Island, western
Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geol. Survey rept. USGS-474-74,
26 p.
7 JUNIOR AUTHOR INDEX
Ballance, w. c., ~Schroder, 1972
Bath, G. D., ~ .ttlller, 1969
Beetem, W. A., see Ballance, 1972
Bucknam, R. c., !.!! Dickey, 1972; Morris, 1972
Carr, w. J., ~Bath, 1972i von Huene, 1971
Dinwiddie, G. A., ~Ballance, 1972
Gard, L. M., Jr., see Ballance, 1971; Bath, 1972; Carr and others, 1969;
Carr and others, 1970; Lee, 1971; Morris, 1972
Holmes, Mark, ---.-see von Huene, 1971
Janzer, v. J., ~ Beetem, 1971
Kibler, J. D., ~Miller, 1969 Lee, w. H., .!!! Gard, 1969 Lewis, G. E., !.!.! Gard, 1972
McKeown, F. A., ~Dickey, 1972
McManus, Dean, ~ von Huene, 1971
Miller, C. H., ~Bath, 1971
Morris, R. H., .!!! Lee, 1969
Moses, T. H., Jr., ~Sass, 1969
Quinlivan, W. D., .!!! Bath, 1972; Bath, 1971; Carr, Gard, and Quinlivan, 1969; Carr and Quinlivan, 1969; Carr, Quinlivan,and Gard, 1970
Schroder, L. J., .!!! Beetem, Washington and others, 1971; Beetem, Young,
and others, 1971
Snyder, R. P., ~Morris, 1972
8 JUNIOR AUTHOR INDEX-·Continued
Szabo, B. J., ~Gard, 1971
Tuttle, T. J., .!!.! Miller, 1969
Washington, C. L., ~ Beetem, Washington, and others, 1971; Beetem,
Young, and others, 1971
Way, R. J., ~Gard, 1969
West, S. w., ~Gard, 1969
Whitmore, F. C., Jr., ~Gard, 1972
Wollitz, L. E., see Gonzalez, 1972a, b
Young, R. A., ~ Beetem, 1971
9 INDEX
Aeromagnetic investigations: Bath and others, 1972
Bioenvironmental safety studies: Gard and West, 1969
Cannikin: Dickey and others, 1972; Gonzalez and Wollitz, 1972;
U.S. Geological Survey, 1972
Chemical analyses: Gard, 1972
Drill holes
UA-1: Lee, 1969d UAe-1: Gard and others, 1969; Lee, 1969e; Lee and Morris, 1969
UAe-2: Lee, 1969f; Snyder, 1969a, b
UAe-3: Lee, 1969a; 1969b; 1969c
UAe-6c: Lee, 1969g; Morris, 1969
UAe-7c: Snyder, 1969c
Geologic effects of nuclear explosions: Dickey and others, 1972;
U.S. Geological Survey, 1970; 1972; Morris and others, 1972
Geologic investigations: Carr and others, 1969; carr and Quinlivan,
1969; Gard and West, 1969; Lee and Gard, 1971
Geomorphic investigations: Morris and Bucknam, 1972
Geophysical investigations: von Huene and others, 1971
Geothermal investigations: Sass and Moses, 1969
Gravity investigations: Bath and others, 1971; Healey, 1971; Miller
and Bath, 1969; Miller and others, 1969
Ground deformation measurements : Dickey and others, 1972
10 INDEX--Continued
Hydraulic testing: Ballance, 1970a, b; 1972a, b; Ballance and
Dinwiddie, 1972
Hydrologic effects of nuclear explosions: Gonzalez and Wollitz, 1972a, b;
U.S. Geological Survey, 1970, 1972
Hydrologic investigations: Ballance and Beetem, 1972; Ballance and
Gard, 1971; Gard and West, 1969
Milrow: U.S. Geological Survey, 1970
Paleontology: Gard and others, 1972
Physical properties of rocks: Healey, 1971; Lee, 1969a, e, £, g;
Quinlivan, 1969
Radiochemical analyses: Beetem, Washington, and tjthers, 1971; Beetem,
Young, and others, 1971; Schroder and Ballance, 1972
Stratigraphy: Carr and others, 1970; Gard and Szabo, 1971
Tectonics: Anderson, 1971
Terraces: Morris, 1970; 1971; Morris and Bucknam, 1972
11 USGS-474-164 Distribution Amchitka-39
U.S. Atomic Energy Commissidh, Nevada Operations Office, Las Vegas, Nevada:
w. R. Cooper E. M. Douthett (3) M. E. Gates c/o R. R. Loux (2) D. M. Hamel (3) D. w. Hendricks R. R. Loux (20) Roger Ray w. D. Smith, Jr. R. H. Thalgott H. G. Vermillion (3)
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Nevada Test Site Support Office, Mercury, Nevada:
D. T. Schueler
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Mercury, Nevada:
CETO Library
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C.:
M. B. Biles (2) F. A. Camm (2) R. J. Catlin J. A. Harris, Jr. G. w. Johnson J. H. Rubin
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: (2)
Defense Nuclear Agency:
Director (Attn: SPSS, John Lewis, Clifford McFarland), Washington, D.C. Commander, Field Command (Attn: Dr. Benjamin Grote), Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 0-I-C Liaison Office, Las Vegas, Nevada
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay, Alaska:
T. R. Merrell, Jr.
12 U.S. D.epartment of Interior, Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, Fish and Wildlife Service, Anchorage, Alaska:
C. E. Abegglen
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico:
Robert Bradshaw C. I. Browne Robert Brownlee E. A. Bryant R. H. Campbell R. W. Newman R. R. Sharp, Jr.
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, California:
R. E. Batz el J. E. Carothers P. E. Coyle D. o. Emerson L. s. Germain Alfred Holzer A. E. Lewis L. 11. Ramspott H. c. Rodean D. L. Springer Technical Information Division (3) G. C. Werth
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Mercury, Nevada:
R. D. McArthur
Sandia Laboratories, Albuguergue, New Mexico:
J. R. Banister c. D. Broyles M. L. Merritt w. c. Vollendorf w. D. Wea rt University of Washington, Seattle, Washington:
E. E. Held J. S. Isakson
13 NVOO Panel of Consultants:
L. K. Bustad, University of California, Davis, California Joseph Lintz, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada Vincent Schultz, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington T. F. Tho~pson, 2845 Rivera Drive, Burlingame, California L. G. von Lossberg, Sheppard T. Powell & Associates, Baltimore, Maryland P. A. Witherspoon, University of California, Berkeley, California
Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia:
S. J. Lukasik
Battelle Columbus Laboratories:
V. Q. Hale, Las Vegas, Nevada J. B. Kirkwood, Columbus, Ohio
Desert Research Institute:
P. R. Fenske, Reno, Nevada G. B. Maxey, Las Vegas, Nevada
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water Programs:
Regional Director, Portland, Oregon R. C. Scott, San Francisco, California
Environmental Protection Agency, National Environmental Research Center, Las Vegas, Nevada:
D. S. Barth
Environmental Research Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada:
M. C. Erickson
Fenix & Scisson, Inc.:
Grant Bruesch, Mercury, Nevada M. H. May, Las Vegas, Nevada
Holmes & Narver, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada:
F. M. Drake
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Air Resources Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada:
H. F. Mueller
14 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Earth Sciences Laboratory, Las Vegas, Nevada:
K. W. King
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Environmental Research Laboratories: Don Tocher, San Francisco, California E. R. Engdahl, Boulder, Colorado
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Alaska District, Anchorage, Alaska:
District Engineer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi:
Library
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Denver, Colorado:
P. L. Russell
U.S. Geological Survey:
Library, Denver, Colorado Library, Menlo Park, California Library, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Geological Survey, Mercury, Nevada:
Geologic Data Center (15)
U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.:
Chief Hydrologist, WRD (Attn: Radiohydrology Section) Military Geology Branch R. B. Raup
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