Short Papers in Geology and Hydrology Articles 60- 1 2 1 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY RESEARCH 1963 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 475-C Scientific notes and summaries of investigations prepared by members of the Conservation, Geologic, and Water Resozlrces Divisions UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1963 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas B. Nolan, Director -- - For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C., 20402 FOREWORD This collection of 62 articles is the second of a series to be released in 1963 as chapters of Professional Paper 475. The articles report on scientific and economic results of current work by members of the Geologic, Water Resources, and Conservation Divisions of the United States Geological Suivey. Some of the papers present the results of completed pants of continuing investigations; others announce new discoveries or preliminary results of investi- gations that will be discussed in greater detail in reports to be published in the future. Still others are scientific notes of limited scope, and short papers on methods and techniques. Chapter A of this seriefj will be published later in the year, and will present st synopsis of work of the Geological Survey during the present fiscal year. CONTENTS Page i11 GEOLOGIC STUDIES Stnrctural geology 60. Structure of Precambrian crystalline rocks in the northern part of Grand Teton National Park, Wyo., by J. C. Reed, Jr------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 61. Plutonic rocks of northern Zacatecas and adjacent areas, Mexico, by C. L. Rogers, Roger van Vloten, J. 0. Rivera, E. T. Amezcua, and Zoltan de Cserna.................................................................. Stratigraphy 62. The Ordovician-Silurian contact in Dubuque County, Iowa, by J. W. Whitlow and C. E. Brown ---------------- 63. Spirorbal limestone in the Souris River(?) Formation of Late Devonian age at Cottonwood Canyon, Bighorn Moun- tains, Wyo., by C. A. Sandberg ....................................................................... 64. Dark shale unit of Devonian and Mississippian age in northern Wyoming and southern Montana, by C. A. Sandberg-- 65. Nomenclature for lithologic subdivisions of the Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Arizona, by E. D. McKee- - - - - - 66. Mississippian rocks in the Laramie Range, Wyo., and adjacent areas, by E. K. Maughan ...................... 67. Triassic uplift along the west flank of the Defiance positive element, Arizona, by E. D. McKee ----------------- 68. Revised stratigraphic nomenclature and age of the Tuxedni Group in the Cook Inlet region, Alaska, by R. L. Detter- man------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 69. Redefinition and correlation of the Ohio Creek Formation (Paleocene) in west-central Colorado, by D. L. Gaskill and L. H. Godwin---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70. Tertiary volcanic stratigraphy in the western San Juan Mountains, Colo., by R. G. Luedke and W. S. Burbank-- 71. Fenton Pass Formation (Pleistocene?), Bighorn Basin, Wyo., by W. L. Rohrer and E. B. Leopold --------------- 72. Nussbaum Alluvium of Pleistocene(?) age at Pueblo, Colo., by G. R. Scott................................... Paleontology 73. Age of the Murray Shale and Hesse Quartzite on Chilhowee Mountain, Blount County, Tenn., by R. A. Laurence and A. R. Palmer ................................................................................... 74. Conodonts from the Flynn Creek cryptoexplosive structure, Tennessee, by J. W. Huddle ....................... 75. Middle Triassic marine ostracodes in Israel, by I. G. Sohn.................................................. 76. Occurrence of the late Cretaceous ammonite Hoplitoplacentieeras in Wyoming, by W. A. Cobban ---------------- 77. Paleotemperature inferences from Late Miocene mollusks in the San Luis Obispo-Bakersfield area, California, by W. 0. Addicott and J. G. Vedder- - - .................................................................. 78. Late Pleistocene diatoms from the Arica area, Chile, by R. J. Dingman and K. E. Lohman..................... 79. Possible Pleistocene-Recent boundary in the Gulf of Alaska, based on benthonic Foraminifera, by P. B. Smith- - - - Geochemistry, petrology, and mineralogy 80. Petrology of rhyolite and basalt, northwestern Yellowstone Plateau, by Wmen Hamilton ---------------------- 81. The Canyon Mountain Complex, Oregon, and the Alpine mafic magma stem, by T. P. Thayer ------------------ 82. Modal composition of the Idaho batholith, by C. P. Ross- ................................................. 83. Solution breccias of the Minnelusa Formation in the Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, by C. G. Bowles and W. A. Braddock ............................................................................. ------- 84. Calcitization of dolomite by calcium sulfate solutions in the Minnelusa Formation, Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming, by W. A. Braddock and C. G. Bowles ...................................................... -- 85. Apatitized wood and leucophosphite in nodules in the Moreno Formation, California, by R. A. Gulbrandsen, D. L. Jones, K. M. Tagg, and D. W. Reeser - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - 86. Variation in element content of American elm tissue with a pronounced change in the chemical nature of the soil, by H. T. Shacklette -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- 87. Ordovician age for some rocks of the Carolina slate belt in North Carolina, by A. M. White, A. A. Stromquist, T. W. Stern, and Harold Westley ------------------------------------------------- .................... 88. Gravity survey in the Rampart Range area, Colorado, by C. H. Miller - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - 89. Gravity survey of the island of Hawaii, by W. T. Kinoshita, H. L. Krivoy, D. R. Mabey, and R. R. MacDonald- 90. Evaluation of magnetic anomalies by electromagnetic measurements, by F. C. Frischknecht and E. B. Ekren----- v VI CONTENTS Sedimentation Page 91. Glaciolacustrine diamicton deposits in the Copper River Basin, Alaska, by 0. J. Ferrians, Jr .................... C121 92. Competence of transport on alluvial fans, by L. K. Lustig ---------------------------------------------..----126 93. Distribution of granules in a bolson environment, by L. K. Lustig ........................................... 130 Marine geology 94. Sediments on the continental margin off eastern United States, by Elazar Uchupi-- Geomorphology 95. Possible wind-erosion origin of linear scarps on the Sage Plain, southwestern Colorado, by D. R. Shawe------ - - -- 96. Glacial lakes near Concord, Mass., by Carl Koteff ......................................................... 97. Channel changes on Sandstone Creek near Cheyenne, Okla., by D. L. Bergman and C. W. Sullivan- - - - ----- ---- 98. Origin and geologic significance of buttress roots of Bristlecone pines, White Mountains, Calif., by V. C. LaMarche, Economic geology 99. Bauxitization of terra rossa in the southern Appalachian region, by M. M. Knechtel--------------------------- 100. An ore-bearing cylindrical collapse structure in the Ambrosia Lake uranium district, New Mexico, by H. C. Granger and E. S. Santos------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Engineering geology 101. Formation of ridges through differential subsidence of peatlands of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, by G.H. Davis------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analytical techniques 102. Chemical preparation of samples for lead isotope analysis, by J. C. Antweiler ................................. 103. Percent-constituent printing accessory and flow-through cell for a spectrophotometer, by Leonard Bhapiro and E. L. Curtis---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HYDROLOGIC STUDIES Engineering hydrology 104. Dissipation of heat from a thermally loaded stream, by Harry Messinger ........................ ------------- 105. Movement of waterborne cadmium and hexavalent chromium wastes in South Farmingdale, Nassau County, Long Island, N.Y., by N. M. Perlmutter, Maxim Lieber, and H. L. Frauenthal .................................. 106. Effect of urbanization on storm discharge and ground-water recharge in Nassau County, N.Y., by R. M. Sawyer--- Ground water 107. Mapping transmissibility of alluvium in the lower Arkansas River valley, Arkansas, by M. S. Bedinger and L. F. Surface water 108. Snowmelt hydrology of the North Yuba River basin, California, by S. E. Rantx- - - -- - -- -- ------- -_------- - - -- 109. Field verification of computation of peak discharge through culverts, by C. T. Jenkins ......................... 110. Use of low-flow measurements to estimate flow-duration curves, by 0. P. Hunt-- ............................. Analytical hydrology 111. Graphical multiple-regression analysis of aquifer tests, by C. T. Jenkins ...................................... 112. Nomograph for computing effective shear on streambed sediment, by B. R. Colby ............................. 113. Distribution of shear in rectangular channels, by Jacob Davidian and D. I. Cabal----------------------------- Geochemistry