Geophysical Abstracts 190 July-September 1962 By JAMES W. CLARKE, DOROTHY B. VITALIANO, VIRGINIA S. NEUSCHEL, and others GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1166-C Abstracts of current literature pertaining to the physics of the solid earth and to geophysical exploration UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON : 1962 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 25, D.C. Price 40 cents (single copy). Subscription price: $1.75ayear; 50 cents additional for foreign mailing. Use of funds for printing this publication has been approved by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget (March 14, 1962). CONTENTS Page Introduction--------------------------------------------------- 317 Extent of coverage ------------------------------------------ 317 List of journals --------------------------------------------- 317 Form of citation -------------------------------------------- 318 Abstracters ------------------------------------------------ 318 Age determinations -------------------------------------------- 318 Cosmogony --------------------------------------------------- 328 Earth currents ------------------------------------------------ 337 Earthquakes and earthquake waves ------------------------------ 339 Earth tides and related phenomena ------------------------------ 347 Elasticity----------------------------------------------------- 348 Electrical exploration------------------------------------------ 3 56 Electrical logging --------------------------------------------- 363 Electrical properties ------------------------------------------ 368 Exploration summaries and statistics---------------------------- 370 General ------------------------------------------------------ 372 Geodesy ------------------------------------------------------ 375 Geotectonics -------------------------------------------------- 378 Glaciers------------------------------------------------------ 381 Gravity------------------------------------------------------- 383 Heat and heat flow --------------------------------------------- 393 Internal constitution of the earth -------------------------------- 397 Isotope geology------------------------------------------------ 402 Magnetic field of the earth-------------------------------------- 405 Magnetic properties and paleomagnetism------------------------- 420 Magnetic surveys---------------------------------------------- 424 Microseisms-------------------------------------------------- 429 Radioactivity-------------------------------------------------- 431 Radioactivity surveying and logging------------------------------ 433 Seismic exploration-------------------------------------------- 437 Strength and plasticity ----------------------------------------- 452 Submarine geology--------------------------------------------- 453 Volcanology--------------------------------------------------- 455 Index--------------------------------------------------------- 463 III GEOPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS 190, JULY-SEPTEMBER 1962 By James W. Clarke, Dorothy B. Vitaliano, Virginia S. Neuschel, and others INTRODUCTION Extent of Coverage Geophysical Abstracts includes abstracts of technical papers and books on the physics of the solid earth, the application of physical methods and tech­ niques to geologic problems, and geophysical exploration. The table of con­ tents, which is alphabetically arranged, shows the material covered. Abstracts are prepared only of material that is believed to be generally a­ vailable. Ordinarily abstracts are not published of material with limited cir­ culations (such as dissertations, open-file reports, or memorandums) or of other papers presented orally at meetings. Abstracts of papers in Japanese and Chinese are based on abstracts or summaries in a western language ac­ companying the paper. List of Journals Lists of journals published in Geophysical Abstracts 160 (January-March 1955, Bulletin 1033-A) and subsequent issues through 184 (January-March 1961, Bulletin 1146-A) have been compiled into a single list, which may be obtained by writing to the U.S. Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C. Supplements to this master list have been published in each issue since Geophysical Abstracts 184. The following is an additional supplement that lists references cited in Geophysical Abstracts 190 that have not been listed previously. Akad. Nauk Uzbek. SSR Izv. Ser. Fiz.-Mat. -- Akademiya Nauk Uzbekskoy SSR, Izvestiya, Seriya Fizicheskaya -Matematicheskaya [Academy of Sciences of the Uzbek S.S.R., Bulletin, Physical-Mathematical Series]. Tashkent, Uzbek S .S .R. Akita Univ. Mining Call. Jour. -- Journal of the Mining College of Akita Uni­ versity. Series A - Mining Geology. Akita, Japan. Canada Geog. Bull. -- Canada Geographical Bulletin. Geographical Branch, Department of Mines and Technical Surveys. Ottawa, Canada. Com. Glacial. Italiano Boll. -- Bollettino del Comitato Glaciologico Italiano. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. [Bulletin of the Italian Glaciological Commission. National Research Council.] Turin, Italy. · Geofiz. Razvedka -- Geofizicheskaya Razvedka. Upravleniye Geofizicheskikh Rabat Trest Geofiznefteuglerazvedka. Gostoptekhizdat [Geophysical Prospecting. Administration of Geophysical Works, Geofiznefteugleraz­ vedka Trust. Gostoptekhizdat]. Moskva (Moscow), U.S.S.R. Geol. Notes -- Geologic Notes. Division of Geology, State Development Board. Columbia, South Carolina. Indian Minerals -- Indian Minerals. Geological Survey of India. Calcutta, India. Istanbul Univ. Fen Fakiiltesi Mecmuasi -- Istanbul Universitesi Fen FakUltesi Mecmuasi, Seri C: Astronomi-Fizik-Kimya [Review of the FacultyofSci­ ences of the University of Istanbul, Series C: Astronomy-Physics-Chem­ istry]. Istanbul, Turkey. Jour. Atmos. Sci.-- Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences [formerly Journal of Meteorology]. American Meteorological Society. Boston, Massachu­ setts. L'vov. Geol. Obshch., Mineralog. Sbornik L'vovskoye Geologicheskoye Obshchestvo, Mineralogicheskii Sbornik [L'vov Geological Society, Min­ eralogical Collection]. L'vov, U.S.S.R. 317 318 GEOPHYSICAL ABSTRACTS 190, JULY-SEPTEMBER 1962 Mus. Royal Afrique Centrale Annales, Sci. Geol. -- Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences Geologiques [Annales of the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Geological Sciences]. Tervuren, Belgium. Phys. Soc. Japan Jour. --Journal of the Physical Society of Japan. The Phys­ ical Society of Japan. Tokyo, Japan. Radiocarbon -- Radiocarbon. American Journal of Science, Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut. Tohoku Univ. Technology Rept. -- The Technology Reports of the Tohoku Uni­ versity. Faculty of Engineering, Tohoku University. Sendai, Japan. [Tokyo] Research Inst. Nat. Resources Misc. Repts. --Miscellaneous Reports of the Research Institute for Natural Resources. The Research Institute for Natural Resources. Tokyo, Japan. Tulsa Geol. Soc. Digest -- Tulsa Geological SocietyDigest. Tulsa Geological Society. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Vyssh. Ucheb. Zavedeniy Izv., Geodeziya i Aerofotos"yemka -- Ministerstvo Vysshego Obrazovaniya SSSR, Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedeniy, Geodeziya i Aerofotos"yemka [Ministry of Higher Education of the U.S.S.R., Bulletin of the Institutions of Higher Learning, Geodesy and Aero­ photo Surveying]. Moskva (Moscow), U.S.S.R. Form of Citation The abbreviations of journal titles used are those used in the U.S .Geolog­ ical Survey publications and in many geological journals. For papers in most languages other than English, the title is given in the original language as well as in translation. Slavic names and titles have been transliterated by the sys­ tem used by the United States Board of Geographic Names. This system of transliteration for Russian is given in Geophysical Abstracts 148 (January­ March 1952, Bulletin 991-A) and in the new "List of Journals" announced a­ bove. Titles of papers in Japanese and Chinese are given in translation only. Abstracters Abstracts in this issue have been prepared by E. J. Catanzaro, B. R. Doe, H. Faul, I. Friedman, S. S. Goldich, Ruth M. Gove, J. L. Harris, C. E. Hedge, P. C. Ives, R. F. Marvin, A. P. Pierce, J. N. Rosholt, F. E. Senftle, A. J. Shneiderov, H. C. Spicer, J. S. Stacey, T. W. Stern, A. B. Tanner, F. G. Wal­ thall, and J. S. Watkins, as well as by the principal authors. Authors' ab­ stracts are used in many instances. The initials of an abstracter following the notation "Author's abstract" indicates a translation from the original lan­ guage. AGE DETERMINATIONS 190-1. Krueger, Harold W., and Freedman, RichardO. K40_Ar age deter­ minations aid subsurface correlation: World Oil, v. 154, no. 5, p. 119-121, 1962. Radioactive age determinations greatly assist the oil geologist in areas of unknown or disturbed stratigraphy involving such problems as unexpected crys­ talline rocks, loss of stratigraphic control by faulting, thick nonmarine unfos­ siliferous sediments, and wildcat wells or distant step-outs in known fields. This method is also well suited for provenance studies. Ages can often be de­ termined on a routine basis within 48 hours.-J.W.C. 190-2. Hatuda, Zin'itiro, and Nagai, Jiro. Geological age determination by lead:alpha-ray method-1. Determination of alpha-rayactivity of zircon: Kyoto Univ. Coll. Sci. Mem., ser. B, v. 28, no. 4, p. 527-538, 1962. Alpha-ray activity is measured in a four-pi gas-flow counter.- H.F. AGE DETERMINATIONS 319 190-3. Nagai, Jiro. Determination of thorium-uranium