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Airborne Gamma-Ray Spectrometer and Magnetometer Survey, Final Report: Volume 1. Birmingham Quadrangle (Alabama) and Gadsden Quadrangle (Alabama, Tennessee)

Description: First volume of a final report documenting the results of an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey in a portion of Alabama and Tennessee, including a description of the survey methods, calibration of the systems, data processing and displays, and interpretation methods.
Date: 1980
Creator: High Life Helicopters, Inc.
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Uranium Mineralization in the Wilson Creek and Cranberry Gneisses and the Grandfather Mountain Formation, North Carolina and Tennessee

Description: From abstract: Detailed petrologic investigations were conducted at 74 anomalies that have surface radioactivities of 5 to 300 times background in the Grandfather Mountain region of North Carolina and Tennessee. One or more specimens of radioactive rock and one specimen of nonanomalous (barren) rock were taken for chemical analysis from each of the 74 sites.
Date: September 1982
Creator: Wagener, H. D. & McHone, J. Gregory
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Man-Induced Channel Adjustment in Tennessee Streams

Description: Preface: This report is an attempt to relate the effects of channel modifications to the resulting instabilities in the fluvial system. The primary objective is to provide the Tennessee Department of Transportation with information concerning channel stability in relation to river crossing structures. Several new analytical techniques are presented that can aid in the understanding of channel adjustment to natural and man-induced stress. The methods of analyses presented herein should be applic… more
Date: 1983
Creator: Robbins, Clarence H. & Simon, Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Quality of Water Discharging from the New River and Clear Fork Basins, Tennessee

Description: From abstract: This report examines and compares "the quality of water discharging from a strip-mined basin and a relatively unmined basin on the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee." They determine that "the chemical and aesthetic quality of these waters will directly affect the chemical and aesthetic quality of the water flowing through a proposed national river and recreation area." It includes maps, graphs, and tables.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Parker, R. S. & Carey, W. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effects of Urban Development on the Aquifers in the Memphis Area, Tennessee

Description: From abstract: This report presents an evaluation and a list of "potential problems associated with increases in pumpage and urban development" in the Memphis area of Tennessee. These problems include "lowered water levels, contamination of the aquifers, and land subsidence."
Date: 1982
Creator: Graham, David D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey of Portions of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia: Volume 2-I. Corbin Quadrangle

Description: Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Corbin quadrangle including results of data interpretation, significance factor profile maps, stacked profiles, and histograms.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Radiometric and Magnetic Reconnaissance Survey of Portions of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia: Volume 2-J. Chattanooga Quadrangle

Description: Second volume of a report documenting a high-sensitivity airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of the Chattanooga quadrangle including results of data interpretation, significance factor profile maps, stacked profiles, and histograms.
Date: March 1980
Creator: Texas Instruments Incorporated
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aerial Gamma Ray and Magnetic Survey, Final Report: Memphis Quadrangle, Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee

Description: The following report analyzes the aerial gamma ray and magnetic data taken from the Memphis quadrangle in Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee that was compiled in 1980. This report contains a detailed geologic summary, interpretation report, reduced scale copies of all maps and profiles, histograms, and statistical tables for the quadrangle.
Date: August 1980
Creator: EG & G GeoMetrics
Location: None
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of Digital Land-Cover Data from the Landsat Satellite in Estimating Streamflow Characteristics in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee

Description: From introduction: The objective of the present study is to test the feasibility of improving upon the regression equations for estimating streamflow in areas affected by coal mining in the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee by using land-cover information derived from digital processing of Landsat spectral data. The purpose of this report is to summarize the procedures and significant results of this study.
Date: 1983
Creator: Hollyday, E. F. & Hansen, G. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technique for Estimating Depth of Floods in Tennessee

Description: From introduction: The purpose of this report is to present methods for estimating depths of various recurrence interval floods for unregulated streams in Tennessee. Relations between the size of the drainage basin and flood depths for four hydrologic areas of the state are defined.
Date: 1983
Creator: Gamble, Charles R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Base Flow and Ground Water in Upper Sweetwater Valley, Tennessee

Description: From introduction: This report is the third in a series by the U.S. Geological Survey whose aim is to gain better knowledge of ground-water flow and ground-water-surface-water relations in the folded and faulted Valley and Ridge province of Tennessee.
Date: 1983
Creator: Evaldi, R. D. & Lewis, J. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Ground Water in Carbonate Rocks and Regolith in the Fairview Area, Tennessee

Description: From abstract: Fourteen test wells drilled in the Fairview area, Tennessee, produce from 3 to 100 gallons per minute and have an average yield of 32 gallons per minute; yields were measured while blowing water from the wells with compressed air. In comparison, the average yield of 134 supply wells reported by drillers is 13 gallons per minute. Specific capacities for three of the test wells ranged from 0.3 to 0.6 gallons per minute per foot of drawdown after 8 hours of pumping at 20 to 47 gallo… more
Date: 1983
Creator: Burchett, Charles R.; Zurawaski, Ann; Sparkes, Ann K. & Hollyday, Este F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lower Mississippi Valley Ecological Inventory: User's Guide and Information Base

Description: "The objective [of this report] is to produce an inventory of those important ecological along the lower Mississippi River on which siting of major industrial facilities and land clearing operations could have an impact."
Date: May 1983
Creator: Beccasio, Angelo D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experiment Data Report for Multirod Burst Test (MRBT) Bundle B-5

Description: "This report presents, in considerable detail, the experimental data for the B-5 test conducted by the Multirod Burst Test (MRBT) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory."
Date: August 1984
Creator: Chapman, R. H.; Crowley, J. L. & Longest, A. W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Data Report: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio

Description: This report presents the results of ground water, stream water, and stream sediment reconnaissance in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio.
Date: February 1982
Creator: Sargent, Kenneth A.; Cook, James R. & Fay, William M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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