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Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Red Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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Red Point quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1979 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate land in the public domain for potential coal leasing.

Mountain Valley Planning Area, Rangeland Program Summary, United States Bureau Of Land Management

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) intends to implement an improved rangeland program in the Mountain Valley Planning Area of central Utah. The program will be initiated during a five year period and will be followed by periodic updates. The program's benefits include improved watershed conditions through increased vegetation cover which will consequently reduce erosion. There will be an increase in the amount of rangeland in good condition and a decrease in the amount in poor condition. The rangeland's capacity ot sustain grazing by livestock and big game will also be increased. Wildlife habitat will be maintained or improved throughout …

Altered Volcanic Ash Partings In The C Coal Bed, Ferron Sandstone Member Of The Mancos Shale, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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When volcanic ash falls onto the surface of a peat-forming swamp and is then covered by peat, it forms a horlzontal parting that can be recognized in the subsequent coal bed. As a consequence of the acid leaching environment in the swamp, the original glassy component and some of the less resistant pyrogenic minerals in the ash alter to clay minerals, usually kaolinite.

Geochemical Results From A Rock Geochemical Survey In The Mount Belknap Caldera Vicinity, Utah, Robert E. Tucker, William R. Miller, J. N. Motooka, U.S. Geological Survey

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Rock, stream-sediment, and hydrogeochemical surveys were conducted in the Mount Belknap caldera area, south-central Utah, during the summer of 1979. The presence of leucocratic rocks and relatively high concentrations of the elements Nb, Be, Ga, Y, Pb, Sn, Mo, and F with corresponding low concentrations of the elements Ba, Mg, Ca, Fe, Sr, and Cu suggests that late phase highly differentiated felsic magmas were intruded and (or) erupted in the caldera vicinity. The presence of Mo and Sn in the rocks and F in the water samples suggest that the ore elements were concentrated, first in residual fluids in the …

Hydrology Of The Ferron Sandstone Aquifer And Effects Of Proposed Surface-Coal Mining In Castle Valley, Utah, Gregory C. Lines, Daniel J. Morrissey, Thomas A. Ryer, Richard H. Fuller, U.S. Geological Survey

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Coal in the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale of Cretaceous age has traditionally been mined by underground techniques in the Emery Coal Field in the southern end of Castle Valley in east-central Utah. However, approximately 99 million tons are recoverable by surface mining. Ground water in the Ferron is the sole source of supply for the town of Emery, but the aquifer is essentially untapped outside the Emery area. The Ferron Sandstone Member crops out along the eastern edge of Castle Valley and generally dips 2" to 10" to the northwest beneath the surface. Sandstones in the Ferron …

Mineral Resources Of The Escalante Canyon Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah, Gordon W. Weir, Michael E. Lane, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Bureau Of Mines

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During 1979 and 1980 the U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines conducted field investigations to evaluate the mineral resources potential of the Escalante Canyon Instant Study Area, Garfield County, Utah. Field studies included geological mapping and reconnaissance (Weir and Beard, 1981), geochemical sampling, and a survey of known mines, prospects, and mineralized areas (Lane, 1981).

Flood Insurance Study, City Of Harrisville, Utah, Weber County, Federal Emergency Management Agency

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This Flood Insurance Study investigates the existence and severity of flood hazards in the City of Harrisville, Weber County, Utah, and aids in the administration of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973. This study will be used to convert Harrisville to the regular program of flood insurance by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Local and regional planners will use this study in their efforts to promote sound flood plain management.

Summary Utah/Western Colo, 1992 System Study, United States Department Of Energy Western Area Power Administration

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The Utah/western Colorado area of the Rocky Mountain Region has adequate coal and water resources to support additional thermal generation plants beyond those already in service. Also within the region are several sites suitable for large-sized hydroelectric pumped-storage projects for purposes of supplying peaking power. The close proximity of these types of electric generating facilities is desirable in providing offpeak energy during the pumping cycle for the pumped-storage units. Considering that the potential capacity of each type of generation is in the 500 to 1,000 (two units) MW range per site and would require major extra-high-voltage (EHV) transmission developments, it …

Geological Map And Coal Sections Of The Mahogany Point Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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The Mahogany Point quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1978-79 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate land in the public domain for potential coal leasing. Mapping was done using U.S. Forest Service color aerial photographs at a scale of 1:15, 840 on U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps at a scale of 1:24,000. The quadrangle was mapped previously by Spieker (1931) at a scale fo 1:62,500.

Conodont Biostratigraphy And Thermal Color Alteration Indices Of The Upper St. Charles And Lower Garden City Formations, Bear River Range, Northern Utah And Southeastern Idaho, United States Geological Survey

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The contact between the St. Charles and Garden City Formatlons in the Bear River Range, Bannock thrust sheet in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho, is a diachronous dlsconformity within the Lower Ordovician, Middle or, possibly, upper Cordylodus proavus Zone (Clavohamulus elongatus to, possibly, C. hintzel Subzones) conodonts indicate that lowermost Canadian Series (Lower Ordovician in North American usage) strata equivalent to the Missisquoia Zone and, possibly, lower Symphysurina Zone (trilobites) are present in the upper part of the St . Charles Formation.

Application Of Mineral-Solution Equilibria To The Search For Sanstone-Type Uranium Deposits In The Beaver Basin, Utah, W. R. Miller, J. B. Mchugh, U.S. Geological Survey

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An improved computer modeling program was used to calculate the saturation indexes of 50 waters from the Beaver basin in west-central Utah with respect to uraninite and coffinite. The mineral-solution study showed that the chemical environment of parts of the Beaver basin is favorable for the occurrence of sandstone-type uranium deposits. The ground waters from several areas are supersaturated with respect to uraninite and coffinite. Two areas, in particular, an area west of the town of Beaver and an area near the settlement of Manderfield, have been identified as most favorable for exploration. The methods described in this study can …

Geologic Map And Coal Sections Of The Cap Quadrangle, Emery County, Utah, United States Geological Survey

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The Cap quadrangle, in Emery County in central Utah, was mapped in 1977-79 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's program to evaluate lands in the public domain for potential coal leasing.

Geophysical Measurements In The Beaver Basin, West-Central Utah; Part 1--Slingram, Magnetic, And Self-Potential Profiles, Vincent J. Flanigan, David L. Campbell, U.S. Geological Survey

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This report consists of figures showing profile locations (fig. 1, table 1) in the Beaver Basin, west-central Utah, and ground geophysical data collected in September 1980 along these traverses (figs. 2-11). These data consist of slingram electromagnetic (real and imaginary components at 222, 444, 888, 1777, and 3555 Hz), ground magnetic and self-potential measurements collected at 200-foot (61-m) intervals along about 8.8 miles (14.2 km) of survey line. Table 2 lists equipment used. The report contains data only, and no interpretations of the data are included.

Reduction Of N-Protected Amino Acids To Amino Alcohols And Subsequent Re-Oxidation To Original N-Protected Amino Acids, Val S. Goodfellow

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

For the synthesis of certain molecules of interest in Dr. Richard Olsen's laboratory it was necessary to produce N-protected a-amino alcohols from N-protected amino acids and subsequently, after further synthesis steps, to oxidize the hydroxyl functionalities of these molecules back to carboxylic acids. A number of methods are known for the reduction of carboxylic acids to alcohols; several methods are also reported in the chemical literature for the oxidation of alcohols to carboxylic acids. The problem in finding a suitable general method, is that the amino acid side chains affect the re activity and chemistry differently in each specific case. …

Proton Transfers In Hydrogen‐Bonded Systems. Vi. Electronic Redistributions In (N2h7)+ And (O2h5)+, Steve Scheiner

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Electronic rearrangements accompanying transfer of the central proton between the two XH_n units of (H₃NHNH₃)⁺ and (H₂OHOH₂)⁺ are studied using ab initio molecular orbital methods. Electron density difference maps are calculated by subtracting the density of the equilibrium structure (X–H‐‐‐X) from that of the midpoint geometry (X‐‐H‐‐X) using the split‐valence 4‐31G basis set. Some of the features revealed by the maps are common to both systems while others indicate significant differences between nitrogen and oxygen. Decomposition of the total electron density into …

Energy Siting In Utah: A Programming Model, Donald L. Snyder, John E. Keith, Terrence F. Glover, Gene L. Wooldridge

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Using a conceptual model of a multiple-product firm, the necessary conditions for an optimal input and output allocation were determined for a region constrained by resource availabilities and/or policy constraints. A linear programming model was developed to deteremine the optimal allocation of water between agricultural and coal-fired electrical generating entities as well as the trade offs which could occur if electrical generation were increased. Other areas of potential trade offs such as coal source restrictions and air quality regualtions were also examined. Coal mining and transportation costs were included as were SO2, Nox, and particulate emission rates on a coal …

Calcium Carbonate Precipitation As Influenced By Stream Primary Production, Gretchen L. Rupp, V. Dean Adams

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The potential influence of periphyton photosynthesis on calcium carbonate precipitation was studied for the Logan River, Bear River Mountains, northern Utah. The water chemistry, hydrology, and benthic primary production of the river were monitored for one year. periphyton photosynthesis and calcium carbonate precipitation were measured concurrently in laboratory experiments utilizing radioisotopic tracers. These experiments investigated the effects of water temperature, velocity, and macronutrient concentration on photosynthetically induced calcium carbonate precipitation. In these experiments, the biologic induction of calcium carbonate precipitation was not correlated with water nutrient level. It did, however, reflect water temperature, and was greatest at approximately 10 degrees …

The Occurrence Of Trihalomethane Compounds In Salt Lake City And Ogden, Utah, Drinking Water Supplies, Thomas Peters, V. Dean Adams, Dennis B. George

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A purge and trap, gas chromatography system was developed to analyze for trihalomethane (THMs) compounds at the ppb (parts per billion) level in drinking water. Monthly influent and effluent samples were taken from three Weber Basin Water Conservancy Distrcit treatment plants, three Salt Lake City water treatmetn platns, and one Slat Lake Metropolitan water treatment plant. In addition tap water samples were taken at various business and residential locations in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Ogen, Utah. All samples were analyzed for trihalomethanes and total organic carbon (TOC). In addition to monthly sampling, a comparison of the production of THMs …

A Methodology For Public-Planner Interaction In Multiobjective Project Planning And Evaluation, Mac Mckee, T. Ward Morgan, Rangesan Narayanan, A. Bruce Bishop

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A review of current multiple objective planning techniques is presented. A critique of certain classes of these techniques is offered, especially in terms of the degree to which they facilitate certain information needs of the planning process. Various tools in operations research are used to constructed a new multiple objective planning methodology, called the "Vector Optimization Decision Convergence Algorithm" (VODCA). An application of the methodology pertaining to water resources development in Utah is documented.

A User's Manual For Computer Programs Used In: Model Choice: An Operational Comparison Of Stochastic Streamflow Models For Droughts, W. Robert James, David S. Bowles, Nath T. Kottegoda

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The rapid development of stochastic or operational hydrology over the past 10 years has led to the need for some comparative analyses of the currently available long-term persistence models. Five annual stochastic streamflow generation models (autoregressive, autoregressive-moviing-average (ARMA), ARMA-Markov, fast fractional Gaussian noise, and broken line) are compared on their ability to preserved drought-related time series properties and annual statistics. Using Monto Carlo generation procedures and comparing the average generated statistics and drought or water supply properties, a basis is established to evaluated model performance on four different Utah study streams. A seasonal disaggregation model is applied to each of …

Update On Estimation Of Water Surface Elevation Probabilities For The Great Salt Lake, L. Douglas James, David S. Bowles, W. Robert James, Ronald V. Canfield

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The techniques of operational hydrology, employing an autoregrssive moving average (ARMA (1,0) model were used to replicate historical patterns of streamflow into, precipitation on, and evaporation from the Great Salt Lake. The results were combined with a lake water balance model to simulate lake stage sequences beginning with known initial conditions and extending up to 125 years into the future and used to generate probability distributions for future lake stages. Starting with a spring 1980 high stage of 4200.45 ft msl, the best estimate is that the 1981 spring high will be 4200.19, but there is one change in four …

Sulfur Dioxide Treatment Of Secondary Sewage: Effect On Viruses, V. Dean Adams

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The Dependence On Zenith Angle Of The Strength Of 3-Meter Equatorial Electrojet Irregularities, H. M. Ierkic, Bela G. Fejer, D. T. Farley

Bela G. Fejer

Radar measurements in Peru were used to deduce the zenith angle dependence of the scattering cross section of plasma irregularities generated by instabilities in the equatorial electrojet. The irregularities probed by the 50 MHz Jicamarca radar had a wavelength of 3m. The cross section for the type 2 irregularities was isotropic in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field, while the cross section for the stronger type 1 irregularities varied with zenith angle at a rate of approximately 0.3 dB/degree; the horizontally traveling waves were more than 100 times stronger than those traveling vertically.

Iron And Life, Thomas Emery

Faculty Honor Lectures

Iron, iron, everywhere but. . . . The plight of the ancient mariner surrounded by undrinkable water could hardly have been more frustrating than life on earth with respect to iron. Iron is the fourth most abundant element of the earth's surface, exceeded only by oxygen, silicon, and aluminum. Virtually all forms of life from the simplest bacteria to humans require iron to catalyze numerous and complex metabolic reactions. Because of the diversity and complexity of the role of iron in the life process, it has even been suggested that the origin of life on earth centered around the catalytic …

On The Existence Of Global Variational Principles, Ian M. Anderson, T. Duchamp

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

In studying physical phenomena one frequently encounters differential equations which arise from a variational principle, i.e. the equations are the Euler-Lagrangequations obtained from the fundamental (or action) integral of a problem in the calculus of variations. Because solutions to the Euler-Lagrange equations determine the possible extrema of the fundamental integral, the first step in the solution of a given problem in the calculus of variations is to obtain the appropriate Euler-Lagrange equations. This state of affairs suggests the so-called inverse problem, viz. does a given differential equation arise from a variational principle and, if so, what is the Lagrangian for …

Effect Of Fish Size On Prey Size Selection In Gambusia Affinis, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Joseph J. Cech Jr., James Compton

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Food size selection of the mosquitofish , Gambusia affinis affinis. was measured in aquaria using juvenile stages of the mosquito, Clllex tarsalb;, as prey. Fish size varied from recently born fry to large adult females. Food size selection was positively correlated with fish size. Mosquitofish fry (6-8 111m standard length) attacked and ate primarily first and second instar larvae. Fry attacked larger instars, but attack success on these was low (0 - 50%). Fish larger than 20 mm attached primarily pupae and third and fourth instar larva. No first instar mosquitoes were eaten. Attack success for these fish was above …

Mass Marking Of Mosquitofish: Preliminary Results, Bruce Vondracek, Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Joseph J. Cech Jr.

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

Three marking techniques were tested to determine their applicability for mosquitofish. Tetracycline drugs and DC Ar administered in the diet successfully marked laboratory-cultured mosquitofish, but exposure to direct sunlight in outdoor tanks resulted in the rapid disappearance of the marks. Preliminary data on fluorescent marks from a polystyrene pigment in a melamine-sulfonamide-formaldehyde resin forced into the dermal ,tissue with compressed air are more promising.

A t an optimal deliver pressure of 7.3 m Hg (140 p.s.i.) and spraying time of 15 sec., marking percentage is maximized and fish mortality is minimized. Mark retention time was up to 80 days in …

An Empirical Model Of Quiet Dayionospheric Electric Fields Of Middle And Low Latitudes, A. D. Richmond, M. Blanc, B. A. Emery, R. H. Wand, Bela G. Fejer, R. F. Woodland, S. Ganguly, P. Amyenc, R. A. Behnke, C. Calderon, J. V. Evans

Bela G. Fejer

Seasonally averaged quiet-day F region ionospheric E × B drift observations from the Millstone Hill, St. Santin, Arecibo, and Jicamarca incoherent scatter radars are used to produce a model of the middle and low-latitude electric field for solar minimum conditions. A function similar to an electrostatic potential is fitted to the data to provide model values continuous in latitude, longitude, time of day, and day of the year. This model is intended to serve as a reference standard for applications requiring global knowledge of the mean electric field or requiring information at some location removed from the observing radars. This …

Ute Self-Determination In Setting Tribal Resource Development Policy, Herbert H. Fullerton, Mac Mckee, Roger D. Hansen

Reports

The Ute Indian Tribe of northeastern Utah has large land holdings rich in water and energy resources. Revenues from these sources have created capital that can potentially be used by the Tribe to further develop its resources and expand its agricultural and business enterprises. Realities, however, complicate this simple scenario in that the Tribal goals are broader than pure economic gain and that increased incomes may mean sacrifices in terms of these other goals. The Tribe faces the problem of how best to develop its water resources in a way that best meets its multiplicity of needs.

The research team …

Ionospheric Irregularities, Bela G. Fejer, M. C. Kelley

Bela G. Fejer

Extensive experimental and theoretical research has been performed in the last decade to study ionospheric irregularities. These studies have shown that plasma instabilities play a major role in the generation of the irregularities. In this work we describe in detail the recent experimental studies of the E and F region irregularities and also the extensive work on plasma instability theories developed to explain them. We also describe both radio wave and spacecraft-borne experimental techniques to allow a common ground for the understanding of the data from ground-based and in situ experiments. To date, theoretical work has been mostly concentrated on …