United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979 - Geology |
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... increased by several orders of magnitude - from the early surveys of then " remote " western areas of the United ... increase the Nation's oil and gas reserves and , consequently , would be favorable target areas for the accelerated ...
... increased by several orders of magnitude - from the early surveys of then " remote " western areas of the United ... increase the Nation's oil and gas reserves and , consequently , would be favorable target areas for the accelerated ...
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... increase over fiscal year 1978. During fiscal year 1979 , the number of geothermal wells drilled on Federal , State , and private lands increased about 60 percent over the preceding fiscal year . Fewer wells ( 11 instead of 13 ) were ...
... increase over fiscal year 1978. During fiscal year 1979 , the number of geothermal wells drilled on Federal , State , and private lands increased about 60 percent over the preceding fiscal year . Fewer wells ( 11 instead of 13 ) were ...
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... increase of nine posi- tions including seven additional full - time personnel ( an increase of 75 percent ) and two additional less than full- time positions to provide essential support ; this resulted in a total staffing of 25 ( 21 ...
... increase of nine posi- tions including seven additional full - time personnel ( an increase of 75 percent ) and two additional less than full- time positions to provide essential support ; this resulted in a total staffing of 25 ( 21 ...
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... increased rapidly during the 1870's . Although the United States possessed large reserves of iron , steelmaking processes then common- ly used required a low - phosphorous low - sulfur pig iron , and there was a shortage of ores of ...
... increased rapidly during the 1870's . Although the United States possessed large reserves of iron , steelmaking processes then common- ly used required a low - phosphorous low - sulfur pig iron , and there was a shortage of ores of ...
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... increasing recognition , the min- ing industry called for larger appro- priations for the Survey and the ... increased understanding of the Earth and its history . Several pioneering studies in geophysics and microscopic petrog- raphy ...
... increasing recognition , the min- ing industry called for larger appro- priations for the Survey and the ... increased understanding of the Earth and its history . Several pioneering studies in geophysics and microscopic petrog- raphy ...
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activities appraisals areas Argillite assessment Azie Taylor Morton Barrow basin Bureau cartographic cartographic information Chief City coal Commission Conservation Division County cover map data base Denver Denver Federal Center Direct program drilling earthquake energy Environmental estimates evaluation exploration Federal agencies Federal and Indian Federal Bldg Federal lands fiscal year 1979 Flood funds geologic hazards geophysical Government ground-water Gulf of Mexico hydrologic Indian lands investigations Ixtoc Lake Landsat Landsat images located Menlo Park ment miles million mineral resources National Center National Petroleum Reserve Nevada NPRA Office offshore oil and gas oilspill operations Outer Continental Shelf percent photographs planning potential production Puerto Rico quadrangles Regional Reimbursable program Reserve in Alaska Reston River rocks satellite sediments seismic Service South Barrow STOP studies Survey's Surveys and Mapping Test tion topographic tract U.S. Geological Survey United Water Conservation District Water Data Water Resources zones