United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, 1979 - Geology |
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... investigation will supply in- dustry with the necessary knowledge to develop tech- niques and to design the equipment required to safely and successfully recover the oil and gas discovered in these frontier offshore areas . During ...
... investigation will supply in- dustry with the necessary knowledge to develop tech- niques and to design the equipment required to safely and successfully recover the oil and gas discovered in these frontier offshore areas . During ...
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... investigations have been focused on the central and southern Califor- nia regions as well as several other areas of high seismicity around the world . During fiscal year 1979 , the Survey prepared flood- prone - area maps in 236 areas ...
... investigations have been focused on the central and southern Califor- nia regions as well as several other areas of high seismicity around the world . During fiscal year 1979 , the Survey prepared flood- prone - area maps in 236 areas ...
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... investigations by merging many of the functions of the three re- maining Federal geological and geo- graphical surveys of the Nation's ter- ritories in the West - organizations discontinued by the same legislation . More realistically ...
... investigations by merging many of the functions of the three re- maining Federal geological and geo- graphical surveys of the Nation's ter- ritories in the West - organizations discontinued by the same legislation . More realistically ...
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... investigations in economic geology . First , research in mining geology was directed toward the im- mediate solution of specific problems , rather than the immediate advance- ment of basic science . Second , the field relations of ore ...
... investigations in economic geology . First , research in mining geology was directed toward the im- mediate solution of specific problems , rather than the immediate advance- ment of basic science . Second , the field relations of ore ...
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... investigations involved the progressive use of newer and increas- ingly more complex technical methods of directly and indirectly ac- quiring data by vehicle , ship , aircraft , and then satellite - borne instruments . However ...
... investigations involved the progressive use of newer and increas- ingly more complex technical methods of directly and indirectly ac- quiring data by vehicle , ship , aircraft , and then satellite - borne instruments . However ...
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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