The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964 (open access)

The HASL Bone Program 1961-1964

Report documenting the measuring of strontium-90 levels contained in the bones of children and adults of various age brackets across the United States.
Date: August 16, 1965
Creator: Rivera, Joseph & Harley, John H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Technical Concept-Operation Henre (open access)

Technical Concept-Operation Henre

From Introduction: "As a result of research accomplished during Operation BREN in 1962, it has been proposed that a monoenergetic point neutron source be constructed and operated on the same tower. The field experiment which would be conducted at this time has been designated as Operation HENRE (High Energy Neutron Reactions Experiment)."
Date: February 1965
Creator: Haywood, F. F. & Auxier, J. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arguello Area (ARMS-II) (open access)

Arguello Area (ARMS-II)

"An Aerial Radiographic Measuring Survey (ARMS) of the Arguello area was made for the Civil Effects Test Operations, Division of Biology and Medicine, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, by Edgerton, Germeshausen & Grier, Inc.(EG&G), between Apr. 5 and Apr. 29, 1962. The survey was part of a nationwide program to measure the present environmental levels of gamma radiation" (p. 5).
Date: May 1965
Creator: Guillou, R. B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Manganese-Copper Damping Alloys (open access)

Manganese-Copper Damping Alloys

From Introduction: "The primary purpose of this bulletin is to describe the metallurgical treatment and properties of the alloys as developed in research at the laboratories of the Bureau of Mines at Rolla, Mo., and to present a substantial amount of unpublished data."
Date: 1965
Creator: Jensen, J. W. & Walsh, D. F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Facts and Problems: 1965 Edition (open access)

Mineral Facts and Problems: 1965 Edition

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over mineral characteristics, uses, and problems. Descriptions of common minerals and their uses are presented and discussed. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations. Index and finding guide starts on page 1113.
Date: 1965
Creator: United States. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Engineering Evaluation of the Long-Tube Vertical Falling-Film Distillation Process (open access)

An Engineering Evaluation of the Long-Tube Vertical Falling-Film Distillation Process

Report issued by the Office of Saline Water over engineering studies on the long-tube vertical falling-film distillation process. As stated in the introduction, "it is the objective of this report to study the falling-film distillation and to prepare an engineering evaluation of the process and the design of major items of equipment, with particular emphasis upon improving production and operational reliability and upon reducing product cost" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Dow Chemical Company
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Second Two Years' Progress on Study and Field Evaluation of Solar Sea-Water Stills (open access)

Second Two Years' Progress on Study and Field Evaluation of Solar Sea-Water Stills

From Introduction: "The investigation of solar distillation described in this Summary Report is part of the wide-ranging program of the Office of Saline Water to develop economical processes for the conversion of saline water to fresh water." From Summary: " Since the submission of the Summary Report which covered the first two years' progress, several new stills have been constructed, including four basin-type stills for the evaluation of basin liners and other materials."
Date: July 1965
Creator: Battelle Memorial Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tin-Lode Investigations, Potato Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; With Section on Petrography (open access)

Tin-Lode Investigations, Potato Mountain Area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; With Section on Petrography

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines on investigations of tin-lode deposits in the Seward Peninsula. The properties of the deposits sampled are presented. This report includes tables, maps, and illustrations.
Date: 1965
Creator: Mulligan, John J. & Gnagy, Walter L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project OTTER (Overland Train Terrain Evaluation Research), Report 2: Test Report (open access)

Project OTTER (Overland Train Terrain Evaluation Research), Report 2: Test Report

Report describing the results of a program to test and evaluate the cross-country mobility of the Overland Train (a logistical cargo carrier) in a desert environment. This study used a system for terrain classification developed by the U.S Engineer Waterways Experiment Station as part of the tests made on various courses at the U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Shamburger, J. H.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Dugout: Technical Director's Summary Report (open access)

Project Dugout: Technical Director's Summary Report

From abstract: Project Dugout was a chemical explosive row charge cratering experiment in hard rock conducted at the AEC Nevada Test Site as part of the Plowshare Program for development of nuclear excavation technology.
Date: May 10, 1965
Creator: Nordyke, M. D.; Terhune, R. W.; Rohrer, R. F.; Cauthen, L. J. & Spruill, J. L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Close-in Air Blast from a Row Charge in Basalt (open access)

Close-in Air Blast from a Row Charge in Basalt

From abstract: Close-in air blast measurements were made on the Dugout shot. Major constituents of the blast wave were the ground-shock-induced pulse and the pulse from venting gases. The ground-shock-induced pulse was the dominant one at all stations.
Date: August 4, 1965
Creator: Vortman, Luke J.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Project Sulky: Preshot Geologic Investigations (open access)

Project Sulky: Preshot Geologic Investigations

From abstract: A comprehensive geologic and engineering investigation was undertaken at the site on Buckboard Mesa selected for the SULKY event, a nuclear cratering experiment, conducted in dry basalt.
Date: August 4, 1965
Creator: Nugent, R. C. & Banks, D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preshot and Postshot Safety Survey of Oil and Gas Facilities, Baxterville Field, Mississippi, Final Report (open access)

Preshot and Postshot Safety Survey of Oil and Gas Facilities, Baxterville Field, Mississippi, Final Report

From introduction: Oil and gas wells and related facilities of the Baxterville field were surveyed to document any physical changes resulting from the Salmon Event. All such structures within a 5-mile radius of Ground Zero were examined and photographed in detail.
Date: August 5, 1965
Creator: Ward, Don C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Final Report: Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada (open access)

Final Report: Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada

Report on an evaluation of the Sand Springs Range as a possible location for an underground nuclear study (Shoal Event). Various tests to determine the site's suitability included aerial photography and mapping of the area through various means; drilling and bulldozing to conduct mineralogical and other physical evaluations; gravity, aeromagnetic, and refraction surveys; and studies related to the hydrology of the location and surrounding areas.
Date: April 26, 1965
Creator: Nevada. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perched Ground Water in Zeolitized-Bedded Tuff, Rainier Mesa and Vicinity, Nevada Test Site, Nevada (open access)

Perched Ground Water in Zeolitized-Bedded Tuff, Rainier Mesa and Vicinity, Nevada Test Site, Nevada

Introduction: This report describes the occurrence, movement, and discharge of perched ground water in tuffaceous rocks that cap and underlie Rainier Mesa -- the site of the first series of underground nuclear detonations made by the Atomic Energy Commission at the Nevada Test Site.
Date: 1965
Creator: Thordarson, William
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter A (open access)

Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter A

Report summarizing results of research conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey during fiscal year 1965. It provides an overview of the economic and scientific work of the organization.
Date: 1965
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter B (open access)

Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter B

Compiled research from 41 short papers published by the U.S. Geological Survey "on scientific and economic results of current work by members of the Geologic, Publications, and Water Resources Divisions" (p. iii). The papers represent a range of completed work, investigations in progress or initial findings, and short papers on techniques and instrumentation.
Date: 1965
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter D (open access)

Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter D

Compilation of 43 short papers reporting on "scientific and economic results of current work by members of the Conservation, Geologic, and Water Resources Divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey" (p. v) during fiscal year 1965.
Date: 1965
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter C (open access)

Geological Survey Research, 1965: Chapter C

Compilation of 44 short papers reporting on "scientific and economic results of current work by members of the Conservation, Geologic, and Water Resources Divisions of the U.S. Geological Survey" (p. v) during fiscal year 1965.
Date: 1965
Creator: Geological Survey (U.S.)
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain Areas, North Dakota (open access)

Stratigraphy of the Pierre Shale, Valley City and Pembina Mountain Areas, North Dakota

From abstract: Reconnaissance examination of widely scattered outcrops of Upper Cretaceous rocks in the heavily glaciated areas of eastern North Dakota provides the basis for the first formal subdivision of the Pierre Shale in these areas.
Date: 1965
Creator: Gill, James R. & Cobban, William Aubrey
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineralogy and Stratigraphy of the Lower Part of the Pierre Shale, South Dakota and Nebraska (open access)

Mineralogy and Stratigraphy of the Lower Part of the Pierre Shale, South Dakota and Nebraska

From abstract and introduction: Mineralogic and stratigraphic studies of the lower part of the Pierre Shale of Late Cretaceous age along the Missouri River indicate correlations different from those generally accepted. The purposes of this paper are to present evidence for the new correlations and to resolve problems of formal nomenclature that result from them.
Date: 1965
Creator: Schultz, Leonard Gene
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Plates To Accompany Final Report Of Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, And Hydrological Investigations Of The Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, And Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada (open access)

Plates To Accompany Final Report Of Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, And Hydrological Investigations Of The Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, And Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada

The following documents are aseries of plates to accompany the final report of "Geological, Geophysical, Chemical, and Hydrological Investigations of the Sand Springs Range, Fairview Valley, and Fourmile Flat, Churchill County, Nevada".
Date: 1965
Creator: Nevada. Bureau of Mines.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map of the Thirsty Canyon Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map of the Thirsty Canyon Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

The following report provides a geologic map of the Thirsty Canyon quadrangle in Nye county, Nevada.
Date: June 4, 1965
Creator: O'Connor, J. T.; Anderson, R. E. & Lipman, P. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geologic Map and Sections of the Thirsty Canyon Southeast Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada (open access)

Geologic Map and Sections of the Thirsty Canyon Southeast Quadrangle, Nye County, Nevada

The following report provides a geological map of sections of the Thirsty Canyon South East quadrangle of Nye County, Nevada.
Date: February 1965
Creator: Lipman, P. W.; Quinlivan, W. D.; Carr, W. J. & Anderson, R. E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library