Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee and North Carolina (open access)

Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Tennessee and North Carolina

From Preface: "The present account summarizes the results of a long investigation of the rocks of the Great Smoky Mountains (1946-55) by geologists of the staff of the U.S. Geological Survey, in collaboration with those of the Tennessee Division of Geology. The technical details of this investigation have already been set forth at length in professional papers of the U.S. Geological Survey. The present account contains the gist of these findings about the rocks of the mountains, and is accompanied by a map and structure sections in which the surface and underground extent of the rocks are displayed."
Date: 1968
Creator: King, Philip Burke; Neuman, Robert B. & Hadley, Jarvis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Filling and Emptying System, Cordell Hull Navigation Lock: Cumberland River, Tennessee: Hydraulic Model Investigation (open access)

Filling and Emptying System, Cordell Hull Navigation Lock: Cumberland River, Tennessee: Hydraulic Model Investigation

Results of hydraulic model investigations to study the proposed filling an demptying system for the Cordell Hull Luck on the Cumberland River and Tennessee. It also included tests of a multiport system and provided suggestions for improvement in the design.
Date: September 1966
Creator: Oswalt, Noel R. & Boyd, M. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren (open access)

General Correlative Studies - Operation Bren

Report summarizing "the utilization of the Health Physics Research reactor and a Co60 source during Operation BREN" and offers related meteorological data relating radiation emissions.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Auxier, J. A.; Haywood, F. F. & Gilley, L. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study (open access)

Status Report Number Three on Clinch River Study

Report describing the progress made in the Clinch River Study for the period May to October 1961. This report is based off of multiple reports of water sampling conducted across six stations in order to evaluate the safety and radioactive content of the Clinch River.
Date: December 6, 1962
Creator: Morton, R. J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils (open access)

Corrosion of Steel Pilings in Soils

From Introduction: "In this paper are presented the results obtained to date from the inspections of steel pilings. The investigation will be continued by additional inspections of pilings in other parts if the country in order to cover a wider range of soil environments."
Date: October 24, 1962
Creator: Romanoff, Melvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pathogenesis and Regeneration of Radiation Induced Bone Marrow Injury, and Therapeutic Implications (open access)

Pathogenesis and Regeneration of Radiation Induced Bone Marrow Injury, and Therapeutic Implications

This report reviews aspects of experimental and clinical research performed in the investigation on the pathogenesis and recovery of bone marrow injury caused by total body irradiation.
Date: April 23, 1962
Creator: Fliedner, T. M., (Theodor M.), 1929-; Cronkite, Eugene P. & Bond, Victor P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I) (open access)

Aeroradioactivity Survey and Areal Geology of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Area, Tennessee and Kentucky (ARMS-I)

Report regarding an airborne radioactivity survey that took place over a 10,000 square mile area around the Oak Ridge National Laboratory near Knoxville, Tennesse. Topics include the types of bedrock noted in the area as well as their levels of radioactivity.
Date: March 1961
Creator: Bates, Robert G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide (open access)

Fast-Neutron and Gamma Spectrum and Dose in Beryllium Oxide

This report follows a series of tests run to determine the shielding properties of beryllium oxide, conducted at the Battelle Lid-Tank Shielding Facility. Neutron and gamma penetrations through and behind beryllium oxide were measured.
Date: January 11, 1961
Creator: Klingensmith, Raymond W.; Jung, Richard G.; Lindgren, William A.; Epstein, Harold M. & Chastain, Joel W., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources (open access)

Experimental Evaluation of the Radiation Protection Afforded by Typical Oak Ridge Homes Against Distributed Sources

Report regarding experiments made to determine the fallout-radiation protection offered by several typical homes in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, area.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Strickler, T. D. & Auxier, J. A.
System: The UNT Digital Library