A handbook of mathematical functions that is designed to provide scientific investigations with a comprehensive and self-contained summary of the mathematical functions that arise in physical and engineering problems.

Summary: The motion of Rifle Gap Dam was measured in September 1969 during the Project RULISON underground nuclear explosion. The observed response was then compared with the response computed in a mathematical model. Observed and computed responses were similar. From this study it appears that the mathematical models used are applicable to the design and analysis of soil structures, at least for ground motion intensities comparable to those observed at Rifle Gap Dam. (p. xi).

A bibliography that lists about 1,300 U.S. Geological Survey publications related to coal and published prior to January 1, 1971.

From introduction: This report specifies the connections from units to the Highway in sufficient detail to ensure compatibility between units from different sources of design and production.

Report regarding refraction seismic and vibratory tests conducted on a railroad test embankment near Aikman, Kansas as well as attenuation and dynamic laboratory tests. The refraction seismic tests indicated the existence of two distinct velocity zones, one for the embankment and one for the underlying limestone bedrock.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over the oil yields at the Green River. The average oil yields from the area are discussed. This report includes tables, and illustrations.

A report regarding the Precambrian through Cretaceous strata of probable fluvial origin in southeastern United States and their potential as uranium host rocks.

From contributions of astrogeology: The principal goal of research in astrogeology is the solution of several cardinal problems of geology...The present volume is the first of a series of professional papers that will describe major results of research in astrogeology.

Abstract: This report presents some of the results of the past year's work in a continuing study of thermionic converters. It is a study of the basic processes in thermionic diodes, and the application of this basic information to the achievement of practical thermionic energy conversion.

Descriptions of the principal changes in the calorimeter and bolometer unit from the WR28 models of a microwave serving as National Bureau of Standards standard for power measurements in the frequency range 50 to 75 GHz.

From Abstract: "This work traces the development of the Loran-C concept from its inception as a 100-kHz pulse hyperbolic navigation system to more recent times when it found a variety of applications to both timing and navigation."

Review of the progress in research, instrumentation, and service activities of the Spectrochemical Analysis Section from July 1970 to June 1971.

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over petroleum reservoir pressure distribution. As stated in the introduction, "the purpose of this investigation is to provide the petroleum engineer with the computer techniques to determine quickly the pressure distribution in a petroleum reservoir" (p. 1). This report includes tables, and illustrations.

The report consists of three principal sections; environmental setting, water resource management, and the hydrologic system. The environmental setting describes the land and people as related to water resources. The section on water resource management is intended to provide practical information needed for the planning and management of water resources. The section on the hydrologic system is a more technical discussion of water in the Red River basin. The section on water management can be used to locate the water, determine the amount available and its quality; whereas, the section on the hydrologic system describes the operation of the system how water moves through the system and why the quality is as it is.

"This is a report on the first phase of the Metallogenic Project, a project conducted by the geology Division of Lucius Pitkin, Inc. for the Resource Division of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Grand Junction Colorado"

A preliminary map showing the lithology of parts of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming.

This map shows geologic formations of sandstone, shale, siltstone, mudstone, and coal, carbonaceous markers, coal seams, creeks and rivers, draws and gulches, mountains, buttes, and numbered locations of uranium test holes.

This is a preliminary map of the east-west cross section, Powder River Basin, Wyoming.

This map shows geologic formations of sandstone, shale, siltstone, mudstone, and coal, carbonaceous markers, coal seams, creeks and rivers, draws and gulches, mountains, buttes, and numbered locations of uranium test holes.

In this report, information is presented by means of tables and illustrations preceded by brief explanations. It includes the agencies collecting the data, the number of stations located on surface and ground waters where temperature measurements are made, the distribution of stations by States and by the 21 regions of the Water Resources Council.

From Abstract: "This report summarizes a systematic 20-year study of the organic sulfur compounds in Wasson, Texas, crude oil and, to a lesser extent, of three crude oils, that culminated in some 200 individual sulfur-compound identifications. This report reviews early sulfur literature covering petroleum sulfur compound identifications completed before this study was begun, and cites 58 papers resulting from this work."

Report analyzing the Guantanamo Naval Base 2.25 MGD desalting and power generation facility in order to create a guide for the research and development programs for the Office of Saline Water and for commercial desalinization facilities.

From Abstract: "The compositions of various gums and inorganic deposits are reported in terms of elemental analysis and spectroscopic examinations. The reactions of tetraethyllead with selected hydrocarbons are also reported."

From Abstract: "This paper describes the determination of corrosion rates based on the polarization measurements made up to the time of the removal of the first group of piles in 1969."