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M. E. Cooley

Publications and source records attributed to M. E. Cooley.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
USGS1987

Preliminary surficial geology map of the Cheyenne urban area, Laramie County, Wyoming

The geologic map of the Cheyenne Urban Area shows the following elements: (1) artificial fill at miscellaneous sites; (2) artificial fill in areas of large residential developments constructed since 1945; (3) artificial fill in areas of extensive construction activity; (4) undifferentiated alluvium (holocene); (5) terrace alluvium (holocene); (6) alluvial fan deposits (holocene); (7) slope deposits (holocene and pleistocene); (8) tan sandy alluvium (pleistocene); (9) pediment deposits (pleistocene); (10) deposits of terrace Qt1 (pleistocene); (11) deposits of terraces Qt1A, Qt1B, Qt1C (pleistocene); (12) Deposits of Qt2 (pleistocene); (13) Deposits of terrace Qt3 (pleistocene); (14) brown gravelly deposits (pleistocene); and (15) Ogallalla formation (miocene). (Lantz-PTT)

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USGS1984

Linear features determined from Landsat imagery in western Kansas

A map (scale 1:500,000) shows the linear features determined from Landsat imagery in western Kansas. The linear features, sometimes called linear trends or lineaments, are not identified as to type or origin. Most probably represent fractures or fracture zones, which may affect the movement of water or other fluids through the rocks. The linear features are classified as to length--less than 30 miles and more than 30 miles. (USGS)

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USGS1984

Linear features determined from Landsat imagery in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles

A map (scale 1:500,000) shows the linear features determined from Landsat imagery in the Texas and Oklahoma panhandles. The linear features, sometimes called linear trends or lineaments, are not identified as to type or origin. Most probably represent fractures or fracture zones, which may affect the movement of water or other fluids through rocks. The linear features are classified as to length--less than 30 mi/mg and more than 30 mi/mg. (USGS)

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USGS1983

Linear features determined from Landsat imagery in Wyoming

This map is one of a series of linear-features maps compiled for the U.S. Geological Survey's Northern Great Plains Regional Aquifer System Analysis (U.S. Geological Survey, 1979). This map shows the linear features that were recognized in Wyoming. Other maps in the series cover South Dakota (Cooley, 1983a), Montana (Cooley, 1983b), and North Dakota (Cooley, 1983c).

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USGS1983

Linear features determined from Landsat imagery in North Dakota

The report consists of a map (scale 1:500,000) that shows the linear features determined from Landsat imagery in North Dakota. The linear features, sometimes called linear trends or lineaments, are not identified as to type or origin. Most probably represent fractures or fracture zones, which may affect the movement of water or other fluids through the rocks. The linear features are classified as to length--less than 30 miles, 30 to 200 miles, 200 to 500 miles, and more than 500 miles. (USGS)

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USGS1979

Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Nowood River drainage area, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

In the Nowood River drainage area, Wyoming, the principal deposits comprising the alluvial aquifer include the flood-plain and younger (generally undissected) alluvial-fan deposits and a unique boulder-fan gravel. Other deposits mapped, but virtually nonwater yielding, are the older (dissected) alluvial-fan, pediment, and terrace deposits. Terraces are capped by gravel and form levels at 30-40, 45-100, 120-150, 200-260, and 280-330 feet above the Nowood River. The thickness of the alluvial aquifer indicated from the sparse well-log data and 42 surface resistivity measurements is between 25 and 50 feet along the Nowood River and more than 60 feet along Tensleep and Paint Rock Creeks. The resistivity measurements indicate a buried bedrock ridge below the boulder-fan gravel between Paint Rock and Medicine Lodge Creeks and a buried channel filled by alluvium along Tensleep Creek. Well yields from the alluvial aquifer are estimated to be low. The most favorable areas for ground-water development are from the flood-plain alluvium along Tensleep Creek and from the boulder-fan gravel and adjoining flood-plain alluvium along Paint Rock and Medicine Creeks. Along the Nowood River the flood-plain alluvium, although its yields are small, has the best potential for ground-water development. (Kosco-USGS)

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USGS1979

Hydrogeologic features of the alluvial deposits in the Greybull River valley, Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

The alluvial aquifer along the Greybull River in Wyoming, consists principally of the Greybull terrace doposits and flood-plain alluvium but also includes Burlington terrace deposits east of Burlington, the McKinnie terrace, and the younger, generally undissected alluvial-fan deposits. Well-log data and 18 surface-resistivity measurements at four localities indicate that the thickness of the alluvial aquifer is as much as 60 feet thick only near Burlington and Otto. The most favorable area for development of ground water from the alluvial aquifer is near Burlington and Otto where relatively large amounts of water can be obtained from the Greybull terrace deposits and the flood-plain alluvium. Elsewhere, the deposits of the alluvial aquifer yield only small amounts of water to wells. (Woodard-USGS)

Water-Resources Investigations Report↗
USGS1973

Shale, mudstone, and claystone as potential host rocks for underground emplacement of waste

In this report, the suitability of the argillaceous formations in the conterminous United States as host rocks for underground waste emplacement is reviewed in terms of available geologic information. The strata are considered mainly according to their dimensions, Depth, composition, permeability, structural and seismic history, and to the extent of drilling in the area. Shale, mudstone, and claystone of marine origin in areas of little structural deformation and seismic risks are generally the most promising. These include the Ohio Shale of Devonian age in northern Ohio and the Devonian-Mississippian Ellsworth Shale and Mississippian Coldwater Shale in Michigan. In-the Rocky Mountain states, the Pierre Shale and other thick shales of Late Cretaceous age are also potential host rocks.

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