Geology topics

J. Benton

Publications and source records attributed to J. Benton.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

USGS1981

Textural composition of shallow cores from the tidal Potomac River and Estuary; 1978 and 1979

During 1978 and 1979, 37 cores were collected by divers from the tidal Potomac River system and from adjacent marginal embayments. These cores, approximately 1 m in length, are representative of geomorphic divisions within the riverine, transitional, and estuarine parts of the Potomac and of several tributaries. X-radiographs were made of an unsampled half of each core. The cores were subsampled at selected intervals for textural analyses. The textural data presented in this report are being used to complement trace-metal, nutrient, and sedimentation studies in the tidal Potomac River system.

Maryland, Virginia↗

USGS1979

Outer continental shelf oil and gas information program; Alaska index (December 1974 - June 1979)

As part of a national goal to reduce dependence on foreign energy sources, the United States is currently managing a program for leasing of OCS oil and gas resources. The areas potentially affected, consisting of 22 coastal states and Pennsylvania, can be grouped into four major areas: Alaska, Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and Pacific. The Alaska Area has three lease sale areas: Gulf of Alaska, the Bering Sea and the Chukchi and the Beaufort Sea (see Figures I and 2). Most of the information used by both the government and industry on the hydrocarbon potential of the Alaska Area is initially acquired and compiled on a regional basis. These data are used by industry in nominating tracts for lease and in preparation of bids and by the Department of the Interior for general sale area identification, tract selection, environmental impact statements and resource evaluation. Subsequent environmental information and data analysis is directed toward defining specific sub-areas and site-specific evaluation.

Alaska↗

USGS1979

Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas information program; Gulf of Mexico index (January 1977 - June 1979)

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act of 1953, as amended in 1978 (43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.), grants to the Secretary of the Interior the authority to issue leases for minerals on the U.S. Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It provides the authority and guidelines which the Secretary utilizes fo7 expeditious exploration and development of the OCS while ensuring timely access to information by affected states and local governments in order that appropriate planning will anticipate and ameliorate impacts from such OCS activities.

Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas↗