- Adkison, Windsor Lester, 1972, Stratigraphy and structure of Middle and Upper Ordovician rocks in the Sedgwick Basin and adjacent areas, south-central Kansas: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 702, 33 p.,
- Ahmed, Waheeduddin; Khan, Shahid Noor; Schmidt, Robert Gordon, 1972, Geology and copper mineralization of the Saindak Quadrangle, Chagai District, West Pakistan: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 716-A, 20 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Armstrong, Augustus K., 1972, Biostratigraphy of Mississippian lithostrotionoid corals, Lisburne Group, arctic Alaska: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 743-A, 27 p.,
- Armstrong, Augustus K., 1972, Pennsylvanian carbonates, paleoecology, and rugose colonial corals, north flank, eastern Brooks Range, Arctic Alaska: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 747, 21 p.,
- Bateman, P. C.; Wones, D. R., 1972, Huntington Lake Quadrangle, central Sierra Nevada, California; analytic data: Professional Paper 724-A, 17 p.,
- Bath, G. D.; Carr, W. J.; Gard, L. M., Jr.; Quinlivan, W. D., 1972, Interpretation of an aeromagnetic survey of the Amchitka Island area, Alaska: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 707, 25 p.,
- Bennett, J. P.; Rathbun, R. E., 1972, Reaeration in open-channel flow: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 737, 75 p.,
- Berdan, Jean Milton, 1972, Brachiopoda and Ostracoda of the Cobleskill Limestone (Upper Silurian) of central New York: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 730, 47 p.,
- Books, Kenneth G., 1972, Paleomagnetism of some Lake Superior Keweenawan rocks: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 760, 42 p.,
- Brosge, William Peters; Reiser, H. N., 1972, Geochemical reconnaissance in the Wiseman and Chandalar districts and adjacent region, southern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 709, 21 p.,
- Brown, Philip Monroe; Miller, James A.; Swain, Frederick Morrill, 1972, Structural and stratigraphic framework and spatial distribution of permeability of the Atlantic coastal plain, North Carolina to New York: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 796, 79 p.,
- Bull, W. B., 1972, Prehistoric near-surface subsidence cracks in western Fresno County, California: Professional Paper 437-C, 84 p.,
- Burkham, D. E., 1972, Channel changes of the Gila River in Safford Valley, Arizona, 1846-1970: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 655-G, 23 p.,
- Cadigan, Robert Allen, 1972, Geochemical anomalies and alteration in the Moenkopi Formation, Skull Creek, Moffat County, Colorado: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 761, 21 p.,
- Case, James E.; Joesting, H. R., 1972, Regional geophysical investigations in the central Colorado Plateau: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 736, 31 p.,
- Cheetham, A. H., 1972, Cheilostome Bryozoa of late Eocene Age from Eua, Tonga: Professional Paper 640-E, 25 p.,
- Christiansen, Robert L.; Blank, H. Richard, Jr., 1972, Volcanic Stratigraphy of the Quaternary Rhyolite Plateau in Yellowstone National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 729-B, 17 p.,
- Cobban, William Aubrey; Scott, G. R., 1972, Stratigraphy and ammonite fauna of the Graneros Shale and Greenhorn Limestone near Pueblo, Colorado: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 645, 108 p.,
- Compiled by Hill, Thelma P.; Werner, Marian A., 1972, Chemical composition of sedimentary rocks in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 771, 319 p.,
- Culbertson, J. K.; Scott, C. H.; Bennett, J. P., 1972, Summary of alluvial-channel data from Rio Grande conveyance channel, New Mexico, 1965-69: Professional Paper 562-J, 48 p.,
- Dawdy, D. R.; Lichty, Robert W.; Bergmann, James M., 1972, A rainfall-runoff simulation model for estimation of flood peaks for small drainage basins: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 506-B, 27 p.,
- Drewes, Harald, 1972, Cenozoic rocks of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 746, 66 p.,
- Drewes, Harald, 1972, Structural geology of the Santa Rita Mountains, southeast of Tucson, Arizona: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 748, 35 p.,
- Eaton, Gordon P.; Peterson, Donald L.; Schumann, Herbert H., 1972, Geophysical, geohydrological, and geochemical reconnaissance of the Luke salt body, central Arizona: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 753, 28 p.,
- Eisenlohr, W. S., Jr.; and others, 1972, Hydrologic investigations of prairie potholes in North Dakota, 1959-68: Professional Paper 585-A, 101 p.,
- Epstein, Jack Burton; Epstein, Anita G., 1972, The Shawangunk Formation (Upper Ordovician(?) to Middle Silurian) in eastern Pennsylvania: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 744, 45 p.,
- Ficke, John F., 1972, Comparison of evaporation computation methods, Pretty Lake, Lagrange County, northeastern Indiana: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 686-A, 48 p.,
- Finch, Warren Irvin; Whitmore, Frank C., Jr.; Sims, John D., 1972, Stratigraphy, morphology, and paleoecology of a fossil peccary herd from western Kentucky: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 790, 25 p.,
- Fischer, Hugo B., 1972, A Lagrangian method of predicting pollutant dispersion in Bolinas Lagoon, Marin County, California: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 582-B, 31 p.,
- Folger, David W., 1972, Characteristics of estuarine sediments of the United States: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 742, 94 p.,
- Franke, O. L.; McClymonds, N. E., 1972, Summary of the hydrologic situation on Long Island, New York, as a guide to water-management alternatives: Professional Paper 627-F, 58 p.,
- Frazier, Arthur H.; Heckler, Wilbur, 1972, Embudo, New Mexico, birthplace of systematic stream gaging: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 778, 23 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, Analytical methods in geochemical investigations of the Pierre Shale: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 391, includes chapters A-C,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, The Borrego Mountain earthquake of April 9, 1968: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 787, 207 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, Geological Survey research 1972, Chapter A: Professional Paper 800-A, 319 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, Geological Survey research 1972, Chapter B: Professional Paper 800-B, 280 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, Geological Survey research 1972, Chapter C: Professional Paper 800-C, 282 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1972, Geological Survey research 1972, Chapter D: Professional Paper 800-D, 226 p.,
- Gill, James R.; Cobban, William Aubrey; Schultz, Leonard Gene, 1972, Stratigraphy and composition of the Sharon Springs Member of the Pierre Shale in western Kansas: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 728, 50 p.,
- Gottfried, David; Rowe, Jack James; Tilling, Robert I., 1972, Distribution of gold in igneous rocks: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 727, 42 p.,
- Hamilton, W. B., 1972, The Hallett volcanic province, Antarctica: Professional Paper 456-C, 61 p.,
- Hanna, William F.; Burch, Stephen H.; Dibblee, T. W., Jr., 1972, Gravity, magnetics, and geology of the San Andreas Fault area near Cholame, California: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 646-C, 28 p.,
- Hanson, R. L.; Brown, S. G., 1972, Subsurface hydraulics in the area of the Gila River Phreatophyte Project, Graham County, Arizona, with a section on aquifer tests: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 655-F, 26 p.,
- Harrison, Jack Edward; Kleinkopf, M. Dean; Obradovich, John D., 1972, Tectonic events at the intersection between the Hope Fault and the Purcell Trench, northern Idaho: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 719, 24 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Harshman, E. N., 1972, Geology and uranium deposits, Shirley Basin area, Wyoming: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 745, 82 p.,
- Hietanen, Anna Martta, 1972, Metamorphic and igneous rocks along the northwest border zone of the Idaho Batholith: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 344, NA,
- Imlay, Ralph W., 1972, Jurassic ammonites from southern Alaska: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 418, NA,
- Kane, Martin Francis; Yellin, M. J.; Bell, K. G.; Zietz, Isidore, 1972, Gravity and magnetic evidence of lithology and structure in the Gulf of Maine region: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 726-B, 21 p.,
- Keefer, W. R., 1972, Frontier, Cody, and Mesaverde formations in the Wind River and southern Bighorn basins, Wyoming: Professional Paper 495-E, 22 p.,
- Kleinkopf, M. Dean; Mudge, Melville Rhodes, 1972, Aeromagnetic, Bouguer gravity, and generalized geologic studies of the Great Falls-Mission Range area, northwestern Montana: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 726-A, 18 p.,
- Ladd, Harry Stephen, 1972, Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific Islands; gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae): U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 532, 79 p.,
- Lindsey, David A., 1972, Sedimentary petrology and paleocurrents of the Harebell Formation, Pinyon Conglomerate, and associated coarse clastic deposits, northwestern Wyoming: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 734-B, 67 p.,
- Lockwood, John P.; Bateman, Paul Charles; Sullivan, John Samuel, 1972, Mineral resource evaluation of the U.S. Forest Service Sierra Demonstration Project area, Sierra National Forest, California: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 714, 59 p.,
- Lohman, Stanley William, 1972, Ground-Water Hydraulics: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 708, Report: viii, 70 p.; 9 Plates,
- Lovering, T. G., 1972, Jasperoid in the United States; its characteristics, origin, and economic significance: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 710, 164 p.,
- MacDonald, Ray; Bailey, D. K., 1972, Chemistry of igneous rocks; Part 1, The chemistry of the peralkaline oversaturated obsidians: Professional Paper 440-N-1, 36 p.,
- Main Report: Stewart, John Harris; Poole, Forrest Graham; Wilson, Richard Farifield
Sedimentary Petrology: Cadigan, R. A.
Conglomerate Studies: Thordarson, William; Albee, H. F., 1972, Stratigraphy and Origin of the Chinle Formation and Related Upper Triassic Strata in the Colorado Plateau Region: Geological Survey (U.S.) Professional Paper 690, vi, 336 p.,
- Maxwell, C. H., 1972, Geology and ore deposits of the Alegria District, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Professional Paper 341-J, 71 p.,
- McClymonds, N. E.; Franke, O. L., 1972, Water-transmitting properties of aquifers on Long Island, New York: Professional Paper 627-E, 23 p.,
- McQueen, Irel S.; Miller, Reuben Frederick, 1972, Soil-moisture and energy relationships associated with riparian vegetation near San Carlos, Arizona: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 655-E, 50 p.,
- Merriam, Charles Warren, 1972, Silurian rugose corals of the Klamath Mountains region, California: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 738, 50 p.,
- Miller, R. E., 1972, Normal fatty acids in estuarine and tidal-marsh sediments of Choctawhatchee and Apalachee Bays, Northwest Florida: Professional Paper 724-B, 12 p.,
- Milliman, J. D., 1972, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States; petrology of the sand fraction of sediments, northern New Jersey to southern Florida: Professional Paper 529-J, 39 p.,
- Mudge, Melville Rhodes, 1972, Pre-Quaternary rocks in the Sun River Canyon area, northwestern Montana: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 663-A, 141 p.,
- Mudge, Melville Rhodes, 1972, Structural geology of the Sun River Canyon and adjacent areas, northwestern Montana: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 663-B, 51 p.,
- Murata, K. J.; Friedman, Irving; Cremer, Marcelyn, 1972, Geochemistry of diagenetic dolomites in Miocene marine formations of California and Oregon: Professional Paper 724-C, 11 p.,
- Nace, Raymond L.; Deutsch, Morris; Voegeli, Paul T.; edited by Subitzky, Seymour, 1972, Physical environment of the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho; a summary: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 725-A, 37 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Nelson, C. Hans; Hopkins, David Moody, 1972, Sedimentary processes and distribution of particulate gold in the northern Bering Sea: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 689, 27 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Newcomb, Reuben Clair; Strand, J. R.; Frank, F. J., 1972, Geology and ground-water characteristics of the Hanford Reservation of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Washington: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 717, 78 p.,
- O'Sullivan, R. B.; Repenning, C. A.; Beaumont, E. C.; Page, H. G., 1972, Stratigraphy of the Cretaceous rocks and the Tertiary Ojo Alamo Sandstone, Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: Professional Paper 521-E, 64 p.,
- Osterwald, Frank W.; Dunrud, C. R.; Bennetti, J. B., Jr.; Maberry, J. O., 1972, Instrumentation studies of earth tremors related to geology and to mining at the Somerset coal mine, Colorado: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 762, 27 p.,
- Palmer, A. R.; Gatehouse, C. G., 1972, Early and Middle Cambrian trilobites from Antarctica: Professional Paper 456-D, 36 p.,
- Payne, J. N., 1972, Hydrologic significance of lithofacies of the Cane River Formation or equivalents of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas: Professional Paper 569-C, 16 p.,
- Roberts, A. E., 1972, Cretaceous and early Tertiary depositional and tectonic history of the Livingston area, southwestern Montana: Professional Paper 526-C, 119 p.,
- Robie, Richard A.; Hemingway, Bruce S., 1972, Calorimeters for heat of solution and low-temperature heat capacity measurements: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 755, 32 p.,
- Robinson, Charles Sherwood; Lee, Fitzhugh T.; Moore, R. W.; Carroll, R. D.; Scott, J. H.; Post, J. D.; Robinson, C. S.; Bohman, R. A., 1972, Geological, geophysical, and engineering investigations of the Loveland Basin landslide, Clear Creek County, Colorado, 1963-65: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 673, 43 p., includes chapters A-G,
- Roedder, Edwin, 1972, Composition of fluid inclusions: Professional Paper 440-JJ, 163 p.,
- Ross, Donald Clarence, 1972, Petrographic and chemical reconnaissance study of some granitic and gneissic rocks near the San Andreas fault from Bodega Head to Cajon Pass, California: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 698, 92 p.,
- Ross, Reuben James, Jr., 1972, Fossils from the Ordovician bioherm at Meiklejohn Peak, Nevada: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 685, 47 p.,
- Ross, Reuben James, Jr.; Shaw, Frederick C., 1972, Distribution of the Middle Ordovician Copenhagen formation and its trilobites in Nevada: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 749, 33 p.,
- Rowe, Jack James; Morey, George Washington; Zen, C. S., 1972, The quinary reciprocal salt system Na, K, Mg, Ca/Cl, SO4; a review of the literature with new data: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 741, 37 p.,
- Ruppel, E. T., 1972, Geology of pre-Tertiary rocks in the northern part of Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, with a section on Tertiary laccoliths, sills, and stocks in and near the Gallatin Range, Yellowstone National Park: Professional Paper 729-A, 65 p.,
- Seiders, Victor M.; Briggs, Reginald Peter; Glover, Lynn., 1972, Geology of Isla Desecheo, Puerto Rico, with notes on the great southern Puerto Rico fault zone and Quaternary stillstands of the sea: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 739, 22 p.,
- Shamberger, Hugh A., 1972, The story of the water supply for the Comstock: U.S. Geological Survey; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 779, 53 p.,
- Sigafoos, Robert S.; Hendricks, E. L., 1972, Recent Activity of Glaciers of Mount Rainier, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 387-B, 23 p.,
- Simons, Frank S., 1972, Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Patagonia Mountains and adjoining areas, Santa Cruz County, Arizona: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 658-E, 22 p.,
- Sloan, C. E., 1972, Ground-water hydrology of prairie potholes in North Dakota: Professional Paper 585-C, 27 p.,
- Smedes, H. W.; Prostka, H. J., 1972, Stratigraphic framework of the Absaroka Volcanic Supergroup in the Yellowstone National Park region: Professional Paper 729-C, 32 p.,
- Sohn, I. G., 1972, Late Paleozoic ostracode species from the conterminous United States: Professional Paper 711-B, 14 p.,
- Stewart, J. H.; Poole, F. G.; Wilson, R. F.; Cadigan, R. A., 1972, Stratigraphy and origin of the Triassic Moenkopi Formation and related strata in the Colorado Plateau region, with a section on sedimentary petrology: Professional Paper 691, 195 p.,
- Stewart, R. E.; Kantrud, H. A., 1972, Vegetation of prairie potholes, North Dakota, in relation to quality of water and other environmental factors: Professional Paper 585-D, 35 p.,
- Swain, Frederick Morrill; Brown, Philip Monroe, 1972, Lower Cretaceous, Jurassic(?), and Triassic Ostracoda from the Atlantic coastal region: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 795, 72 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Trask, N. J., 1972, The contributions of Ranger photographs to understanding the geology of the Moon: Professional Paper 599-J, 15 p.,
- Trumbull, J. V., 1972, Atlantic continental shelf and slope of the United States; sand-size fraction of bottom sediments, New Jersey to Nova Scotia: Professional Paper 529-K, 44 p.,
- Tweto, Ogden; Case, James E., 1972, Gravity and magnetic features as related to geology in the Leadville 30-minute Quadrangle, Colorado: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 726-C, 30 p.,
- Vecchioli, John; Ku, H. F. H., 1972, Preliminary results of injecting highly treated sewage-plant effluent into a deep sand aquifer at Bay Park, New York: Professional Paper 751-A, 13 p.,
- West, S. W., 1972, Disposal of uranium-mill effluent by well injection in the Grants area, Valencia County, New Mexico: Professional Paper 386-D, 27 p.,
- Wilshire, H. G.; Offield, T. W.; Howard, K. A.; Cummings, David, 1972, Geology of the Sierra Madera cryptoexplosion structure, Pecos County, Texas: Professional Paper 599-H, 41 p.,
- Wilshire, Howard Gordon; Jackson, E. D., 1972, Petrology and stratigraphy of the Fra Mauro Formation at the Apollo 14 site: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 785, 26 p.,
- Yerkes, R. F., 1972, Geology and oil resources of the western Puente Hills area, Southern California: Professional Paper 420-C, 62 p.; plates in pocket,
- Yotsukura, Nobuhiro; Cobb, Ernest D., 1972, Transverse diffusion of solutes in natural streams: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., Professional Paper 582-C, 18 p.,
