- 1987, Hydrogeochemistry of the upper part of the Fort Union group in the Gascoyne lignite strip-mining area, North Dakota: Professional Paper 1340, iv, 104 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.,
- Best, Myron G.; Grant, S. Kerry; Mehnert, H. H.; Keith, J. D.; Naeser, C. W., 1987, Oligocene and Miocene volcanic rocks in the central Pioche-Marysvale igneous belt, western Utah and eastern Nevada: Professional Paper 1433-A-B, 47 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.,
- Brown, R. H.; with contributions by the following: Chapman, W. H.; Hanna, W. F.; Mongan, C. E.; Hursh, J. W., 1987, Inertial instrument system for aerial surveying: Professional Paper 1390, 103 p.,
- Budding, K. E.; Cunningham, C. G.; Zielinski, R. A.; Steven, T. A.; Stern, C. R., 1987, Petrology and chemistry of the Joe Lott Tuff Member of the Mount Belknap Volcanics, Marysvale volcanic field, west-central Utah: Professional Paper 1354, 47 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Castle, R. O.; Elliott, M. R.; Gilmore, T. D., 1987, An early-20th-century uplift in Southern California: Professional Paper 1362, 70 p.; 10 plates in pocket,
- Cobban, W. A., 1987, Some middle Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) acanthoceratid ammonites from the Western Interior of the United States: Professional Paper 1445, 28 p.,
- Cobban, W. A., 1987, The Upper Cretaceous ammonite Rhaeboceras Meek in the Western Interior of the United States: Professional Paper 1477, 15 p.,
- Compiled by Taylor, O. James, 1987, Oil shale, water resources, and valuable minerals of the Piceance Basin, Colorado; the challenge and choices of development: Professional Paper 1310, 143 p.,
- Crandell, D. R., 1987, Deposits of pre-1980 pyroclastic flows and lahars from Mount St. Helens Volcano, Washington: Professional Paper 1444, 91 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Danilchik, Walter; Shah, S. M. I., 1987, Stratigraphy and coal resources of the Makarwal area, Trans-Indus Mountains, Mianwali District, Pakistan: Professional Paper 1341, 38 p.; 4 plates in pocket,
- Douglass, R. C., 1987, Fusulinid biostratigraphy and correlations between the Appalachian and Eastern Interior basins: Professional Paper 1451, 95 p.,
- Edited by Decker, Robert W.; Wright, Thomas L.; Stauffer, Peter H., 1987, Volcanism in Hawaii: Professional Paper 1350, 1667 p. [1-839 p. in Vol. 1; 845-1667 p. in Vol. 2]; available in print, pdf and djvu,
- Edited by Roehler, H. W.; Martin, P. L., 1987, Geological investigations of the Vermillion Creek coal bed in the Eocene Niland Tongue of the Wasatch Formation, Sweetwater County, Wyoming: Professional Paper 1314-A-L, iii, 202 p. : ill., maps (one col.) ; 30 cm.; 3 plates in pocket,
- Edited by Vallier, T. L.; Brooks, H. C., 1987, Geology of the Blue Mountains region of Oregon, Idaho, and Washington; the Idaho Batholith and its border zone: Professional Paper 1436, 196 p.,
- Evans, J. G., 1987, Deformation of the Josephine Peridotite, California and Oregon: Professional Paper 1378, 45 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987, The National Gazetteer of the United States of America; Arizona 1986: Professional Paper 1200-AZ, 722 p.,
- Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987, Recent reverse faulting in the Transverse Ranges, California: Professional Paper 1339, 203 p.; 11 plates in pocket,
- Gordon, Mackenzie, Jr.; Yochelson, Ellis L., 1987, Late Mississippian gastropods of the Chainman Shale, west-central Utah: Professional Paper 1368, 112 p.,
- Harwood, D. S.; Helley, E. J., 1987, Late Cenozoic tectonism of the Sacramento Valley, California: Professional Paper 1359, 46 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Herz, Norman; Force, E. R., 1987, Geology and mineral deposits of the Roseland District of central Virginia: Professional Paper 1371, 56 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Hinkley, T. K., 1987, Chemistry of ash and leachates from the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington: Professional Paper 1397, 64 p.,
- Hupp, C. R.; Osterkamp, W. R.; Thornton, J. L., 1987, Dendrogeomorphic evidence and dating of Recent debris flows on Mount Shasta, Northern California: Professional Paper 1396-B, p. B1-B39,
- LaBaugh, J. W.; Winter, T. C.; Adomaitis, V. A.; Swanson, G. A., 1987, Hydrology and chemistry of selected prairie wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, Stutsman County, North Dakota, 1979-82: Professional Paper 1431, 26 p.,
- Moore, Ellen James, 1987, Tertiary marine pelecypods of California and Baja California; Plicatulidae to Ostreidae: Professional Paper 1228-C, p. C1-C53,
- Moore, H. J.; Hutton, R. E.; Clow, G. D.; Spitzer, C. R., 1987, Physical properties of the surface materials at the Viking landing sites on Mars: Professional Paper 1389, 222 p.; 2 plates in pocket,
- Mustard, Martha H.; Ellis, Sherman R.; Gibbs, Johnnie W., 1987, Runoff characteristics and washoff loads from rainfall-simulation experiments on a street surface and a native pasture in the Denver metropolitan area, Colorado: Professional Paper 1441, 30 p.,
- Nilsen, Tor Helge, 1987, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Eocene Tejon Formation, western Tehachapi and San Emigdio mountains, California: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 1268, 110 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Robson, Stanley G., 1987, Bedrock aquifers in the Denver Basin, Colorado; a quantitative water-resources appraisal: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1257, 73 p.; 5 plates in pocket,
- Sando, W. J.; Sandberg, C. A., 1987, New interpretations of Paleozoic stratigraphy and history in the northern Laramie Range and vicinity, Southeast Wyoming: Professional Paper 1450, 39 p.,
- Saucier, R. T., 1987, Geomorphological interpretations of late Quaternary terraces in western Tennessee and their regional tectonic implications: Professional Paper 1336-A, 19 p.,
- Schaffranek, R. W., 1987, Flow model for open-channel reach or network: Professional Paper 1384, 11 p.,
- Schroeder, E. E.; Massey, B. C.; Chin, E. H., 1987, Floods in central Texas, August 1-4, 1978: Professional Paper 1332, 39 p.,
- Snyder, John P., 1987, Map Projections: A Working Manual: Geological Survey (U.S.) Professional Paper 1395, ix, 385 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Thelin, G. P.; Heimes, F. J., 1987, Mapping irrigated cropland from Landsat data for determination of water use from the High Plains Aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: Professional Paper 1400-C, p. C1-C38; 1 plate in pocket,
- Theodore, Ted G.; Blair, Will N.; Nash, J. Thomas; McKee, E. H.; Antweiler, J. C.; Campbell, W. L., 1987, Geology and gold mineralization of the Gold Basin-Lost Basin mining districts, Mohave County, Arizona, with a section on K-Ar chronology of mineralization and igneous activity, and a section on implications of the compositions of lode and placer gold: U.S. G.P.O., Professional Paper 1361, 167 p.; 1 plate in pocket,
- Tweto, Ogden, 1987, Rock units of the Precambrian basement in Colorado: Professional Paper 1321-A, p. A1-A54; 1 plate in pocket,
- Weeks, E. P.; Weaver, H. L.; Campbell, G. S.; Tanner, B. D., 1987, Water use by saltcedar and by replacement vegetation in the Pecos River floodplain between Acme and Artesia, New Mexico: Professional Paper 491-G, p. G1-G33,
- Wilhelms, Don E.; with sections by McCauley, John F.; Trask, Newell J., 1987, The geologic history of the Moon: Professional Paper 1348, 302 p.,
- Witkind, I. J., 1987, Implications of deformation along the east flank of the Charleston-Nebo thrust plate, central Utah: Professional Paper 1170-F, p. F1-F29,
