ASTER spectral analysis and lithologic mapping of the Khanneshin carbonatite volcano, Afghanistan
John C. Mars, Lawrence C. Rowan
2011, Geosphere (7) 276-289
Advanced Spaceborne Thermal and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data of the early Quaternary Khanneshin carbonatite volcano located in southern Afghanistan were used to identify carbonate rocks within the volcano and to distinguish them from Neogene ferruginous polymict sandstone and argillite. The carbonatitic rocks are characterized by diagnostic CO3 absorption near 11.2...
Effects of acclimation on poststocking dispersal and physiological condition of age-1 pallid sturgeon
E.W. Oldenburg, C.S. Guy, E.S. Cureton, M.A.H. Webb, W.M. Gardner
2011, Journal of Applied Ichthyology (27) 436-443
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of acclimation to flow and site‐specific physicochemical water conditions on poststocking dispersal and physiological condition of age‐1 hatchery‐reared pallid sturgeon. Fish from three acclimation treatments were radio‐tagged, released at two locations (Missouri River and Marias River), and monitored using passive...
Regional and climatic controls on seasonal dust deposition in the southwestern U.S.
Marith C. Reheis, Frank Urban
2011, Aeolian Research (3) 3-21
Vertical dust deposition rates (dust flux) are a complex response to the interaction of seasonal precipitation, wind, changes in plant cover and land use, dust source type, and local vs. distant dust emission in the southwestern U.S. Seasonal dust flux in the Mojave–southern Great Basin (MSGB) deserts, measured from 1999...
Faulted terrace risers place new constraints on the late Quaternary slip rate for the central Altyn Tagh fault, northwest Tibet
R.D. Gold, E. Cowgill, J.R. Arrowsmith, X. Chen, W.D. Sharp, K.M. Cooper, X.-F. Wang
2011, Geological Society of America Bulletin (123) 958-978
The active, left-lateral Altyn Tagh fault defines the northwestern margin of the Tibetan Plateau in western China. To clarify late Quaternary temporal and spatial variations in slip rate along the central portion of this fault system (85°–90°E), we have more than doubled the number of dated offset markers along the...
Spatial organization of northern flying squirrels, Glaucomys sabrinus: Territoriality in females?
J.R. Smith, D.H.V. Vuren, D.A. Kelt, M.L. Johnson
2011, Western North American Naturalist (71) 44-48
We determined home-range overlap among northern flying squirrels (Glaucomys sabrinus) to assess their spatial organization. We found extensive home-range overlap among females, and though this overlap could reflect social behavior, we found no evidence of attraction among females, with only one instance of den sharing. Instead, our results...
Biogeochemical factors affecting the presence of 210Po in groundwater
R. L. Seiler, L.L. Stillings, N. Cutler, L. Salonen, I. Outola
2011, Applied Geochemistry (26) 526-539
The discovery of natural 210Po enrichment at levels exceeding 500 mBq/L in numerous domestic wells in northern Nevada, USA, led to a geochemical investigation of the processes responsible for its mobilization. 210Po activities in 63 domestic and public-supply wells ranged from below 1 mBq/L to 6590 ± 590 mBq/L, among...
The need to consider temporal variability when modelling exchange at the sediment-water interface
Donald O. Rosenberry
2011, Conference Paper, Conceptual and modelling studies of integrated groundwater, surface water, and ecological systems
Most conceptual or numerical models of flows and processes at the sediment-water interface assume steady-state conditions and do not consider temporal variability. The steady-state assumption is required because temporal variability, if quantified at all, is usually determined on a seasonal or inter-annual scale. In order to design models that can...
Assessing field-scale biogeophysical signatures of bioremediation over a mature crude oil spill
Lee Slater, Dimitrios Ntarlagiannis, Estella Atekwana, Farag Mewafy, Andre Revil, Magnus Skold, Yuri Gorby, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, John W. Lane Jr., Dale D. Werkema, Jared J. Trost, Geoffrey N. Delin, William N. Herkelrath
H.V. Rectanus, R. Sirabian, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the first international symposium on bioremediation and sustainable environmental technologies
We conducted electrical geophysical measurements at the National Crude Oil Spill Fate and Natural Attenuation Research Site (Bemidji, MN). Borehole and surface self-potential measurements do not show evidence for the existence of a biogeobattery mechanism in response to the redox gradient resulting from biodegradation of oil. The relatively small self...
Midcontinent microcosm: Geology of the Atkins lake - Marengo falls area (Field trip 2)
Marcia Bjornerud, William F. Cannon
2011, Conference Paper, Institute on Lake Superior Geology, Proceedings Volume 57, Part 2: Field Trip Guidebook
Archean and Proterozoic rocks exposed over about 16km2 between Atkins Lake and Coffee Lake in southeastern Bayfield County (Fig. 1) chronicle almost all of the major Precambrian geologic events in the history of the southern Superior Craton. The oldest rocks are part of a locally gneissic quartz monzonite complex, the...
Genetic analysis of scats reveals minimum number and sex of recently documented mountain lions
Ashwin Naidu, Lindsay A. Smythe, Ron W. Thompson, Melanie Culver
2011, Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management (2) 106-111
Recent records of mountain lions Puma concolor and concurrent declines in desert bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis mexicana on Kofa National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona, United States, have prompted investigations to estimate the number of mountain lions occurring there. We performed noninvasive genetic analyses and identified species, individuals, and sex from...
Character of shell beds flanking Herod Point Shoal, southeastern Long Island Sound, New York
Lawrence J. Poppe, S. Jeffress Williams, Ivar G. Babb
2011, Journal of Coastal Research (27) 493-501
High biogenic productivity, strong tidal currents, shoal topography, and short transport distances combine to favor shell-bed formation along the lower flanks of a cape-associated shoal off Herod Point on Long Island, New York. This shell bed has a densely packed, clast-supported fabric composed largely of undegraded surf clam (Spisula solidissima)...
QuickBird satellite imagery as a tool for restoration and rehabilitation of Lake Sevan, Armenia
Martin A. Stapanian
2011, Hydrobiologia (661) 81-83
Lake Sevan in Armenia is the largest freshwater lake in the Transcaucasus region and is one of the largest high-altitude freshwater lakes in Eurasia (Babayan et al., 2006). Armenia is a small (29,743 km2), land- locked country that is comparatively poor in natural resources and...
Barriers on the brink? The complex intertwined roles of geologic framework, sediment availability and sea-level rise in island evolution
Laura Moore, Jeffrey H. List, S. Jeffress Williams, Kiki Patsch
Julie D. Rosati, Ping Wang, Tiffany M. Roberts, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the Coastal Sediments 2011
Sensitivity experiments in the North Carolina Outer Banks (OBX) have previously revealed that substrate sand proportion, followed by substrate slope, sea-level rise rate and sediment-loss rate are the most important factors in...
Biological and geochemical controls on diel dissolved inorganic carbon cycling in a low-order agricultural stream: Implications for reach scales and beyond
Craig Tobias, J.K. Bohlke
2011, Chemical Geology (283) 18-30
Movement of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) through the hydrologic cycle is an important component of global carbon budgets, but there is considerable uncertainty about the controls of DIC transmission from landscapes to streams, and through river networks to the oceans. In this study, diel measurements of DIC, d13C-DIC, dissolved oxygen...
Introduction: Tectonics, volcanism, and stratigraphy within the evolving transform margin north of San Francisco Bay, California
Victoria E. Langenheim, Donald S. Sweetkind
2011, Geosphere (7) 597-598
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Inversion of multi-frequency electromagnetic induction data for 3D characterization of hydraulic conductivity
Troy R. Brosten, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Gregory M. Schultz, Gary P. Curtis, John W. Lane Jr.
2011, Journal of Applied Geophysics (73) 323-335
Electromagnetic induction (EMI) instruments provide rapid, noninvasive, and spatially dense data for characterization of soil and groundwater properties. Data from multi-frequency EMI tools can be inverted to provide quantitative electrical conductivity estimates as a function of depth. In this study, multi-frequency EMI data collected across an abandoned uranium mill site...
A review of lignite resources of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area, western Kentucky
Paul C. Hackley, Peter D. Warwick, Roger E. Thomas, Douglas J. Nichols
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Brett J. Valentine, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
This review of the lignite deposits of western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase area in western Kentucky (Figure 1) is an updated report on part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resource Assessment of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province (see Ruppert et al., 2002; Hackley et al., 2006;...
Calibration of models using groundwater age
Ward E. Sanford
2011, Hydrogeology Journal (19) 13-16
There have been substantial efforts recently by geochemists to determine the age of groundwater (time since water entered the system) and its uncertainty, and by hydrologists to use these data to help calibrate groundwater models. This essay discusses the calibration of models using groundwater age, with conclusions that emphasize what...
Nest success of grassland sparrows on reclaimed surface mines
G.E. Stauffer, Duane R. Diefenbach, M.R. Marshall, D.W. Brauning
2011, Journal of Wildlife Management (75) 548-557
Grasslands resulting from surface mine reclamation support grassland songbird populations in several midwestern and eastern states in the United States, especially where reclaimed mines are large (>1,000ha). However, most reclaimed surface mines in Pennsylvania are small (<200ha), and nest success is unknown. We evaluated nest success of grasshopper (Ammodramus savannarum),...
Is the northern high-latitude land-based CO2 sink weakening?
D.J. Hayes, A. D. McGuire, D. W. Kicklighter, K.R. Gurney, T.J. Burnside, J. M. Melillo
2011, Global Biogeochemical Cycles (25)
Studies indicate that, historically, terrestrial ecosystems of the northern high-latitude region may have been responsible for up to 60% of the global net land-based sink for atmospheric CO2. However, these regions have recently experienced remarkable modification of the major driving forces of the carbon cycle, including surface air temperature warming...
Bibliography of the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain coal geology
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, Alexander W. Karlsen, Susan J. Tewalt
Peter D. Warwick, Alexander K. Karlsen, Matthew D. Merrill, Susan J. Tewalt, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Geologic assessment of coal in the Gulf of Mexico coastal plain
Unlike scientific literature pertaining to most other coal-bearing regions in the conterminous United States, this bibliography on the coal geology of the Gulf Coastal Plain is dominated by work from the late 20th century. Although coals of this region were mined commercially in the late 1800s and early 1900s, they...
Coulomb stress change sensitivity due to variability in mainshock source models and receiving fault parameters: A case study of the 2010-2011 Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquakes
Zhongwen Zhan, Bikai Jin, Shengji Wei, Robert W. Graves
2011, Seismological Research Letters (82) 800-814
Strong aftershocks following major earthquakes present significant challenges for infrastructure recovery as well as for emergency rescue efforts. A tragic instance of this is the 22 February 2011 Mw 6.3 Christchurch aftershock in New Zealand, which caused more than 100 deaths while the 2010 Mw 7.1 Canterbury mainshock did not...
Radiotelemetry to estimate stream life of adult chum salmon in the McNeil River, Alaska
Joshua Peirce, Edward O. Otis, Mark S. Wipfli, Erich H. Follmann
2011, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (31) 315-322
Estimating salmon escapement is one of the fundamental steps in managing salmon populations. The area-under-the-curve (AUC) method is commonly used to convert periodic aerial survey counts into annual salmon escapement indices. The AUC requires obtaining accurate estimates of stream life (SL) for target species. Traditional methods for estimating SL (e.g.,...
Fire in the Cape Region of South Africa
Jon E. Keeley, William J. Bond, Ross A. Bradstock, Juli G. Pausas, Philip W. Rundel
2011, Book chapter, Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems: Ecology, evolution and management
South Africa's mediterranean-type climate (MTC) region is the smallest of the five MTC regions, centered in the southwestern corner of the Western Cape Province (Fig. 7.1). This Cape region is dominated by fynbos shrublands (see Fig. 1.6e) but this fynbos biome continues eastward far outside the MTC. The Cape region...
An isotopic approach to measuring nitrogen balance in caribou
David D. Gustine, Perry S. Barboza, Layne G. Adams, Richard G. Farnell, Katherine L. Parker
2011, Journal of Wildlife Management (75) 178-188
Nutritional restrictions in winter may reduce the availability of protein for reproduction and survival in northern ungulates. We refined a technique that uses recently voided excreta on snow to assess protein status in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus) in late winter. Our study was the first application of this non‐invasive, isotopic...
