Hydrothermal processes above the Yellowstone magma chamber: Large hydrothermal systems and large hydrothermal explosions
Lisa A. Morgan, Pat Shanks, Kenneth L. Pierce
2009, Special Paper of the Geological Society of America (459)
Hydrothermal explosions are violent and dramatic events resulting in the rapid ejection of boiling water, steam, mud, and rock fragments from source craters that range from a few meters up to more than 2 km in diameter; associated breccia can be emplaced as much as 3 to 4 km from...
Ecological factors influencing nest survival of greater sage-grouse in Mono County, California
Eric J. Kolada, Michael L. Casazza, James S. Sedinger
2009, Journal of Wildlife Management (73) 1341-1347
We studied nest survival of greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) in 5 subareas of Mono County, California, USA, from 2003 to 2005 to 1) evaluate the importance of key vegetation variables for nest success, and 2) to compare nest success in this population with other greater sage-grouse populations. We captured and...
Total selenium in irrigation drain inflows to the Salton Sea, California, April 2009
Thomas W. May, Michael J. Walther, Michael K. Saiki, William G. Brumbaugh
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1230
This report presents the results for the final sampling period (April 2009) of a 4-year monitoring program to characterize selenium concentrations in selected irrigation drains flowing into the Salton Sea, California. Total selenium and total suspended solids were determined in water samples. Total selenium, percent total organic carbon, and particle...
Aeromagnetic and Aeroradiometric Data for the Conterminous United States and Alaska from the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Program of the U.S. Department of Energy
Patricia L. Hill, Robert P. Kucks, Dhananjay Ravat
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1129
The National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program was initiated in 1973 with a primary goal of identifying uranium resources in the United States. The airborne program's main purpose was to collect radiometric data of the conterminous United States and Alaska. Magnetic data were also collected. After the program ended, most...
Comparison of Hydrologic and Water-Quality Characteristics of Two Native Tallgrass Prairie Streams with Agricultural Streams in Missouri and Kansas
David C. Heimann
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5213
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, to analyze and compare hydrologic and water-quality characteristics of tallgrass prairie and agricultural basins located within the historical distribution of tallgrass prairie in Missouri and Kansas. Streamflow and...
Water Quality of Combined Sewer Overflows, Stormwater, and Streams, Omaha, Nebraska, 2006-07
Jason R. Vogel, Jill D. Frankforter, David L. Rus, Christopher M. Hobza, Matthew T. Moser
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5175
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Omaha, investigated the water quality of combined sewer overflows, stormwater, and streams in the Omaha, Nebraska, area by collecting and analyzing 1,175 water samples from August 2006 through October 2007. The study area included the drainage area of Papillion Creek...
Relations between environmental and water-quality variables and Escherichia coli in the Cuyahoga River with emphasis on turbidity as a predictor of recreational water quality, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, 2008
Amie M. G. Brady, Meg B. Plona
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1192
During the recreational season of 2008 (May through August), a regression model relating turbidity to concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli) was used to predict recreational water quality in the Cuyahoga River at the historical community of Jaite, within the present city of Brecksville, Ohio, a site centrally located within Cuyahoga Valley National...
Estimates of Sediment Load Prior to Dam Removal in the Elwha River, Clallam County, Washington
Christopher A. Curran, Christopher P. Konrad, Johnna L. Higgins, Mark K. Bryant
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5221
Years after the removal of the two dams on the Elwha River, the geomorphology and habitat of the lower river will be substantially influenced by the sediment load of the free-flowing river. To estimate the suspended-sediment load prior to removal of the dams, the U.S. Geological Survey collected suspended-sediment samples...
Did intense volcanism trigger the first Late Ordovician icehouse?
Werner Buggisch, Michael M. Joachimski, Oliver Lehnert, S. M. Bergstrom, John E. Repetski
2009, Geology (38) 327-330
Oxygen isotopes measured on Late Ordovician conodonts from Minnesota and Kentucky (United States) were studied to reconstruct the paleotemperature history during late Sandbian to Katian (Mohawkian–Cincinnatian) time. This time interval was characterized by intense volcanism, as shown by the prominent Deicke, Millbrig, and other K-bentonite beds. A prominent carbon isotope...
Sediment characterization and dynamics in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
James G. Flocks, Jack L Kindinger, Marci E Marot, Charles W Holmes
2009, Journal of Coastal Research (2009) 113-126
Lake Pontchartrain in southeastern Louisiana is the largest of several shallow estuaries that together cover over 15,000 km2. Wetlands, forests, and large urban areas surround the lake. Primary transport mechanisms of sediments to Lake Pontchartrain include urban runoff, major diversions of the Mississippi River, discharge from streams along...
Influence of Old World bluestem (Bothrichloa ischaemum) monocultures on breeding density of three grassland songbirds in Oklahoma
Andrew D. George, Timothy J. O’Connell, Karen R. Hickman, David M. Leslie Jr.
2009, Conference Paper, Tundra to Tropics: Connecting Birds, Habitats and People
Despite persistent and widespread declines of grassland birds in North America, few studies have assessed differences between native grasslands and seeded monocultures as songbird habitat. In the Great Plains, many fields enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program have been seeded to Old World bluestems (OWB), but there is evidence...
The November 15, 2006 Kuril Islands-generated tsunami in Crescent City, California
Lori Dengler, B. Uslu, A. Barberopoulou, S. C. Yim, A. Kelly
2009, Pure and Applied Geophysics (166) 37-53
On November 15, 2006, Crescent City in Del Norte County, California was hit by a tsunami generated by a M w 8.3 earthquake in the central Kuril Islands. Strong currents that persisted over an eight-hour period damaged floating docks and several boats and caused an estimated $9.2 million in losses....
Water-quality monitoring in response to young-of-the-year smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) mortality in the Susquehanna River and major tributaries, Pennsylvania: 2008
Jeffrey J. Chaplin, J. Kent Crawford, Robin A. Brightbill
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1216
Mortalities of young-of-the-year (YOY) smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) recently have occurred in the Susquehanna River due to Flavobacterium columnare, a bacterium that typically infects stressed fish. Stress factors include but are not limited to elevated water temperature and low dissolved oxygen during times critical for survival and development of smallmouth bass...
Historical physical and chemical data for water in Lake Powell and from Glen Canyon Dam releases, Utah-Arizona, 1964–2013
William S. Vernieu
2009, Data Series 471
This report presents the physical and chemical characteristics of water in Lake Powell and from Glen Canyon Dam releases from 1964 through 2013. These data are available in a several electronic formats. Data have been collected throughout this period by various offices of the Bureau of Reclamation and U.S. Geological...
Predicting recreational water quality using turbidity in the Cuyahoga River, Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio, 2004-7
Amie M. G. Brady, Rebecca N. Bushon, Meg B. Plona
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5192
The Cuyahoga River within Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP) in Ohio is often impaired for recreational use because of elevated concentrations of bacteria, which are indicators of fecal contamination. During the recreational seasons (May through August) of 2004 through 2007, samples were collected at two river sites, one upstream of...
Particle Size Characterization of Water-Elutriated Libby Amphibole 2000 and RTI International Amosite
Heather Lowers, Amy M. Bern
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1242
This report presents data on particle characterization analyzed by scanning electron microscopy on Libby amphibole collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in 2000 (LA2000) and amosite material collected by RTI International (RTI amosite). The particle characterization data were generated to support a portion of the Libby Action Plan. Prior to...
Proceedings of the XIIIth IAGA Workshop on Geomagnetic Observatory Instruments, Data Acquisition, and Processing
Jeffrey J. Love
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1226
The thirteenth biennial International Association of Geomagnetism and Aeronomy (IAGA) Workshop on Geomagnetic Observatory Instruments, Data Acquisition and Processing was held in the United States for the first time on June 9-18, 2008. Hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Geomagnetism Program, the workshop's measurement session was held at the...
Preliminary Assessment of the Potential for Inducing Stormwater Infiltration in Cook County, Illinois
William S. Morrow, Jennifer B. Sharpe
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1212
The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is responsible for all of the regional stormwater management for Cook County in northeastern Illinois, one of the largest urban areas in the United States. Continuing urban expansion in this area has increased stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows and likely decreased...
Comparison of the Immunomagnetic Separation/Adenosine Triphosphate Rapid Method and the Modified mTEC Membrane-Filtration Method for Enumeration of Escherichia coli
Amie M. G. Brady, Rebecca N. Bushon, Erin E. Bertke
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5222
Water quality at beaches is monitored for fecal indicator bacteria by traditional, culture-based methods that can take 18 to 24 hours to obtain results. A rapid detection method that provides estimated concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria within 1 hour from the start of sample processing would allow beach managers to...
Saddle Mountain fault deformation zone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington: Western boundary of the Seattle uplift
Richard J. Blakely, Brian L. Sherrod, Jonathan F. Hughes, Megan L. Anderson, Ray E Wells, Craig S. Weaver
2009, Geosphere (5) 105-125
The Saddle Mountain fault, first recognized in the early 1970s, is now well mapped in the Hoodsport area, southeastern Olympic Peninsula (northwestern United States), on the basis of light detection and ranging (LIDAR) surveys, aerial photography, and trench excavations. Drowned trees and trench excavations...
Ground-Water Quality Data in the Coachella Valley Study Unit, 2007: Results from the California GAMA Program
Dara A. Goldrath, Michael T. Wright, Kenneth Belitz
2009, Data Series 373
Ground-water quality in the approximately 820 square-mile Coachella Valley Study Unit (COA) was investigated during February and March 2007 as part of the Priority Basin Project of the Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program. The GAMA Priority Basin Project was developed in response to the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Act...
Summary of surface-water quality data from the Illinois River Basin in Northeast Oklahoma, 1970-2007
William J. Andrews, Mark F. Becker, S. Jerrod Smith, Robert L. Tortorelli
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5182
The quality of streams in the Illinois River Basin of northeastern Oklahoma is potentially threatened by increased quantities of wastes discharged from increasing human populations, grazing of about 160,000 cattle, and confined animal feeding operations raising about 20 million chickens. Increasing numbers of humans and livestock in the basin contribute...
Regional regression equations for estimation of natural streamflow statistics in Colorado
Joseph P. Capesius, Verlin C. Stephens
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5136
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Colorado Water Conservation Board and the Colorado Department of Transportation, developed regional regression equations for estimation of various streamflow statistics that are representative of natural streamflow conditions at ungaged sites in Colorado. The equations define the statistical relations between streamflow statistics...
Pesticides in ground water in selected agricultural land-use areas and hydrogeologic settings in Pennsylvania, 2003-07
Connie A. Loper, Kevin J. Breen, Tammy M. Zimmerman, John W. Clune
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5139
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (PDA) as part of the Pennsylvania Pesticides and Ground Water Strategy (PPGWS). Monitoring data and extensive quality-assurance data on the occurrence of pesticides in ground water during 2003–07 are presented and evaluated;...
Geologic map of the Weaverville 15' quadrangle, Trinity County, California
William P. Irwin
2009, Scientific Investigations Map 3095
The Weaverville 15' quadrangle spans parts of five generally north-northwest-trending accreted terranes. From east to west, these are the Eastern Klamath, Central Metamorphic, North Fork, Eastern Hayfork, and Western Hayfork terranes. The Eastern Klamath terrane was thrust westward over the Central Metamorphic terrane during early Paleozoic (Devonian?) time and, in...
