Suitability of river delta sediment as proppant, Missouri and Niobrara Rivers, Nebraska and South Dakota, 2015
Ronald B. Zelt, Christopher M. Hobza, Bethany L. Burton, Nathaniel J. Schaepe, Nadine M. Piatak
2017, Scientific Investigations Report 2017-5105
Sediment management is a challenge faced by reservoir managers who have several potential options, including dredging, for mitigation of storage capacity lost to sedimentation. As sediment is removed from reservoir storage, potential use of the sediment for socioeconomic or ecological benefit could potentially defray some costs of its removal. Rivers...
Late Quaternary uplift along the North America-Caribbean plate boundary: Evidence from the sea level record of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Daniel R. Muhs, Eugene S. Schweig, Kathleen Simmons, Robert B. Halley
2017, Quaternary Science Reviews (178) 54-76
The tectonic setting of the North America-Caribbean plate boundary has been studied intensively, but some aspects are still poorly understood, particularly along the Oriente fault zone. Guantanamo Bay, southern Cuba, is considered to be on a coastline that is under a transpressive tectonic regime along this zone, and is hypothesized...
Behavioral response of giant gartersnakes (Thamnophis gigas) to the relative availability of aquatic habitat on the landscape
Gabriel A. Reyes, Brian J. Halstead, Jonathan P. Rose, Julia S. M. Ersan, Anna C. Jordan, Allison M. Essert, Kristen J. Fouts, Alexandria M. Fulton, K. Benjamin Gustafson, Raymund F. Wack, Glenn D. Wylie, Michael L. Casazza
2017, Open-File Report 2017-1141
Most extant giant gartersnake (Thamnophis gigas) populations persist in an agro-ecosystem dominated by rice, which serves as a surrogate to the expansive marshes lost to flood control projects and development of the Great Central Valley of California. Knowledge of how giant gartersnakes use the rice agricultural landscape, including how...
The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter
N. Thomas, G. Cremonese, R. Ziethe, M. Gerber, M. Brandli, G. Bruno, M. Erismann, L. Gambicorti, T. Gerber, K. Ghose, M. Gruber, P. Gubler, H. Mischler, J. Jost, D. Piazza, A. Pommerol, M. Rieder, V. Roloff, A. Servonet, W. Trottmann, T. Uthaicharoenpong, C. Zimmermann, D. Vernani, M. Johnson, E. Pelo, T. Weigel, J. Viertl, N. De Roux, P. Lochmatter, G. Sutter, A. Casciello, T. Hausner, I. Ficai Veltroni, V. Da Deppo, P. Orleanski, W. Nowosielski, T. Zawistowski, S. Szalai, B. Sodor, S. Tulyakov, G. Troznai, M. Banaskiewicz, J.C. Bridges, S. Byrne, S. Debei, M. R. El-Maarry, E. Hauber, C.J. Hansen, A. Ivanov, L. Keszthelyil, Randolph L. Kirk, R. Kuzmin, N. Mangold, L. Marinangeli, W. J. Markiewicz, M. Massironi, A. S. McEwen, Chris H. Okubo, L.L. Tornabene, P. Wajer, J.J. Wray
2017, Space Science Reviews (212) 1897-1944
The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) is the main imaging system onboard the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) which was launched on 14 March 2016. CaSSIS is intended to acquire moderately high resolution (4.6 m/pixel) targeted images of Mars at a rate of 10–20 images...
Persistent shoreline shape induced from offshore geologic framework: Effects of shoreface connected ridges
Ilgar Safak, Jeffrey H. List, John C. Warner, William C. Schwab
2017, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (122) 8721-8738
Mechanisms relating offshore geologic framework to shoreline evolution are determined through geologic investigations, oceanographic deployments, and numerical modeling. Analysis of shoreline positions from the past 50 years along Fire Island, New York, a 50 km long barrier island, demonstrates a persistent undulating shape along the western half of the island....
Development of microsatellite loci exhibiting reverse ascertainment bias and a sexing marker for use in Emperor Geese (Chen canagica)
Megan C. Gravley, George K. Sage, Joel A. Schmutz, Sandra L. Talbot
2017, Avian Biology Research (10) 201-210
The Alaskan population of Emperor Geese (Chen canagica) nests on the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta in western Alaska. Numbers of Emperor Geese in Alaska declined from the 1960s to the mid-1980s and since then, their numbers have slowly increased. Low statistical power of microsatellite loci developed in other waterfowl species and used...
Inflation leading to a Slow Slip Event and volcanic unrest at Mt. Etna in 2016: Insights from CGPS data
V. Bruno, M. Mattia, Emily K. Montgomery-Brown, M. Rossi, D. Scandura
2017, Geophysical Research Letters (44) 12,141-12,149
Global Positioning System (CGPS) data from Mount Etna between May 2015 and September 2016 show intense inflation and a concurrent Slow Slip Event (SSE) from 11 December 2015 to 17 May 2016. In May 2016, an eruptive phase started from the summit craters, temporarily stopping the ongoing...
Comparing catchment hydrologic response to a regional storm using specific conductivity sensors
Ashley Inserillo, Mark B. Green, James B. Shanley, Joseph Boyer
2017, Hydrological Processes (31) 1074-1085
A better understanding of stormwater generation and solute sources is needed to improve the protection of aquatic ecosystems, infrastructure, and human health from large runoff events. Much of our understanding of water and solutes produced during stormflow comes from studies of individual, small headwater catchments. This study compared many different...
Investigating the influence of nitrate nitrogen on post-smolt Atlantic salmon Salmo salar reproductive physiology in water recirculation aquaculture systems
Christopher Good, John Davidson, Luke R. Iwanowicz, Michael T. Meyer, Julie E. Dietze, Dana W. Kolpin, David Marancik, Jill Birkett, Christina Williams, Steven T. Summerfelt
2017, Aquacultural Engineering (78) 2-8
A major issue affecting land-based, closed containment Atlantic salmon Salmo salar growout production in water recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) is precocious male maturation, which can negatively impact factors such as feed conversion, fillet yield, and product quality. Along with other water quality parameters, elevated nitrate nitrogen (NO3-N) has been shown to influence the reproductive...
Stormwater management network effectiveness and implications for urban watershed function: A critical review
Anne J. Jefferson, Aditi S. Bhaskar, Kristina G. Hopkins, Rosemary M. Fanelli, Pedro M. Avellaneda, Sara K. McMillan
2017, Hydrological Processes (31) 4056-4080
Deleterious effects of urban stormwater are widely recognized. In several countries, regulations have been put into place to improve the conditions of receiving water bodies, but planning and engineering of stormwater control is typically carried out at smaller scales. Quantifying cumulative effectiveness of many stormwater control measures on a watershed...
Nesting ecology of grassland birds following a wildfire in the southern Great Plains
Anthony J. Roberts, Clint W. Boal, Heather A. Whitlaw
2017, Southwestern Naturalist (62) 39-45
We studied the response of nesting grassland birds occupying short-grass and mixed-grass prairie sites 2 and 3 y following two, large-scale wildfires that burned ≥360,000 ha in the Texas Panhandle in March 2006. Nest success was greater on burned plots compared to unburned plots, though this varied by species and...
Introduction to the 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA) professional paper
Donald L. Gautier, Thomas E. Moore
Thomas E. Moore, D. L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824-A
The amount of yet-to-find oil and gas in the high northern latitudes is one of the great uncertainties of future energy supply. The possibility of extensive new petroleum developments in the Arctic Ocean is of interest to the Arctic nations, to petroleum companies, and to those concerned with the delicate...
Geology and Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the East Barents Basins Province and the Novaya Zemlya Basins and Admiralty Arch Province, 2008
Timothy R. Klett
Thomas E. Moore, D. L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824-O
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the potential for undiscovered petroleum resources of the East Barents Basins Province and the Novaya Zemlya Basins and Admiralty Arch Province as part of its Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal. These two provinces are situated northeast of Scandinavia and the northwestern Russian Federation, on the...
Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Kara Basins and Platforms Province, 2008
Timothy R. Klett, Janet K. Pitman
Thomas E. Moore, D. L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824-P
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently assessed the potential for undiscovered oil and gas resources of the North Kara Basins and Platforms Province as part of the its Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal. This geologic province is north of western Siberia, Russian Federation, in the North Kara Sea between Novaya Zemlya to...
Geology and assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Timan-Pechora Basin Province, Russia, 2008
Christopher J. Schenk
Thomas E. Moore, D. L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824-N
The Timan-Pechora Basin Province is a triangular area that represents the northeasternmost cratonic block of east European Russia. A 75-year history of petroleum exploration and production in the area there has led to the discovery of more than 16 billion barrels of oil (BBO) and 40 trillion cubic feet of...
Methodology for assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources for the 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal
Ronald R. Charpentier
Thomas E. Moore, D. L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824-B
The methodological procedures used in the geologic assessments of the 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA) were based largely on the methodology developed for the 2000 U.S. Geological Survey World Petroleum Assessment. The main variables were probability distributions for numbers and sizes of undiscovered accumulations with an associated risk of occurrence....
Enhanced Arctic amplification began at the Mid-Brunhes Event 430,000 years ago
Thomas M. Cronin, Gary S. Dwyer, Emma Caverly, Jesse Farmer, Lauren H. DeNinno, Julio Rodriguez-Lazaro, Laura Gemery
2017, Scientific Reports (7)
Arctic Ocean temperatures influence ecosystems, sea ice, species diversity, biogeochemical cycling, seafloor methane stability, deep-sea circulation, and CO2 cycling. Today's Arctic Ocean and surrounding regions are undergoing climatic changes often attributed to "Arctic amplification" - that is, amplified warming in Arctic regions due to sea-ice loss and other processes, relative to...
Geoelectric monitoring at the Boulder magnetic observatory
Cletus Blum, Tim White, Edward A. Sauter, Duff Stewart, Paul A. Bedrosian, Jeffrey J. Love
2017, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (6) 447-452
Despite its importance to a range of applied and fundamental studies, and obvious parallels to a robust network of magnetic-field observatories, long-term geoelectric field monitoring is rarely performed. The installation of a new geoelectric monitoring system at the Boulder magnetic observatory of the US Geological Survey is summarized. Data from...
Monitoring Hawaiian biodiversity: Pilot study to assess changes to forest birds and their habitat
P. Marcos Gorresen, Richard J. Camp, Jacqueline Gaudioso, Kevin W. Brinck, Paul Berkowitz, James D. Jacobi
2017, Technical Report HCSU-TR083
Biological diversity, or biodiversity, is the variety and abundance of species in a defined area, and is one of the oldest and most basic descriptions of biological communities. Understanding how populations and communities are structured and change over space and time in response to internal and external forces is a...
Monitoring gas and heat emissions at Norris Geyser Basin, Yellowstone National Park, USA based on a combined eddy covariance and Multi-GAS approach
Jennifer L. Lewicki, Peter J. Kelly, Deborah Bergfeld, R. Greg Vaughan, Jacob B. Lowenstern
2017, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (347) 312-326
We quantified gas and heat emissions in an acid-sulfate, vapor-dominated area (0.04-km2) of Norris Geyser Basin, located just north of the 0.63 Ma Yellowstone Caldera and near an area of anomalous uplift. From 14 May to 3 October 2016, an eddy covariance system measured half-hourly CO2, H2O and sensible (H) and...
The 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal
Thomas E. Moore, Donald L. Gautier, editor(s)
2017, Professional Paper 1824
Professional Paper 1824 comprises 30 chapters by various U.S. Geological Survey authors, including introduction and methodology chapters, which together provide documentation of the geological basis and methodology of the 2008 Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal, results of which were first released in August 2008. Twenty-eight chapters summarize the petroleum geology and resource...
Virginia flow-ecology modeling results—An initial assessment of flow reduction effects on aquatic biota
Jennifer L. Rapp, Pamela A. Reilly
2017, Open-File Report 2017-1088
BackgroundThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), reviewed a previously compiled set of linear regression models to assess their utility in defining the response of the aquatic biological community to streamflow depletion.As part of the 2012 Virginia Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) study...
Groundwater-quality data associated with abandoned underground coal mine aquifers in West Virginia, 1973-2016: Compilation of existing data from multiple sources
Mitchell A. McAdoo, Mark D. Kozar
2017, Data Series 1069
This report describes a compilation of existing water-quality data associated with groundwater resources originating from abandoned underground coal mines in West Virginia. Data were compiled from multiple sources for the purpose of understanding the suitability of groundwater from abandoned underground coal mines for public supply, industrial, agricultural, and other uses....
Bathymetric map and area/capacity table for Castle Lake, Washington
Adam R. Mosbrucker, Kurt R. Spicer
2017, Open-File Report 2017-1145
The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens produced a 2.5-cubic-kilometer debris avalanche that dammed South Fork Castle Creek, causing Castle Lake to form behind a 20-meter-tall blockage. Risk of a catastrophic breach of the newly impounded lake led to outlet channel stabilization work, aggressive monitoring programs, mapping...
Streamflow conditions along Soldier Creek, Northeast Kansas
Kyle E. Juracek
2017, Fact Sheet 2017-3083
The availability of adequate water to meet the present (2017) and future needs of humans, fish, and wildlife is a fundamental issue for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in northeast Kansas. Because Soldier Creek flows through the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Reservation, it is an important tribal resource. An understanding...
