Geology and petroleum potential of the Eurasia Basin
Thomas E. Moore, Janet K. Pitman
Anthony M. Spencer, A.F. Embry, Donald L. Gautier, A.V. Stoupakova, Kai Sorenson, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Arctic petroleum geology
The Eurasia Basin petroleum province comprises the younger, eastern half of the Arctic Ocean, including the Cenozoic Eurasia Basin and the outboard part of the continental margin of northern Europe. For the USGS petroleum assessment (CARA), it was divided into four assessment units (AUs): the Lena Prodelta AU, consisting of...
Paleocene coal deposits of the Wilcox Group, Northeast Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, Douglas J. Nichols, Sharon M. Swanson
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
The surface exposure of the Paleocene Wilcox Group in northeast Texas varies in width from 9 to 27 mi along an arcuate outcrop that extends southwest approximately 156 mi from the Texas-Arkansas State line to 32° latitude. Parts of Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Henderson, Hopkins, Morris, Navarro, Rains, Titus, Van...
Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne group) and Jackson group lignite deposits of Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, Sharon M. Swanson, Paul C. Hackley
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
The lignite deposits within the upper Eocene Yegua Formation (Claiborne Group) and the overlying Jackson Group are among the coal resources that were not quantitatively assessed as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) program in the Gulf Coastal Plain coal province. In the past,...
Paleogene coal deposits of the Wilcox group and the Indio formation of south Texas
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo, 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
Coal deposits of the undivided Wilcox Group and its southern equivalent Indio Formation (Paleogene) of south Texas are among the coal resources that are not evaluated quantitatively in the current Gulf Coastal Plain coal re-source assessment. South Texas Wilcox and Indio coals have not been extensively mined, nor have they...
Wilcox group (Paleocene to Eocene) coals of the Sabine Uplift area, Texas and Louisiana
Robert W. Hook, Peter D. Warwick, John R. SanFilipo
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
The Wilcox Group (Paleocene to Eocene) of the Sabine uplift, a structural arch in northeastern Texas and northwestern Louisiana (Figure 1), has lignite zones that approach subbituminous rank (see Chapter 4, this publication). These coals are among the highest quality resources known within the Gulf Coastal Plain because of their...
Introduction
Peter D. Warwick, Robert W. Hook, John R. SanFilipo
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
The National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) team of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has assessed the quantity and quality of coal beds and zones that could be mined during the next 20 years or more. Geologic, geochemical, and resource information was collected and compiled for the five major coal-producing regions...
A review of the lignite resources of Arkansas
Paul C. Hackley, Jason C. Willett, Peter D. Warwick, S.J. Law, 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: AAPG Studies in Geology vol. 62
This review of the lignite resources of Arkansas is a part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) of the Gulf Coastal Plain Coal Province, which also includes coal-bearing areas in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Kentucky (see <a class="link link-ref link-reveal xref-bibr"...
Seismic seiches
Arthur McGarr
Harsh K. Gupta, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of solid earth geophysics
Seismic seiche is a term first used by Kvale (1955) to discuss oscillations of lake levels in Norway and England caused by the Assam earthquake of August 15, 1950. This definition has since been generalized to apply to standing waves set up in closed, or partially closed, bodies of water...
Methodology for prediction of rip currents using a three-dimensional numerical, coupled, wave current model
George Voulgaris, Nirnimesh Kumar, John C. Warner
Stephen Leatherman, John Fletemeyer, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, Rip currents: Beach safety, physical oceanography, and wave modeling
Rip current currents constitute one of the most common hazards in the nearshore that threaten the lives of the unaware public that makes recreational use of the coastal zone. Society responds to this danger through a number of measures that include: (a) the deployment of trained lifeguards; (b) public education...
Titan's cloud seasonal activity from winter to spring with Cassini/VIMS
S. Rodriguez, Stéphane Le Mouélic, P. Rannou, Christophe Sotin, R. H. Brown, J. W. Barnes, C.A. Griffith, J. Burgalat, K. H. Baines, B. J. Buratti, R. N. Clark, P. D. Nicholson
2011, Icarus (216) 89-110
Since Saturn orbital insertion in July 2004, the Cassini orbiter has been observing Titan throughout most of the northern winter season (October 2002–August 2009) and the beginning of spring, allowing a detailed monitoring of Titan’s cloud coverage at high spatial resolution with close flybys on a monthly basis. This...
Walleye and sauger habitat
Michael A. Bozek, Timothy J. Haxton, Joshua K. Raabe
Bruce A. Barton, editor(s)
2011, Book chapter, Biology, management, and culture of walleye and sauger
No abstract available....
Spatiotemporal evolution of dike opening and décollement slip at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i
E. K. Montgomery-Brown, D. K. Sinnett, K.M. Larson, Michael P. Poland, P. Segall, Asta Mikijus
2011, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (116)
Rapid changes in ground tilt and GPS positions on Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, are interpreted as resulting from a shallow, two-segment dike intrusion into the east rift zone that began at 1217 UTC (0217 HST) on 17 June 2007 and lasted almost 3 days. As a result of the intrusion, a...
Seasonal variations in ectotherm growth rates: Quantifying growth as an intermittent non steady state compensatory process
J. -M. Guarini, Laurent Chauvaud, James E. Cloern, J. Clavier, J. Coston-Guarini, Y. Patry
2011, Journal of Sea Research (65) 355-361
Generally, growth rates of living organisms are considered to be at steady state, varying only under environmental forcing factors. For example, these rates may be described as a function of light for plants or organic food resources for animals and these could be regulated (or not) by temperature or other...
Episodic growth of a Late Cretaceous and Paleogene intrusive complex of pegmatitic leucogranite, Ruby Mountains core complex, Nevada, USA
Keith A. Howard, J. L. Wooden, C. G. Barnes, W. R. Premo, A.W. Snoke, S.-Y. Lee
2011, Geosphere (7) 1220-1248
Gneissic pegmatitic leucogranite forms a dominant component (>600 km3) of the midcrustal infrastructure of the Ruby Mountains–East Humboldt Range core complex (Nevada, USA), and was assembled and modified episodically into a batholithic volume by myriad small intrusions from ca. 92 to 29 Ma. This injection complex consists of deformed sheets...
Mapping three-dimensional surface deformation by combining multiple-aperture interferometry and conventional interferometry: Application to the June 2007 eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
H.-S. Jung, Z. Lu, J.-S. Won, Michael P. Poland, Asta Mikijus
2011, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters (8) 34-38
Surface deformation caused by an intrusion and small eruption during June 17-19, 2007, along the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, was three-dimensionally reconstructed from radar interferograms acquired by the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) phased-array type L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) (PALSAR) instrument. To retrieve the 3-D surface...
Inland surface water: Chapter 18
Jill Baron, C. T. Driscoll, J.L. Stoddard
2011, General Technical Report NRS-80
Freshwater aquatic ecosystems include rivers and streams, large and small lakes, reservoirs, and ephemeral ponds. Wetlands are defi ned and discussed in Chapter 17 of this report. It is estimated that there are 123,400 lakes with a surface area greater than 4 ha in the United States. Most lakes, however,...
Characterization of winter foraging locations of Adélie penguins along the Western Antarctic Peninsula, 2001–2002
Eric S. Erdmann, Christine Ribic, Donna L. Patterson-Fraser, William R. Fraser
2011, Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography (58) 1710-1718
In accord with the hypotheses driving the Southern Ocean Global Ocean Ecosystems Dynamics (SO GLOBEC) program, we tested the hypothesis that the winter foraging ecology of a major top predator in waters off the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), is constrained by oceanographic features related to...
Seabird use of discards from a nearshore shrimp fishery in the South Atlantic Bight, USA
Patrick G.R. Jodice, Lisa C. Wickliffe, Elena B. Sachs
2011, Marine Biology (158) 2289-2298
Shrimp trawling is common throughout the southeastern and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the USA and is the primary contributor to fisheries discards in these regions. Tens of thousands of nearshore seabirds nest near shrimp trawling grounds in the USA, but to date, there has been no assessment of the...
Hepatic element concentrations of lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) during spring migration in the upper Midwest
Angela E. Pillatzki, Regg D. Neiger, Steven R. Chipps, Kenneth F. Higgins, Nancy Thiex, Alan D. Afton
2011, Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology (61) 144-150
High concentrations of some hepatic elements might be contributing to the decline of the continental lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) population. We evaluated hepatic element concentrations of male and female lesser scaup collected from the upper Midwest (Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota) during the 2003 and 2004 spring migrations....
Diet and population metrics of the introduced blue catfish population in the Altamaha, River, GA
Timothy F. Bonvechio, Cecil A. Jennings
2011, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
Blue catfish (Ictalurus furcatus) were first detected in the Altamaha River, Georgia, during an access creel survey in 2005 and subsequently in 2006 during annual ictalurid sampling. Introduction of this species in the Altamaha River is believed to have occurred via escape from normal upstream reservoir releases from Lake Sinclair...
Shared bacterial and viral respiratory agents in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), domestic sheep (Ovis aries), and goats (Capra hircus) in Montana
David S. Miller, Glen C. Weiser, Keith Aune, Brent Roeder, Mark Atkinson, Neil Anderson, Thomas J. Roffe, Kim A. Keating, Phillip L. Chapman, Cleon Kimberling, Jack C. Rhyan, P. Ryan Clarke
2011, Veterinary Medicine International (2011)
Transmission of infectious agents from livestock reservoirs has been hypothesized to cause respiratory disease outbreaks in bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis), and land management policies intended to limit this transmission have proven controversial. This cross-sectional study compares the infectious agents present in multiple populations of bighorn sheep near to and distant...
Chapter 4: A sampling and analytical approach to develop spatial distribution models for sagebrush-associated species
Matthias Leu, Steven E. Hanser, Cameron L. Aldridge, Scott E. Nielsen, Brian S. Cade, Steven T. Knick
2011, Book chapter, Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: Ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins
Understanding multi-scale floral and faunal responses to human land use is crucial for informing natural resource management and conservation planning. However, our knowledge on how land use influences sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) ecosystems is limited primarily to site-specific studies. To fill this void, studies across large regions are needed that address...
Synthesis: Chapter 19
L.H. Pardo, L.H. Geiser, M.E. Fenn, C. T. Driscoll, C.L. Goodale, E.B. Allen, Jill Baron, R. Bobbink, W.D. Bowman, C.M. Clark, B. Emmett, F.S. Gilliam, T. Greaver, S.J. Hall, E.A. Lilleskov, L. Liu, J.A. Lynch, K. Nadelhoffer, S.S. Perakis, M. J. Robin-Abbott, J.L. Stoddard, K. C. Weathers
2011, General Technical Report NRS-80
Human activity in the last century has led to a substantial increase in nitrogen (N) emissions and deposition (Galloway et al. 2003). Because of past, and, in some regions, continuing increases in emissions (Lehmann et al. 2005, Nilles and Conley 2001), this N deposition has reached a level that has...
Northwestern forested mountains: Chapter 8
W.D. Bowman, Jill Baron, L.H. Geiser, M.E. Fenn, E.A. Lilleskov
2011, General Technical Report NRS-80
Th e Northwestern Forested Mountains are ecologically diverse and geographically widespread, encompassing the mountain ecosystems of central and northwestern North America (CEC 1997; Figure 2.2). Th e ecoregion description is adapted from CEC (1997). Geographically, they extend from the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Nevada north through the Siskiyous, the...
Chapter 8: Occurrence of large and medium-sized mammals: Occurrence but not count models predict pronghorn distribution
Matthias Leu, Steve E. Hanser, Cameron L. Aldridge, Scott E. Nielsen, Lowell H. Suring, Steven T. Knick
2011, Book chapter, Sagebrush ecosystem conservation and management: Ecoregional assessment tools and models for the Wyoming Basins
Management of medium to large-sized terrestrial mammals (Antilocapridae, Canidae, Cervidae, Leporidae, Mustelidae, Ochotonidae) in the western United States is multifaceted and complex. Species in this group generally are charismatic and provide economic opportunities, although others are considered a nuisance at one extreme or are listed as species of conservation concern...
