Preliminary Mineralogic and Stable Isotope Studies of Altered Summit and Flank Rocks and Osceola Mudflow Deposits on Mount Rainier, Washington
Robert O. Rye, George N. Breit, David R. Zimbelman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-464
About 5600 years ago part of Mount Rainier?s edifice collapsed with the resultant Osceola Mudflow traveling more than 120 km and covering an area of at least 505 km2. Mineralogic and stable isotope studies were conducted on altered rocks from outcrops near the summit and east flank of the volcano...
Coastal erosion and wetland change in Louisiana: selected USGS products
S. Jeffress Williams, Jamey M. Reid, VeeAnn A. Cross, Christopher F. Polloni
2003, Data Series 79
This Digital Data Series (DDS) report is primarily a selection of USGS science products that were previously published as paper atlases and maps but are no longer available in their original form. We have made an attempt to preserve the paper atlases by having them scanned in an efficient compressed...
Mercury data from small lakes in Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota, 2000-02
Robert M. Goldstein, Mark E. Brigham, Luke Steuwe, Michael A. Menheer
2003, Open-File Report 2003-480
Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems is a resource concern in Voyageurs National Park. High concentrations of mercury in fish pose a potential risk to organisms that consume large amounts of those fish. During 2000–02, the U.S. Geological Survey measured mercury in water collected from 20 lakes in Voyageurs National Park....
Aquatic assemblages and their relation to temperature variables of least-disturbed streams in the Salmon River basin, central Idaho, 2001
Douglas S. Ott, Terry R. Maret
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4076
In the late 1990s, Idaho’s established stream temperature criteria for the protection of coldwater biota and salmonid spawning were considered inadequate because the criteria did not agree with observed biological conditions in many instances and did not allow for variability in environmental condition or species diversity across a broad area such as the entire State of Idaho. In...
Assessment of selected inorganic constituents in streams in the Central Arizona Basins study area, Arizona and northern Mexico, through 1998
David W. Anning
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4063
Stream properties and water-chemistry constituent concentrations from data collected by the National Water-Quality Assessment and other U.S. Geological Survey water-quality programs were analyzed to (1) assess water quality, (2) determine natural and human factors affecting water quality, and (3) compute stream loads for the surface-water resources in the Central Arizona...
Environmental effects of the Big Rapids dam remnant removal, Big Rapids, Michigan, 2000-02
Denis F. Healy, Stephen J. Rheaume, J. Alan Simpson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4136
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the city of Big Rapids, investigated the environmental effects of removal of a dam-foundation remnant and downstream cofferdam from the Muskegon River in Big Rapids, Mich. The USGS applied a multidiscipline approach, which determined the water quality, sediment character, and stream habitat...
Data on Streamflow and Quality of Water and Bottom Sediment in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada, 1998-2000
Angela P. Paul, Carl E. Thodal
2003, Open-File Report 2003-335
This study was initiated to expand upon previous findings that indicated concentrations of dissolved solids, arsenic, boron, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, and uranium were either above geochemical background concentrations or were approaching or exceeding ecological criteria in the lower Humboldt River system. Data were collected from May 1998 to September 2000...
Selected ground-water data for Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, January 2000-December 2002
Glenn L. Locke, Richard J. La Camera
2003, Open-File Report 2003-387
The U.S. Geological Survey, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Project, collects, compiles, and summarizes hydrologic data in the Yucca Mountain region. The data are collected to allow assessments of ground-water resources during activities to determine the potential suitability or development of Yucca Mountain for storing...
Data from archived chromatograms on halogenated volatile organic compounds in untreated ground water used for drinking water in the United States, 1997-2000
Stephanie Dunkle Shapiro, Eurybiades Busenberg, Niel Plummer, Michael J. Focazio
2003, Open-File Report 2003-352
No abstract available....
Database and Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Peru and its Offshore Region
Jose Machare, Clark H. Fenton, Michael N. Machette, Alain Lavenu, Carlos Costa, Richard L. Dart
2003, Open-File Report 2003-451
This publication consists of a main map of Quaternary faults and fiolds of Peru, a table of Quaternary fault data, a region inset map showing relative plate motion, and a second inset map of an enlarged area of interest in southern Peru. These maps and data compilation show evidence for...
Water quality of selected rivers in the New England Coastal Basins in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, 1998-2000
Kimberly W. Campo, Sarah M. Flanagan, Keith W. Robinson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4210
Nine rivers were monitored routinely for a variety of field conditions, dissolved ions, and nutrients during 1998-2000 as part of the New England Coastal Basins (NECB) study of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The nine rivers, located primarily in the Boston metropolitan area, represented a...
Surficial and bedrock geologic map database of the Kelso 7.5 Minute quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
David R. Bedford
2003, Open-File Report 2003-501
This geologic map database describes geologic materials for the Kelso 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California. The area lies in eastern Mojave Desert of California, within the Mojave National Preserve (a unit of the National Parks system). Geologic deposits in the area consist of Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Cambrian-Neoproterozoic sedimentary...
Simulation of Temperature, Nutrients, Biochemical Oxygen Demand, and Dissolved Oxygen in the Catawba River, South Carolina, 1996-97
Toby D. Feaster, Paul Conrads, Wladmir B. Guimaraes, Curtis L. Sanders Jr., Jerad D. Bales
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4092
Time-series plots of dissolved-oxygen concentrations were determined for various simulated hydrologic and point-source loading conditions along a free-flowing section of the Catawba River from Lake Wylie Dam to the headwaters of Fishing Creek Reservoir in South Carolina. The U.S. Geological Survey one-dimensional dynamic-flow model, BRANCH, was used to simulate hydrodynamic...
Baseline assessment of fish communities, benthic macroinvertebrate communities, and stream habitat and land use, Big Thicket National Preserve, Texas, 1999-2001
J. Bruce Moring
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4270
The Big Thicket National Preserve comprises 39,300 hectares in the form of nine preserve units connected by four stream corridor units (with two more corridor units proposed) distributed over the lower Neches and Trinity River Basins of southeastern Texas. Fish and benthic macroinvertebrate data were collected at 15 stream sites...
Oxidation-reduction processes in ground water at Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant, Dallas, Texas
S.A. Jones, Christopher L. Braun, Roger W. Lee
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4046
Concentrations of trichloroethene in ground water at the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant in Dallas, Texas, indicate three source areas of chlorinated solvents?building 1, building 6, and an off-site source west of the facility. The presence of daughter products of reductive dechlorination of trichloroethene, which were not used at the...
Monitoring instream turbidity to estimate continuous suspended-sediment loads and yields and clay-water volumes in the upper North Santiam River Basin, Oregon, 1998-2000
Mark A. Uhrich, Heather M. Bragg
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4098
Three real-time, instream water-quality and turbidity-monitoring sites were established in October 1998 in the upper North Santiam River Basin on the North Santiam River, the Breitenbush River, and Blowout Creek, the main tributary inputs to Detroit Lake, a large, controlled reservoir that extends from river mile 61 to 70. Suspended-sediment...
Estimating the susceptibility of surface water in Texas to nonpoint-source contamination by use of logistic regression modeling
William A. Battaglin, Randy L. Ulery, Thomas Winterstein, Toby Welborn
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4205
In the State of Texas, surface water (streams, canals, and reservoirs) and ground water are used as sources of public water supply. Surface-water sources of public water supply are susceptible to contamination from point and nonpoint sources. To help protect sources of drinking water and to aid water managers in...
Logs and Data from Trenches Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California, 2001-2003
James J. Lienkaemper, Patrick L. Williams, Timothy E. Dawson, Stephen F. Personius, Gordon G. Seitz, Samuel J. Heller, David P. Schwartz
2003, Open-File Report 2003-488
Isotopes and ages in the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California
Ronald W. Kistler, Joseph L. Wooden, Douglas M. Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-489
Strontium, oxygen and lead isotopic and rubidium-strontium geochronologic studies have been completed on Cretaceous and Jurassic (?) granitic rock samples from the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith in southern California. Many of these samples were collected systematically and studied chemically by A. K. Baird and colleagues (Baird and others, 1979). The...
Trace element and Nd, Sr, Pb isotope geochemistry of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, near-vent eruptive products: 1983-2001
Carl R. Thornber, James R. Budahn, W. Ian Ridley, Daniel M. Unruh
2003, Open-File Report 2003-493
This open-file report serves as a repository for geochemical data referred to in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1676 (Heliker, Swanson, and Takahashi, eds., 2003), which includes multidisciplinary research papers pertaining to the first twenty years of Puu Oo Kupaianaha eruption activity. Details of eruption characteristics and nomenclature are provided...
Estimated water use and availability in the lower Blackstone River basin, northern Rhode Island and south-central Massachusetts, 1995-99
Lora K. Barolw
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4190
The Blackstone River basin includes approximately 475 square miles in northern Rhode Island and south-central Massachusetts. The study area (198 square miles) comprises six subbasins of the lower Blackstone River basin. The estimated population for the study period 1995?99 was 149,651 persons. Water-use data including withdrawals, use, and return flows...
Occurrence and distribution of nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in the Mobile River Basin, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, and Tennessee, 1999-2001
Ann K. McPherson, Richard S. Moreland, J. Brian Atkins
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4203
The Mobile River Basin is one of more than 50 river basins and aquifer systems being investigated as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water- Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. This basin is the sixth largest river basin in the United States and the fourth largest in terms of streamflow....
Computation and analysis of the instantaneous-discharge record for the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona — May 8, 1921, through September 30, 2000
David J. Topping, John C. Schmidt, L. E. Vierra Jr.
2003, Professional Paper 1677
A gaging station has been operated by the U.S. Geological Survey at Lees Ferry, Arizona, since May 8, 1921. In March 1963, Glen Canyon Dam was closed 15.5 miles upstream, cutting off the upstream sediment supply and regulating the discharge of the Colorado River at Lees Ferry for the first...
Geologic map of the Lower Hurricane Wash and vicinity, Mohave County, Northwestern Arizona
George H. Billingsley, Scott E. Graham
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2396
This digital map database is compiled from published open file reports, and new mapping by the author, and represents the general distribution of surficial and bedrock geology in the mapped area. The map area lies within the Shivwits and Uinkaret Plateaus, subplateaus of the southwestern part of the Colorado Plateau...
Geologic map of the Bonners Ferry 30' x 60' quadrangle, Idaho and Montana
Fred K. Miller, Russell F. Burmester
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2426
This data set maps and describes the geology of the Bonners Ferry 30' x 60' quadrangle, Idaho and Montana. The bedrock geology of the Bonners Ferry quadrangle consists of sedimentary, metamorphic, and granitic rocks ranging in age from Middle Proterozoic to Eocene. Bedrock units include rocks of (1) the Middle...
