SCIGN; new Southern California GPS network advances the study of earthquakes
Ken Hudnut, Nancy King
2001, Fact Sheet 069-01
Southern California is a giant jigsaw puzzle, and scientists are now using GPS satellites to track the pieces. These puzzle pieces are continuously moving, slowly straining the faults in between. That strain is then eventually released in earthquakes. The innovative Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN) tracks the motions of...
Wetland subsidence, fault reactivation, and hydrocarbon production in the U. S. Gulf Coast region
R.A. Morton, N.A. Purcell
2001, Fact Sheet 091-01
Geology of the Woods Hole area, Massachusetts; the story behind the landscape
D. R. Hutchinson, Beth Schwarzman
2001, Fact Sheet 066-01
The geologic story of the Woods Hole area, Cape Cod, Mass., was written by glacial ice during the last ice age and edited by the ocean waves. If you learn to read today's landscape, you can see the fascinating history it records. The features of Cape Cod, from the ponds...
The Advanced National Seismic System; management and implementation
H.M. Benz, K. M. Shedlock, R.P. Buland
2001, Fact Sheet 045-01
What is the Advanced National Seismic System? The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) is designed to organize, modernize, and standardize operations of seismic networks in the United States to improve the Nation’s ability to respond effectively to damaging earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. To achieve this, the ANSS will link more...
Selected findings and current perspectives on urban and agricultural water quality by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 047-01
Studies by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program in the last decade describe water-quality conditions in nearly 120 agricultural and 35 urban watersheds ('urban' primarily refers to residential and commercial development over the last 50 years). The findings show that for both urban and agricultural areas, nonpoint chemical contamination...
Ambient water-quality monitoring in Missouri
E. C. Witt III, John Ford
2001, Fact Sheet 062-01
Habitat geology studies on and near Georges Bank, off New England
P. C. Valentine
2001, Fact Sheet 061-01
Marine habitat geology is the study of the distribution of geologic materials that form the seabed, the geologic processes (such as sediment movement and deposition) that affect the seabed, and the interplay of geologic factors and species behavior that gives rise to biological habitats in general and to specific habitats...
Does diazinon pose a threat to a neighborhood stream in Tallahassee, Florida?
Marian P. Berndt, Hilda H. Hatzell
2001, Fact Sheet 143-00
The water quality of Lafayette Creek was studied from March 1993 to December 1995 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S.Geological Survey. Diazinon was specifically studied in the Lafayette Creek watershed, a residential area in northeastern Tallahassee, Fla. Diazinon and other pesticides applied directly to the...
Obsolete computers, "gold mine", or high-tech trash? Resource recovery from recycling
D.I. Bleiwas, Thomas Kelly
2001, Fact Sheet 060-01
The environment and human health; USGS science for solutions
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 054-01
Emerging infectious diseases, ground-water contamination, trace-metal poisoning...environmental threats to public health the world over require new solutions. Because of an increased awareness of the issues, greater cooperation among scientific and policy agencies, and powerful new tools and techniques to conduct research, there is new hope that complex ecological health problems...
A primer on water quality
G. E. Cordy
2001, Fact Sheet 027-01
Water-quality assessment within a drainage control district in southeastern Florida
A.C. Lietz
2001, Fact Sheet 149-00
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began an extensive ground- and surface-water quality study in July 1989 to define the baseline water quality within a southeastern Florida drainage district and to develop a data base for future water-resource planning and management. Results were published in a USGS report (Lietz, 1996), comparing...
Effects of water withdrawals on streamflow in the Ipswich River basin, Massachusetts
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 160-00
Availability Of Ground-Water Data For California, Water Year 2000
Julia Huff
2001, Fact Sheet 055-01
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local water agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the ground-water resources of California each water year. These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of...
U.S. Geological Survey Information Sources
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 034-01
As the Nation's largest water, earth, and biological science and civilian mapping agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) works in cooperation with more than 2,000 organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial scientific information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This information is gathered in every State by...
Floods in Cuyama Valley, California, February 1998
James C. Bowers, Ernest R. Houston
2001, Fact Sheet 162-00
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Central and South America
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 037-01
The U.S. Geological Survey recently completed an assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources in 130 selected petroleum provinces of the world (USGS, 2000). Of these 130 provinces, 23 are in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean area (fig. 1). The assessed provinces range from established petroleum provinces...
Malformed frogs in Minnesota: An update
Donald O. Rosenberry
2001, Fact Sheet 043-01
No abstract available....
Educational materials from the U.S. Geological Survey
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2001, Fact Sheet 044-01
Inventario mundial de la calidad del carbon mineral (WoCQI) [The world coal quality inventory (WoCQI)]
R. B. Finkelman, V.S. Lovern
2001, Fact Sheet 058-01
Los oficiales encargados de la politica comercial de cada pais requieren informacion clara y precisa sobre el recurso del carbon mineral, particularmente sobre sus propiedades y caracteristicas, para tomar decisiones bien fundamentadas con respecto al mejor uso de los recursos naturales, necesidades de importacion y oportunidades de exportacion, objetivos de...
National Water Quality Laboratory - A profile
Jon W. Raese
2001, Fact Sheet 053-01
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Quality Laboratory (NWQL) is a full-service laboratory that specializes in environmental analytical chemistry. The NWQL's primary mission is to support USGS programs requiring environmental analyses that provide consistent methodology for national assessment and trends analysis. The NWQL provides the following: high-quality chemical data;...
Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer, 1980 to 1999
Virginia L. McGuire
2001, Fact Sheet 029-01
Assessment of microbiological contamination of the Jacks Fork within the Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri—phase I
Jerri V. Davis, Joseph M. Richards
2001, Fact Sheet 026-01
The Ozark National Scenic Riverways (ONSR), the Nation's first scenic riverway, was created by an Act of Congress (Public Law 88-492) on August 24, 1964, for "the purpose of conserving and interpreting unique scenic and other natural values and objects of historic interest, including preservation of parts of the Current...
USGS water programs in North Carolina; 2001
J. D. Bales
2001, Fact Sheet 046-01
Innovative Partnerships
John Szemraj
2001, Fact Sheet 052-01
A major responsibility of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to ensure geospatial data availability. This includes the cooperative production of digital geospatial data through the National Mapping Program's Innovative Partnerships (IP) initiative, which began in October 1992....
