Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2002
James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Seth C. Moran, John Sánchez, Steve Estes, Stephen R. McNutt, John Paskievitch
2003, Open-File Report 2003-267
The Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO), a cooperative program of the U.S. Geological Survey, the Geophysical Institute of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, has maintained seismic monitoring networks at historically active volcanoes in Alaska since 1988 (Power and others, 1993; Jolly and...
Preliminary geologic map of the Elsinore 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Douglas M. Morton, F. Harold Weber Jr., Rachel M. Alvarez, Diane Burns
2003, Open-File Report 2003-281
Open-File Report 03-281 contains a digital geologic map database of the Elsinore 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. 2. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing...
Preliminary geologic map of the San Bernardino 30' x 60' quadrangle, California (includes preliminary GIS database)
Douglas M. Morton, Fred K. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-293
The San Bernardino 30'x60' quadrangle, southern California, is diagonally bisected by the San Andreas Fault Zone, separating the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, major elements of California's east-oriented Transverse Ranges Province. Included in...
Preliminary analyses for perchlorate in selected natural materials and their derivative products
G. J. Orris, G. J. Harvey, D. T. Tsui, J. E. Eldrige
2003, Open-File Report 2003-314
Increasing concern about sources of perchlorate contamination in ground and surface waters has led to interest in identifying potential sources of natural perchlorate and products derived from these natural sources. To date, most perchlorate found in ground and surface waters has been attributed to its major uses as an oxidizer...
Geologic map and digital database of the Redlands 7.5' quadrangle, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, California
Jonathan C. Matti, Douglas M. Morton, Brett F. Cox, Katherine J. Kendrick, Pamela M. Cossette, Bradley Jones, Stephen A. Kennedy
2003, Open-File Report 2003-302
This geologic database of the Redlands 7.5' quadrangle was prepared by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP), a regional geologic-mapping project sponsored jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the California Geological Survey. The database was developed as a contribution to the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program's National Geologic...
Hydrogeologic factors that influence ground water movement in the desert southwest United States
Frank C. Chuang, Edwin H. McKee, Keith A. Howard
2003, Open-File Report 2003-294
A project to study ground-water and surface-water interactions in the desert southwestern United States was initiated in 2001 by the Tucson, Arizona office of the Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). One of the goals of the Southwest Ground-water Resources Project was to develop a regional synthesis that includes...
Tectonic Summaries for Web-served Earthquake Responses, Southeastern North America
Russell L. Wheeler
2003, Open-File Report 2003-343
This report documents the rationale and strategy used to write short summaries of the seismicity and tectonic settings of domains in southeastern North America. The summaries are used in automated responses to notable earthquakes that occur anywhere east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States or Canada. Specifically, the...
Ground-Water Levels and Water-Quality Data for Wells in the Crumpton Creek Area near Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, November 2001 to January 2002
Shannon D. Williams
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4175
From November 2001 to January 2002, a study of the ground-water resources in the Crumpton Creek area of Middle Tennessee was conducted to determine whether volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from Arnold Air Force Base (AAFB) have affected local private water supplies and to advance understanding of the ground-water-flow system in...
Archive of boomer seismic reflection data: Collected during USGS Cruise 97KEY01, upper and middle Florida Keys, 12 October - 1 November, 1997
Gina M. Peery, Barbara H. Lidz, Dana S. Wiese
2003, Open-File Report 2002-421
No abstract available....
Maps Showing Inundation Depths, Ice-Rafted Erratics, and Sedimentary Facies of Late Pleistocene Missoula Floods in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
J.M. Minervini, J. E. O’Connor, R.E. Wells
2003, Open-File Report 2003-408
Glacial Lake Missoula, impounded by the Purcell Trench lobe of the late Pleistocene Cordilleran Icesheet, repeatedly breached its ice dam, sending floods as large as 2,500 cubic kilometers racing across the Channeled Scabland and down the Columbia River valley to the Pacific Ocean. Peak discharges for some floods exceeded 20...
Publications of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2002
Charles Powell II, R. W. Graymer
2003, Open-File Report 2003-363
The Western Earth Surface Processes Team (WESPT) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts geologic mapping and related topical earth science studies in the western United States. This work is focused on areas where modern geologic maps and associated earth-science data are needed to address key societal and environmental issues...
Shaded relief aeromagnetic map of the Santa Clara Valley and vicinity, California
Carter W. Roberts, Robert C. Jachens
2003, Open-File Report 2003-360
This aeromagnetic map covers the southern portion of San Francisco Bay, the Santa Clara Valley and surrounding mountains, part of which has been modelled in threedimensions (Jachens and other, 2001). The magnetic anomaly map has been compiled from existing digital data. Data was obtained from six aeromagnetic surveys that were...
Geochemistry of bedrock and glacial deposits in the vicinity of the Bend massive sulfide deposit, north central Wisconsin
Laurel G. Woodruff, John W. Attig, William F. Cannon, Suzanne W. Nicholson, Klaus Schulz
2003, Open-File Report 2003-353
In 1998 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated a study to examine the natural regional environmental impact of sulfide mineralization exposed to episodic weathering and glaciation. The study focused on the Bend copper-gold massive sulfide deposit located in the Medford District of the Chequamegon National Forest in north central Wisconsin....
Interpreting DNAPL saturations in a laboratory-scale injection with GPR data and direct core measurements
Raymond H. Johnson, Eileen P. Poeter
2003, Open-File Report 2003-349
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is used to track a dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) injection in a laboratory sand tank. Before data reduction, GPR data provide a qualitative measure of DNAPL saturation and movement. One-dimensional (1D) GPR modeling provides a quantitative interpretation of DNAPL volume within a given thickness during...
North Alaska petroleum system analysis: The regional map compilation
Richard W. Saltus, Kenneth J. Bird
2003, Open-File Report 2003-330
The U.S. Geological Survey initiated an effort to model north Alaskan petroleum systems. The geographic and geologic basis for modeling systems is provided by a set of regional digital maps that allow evaluation of the widest possible extent of each system. Accordingly, we laid out a rectangular map grid 1300...
Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling
Elisabeth L. Rowan, Daniel O. Hayba, Philip H. Nelson, W. Matthew Burns, David W. Houseknecht
2003, Open-File Report 2003-329
Representative compaction curves for the principle lithologies are essential input for reliable models of basin history. Compaction curves influence estimates of maximum burial and erosion. Different compaction curves may produce significantly different thermal histories. Default compaction curves provided by basin modeling packages may or may not be a good proxy...
Distribution, richness, quality, and thermal maturity of source rock units on the North Slope of Alaska
K. E. Peters, K. J. Bird, M.A. Keller, P. G. Lillis, L. B. Magoon
2003, Open-File Report 2003-328
Four source rock units on the North Slope were identified, characterized, and mapped to better understand the origin of petroleum in the area: Hue-gamma ray zone (Hue-GRZ), pebble shale unit, Kingak Shale, and Shublik Formation. Rock-Eval pyrolysis, total organic carbon analysis, and well logs were used to map the present-day...
Association of deformation and fluid events in the central Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, Northern Alaska
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan, Kevin L. Shelton, Michael B. Underwood
2003, Open-File Report 2003-327
Ocentral Brooks Range consists of two superposed north-directed contractional orogens, one formed between 140-120 Ma and the other at ~60-45 Ma. The older orogen was an arc-continent collisional zone characterized by far-traveled allochthons and relatively low structural relief. The younger orogen is a retroarc thrust belt with relatively low amounts...
Petroleum source potential of the Lower Cretaceous mudstone succession of the NPRA and Colville Delta area, North Slope Alaska, based on sonic and resistivity logs
Margaret A. Keller, Kenneth J. Bird
2003, Open-File Report 2003-325
Resource assessment of the North Slope of Alaska by the U. S. Geological Survey includes evaluation of the petroleum source potential of Mesozoic and Cenozoic rocks using the delta log R technique (Passey and others, 1990). Porosity and resistivity logs are used in combination with thermal maturity data to produce...
Aeromagnetic surveys in Yukon Flats Alaska, a website for the distribution of data
Philip J. Brown
2003, Open-File Report 2003-319
No abstract available....
Approximate potentiometric surface of the bedrock aquifer at Great Bay, southeastern New Hampshire, 2001
Robert M. Roseen, J.R. Degnan, L.K. Brannaka, T.P. Ballestero, Thomas J. Mack
2003, Open-File Report 2003-278
Ground-water elevations (heads) in 265 wells were used to map the potentiometric-head surface in the fractured-bedrock aquifer adjacent to Great Bay, N.H. Remotely sensed data, spring-water temperatures and specific conductances, land-surface elevations, and simulated heads were also used to guide construction of the potentiometric surface. Heads in the...
Archive of boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June - August, 2001
Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Jack L. Kindinger, Dana S. Wiese
2003, Open-File Report 2003-274
In June, July, and August of 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the University of New Orleans (UNO), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, conducted a shallow geophysical and sediment core survey of Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico...
Archive of chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June 30 - July 9 and August 1 - 12, 2001
Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Jack L. Kindinger
2003, Open-File Report 2003-271
In June, July, and August of 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the University of New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, conducted a shallow geophysical and sediment core survey of Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico offshore...
Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely Mines (Vermont), the Ducktown Mining District (Tennessee), and the Clayton Smelter Site (Idaho)
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal II, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Allen L. Meier, Paul H. Briggs
2003, Open-File Report 2003-260
Waste-rock material produced at historic metal mines contains elevated concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements. Two types of mine waste were examined in this study: sintered waste rock and slag. The samples were collected from the Elizabeth and Ely mines in the Vermont copper belt (Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits), from...
Significant Metalliferous and Selected Non-Metalliferous Lode Deposits, and Selected Placer Districts of Northeast Asia
Sodov Ariunbileg, Gennandiy V. Biryul’kin, Jamba Byamba, Yury V. Davydov, Gunchin Dejidmaa, Elimir G. Distanov, Dangindorjiin Dorjgotov, Gennadiy N. Gamyanin, Ochir Gerel, Valeriy Y. Fridovskiy, Ayurzana Gotovsuren, Duk-Hwan Hwang, Anatoliy P. Kochnev, Alexei V. Kostin, Mikhail I. Kuzmin, Sergey A. Letunov, Li Jiliang, Li Xujun, Galina D. Malceva, V.D. Melnikov, Valeriy Nikitin, Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Masatsugu Ogasawara, Demberel Orolmaa, Leonid M. Parfenov, Nikolay V. Popov, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Vladimir Ratkin, Sergey M. Rodionov, Zhan V. Seminskiy, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Alexander P. Smelov, Vitaly I. Sotnikov, Alexander V. Spiridonov, Valeriy V. Stogniy, Sadahisa Sudo, Sun Fengyue, Sun Jiapeng, Sun Weizhi, Valeriy M. Supletsov, Vladimir F. Timofeev, Oleg A. Tyan, Valeriy G. Vetluzhskikh, Xi Aihua, Yakov V. Yakovlev, Yan Hongquan, Vladimir I. Zhizhin, Nikolay N. Zinchuk, Lydia M. Zorina
2003, Open-File Report 2003-220
Introduction This report contains a digtial database on lode deposits and placer districts of Northeast Asia. This region includes Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, Northeast China, South Korea, and Japan. In folders on this site are a detailed database, a bibliography of cited references, descriptions of mineral deposit models, and...
