Effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality in a part of the Calumet Aquifer, northwestern Indiana
Lee R. Watson, E. Randall Bayless, Paul M. Buszka, John T. Wilson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001–4260
The effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality were studied at a site in northwestern Indiana using a variety of geochemical indicators. Site characteristics such as high snowfall rates; large quantities of applied deicers; presence of a high-traffic highway; a homogeneous, permeable, and unconfined aquifer; a shallow water table; a...
Ground-water quality and effects of poultry confined animal feeding operations on shallow ground water, upper Shoal Creek basin, Southwest Missouri, 2000
Douglas N. Mugel
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4125
Forty-seven wells and 8 springs were sampled in May, October, and November 2000 in the upper Shoal Creek Basin, southwest Missouri, to determine if nutrient concentrations and fecal bacteria densities are increasing in the shallow aquifer as a result of poultry confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Most of the land use in...
Controlled photomosaic map of Callisto JC 15M CMN
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, IMAP 2770
This sheet is one in a series of maps of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter at a nominal scale of 1:15,000,000. This series is based on data from the Galileo Orbiter Solid-State Imaging (SSI) camera and the cameras of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Mercator and Polar Stereographic projections...
Pesticides and their breakdown products in Lake Waxahachie, Texas, and in finished drinking water from the lake
Patricia B. Ging
2002, Fact Sheet 032-02
Since 1991, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program has collected pesticide data from streams and aquifers throughout the Nation (Gilliom and others, 1995). However, little published information on pesticides in public drinking water is available. The NAWQA Program usually collects data on the sources of drinking...
Alabama district flood plan
T. Scott Hedgecock, J. Leroy Pearman, Victor E. Stricklin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-304
The purpose of this flood plan is to outline and record advance planning for flood emergencies, so that all personnel will know the general plan and have a ready-reference for necessary information. This will ensure that during any flood event, regardless of the extent or magnitude, the resources of the...
Lead isotopic analyses of selected soil samples from the USEPA Vasquez Blvd.-I-70 study area, Denver, CO
D.M. Unruh
2002, Open-File Report 2002-321
Large amounts of arsenic contamination, in excess of 2000 ppm, have been found in some residential surface soils in northern Denver, Colorado (USEPA, 1999). Associated with the arsenic are elevated levels of metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury. Potential sources of this contamination include waste from smelters in the...
Liquefaction hazard and shaking amplification maps of Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and Piedmont, California: a digital database
Thomas L. Holzer, Michael J. Bennett, Thomas E. Noce, Amy C. Tinsley, John C. Tinsley III
2002, Open-File Report 2002-296
Publications of Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2001
II Charles Powell Charles,(compiler), R. W. Graymer
2002, Open-File Report 2002-269
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, such...
Selected elements and organic chemicals in streambed sediment in the Salem area, Oregon, 1999
Dwight Q. Tanner
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4194
Analysis of streambed sediments in the Salem, Oregon, area showed anomalously large concentrations of some elements and organic chemicals, indicating contamination from anthropogenic and/or geologic sources. The streambed sediment sample from Clark Creek, an urban basin, had large concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hyrdocarbons (PAHs), organochlorines, cadmium, lead, and zinc. The...
Feasibility of Estimating Constituent Concentrations and Loads Based on Data Recorded by Acoustic Instrumentation
A.C. Lietz
2002, Open-File Report 2002-285
The acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) and acoustic Doppler velocity meter (ADVM) were used to estimate constituent concentrations and loads at a sampling site along the Hendry-Collier County boundary in southwestern Florida. The sampling site is strategically placed within a highly managed canal system that exhibits low and rapidly changing...
Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Depot Hill, Santa Cruz County, California
Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, Mimi M. D’Iorio
2002, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2398
INTRODUCTION The coastal cliffs along much of the central California coast are actively retreating. Large storms and periodic earthquakes are responsible for most of the documented seacliff slope failures. Long-term average erosion rates calculated for this section of coast (Moore and others, 1999) do not provide the spatial or temporal data...
Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Seabright Beach, Santa Cruz County, California
Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, Mimi M. D’Iorio
2002, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2400
Introduction The coastal cliffs along much of the central California coast are actively retreating. Large storms and periodic earthquakes are responsible for most of the documented sea cliff slope failures. Long-term average erosion rates calculated for this section of coast do not provide the spatial or temporal data resolution necessary to...
Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan for the Alabama District of the U. S. Geological Survey
T. Scott Hedgecock, J. Leroy Pearman, Victor E. Stricklin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-305
The U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, has a policy that requires each District office to prepare a Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan. The plan for each District describes the policies and procedures that ensure high quality in the collection, processing, analysis, computer storage, and publication of surface-water data. The Alabama...
Archive of datasonic SIS-1000 chirp subbottom data collected during USGS cruise K-1-95-PS Lake Washington, State of Washington, 1995
Christopher J. Lyon, Uri Brink, J.W. Nealon, William Danforth, Robert Kayen
2002, Open-File Report 2002-31
Geological map of the Kaiwan Fluctus Quadrangle (V-44), Venus
Nathan T. Bridges, George E. McGill
2002, IMAP 2747
Introduction The Magellan spacecraft orbited Venus from August 10, 1990, until it plunged into the Venusian atmosphereon October 12, 1994. Magellan had the objectives of: (1) improving knowledge of the geologic processes, surface properties, and geologic history of Venus by analysis of surface radar characteristics, topography, and morphology and (2) improving...
Carbon budget for a subtropical seagrass dominated coastal lagoon: How important are seagrasses to total ecosystem net primary production?
James Kaldy, Christopher P. Onuf, Peter Eldridge, Luis A. Cifuentes
2002, Estuaries (25) 528-539
It has been assumed that because seagrasses dominate macrophyte biomass in many estuaries they also dominate primary production. We tested this assumption by developing three carbon budgets to examine the contribution of autotrophic components to the total ecosystem net primary production (TENPP) of Lower Laguna Madre, Texas. The first budget...
Response to comment on "Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: A national reconnaissance"
Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, E. Michael Thurman, Steven D. Zaugg, Larry B. Barber, Herbert T. Buxton
2002, Environmental Science & Technology (36) 4007-4008
We thank Ericson et al. (1) for their careful review and thoughtful comments on the synthetic hormone data presented in our recent publication summarizing the results from the USGS nationwide reconnaissance for pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants (2). Their efforts have helped raise the awareness of the difficulties in...
Development of a stream habitat index for the Northern Lakes and Forest Ecoregions
Robert M. Goldstein, Lizhu Wang, Thomas P. Simon, Paul M. Stewart
2002, North American Journal of Fisheries Management (22) 452-464
Physical habitat was quantified in 105 randomly selected streams across the Northern Lakes and Forests Ecoregion during 1998 and 1999 to develop a stream habitat index for the region. Physical habitat measures (106) were classified into four groups: substrate, instream cover, riparian zone–land use, and geomorphology–hydrology. Variable reduction procedures yielded...
Strategic vision for the U. S. Geological Survey in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region, 2001-2010
Donna N. Myers, M.J. Chambers, Verdel K. Dawson, Sandra M. Eberts, Marion Fisher, Michael P. Foose, Herbert J. Freiberger, John E. Gannon, David A. Greene, Deborah Hutchinson, James M. McNeal, Nancy Milton, James R. Nicholas, Charles A. Peters, Byron D. Stone, Dalia E. Varanka, Charles E. Hickman, Denise A. Wiltshire
2002, Open-File Report 2002-193
The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) strategic vision for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Region is that of a healthy ecosystem, whose ecological integrity and economic health are nurtured and sustained through sound resource-management decisions based on reliable, timely, and objective scientific information and data. The USGS is a leader in providing...
Data set of world phosphate mines, deposits, and occurrences: Part A. Geologic data. Part B. Location and mineral economic data
Carlotta B. Chernoff, G. J. Orris
2002, Open-File Report 2002-156
An inventory of more than 1,600 world phosphate mines, deposits, and occurrences was compiled from smaller data sets collected as part of multiple research efforts by Carlotta Chernoff, University of Arizona, and Greta Orris, U.S. Geological Survey. These data have been utilized during studies of black shale depositional environments and...
June 2002 floods in the Red River of the North basin in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
Gregg J. Wiche, K.G. Guttormson, S.M. Robinson, G.B. Mitton, B.J. Bramer
2002, Open-File Report 2002-278
The Red River of the North is a complex river system in the north-central plains of the United States. The river continues to affect the people and property within its basin. During June of 2002, major flooding occurred for the third time in 5 years in the Red River of...
Color-coded contour map of Mars M 25M RKN
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Open-File Report 2002-283
NOTES ON BASE This map is based on data from the Mars Orbiter Laser Altimeter (MOLA) (Smith and others, 2001), an instrument on NASA's Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) spacecraft (Albee and others, 2001). The image used for the base of this map represents more than 600 million measurements gathered between 1999...
Rainfall, Streamflow, and Water-Quality Data During Stormwater Monitoring, Halawa Stream Drainage Basin, Oahu, Hawaii, July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002
Todd K. Presley
2002, Open-File Report 2002-319
The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Stormwater Monitoring Program was implemented on January 1, 2001. The program includes the collection of rainfall, streamflow, and water-quality data at selected sites in the Halawa Stream drainage basin. Rainfall data were collected at two sites, and streamflow data were collected at 3...
Ground-water levels and water-quality data from monitoring wells in Windham, Maine, water years 1997-2001
J. M. Caldwell
2002, Open-File Report 2002-145
Ongoing data collection in an established well network in Windham, Maine, serves as an indicator of the hydrologic and water-quality conditions in the aquifer. This report presents data collected from 1997 through 2001, including ground-water levels, measurements of water-quality field parameters, and concentrations of nutrients and arsenic....
Digital version of "Open-File Report 92-179: Geologic map of the Cow Cove Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California"
Howard G. Wilshire, David R. Bedford, Teresa Coleman
2002, Open-File Report 2002-274
This is a digital map database version of a previous printed geologic map, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92–179. The original paper map has been faithfully reproduced as a geologic map database for use in a GIS, and thus does not contain updated geologic information for the map area. This...
