The "LARSE" Project - Working Toward a Safer Future for Los Angeles
Thomas L. Henyey, Gary S. Fuis, Mark L. Benthien, Thomas R. Burdette, Shari A. Christofferson, Robert W. Clayton, Paul M. Davis, James W. Hendley II, Monica D. Kohler, William J. Lutter, John K. McRaney, Janice M. Murphy, David A. Okaya, Trond Ryberg, Gerald W. Similia, Peter H. Stauffer
1999, Fact Sheet 110-99
The Los Angeles region is underlain by a network of active faults, including many that are deep and do not break the Earth's surface. These hidden faults include the previously unknown one responsible for the devastating January 1994 Northridge earthquake, the costliest quake in U.S. history. So that structures can...
Assessing Our Natural Resources: Providing Vital Information for Our Nation's Future
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 094-99
Natural Hazards: Minimizing the Effects
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 093-99
Source and age of ground-water seepage to streams
Edward Modica
1999, Fact Sheet 063-99
Availability of Ground-Water Data For California, Water Year 1998
Julia A. Huff
1999, Fact Sheet 121-99
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 data base for developing an improved understanding of the water resources...
Pesticides Detected in Urban Streams During Rainstorms and Relations to Retail Sales of Pesticides in King County, Washington
Frank D. Voss, Sandra S. Embrey, James C. Ebbert, Dale L. Davis, Annette M. Frahm, George H. Perry
1999, Fact Sheet 097-99
Real-Time Monitoring of Active Landslides
Mark E. Reid, Richard G. LaHusen, William L. Ellis
1999, Fact Sheet 091-99
Landslides threaten lives and property in every State in the Nation. To reduce the risk from active landslides, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) develops and uses real-time landslide monitoring systems. Monitoring can detect early indications of rapid, catastrophic movement. Up-to-the-minute or real-time monitoring provides immediate notification of landslide activity, potentially...
North Dakota
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 035-99
North Dakota prairies contain numerous wetlands. The complex functions of these prairie wetlands have been of interest for decades. The hydrology, water chemistry, and biological characteristics of these wetlands are highly variable because of extreme warm/cold and wet/dry conditions. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been conducting studies (fig. 1)...
Pesticides and bacteria in an urban stream; Gills Creek, Columbia, South Carolina
Terry L. Maluk
1999, Fact Sheet 131-98
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From dry to wet, 1988-97, North Dakota
Tara Williams-Sether
1999, Fact Sheet 075-99
Unusual climatic and hydrologic conditions continue to affect the people and resources of North Dakota. Above-average precipitation during 1993-97 caused flooding in parts of North Dakota, and damage to crops, roads, and homes led to tremendous economic losses and increased personal stress for the people of the State. However, the...
Iowa
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 016-99
Texas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 045-99
In 1997, the Texas Legislature passed a comprehensive revision to the Texas Water Code. This legislation (Senate Bill 1) changed water planning in Texas from a statewide to a regional activity. By September 2001, the 16 regions created by Senate Bill 1 must produce water plans to address their water...
Alaska
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 003-99
Contaminated-sediment database development and assessment in Boston Harbor
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 078-99
Bottom sediments have been regarded as memory banks for contaminant inputs to urban waterways. Bottom sediments accumulate by the addition of particles that enter the waterway from many sources (U.S. National Research Council, 1989). Sediments include solid contaminants, as well as contaminants from the water column that are adsorbed on...
The USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative: Protecting and restoring the environment near abandoned mine lands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 095-99
The Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Initiative is part of a larger strategy of the U.S. Department of the Interior and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to clean up Federal lands contaminated by abandoned mines.Thousands of abandond hard-rock metal mines (such as gold, copper, lead, and zinc) have left a dual...
Stormwater runoff for selected watersheds in the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone, Bexar County, Texas, 1996-98
D.J. Ockerman, B.L. Petri, R.N. Slattery
1999, Fact Sheet 172-98
The Edwards aquifer is one of the most productive carbonate aquifers in the Nation. The dissolution-modified, faulted limestone aquifer is the sole source of public water supply for San Antonio, Texas (fig. 1) and is the major source of water for Bexar County. In addition to providing public water supply...
Virginia
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 048-99
Extent of the high water table and water-table fluctuations, St. Charles Mesa, Colorado, April 1997 to October 1998
Daniel L. Brendle
1999, Fact Sheet 102-99
Evidence of Climate Change over the Last 10,000 Years from the Sediments of Lakes in the Upper Mississippi Basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 059-99
The study of lake sediments as recorders of past climate change has been a major focus of the Geologic Division's Global Change and Climate History Program. In particular, lakes of the Upper Mississippi Basin (UMB) provide some of the most detailed records of climate and environmental change during the Holocene...
Eruptions of Lassen Peak, California, 1914 to 1917
Michael A. Clynne, Robert L. Christiansen, Tracey J. Felger, Peter H. Stauffer, James W. Hendley II
1999, Fact Sheet 173-98
On May 22, 1915, an explosive eruption at Lassen Peak, California, the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Range, devastated nearby areas and rained volcanic ash as far away as 200 miles to the east. This explosion was the most powerful in a 1914–17 series of eruptions that were the...
Hawaii
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 012-99
Georgia
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 011-99
Mapping the Sea Floor Geology Offshore of the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 133-98
Magnitude and Significance of Carbon Burial in Lakes, Reservoirs, and Northern Peatlands
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 058-99
It is estimated that freshwater lakes in the world have a total area of about 1.5x1012 m2 (Shiklomanov, 1993; table 1). Including saline inland seas in this total would add another 1x1012 m2. The 28 largest (area of each > 5,000 km2) freshwater lakes in the world have a total...
Ohio
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1999, Fact Sheet 036-99
