Comprehensive database of wellbore temperatures and drilling mud weight pressures by depth for Judge Digby field, Louisiana
Lauri Burke
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1303
This document serves as the repository for the unprocessed data used in the investigation of temperature and overpressure relations within the deep Tuscaloosa Formation in Judge Digby field. It is a compilation of all the publicly accessible wellbore temperature and pressure data for Judge Digby field, a prolific natural gas...
Geochemical data for core and bottom-sediment samples collected in 2007 from Grand Lake O' the Cherokees, northeast Oklahoma
David L. Fey, Mark F. Becker, Kathleen S. Smith
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1298
Grand Lake O' the Cherokees is a large reservoir in northeast Oklahoma, below the confluence of the Neosho and Spring Rivers, both of which drain the Tri-State Mining District to the north. The Tri-State district covers an area of 1,200 mi2 (3,100 km2) and comprises Mississippi Valley-type lead-zinc deposits. A...
Reducing Uncertainty in the Distribution of Hydrogeologic Units within Volcanic Composite Units of Pahute Mesa Using High-Resolution 3-D Resistivity Methods, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Brian D. Rodriguez, Don Sweetkind, Bethany L. Burton
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1304
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) at their Nevada Site Office (NSO) are addressing groundwater contamination resulting from historical underground nuclear testing through the Environmental Management program and, in particular, the Underground Test Area (UGTA) project. From 1951 to 1992, 828 underground nuclear...
Improved USGS methodology for assessing continuous petroleum resources using analogs
Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy Cook
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1309
The currently used U.S. Geological Survey methodology for assessing continuous (unconventional) petroleum resources of the United States was developed in the 1990s. This methodology poorly incorporates uncertainty about the estimated ultimate recoveries (EURs). This is especially problematic for hypothetical assessment units where this may be the largest source of uncertainty...
CO2calc: A User-Friendly Seawater Carbon Calculator for Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS (iPhone)
L. L. Robbins, M. E. Hansen, J.A. Kleypas, S.C. Meylan
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1280
A user-friendly, stand-alone application for the calculation of carbonate system parameters was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey Florida Shelf Ecosystems Response to Climate Change Project in response to its Ocean Acidification Task. The application, by Mark Hansen and Lisa Robbins, USGS St. Petersburg, FL, Joanie Kleypas, NCAR, Boulder, CO,...
Reconnaissance of Macondo-1 well oil in sediment and tarballs from the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline, Texas to Florida
Robert J. Rosenbauer, Pamela L. Campbell, Angela Lam, T.D. Lorenson, Frances D. Hostettler, Burt Thomas, Florence L. Wong
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1290
Hydrocarbons were extracted and analyzed from sediment and tarballs collected from the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) coast that is potentially impacted by Macondo-1 (M-1) well oil. The samples were analyzed for a suite of diagnostic geochemical biomarkers. Aided by multivariate statistical analysis, the M-1 well oil has been identified...
Bird migration patterns in the arid southwest-Final report
Janet M. Ruth, Rodney K. Felix, Robert H. Dieh
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1271
To ensure full life-cycle conservation, we need to understand migrant behavior en route and how migrating species use stopover and migration aerohabitats. In the Southwest, birds traverse arid and mountainous landscapes in migration. Migrants are known to use riparian stopover habitats; we know less about how migrant density varies across...
Vegetation and substrate on aeolian landscapes in the Colorado River corridor, Cataract Canyon, Utah
Amy E. Draut, Elizabeth R. Gillette
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1273
Vegetation and substrate data presented in this report characterize ground cover on aeolian landscapes of the Colorado River corridor through Cataract Canyon, Utah, in Canyonlands National Park. The 27-km-long Cataract Canyon reach has undergone less anthropogenic alteration than other reaches of the mainstem Colorado River. Characterizing ecosystem parameters there provides...
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2009
Robert F. Breault, Kirk P. Smith
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1275
Streamflow and water-quality data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) or the Providence Water Supply Board (PWSB), Rhode Island's largest drinking-water supplier. Streamflow was measured or estimated by the USGS following standard methods at 23 streamgage stations; 13 of these stations were also equipped with instrumentation capable of...
Development of monitoring protocols to detect change in rocky intertidal communities of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
Gail V. Irvine
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1283
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve in southeastern Alaska includes extensive coastlines representing a major proportion of all coastlines held by the National Park Service. The marine plants and invertebrates that occupy intertidal shores form highly productive communities that are ecologically important to a number of vertebrate and invertebrate consumers...
Internet-based interface for STRMDEPL08
Howard W. Reeves, A. Jeremiah Asher
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1247
The core of the computer program STRMDEPL08 that estimates streamflow depletion by a pumping well with one of four analytical solutions was re-written in the Javascript software language and made available through an internet-based interface (web page). In the internet-based interface, the user enters data for one of the four...
Geophysical and sampling data from the inner continental shelf: Northern Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts
Brian D. Andrews, Seth D. Ackerman, Wayne E. Baldwin, Walter A. Barnhardt
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1006
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) have cooperated to map approximately 480 km2 of the inner continental shelf in northern Cape Cod Bay, MA. This report contains geophysical and sampling data collected by the USGS during five research cruises between 2006 and...
Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot Summary Report
Sean P. Finn, Kate Kitchell, Lori Anne Baer, David R. Bedford, Matthew L. Brooks, Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, J.R. Matchett, Amy Mathie, David M. Miller, David S. Pilliod, Alicia A. Torregrosa, Andrea Woodward
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1324
The Great Basin Integrated Landscape Monitoring Pilot project (GBILM) was one of four regional pilots to implement the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Science Thrust on Integrated Landscape Monitoring (ILM) whose goal was to observe, understand, and predict landscape change and its implications on natural resources at multiple spatial and temporal...
Helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic geophysical survey data, portions of the North Platte and South Platte Natural Resources Districts, western Nebraska, May 2009
B. D. Smith, J.D. Abraham, J. C. Cannia, B. J. Minsley, M. Deszcz-Pan, L.B. Ball
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1259
This report is a release of digital data from a helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey that was conducted during June 2009 in areas of western Nebraska as part of a joint hydrologic study by the North Platte Natural Resource District (NRD), South Platte NRD, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Flight...
Unintended consequences of biofuels production?The effects of large-scale crop conversion on water quality and quantity
Heather L. Welch, Christopher T. Green, Richard A. Rebich, Jeannie R.B. Barlow, Matthew B. Hicks
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1229
In the search for renewable fuel alternatives, biofuels have gained strong political momentum. In the last decade, extensive mandates, policies, and subsidies have been adopted to foster the development of a biofuels industry in the United States. The Biofuels Initiative in the Mississippi Delta resulted in a 47-percent decrease in...
Procedures for conducting underwater searches for invasive mussels (Dreissena sp.)
Noah Adams
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1308
Zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) were first detected in the Great Lakes in 1988. They were likely transported as larvae or young adults inside the ballast tanks of large ocean-going ships originating from Europe. Since their introduction, they have spread throughout the Eastern, Midwestern, and Southern United States. In 2007, Quagga...
Geologic map of the White Hall quadrangle, Frederick County, Virginia, and Berkeley County, West Virginia
Daniel H. Doctor, Randall C. Orndorff, Ronald A. Parker, David J. Weary, John E. Repetski
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1265
The White Hall 7.5-minute quadrangle is located within the Valley and Ridge province of northern Virginia and the eastern panhandle of West Virginia. The quadrangle is one of several being mapped to investigate the geologic framework and groundwater resources of Frederick County, Va., as well as other areas in the...
Surficial geologic map of the Heath-Northfield-Southwick-Hampden 24-quadrangle area in the Connecticut Valley region, west-central Massachusetts
Janet Radway Stone, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2010, Open-File Report 2006-1260-G
The surficial geologic map layer shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of 24 7.5-minute quadrangles (1,238 mi2 total) in west-central Massachusetts. Across Massachusetts, these materials range from a few feet to more than 500 ft in thickness. They overlie bedrock, which crops out...
Framework for ecological monitoring on lands of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges and their partners
Andrea Woodward, Erik A. Beever
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1300
National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska and throughout the U.S. have begun developing a spatially comprehensive monitoring program to inform management decisions, and to provide data to broader research projects. In an era of unprecedented rates of climate change, monitoring is essential to detecting, understanding, communicating and mitigating climate-change effects on...
Potentiometric Surface of the Magothy Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1203
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Late Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2009. The map is based on water-level measurements in 66 wells. The highest measured water level was 85 feet above sea level near the...
Potentiometric Surface of the Lower Patapsco Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasin, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1207
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the lower Patapsco aquifer in the Patapsco Formation of Early Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2009. The map is based on water-level measurements in 64 wells. The highest measured water level was 110 feet above sea level near...
Potentiometric Surface of the Patuxent Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1209
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Patuxent aquifer in the Patuxent Formation of Early Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2009. The map is based on water-level measurements in 42 wells. The highest measured water level was 169 feet above sea level in the...
The Difference Between the Potentiometric Surfaces of the Aquia Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 1982 and September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1202
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia Formation of Paleocene age in Southern Maryland between September 1982 and September 2009. The map, based on water level differences obtained from 49 wells, shows that the potentiometric surface during the...
The difference between the potentiometric surfaces of the Upper Patapsco aquifer in southern Maryland, September 1990 and September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1206
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the upper Patapsco aquifer in the Patapsco Formation of Early Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland between September 1990 and September 2009. The map, based on water level differences obtained from 33 wells, shows that during the 19-year...
The Difference Between the Potentiometric Surfaces of the Magothy Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 1975 and September 2009
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Andrew W. Staley
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1204
This report presents a map showing the change in the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Late Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland between September 1975 and September 2009. The map, based on water level differences obtained from 48 wells, shows that during the 34-year period,...
