An occurrence model for the national assessment of volcanogenic beryllium deposits
Nora K. Foley, Robert R. Seal II, Nadine M. Piatak, Brianna Hetland
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1195
The general occurrence model summarized here is intended to provide a descriptive basis for the identification and assessment of undiscovered beryllium deposits of a type and style similar to those found at Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah. The assessment model is restricted in its application in order to provide a...
Analytical results for municipal biosolids samples from a monitoring program near Deer Trail, Colorado (U.S.A.), 2009
J.G. Crock, D. B. Smith, T. J. B. Yager, C. J. Berry, M. G. Adams
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1162
Since late 1993, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver, a large wastewater treatment plant in Denver, Colo., has applied Grade I, Class B biosolids to about 52,000 acres of nonirrigated farmland and rangeland near Deer Trail, Colo., U.S.A. In cooperation with the Metro District in 1993, the U.S. Geological Survey...
Continuous resistivity profiling and seismic-reflection data collected in 2006 from the Potomac River Estuary, Virginia and Maryland
V.A. Cross, D.S. Foster, J.F. Bratton
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1151
In 2006 the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a geophysical survey on the Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River Estuary in order to test hypotheses about groundwater flow under and into Chesapeake Bay. Resource managers are concerned about nutrients that are entering the estuary via submarine groundwater discharge and are contributing...
Mars Global Digital Dune Database; MC-1
R.K. Hayward, L.K. Fenton, K. L. Tanaka, T.N. Titus, A. Colaprete, P. R. Christensen
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1170
The Mars Global Digital Dune Database presents data and describes the methodology used in creating the global database of moderate- to large-size dune fields on Mars. The database is being released in a series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Reports. The first release (Hayward and others, 2007) included dune...
Magnetotelluric survey to characterize the Sunnyside porphyry copper system in the Patagonia Mountains, Arizona
Brian D. Rodriguez, Jay A. Sampson
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1171
The Sunnyside porphyry copper system is part of the concealed San Rafael Valley porphyry system located in the Patagonia Mountains of Arizona. The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a series of multidisciplinary studies as part of the Assessment Techniques for Concealed Mineral Resources project. To help characterize the size and...
Distribution and condition of larval and juvenile Lost River and shortnose suckers in the Williamson River Delta restoration project and Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Summer M. Burdick, Daniel T. Brown
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1216
Federally endangered Lost River sucker (Deltistes luxatus) and shortnose sucker (Chasmistes brevirostris) were once abundant throughout their range but populations have declined. They were extirpated from several lakes in the 1920s and may no longer reproduce in others. Poor recruitment to the adult spawning populations is one of several reasons...
Estuarine sedimentation, sediment character, and foraminiferal distribution in central San Francisco Bay, California
John L. Chin, Donald L. Woodrow, Mary McGann, Florence L. Wong, Theresa A. Fregoso, Bruce E. Jaffe
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1130
Central San Francisco Bay is the deepest subembayment in the San Francisco Bay estuary and hence has the largest water volume of any of the subembayments. It also has the strongest tidal currents and the coarsest sediment within the estuary. Tidal currents are strongest over the west-central part of central...
Sampling protocol for post-landfall Deepwater Horizon oil release, Gulf of Mexico, 2010
F.D. Wilde, S. C. Skrobialowski, J.S. Hart
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1191
The protocols and procedures described in this report are designed to be used by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field teams for the collection of environmental data and samples in coastal areas affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This sampling protocol focuses specifically on...
Emergency assessments of postfire debris-flow hazards for the 2009 La Brea, Jesusita, Guiberson, Morris, Sheep, Oak Glen, Pendleton, and Cottonwood fires in southern California
Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1186
This report presents an emergency assessment of potential debris-flow hazards from basins burned by the 2009 La Brea and Jesusita fires in Santa Barbara County, the Guiberson fire in Ventura County, the Morris fire in Los Angeles County, the Sheep, Oak Glen, and Pendleton fires in San Bernardino County, and...
CoalVal-A coal resource valuation program
Timothy J. Rohrbacher, Gary E. McIntosh
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1282
CoalVal is a menu-driven Windows program that produces cost-of-mining analyses of mine-modeled coal resources. Geological modeling of the coal beds and some degree of mine planning, from basic prefeasibility to advanced, must already have been performed before this program can be used. United States Geological Survey mine planning is done...
Decision analysis framing study: In-valley drainage management strategies for the western San Joaquin Valley, California
Theresa S. Presser, Karen E. Jenni, Timothy Nieman, James Coleman
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1121
Constraints on drainage management in the western San Joaquin Valley and implications of proposed approaches to management were recently evaluated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS found that a significant amount of data for relevant technical issues was available and that a structured, analytical decision support tool could...
Floods in Florida due to Tropical Storm Fay, August 15 through September 26, 2008
Richard J. Verdi, Sandra L. Holt
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1142
Weather conditions produced by Tropical Storm Fay from August 15 through September 26, 2008, caused historic flooding, spawned 19 tornadoes, inflicted $390 million in damages, and contributed to five deaths in Florida. This slow-moving system made four separate landfalls accompanied by extensive rainfall and some wind-induced effects. Major flooding with...
Biostratigraphy of the San Joaquin Formation in borrow-source area B-17, Kettleman Hills landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California
Charles L. Powell II, Lanny H. Fisk, David F. Maloney, David M. Haasl
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1140
The stratigraphic occurrences and interpreted biostratigraphy of invertebrate fossil taxa in the upper San Joaquin Formation and lower-most Tulare Formation encountered at the Chemical Waste Management Kettleman Hills waste disposal facility on the North Dome of the Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California are documented. Significant new findings include (1) a...
High-resolution seismic-reflection data offshore of Dana Point, southern California borderland
Ray W. Sliter, Holly F. Ryan, Peter J. Triezenberg
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1111
The U.S. Geological Survey collected high-resolution shallow seismic-reflection profiles in September 2006 in the offshore area between Dana Point and San Mateo Point in southern Orange and northern San Diego Counties, California. Reflection profiles were located to image folds and reverse faults associated with the San Mateo fault zone and...
Characterization of the contents and histology of the gastrointestinal tracts of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) captured from Upper Lake Roosevelt, Washington, October 2008
Michael J. Parsley, Bjorn K. van der Leeuw, Diane G. Elliott
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1193
The gastrointestinal tracts of 37 juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) captured from the upper part of Lake Roosevelt during October 2008, were examined to identify prey taxa and to determine if the fish were consuming smelter slag along with other sediments. Histological examination of the gastrointestinal tract tissues and comparison...
Connecticut Highlands technical report— Documentation of the regional rainfall-runoff model
Elizabeth A. Ahearn, David M. Bjerklie
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1187
This report provides the supporting data and describes the data sources, methodologies, and assumptions used in the assessment of existing and potential water resources of the Highlands of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (referred to herein as the “Highlands”). Included in this report are Highlands groundwater and surface-water use data and the...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Kuril-Kamchatka Arc and Vicinity
Susan Rhea, Arthur C. Tarr, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Kevin P. Furlong, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-C
This map shows details of the Kuril-Kamchatka arc not visible in an earlier publication, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3064. The arc extends about 2,100 km from Hokkaido, Japan, along the Kuril Islands and the pacific coast of the Kamchatka, Russia, peninsula to its intersection with the Aleutian arc...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Japan and Vicinity
Susan Rhea, Arthur C. Tarr, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-D
This map shows details of Japan and vicinity not visible in an earlier publication, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3064. Japan and its island possessions lie across four major tectonic plates: Pacific plate, North America plate; Eurasia plate; and Philippine Sea plate. The Pacific plate is subducted into the...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Nazca Plate and South America
Susan Rhea, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Kevin P. Furlong, Arthur C. Tarr, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-E
The South American arc extends over 7,000 km, from the Chilean triple junction offshore of southern Chile to its intersection with the Panama fracture zone, offshore the southern coast of Panama in Central America. It marks the plate boundary between the subducting Nazca plate and the South America plate, where...
Terrigenous sediment provenance from geochemical tracers, south Molokai reef flat, Hawaii
R.K. Takesue
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1155
Land-derived runoff is one of the greatest threats to coral-reef health. Identification of runoff sources is an important step in erosion mitigation efforts. A geochemical sediment provenance study was done in uplands and across the adjacent fringing reef on the southeast shore of Molokai, Hawaii, to determine whether sediment runoff...
A sampling plan for riparian birds of the Lower Colorado River-Final Report
Jonathan Bart, Leah Dunn, Amy Leist
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1158
A sampling plan was designed for the Bureau of Reclamation for selected riparian birds occurring along the Colorado River from Lake Mead to the southerly International Boundary with Mexico. The goals of the sampling plan were to estimate long-term trends in abundance and investigate habitat relationships especially in new habitat...
USGS cold-water coral geographic database-Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Ocean, version 1.0
Kathryn M. Scanlon, Rhian G. Waller, Alexander R. Sirotek, Julia M. Knisel, John O’Malley, Stian Alesandrini
2010, Open-File Report 2008-1351
The USGS Cold-Water Coral Geographic Database (CoWCoG) provides a tool for researchers and managers interested in studying, protecting, and/or utilizing cold-water coral habitats in the Gulf of Mexico and western North Atlantic Ocean. The database makes information about the locations and taxonomy of cold-water corals available to the public in...
Summary and statistical analysis of precipitation and groundwater data for Brunswick County, North Carolina, Water Year 2008
Kristen Bukowski McSwain, A.G. Strickland
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1154
Groundwater conditions in Brunswick County, North Carolina, have been monitored continuously since 2000 through the operation and maintenance of groundwater-level observation wells in the surficial, Castle Hayne, and Peedee aquifers of the North Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system. Groundwater-resource conditions for the Brunswick County area were evaluated by relating the...
Stream-sediment samples reanalyzed for major, rare earth, and trace elements from ten 1:250,000-scale quadrangles, south-central Alaska, 2007-08
Elizabeth A. Bailey, Nora B. Shew, Keith A. Labay, Jeanine M. Schmidt, Richard M. O’Leary, David E. Detra
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1147
During the 1960s through the 1980s, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted reconnaissance geochemical surveys of the drainage basins throughout most of the Anchorage, Bering Glacier, Big Delta, Gulkana, Healy, McCarthy, Mount Hayes, Nabesna, Talkeetna Mountains, and Valdez 1:250,000-scale quadrangles in Alaska as part of the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment...
Steady-state and transient models of groundwater flow and advective transport, Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho National Laboratory and vicinity, Idaho
Daniel J. Ackerman, Joseph P. Rousseau, Gordon W. Rattray, Jason C. Fisher
2010, Open-File Report 2010-5123
Three-dimensional steady-state and transient models of groundwater flow and advective transport in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. The steady-state and transient flow models cover an area of 1,940 square miles that includes most of...
