Simulation of the water-table altitude in the Biscayne Aquifer, southern Dade County, Florida, water years 1945-89
Michael L. Merritt
1997, Water Supply Paper 2458
The paper describes a regional model of flows in the Biscayne Aquifer of southern Dade County during five consecutive time periods during water years 1945 to 1989 that correspond to stages in the development of a system of levees and controlled canals for water management. Data describing surface-water and ground-water...
Selected well data in the vicinity of the Savannah River Site, South Carolina and Georgia
L. G. Harrelson, W. F. Falls, J.S. Clarke
1997, Open-File Report 96-657-A
Reconnaissance of surface-water quality in the North Platte Natural Resources District, western Nebraska, 1993
G. V. Steele, J. C. Cannia
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4316
In 1993, the U.S. Geological Survey and the North Platte Natural Resources District began a 3-year study to determine the geohydrology and water quality of the North Platte River alluvial aquifer near Oshkosh, Garden County, Nebraska. The objectives of the study were to determine the geohydrologic properties of the North...
Geohydrology and water quality of Marine Corps Logistics Base, Nebo and Yermo annexes, near Barstow, California
Jill N. Densmore, Brett F. Cox, Steven M. Crawford
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4301
Because ground water is the only dependable source of water in the Barstow area, a thorough understanding of the relationship between the geology and hydrology of this area is needed to make informed ground-water management andremediation decisions. This report summarizes geologic and hydrologic studies done during 1992-95 at the Marine...
Characteristics of and corrections for core shortening in unconsolidated sediments
Robert A. Morton, William A. White
1997, Journal of Coastal Research (13) 761-769
Thinning, bypassing, and compaction of shallow unconsolidated sediments during manual coring or vibracoring operations probably cause more sediment deformation and greater stratigraphic displacement than is commonly reported in the wetland literature. We measured core shortening in open-barrel cores from fluvial wetlands, lagoonal flats, and marshes to document the magnitude and...
Environmental geochemistry and sediment quality in Lake Pontchartrain: database development and review
Frank T. Manheim, George C. Flowers, Andrew G. McIntire, Marcie Marot, Charles Holmes
1997, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (47) 337-349
This paper reports on preliminary results of a project to develop a comprehensive data base of chemical and environmental information on sediments from Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana, and surrounding water bodies. The goal is to evaluate all data for reliability and comparability, and to make it widely accessible and useful to...
One minute after: Strong-motion map, effective epicenter, and effective magnitude
Ta-Liang Teng, Ludan Wu, Tzay-Chyn Shin, Y.B. Tsai, W.H.K. Lee
1997, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (87) 1209-1219
This article reports the recent progress on real-time seismic monitoring in Taiwan, particularly the real-time strong-motion monitoring by the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau's telemetered seismic network (CWBSN), which is presently aiming at rapid reporting immediately after a large earthquake occurrence. If rapid...
Kansas geological survey's Digital Petroleum Atlas (DPA) project
T.R. Carr, D. Adkins-Heljeson, P.M. Gerlach, L. C. Gerhard, W. J. Guy, J.M. Kruger, W.L. Watney
1997, Proceedings - SPE Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition 771-778
The Kansas Digital Petroleum Atlas (DPA) is a new approach to generating and publishing petroleum reservoir, field, play and basin studies. Atlas products are available anywhere in the world using a standard point-and-click World-Wide-Web interface. All information and technology in the DPA can be accessed, manipulated and downloaded in order...
Hematologic and serum biochemical reference intervals for Florida panthers
M.R. Dunbar, P. Nol, S.B. Linda
1997, Journal of Wildlife Diseases (33) 783-789
Ninety-four blood samples were collected from 48 (29 males and 19 females) free-ranging Florida panthers (Felis concolor coryi) captured in southern Florida (USA) from 1983 to 1994 for routine hematological and serum biochemical analysis. Florida panthers in the northern portion of their range...
Base-flow characteristics of streams in the Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont physiographic provinces of Virginia
David L. Nelms, George E. Harlow Jr., Donald C. Hayes
1997, Water Supply Paper 2457
Growth within the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont physiographic provinces of Virginia has focused concern about allocation of surface-water flow and increased demands on the ground-water resources. Potential surface-water yield was determined from statistical analysis of base-flow characteristics of streams. Base-flow characteristics also may provide a relative indication...
Estimation of nutrient and suspended-sediment loads in the Patuxent River basin, Maryland, water years 1986-90
S. D. Preston, R.M. Summers
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4175
Water-quality data collected at stream sites in the Patuxent River Basin from 1986 through 1990 were used to estimate loads of nutrients and otherconstituents. Studies were performed to determine the adequacy of the water-quality data for load estimation and to evaluate load estimation methods.A regression-based estimator...
Precipitation-runoff and streamflow-routing models for the Willamette River basin, Oregon
Antonius Laenen, John C. Risley
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4284
Precipitation-runoff and streamflow-routing models were constructed and assessed as part of a water-quality study of the Willamette River Basin. The study was a cooperative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (ODEQ) and was coordinated with the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study...
Great and Little Miami River Basins
Gary L. Rowe, Nancy T. Baker, R.P. Frehs
1997, Fact Sheet 117-97
IntroductionImplementation of a National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program study in the The Great and Little Miami River Basins area will increase scientific understanding of natural processes and human activities that affect the quality of water in streams and aquifers. This information will benefit water-resource managers that need, but often...
Digital bedrock geologic map of the Mount Holly and Ludlow quadrangles, Vermont, and explanation of the bedrock geology database in the Vermont Geographic Information System, 1994
Gregory J. Walsh, Nicholas M. Ratcliffe, John B. Dudley, Thomas Merrifield
1997, Open-File Report 94-229-A
U.S. Geological Survey...
Development of a data base of community water-supply wells in New Jersey and a method of evaluate their sensitivity to contamination
D. A. Storck, K.N. Isaacs, E. F. Vowinkel
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4132
Fish communities of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin
D. J. Sullivan, E. M. Peterson
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-D
Fish communities were surveyed at 20 stream sites in agricultural areas in eastern Wisconsin in 1993 and 1995 as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. These streams, designated "benchmark streams," were selected for study because of their potential use as regional references for healthy streams in agricultural areas,...
3-D reservoir characterization of the House Creek oil field, Powder River Basin, Wyoming
Debra K. Higley, Michael P. Pantea, Roger M. Slatt
1997, Data Series 33
This CD-ROM is intended to serve a broad audience. An important purpose is to explain geologic and geochemical factors that control petroleum production from the House Creek Field. This information may serve as an analog for other marine-ridge sandstone reservoirs. The 3-D slide and movie images are tied to explanations...
Can the global carbon budget be balanced?
Helaine W. Markewich, Norman B. Bliss, Robert F. Stallard, Eric T. Sundquist
1997, Fact Sheet 137-97
The Mississippi Basin Carbon Project of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is an effort to examine interactions between the global carbon cycle and human-induced changes to the land surface, such as farming and urbanization. Investigations in...
Stream-temperature characteristics in Georgia
T.R. Dyar, S. Jack Alhadeff
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4203
Stream-temperature measurements for 198 periodic and 22 daily record stations were analyzed using a harmonic curve-fitting procedure. Statistics of data from 78 selected stations were used to compute a statewide stream-temperature harmonic equation, derived using latitude, drainage area, and altitude for natural streams having drainage areas greater than about 40...
Status of the Sierra Nevada: the Sierra Nevada Ecosystem Project
SNEP team
Don C. Erman, editor(s)
1997, Data Series 43
The Sierra Nevada ecosystem project was requested by Congress in the Conference Report for Interior and related Agencies 1993 Appropriation Act, which authorized funds for a scientific review of the remaining old growth in the national forests of the Sierra Nevada in California, and for a study of the entire...
Gravity data of Nevada
David A. Ponce
1997, Data Series 42
Gravity data for the entire state of Nevada and adjacent parts of California, Utah, and Arizona are available on this CD-ROM. About 80,000 gravity stations were compiled primarily from the National Geophysical Data Center and the U.S. Geological Survey. Gravity data was reduced to the Geodetic Reference System of 1967...
The paradox of nonmarine ichnofaunas in tidal rhythmites; integrating sedimentologic and ichnologic data from the Late Cretaceous of eastern Kansas, USA
Luis A. Buatois, M. Gabirela Mangano, Christopher G. Maples
1997, Palaios (12) 467-481
The occurrence of trace fossil assemblages dominated by arthropod trackways and surface grazing trails within Carboniferous tidal rhythmites has puzzled sedimentologists and ichnologists, who interpreted them either as marine or nonmarine. The Virgilian (Stephanian) Tonganoxie Sandstone Member (Stranger Formation) at Buildex Quarry (eastern Kansas) consists, for the most part, of...
Defining the temporal and geographic limits for an urban mapping study
Janis Taylor Buchanan, William Acevedo
1997, Conference Paper, Acting locally, connecting globally, Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada, 19–23 July 1997, Paper and Abstracts
Urban mapping research has demonstrated that historic maps can be integrated with remotely sensed data and related geographic information to successfully detect changing urban land characteristics for large metropolitan areas. Effective and efficient temporal mapping requires that procedures be defined for selecting the temporal range and geographic extent of a...
A SAS® code to correct for non-normality and non-constant variance in regression and anova models using the box-cox method of power transormation
Ziad A. Malaeb
1997, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (47) 255-273
A computer program written in SAS ® code for the Box–Cox family of power transformations is presented. The purpose of the program is to suggest a power transformation for the positive continuous response variables in only regression and ANOVA models. A brief overview of data transformation in regression and analysis...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Middle Minnesota - Little Cottonwood River Basin, south-central Minnesota
Christopher A. Sanocki
1997, Open-File Report 96-631
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Middle Minnesota-Little Cottonwood River Basin, located in south-central Minnesota are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by...
