MAPIT; an improved method for mapping digital sidescan sonar data using the Woods Hole Image Processing System (WHIPS) software
V.F. Paskevich
1996, Open-File Report 96-281
Susceptibility of ground water to surface and shallow sources of contamination in Mississippi
Charles G. O'Hara
1996, Hydrologic Atlas 739
Ground water, because of its extensive use in agriculture, industry, and public-water supply, is one of Mississippi's most important natural resources. Ground water is the source for about 80 percent of the total freshwater used by the State's population (Solley and others, 1993). About 2,600 Mgal/d of freshwater is withdrawn...
Geologic history and hydrogeologic units of intermontane basins of the northern Rocky Mountains, Montana and Idaho
L.K. Tuck, David W. Briar, David W. Clark
1996, Hydrologic Atlas 738-A
The Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) program is a series of studies by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to analyze regional ground-water systems that compose a major portion of the Nation’s water supply (Sun, 1986). The Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins is one of the study regions in this national program....
Ground-water levels in intermontane basins of the northern Rocky Mountains, Montana and Idaho
David W. Briar, S.M. Lawlor, M.A. Stone, D. J. Parliman, J.L. Schaefer, Eloise Kendy
1996, Hydrologic Atlas 738-B
The Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) program is a series of studies by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to analyze regional ground-water systems that compose a major portion of the Nation's water supply (Sun, 1986). The Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins is one of the study regions in this national program....
Hydrogeologic setting, hydraulic properties, and ground-water flow at the O-Field area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
William S.L. Banks, Barry S. Smith, Colleen A. Donnelly
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4248
The U.S. Army disposed chemical agents, laboratory materials, and unexploded ordnance at O-Field in the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, from before World War II until at least the 1950's. Soil, ground water, surface water, and wetland sediments in the O-Field area were contaminated from the disposal activity....
Surface-water quality assessment of the Clover Creek basin, Pierce County, Washington, 1991-92
K. A. McCarthy
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4181
Increasing urbanization in the 67-square-mile Clover Creek Basin has generated interest in the effects of land-use changes on local water quality. To investigate these effects, water-quality and streamflow data were collected from 19 surface-water sites in the basin over a 16-month period from January 1991 through April 1992. These data...
Prediction of traveltime and longitudinal dispersion in rivers and streams
Harvey E. Jobson
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4013
The possibility of a contaminant being accidentally or intentionally spilled upstream from a water supply is a constant concern to those diverting and using water from streams and rivers. Although many excellent models are available to estimate traveltime and dispersion, none can be used with confidence before calibration and verification...
Sediment magnetic, paleomagnetic, and geochemical data from Quaternary lacustrine sediment in a core from Grass Lake, Siskiyou County, California
Patti J. Best, Richard L. Reynolds, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, John W. Drexler, David P. Adam
1996, Open-File Report 96-294
Sediment magnetic and geochemical results have been obtained from the top 60 meters of lacustrine sediments recovered in two cores from Tule Lake in northern California. The sediment magnetic and geochemical data, presented here in tabular form, complement studies of diatoms and pollen in the cores that are the bases...
Sediment magnetic and geochemical data from Quaternary lacustine sediment in two cores from Tule Lake, Siskiyou County, California
Patti J. Best, Richard L. Reynolds, Joseph G. Rosenbaum, Walter E. Dean, Jeannine Honey, John W. Drexler, David P. Adam
1996, Open-File Report 96-293
Sediment magnetic and geochemical results have been obtained from the top 60 meters of lacustrine sediments recovered in two cores from Tule Lake in northern California. The sediment magnetic and geochemical data, presented here in tabular form, complement studies of diatoms and pollen in the cores that are the bases...
Interannual climate variability and snowpack in the western United States
Daniel R. Cayan
1996, Journal of Climate (9) 928-948
An important part of the water supply in the western United States is derived from runoff fed by mountain snowmelt Snow accumulation responds to both precipitation and temperature variations, and forms an interesting climatic index, since it integrates these influences over the entire late fall-spring period. Here, effects of cool...
Analysis of tests of subsurface injection, storage, and recovery of freshwater in the lower Floridan aquifer, Okeechobee County, Florida
Vicente Quinones-Aponte, Kevin Kotun, J. F. Whitley
1996, Open-File Report 95-765
A series of freshwater subsurface injection, storage, and recovery tests were conducted at an injection-well site near Lake Okeechobee in Okeechobee County, Florida, to assess the recoverability of injected canal water from the Lower Floridan aquifer. At the study site, the Lower Floridan aquifer is characterized as having four local,...
Application of adaptive of noise-canceling methods to ground-penetrating radar data
G. Placzek, John W. Lane Jr.
1996, Conference Paper, The proceedings of the 7th international conference on signal processing applications & technology: October 7-10, 1996, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
No abstract available....
A spatial decision support system for coastal management: A research project at the National Wetlands Research Center of the U.S. Geological Survey
Wei Ji, James B. Johnston
1996, Conference Paper, GIS application for fisheries and coastal resources management
Environmental resource managers and scientists are being challenged in developing strategies to manage complex coastal systems. From an ecological perspective, there are myriad dynamic, interrelated natural and human-induced processes that affect the health and stability of coastal systems. However, the problems associated with managing coastal resources usually transcend purely ecological...
Contaminants in the Gulf of Maine-What's here and should we worry?
Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink, Frank T. Manheim, Michael H. Bothner
1996, Conference Paper, The health of the Gulf of Maine ecosystem: Cumulative impacts of multiple stressors. Workshop report, RARGOM Report 96-1
The Gulf of Maine is a dynamic environment that has highly variable bottom type and localized depositional and transport processes. It is used and impacted by the people around it who hope to use the marine system for many purposes such as fishing, recreation, housing, sewage and dumped disposal, shipping,...
The Bumpus house sparrow data: A reanalysis using structural equation models
Bruce H. Pugesek, Adrian Tomer
1996, Evolutionary Ecology (10) 387-404
We analysed the data of H.C. Bumpus on the survival of house sparrows (Passer domesticus) using structural equation modelling techniques. Using data on seven morphological variables measured by Bumpus, we tested and confirmed a three-factor model that characterized physical attributes for general size, leg size and head size....
Proceedings of the ocean drilling program: New Jersey continental slope and rise
Gregory S. Mountain, Kenneth G. Miller, Peter Blum, Per-Gunnar Alm, Marie-Pierre Aubry, Lloyd H. Burckle, Beth A. Christensen, J. Compton, John E. Damuth, Jean-Francois Deconinck, L. De Verteuil, Craig S. Fulthorpe, Stefan Gartner, Gilles Guerin, Stephen P. Hesselbo, Bryce Hoppie, Miriam E. Katz, Nobuhiro Kotake, Juan Manuel Lorenzo, Stuart McCracken, Cecilia McHugh, Wendy C. Quayle, Yoshiki Saito, Scott W. Snyder, Warner G. ten Kate, M. Urbat, Mickey C. Van Fossen, Adam Vecsei
1996, Book
The Scientific Results volumes of the Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program contain specialty papers presenting the results of extensive research in various aspects of scientific ocean drilling. The authors of the papers published in this volume have enabled future investigators to gain ready access to the results of their...
Concordance of seabird population parameters: Analytical methods and interpretation
Scott A. Hatch
1996, Conference Paper, Studies of high-latitude seabirds: 4) Trophic relationships and energetics of endotherms in cold ocean systems (Occasional Papers of the Canadian Wildlife Service, no. 91)
In an ecological context, concordance may be defined as the tendency for paired values of some parameter, such as the annual productivity of bird species, to show similar directions and magnitudes of deviation from the mean. Where concordance among populations is high, there is an implied similarity of the ecological...
Quality control considerations for the determination of acid-volatile sulfide and simultaneously extracted metals in sediments
William G. Brumbaugh, Jesse W. Arms
1996, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (15) 282-285
The determination of acid-volatile sulfide (AVS) and simultaneously extracted metals (SEMs) in sediment by treatment with dilute HCl shows promise as a tool for predicting the potential for metal toxicity to sediment-dwelling organisms. Effective quality control measures must be developed if this method is to become a reliable procedure and...
Water resources data, Montana, water year 1995
R.R. Shields, M. K. White, P.B. Ladd, C. L. Chambers
1996, Water Data Report MT-95-1
Empirical Bayes estimation of proportions with application to cowbird parasitism rates
William A. Link, D. Caldwell Hahn
1996, Ecology (77) 2528-2537
Bayesian models provide a structure for studying collections of parameters such are considered in the investigation of communities, ecosystems, and landscapes. This structure allows for improved estimation of individual parameters by considering them in the context of a group of related parameters. Individual estimates are differntially adjusted toward in overall...
Sample data for the geologic map of the island of Hawaii
E. W. Wolfe (compiler), Jean Morris
1996, IMAP 2524-B
Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania: Effects of nutrient management on water quality in the Little Conestoga Creek headwaters, 1983-89
E. H. Koerkle, D. K. Fishel, M. J. Brown, K. M. Kostelnik
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4046
Water quality in the headwaters of the Little Conestoga Creek, Lancaster County, Pa., was investigated from April 1986 through September 1989 to determine possible effects of agricultural nutrient management on water quality. Nutrient management, an agricultural Best-Management Practice, was promoted in the 5.8-square-mile watershed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Micrometeorological data for Railroad Valley, Nye County, Nevada, summer 1992
G. A. DeMeo
1996, Open-File Report 96-365
Hydrologic and water-quality data for two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, North-Central Maryland, 1987-93
Karen C. Rice, Margaret M. Kennedy, Christiana A. Carter, Robert T. Anderson, Owen P. Bricker
1996, Open-File Report 95-151
Hydrologic and water-quality data were collected from a precipitation-collection station and from two small watersheds on Catoctin Mountain, north-central Maryland, as part of investigations of acidic deposition and episodic acidification, and their effects on streamwater quality. Detailed descriptions of the site instrumentation in the watersheds, field data-collection techniques, and laboratory...
Analysis of selected water-quality data for surface water in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, April-August 1995
Dennis K. Demcheck
1996, Open-File Report 96-345
Physical and chemical-related properties, concentrations of chemical constituents, which included major ions and nutrients, and concentrations of fecal-coliform bacteria were determined for 17 sites on 11 streams in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, during the period April-August 1995. The streams were sampled to assess the effects of different streamflow conditions...