Hydraulic Property and Soil Textural Classification Measurements for Rainier Mesa, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Brian A. Ebel, John R. Nimmo
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1264
This report presents particle size analysis, field-saturated hydraulic conductivity measurements, and qualitative descriptions of surficial materials at selected locations at Rainier Mesa, Nevada. Measurements and sample collection were conducted in the Rainier Mesa area, including unconsolidated sediments on top of the mesa, an ephemeral wash channel near the mesa edge,...
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2002
Robert F. Breault
2010, Open-File Report 2009-1041
Streamflow and water-quality data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) or the Providence Water Supply Board, Rhode Island's largest drinking-water supplier. Streamflow was measured or estimated by the USGS following standard methods at 23 streamflow-gaging stations; 10 of these stations were also equipped with instrumentation capable of continuously...
Data from theodolite measurements of creep rates on San Francisco Bay region faults, California
Forrest S. McFarland, James J. Lienkaemper, S. John Caskey
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1119
IntroductionOur purpose is to annually update our creep-data archive on San Francisco Bay region active faults for use by the scientific research community. Earlier data (1979-2001) were reported in Galehouse (2002) and were analyzed and described in detail in a summary report (Galehouse and Lienkaemper, 2003). A complete analysis of...
Modeling habitat of the desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) in the Mojave and parts of the Sonoran Deserts of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
Kenneth E. Nussear, Todd C. Esque, Richard D. Inman, Leila Gass, Kathryn A. Thomas, Cynthia S.A. Wallace, Joan B. Blainey, David M. Miller, Robert H. Webb
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1102
Habitat modeling is an important tool used to simulate the potential distribution of a species for a variety of basic and applied questions. The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a federally listed threatened species in the Mojave Desert and parts of the Sonoran Desert of California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona....
Aeromagnetic survey of Howard Pass quadrangle and the East half of Misheguk Mountain quadrangle, Alaska—a Web site for the distribution of data
Philip J. Brown
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1256
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File-Report 2009-1256 is for the preliminary release of magnetic data (and associated contractor reports) for an airborne survey in the Brooks Range, northwest of Bettles, Alaska....
Digital Mapping Techniques '08: Workshop Proceedings, Moscow, Idaho, May 18-21, 2008
David R. Soller
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1298
The Digital Mapping Techniques '08 (DMT'08) workshop was attended by more than 100 technical experts from 40 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 24 State geological surveys. This year's meeting, the twelfth in the annual series, was hosted by the Idaho Geological Survey, from May 18-21, 2008, on...
Low-flow frequency and flow duration of selected South Carolina streams in the Pee Dee River basin through March 2007
Toby D. Feaster, Wladmir B. Guimaraes
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1171
Part of the mission of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is to protect and preserve South Carolina's water resources. Doing so requires an ongoing understanding of streamflow characteristics of the rivers and streams in South Carolina. A particular...
Digital seismic-reflection data from western Rhode Island Sound, 1980
K. Y. McMullen, L. J. Poppe, N.K. Soderberg
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1002
During 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted a seismic-reflection survey in western Rhode Island Sound aboard the Research Vessel Neecho. Data from this survey were recorded in analog form and archived at the USGS Woods Hole Science Center's Data Library. Due to recent interest in the geology of Rhode...
Regional economic analysis of current and proposed management alternatives for Rappahannock River Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Lynne Koontz, Natalie Sexton, Ryan Donovan
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1247
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 requires all units of the National Wildlife Refuge System to be managed under a Comprehensive Conservation Plan. The Comprehensive Conservation Plan must describe the desired future conditions of a refuge and provide long-range guidance and management direction to achieve refuge purposes....
Bathymetry and acoustic backscatter: Northern Santa Barbara Channel, Southern California
Pete Dartnell, David Finlayson, Jamie Conrad, Guy Cochrane, Samuel Johnson
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1289
In the summer of 2008, as part of the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP) the U.S. Geological Survey, Coastal and Marine Geology mapped a nearshore region of the northern Santa Barbara Channel in Southern California (fig 1). The CSMP is a cooperative partnership between Federal and State agencies, Universities, and...
User Manual for the Data-Series Interface of the Gr Application Software
John M. Donovan
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1181
This manual describes the data-series interface for the Gr Application software. Basic tasks such as plotting, editing, manipulating, and printing data series are presented. The properties of the various types of data objects and graphical objects used within the application, and the relationships between them also are presented. Descriptions of...
A Review and Synthesis of the Scientific Information Related to the Biology and Management of Species of Special Concern at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina
Jonathan B. Cohen, R. Michael Erwin, John B. French, Jeffrey L. Marion, J. Michael Meyers
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1262
The U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) conducted a study for the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Region, Atlanta, GA, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) in North Carolina to review, evaluate, and summarize the available scientific information for selected species of concern at CAHA (piping plovers, sea...
Benthic flux of nutrients and trace metals in the northern component of San Francisco Bay, California
James S. Kuwabara, Brent R. Topping, Francis Parcheso, Anita C. Engelstad, Valerie E. Greene
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1286
Two sets of sampling trips were coordinated in late summer 2008 (weeks of July 8 and August 6) to sample the interstitial and overlying bottom waters at 10 shallow locations (9 sites <3 meters in depth) within the northern component of the San Francisco Bay/Delta (herein referred to as North...
Geologic and Geochronologic Studies of the Early Proterozoic Kanektok Metamorphic Complex of Southwestern Alaska
Donald L. Turner, Robert B. Forbes, John N. Aleinikoff, Ian McDougall, Carl E. Hedge, Frederic H. Wilson, Paul W. Layer, Chad P. Hults
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1248
The Kanektok complex of southwestern Alaska appears to be a rootless terrane of early Proterozoic sedimentary, volcanic, and intrusive rocks which were metamorphosed to amphibolite and granulite facies and later underwent a pervasive late Mesozoic thermal event accompanied by granitic plutonism and greenschist facies metamorphism of overlying sediments. The terrane...
Surficial Geology of the Floor of Lake Mead (Arizona and Nevada) as Defined by Sidescan-Sonar Imagery, Lake-Floor Topography, and Post-Impoundment Sediment Thickness
D.C. Twichell, V.A. Cross
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1150
Sidescan-sonar imagery collected in Lake Mead during 1999-2001, a period of high lake level, has been used to map the surficial geology of the floor of this large reservoir that formed upon completion of the Hoover Dam in 1935. Four surficial geologic units were identified and mapped: rock exposures...
Seasonal Flux and Assemblage Composition of Planktic Foraminifera from the Northern Gulf of Mexico
Kathy A. Tedesco, Jessica W. Spear, Eric Tappa, Richard Z. Poore
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1293
A year-long sediment-trap experiment was conducted in the northern Gulf of Mexico (GOM) between January and December 2008 to study the flux and assemblage composition of planktic foraminifera from the region for comparison with concurrent hydrographic and climatic measurements. Ten species, or varieties, of planktic foraminifera constitute >80 percent of...
Fossils, lithologies, and geophysical logs of the Mancos Shale from core hole USGS CL-1 in Montrose County, Colorado
Bridget A. Ball, W. A. Cobban, E.A. Merewether, R. I. Grauch, K.C. McKinney, K.E. Livo
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1294
As part of a multidisciplinary investigation of Mancos Shale landscapes in the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in Delta and Montrose Counties of western Colorado by the U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and Bureau of Reclamation, a core of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale was obtained from a...
Geochemistry of standard mine waters, Gunnison County, Colorado, July 2009
Philip L. Verplanck, Andrew H. Manning, Jeffrey T. Graves, R. Blaine McCleskey, Todor I. Todorov, Paul J. Lamothe
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1292
In many hard-rock-mining districts water flowing from abandoned mine adits is a primary source of metals to receiving streams. Understanding the generation of adit discharge is an important step in developing remediation plans. In 2006, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency listed the Standard Mine in the Elk Creek drainage basin...
Quality-assurance data for routine water analyses by the U.S. Geological Survey laboratory in Troy, New York - July 2003 through June 2005
Tricia A. Lincoln, Debra A. Horan-Ross, Michael R. McHale, Gregory B. Lawrence
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1233
The laboratory for analysis of low-ionic-strength water at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Science Center in Troy, N.Y., analyzes samples collected by USGS projects throughout the Northeast. The laboratory's quality-assurance program is based on internal and interlaboratory quality-assurance samples and quality-control procedures that were developed to ensure proper sample...
Quality-Assurance Data for Routine Water Analyses by the U.S. Geological Survey Laboratory in Troy, New York - July 2005 through June 2007
Tricia A. Lincoln, Debra A. Horan-Ross, Michael R. McHale, Gregory B. Lawrence
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1234
The laboratory for analysis of low-ionic-strength water at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Science Center in Troy, N.Y., analyzes samples collected by USGS projects throughout the Northeast. The laboratory's quality-assurance program is based on internal and interlaboratory quality-assurance samples and quality-control procedures that were developed to ensure proper sample...
Groundwater Quality in Central New York, 2007
David A.V. Eckhardt, J.E. Reddy, Stephen B. Shaw
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1257
Water samples were collected from 7 production wells and 28 private residential wells in central New York from August through December 2007 and analyzed to characterize the chemical quality of groundwater. Seventeen wells are screened in sand and gravel aquifers, and 18 are finished in bedrock aquifers. The wells were...
Constructing Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for Searching the Marine Realms Information Bank
Guthrie A. Linck, Alan O. Allwardt, Frances L. Lightsom
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1266
The Marine Realms Information Bank (MRIB) is a digital library that provides access to free online scientific information about the oceans and coastal regions. To search its collection, MRIB uses a Common Gateway Interface (CGI) program, which allows automated search requests using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). This document provides an...
Logs of paleoseismic excavations across the Central Range Fault, Trinidad
Christopher J. Crosby, Carol S. Prentice, John Weber, Daniel Ragona
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1228
This publication makes available maps and trench logs associated with studies of the Central Range Fault, part of the South American-Caribbean plate boundary in Trinidad. Our studies were conducted in 2001 and 2002. We mapped geomorphic features indicative of active faulting along the right-lateral, Central Range Fault, part of the...
Hurricane Gustav: Observations and analysis of coastal change
Kara S. Doran, Hilary F. Stockdon, Nathaniel G. Plant, Asbury H. Sallenger Jr., Kristy K. Guy, Katherine A. Serafin
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1279
Understanding storm-induced coastal change and forecasting these changes require knowledge of the physical processes associated with a storm and the geomorphology of the impacted coastline. The primary physical processes of interest are the wind field, storm surge, currents, and wave field. Not only does wind cause direct damage to structures...
Digital Seismic-Reflection Data from Eastern Rhode Island Sound and Vicinity, 1975-1980
K. Y. McMullen, L. J. Poppe, N.K. Soderberg
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1003
During 1975 and 1980, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted two seismic-reflection surveys in Rhode Island Sound (RIS) aboard the research vessel Asterias: cruise ASTR75-June surveyed eastern RIS in 1975 and cruise AST-80-6B surveyed southern RIS in 1980. Data from these surveys were recorded in analog form and archived at...
