Continuous monitoring of Hawaiian volcanoes with thermal cameras
Matthew R. Patrick, Tim R. Orr, Loren Antolik, Robert Lopaka Lee, Kevan P. Kamibayashi
2014, Journal of Applied Volcanology (3)
Continuously operating thermal cameras are becoming more common around the world for volcano monitoring, and offer distinct advantages over conventional visual webcams for observing volcanic activity. Thermal cameras can sometimes “see” through volcanic fume that obscures views to visual webcams and the naked eye, and often provide a much clearer...
Upwelling rebound, ephemeral secondary pycnoclines, and the creation of a near-bottom wave guide over the Monterey Bay continental shelf
Olivia M. Cheriton, Erika E. McPhee-Shaw, Curt D. Storlazzi, Kurt J. Rosenberger, William J. Shaw, Ben Y. Raanan
2014, Geophysical Research Letters (41) 8503-8511
Several sequential upwelling events were observed in fall 2012, using measurements from the outer half of the continental shelf in Monterey Bay, during which the infiltration of dense water onto the shelf created a secondary, near-bottom pycnocline. This deep pycnocline existed in concert with the near-surface pycnocline and enabled the...
Terrestrial bird population trends on Aguiguan (Goat Island), Mariana Islands
Fred Amidon, Richard J. Camp, Ann P. Marshall, Thane K. Pratt, Laura Williams, Paul Radley, Justine B. Cruz
2014, Bird Conservation International (24) 505-517
The island of Aguiguan is part of the Mariana archipelago and currently supports populations of four endemic species, including one endemic genus, Cleptornis. Bird population trends since 1982 were recently assessed on the neighbouring islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Rota indicating declines in some native species. Point-transect surveys were conducted in...
Pedological and geological relationships with soil lichen and moss distribution in the eastern Mojave Desert, CA, USA
Jayne Belnap, David M. Miller, David R. Bedford, Susan L. Phillips
2014, Journal of Arid Environments (106) 45-57
Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are ubiquitous in drylands globally. Lichens and mosses are essential biocrust components and provide a variety of ecosystem services, making their conservation and management of interest. Accordingly, understanding what factors are correlated with their distribution is important to land managers. We hypothesized that cover would be...
Digital data in support of studies and assessments of coal and petroleum resources in the Appalachian basin
Michael H. Trippi, Scott A. Kinney, Gregory L. Gunther, Robert T. Ryder, Leslie F. Ruppert
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-I.1
The Appalachian basin is a mature basin containing abundant oil, gas, and coal resources. Its fossil-fuel-bearing strata range in age from Cambrian to Permian and extend over the States of New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama. The basin has provided abundant fossil fuels...
Selected references: Gas geochemistry of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Erika E. Lentz, Leslie F. Ruppert, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.6
No abstract available....
Selected references: Thermal history of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Erika E. Lentz, Leslie F. Ruppert, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.4
No abstract available....
Selected references: Coalbed-methane resources of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Erika E. Lentz, Leslie F. Ruppert, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.5
No abstract available....
Selected references: Oil and gas resources of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Erika E. Lentz, Leslie F. Ruppert, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.2
No abstract available....
Overview of the potential and identified petroleum source rocks of the Appalachian basin, eastern United States
James L. Coleman Jr., Robert T. Ryder, Robert C. Milici, Stephen Brown
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.13
The Appalachian basin is the oldest and longest producing commercially viable petroleum-producing basin in the United States. Source rocks for reservoirs within the basin are located throughout the entire stratigraphic succession and extend geographically over much of the foreland basin and fold-and-thrust belt that make up the Appalachian basin. Major...
The geochemistry of oils and gases from the Cumberland overthrust sheet in Virginia and Tennessee
Kristen O. Dennen, Mark Deering, Robert A. Burruss
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.12
This study presents high-resolution gas chromatograms of oils and molecular and isotopic analyses of oil-associated gases from 17 wells producing in the Upper Cambrian to Lower Ordovician Knox Group, the Middle and Upper Ordovician Stones River Group, and the Upper Ordovician Trenton Limestone in the Cumberland overthrust sheet. The wells...
Assessment of Appalachian basin oil and gas resources: Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System
Robert T. Ryder
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.10
The Utica-Lower Paleozoic Total Petroleum System (TPS) in the Appalachian Basin Province is named for the Upper Ordovician Utica Shale, which is the source rock, and for multiple lower Paleozoic sandstone and carbonate units that are the important reservoirs. The total organic carbon (TOC) values for the Utica Shale are...
Selected references: Coal geology of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Leslie F. Ruppert, Susan J. Tewalt, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.3
No abstract available....
Introduction to selected references on fossil fuels of the central and southern Appalachian basin
Leslie F. Ruppert, Erika E. Lentz, Susan J. Tewalt, Yomayra A. Roman Colon
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-H.1
The Appalachian basin contains abundant coal and petroleum resources that have been studied and extracted for at least 150 years. In this volume, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) scientists describe the geologic framework and geochemical character of the fossil-fuel resources of the central and southern Appalachian basin. Separate subchapters (some previously...
In search of a Silurian total petroleum system in the Appalachian basin of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Robert T. Ryder, Christopher S. Swezey, Michael H. Trippi, Erika E. Lentz, K. Lee Avary, John A. Harper, William M. Kappel, Ronald G. Rea
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.11
Oil and gas fields in Silurian carbonate and sandstone reservoirs in the Appalachian basin probably originated from one or more of the following source rocks: (1) Upper Ordovician Utica Shale, (2) Middle to Upper Devonian black shale, and (3) Lower to Upper Silurian shale and carbonate units. In this reconnaissance...
Assessment of Appalachian basin oil and gas resources: Devonian gas shales of the Devonian Shale-Middle and Upper Paleozoic Total Petroleum System
Robert C. Milici, Christopher S. Swezey
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.9
This report presents the results of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) assessment of the technically recoverable undiscovered natural gas resources in Devonian shale in the Appalachian Basin Petroleum Province of the eastern United States. These results are part of the USGS assessment in 2002 of the technically recoverable undiscovered oil...
Evidence for Cambrian petroleum source rocks in the Rome trough of West Virginia and Kentucky, Appalachian basin
Robert T. Ryder, David C. Harris, Paul Gerome, Timothy J. Hainsworth, Robert A. Burruss, Paul G. Lillis, Daniel M. Jarvie, Mark J. Pawlewicz
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.8
A 130-foot-thick Cambrian black shale sampled from a core between 11,150 and 11,195 feet in the Exxon No. 1 Smith well in Wayne County, W. Va., has been identified as a good to very good source rock. The black shale is located in the Middle Cambrian Rogersville Shale of the...
Composition of natural gas and crude oil produced from 10 wells in the Lower Silurian "Clinton" Sandstone, Trumbull County, Ohio
Robert A. Burruss, Robert T. Ryder
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.7
Natural gases and associated crude oils in the “Clinton” sandstone, Medina Group sandstones, and equivalent Tuscarora Sandstone in the northern Appalachian basin are part of a regional, continuous-type or basin-centered accumulation. The origin of the hydrocarbon charge to regional continuoustype accumulations is poorly understood. We have analyzed the molecular and...
Composition of natural gas and crude oil produced from 14 wells in the Lower Silurian "Clinton" Sandstone and Medina Group Sandstones, northeastern Ohio and northwestern Pennsylvania
Robert A. Burruss, Robert T. Ryder
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.6
The geochemical processes that control the distribution of hydrocarbons in the regional accumulation of natural gas and crude oil in reservoirs of Early Silurian age in the central Appalachian basin are not well understood. Gas and oil samples from 14 wells along a down-dip transect through the accumulation in northeastern...
Appalachian basin bituminous coal: sulfur content and potential sulfur dioxide emissions of coal mined for electrical power generation
Michael H. Trippi, Leslie F. Ruppert, Emil Attanasi, Robert C. Milici, P.A. Freeman
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.5
Data from 157 counties in the Appalachian basin of average sulfur content of coal mined for electrical power generation from 1983 through 2005 show a general decrease in the number of counties where coal mining has occurred and a decrease in the number of counties where higher sulfur coals (>2...
Results of coalbed-methane drilling, Meadowfill Landfill, Harrison County, West Virginia
Leslie F. Ruppert, Michael H. Trippi, Nick Fedorko, William C. Grady, Cortland F. Eble, William A. Schuller
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.4
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded drilling of a borehole (39.33889°N., 80.26542°W.) to evaluate the potential of enhanced coalbed-methane production from unminable Pennsylvanian coal beds at the Meadowfill Landfill near Bridgeport, Harrison County, W. Va. The drilling commenced on June 17, 2004, and was completed on July 1, 2004. The...
Results of coalbed-methane drilling, Mylan Park, Monongalia County, West Virginia
Leslie F. Ruppert, Nick Fedorko, Peter D. Warwick, William C. Grady, James Q. Britton, William A. Schuller, Robert D. Crangle Jr.
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.3
The Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory funded drilling of a borehole (39.64378°N., 80.04376°W.) to evaluate the potential for coalbed-methane and carbon-dioxide sequestration at Mylan Park, a public park in Monongalia County, W. Va. The total depth of the borehole was 2,525 feet (ft) and contained 1,483.41 ft of...
Regional seismic lines across the Rome trough and Allegheny Plateau of northern West Virginia, western Maryland, and southwestern West Virginia
Christopher S. Kulander, Robert T. Ryder
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-E.5.1
This chapter is a re-release of U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigations Map I–2791, of the same title, by Kulander and Ryder (2005), which in printed form consists of two oversized sheets and an accompanying pamphlet. The digital version of this publication, however, is only available as the pamphlet and a...
Coalbed-methane production in the Appalachian basin
Robert C. Milici, Desiree E. Polyak
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.2
Coalbed methane (CBM) occurs in coal beds of Mississippian and Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous) age in the northern, central, and southern Appalachian basin coal regions, which extend almost continuously from Pennsylvania southward to Alabama. Most commercial CBM production in the Appalachian basin is from three structural subbasins: (1) the...
Assessment of Appalachian basin oil and gas resources: Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System
Robert C. Milici
Leslie F. Ruppert, Robert T. Ryder, editor(s)
2014, Professional Paper 1708-G.1
The Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System, which lies within the central and southern Appalachian basin, consists of the following five assessment units (AUs): (1) the Pocahontas Basin AU in southern West Virginia, eastern Kentucky, and southwestern Virginia; (2) the Central Appalachian Shelf AU in Tennessee, eastern...
