The effects of artificial recharge on groundwater levels and water quality in the west hydrogeologic unit of the Warren subbasin, San Bernardino County, California
Christina L. Stamos, Peter Martin, Rhett R. Everett, John A. Izbicki
2013, Scientific Investigations Report 2013-5088
Between the late 1940s and 1994, groundwater levels in the Warren subbasin, California, declined by as much as 300 feet because pumping exceeded sparse natural recharge. In response, the local water district, Hi-Desert Water District, implemented an artificial-recharge program in early 1995 using imported water from the California State Water...
The 3D Elevation Program: summary for California
William J. Carswell Jr.
2013, Fact Sheet 2013-3056
Elevation data are essential to a broad range of applications, including forest resources management, wildlife and habitat management, national security, recreation, and many others. For the State of California, elevation data are critical for infrastructure and construction management; natural resources conservation; flood risk management; wildfire management, planning, and response; agriculture...
Geologic map of the Mount Sherman 7.5' quadrangle, Lake and Park Counties, Colorado
Robert G. Bohannon, Chester A. Ruleman
2013, Scientific Investigations Map 3271
The Mount Sherman 7.5- minute quadrangle is located along the crest of the Mosquito Range in between Leadville and Fairplay, Colorado. There are eleven 13,000-foot peaks and one fourteener, Mount Sherman, within the quadrangle. General elevations range from 10,400–14,036 feet (3,200–4,278 meters). The western half of the quadrangle primarily consists...
Genetics, recruitment, and migration patterns of Arctic Cisco (Coregonus autumnalis) in the Colville River, Alaska and Mackenzie River, Canada
Christian E. Zimmerman, Andrew M. Ramey, S. Turner, Franz J. Mueter, S. Murphy, Jennifer L. Nielsen
2013, Polar Biology (36) 1543-1555
Arctic cisco Coregonus autumnalis have a complex anadromous life history, many aspects of which remain poorly understood. Some life history traits of Arctic cisco from the Colville River, Alaska, and Mackenzie River basin, Canada, were investigated using molecular genetics, harvest data, and otolith microchemistry. The Mackenzie hypothesis, which suggests that...
Crustal-scale recycling in caldera complexes and rift zones along the Yellowstone hotspot track: O and Hf isotopic evidence in diverse zircons from voluminous rhyolites of the Picabo volcanic field, Idaho
Dana L. Drew, Ilya N. Bindeman, Kathryn E. Watts, Axel K. Schmitt, Bin Fu, Michael McCurry
2013, Earth and Planetary Science Letters (381) 63-77
Rhyolites of the Picabo volcanic field (10.4–6.6 Ma) in eastern Idaho are preserved as thick ignimbrites and lavas along the margins of the Snake River Plain (SRP), and within a deep (>3 km) borehole near the central axis of the Yellowstone hotspot track. In this study we present new O...
Spatial, seasonal, and source variability in the stable oxygen and hydrogen isotopic composition of tap waters throughout the USA
Jurate M. Landwehr, Tyler B. Coplen, David W. Stewart
2013, Hydrological Processes
To assess spatial, seasonal, and source variability in stable isotopic composition of human drinking waters throughout the entire USA, we have constructed a database of δ18O and δ2H of US tap waters. An additional purpose was to create a publicly available dataset useful for evaluating the forensic applicability of these...
Factors controlling floc settling velocity along a longitudinal estuarine transect
A.J. Manning, David H. Schoellhamer
Patrick L. Barnard, Bruce E. Jaffe, David H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 266-280
A 147 km longitudinal transect of flocculated cohesive sediment properties in San Francisco Bay (SFB) was conducted on June 17th, 2008. Our aim was to determine the factors that control floc settling velocity along the longitudinal axis of the estuary. The INSSEV-LF video system was used to measure floc diameters...
Structured decision making
Michael C. Runge, J. Barry Grand, Michael S. Mitchell
Paul R. Krausman, James W. III Cain, editor(s)
2013, Book chapter, Wildlife management and conservation: Contemporary principles and practices
Wildlife management is a decision-focused discipline. It needs to integrate traditional wildlife science and social science to identify actions that are most likely to achieve the array of desires society has surrounding wildlife populations. Decision science, a vast field with roots in economics, operations research, and psychology, offers a rich...
Groundwater ages and mixing in the Piceance Basin natural gas province, Colorado
Peter B. McMahon, Judith C. Thomas, Andrew G. Hunt
2013, Environmental Science & Technology (47) 13250-13257
Reliably identifying the effects of energy development on groundwater quality can be difficult because baseline assessments of water quality completed before the onset of energy development are rare and because interactions between hydrocarbon reservoirs and aquifers can be complex, involving both natural and human processes. Groundwater age and mixing data...
A landscape-based assessment of climate change vulnerability for all native Hawaiian plants
Lucas B. Fortini, Jonathan Price, James Jacobi, Adam Vorsino, Jeff Burgett, Kevin W. Brinck, Fred Amidon, Steve Miller, Sam `Ohukani`ohi`a Gon III, Gregory Koob, Eben H. Paxton
2013, Report, Hawaii Cooperative Studies Unit Technical Report
In Hawaiʽi and elsewhere, research efforts have focused on two main approaches to determine the potential impacts of climate change on individual species: estimating species vulnerabilities and projecting responses of species to expected changes. We integrated these approaches by defining vulnerability as the inability of species to exhibit any of...
Comparison of sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from watersheds draining the Bay Area and the Central Valley of California
L.J. McKee, M. Lewicki, David H. Schoellhamer, Neil K. Ganju
Patrick L. Barnard, Bruce E. Jaffe, David H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 47-62
Quantifying suspended sediment loads is important for managing the world's estuaries in the context of navigation, pollutant transport, wetland restoration, and coastal erosion. To address these needs, a comprehensive analysis was completed on sediment supply to San Francisco Bay from fluvial sources. Suspended sediment, optical backscatter, velocity data near the...
Climate-change impacts on ecological systems: Introduction to a US assessment
Nancy B. Grimm, Michelle D Staudinger, Amanda Staudt, Shawn L. Carter, F. Stuart Chapin III, Peter Kareiva, Mary Ruckelshaus, Bruce A. Stein
2013, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (11) 456-464
As part of the 2014 US National Climate Assessment, over 60 subject‐matter experts from government agencies, academia, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector assessed the current and projected impacts of climate change on ecosystems, biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Here, we introduce and provide context for the papers included in this...
Dredging and contaminant exposure to tree swallows nesting on the upper Mississippi River
Thomas W. Custer, Paul M. Dummer, Christine M. Custer, David Warburton
2013, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (185) 9043-9053
n 2008 and 2009, dredge material from the Mississippi River in Pool 8 south of Brownsville, Minnesota was used to construct nearby islands. Chemical analysis of sediment in 2001 and 2002 in the area to be dredged indicated detectable concentrations of organic and inorganic contaminants. Tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor), whose...
Identifying the dynamic characteristics of a dual core-wall and frame building in Chile using aftershocks of the 27 February 2010 (Mw=8.8) Maule, Chile, earthquake
Mehmet Çelebi, Mark Sereci, Ruben Boroschek, Rodrigo Carreno, Patricio Bonelli
2013, Earthquake Spectra (29) 1233-1254
Following the 27 February 2010 (Mw = 8.8) Offshore Maule, Chile earthquake, a temporary, 16-channel, real-time data streaming array was installed in a recently constructed building in Viña del Mar to capture its responses to aftershocks. The cast-in-place, reinforced concrete building is 16 stories high, with 3 additional basement levels,...
Influence of history and environment on the sediment dynamics of intertidal flats
Craig A. Jones, Bruce E. Jaffe
P.L. Barnard, B.E. Jaffe, D. H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 294-303
Morphological trends of three distinct intertidal environments in South San Francisco Bay were investigated using a combination of measurement and modeling tools. Because of the inherent relationship between the physical environment and the sediment properties, the sediment properties provide a good indicator of morphologic trends. A significant finding of this...
Seismic hazard from the Hispaniola subduction zone: correction to "Historical perspective on seismic hazard to Hispaniola and the northeast Caribbean region"
Uri S. ten Brink, William H. Bakun, Claudia H. Flores
2013, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (118) 5597-5600
No abstract available...
Does centennial morphodynamic evolution lead to higher channel efficiency in San Pablo Bay, California?
M. van der Wegen, Bruce E. Jaffe
Patrick L. Barnard, Bruce E. Jaffe, David H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 254-265
Measured bathymetries on 30 year interval over the past 150 years show that San Pablo Bay experienced periods of considerable deposition followed by periods of net erosion. However, the main channel in San Pablo Bay has continuously narrowed. The underlying mechanisms and consequences of this tidal channel evolution are not...
Changes in surfzone morphodynamics driven by multi-decadal contraction of a large ebb-tidal delta
Jeff E. Hansen, Edwin Elias, Patrick L. Barnard
P.L. Barnard, B.E. Jaffe, D. H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 221-234
The impact of multi-decadal, large-scale deflation (76 million m3 of sediment loss) and contraction (~ 1 km) of a 150 km2 ebb-tidal delta on hydrodynamics and sediment transport at adjacent Ocean Beach in San Francisco, CA (USA), is examined using a coupled wave and circulation model. The model is forced...
Understanding processes controlling sediment transports at the mouth of a highly energetic inlet system (San Francisco Bay, CA)
Edwin P.L. Elias, Jeff E. Hansen
Patrick L. Barnard, Bruce E. Jaffe, David H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 207-220
San Francisco Bay is one of the largest estuaries along the U.S. West Coast and is linked to the Pacific Ocean through the Golden Gate, a 100 m deep bedrock inlet. A coupled wave, flow and sediment transport model is used to quantify the sediment linkages between San Francisco Bay,...
Research on pathogens at Great Lakes beaches: sampling, influential factors, and potential sources
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2013, Fact Sheet 2013-3071
The overall mission of this work is to provide science-based information and methods that will allow beach managers to more accurately make beach closure and advisory decisions, understand the sources and physical processes affecting beach contaminants, and understand how science-based information can be used to mitigate and restore beaches and...
Coastal processes influencing water quality at Great Lakes beaches
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2013, Fact Sheet 2013-3070
In a series of studies along the Great Lakes, U.S. Geological Survey scientists are examining the physical processes that influence concentrations of fecal indicator bacteria and related pathogens at recreational beaches. These studies aim to estimate human health risk, improve management strategies, and understand the fate and transport of microbes...
Atmospheric deposition and critical loads for nitrogen and metals in Arctic Alaska: Review and current status
Greg L. Linder, William G. Brumbaugh, Peter Neitlich, Edward Little
2013, Open Journal of Air Pollution (2) 76-99
To protect important resources under their bureau’s purview, the United States National Park Service’s (NPS) Arctic Network (ARCN) has developed a series of “vital signs” that are to be periodically monitored. One of these vital signs focuses on wet and dry deposition of atmospheric chemicals and further, the establishment of...
Real-time assessments of water quality: expanding nowcasting throughout the Great Lakes
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2013, Fact Sheet 2013-3069
Nowcasts are systems that inform the public of current bacterial water-quality conditions at beaches on the basis of predictive models. During 2010–12, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) worked with 23 local and State agencies to improve existing operational beach nowcast systems at 4 beaches and expand the use of predictive...
Tools for beach health data management, data processing, and predictive model implementation
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2013, Fact Sheet 2013-3068
This fact sheet describes utilities created for management of recreational waters to provide efficient data management, data aggregation, and predictive modeling as well as a prototype geographic information system (GIS)-based tool for data visualization and summary. All of these utilities were developed to assist beach managers in making decisions to...
Sand sources and transport pathways for the San Francisco Bay coastal system, based on X-ray diffraction mineralogy
James R. Hein, Kira Mizell, Patrick L. Barnard
Patrick L. Barnard, Bruce E. Jaffe, David H. Schoellhamer, editor(s)
2013, Marine Geology (345) 154-169
The mineralogical compositions of 119 samples collected from throughout the San Francisco Bay coastal system, including bayfloor and seafloor, area beaches, cliff outcrops, and major drainages, were determined using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Comparison of the mineral concentrations and application of statistical cluster analysis of XRD spectra allowed for the determination...
