Magnetic and bathymetric data from R/V Farnella cruises FRNL85-1, 85-2, and 85-3 in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico EEZ
David J. Lubinski, David C. Twichell
1989, Open-File Report 89-156
Hydrologic data for the Big Spring basin, Clayton County, Iowa, water year 1988
Stephen J. Kalkhoff
1989, Open-File Report 89-230
Hydrologic data was collected during the 1988 water year in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Geological Survey Bureau in the Big Spring ground-water basin located in Clayton County, Iowa. Information on precipitation, streams, and ground water was collected in the basin. Total rainfall at Big Spring was 24.08...
Proceed Strong-Motion Data for the Central Chile Earthquake of March 3, 1985: Fifteen Accelerograph Sites Owned by CHILECTRA, ENDESA, and the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Chile
K.W. Campbell, S. T. Algermissen, Edgar Kausel, L.M. Highland
1989, Open-File Report 89-448
Hydraulic characteristics of the New River in the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia
J.B. Wiley, David H. Appel
1989, Open-File Report 89-243
Traveltime, dispersion, water-surface and streambed profiles, and cross-section data were collected for use in application of flow and solute-transport models to the New River in the New River Gorge National River, West Virginia. Dye clouds subjected to increasing and decreasing flow rates (unsteady flow) showed that increasing flows shorten the...
Well data, surface-water discharges, and nitrate concentrations, February 1986 - September 1987, in parts of the Pasco Basin, Washington
B. W. Drost, K.M. Schurr, G.P. Ruppert, S.E. Cox
1989, Open-File Report 89-38
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the State of Washington Department of Ecology, is conducting a study of parts of the Pasco basin, Washington, to determine: (1) effects of dams, surface-water application, canal seepage, and pumpage on groundwater levels; (2) quality of groundwater and probable sources of large concentrations...
National assessment of undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources, USGS-MMS working paper
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Minerals Management Service
1989, Open-File Report 88-373
In 1981, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published the results of a 1980 national assessment of undiscovered oil and natural gas resources for the United States, including the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The publication, USGS Circular 860, was entitled "Estimates of Undiscovered Recoverable Conventional Resources of Oil and Gas in...
Strong-motion data from the Malibu, California, earthquake of January 19, 1989
D.A. Johnson, A.V. Acosta
1989, Open-File Report 89-186
Selected ground-water information for the Pasco basin and adjacent areas, Washington, 1986-1989
B. W. Drost, K.M. Schurr, W. E. Lum II
1989, Open-File Report 89-228
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the United States Department of Energy, conducted a study of the Pasco basin and adjacent areas, Washington, in support of the Basalt Waste Isolation Project at the Hanford site, Washington. The purpose of the study was to develop a data set that would...
Water-resources data for the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon
Kathleen A. McCarthy
1989, Open-File Report 88-327
Compilation of geohydrologic data collected as part of the areal appraisal of ground-water resources near Branson, Missouri
J. L. Imes
1989, Open-File Report 89-401
A rapidly developing retirement community and tourist industry in the Branson, Missouri area has created an increased demand for potable water, especially in the summer months. The rapid pace of residential and business expansion has created concerns regarding the future groundwater availability and quality. Water levels measured in the Ozark...
Suspended-sediment data in the upper Rio Grande De Loiza basin, Puerto Rico
Senen Guzman-Rios
1989, Open-File Report 88-324
Fluvial sediment, a widely recognized pollutant of surface water , is reducing the efficiency and useful life of almost all reservoirs in Puerto Rico. Sediment transported from the upper basin of the Rio Grande de Loiza is eventually deposited in the bottom of Lago Loiza, a water reservoir. Suspended sediment...
Results of hydrologic research at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois
Barbara J. Ryan, editor(s)
1989, Open-File Report 88-318
Ten years of hydrologic research have been conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey at a commercial low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois. Research included studies of microclimate, evapotranspiration, and tritium release by plants; runoff and land modification; water movement through a trench cover; water and tritium movement in the...
Ground-water data for Georgia, 1988
Charles N. Joiner, Michael F. Peck, Mark S. Reynolds, Welby L. Stayton
1989, Open-File Report 89-408
Continuous water-level records from 144 wells and water-level measurements from an additional 617 wells in Georgia during 1988 provide the basic data for this report. Daily mean water-level hydrographs for selected wells illustrate the effects that changes ln recharge and discharge have had on the ground-water reservoirs in the State...
Draft generalized geologic map of the Chandler Lake Quadrangle, north-central Alaska
John S. Kelley
1989, Open-File Report 89-495
Release of this map in open-file is in response to recent requests for geological information in the central Brooks Range and adjacent Arctic foothills. Upcoming State of Alaska oil and gas lease sales, the White Hills Sale Area 61 (January, 1992), the North Slope Foothills Sale Area 57 (September, 1993),...
Ground-water data for Michigan 1988
G.C. Huffman, C.R. Whited
1989, Open-File Report 89-597
Water levels, locations, depths, and aquifers tapped are given for 112 observation wells. Tabulated data include a listing of ground water reports in Michigan, extremes of water levels for calendar year 1988 and for the period of record, pumpage of most major ground-water users in the State, and water-quality data...
Direct-current vertical electrical-resistivity soundings in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
D.B. Westjohn, P.J. Carter
1989, Open-File Report 89-244
Ninety-three direct-current vertical electrical-resistivity soundings were conducted in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan from June through October 1987. These soundings were made to assist in mapping the depth to brine in areas where borehole resistivity logs and water-quality data are sparse or lacking. The Schlumberger array for placement of current...
Chemical composition of ferromanganese crusts in the world ocean: a review and comprehensive database
Frank T. Manheim, Candice M. Lane-Bostwick
1989, Open-File Report 89-20
A comprehensive database of chemical and mineralogical properties for ferromanganese crusts collected throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans, and has been assembled from published and unpublished sources which provide collection and analytical information for these samples. These crusts, their chemical compositions and natural distribution, have been a topic of...
Hydrogeochemical survey of groundwater for selected areas in the Arabian Shield and in cover rocks, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
John B. McHugh, W. Roger Miller
1989, Open-File Report 89-334
In the spring of 1984, a hydrogeochemical survey was conducted in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to test ground water as a sampling medium in exploration for mineral deposits. Eighty-one water samples (mostly from wells) were collected. The samples were analysed for the presence and concentration of major cations and...
Water-quality data for selected sites on Michaud Flats, Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho, December 1982 to July 1987
Nathan D. Jacobson
1989, Open-File Report 89-71
Additional mineral resources assessment of the Battle Creek, Bruneau River, Deep Creek-Owyhee River, Jarbidge River, Juniper Creek, Little Owyhee River, North Fork Owyhee River, Owyhee River Canyon, South Fork Owyhee River, Upper Deep Creek, and Yatahoney Creek Wilderness Study Areas, Owyhee County, Idaho
Michael F. Diggles, Byron R. Berger, Dean B. Vander Meulen, Scott A. Minor, Jay A. Ach, Michael G. Sawlan
1989, Open-File Report 89-531
From 1984 to 1986, studies were conducted to assess the potential for undiscovered mineral resources in wilderness study areas on the Owyhee Plateau. The results of these studies have been published in a series of U.S. Geological Survey Bulletins. Since that time, low-grade, high-tonnage epithermal hot-spring gold-silver deposits have been...
A general method for generating bathymetric data for hydrodynamic computer models
J.R. Burau, R. T. Cheng
1989, Open-File Report 89-28
To generate water depth data from randomly distributed bathymetric data for numerical hydrodymamic models, raw input data from field surveys, water depth data digitized from nautical charts, or a combination of the two are sorted to given an ordered data set on which a search algorithm is used to isolate...
Alaska Interim Land Cover Mapping Program; final report
Katherine Fitzpatrick-Lins, E.F. Doughty, Mark Shasby, Susan Benjamin
1989, Open-File Report 89-128
In 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated a research project to develop an interim land cover data base for Alaska as an alternative to the nationwide Land Use and Land Cover Mapping Program. The Alaska Interim Land Cover Mapping Program was subsequently created to develop methods for producing a series...
A direct method for calculating instrument noise levels in side-by-side seismometer evaluations
L. Gary Holcomb
1989, Open-File Report 89-214
The subject of determining the inherent system noise levels present in modem broadband closed loop seismic sensors has been an evolving topic ever since closed loop systems became available. Closed loop systems are unique in that the system noise can not be determined via a blocked mass test as in...
Summary of public water-supply withdrawals and geohydrologic data for the lower Connecticut River valley from Windsor to Vernon, Vermont
Joseph Ayotte
1989, Open-File Report 88-341
Public water supply withdrawal data and geohydrologic data were collected along a 50 mile segment of the Connecticut River valley from Windsor to Vernon, Vermont. An inventory of wells indicates that domestic groundwater supplies come primarily from bedrock, whereas public water supplies are derived from discontinuous, glacial sand and gravel...
Hydrologic and chemical-quality data from four rural basins in Guilford County, North Carolina, 1985-88
C.L. Hill
1989, Open-File Report 89-578
An investigation was begun in 1984 in Guilford County, North Carolina, to monitor water quality and soil erosion in basins with various land-management practices. Hydrologic and chemical-quality data were collected from four rural drainage basins, including two agricultural basins (7.4 and 4.8 acres) cultivated in tobacco and small grains, a...