Historical seismicity in the South San Francisco Bay Region
William H. Bakun
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1151
Locations (intensity centers) and moment magnitude M for 24 earthquakes (1858-1911) in the southern San Francisco Bay area are estimated from Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) assignments. The uncertainties in location and M are generally large because there are few MMI assignments available. Preferred locations are selected to be consistent with...
Structure of the San Bernardino Basin along two seismic transects: Rialto-Colton Fault to the San Andreas Fault and along the I-215 Freeway (I-10 to SR30)
R. D. Catchings, M. J. Rymer, M. R. Goldman, G. Gandhok, C. E. Steedman
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1197
In this report, we present seismic data and acquisition parameters for two seismic profiles acquired in the San Bernardino, California area in May and October 2003. We refer to these seismic profiles as the San Bernardino Regional (SBR) and San Bernardino High-Resolution (SBHR) seismic profiles. We present both un-interpreted and...
Reserve Growth of Alberta Oil Pools
Mahendra K. Verma, Troy Cook
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1194
This Open-File Report is based on a presentation delivered at the Fourth U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Reserve Growth on March 10-11, 2008. It summarizes the results of a study of reserve growth of oil pools in Alberta Province, Canada. The study is part of a larger effort involving similar...
TRIGRS - A Fortran Program for Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Analysis, Version 2.0
Rex L. Baum, William Z. Savage, Jonathan W. Godt
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1159
The Transient Rainfall Infiltration and Grid-Based Regional Slope-Stability Model (TRIGRS) is a Fortran program designed for modeling the timing and distribution of shallow, rainfall-induced landslides. The program computes transient pore-pressure changes, and attendant changes in the factor of safety, due to rainfall infiltration. The program models rainfall infiltration, resulting from...
Water-Quality and Lake-Stage Data for Wisconsin Lakes, Water Year 2007
W. J. Wisconsin Water Science Center Lake-Studies Team: Rose, H.S. Garn, G. L. Goddard, S.B. Marsh, D.L. Olson, Dale M. Robertson
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1182
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many years, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes. To make these data available to interested parties outside the...
Uranium-Lead Zircon Ages and Sr, Nd, and Pb Isotope Geochemistry of Selected Plutonic Rocks from Western Idaho
Daniel M. Unruh, Karen Lund, Mel A. Kuntz, Lawrence W. Snee
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1142
Across the Salmon River suture in western Idaho, where allochthonous Permian to Cretaceous oceanic rocks are juxtaposed against Proterozoic North American rocks, a wide variety of plutonic rocks are exposed. Available data indicate much variation in composition, source, and structural state of these plutons. The plutonic rocks were long described...
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use Along the Lower Colorado River and Its Tributaries, 2007 Annual Report
Matthew J. Johnson, Scott L. Durst, Christopher M. Calvo, Laura Stewart, Mark K. Sogge, Geoffrey Bland, Terry R. Arundel
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1177
This 2007 annual report details the second season of a 2-year study documenting western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) distribution, abundance, and habitat use throughout the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program boundary area. We conducted cuckoo surveys at 40 sites within 14 areas, between 11 June and 9 September...
ShakeCast Manual
Kuo-Wan Lin, David J. Wald
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1158
ShakeCast is a freely available, post-earthquake situational awareness application that automatically retrieves earthquake shaking data from ShakeMap, compares intensity measures against users? facilities, and generates potential damage assessment notifications, facility damage maps, and other Web-based products for emergency managers and responders....
Total selenium and selenium species in irrigation drain inflows to the Salton Sea, California, October 2007 and January 2008
Thomas W. May, Michael J. Walther, Michael K. Saiki, William G. Brumbaugh
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1178
This report presents the results for two sampling periods (October 2007 and January 2008) during a 4-year monitoring program to characterize selenium concentrations in selected irrigation drains flowing into the Salton Sea, California. Total selenium, selenium species (selenite, selenate, organoselenium), and total suspended solids were determined in water samples, and...
Klamath River Water Quality and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data from Link River Dam to Keno Dam, 2007
Annett B. Sullivan, Michael L. Deas, Jessica Asbill, Julie D. Kirshtein, Kenna D. Butler, Marc A. Stewart, Roy W. Wellman, Jennifer Vaughn
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1185
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey, Watercourse Engineering, and the Bureau of Reclamation began a project to construct and calibrate a water quality and hydrodynamic model of the 21-mile reach of the Klamath River from Link River Dam to Keno Dam. To provide a basis for this work, data collection...
Results of the chemical and isotopic analyses of sediment and ground water from alluvium of the Canadian River near a closed municipal landfill, Norman, Oklahoma, part 2
George N. Breit, Michele L.W. Tuttle, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Cyrus J. Berry, Scott C. Christenson, Jeanne B. Jaeschke
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1134
Analytical results on sediment and associated ground water from the Canadian River alluvium collected subsequent to those described in Breit and others (2005) are presented in this report. The data presented herein were collected primarily to evaluate the iron and sulfur species within the sediment at well sites IC 36,...
Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in the Deep River and Dan River Triassic Basins, North Carolina
Jeffrey C. Reid, Robert C. Milici
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1108
This report presents an interpretation of the hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Triassic sedimentary rocks of the Deep River and Dan River basins, North Carolina, based on previously unpublished organic geochemistry data. The organic geochemical data, 87 samples from 28 drill holes, are from the Sanford sub-basin (Cumnock Formation)...
Reconnaissance study of water quality in the mining-affected Aries River Basin, Romania
Michael J. Friedel, James A. Tindall, Daniel Sardan, David L. Fey, G.L. Poputa
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1176
The Aries River basin of western Romania has been subject to mining activities as far back as Roman times. Present mining activities are associated with the extraction and processing of various metals including Au, Cu, Pb, and Zn. To understand the effects of these mining activities on the environment, this...
Hydrologic modeling strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa
Michael J. Friedel
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1173
The government of Mauritania is interested in how to maintain hydrologic balance to ensure a long-term stable water supply for minerals-related, domestic, and other purposes. Because of the many complicating and competing natural and anthropogenic factors, hydrologists will perform quantitative analysis with specific objectives and relevant computer models in mind....
Analytical Results for Municipal Biosolids Samples from a Monitoring Program Near Deer Trail, Colorado (USA), 1999 through 2006
J.G. Crock, D. B. Smith, T. J. B. Yager, Z. A. Brown, M. G. Adams
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1172
Since late 1993, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver (Metro District), a large wastewater treatment plant in Denver, Colorado, has applied Grade I, Class B biosolids to about 52,000 acres of non-irrigated farmland and rangeland near Deer Trail, Colorado. In cooperation with the Metro District in 1993, the U.S. Geological...
Inventory and review of existing PRISM hydrogeologic data for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa
Michael J. Friedel
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1138
The USGS entered into an agreement with the Mauritania Ministry of Mines and Industry to inventory and review the quality of information collected as part of the Project for Strengthening of the Institutions in the Mining Sector (PRISM). Whereas the PRISM program collected geophysical, geochemical, geological, satellite, and hydrogeologic information,...
Environmental stratification framework and water-quality monitoring design strategy for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Africa
Michael J. Friedel
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1137
Mauritania anticipates an increase in mining activities throughout the country and into the foreseeable future. Because mining-induced changes in the landscape are likely to affect their limited ground-water resources and sensitive aquatic ecosystems, a water-quality assessment program was designed for Mauritania that is based on a nationally consistent environmental stratification...
Hydrogeology of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania
Michael J. Friedel, Carol A. Finn
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1136
Hydrogeologic maps were constructed for the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The ground-water flow system in the country can best be described as two interconnected regional systems: the porous Continental Terminal coastal system and the interior, fractured sedimentary Taoudeni Basin system. In these systems, ground-water flow occurs in fill deposits and...
Methods of Data Collection, Sample Processing, and Data Analysis for Edge-of-Field, Streamgaging, Subsurface-Tile, and Meteorological Stations at Discovery Farms and Pioneer Farm in Wisconsin, 2001-7
Todd D. Stuntebeck, Matthew J. Komiskey, David W. Owens, David W. Hall
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1015
The University of Wisconsin (UW)-Madison Discovery Farms (Discovery Farms) and UW-Platteville Pioneer Farm (Pioneer Farm) programs were created in 2000 to help Wisconsin farmers meet environmental and economic challenges. As a partner with each program, and in cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources and the Sand County Foundation,...
The ShakeOut Scenario
Lucile M. Jones, Richard Bernknopf, Dale Cox, James Goltz, Kenneth Hudnut, Dennis Mileti, Suzanne Perry, Daniel Ponti, Keith Porter, Michael Reichle, Hope Seligson, Kimberley Shoaf, Jerry Treiman, Anne Wein
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1150
This is the initial publication of the results of a cooperative project to examine the implications of a major earthquake in southern California. The study comprised eight counties: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Ventura. Its results will be used as the basis of an...
The Face of Alaska: A Look at Land Cover and the Potential Drivers of Change
Benjamin M. Jones
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1161
The purpose of this report is to provide statewide baseline information on the status and potential drivers of land-cover change in Alaska. The information gathered for this report is based on a review and analysis of published literature and consists of prominent factors contributing to the current state of the...
Flow-log analysis for hydraulic characterization of selected test wells at the Indian Point Energy Center, Buchanan, New York
John H. Williams
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1123
Flow logs from 24 test wells were analyzed as part of the hydraulic characterization of the metamorphosed and fractured carbonate bedrock at the Indian Point Energy Center in Buchanan, New York. The flow logs were analyzed along with caliper, optical- and acoustic-televiewer, and fluid-resistivity and temperature logs to determine the...
Ground-water levels in Huron County, Michigan, 2002-03
T. L. Weaver, S. P. Blumer, S. L. Crowley
2008, Open-File Report 2005-1082-A
In 1990, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a study of the hydrogeology of Huron County, Michigan (Sweat, 1991). In 1993, Huron County and the USGS entered into a continuing agreement to collect water-level altitudes (hereafter referred to as water levels) at selected wells throughout Huron County. As part...
Probabilistic Methodology for Estimation of Number and Economic Loss (Cost) of Future Landslides in the San Francisco Bay Region, California
Robert A. Crovelli, Jeffrey A. Coe
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1116
The Probabilistic Landslide Assessment Cost Estimation System (PLACES) presented in this report estimates the number and economic loss (cost) of landslides during a specified future time in individual areas, and then calculates the sum of those estimates. The analytic probabilistic methodology is based upon conditional probability theory and laws of...
Leachate Geochemical Results for Ash and Burned Soil Samples from the October 2007 Southern California Wildfires
Philip L. Hageman, Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Deborah A. Martin, Todd M. Hoefen, Gregory P. Meeker, Monique Adams, Paul J. Lamothe, Michael W. Anthony
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1139
This report is the second release of leachate geochemical data included as part of a multidisciplinary study of ash and burned soil samples from the October 2007 wildfires in southern California. Geochemical data for the first set of samples were released in an Open-File Report (Plumlee and others, 2007). This...
