Renesting by dusky Canada geese on the Copper River Delta, Alaska
Thomas F. Fondell, J. Barry Grand, David A.W. Miller, R. Michael Anthony
2006, Journal of Wildlife Management (70) 955-964
The population of dusky Canada geese (Branta canadensis occidentalis; hereafter duskies) breeding on the Copper River Delta (CRD), Alaska, USA, has been in long-term decline, largely as a result of reduced productivity. Estimates of renesting rates by duskies may be useful for adjusting estimates of the size of the breeding...
Persistent organic pollutants in Alaskan ringed seal (Phoca hispida) and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) blubber
John R. Kucklick, Margaret M. Krahn, Paul R. Becker, Barbara J. Porter, Michele M. Schantz, Geoffrey S. York, Todd M. O'Hara, Stephen A. Wise
2006, Journal of Environmental Monitoring (8) 848-854
Since 1987, the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project (AMMTAP) has collected tissues from 18 marine mammal species. Specimens are archived in the National Institute of Standards and Technology's National Biomonitoring Specimen Bank (NIST-NBSB). AMMTAP has collected blubber, liver and/or kidney specimens from a number of ringed seals (Phoca hispida)...
Reply to the discussion by F. Lagroix and S.K. Banerjee of "Geochemical evidence for the origin of late Quaternary loess in central Alaska"
Daniel R. Muhs, James R. Budahn
2006, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (43) 1891-1895
Basaltic thermals and Subplinian plumes: Constraints from acoustic measurements at Shishaldin volcano, Alaska
Sylvie Vergniolle, Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach
2006, Bulletin of Volcanology (68) 611-630
The 1999 basaltic eruption of Shishaldin volcano (Alaska, USA) included both Strombolian and Subplinian activity, as well as a “pre-Subplinian” phase interpreted as the local coalescence within a long foam in the conduit. Although few visual observations were made of the eruption, a great deal of information regarding gas velocity,...
USGS Streamgages Linked to the Medium Resolution NHD
David W. Stewart, Alan Rea, David M. Wolock
2006, Data Series 195
The locations of approximately 23,000 current and historical U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) streamgages in the United States and Puerto Rico (with the exception of Alaska) have been snapped to the medium resolution National Hydrography Dataset (NHD). The NHD contains geospatial information about mapped surface-water features, such as streams, lakes,...
Gravity and Aeromagnetic Gradients within the Yukon-Tanana Upland, Black Mountain Tectonic Zone, Big Delta Quadrangle, east-central Alaska
R. W. Saltus, W. C. Day
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1391
The Yukon-Tanana Upland is a complex composite assemblage of variably metamorphosed crystalline rocks with strong North American affinities. At the broadest scale, the Upland has a relatively neutral magnetic character. More detailed examination, however, reveals a fundamental northeast-southwest-trending magnetic gradient, representing a 20-nT step (as measured at a flight height...
Ground water in the Anchorage area, Alaska: Meeting the challenges of ground-water sustainability
Edward H. Moran, Devin L. Galloway
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3148
Ground water is an important component of Anchorage's water supply. During the 1970s and early 80s when ground water extracted from aquifers near Ship Creek was the principal source of supply, area-wide declines in ground-water levels resulted in near record low streamflows in Ship Creek. Since the importation of Eklutna...
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in selected urban streams in the United States, 1995-2003
David A. Bender, Curtis V. Price, Joshua F. Valder
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2937
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program sampled 37 urban streams throughout the United States for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from 1995 to 2003. These urban streams were selected to (1) characterize stream water quality from areas draining predominantly residential and commercial land uses and (2) determine which...
The occurrence of volatile organic compounds in aquifers of the United States
Wayne W. Lapham, Janet M. Carter, John S. Zogorski, Joshua F. Valder
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2931
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program recently completed a national assessment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water (Zogorski and others, 2006). As part of this assessment, samples of ambient ground water collected from 3,498 wells during 1985-2002 were selected for characterizing the occurrence of 55...
Integrated seismic monitoring of the Atwood Building, Anchorage (AK) and recorded earthquake responses
Mehmet Celebi
2006, Conference Paper, Earthquake engineering, US national conference, 8th 2006
No abstract available....
Inventory of montane-nesting birds in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska
T. Lee Tibbitts, Daniel R. Ruthrauff, Robert E. Gill Jr., Colleen M. Handel
2006, Report
The Alaska Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey conducted an inventory of birds in montane areas of the four northern parks in the Arctic Network of National Parks, Alaska. This effort represents the first comprehensive assessment of breeding range and habitat associations for the majority of avian species in...
Development of airborne remote sensing methods for surveys of Pacific walrus
Douglas M. Burn, Mark S. Udevitz, M.A. Webber, Joel L. Garlich-Miller
2006, BOEM MMS 2006-003
In April 2003, we conducted an operational test of an airborne multispectral scanner (AMS) over pack ice in the Bering Sea to evaluate the potential of this system as a survey tool for Pacific walruses. We scanned a total of 28,875 km2 of sea ice habitat at a spatial resolution...
Continuous resistivity profiling data from the upper Neuse River Estuary, North Carolina, 2004-2005
VeeAnn A. Cross, John F. Bratton, Emile M. Bergeron, Jeff K. Meunier, John Crusius, Dirk Koopmans
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1306
The Neuse River Estuary in North Carolina has suffered impacts of eutrophication in recent years. As part of a larger project to better constrain nutrient budgets in the estuary, field investigations were performed to study occurrence and discharge of fresh and brackish ground water and nutrients beneath the estuary itself...
Alaska resource data file, Noatak quadrangle
Donald J. Grybeck, Julie A. Dumoulin
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1157
This report gives descriptions of the mineral occurrences in the Noatak 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Preliminary integrated geologic map databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont
Suzanne W. Nicholson, Connie L. Dicken, John D. Horton, Michael P. Foose, Julia A. L. Mueller, Rudi Hon
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1272
The rapid growth in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has highlighted the need for regional and national scale digital geologic maps that have standardized information about geologic age and lithology. Such maps can be conveniently used to generate derivative maps for manifold special purposes such as mineral-resource assessment,...
Alaska resource data file: Point Lay quadrangle, Alaska
Donald J. Grybeck
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1156
This report gives descriptions of the mineral occurrences in the Point Lay 1:250,000-scale quadrangle, Alaska. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, Travis L. Hudson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1306
The data consist of major- and minor-element concentrations for rock samples collected during 2005 by the U.S. Geological Survey. Samples were analyzed by fire assay (Au, Pd, Pt), cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy (Hg), and the inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICPMS) 10 and 42 element methods. For details of...
Aqueous geochemical data from the analysis of stream-water samples collected in June and July 2005 — Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 scale quadrangle, Alaska
Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Sarah Stetson, Elizabeth Bailey, Greg Lee
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1361
We report on the chemical analysis of water samples collected from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale quadrangle. Parameters for which data are reported include pH, conductivity, water temperature, major cation and anion concentrations, trace-element concentrations, and dissolved organic-carbon concentrations. Samples were collected as part of a multiyear U.S. Geological Survey project...
A Century of Retreat at Portage Glacier, South-Central Alaska
Ben W. Kennedy, Dennis C. Trabant, Lawrence R. Mayo
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3141
Introduction: The Portage Glacier, in south-central Alaska, is viewed by thousands of visitors annually who come to the U.S. Forest Service Begich, Boggs Visitor Center located on the road system between Anchorage and Whittier, Alaska. During the past century, the terminus of the glacier has retreated nearly 5 kilometers to...
Geothermal disruption of summit glaciers at Mount Spurr Volcano, 2004-6: An unusual manifestation of volcanic unrest
Michelle L. Coombs, Christina A. Neal, Rick L. Wessels, Robert G. McGimsey
2006, Professional Paper 1732-B
Mount Spurr, a 3,374-m-high stratovolcano in the Cook Inlet region of Alaska, showed signs of volcanic unrest beginning in 2004 and lasting through 2006. These signs included increases in heat flow, seismicity, and gas flux, which we interpret as the results of a magmatic intrusion in mid-2004. In response, debris-laden...
Geologic map of the Utukok River quadrangle, Alaska
Charles G. Mull, David W. Houseknecht, G. H. Pessel, Christopher P. Garrity
2006, Scientific Investigations Map 2817-D
This map is a product of the USGS Digital Geologic Maps of Northern Alaska project, which captures in digital format quadrangles across the entire width of northern Alaska. Sources include geologic maps previously published in hardcopy format and recent updates and revisions based on field mapping by the Alaska Department...
Natural Bitumen Resources of the United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3133
Major natural bitumen accumulations in the United States are estimated to contain about 36 billion barrels of measured in-place resource and about 18 billion barrels of speculative in-place resource. Major natural bitumen resources are in Alabama, Alaska, California, Kentucky, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming....
Studies by the U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, 2005
Peter J. Haeussler, John P. Galloway, editor(s)
2006, Professional Paper 1732
Summary The collection of papers that follows continues the series of U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigative reports in Alaska under the broad umbrella of the geologic sciences. This series represents new and sometimes-preliminary findings that are of interest to Earth scientists in academia, government, and industry; to land and resource...
Soil Data from a Moderately Well and Somewhat Poorly Drained Fire Chronosequence near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
K.L. Manies, J.W. Harden, Hugo Veldhuis, Sue Trumbore
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1291
The U.S. Geological Survey project Fate of Carbon in Alaskan Landscapes (FOCAL) is studying the effect of fire and soil drainage on soil carbon storage in the boreal forest. As such this group was invited to be a part of a NSF-funded project (Fire, Ecosystem and Succession - Experiment Boreal...
Atlas of relations between climatic parameters and distributions of important trees and shrubs in North America - Alaska species and ecoregions
Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson, Laura E. Strickland, Sarah L. Shafer, Richard T. Pelltier, Patrick J. Bartlein
2006, Professional Paper 1650-D
Climate is the primary factor in controlling the continental-scale distribution of plant species, although the relations between climatic parameters and species' ranges is only now beginning to be quantified. Preceding volumes of this atlas explored the continental-scale relations between climatic parameters and the distributions of woody plant species across all...
