Maps of Quadrangles 3768 and 3668, Imam-Saheb (215), Rustaq (216), Baghlan (221), and Taloqan (222) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1094
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Stratigraphy, structure, and geologic and coastal hazards in the Penuelas to Salinas area, southern Puerto Rico: A compendium of published literature
Jesús Rodríguez-Martínez
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1259
The Puerto Rico Electrical Power Authority has proposed construction of a pipeline to convey natural gas from the municipio of Peñuelas to the Aguirre thermoelectric power plant in the municipio of Salinas in southern Puerto Rico. To ensure that the geologic conditions along the possible routes do not represent...
Size of the California Brown Pelican Metapopulation During a Non-El Nino Year
Daniel W. Anderson, Charles J. Henny, Carlos Godinez-Reyes, Franklin Gress, Eduardo L. Palacios, Karina Santos del Prado, James Bredy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1299
Overall, we estimated a total metapopulation within the geographical range of the California brown pelican subspecies (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) as about 70,680 ? 2,640 breeding pairs (mean ? SD). Little change in at least three decades is indicated in the total metapopulation south of the Southern California Bight (SCB) subpopulation,...
Maps of Quadrangles 3764 and 3664, Jalajin (117), Kham-Ab (118), Char Shangho (123), and Sheberghan (124) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1092
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Development of a Land Use Database for the Little Blackwater Watershed, Dorchester County, Maryland
Lesley E. Milheim, John W. Jones, Roger A. Barlow
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1309
Many agricultural and forested areas in proximity to National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) are under increasing economic pressure to develop lands for commercial or residential development. The upper portion of the Little Blackwater River watershed - a 27 square mile area within largely low-lying Dorchester County, Maryland, on the eastern shore...
Maps of Quadrangles 3666 and 3766, Balkh (219), Mazar-I-Sharif (220), Qarqin (213), and Hazara Toghai (214) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1093
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Simulations of potential runout and deposition of the Ferguson rockslide, Merced River Canyon, California
Roger P. Denlinger
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1275
INTRODUCTION An active rockslide in Merced River Canyon was first noticed on April 29, 2006 when a few rocks rolled onto Highway 140 between mileposts 103 and 104, compromising traffic on this highway and signaling the onset of renewed activity of the Ferguson rockslide. State highway 140 is one of the...
Maps of Quadrangles 3870 and 3770, Maymayk (211), Jamarj-I-Bala (212), Faydz-Abad (217), and Parkhaw (218) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1095
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Bathymetry, substrate and circulation in Westcott Bay, San Juan Islands, Washington
Eric E. Grossman, Andrew W. Stevens, Chris Curran, Collin D. Smith, Andrew Schwartz
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1305
Nearshore bathymetry, substrate type, and circulation patterns in Westcott Bay, San Juan Islands, Washington, were mapped using two acoustic sonar systems, video and direct sampling of seafloor sediments. The goal of the project was to characterize nearshore habitat and conditions influencing eelgrass (Z. marina) where extensive loss has occurred since...
Population size and trends for nesting ospreys in northwestern Mexico: Region-wide surveys, 1977, 1992/1993 and 2006
Charles J. Henny, Daniel W. Anderson, Aradit Castellanos Vera, Jean-Luc E. Carton
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1298
We used a double-sampling technique (air plus ground survey) in 2006, with partial double coverage, to estimate the present size of the osprey (Pandion haliaetus) nesting population in northwestern Mexico. With the exception of Natividad, Cedros, and San Benito Islands along the Pacific Coast of Baja California, all three excluded...
Gravity Data from Newark Valley, White Pine County, Nevada
Edward A. Mankinen, Edwin H. McKee
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1306
The Newark Valley area, eastern Nevada is one of thirteen major ground-water basins investigated by the BARCAS (Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer Study) Project. Gravity data are being used to help characterize the geophysical framework of the region. Although gravity coverage was extensive over parts of the BARCAS study area,...
A human-dimensions review of human-wildlife disturbance: A literature review of impacts, frameworks, and management solutions
Robert Cline, Natalie Sexton, Susan C. Stewart
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1111
The following report was prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Refuge System in support of their Comprehensive Conservation Planning (CCP) efforts by the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA), Fort Collins Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey. While this document provides a summary of contemporary recreation management...
Metallogeny of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in Idaho and Montana - Studies by the Mineral Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 2004-2007
J. Michael O’Neill, editor(s)
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1280
Preface By J.Michael O'Neill The major emphasis of this project was to extend and refine the known Mesoproterozoic geologic and metallogenic framework of the region along and adjacent to the Idaho-Montana boundary north of the Snake River Plain. The Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in this part of east-central Idaho host important Cu-Co-Au stratabound...
Sediment Quality-Assurance Plan for the New Mexico Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey
J. Stiles, D. Michael Roark
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1265
This report describes a sediment quality-assurance plan for the U.S. Geological Survey, New Mexico Water Science Center (WSC), to assure that standard procedures for collecting, storing, shipping, and processing are followed. The plan also serves as a guide for all WSC personnel involved in sediment activities....
A Program for Partitioning Shifted Truncated Lognormal Distributions into Size-Class Bins
Emil Attanasi, Ronald R. Charpentier
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1260
In recent years, oil and gas accumulation-size frequency distributions have become a standard way to characterize undiscovered conventional oil and gas resources that have been postulated by geologic assessments. The preparation of such distributions requires the assessment geologists to explicitly choose parameters for the probability distribution for the sizes of...
New vitrinite reflectance data for the Bighorn Basin, north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana
Thomas M. Finn, Mark J. Pawlewicz
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1246
The Bighorn Basin is a large Laramide (Late Cretaceous through Eocene) structural and sedimentary basin that encompasses about 10,400 mi2 in north-central Wyoming and south-central Montana (fig. 1). Important conventional oil and gas resources have been discovered and produced from reservoirs ranging in age from Cambrian through Tertiary (Fox...
Summary of hydrogeologic conditions by county for the state of Michigan
Beth A. Apple, Howard W. Reeves
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1236
Summaries of the major hydrogeologic features for each county in Michigan are presented. Each summary includes a listing of the major watersheds in the county and a description of the hydrogeology of the major aquifers in the county. Aquifer properties reported in the literature are given if available. Reports describing...
A decision support framework for water management in the Upper Delaware River
Ken D. Bovee, Terry J. Waddle, John Bartholow, Lucy Burris
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1172
The Delaware River Basin occupies an area of 12,765 square miles, in portions of south central New York, northeast Pennsylvania, northeast Delaware, and western New Jersey (fig. 1). The river begins as two streams in the Catskill Mountains, the East and West Branches. The two tributaries flow in a southwesterly...
Water velocity and suspended solids measurements by in-situ instruments in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon
Jeffrey W. Gartner, Roy E. Wellman, Tamara M. Wood, Ralph T. Cheng
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1279
The U. S. Geological Survey conducted hydrodynamic measurements in Upper Klamath Lake during four summer seasons (approximately mid-June to mid-September) during 2003 to 2006. Measurements included water current profiles made by acoustic Doppler current profilers at a number of fixed locations in the lake during all four years as well...
Quality-Assurance Plan for Water-Quality Activities in the U.S. Geological Survey Washington Water Science Center
Richard J. Wagner, Robert A. Kimbrough, Gary L. Turney
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1307
In accordance with guidelines set forth by the Office of Water Quality in the Water Resources Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), this quality-assurance plan has been created for use by the USGS Washington Water Science Center (WAWSC) in conducting water-quality activities. The plan documents the standards, policies, and...
Escherichia coli and Suspended Sediment in Berger Ditch at Maumee Bay State Park, Oregon, Ohio, 2006
Amie M. G. Brady
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1244
Berger Ditch discharges to the marina at Maumee Bay State Park (MBSP), just east of the MBSP bathing beach. Recent studies by U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and University of Toledo researchers have identified the ditch as a source of Escherichia coli (E. coli), an indicator bacterium that is used to...
Geoscience for Alaska's D-1 lands: A preliminary report
Jeanine M. Schmidt, B. M. Gamble, Keith A. Labay
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1286
Purpose of This Report This interim report follows from the June 2006 recommendations to Congress by the BLM concerning disposition of the d-1 lands. That report recommended lifting of a significant number of d-1 PLOs, through the ongoing land management process within the BLM (e.g. resource management planning areas), or...
Modeling the Spatial and Temporal Variation of Monthly and Seasonal Precipitation on the Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, 1960-2006
Joan B. Blainey, Robert H. Webb, Christopher S. Magirl
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1269
The Nevada Test Site (NTS), located in the climatic transition zone between the Mojave and Great Basin Deserts, has a network of precipitation gages that is unusually dense for this region. This network measures monthly and seasonal variation in a landscape with diverse topography. Precipitation data from 125 climate stations...
Increasing resiliency to natural hazards - A strategic plan for the Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project in Southern California
Lucy Jones, Richard Bernknopf, Susan Cannon, Dale A. Cox, Len Gaydos, Jon Keeley, Monica Kohler, Homa Lee, Daniel Ponti, Stephanie L. Ross, Steven Schwarzbach, Michael Shulters, A. Wesley Ward, Anne Wein
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1255
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is initiating a new project designed to improve resiliency to natural hazards in southern California through the application of science to community decision making and emergency response. The Multi-Hazards Demonstration Project will assist the region’s communities to reduce their risk from natural hazards by directing...
Preliminary Isostatic Gravity Map of Joshua Tree National Park and Vicinity, Southern California
V.E. Langenheim, Shawn Biehler, D.K. McPhee, C.A. McCabe, J. T. Watt, M.L. Anderson, B. A. Chuchel, P. Stoffer
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1218
This isostatic residual gravity map is part of an effort to map the three-dimensional distribution of rocks in Joshua Tree National Park, southern California. This map will serve as a basis for modeling the shape of basins beneath the Park and in adjacent valleys and also for determining the location and...
