Archival policies and collections database for the Woods Hole Science Center's marine sediment samples
Brian J. Buczkowski, Sarah A. Kelsey
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1187
The Woods Hole Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been an active member of the Woods Hole research community, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, for over 40 years. In that time there have been many projects that involved the collection of sediment samples conducted by USGS scientists and technicians...
Methods for Estimating Annual Wastewater Nutrient Loads in the Southeastern United States
Gerard McMahon, Larinda Tervelt, William Donehoo
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1040
This report describes an approach for estimating annual total nitrogen and total phosphorus loads from point-source dischargers in the southeastern United States. Nutrient load estimates for 2002 were used in the calibration and application of a regional nutrient model, referred to as the SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regression On Watershed attributes)...
Preliminary Surficial Geology of the Dove Spring Off-Highway Vehicle Open Area, Mojave Desert, California
David M. Miller, Lee Amoroso
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1265
Introduction As part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) monitoring plan to evaluate the environmental impact of off-highway vehicle (OHV) use on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in California, this report presents results of geologic studies in the Dove Spring OHV Open Area. This study produced baseline data, which when...
Summary of ground-water-quality data in the Anacostia River watershed, Washington, D.C., September-December 2005
Cheryl A. Klohe, Linda M. Debrewer
2007, Open-File Report 2006-1392
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the District Department of the Environment (formerly the District of Columbia, Department of Health, Environmental Health Administration), conducted a ground-water-quality investigation in the Anacostia River watershed within Washington, D.C. Samples were collected and analyzed from 17 ground-water monitoring wells located within the study...
Vegetation response to climate change in Alaska: examples from the fossil record
Thomas A. Ager
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1096
Preface: This report was presented as an invited paper at the Fish & Wildlife Service Climate Forum held in Anchorage, Alaska on February 21-23, 2007. The purpose of the talk was to provide some examples of past climate changes that appear to have caused significant responses in Alaskan vegetation. These examples...
Terrestrial LIDAR investigation of the December 2003 and January 2007 activations of the Northridge Bluff landslide, Daly City, California
Brian D. Collins, Robert Kayen, Thomas Reiss, Nicholas Sitar
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1079
On December 20, 2003 and again on January 1, 2007, landslides occurred along the coastal bluff that forms the west boundary of Daly City, California sending debris as far as 290 meters downhill and 90 meters into the ocean. This area is known for large landslide events where 150-meter tall...
Detailed Sections from Auger Holes in the Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 Map Sheet, North Carolina
Robert E. Weems, William C. Lewis
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1092
Introduction The Roanoke Rapids 1:100,000 map sheet straddles the Coastal Plain / Piedmont boundary in northernmost North Carolina (Figure 1). Sediments of the Coastal Plain underlie the eastern three-fourths of this area, and patchy outliers of Coastal Plain units cap many of the higher hills in the western one-fourth of the...
A Roundtable on a National Framework for Natural Hazard Risk Reduction and Management: Developing a Research AgendaSummary Report
Carl D. Shapiro, Richard L. Bernknopf, Susan M. Wachter
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1106
Introduction This report summarizes discussion at the Roundtable on a National Framework for Risk Reduction and Management held on November 15, 2006, at the Cosmos Club in Washington, D.C. The Roundtable was cosponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Association of American Geographers (AAG), and The Wharton School, University of...
Site Report for USGS Test Holes Drilled at Cape Charles, Northampton County, Virginia, in 2004
Gregory S. Gohn, Ward E. Sanford, David S. Powars, J. Wright Horton Jr., Lucy E. Edwards, Roger H. Morin, Jean M. Self-Trail
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1094
The U.S. Geological Survey drilled two test holes near Cape Charles, Virginia, during May and June 2004, as part of an investigation of the buried, late Eocene Chesapeake Bay impact structure. The first hole is designated as the USGS-Sustainable Technology Park test hole #1 (USGS-STP1). This test hole was abandoned...
ArcView Coal Evaluation User's Guide
William Watson
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1091
Purpose: The objective of the ArcView Coal Evaluation (ACE) is to estimate the amount and location of coal available to be mined by various coal mining technologies, based on the geologic coverages developed in the National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) which are the starting coverages used in the Geographic Information Systems...
Simulation of Flood Profiles for Fivemile Creek at Tarrant, Alabama, 2006
K.G. Lee, T.S. Hedgecock
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1030
A one-dimensional step-backwater model was used to simulate flooding conditions for Fivemile Creek at Tarrant, Alabama. The 100-year flood stage published in the current flood insurance study for Tarrant by the Federal Emergency Management Agency was significantly exceeded by the March 2000 and May 2003 floods in this area. A...
Data collected to support monitoring of constructed emergent sandbar habitat on the Missouri River downstream from Gavins Point Dam, South Dakota and Nebraska, 2004-06
Ryan F. Thompson, Michaela R. Johnson, Michael J. Andersen
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1056
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has constructed emergent sandbar habitat on sections of the Missouri River bordering South Dakota and Nebraska downstream from Gavins Point Dam to create and enhance habitat for threatened and endangered bird species. Two areas near river miles 761.3 and 769.8 were selected for construction...
Geologic framework studies of South Carolina's Long Bay from Little River Inlet to Winyah Bay, 1999-2003: Geospatial data release
W. E. Baldwin, J. F. Denny, W. C. Schwab, P. T. Gayes, R. Morton, N. W. Driscoll
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1346
The northern South Carolina coast is a heavily developed region that supports a thriving tourism industry, large local populations and extensive infrastructure (Figure 1). The economic stability of the region is closely tied to the health of its beaches: primarily in providing support for local tourism and protection from storm...
Cenozoic environmental changes along the East Antarctic continental margin inferred from regional seismic stratigraphy
G.L. Leitchenkov, Y.B. Guseva, V.V. Gandyukhin
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-005
We interpret ~40,000 km of multichannelseismic reflection lines collected by the Russian Antarctic Expedition along the East Antarctic continental margin between 32° E and 115° E, and present a revised seismic stratigraphic model for depositional paleoenvironments of the region. Variations in acoustic facies characteristics observed across major seismic horizons are correlated...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona— 2005-06
Margot Truini, J. P. Macy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1041
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400 square-mile Black Mesa area in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in northeastern Arizona because of continued water requirements for industrial and municipal use and the needs of a growing population. Precipitation in the Black...
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use Along the Lower Colorado and Tributaries, 2006 Annual Report
Matthew J. Johnson, Jennifer A. Holmes, Christopher Calvo, Ivan Samuels, Stefani Krantz, Mark K. Sogge
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1097
Executive Summary This 2006 annual report details the first 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 Plan boundary area. We conducted cuckoo surveys at 55 sites within 17 areas, between 11 June and 13...
A Dreissena Risk Assessment for the Colorado River Ecosystem
Theodore A. Kennedy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1085
Executive Summary Nonnative zebra and quagga mussels (Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis, respectively; see photo above) were accidentally introduced to the Great Lakes in the 1980s and subsequently spread to watersheds of the Eastern United States (Strayer and others, 1999). The introduction of Dreissena mussels has been economically costly and has...
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Lake Mead 30' X 60' Quadrangle, Clark County, Nevada, and Mohave County, Arizona
L. S. Beard, R.E. Anderson, D.L. Block, R. G. Bohannon, R.J. Brady, S.B. Castor, E. M. Duebendorfer, J. E. Faulds, T.J. Felger, K. A. Howard, M. A. Kuntz, V. S. Williams
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1010
Introduction The geologic map of the Lake Mead 30' x 60' quadrangle was completed for the U.S. Geological Survey's Las Vegas Urban Corridor Project and the National Parks Project, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. Lake Mead, which occupies the northern part of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area (LAME), mostly lies...
Chemical and hydrologic data from the Cement Creek and upper Animas River confluence and mixing zone, Silverton, Colorado, September 1997
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1048
Cement Creek, an acidic tributary, discharges into the circum-neutral Animas River (pH>7) in Silverton, Colorado located in the high-elevation San Juan Mountains. Mixing of Animas River water with acidic metal rich Cement Creek water raises water pH and produces metal precipitates. This report presents selected anion, cation, chloride, and sulfate...
Streamflow and nutrient fluxes of the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin and subbasins for the period of record through 2005
Brent T. Aulenbach, Herbert T. Buxton, William A. Battaglin, Richard H. Coupe
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1080
U.S. Geological Survey has monitored streamflow and water quality systematically in the Mississippi-Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) for more than five decades. This report provides streamflow and estimates of nutrient delivery (flux) to the Gulf of Mexico from both the Atchafalaya River and the main stem of the Mississippi River. This...
Sequential Extraction Results and Mineralogy of Mine Waste and Stream Sediments Associated With Metal Mines in Vermont, Maine, and New Zealand
N.M. Piatak, R.R. Seal II, R. F. Sanzolone, P. J. Lamothe, Z. A. Brown, M. Adams
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1063
We report results from sequential extraction experiments and the quantitative mineralogy for samples of stream sediments and mine wastes collected from metal mines. Samples were from the Elizabeth, Ely Copper, and Pike Hill Copper mines in Vermont, the Callahan Mine in Maine, and the Martha Mine in New Zealand. The...
Floodwater chemistry in the Yolo Bypass during winter and spring, 1998
Laurence E. Schemel, Marisa H. Cox
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1025
A preliminary investigation of temporal and spatial variations in floodwater chemistry was conducted during winter and spring 1998 in the Yolo Bypass floodplain of the Sacramento River system. Samples were collected at locations along the eastern margin of the floodplain over the duration of the study and across the floodplain...
Geochemistry of Surface and Ground Water in Cement Creek from Gladstone to Georgia Gulch and in Prospect Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado
Raymond H. Johnson, Laurie Wirt, Andrew H. Manning, Kenneth J. Leib, David L. Fey, Douglas B. Yager
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1004
In San Juan County, Colo., the effects of historical mining continue to contribute metals to ground water and surface water. Previous research by the U.S. Geological Survey identified ground-water discharge as a significant pathway for the loading of metals to surface water in the upper Animas River watershed from both...
Geologic Mapping and Mineral Resource Assessment of the Healy and Talkeetna Mountains Quadrangles, Alaska Using Minimal Cloud- and Snow-Cover ASTER Data
Bernard E. Hubbard, Lawrence C. Rowan, Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Robert G. Eppinger
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1046
On July 8, 2003, ASTER acquired satellite imagery of a 60 km-wide swath of parts of two 1:250,000 Alaska quadrangles, under favorable conditions of minimal cloud- and snow-cover. Rocks from eight different lithotectonic terranes are exposed within the swath of data, several of which define permissive tracts for various mineral...
Tectonic elements of the continental margin of East Antarctica, 38-164ºE
P. E. O’Brien, H.M.J. Stagg
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-085
The East Antarctic continental margin from 38–164ºE is divided into western and eastern provinces that developed during the separation of India from Australia–Antarctica (Early Cretaceous) and Australia from Antarctica (Late Cretaceous). In the overlap between these provinces the geology is complex and bears the imprint of both extension/spreading episodes, with...
