Paleomagnetic correlation of surface and subsurface basaltic lava flows and flow groups in the southern part of the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, with paleomagnetic data tables for drill cores
Duane E. Champion, Mary K.V. Hodges, Linda C. Davis, Marvin A. Lanphere
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5049
Paleomagnetic inclination and polarity studies have been conducted on thousands of subcore samples from 51 coreholes located at and near the Idaho National Laboratory. These studies are used to paleomagnetically characterize and correlate successive stratigraphic intervals in each corehole to similar depth intervals in adjacent coreholes. Paleomagnetic results from 83...
Timing, distribution, amount, and style of Cenozoic extension in the northern Great Basin
Christopher D. Henry, Allen J. McGrew, Joseph P. Colgan, Arthur W. Snoke, Matthew E. Brueseke
2011, GSA Field Guides (21) 27-66
This field trip examines contrasting lines of evidence bearing on the timing and structural style of Cenozoic (and perhaps late Mesozoic) extensional deformation in northeastern Nevada. Studies of metamorphic core complexes in this region report extension beginning in the early Cenozoic or even Late Cretaceous, peaking in the Eocene and...
Two-dimensional streamflow simulations of the Jordan River, Midvale and West Jordan, Utah
Terry A. Kenney, Michael L. Freeman
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5043
The Jordan River in Midvale and West Jordan, Utah, flows adjacent to two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund sites: Midvale Slag and Sharon Steel. At both sites, geotechnical caps extend to the east bank of the river. The final remediation tasks for these sites included the replacement of a historic...
Use of a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model to evaluate extreme flooding and transport of dissolved solids through Devils Lake and Stump Lake, North Dakota, 2006
Rochelle A. Nustad, Tamara M. Wood, Jerad D. Bales
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5035
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the North Dakota Department of Transportation, North Dakota State Water Commission, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, developed a two-dimensional hydrodynamic model of Devils Lake and Stump Lake, North Dakota to be used as a hydrologic tool for evaluating the effects of different...
Reconnaissance geologic map of the Dubakella Mountain 15’ quadrangle, Trinity, Shasta, and Tehama Counties, California
William P. Irwin, J. Douglas Yule, Bradford L. Court, Arthur W. Snoke, Laura A. Stern, William B. Copeland
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 3149
The Dubakella Mountain 15' quadrangle is located just south of the Hayfork quadrangle and just east of the Pickett Peak quadrangle. It spans a sequence of four northwest-trending tectonostratigraphic terranes of the Klamath Mountains geologic province that includes, from east to west, the Eastern Hayfork, Western Hayfork, Rattlesnake Creek, and...
2010 Petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA): GIS play maps
Christopher P. Garrity, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1099
This report provides digital geographic information systems (GIS) files of maps for each of the 24 plays considered in the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 2010 updated petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) (Houseknecht and others, 2010). These are the sample plays evaluated in a previous...
The Cannery Formation: Devonian to Early Permian arc-marginal deposits within the Alexander Terrane, southeastern Alaska
Susan M. Karl, Paul W. Layer, Anita G. Harris, Peter J. Haeussler, Benita L. Murchey
2011, Professional Paper 1776-B
The Cannery Formation consists of green, red, and gray ribbon chert, siliceous siltstone, graywacke-chert turbidites, and volcaniclastic sandstone. Because it contains early Permian fossils at and near its type area in Cannery Cove, on Admiralty Island in southeastern Alaska, the formation was originally defined as a Permian stratigraphic unit. Similar...
Archive of Digital Boomer Sub-bottom Data Collected During USGS Field Activities 97LCA01, 97LCA02, and 97LCA03, West-Central and East Coast Florida, February through July 1997
Arnell S. Forde, Shawn V. Dadisman, Patricia A. Metz, Ann B. Tihansky, Jeffrey B. Davis, Dana S. Wiese
2011, Data Series 582
From February through July of 1997, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducted geophysical surveys of several Florida water bodies as part of the USGS Lakes and Coastal Aquifers (LCA) study. These areas include Lakes Dosson, Halfmoon and Round in west-central Florida and Sebastian Inlet and Indian River Lagoon on the...
EAARL Coastal Topography-Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, Post-Nor'Ida, 2009: Bare Earth
J.M. Bonisteel-Cormier, Amar Nayegandhi, Xan Fredericks, J. C. Brock, C. W. Wright, D.B. Nagle, Sara Stevens
2011, Data Series 578
These remotely sensed, geographically referenced elevation measurements of lidar-derived bare-earth (BE) topography datasets were produced collaboratively by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center, St. Petersburg, FL, and the National Park Service (NPS), Northeast Coastal and Barrier Network, Kingston, RI. This project provides highly detailed...
Surficial geology of the sea floor in Long Island Sound offshore of Orient Point, New York
K.Y. McMullen, L.J. Poppe, W. W. Danforth, D.S. Blackwood, J.D. Schaer, M.R. Guberski, D.A. Wood, E. F. Doran
2011, Open-File Report 2010-1100
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP) are working cooperatively to map and interpret features of the sea floor along the northeastern coast of the United States. This report presents multibeam bathymetry and sidescan-sonar data obtained...
Analysis of long-term trends in flow from a large spring complex in northern Florida
Jack W. Grubbs
Eve L. Kuniansky, editor(s)
2011, Conference Paper, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group proceedings
Nonparametric regression analysis of historic flow and rainfall data was used to estimate declining flows in a river draining a large spring complex in northern Florida, USA. The analysis indicated that flow declined by an estimated 23 percent from 1900 to 2009. The rate of decline appeared to increase over...
Groundwater quality in the Eastern Lake Ontario Basin, New York, 2008
Amy J. Risen, James E. Reddy
2011, Open-File Report 2011-1074
Water samples were collected from nine production wells and nine private residential wells in the Eastern Lake Ontario Basin of New York from August through October 2008 and analyzed to characterize the chemical quality of groundwater. The wells were selected to provide adequate spatial coverage of the 3,225-square-mile study area;...
‘Cape capture’: Geologic data and modeling results suggest the Holocene loss of a Carolina Cape
E. Robert Thieler, Andrew D. Ashton
2011, Geology (39) 339-342
For more than a century, the origin and evolution of the set of cuspate forelands known as the Carolina Capes—Hatteras, Lookout, Fear, and Romain—off the eastern coast of the United States have been discussed and debated. The consensus conceptual model is not only that these capes existed through much or...
Seafloor erosional processes offshore of the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana
David C. Twichell, John Brock
2011, Fact Sheet 2011-3026
The Chandeleur Islands are a chain of barrier islands that lies along the eastern side of the modern Mississippi River Delta plain. The island chain is located near the seaward edge of the relict St. Bernard Delta, the part of the Mississippi Delta that formed between approximately 4,000 and 2,000...
Fluctuations in groundwater levels related to regional and local withdrawals in the fractured-bedrock groundwater system in northern Wake County, North Carolina, March 2008-February 2009
Melinda J. Chapman, Naser Almanaseer, Bryce McClenney, Natalie Hinton
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5219
A study of dewatering of the fractured-bedrock aquifer in a localized area of east-central North Carolina was conducted from March 2008 through February 2009 to gain an understanding of why some privately owned wells and monitoring wells were intermittently dry. Although the study itself was localized in nature, the resulting...
A national-scale geochemical and mineralogical survey of soils of the conterminous United States
David B. Smith, William F. Cannon, Laurel G. Woodruff
2011, Applied Geochemistry (26) S250-S255
In 2007, the US Geological Survey initiated a low-density (1 site per 1600 km2, c. 4800 sites) geochemical and mineralogical survey of soils of the conterminous USA. The ideal sampling protocol at each site includes a sample from 0–5 cm depth, a composite of the soil A horizon, and a sample from...
Bibliography of literature pertaining to Long Valley Caldera and associated volcanic fields
John W. Ewert, Christopher J. Harpel, Suzanna K. Brooks, Mae Marcaida
2011, Open-File Report 2010-1320
On May 25-27, 1980, Long Valley caldera was rocked by four M=6 earthquakes that heralded the onset of a wave of seismic activity within the caldera which has continued through the present. Unrest has taken the form of seismic swarms, uplift of the resurgent dome, and areas of vegetation killed...
The 1996-2009 borehole dilatometer installations, operation, and maintenance at sites in Long Valley Caldera, CA
Glenn Myren, Malcolm Johnston, Robert Mueller
2011, Open-File Report 2010-1319
High seismicity levels with accelerating uplift (under the resurgent dome) in Long Valley caldera in the eastern Sierra Nevada from 1989 to 1997, triggered upgrades to dilational strainmeters and other instrumentation installed in the early 1980's following a series of magnitude 6 earthquakes. This included two additional high-resolution borehole strainmeters...
Spatiotemporal evolution of dike opening and décollement slip at Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Emily K. Montgomery-Brown, D. K. Sinnett, K.M. Larson, Michael P. Poland, P. Segall, Asta Miklius
2011, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (116)
Rapid changes in ground tilt and GPS positions on Kīlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, are interpreted as resulting from a shallow, two‐segment dike intrusion into the east rift zone that began at 1217 UTC (0217 HST) on 17 June 2007 and lasted almost 3 days. As a result...
Arsenic and uranium in water from private wells completed in bedrock of east-central Massachusetts: Concentrations, correlations with bedrock units, and estimated probability maps
John A. Colman
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5013
No abstract available....
Geologic assessment of undiscovered hydrocarbon resources of the Western Oregon and Washington Province
U.S. Geologic Survey Western Oregon and Washington Province Team, Michael E. Brownfield, Ronald R. Charpentier, Troy A. Cook, Timothy R. Klett, Richard M. Pollastro, Christopher J. Schenk, P. A. Le, GIS Spatial Data Team
2011, Data Series 69-X
The purpose of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment is to develop geology-based hypotheses regarding the potential for additions to oil and gas reserves in priority areas of the United States, focusing on the distribution, quantity, and availability of oil and natural gas resources. The USGS...
Geologic map of Medicine Lake volcano, northern California
Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan
2011, Scientific Investigations Map 2927
Medicine Lake volcano forms a broad, seemingly nondescript highland, as viewed from any angle on the ground. Seen from an airplane, however, treeless lava flows are scattered across the surface of this potentially active volcanic edifice. Lavas of Medicine Lake volcano, which range in composition from basalt through rhyolite, cover...
Science supporting Gulf of Mexico oil-spill response, mitigation, and restoration activities-Assessment, monitoring, mapping, and coordination
Jack Kindinger, Ann B. Tihansky, Matthew Cimitile
2011, General Information Product 123
The St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigates physical processes related to coastal and marine environments and societal implications related to natural hazards, resource sustainability, and environmental change. Immediately after the Deepwater Horizon event, the USGS began responding to data requests, directing response...
Effects of groundwater flow on the distribution of biogenic gas in parts of the northern Great Plains of Canada and United States
Lawrence O. Anna
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5251
Parts of the northern Great Plains in eastern Montana and western North Dakota and southeastern Alberta and southwestern Saskatchewan, Canada, were studied as part of an assessment of shallow biogenic gas in Upper Cretaceous rocks.Parts of the northern Great Plains in eastern Montana and western North Dakota and southeastern Alberta...
Water budgets and groundwater volumes for abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania: Preliminary estimates with identification of data needs
Daniel J. Goode, Charles A. Cravotta III,, Roger J. Hornberger, Michael A. Hewitt, Robert E. Hughes, Daniel J. Koury, Lee W. Eicholtz
2011, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5261
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PaDEP), the Eastern Pennsylvania Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation, and the Dauphin County Conservation District, provides estimates of water budgets and groundwater volumes stored in abandoned underground mines in the Western Middle Anthracite Coalfield, which encompasses an area...
