Surficial Geologic Map of the Pocasset-Provincetown-Cuttyhunk-Nantucket 24-Quadrangle Area of Cape Cod and Islands, Southeast Massachusetts
Byron D. Stone, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1260-E
The surficial geologic map layer shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of 24 7.5-minute quadrangles (555 mi2 total) in southeast Massachusetts. Across Massachusetts, these materials range from a few feet to more than 500 ft in thickness. They overlie bedrock, which crops out...
Ground-water levels in Huron County, Michigan, 2004-05
T. L. Weaver, S. L. Crowley, S. P. Blumer
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1082-B
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 measure water levels at selected wells throughout Huron County. As part of the agreement, USGS has operated four...
Reconnaissance borehole geophysical, geological, and hydrological data from the proposed hydrodynamic compartments of the Culpeper Basin in Loudoun, Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, and Fairfax Counties, Virginia
Michael P. Ryan, Herbert A. Pierce, Carole D. Johnson, David M. Sutphin, David L. Daniels, Joseph P. Smoot, John K. Costain, Cahit Coruh, George E. Harlow Jr.
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1203
The Culpeper basin is part of a much larger system of ancient depressions or troughs, that lie inboard of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and largely within the Applachian Piedmont Geologic Province of eastern North America, and the transition region with the neighboring Blue Ridge Geologic Province. This basin system formed...
EAARL topography: Dry Tortugas National Park
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1244
This lidar-derived submarine topography map was produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility. One objective of this research is...
EAARL submarine topography: Biscayne National Park
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson, Melanie S. Harris, Lance Mosher
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1118
This lidar-derived submarine topography map was produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility. One objective of this research is...
Fish health study Ashtabula River natural resource damage assessment
V. S. Blazer, L. R. Iwanowicz, P. C. Baumann
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1137
INTRODUCTION The Ashtabula River is located in northeast Ohio, flowing into Lake Erie at Ashtabula, Ohio. Tributaries include Fields Brook, Hubbard Run, Strong Brook, and Ashtabula Creek. The bottom sediments, bank soils and biota of Fields Brook have been severely contaminated by unregulated discharges of hazardous substances. Hazardous substances have migrated...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Montezuma Castle National Monument
Cecilia A. Schmidt, Charles A. Drost, William Lee Halvorson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1163
Executive Summary We summarize past inventory efforts for vascular plants and vertebrates at Montezuma Castle National Monument (NM) in Arizona. We used data from previous research to compile complete species lists for the monument and to assess inventory completeness. There have been 784 species recorded at Montezuma Castle NM, of which 85...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Saguaro National Park, Rincon Mountain District
Brian F. Powell, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1075
Executive Summary This report summarizes the results of the first comprehensive inventory of plants and vertebrates at the Rincon Mountain District (RMD) of Saguaro National Park, Arizona. From 2001 to 2003 we surveyed for vascular plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at the district to document the presence of...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Brian F. Powell, Cecilia A. Schmidt, William Lee Halvorson
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1167
Inventory of glaciers in the Sierra Nevada, California
William Raub, C. Suzanne Brown, Austin Post
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1239
All perennial bodies of ice in the Sierra Nevada are listed and classified. The inventory includes 497 glaciers covering a total area of 50 square kilometers and 788 small ice bodies which do not meet the definition of a glacier, covering a total of 13 square kilometers. The listings include...
Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra
Marinna A. Martini, Chris Sherwood, Rachel Horwitz, Andree Ramsey, Fran Lightsom, Jessie Lacy, Jingping Xu
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1026
The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Group (STG) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Science Center has a long-standing comitment to providing scientists with high quality oceanographic data. To meet this commitment, STG personnel are vigilant in checking data as well as hardware for signs of instrument malfunction. STG data...
Surficial geologic map of the Salem Depot-Newburyport East-Wilmington-Rockport 16-quadrangle area in northeast Massachusetts
Byron D. Stone, Janet Radway Stone, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1260-B
The surficial geologic map shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of 16 7.5-minute quadrangles (total 658 mi2) in northeast Massachusetts. The geologic map differentiates surficial materials of Quaternary age on the basis of their lithologic characteristics (grain size, sedimentary structures, mineral and rock-particle...
Surficial sediment character of the Louisiana offshore continental shelf region: A GIS compilation
S. Jeffress Williams, Matthew A. Arsenault, Brian J. Buczkowski, Jane A. Reid, James Flocks, Mark A. Kulp, Shea Penland, Chris J. Jenkins
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1195
The Louisiana coastal zone, comprising the Mississippi River delta plain stretching nearly 400 km from Sabine Pass at the Texas border east to the Chandeleur Islands at the Mississippi border, represents one of North America’s most important coastal ecosystems in terms of natural resources, human infrastructure, and cultural heritage. At...
Bedrock map of the early Mesozoic Pomperaug basin and surrounding basement rocks, Litchfield and New Haven counties, CT
William Burton
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1011
The Bedrock map of Mesozoic Pomperaug basin and surrounding areas will show a description of minerals in pre-Mesozoic rocks in ascending order of abundance....
Quantifying the Components of Impervious Surfaces
Janet S. Tilley, E. Terrence Slonecker
2006, Open-File Report 2007-1008
This study's objectives were to (1) determine the relative contribution of impervious surface individual components by collecting digital information from high-resolution imagery, 1-meter or better; and to (2) determine which of the more advanced techniques, such as spectral unmixing or the application of coefficients to land use or land cover...
Report of the River Master of the Delaware River for the period December 1, 2001 - November 30, 2002
Bruce E. Krejmas, Gary N. Paulachok, William J. Carswell Jr.
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1220
A Decree of the United States Supreme Court in 1954 established the position of Delaware River Master within the U.S. Geological Survey. In addition, the Decree authorizes diversions of water from the Delaware River Basin and requires compensating releases from certain reservoirs, owned by New York City, to be made...
Hydrogeology of the Lloyd aquifer on Long Island, New York— A brief summary of USGS investigations
Anthony Chu
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1341
The four counties of Long Island (fig. 1) are underlain by a wedge-shaped sequence of unconsolidated deposits of Late Cretaceous and Pleistocene age that lie unconformably on crystalline bedrock (fig. 2). A saprolitic (weathered bedrock) zone 20 to 100 ft thick overlies the bedrock in most areas. The sequence of...
Drainage Areas of Selected Streams in Virginia
Donald C. Hayes, Ute Wiegand
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1308
Drainage areas were determined for more than 1,600 basins in the three major river basins of Virginia -- the North Atlantic Slope, South Atlantic Slope, and Ohio River Basins. Drainage areas range from 0.004 square mile to 7,866 square miles. A geographic information system was used to digitize and store...
GP Workbench Manual: Technical Manual, User's Guide, and Software Guide
Charles P. Oden, Craig W. Moulton
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1365
GP Workbench is an open-source general-purpose geophysical data processing software package written primarily for ground penetrating radar (GPR) data. It also includes support for several USGS prototype electromagnetic instruments such as the VETEM and ALLTEM. The two main programs in the package are GP Workbench and GP Wave Utilities. GP...
Occurrence of Pharmaceuticals in Shallow Ground-Water of Suffolk County, New York, 2002-05
Mark J. Benotti, Shawn Fisher, Stephen Terracciano
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1297
Seventy (70) water samples were collected from 61 wells in the upper glacial and Magothy aquifers (9 wells were sampled twice) during 2002-05 and analyzed for 24 pharmaceuticals. Wells were selected for their proximity to known wastewater-treatment facilities that discharge to the shallow upper glacial aquifer. Pharmaceuticals were detected in...
Potentiometric Surface of the Upper Floridan Aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and Vicinity, Florida, May 2006
Sandra L. Kinnaman
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1394
Introduction: This map depicts the potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity for May 2006. Potentiometric contours are based on water-level measurements collected at 599 wells during the period May 14-31, near the end of the dry season. Some contours...
The Interface Between Theory and Data in Structural Equation Models
James B. Grace, Kenneth A. Bollen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1363
Structural equation modeling (SEM) holds the promise of providing natural scientists the capacity to evaluate complex multivariate hypotheses about ecological systems. Building on its predecessors, path analysis and factor analysis, SEM allows for the incorporation of both observed and unobserved (latent) variables into theoretically based probabilistic models. In this paper...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
Brian F. Powell, Eric W. Albrecht, William L. Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, Kathleen Docherty, Pamela Anning
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1187
Executive Summary This report summarizes the results of the first comprehensive biological inventory of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (NM) in western New Mexico. This project was part of a larger effort to inventory plants and vertebrates in eight National Park Service units in Arizona and New Mexico. Our surveys address...
Bioindicators from Mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) Sampled from the Imperial Valley in Southern California
Jill A. Jenkins, Rassa O. Draugelis-Dale
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1307
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge (SSNWR) is located 64 km north of the Mexican border at the southern end of the Salton Sea in California's Imperial Valley. Freshwater ponds and managed habitats at the SSNWR, Calipatria, Calif. are supplied with Colorado River water that carries compounds from...
The World Coal Quality Inventory: South America
Susan J. Tewalt, Linda J. Bragg, Robert B. Finkelman
Alex W. Karlsen, editor(s)
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1241
Executive Summary-Introduction: The concepts of a global environment and economy are strongly and irrevocably linked to global energy issues. Worldwide coal production and international coal trade are projected to increase during the next several decades in an international energy mix that is still strongly dependent on fossil fuels. Therefore, worldwide coal...
