Biostratigraphy of the San Joaquin Formation in borrow-source area B-17, Kettleman Hills landfill, North Dome, Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California
Charles L. Powell II, Lanny H. Fisk, David F. Maloney, David M. Haasl
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1140
The stratigraphic occurrences and interpreted biostratigraphy of invertebrate fossil taxa in the upper San Joaquin Formation and lower-most Tulare Formation encountered at the Chemical Waste Management Kettleman Hills waste disposal facility on the North Dome of the Kettleman Hills, Kings County, California are documented. Significant new findings include (1) a...
Oil shale resources of the Uinta Basin, Utah and Colorado
U.S. Geological Survey Oil Shale Assessment Team
2010, Data Series 69-BB
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed a comprehensive assessment of in-place oil in oil shales of the Eocene Green River Formation of the Uinta Basin of eastern Utah and western Colorado. The oil shale interval was subdivided into eighteen roughly time-stratigraphic intervals, and each interval was assessed for variations in...
High-resolution seismic-reflection data offshore of Dana Point, southern California borderland
Ray W. Sliter, Holly F. Ryan, Peter J. Triezenberg
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1111
The U.S. Geological Survey collected high-resolution shallow seismic-reflection profiles in September 2006 in the offshore area between Dana Point and San Mateo Point in southern Orange and northern San Diego Counties, California. Reflection profiles were located to image folds and reverse faults associated with the San Mateo fault zone and...
Adaptation and survival of plants in high stress habitats via fungal endophyte conferred stress tolerance
Rusty J. Rodriguez, Claire Woodward, Regina S. Redman
2010, Book chapter, Symbioses and Stress
From the Arctic to the Antarctic, plants thrive in diverse habitats that impose different levels of adaptive pressures depending on the type and degree of biotic and abiotic stresses inherent to each habitat (Stevens, 1989). At any particular location, the abundance and distribution of individual plant species vary tremendously and...
Can prescribed fire be used to control Yellow Sweetclover (Meliotus officinalis) in a cool-season mixed-grass prairie?
Diane L. Larson
2010, Data Series 515
This report summarizes the results of a study on the effects of early- versus late-season fire on yellow sweetclover. The study was motivated by a desire to develop realistic management methods for yellow sweetclover at Badlands National Park. Limitations imposed by an inability to apply fire treatments at the times...
Fluorine, fluorite, and fluorspar in central Colorado
Alan R. Wallace
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5113
Fluorine (F) is a widespread element that was deposited in a variety of rocks, minerals, and geologic environments in central Colorado. It occurs as a trace element, as a major component of the mineral fluorite (CaFs), and as a major economic source of fluorine in fluorspar deposits, which are massive...
Sedimentation Survey of Lago de Cidra, Puerto Rico, August 2007
Luis R. Soler-Lopez
2010, Scientific Investigations Map 3118
Lago de Cidra is a reservoir located on the confluence of Rio de Bayamon, Rio Sabana, and Quebrada Prieta, in the municipality of Cidra in east-central Puerto Rico, about 3.0 kilometers northeast of the town of Cidra. The dam is owned and operated by the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer...
Relations between groundwater levels and anthropogenic and meteorological stressors at selected sites in east-central Florida, 1995-2007
Louis C. Murray Jr.
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5046
Multivariate linear regression analyses were used to define the relations of water levels in the Upper Floridan aquifer (UFA) and surficial aquifer system (SAS) to anthropogenic and meteorological stressors between 1995 and 2007 at two monitoring well sites (Charlotte Street and Lake Oliver) in east-central Florida. Anthropogenic stressors of interest...
Connecticut Highlands technical report— Documentation of the regional rainfall-runoff model
Elizabeth A. Ahearn, David M. Bjerklie
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1187
This report provides the supporting data and describes the data sources, methodologies, and assumptions used in the assessment of existing and potential water resources of the Highlands of Connecticut and Pennsylvania (referred to herein as the “Highlands”). Included in this report are Highlands groundwater and surface-water use data and the...
Locating inputs of freshwater to Lynch Cove, Hood Canal, Washington, using aerial infrared photography
Rich W. Sheibley, Edward G. Josberger, Chris Chickadel
2010, Fact Sheet 2010-3072
The input of freshwater and associated nutrients into Lynch Cove and lower Hood Canal (fig. 1) from sources such as groundwater seeps, small streams, and ephemeral creeks may play a major role in the nutrient loading and hydrodynamics of this low dissolved-oxygen (hypoxic) system. These disbursed sources exhibit a high...
Recent (2001-09) hydrologic history and regionalization studies in Texas-Statistical characterization of storms, floods, and rainfall-runoff relations
William H. Asquith
2010, Fact Sheet 2010-3063
As part of numerous cooperative studies investigating rainfall and streamflow during 1991-2009 with the Texas Department of Transportation and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) published about 20 reports describing either historical streamflow conditions (hydrologic history) in Texas or the results of studies involving regional rainfall...
Characterization of the contents and histology of the gastrointestinal tracts of White Sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) captured from Upper Lake Roosevelt, Washington, October 2008
Michael J. Parsley, Bjorn K. van der Leeuw, Diane G. Elliott
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1193
The gastrointestinal tracts of 37 juvenile white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) captured from the upper part of Lake Roosevelt during October 2008, were examined to identify prey taxa and to determine if the fish were consuming smelter slag along with other sediments. Histological examination of the gastrointestinal tract tissues and comparison...
Trends in the quality of water in New Jersey streams, water years 1998-2007
R. Edward Hickman, Bonnie J. Gray
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5088
Trends were determined in flow-adjusted values of selected water-quality characteristics measured year-round during water years 1998-2007 (October 1, 1997, through September 30, 2007) at 70 stations on New Jersey streams. Water-quality characteristics included in the analysis are dissolved oxygen, pH, total dissolved solids, total phosphorus, total organic nitrogen plus ammonia,...
Steady-state and transient models of groundwater flow and advective transport, Eastern Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho National Laboratory and vicinity, Idaho
Daniel J. Ackerman, Joseph P. Rousseau, Gordon W. Rattray, Jason C. Fisher
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5123
Three-dimensional steady-state and transient models of groundwater flow and advective transport in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer were developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. The steady-state and transient flow models cover an area of 1,940 square miles that includes most of...
Central Colorado Assessment Project (CCAP)-Geochemical data for rock, sediment, soil, and concentrate sample media
Matthew Granitto, Ed H. DeWitt, Terry L. Klein
2010, Data Series 509
This database was initiated, designed, and populated to collect and integrate geochemical data from central Colorado in order to facilitate geologic mapping, petrologic studies, mineral resource assessment, definition of geochemical baseline values and statistics, environmental impact assessment, and medical geology. The Microsoft Access database serves as a geochemical data warehouse...
Response of Florida shelf ecosystems to climate change: from macro to micro scales
Lisa Robbins, Ellen Raabe
2010, Fact Sheet 2010-3065
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) research in St. Petersburg, Fla., is focusing attention on marine environments of the Florida shelf at three levels, from regional to estuarine to the individual organism. The USGS is partnering on this project with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (DACS), National Oceanic and...
Sedimentation Survey of Lago Patillas, Puerto Rico, March 2007
Luis R. Soler-Lopez
2010, Scientific Investigations Map 3128
Lago Patillas is a reservoir located on the confluence of Rio Grande de Patillas and Rio Marin, in the municipality of Patillas in southern Puerto Rico, about 3 kilometers north of the town of Patillas and about 8 kilometers northeast of the town of Arroyo (fig. 1). The dam is...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Japan and Vicinity
Susan Rhea, Arthur C. Tarr, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-D
This map shows details of Japan and vicinity not visible in an earlier publication, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3064. Japan and its island possessions lie across four major tectonic plates: Pacific plate, North America plate; Eurasia plate; and Philippine Sea plate. The Pacific plate is subducted into the...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Kuril-Kamchatka Arc and Vicinity
Susan Rhea, Arthur C. Tarr, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Kevin P. Furlong, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-C
This map shows details of the Kuril-Kamchatka arc not visible in an earlier publication, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3064. The arc extends about 2,100 km from Hokkaido, Japan, along the Kuril Islands and the pacific coast of the Kamchatka, Russia, peninsula to its intersection with the Aleutian arc...
Nutrients, Select Pesticides, and Suspended Sediment in the Karst Terrane of the Sinking Creek Basin, Kentucky, 2004-06
Angela S. Crain
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5167
This report presents the results of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture, on nutrients, select pesticides, and suspended sediment in the karst terrane of the Sinking Creek Basin. Streamflow, nutrient, select pesticide, and suspended-sediment data were collected at seven sampling stations from...
Seismicity of the Earth 1900-2007, Nazca Plate and South America
Susan Rhea, Gavin P. Hayes, Antonio H. Villasenor, Kevin P. Furlong, Arthur C. Tarr, Harley Benz
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1083-E
The South American arc extends over 7,000 km, from the Chilean triple junction offshore of southern Chile to its intersection with the Panama fracture zone, offshore the southern coast of Panama in Central America. It marks the plate boundary between the subducting Nazca plate and the South America plate, where...
Management of surface water and groundwater withdrawals to maintain environmental stream flows in Michigan
Howard W. Reeves, Paul W. Seelbach, James R. Nicholas, David A. Hamilton
Kenneth W. Potter, Donald K. Frevert, editor(s)
2010, Conference Paper, Watershed management 2010: Innovations in watershed management under land use and climate change
In 2008, the State of Michigan enacted legislation requiring that new or increased high-capacity withdrawals (greater than 100,000 gallons per day) from either surface water or groundwater be reviewed to prevent Adverse Resource Impacts (ARI). Science- based guidance was sought in defining how groundwater or surface-water withdrawals affect streamflow and...
Temporal change in biological community structure in the Fountain Creek basin, Colorado, 2001-2008
Robert E. Zuellig, James F. Bruce, Stogner
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5103
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with Colorado Springs City Engineering, began a study to better understand the relations between environmental characteristics and biological communities in the Fountain Creek basin in order to aide water-resource management and guide future monitoring activities. To accomplish this task, environmental (streamflow, habitat,...
Terrigenous sediment provenance from geochemical tracers, south Molokai reef flat, Hawaii
R.K. Takesue
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1155
Land-derived runoff is one of the greatest threats to coral-reef health. Identification of runoff sources is an important step in erosion mitigation efforts. A geochemical sediment provenance study was done in uplands and across the adjacent fringing reef on the southeast shore of Molokai, Hawaii, to determine whether sediment runoff...
Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California: Hydrogeologic framework and transient groundwater flow model
Wayne Belcher, Frank A. D’Agnese, Grady M. O’Brien, Donald S. Sweetkind, Carma A. San Juan, Randell J. Laczniak, Christopher J. Potter, Heather Putnam, Claudia C. Faunt, Joan B. Blainey, Mary C. Hill, M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill
Wayne R. Belcher, Donald S. Sweetkind, editor(s)
2010, Professional Paper 1711
A numerical three-dimensional (3D) transient groundwater flow model of the Death Valley region was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey for the U.S. Department of Energy programs at the Nevada Test Site and at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Decades of study of aspects of the groundwater flow system and previous less...
