Landslides triggered by the October 8, 2005, Pakistan earthquake and associated landslide-dammed reservoirs
Edwin L. Harp, Anthony J. Crone
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1052
The October 8, 2005, Kashmir earthquake (M 7.6) triggered several thousand landslides, mainly rock falls and rock slides, in the epicentral area near the cities of Muzafarrabad and Balakot, Pakistan. Most of these were shallow, coalescing rock slides emanating from highly sheared and deformed limestone and dolomite of the Precambrian...
Interpolation of reconnaissance multibeam bathymetry from north-central Long Island Sound
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth D. Ackerman, Elizabeth F. Doran, Andrew L. Beaver, Jim M. Crocker, P. T. Schattgen
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1145
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP), has produced detailed maps of the sea floor in Long Island Sound, a major East Coast estuary surrounded by the most densely populated region of the...
U.S. Geological Survey and Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry cooperative assessment of Afghanistan's undiscovered oil and gas
Craig J. Wandrey, Gregory Ulmishek, Warren Agena, Timothy R. Klett, Afghanistan Oil and Gas Research Assessment Team
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1095
Results of the U.S. Geological Survey and Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry cooperative assessment of undiscovered petroleum resources of northern Afghanistan were first released through this presentation on March 14, 2006, at the Afghan Embassy in Washington, D.C. On March 15 the results were presented in Kabul, Afghanistan. The...
Earthquakes in Virginia and vicinity 1774 - 2004
Arthur C. Tarr, Russell L. Wheeler
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1017
This map summarizes two and a third centuries of earthquake activity. The seismic history consists of letters, journals, diaries, and newspaper and scholarly articles that supplement seismograph recordings (seismograms) dating from the early twentieth century to the present. All of the pre-instrumental (historical) earthquakes were large enough to be felt...
Micropaleontology of selected wells and seismic shot holes, northern Alaska
Michael B. Mickey, Hideyo Haga, Kenneth J. Bird
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1055
This report provides micropaleontologic data (foraminifera, pollen, spores, and microplankton) and interpretations of the rocks penetrated by 49 wells and 3,134 seismic shot holes distributed among 73 seismic lines (figs. 1, 2; table 1). All shot holes and 30 wells are located within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA); the...
EMMMA: A web-based system for environmental mercury mapping, modeling, and analysis
Hearn Jr., Stephen P. Wente, David I. Donato, John J. Aguinaldo
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1086
Mercury in our environment - in our air, water, soil, and especially our food - poses significant hazards to human health, particularly for developing fetuses and young children. Because of the importance of this issue and the length of time it has been studied, large and complex data sets of...
Chlorophyll a and inorganic suspended solids in backwaters of the upper Mississippi River system: Backwater lake effects and their associations with selected environmental predictors
James T. Rogala, Brian R. Gray
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1043
The Long Term Resource Monitoring Program (LTRMP) uses a stratified random sampling design to obtain water quality statistics within selected study reaches of the Upper Mississippi River System (UMRS). LTRMP sampling strata are based on aquatic area types generally found in large rivers (e.g., main channel, side channel, backwater, and...
Preliminary surficial geologic map of a Calico Mountains piedmont and part of Coyote Lake, Mojave desert, San Bernardino County, California
Stephanie L. Dudash
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1090
This 1:24,000 scale detailed surficial geologic map and digital database of a Calico Mountains piedmont and part of Coyote Lake in south-central California depicts surficial deposits and generalized bedrock units. The mapping is part of a USGS project to investigate the spatial distribution of deposits linked to changes in climate,...
Gravity investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma
Daniel S. Scheirer, Allegra Hosford Scheirer
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1083
The geological configuration of the Arbuckle Uplift in the vicinity of Chickasaw National Recreation Area in south-central Oklahoma plays a governing role in the distribution of fresh and mineral springs within the park and in the existence of artesian wells in and around the park. A confining layer of well-cemented...
Colonia development and land use change in Ambos Nogales, United States-Mexican border
Laura M. Norman, Angela Donelson, Edwin Pfeifer, Alven H. Lam
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1112
This report outlines a planning approach taken by a Federal Government partnership that is meant to promote sustainable development in the future, integrating both sides of the United States-Mexican border. The twin-city area of Nogales, Ariz., and Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, known collectively as Ambos (both) Nogales, has a common borderland...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona — 2004–05
Margot Truini, J. P. Macy
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1058
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and precipitation of about 6 to 14 inches per year. The monitoring...
Gear efficiencies in the fish component of the long term resource monitoring program: predicted versus observed catch
Brian S. Ickes
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1074
Scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Somerset County, Maine
Robert W. Dudley, Charles W. Schalk
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1100
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Maine Water Science Center as the deliverable for scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Somerset County, Maine, under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Inter-Agency Agreement Number HSFE01-05-X-0018. This section of the report explains the objective of the task and...
Scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Kennebec County, Maine
Robert W. Dudley, Charles W. Schalk
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1099
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Maine Water Science Center as the deliverable for scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Kennebec County, Maine, under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Inter-Agency Agreement Number HSFE01-05-X-0018. This section of the report explains the objective of the task and...
Scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Cumberland County, Maine
Robert W. Dudley, Charles W. Schalk
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1098
This report was prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Maine Water Science Center as the deliverable for scoping of flood hazard mapping needs for Cumberland County, Maine, under Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Inter-Agency Agreement Number HSFE01-05-X-0018. This section of the report explains the objective of the task and...
Two-dimensional magnetotelluric model of deep resistivity structure in the Bodie-Aurora district of California
Jay A. Sampson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1060
Introduction: Magnetotelluric data were acquired during October 2001 by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of a study to examine the structural nature of basins in the transition zone between the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and the Basin and Range province of Nevada. Magnetotelluric (MT) geophysical studies...
Drivers of U.S. mineral demand
John L. Sznopek
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1025
Introduction: The word 'demand' has different meanings for different people. To some, it means their 'wants and needs,' to others it is what they consume. Yet, when considering economics, demand refers to the specific amounts of goods or services that individuals will purchase at various prices. Demand is...
Central Texas coastal classification maps - Aransas Pass to Mansfield Channel
Robert A. Morton, Russell L. Peterson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1096
The primary purpose of the USGS National Assessment of Coastal Change Project is to provide accurate representations of pre-storm ground conditions for areas that are designated high priority because they have dense populations or valuable resources that are at risk from storm waves. A secondary purpose of the project is...
A Procedure for the supercritical fluid extraction of coal samples, with subsequent analysis of extracted hydrocarbons
Jonathan J. Kolak
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1054
Introduction: This report provides a detailed, step-by-step procedure for conducting extractions with supercritical carbon dioxide (CO2) using the ISCO SFX220 supercritical fluid extraction system. Protocols for the subsequent separation and analysis of extracted hydrocarbons are also included in this report. These procedures were developed under the auspices of the...
Status report: USGS coal assessment of the Powder River Basin, Wyoming
James A. Luppens, Timothy J. Rohrbacher, Jon E. Haacke, David C. Scott, Lee M. Osmonson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1072
Summary: This publication reports on the status of the current coal assessment of the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana. This slide program was presented at the Energy Information Agency's 2006 EIA Energy Outlook and Modeling Conference in Washington, DC, on March 27, 2006. The PRB coal...
Geologic characteristics of benthic habitats in Glacier Bay, southeast Alaska
Jodi N. Harney, Guy R. Cochrane, Lisa L. Etherington, Pete Dartnell, Nadine E. Golden, Hank Chezar
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1081
In April 2004, more than 40 hours of georeferenced submarine digital video was collected in water depths of 15-370 m in Glacier Bay to (1) ground-truth existing geophysical data (bathymetry and acoustic reflectance), (2) examine and record geologic characteristics of the sea floor, and (3) investigate the relation between substrate...
Concentrations of nutrients, pesticides, and suspended sediment in the karst terrane of the Sinking Creek basin, Kentucky, 2004
Angela S. Crain
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1091
Water samples were collected in streams and springs in the karst terrane of the Sinking Creek Basin in 2004 as part of study in cooperation with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture. A total of 48 water samples were collected at 7 sites (4 springs, 2 streams, and 1 karst window)...
Revised geologic cross sections of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional groundwater flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
William R. Page, Daniel S. Scheirer, Victoria E. Langenheim, Mary A. Berger
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1040
This report presents revisions to parts of seven of the ten cross sections originally published in U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1040. The revisions were necessary to correct errors in some of the original cross sections, and to show new parts of several sections that were extended and (or) appended...
Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, Part I, Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity; June–August, 2005
Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Kathy Presto, Joshua B. Logan, Michael E. Field
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1085
High-resolution measurements of waves, currents, water levels, temperature, salinity and turbidity were made in Hanalei Bay, northern Kauai, Hawaii, during the summer of 2005 to better understand coastal circulation and sediment dynamics in coral reef habitats. A series of bottom-mounted instrument packages were deployed in water depths of 10 m...
Isotopic ages of rocks in the northern Front Range, Colorado
Anna B. Wilson, Bruce Bryant
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1051
These maps, and the tables that accompany them, are a compilation of isotopic age determinations of rocks and minerals in four 1:100,000 quadrangles in the northern and central Front Range, Colorado. Phanerozoic (primarily Tertiary and Cretaceous) age data are shown on one map; Proterozoic data are on the other....
