GIS data for the Seaside, Oregon, Tsunami Pilot Study to modernize FEMA flood hazard maps
Florence L. Wong, Angie J. Venturato, Eric L. Geist
2007, Conference Paper, Proceedings of Coastal Zone '07
A Tsunami Pilot Study was conducted for the area surrounding the coastal town of Seaside, Oregon, as part of the Federal Emergency Management's (FEMA) Flood Insurance Rate Map Modernization Program (Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group, 2006). The Cascadia subduction zone extends from Cape Mendocino, California, to Vancouver Island, Canada. The...
Aufeis accumulations in stream bottoms in arctic and subarctic environments as a possible indicator of geologic structure: Chapter F in Recent U.S. Geological Survey studies in the Tintina Gold Province, Alaska, United States, and Yukon, Canada--results of a 5-year project
Richard B. Wanty, Bronwen Wang, Jim Vohden, Warren C. Day, Larry P. Gough
Larry P. Gough, Warren C. Day, editor(s)
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5289-F
Thick accumulations of ice, called “aufeis,” form during winter along stream and river valleys in arctic and subarctic regions. In high-gradient alpine streams, aufeis forms mostly as a result of ground-water discharge into the stream channel. The ice occludes this discharge, perturbing the steady-state condition, and causing an incremental rise...
Recommendations for a barrier island breach management plan for Fire Island National Seashore, including the Otis Pike High Dune Wilderness Area, Long Island, New York
S. Jeffress Williams, Mary K. Foley
2007, Technical Report NPS/NER/NRTR--2007/075
The U.S Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is developing engineering plans, including economic costs and benefits, for storm damage reduction along an 83 mile stretch of the coastal barrier islands and beaches on the south shore of Long Island, NY from Fire Island Inlet east to the Montauk...
Cretaceous and Tertiary extension throughout the Ross Sea, Antarctica
Robert C. Decesari, Douglas C. Wilson, Bruce P. Luyendyk, Michael Faulkner
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1047-SRP-098
Marine geophysical data from the deep sea adjacent to the Ross Sea, Antarctica suggest that 70 km of extension occurred between East and West Antarctica from 46 to 2 Ma. The Northern and Victoria Land Basins in the western Ross Sea adjacent to the Transantarctic Mountains accommodated 95 km of...
Detailed measured sections, cross sections, and paleogeographic reconstructions of the upper cretaceous and lower tertiary nonmarine interval, Wind River Basin, Wyoming: Chapter 10 in Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas resources in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming
Ronald C. Johnson
2007, Data Series 69-J-10
Detailed measured sections and regional stratigraphic cross sections are used to reconstruct facies maps and interpret paleogeographic settings for the interval from the base of Upper Cretaceous Mesaverde Formation to top of lower member of the Paleocene Fort Union Formation in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming. The Mesaverde Formation spans...
Subsurface stratigraphic cross sections of cretaceous and lower tertiary rocks in the Wind River Basin, central Wyoming: Chapter 9 in Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas resources in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming
Thomas M. Finn
2007, Data Series 69-J-9
The stratigraphic cross sections presented in this report were constructed as part of a project conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey to characterize and evaluate the undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Wind River Basin (WRB) in central Wyoming. The primary purpose of the cross sections is to show...
Source rock potential of upper cretaceous marine shales in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming: Chapter 8 in Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas resources in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming
Thomas M. Finn
2007, Data Series 69-J-8
Seventy-eight samples collected from marine shales from the Cretaceous Mowry Shale, the lower part of the Frontier Formation, and the lower shaly and upper sandy members of the Cody Shale in the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, were analyzed using Rock-Eval and total organic carbon analysis to determine the source rock...
Revisiting submarine mass movements along the U.S. Atlantic Continental Margin: Implications for tsunami hazards
J.D. Chaytor, D.C. Twichell, Uri S. ten Brink, B.J. Buczkowski, B.D. Andrews
2007, Book chapter, Submarine mass movements and their consequences
Interest in the generation of tsunamis by submarine mass movements has warranted a reassessment of their distribution and the nature of submarine landslides offshore of the eastern U.S. The recent acquisition and analysis of multibeam bathymetric data over most of this continental slope and rise provides clearer view into the...
The Yellowstone hotspot, Greater Yellowstone ecosystem, and human geography
Kenneth L. Pierce, Don G. Despain, Lisa A. Morgan, John M. Good
Lisa Ann Morgan Morzel, editor(s)
2007, Professional Paper 1717-A
Active geologic processes associated with the Yellowstone hotspot are fundamental in shaping the landscapes of the greater Yellowstone ecosystem (GYE), a high volcanic plateau flanked by a crescent of still higher mountainous terrain. The processes associated with the Yellowstone hotspot are volcanism, faulting, and uplift and are observed in the...
U.S. Geological Survey reports on the Tintina Gold Province--products of recent Mineral Resources Program studies: Chapter K in Recent U.S. Geological Survey studies in the Tintina Gold Province, Alaska, United States, and Yukon, Canada--results of a 5-year project
Larry P. Gough
Larry P. Gough, Warren C. Day, editor(s)
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5289-K
Burial history, thermal maturity, and oil and gas generation history of petroleum systems in the Wind River Basin Province, central Wyoming: Chapter 6 in Petroleum systems and geologic assessment of oil and gas resources in the Wind River Basin Province, Wyoming
Laura N.R. Roberts, Thomas M. Finn, Michael D. Lewan, Mark A. Kirschbaum
2007, Data Series 69-J-6
Burial history, thermal maturity, and timing of oil and gas generation were modeled for eight key source rock units at nine well locations throughout the Wind River Basin Province. Petroleum source rocks include the Permian Phosphoria Formation, the Cretaceous Mowry Shale, Cody Shale, and Mesaverde, Meeteetse, and Lance Formations, and...
Integrated multi‐scale characterization of ground‐water flow and chemical transport in fractured crystalline rock at the Mirror Lake Site, New Hampshire
Allen M. Shapiro, Paul A. Hsieh, William C. Burton, Gregory J. Walsh
David W. Hyndman, Frederick D. Day-Lewis, Kamini Singha, editor(s)
2007, Book chapter, Subsurface hydrology: Data integration for properties and processes
This chapter contains sections titled:IntroductionMirror Lake SiteFractures and Geologic MappingHydraulic Properties of Fractured Rock From Meters to KilometersChemical Migration in Fractured RockFracture Controls on Ground‐Water Flow and Chemical Transport at the Mirror Lake SiteSummary...
USGS assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources in Paleogene strata of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coastal plain and state waters
Peter D. Warwick, James L. Coleman, Paul C. Hackley, Daniel O. Hayba, Alexander W. Karlsen, Elisabeth L. Rowan, Sharon M. Swanson
Lorcan Kennan, James Pindell, Norman C. Rosen, editor(s)
2007, Conference Paper, The Paleogene of the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean basins: Processes, events, and petroleum systems
This report presents a review of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 2007 assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas resources in Paleogene strata underlying the U.S. Gulf of Mexico Coastal Plain and state waters. Geochemical, geologic, geophysical, thermal maturation, burial history, and paleontologic studies have been combined with regional cross...
The colonial ascidian Didemnum sp. A: current distribution, basic biology and potential threat to marine communities of the northeast and west coasts of North America
S.G. Bullard, G. Lambert, M.R. Carman, J. Byrnes, R.B. Whitlatch, G. Ruiz, R. J. Miller, L. Harris, P. C. Valentine, J.S. Collie, J. Pederson, D.C. McNaught, A.N. Cohen, R. G. Asch, J. Dijkstra, K. Heinonen
2007, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology (342) 99-108
Didemnum sp. A is a colonial ascidian with rapidly expanding populations on the east and west coasts of North America. The origin of Didemum sp. A is unknown. Populations were first observed on the northeast coast of the U.S. in the late 1980s and on the west coast during the...
Cycles of hurricane landfalls on the eastern United States linked to changes in Atlantic sea-surface temperatures
Richard Z. Poore, Terry Quinn, Julie Richey, Jackie L. Smith
2007, Circular 1306-2A
The occurrence of hurricane landfalls on the United States may be related to alternating intervals of persistent above-average and below-average surface temperature of the North Atlantic Ocean. The cycle of temperature variations, known as the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO), has been identified by study of records based on thermometer readings...
"Did you feel it?" Intensity data: A surprisingly good measure of earthquake ground motion
G. M. Atkinson, D.J. Wald
2007, Seismological Research Letters (78) 362-368
The U.S. Geological Survey is tapping a vast new source of engineering seismology data through its "Did You Feel It?" (DYFI) program, which collects online citizen responses to earthquakes. To date, more than 750,000 responses have been compiled in the United States alone. The DYFI data make up in quantity...
Assessment of contamination from arsenical pesticide use on orchards in the great valley region, Virginia and West Virginia, USA
Gilpin R. Robinson Jr., Peter Larkins, Carol J. Boughton, Bradley W. Reed, Philip L. Sibrell
2007, Journal of Environmental Quality (36) 654-663
Lead arsenate pesticides were widely used in apple orchards from 1925 to 1955. Soils from historic orchards in four counties in Virginia and West Virginia contained elevated concentrations of As and Pb, consistent with an arsenical pesticide source. Arsenic concentrations in approximately 50% of the orchard site soils and approximately...
Fault locking, block rotation and crustal deformation in the Pacific Northwest
Robert McCaffrey, Anthony I. Qamar, Robert W. King, Ray E. Wells, G. Khazaradze, C.A. Williams, C.W. Stevens, J.J. Vollick, P.C. Zwick
2007, Geophysical Journal International (169) 1315-1340
We interpret Global Positioning System (GPS) measurements in the northwestern United States and adjacent parts of western Canada to describe relative motions of crustal blocks, locking on faults and permanent deformation associated with convergence between the Juan de Fuca and North American plates. To estimate angular velocities of the...
Survey trends of North American shorebirds: Population declines or shifting distributions?
Jonathan Bart, Stephen Brown, Brian A. Harrington, R.I. Guy Morrison
2007, Journal of Avian Biology (38) 73-82
We analyzed data from two surveys of fall migrating shorebirds in central and eastern North America to estimate annual trends in means per survey and to determine whether trends indicate a change in population size or might have been caused by other factors. The analysis showed a broad decline in...
Geochemical proxies of North American freshwater routing during the Younger Dryas cold event
A.E. Carlson, P.U. Clark, B.A. Haley, G.P. Klinkhammer, K. Simmons, E.J. Brook, K. J. Meissner
2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (104) 6556-6561
The Younger Dryas cold interval represents a time when much of the Northern Hemisphere cooled from ???12.9 to 11.5 kiloyears B.P. The cause of this event, which has long been viewed as the canonical example of abrupt climate change, was initially attributed to the routing of freshwater to the St....
Impacts of Hurricane Rita on the beaches of western Louisiana
Hilary F. Stockdon, Laura A. Fauver, Sallenger Jr., C. Wayne Wright
2007, Circular 1306-5D
Hurricane Rita made landfall as a category 3 storm in western Louisiana in late September 2005, 1 month following Hurricane Katrina's devastating landfall in the eastern part of the State. Large waves and storm surge inundated the lowelevation coastline, destroying many communities and causing extensive coastal change including beach, dune,...
Prioritizing bottomland hardwood forest sites for protection and augmentation
J. Carter, J. Biagas
2007, Natural Areas Journal (27) 72-82
Bottomland hardwood forest has been greatly diminished by conversion to agriculture. Less than 25% of the pre-Columbian bottomland hardwood forests remain in the southeastern United States. Because of the valuable ecological and hydrological functions performed by these forests, their conservation and restoration has been a high priority. Part of these...
Why the sacramento delta area differs from other parts of the great valley: numerical modeling of thermal structure and thermal subsidence of forearc basins
V.O. Mikhailov, T. Parsons, R.W. Simpson, E.P. Timoshkina, C. Williams
2007, Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth (43) 75-90
Data on present-day heat flow, subsidence history, and paleotemperature for the Sacramento Delta region, California, have been employed to constrain a numerical model of tectonic subsidence and thermal evolution of forearc basins. The model assumes an oceanic basement with an initial thermal profile dependent on its age subjected to refrigeration...
Seismic velocity structure and seismotectonics of the eastern San Francisco Bay region, California
J.L. Hardebeck, A.J. Michael, T.M. Brocher
2007, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (97) 826-842
The Hayward Fault System is considered the most likely fault system in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, to produce a major earthquake in the next 30 years. To better understand this fault system, we use microseismicity to study its structure and kinematics. We present a new 3D seismic-velocity model...
Two lithospheric profiles across southern California derived from gravity and seismic data
T. Romanyuk, Walter D. Mooney, Shane T. Detweiler
2007, Journal of Geodynamics (43) 274-307
We present two detailed 2-D density transects for the crust and uppermost mantle across southern California using a linear gravity inversion technique. This technique parameterizes the crust and upper mantle as a set of blocks that are based on published geologic and seismic...
