Flow velocity, water temperature, and conductivity in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, Florida: June 2002–July 2003
Ami L. Riscassi, Raymond W. Schaffranek
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1233
The data described in this report were collected in the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) Priority Ecosystems Science project investigating "Forcing Effects on Flow Structure in Vegetated Wetlands of the Everglades." Data collected at five locations in Shark River Slough, Everglades National Park, during the 2002-2003 wet season are documented...
Dynamics of the physical environment at the USS Arizona memorial: 2002-2004
Curt D. Storlazzi, Matthew A. Russell, Marshall D. Owens, Michael E. Field, Larry E. Murphy
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1353
No abstract available....
Rainfall, runoff, and water-quality data for the urban storm-water program in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area, water year 2002
Todd Kelly, Orlando Romero, Eric Turner
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1347
Urbanization has dramatically increased precipitation runoff to the system of drainage channels and natural stream channels in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area. Rainfall and runoff data are important for planning and designing future storm-water conveyance channels in newly developing areas. Storm-water quality also is monitored in accordance with the...
NADM Conceptual Model 1.0 -- A Conceptual Model for Geologic Map Information
North American Geologic Map Data Model (NADM) Steering Committee Data Model Design Team
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1334
Executive Summary -- The NADM Data Model Design Team was established in 1999 by the North American Geologic Map Data Model Steering Committee (NADMSC) with the purpose of drafting a geologic map data model for consideration as a standard for developing interoperable geologic map-centered databases by state, provincial, and federal...
Stream habitat and water-quality information for sites in the Buffalo River Basin and nearby basins of Arkansas, 2001-2002
James C. Petersen
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1277
The Buffalo River lies in north-central Arkansas and is a tributary of the White River. Stream-habitat and water-quality information are presented for 52 sites in the Buffalo River Basin and adjacent areas of the White River Basin. The information was collected during the summers of 2001 and 2002 to supplement...
The Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, seismic hazard maps
Chris H. Cramer, Joan S. Gomberg, Eugene S. Schweig, Brian A. Waldron, Kathleen Tucker
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1294
Lead isotopic compositions of common arsenical pesticides used in New England
Robert Ayuso, Nora Foley, Gilpin Robinson Jr., Gregory Wandless, Jeremy Dillingham
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1342
The three most important arsenical pesticides and herbicides that were extensively used on apple, blueberry, and potato crops in New England from mid-1800s to recent times are lead arsenate, calcium arsenate, and sodium arsenate. Lead arsenate was probably the most heavily used of the arsenical pesticides until it was banned...
Lime kiln dust as a potential raw material in portland cement manufacturing
M. Michael Miller, Robert M. Callaghan
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1336
In the United States, the manufacture of portland cement involves burning in a rotary kiln a finely ground proportional mix of raw materials. The raw material mix provides the required chemical combination of calcium, silicon, aluminum, iron, and small amounts of other ingredients. The majority of calcium is supplied in...
A summary of the scientific literature on the effects of fire on the concentration of nutrients in surface waters
Anthony J. Ranalli
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1296
This paper provides a detailed review of the chemical changes that occur in soil during a fire, the pathways by which nutrients are transferred from soil to surface-water bodies following a fire, and the temporal and spatial effects of fires on the concentration of nutrients in surface-water bodies during and...
Proceedings of the twentieth annual meeting of the Society for Organic Petrology
Linda J. Bragg, Erika E. Lentz, Peter D. Warwick, Robert B. Finkelman, Michael H. Trippi, editor(s)
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1283
The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP; pronounced "Tee'-sop") was established in 1984 to consolidate and foster the organizational activities of scientists and engineers involved with coal petrology, kerogen petrology, organic geochemistry, and related disciplines. The following report, "Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Meeting of The Society for Organic Petrology" (ISSN...
Hydraulic conductivity of near-surface alluvium in the vicinity of Cattlemans Detention Basin, South Lake Tahoe, California
Jena M. Green, Katherine K. Henkelman, Rachel M. Caskey
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1201
Cattlemans detention basin, South Lake Tahoe, California is designed to capture and reduce urban runoff and pollutants originating from developed areas before entering Cold Creek, which is tributary to Trout Creek and to Lake Tahoe. The effectiveness of the basin in reducing sediment and nutrient loads currently is being assessed...
Flood of June 4-5, 2002, in the Maquoketa River Basin, east-central Iowa
David A. Eash
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1250
Severe flooding occurred on June 4-5, 2002, in the Maquoketa River Basin in Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, and Jones Counties, following thunderstorm activity over east-central Iowa. The rain gage at Cascade, Iowa, recorded a 14-hour rainfall of 6.0 inches at noon on June 4. Radar indications estimated as much as 8...
VPV--The velocity profile viewer user manual
John M. Donovan
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1255
The Velocity Profile Viewer (VPV) is a tool for visualizing time series of velocity profiles developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS uses VPV to preview and present measured velocity data from acoustic Doppler current profilers and simulated velocity data from three-dimensional estuarine, river, and lake hydrodynamic models....
Ecosystem history of southern and central Biscayne Bay: Summary report on sediment core analyses - year two
G. Lynn Wingard, Thomas M. Cronin, Charles W. Holmes, Debra A. Willard, Gary S. Dwyer, Scott E. Ishman, William Orem, Christopher P. Williams, Jessica Albietz, Christopher E. Bernhardt, Carlos A. Budet, Bryan Landacre, Terry Lerch, Marci Marot, Ruth E. Ortiz
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1312
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) lists restoration of the timing, quantity, and quality of the natural flow of freshwater as one its primary goals. Before restoration can occur, however, the baseline conditions of the environment prior to significant human alteration must be established and the range of variation within...
Submarine ground-water discharge and its role in coastal processes and ecosystems
Peter W. Swarzenski, John F. Bratton, John Crusius
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1226
Submarine ground-water discharge (SGD) has recently been recognized as a phenomenon that can strongly influence coastal water and geochemical budgets and drive ecosystem change. For example, the discharge of nutrient-enriched ground water into coastal waters may contribute significantly to eutrophication and blooms of harmful algae. Similarly, the quantity of SGD...
Quality of ground water for selected municipal water supplies in Iowa, 1997–2002 water years
Gregory R. Littin
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1048
The Iowa ground-water-quality monitoring program has been conducted cooperatively since 1982 by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Geological Survey; the University of Iowa Hygienic Laboratory; and the U.S. Geological Survey. The original objectives of the program were to provide baseline ground-water-quality data throughout the State for the major...
A compilation of rate parameters of water-mineral interaction kinetics for application to geochemical modeling
James L. Palandri, Yousif K. Kharaka
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1068
Geochemical reaction path modeling is useful for rapidly assessing the extent of water-aqueous-gas interactions both in natural systems and in industrial processes. Modeling of some systems, such as those at low temperature with relatively high hydrologic flow rates, or those perturbed by the subsurface injection of industrial waste such as...
Synthesis of rainfall and runoff data used for Texas Department of Transportation Research Projects 0-4193 and 0-4194
William H. Asquith, David B. Thompson, Theodore G. Cleveland, Xing Fang
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1035
In the early 2000s, the Texas Department of Transportation funded several research projects to examine the unit hydrograph and rainfall hyetograph techniques for hydrologic design in Texas for the estimation of design flows for stormwater drainage systems. A research consortium comprised of Lamar University, Texas Tech University, the University of...
Suwannee River Basin and Estuary Initiative: Executive Summary
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1198
MODFLOW-2000, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model -- GMG Linear Equation Solver Package Documentation
John D. Wilson, Richard L. Naff
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1261
A geometric multigrid solver (GMG), based in the preconditioned conjugate gradient algorithm, has been developed for solving systems of equations resulting from applying the cell-centered finite difference algorithm to flow in porous media. This solver has been adapted to the U.S. Geological Survey ground-water flow model MODFLOW-2000. The documentation herein...
Principal facts for gravity data collected in Wisconsin: A web site and CD-ROM for distribution of data
Stephen L. Snyder, Daniel W. Geister, David L. Daniels, C. Patrick Ervin
2004, Open-File Report 2003-157
Principal facts for 40,488 gravity stations covering the entire state of Wisconsin are presented here in digital form. This is a compilation of previously published data collected between 1948 and 1992 from numerous sources, along with over 10,000 new gravity stations collected by the USGS since 1999. Also included are...
A 30-year record of surface mass balance (1966-95) and motion and surface altitude (1975-95) at Wolverine Glacier, Alaska
Lawrence R. Mayo, Dennis C. Trabant, Rod S. March
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1069
Scientific measurements at Wolverine Glacier, on the Kenai Peninsula in south-central Alaska, began in April 1966. At three long-term sites in the research basin, the measurements included snow depth, snow density, heights of the glacier surface and stratigraphic summer surfaces on stakes, and identification of the surface materials. Calculations of...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona — 2002-03
Margot Truini, Blakemore E. Thomas
2004, Open-File Report 2003-503
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...
Surface- and Ground-Water Monitoring and Mapping of Selected Features at the Blue Ridge Parkway Mt. Pisgah Campground, Haywood County, North Carolina, 2002
Douglas G. Smith
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1073
During 2002, a baseline study of hydrologic conditions was conducted, and selected features were mapped within the Mt. Pisgah campground on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Haywood County, North Carolina. Field surveys were performed by using global positioning system equipment one time (January 2002) during the study to locate hydrologic...
Selected presentations on coal-bed gas in the eastern United States
Peter D. Warwick
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1273
No abstract available....
