Mineral commodity profiles: nitrogen
Deborah A. Kramer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1290
Overview -- Nitrogen (N) is an essential element of life and a part of all animal and plant proteins. As a part of the DNA and RNA molecules, nitrogen is an essential constituent of each individual's genetic blueprint. As an essential element in the chlorophyll molecule, nitrogen is vital to...
Assessment of water chemistry, habitat, and benthic macroinvertebrates at selected stream-quality monitoring sites in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1998-2000
Andrew G. Reif
2004, Open-File Report 2003-499
Biological, chemical, and habitat data have been collected from a network of sites in Chester County, Pa., from 1970 to 2003 to assess stream quality. Forty sites in 6 major stream basins were sampled between 1998 and 2000. Biological data were used to determine levels of impairment in the benthic-macroinvertebrate...
Alaska resource data file: Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska
William Ellis, Charles C. Hawley, Samuel Dashevsky
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1266
No abstract available....
Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas
Emil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1299
This report presents the petroleum accumulation size-frequency relationships of selected mature plays assessed in the U.S. Geological Survey's 1995 National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources. The plays provide assessors with potential analogue models from which to estimate the numbers of undiscovered accumulations in medium and smaller size categories. Each...
Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics along West Maui, Hawaii: Part III: Flow and particulate dynamics during the 2003 summer coral spawning season
Curt D. Storlazzi, Michael E. Field, Andrea S. Ogston, Joshua B. Logan, M. Kathy Presto, Dave G. Gonzales
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1287
High-resolution measurements of currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity were made over the course of three months off West Maui in the summer and early fall of 2003 to better understand coastal dynamics in coral reef habitats. Measurements were made through the emplacement of a series of bottom-mounted instruments in water...
New England states aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
David L. Daniels, Stephen L. Snyder
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1258
No abstract available....
Assessment of Appalachian Basin oil and gas resources: Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System
Robert C. Milici
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1272
The Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System, lies within the central and northern parts of the Appalachian coal field. It consists of five assessment units (AU): the Pocahontas Basin in southwestern Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky, the Central Appalachian Shelf in Tennessee, eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia,...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 1. Depth to bedrock determinations using shallow seismic data acquired in the Straight Creek drainage near Red River, New Mexico
Michael H. Powers, Bethany L. Burton
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1236
In late May and early June of 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired four P-wave seismic profiles across the Straight Creek drainage near Red River, New Mexico. The data were acquired to support a larger effort to investigate baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality in the Red River basin (Nordstrom...
Sidescan sonar imagery and surficial geologic interpretation of the sea floor off Branford, Connecticut
L. J. Poppe, V.F. Paskevich, M. S. Moser, M. L. DiGiacomo-Cohen, E. B. Christman
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1003
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), Figure 1 - Map of Study Areahas produced detailed geologic maps of the sea floor in Long Island Sound, a major East Coast estuary surrounded...
Sedimentary Fabrics of Stratified Slope Deposits at a Site near Hoover's Camp, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
Joseph P. Smoot
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1059
An outcrop of stratified slope deposits in Shenandoah National Park is described in detail. The Pleistocene age deposits are comprised of a mixture of clay to cobbles defining a series of offlapping wedges. Elongate clasts are oriented parallel to wedge boundaries except at the toe of the wedge, where they...
Absolute Gravimetry in Antarctica: 1995 Observations at McMurdo Station and Terra Nova Bay Station
Glenn Sasagawa, Tony K. Meunier, Jerry L. Mullins, Dave McAdoo, Fred Klopping
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1190
Digital Aeromagnetic Data and Derivative Products from a Helicopter Survey over the Town of Taos and Surrounding Areas, Taos County, New Mexico
Viki Bankey, V. J. S. Grauch, Fugro Airborne Surveys Corporation
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1229-A
This report contains digital data, image files, and text files describing data formats and survey procedures for aeromagnetic data collected during a helicopter geophysical survey in northern New Mexico during October 2003. The survey covers the Town of Taos, Taos Pueblo, and surrounding communities in Taos County. Several derivative products...
Review of Knowledge on the Occurrence, Chemical Composition, and Potential Use for Desalination of Saline Ground Water in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas with a Discussion of Potential Future Study Needs
G. F. Huff
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1197
Increasing demand on the limited supplies of freshwater in the desert Southwest, as well as other parts of the United States, has increased the level of interest in saline-water resources. Saline ground water has long been recognized as a potentially important contributor to water supply in the Southwest, as demonstrated...
Mining activity in Nevada, 1851-1995
Lorre A. Moyer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1244
This report describes a Microsoft PowerPoint digital movie package that displays patterns of Nevada mineral activity from 1851 to 1995 and historical factors that influenced these patterns. The digital package consists of a full length educational movie with text and two short animations showing the evolving patterns of significant Nevada...
Geology of the Ugashik-Mount Peulik Volcanic Center, Alaska
Thomas P. Miller
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1009
The Ugashik-Mount Peulik volcanic center, 550 km southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula, consists of the late Quaternary 5-km-wide Ugashik caldera and the stratovolcano Mount Peulik built on the north flank of Ugashik. The center has been the site of explosive volcanism including a caldera-forming eruption and post-caldera dome-destructive...
Cross-sections and maps showing double-difference relocated earthquakes from 1984-2000 along the Hayward and Calaveras faults, California
Robert W. Simpson, Russell W. Graymer, Robert C. Jachens, David A. Ponce, Carl M. Wentworth
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1083
We present cross-section and map views of earthquakes that occurred from 1984 to 2000 in the vicinity of the Hayward and Calaveras faults in the San Francisco Bay region, California. These earthquakes came from a catalog of events relocated using the double-difference technique, which provides superior relative locations of nearby...
Preliminary Report on the Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Atlanta Hill Area, Elmore County, Idaho
T. H. Kiilsgaard, L.D. Bacon
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1205
Northwestern panhandle of Florida coastal classification maps— St. Andrew Bay entrance channel to Perdido Pass
Robert A. Morton, Russell L. Peterson, Tara L. Miller
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1217
No abstract available....
Magnetic Properties of Quaternary Deposits, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska -- Implications for Aeromagnetic Anomalies of Upper Cook Inlet
R. W. Saltus, Peter J. Haeussler
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1202
We measured magnetic susceptibilities of exposed Quaternary deposits on several beach cliffs and river banks on the Kenai Peninsula near Soldotna, Alaska. Data, descriptions, and photos from nine sites are included in this report. The mean susceptibility for Quaternary materials in this region is approximately 2.5 x 10-3 SI units....
The Catfish Lake Scarp, Allyn, Washington: Preliminary field data and implications for earthquake hazards posed by the Tacoma fault
Brian L. Sherrod, Alan R. Nelson, Harvey M. Kelsey, Thomas M. Brocher, Richard J. Blakely, Craig S. Weaver, Nancy K. Rountree, B. Susan Rhea, Bernard S. Jackson
2004, Open-File Report 2003-455
The Tacoma fault bounds gravity and aeromagnetic anomalies for 50 km across central Puget lowland from Tacoma to western Kitsap County. Tomography implies at least 6 km of post-Eocene uplift to the north of the fault relative to basinal sedimentary rocks to the south. Coastlines north of the Tacoma fault...
Geologic and bathymetric reconnaissance overview of the San Pedro shelf region, southern California
Stephen C. Wolf, Christina E. Gutmacher
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1049
This report presents a series of maps that describe the bathymetry and late Quaternary geology of the San Pedro shelf area as interpreted from seismic-reflection profiles and 3.5-kHz and multibeam bathymetric data. Some of the seismic-reflection profiles were collected with Uniboom and 120-kJ sparker during surveys conducted by the...
Seismic reflection and refraction data acquired in Canada Basin, Northwind Ridge and Northwind Basin, Arctic Ocean in 1988, 1992 and 1993
Arthur Grantz, Patrick E. Hart, Steven D. May
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1243
Seismic reflection and refraction data were collected in generally ice-covered waters of the Canada Basin and the eastern part of the Chukchi Continental Borderland of the Amerasia Basin, Arctic Ocean, during the late summers of 1988, 1992, and 1993. The data were acquired from a Polar class icebreaker, the U.S....
Digital Database of Selected Aggregate and Related Resources in Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, and Owyhee Counties, Southwestern Idaho
Phillip R. Moyle, John C. Wallis, James D. Bliss, Karen D. Bolm
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1067
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) compiled a database of aggregate sites and geotechnical sample data for six counties - Ada, Boise, Canyon, Elmore, Gem, and Owyhee - in southwest Idaho as part of a series of studies in support of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) planning process. Emphasis...
Preliminary Results from Coal-Bed Methane Drilling in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana
Peter D. Warwick, F. Clayton Breland Jr., Arthur C. Clark, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1239
Lifelines and Earthquake Hazards in the Interstate 5 Urban Corridor: Cottage Grove to Woodburn, Oregon
E. A. Barnett, C.S. Weaver, K.L. Meagher, Z. Wang, I. P. Madin, M. Wang, R. A. Haugerud, R.E. Wells, D. B. Ballantyne, M. Darienzo, Southern Willamette Valley Working Group
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1052
The Interstate 5 highway corridor, stretching from Mexico to Canada, is not only the economic artery of the Pacific Northwest, but is also home to the majority of Oregonians and Washingtonians. Accordingly, most regional utility and transportation systems, such as railroads and electrical transmission lines, have major components in the...
