Maps of Quadrangles 3764 and 3664, Jalajin (117), Kham-Ab (118), Char Shangho (123), and Sheberghan (124) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1092
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Development of an Impervious-Surface Database for the Little Blackwater River Watershed, Dorchester County, Maryland
Lesley E. Milheim, John W. Jones, Roger A. Barlow
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1308
Many agricultural and forested areas in proximity to National Wildlife Refuges (NWR) are under increasing economic pressure for commercial or residential development. The upper portion of the Little Blackwater River watershed - a 27 square mile area within largely low-lying Dorchester County, Maryland, on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake...
Maps of Quadrangles 3768 and 3668, Imam-Saheb (215), Rustaq (216), Baghlan (221), and Taloqan (222) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1094
By selecting one of the four series options shown below, namely, -A, -B, -C, and -D for the geologic, topographic, Landsat natural-color, and Landsat false-color maps, respectively, the user will be taken to that map....
Size of the California Brown Pelican Metapopulation During a Non-El Nino Year
Daniel W. Anderson, Charles J. Henny, Carlos Godinez-Reyes, Franklin Gress, Eduardo L. Palacios, Karina Santos del Prado, James Bredy
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1299
Overall, we estimated a total metapopulation within the geographical range of the California brown pelican subspecies (Pelecanus occidentalis californicus) as about 70,680 ? 2,640 breeding pairs (mean ? SD). Little change in at least three decades is indicated in the total metapopulation south of the Southern California Bight (SCB) subpopulation,...
Gravity Data from Newark Valley, White Pine County, Nevada
Edward A. Mankinen, Edwin H. McKee
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1306
The Newark Valley area, eastern Nevada is one of thirteen major ground-water basins investigated by the BARCAS (Basin and Range Carbonate Aquifer Study) Project. Gravity data are being used to help characterize the geophysical framework of the region. Although gravity coverage was extensive over parts of the BARCAS study area,...
Water-quality, sediment-quality, stream-habitat, and biological data for Mustang Bayou near Houston, Texas, 2004-05
Debra A. Sneck-Fahrer, Jeffery W. East
2007, Data Series 263
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Houston-Galveston Area Council and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, collected water-quality, stream-habitat, and biological data from six sites (downstream order M6-M1) primarily in Brazoria County southeast of Houston, Texas, during September 2004-August 2005 and collected bed sediment data from one site...
USGS Digital Spectral Library splib06a
Roger N. Clark, Gregg A. Swayze, Richard A. Wise, K. Eric Livo, Todd M. Hoefen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Stephen J. Sutley
2007, Data Series 231
Introduction We have assembled a digital reflectance spectral library that covers the wavelength range from the ultraviolet to far infrared along with sample documentation. The library includes samples of minerals, rocks, soils, physically constructed as well as mathematically computed mixtures, plants, vegetation communities, microorganisms, and man-made materials. The samples and spectra...
Archive of digital CHIRP seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 06SCC01 offshore of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana, June 2006
Arnell S. Harrison, Shawn V. Dadisman, Nick F. Ferina, Dana S. Wiese, James G. Flocks
2007, Data Series 259
In June of 2006, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a geophysical survey offshore of Isles Dernieres, Louisiana. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital CHIRP seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, Field Activity Collection System (FACS) logs, observer's logbook, and formal FGDC metadata. Gained digital...
Sedimentary properties of shallow marine cores collected in June and September 2006, Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawai'i
Amy E. Draut, Michael H. Bothner, Richard L. Reynolds, Olivia C. Buchan, Susan A. Cochran, Michael A. Casso, Sandra M. Baldwin, Harland L. Goldstein, Jiang Xiao, Michael E. Field, Joshua B. Logan
2007, Data Series 289
Sedimentary facies, short-lived isotopes 7Be, 137Cs, and 210Pb, and magnetic properties of sediment cores in Hanalei Bay, Kaua‘i, Hawai‘i, were used to assess sediment sources and patterns of deposition associated with seasonal flooding of the Hanalei River. Sediment cores were collected from the seafloor in June and September of 2006...
Hydrologic, Hydraulic, and Flood Analyses of the Blackberry Creek Watershed, Kendall County, Illinois
Elizabeth A. Murphy, Timothy D. Straub, David T. Soong, Christopher S. Hamblen
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5141
Results of the hydrologic model, flood-frequency, hydraulic model, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed in Kendall County, Illinois, indicate that the 100-year and 500-year flood plains cover approximately 3,699 and 3,762 acres of land, respectively. On the basis of land-cover data for 2003, most of the land in...
A human-dimensions review of human-wildlife disturbance: A literature review of impacts, frameworks, and management solutions
Robert Cline, Natalie Sexton, Susan C. Stewart
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1111
The following report was prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Refuge System in support of their Comprehensive Conservation Planning (CCP) efforts by the Policy Analysis and Science Assistance Branch (PASA), Fort Collins Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey. While this document provides a summary of contemporary recreation management...
Visualization and Time-Series Analysis of Ground-Water Data for C-Area, Savannah River Site, South Carolina, 1984-2004
Paul Conrads, Edwin A. Roehl Jr., Ruby C. Daamen, Francis H. Chapelle, Mark A. Lowery, Uwe H. Mundry
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5140
In 2004, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, initiated a study of historical ground-water data of C-Area on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The soils and ground water at C-Area are contaminated with high concentrations of trichloroethylene and lesser amounts of tetrachloroethylene....
Metallogeny of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rocks in Idaho and Montana - Studies by the Mineral Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey, 2004-2007
J. Michael O’Neill, editor(s)
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1280
Preface By J.Michael O'Neill The major emphasis of this project was to extend and refine the known Mesoproterozoic geologic and metallogenic framework of the region along and adjacent to the Idaho-Montana boundary north of the Snake River Plain. The Mesoproterozoic metasedimentary rocks in this part of east-central Idaho host important Cu-Co-Au stratabound...
Analyses of Water-Level Differentials and Variations in Recharge between the Surficial and Upper Floridan Aquifers in East-Central and Northeast Florida
Louis C. Murray Jr.
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5081
Continuous (daily) water-level data collected at 29 monitoring-well cluster sites were analyzed to document variations in recharge between the surficial (SAS) and Floridan (FAS) aquifer systems in east-central and northeast Florida. According to Darcy's law, changes in the water-level differentials (differentials) between these systems are proportional to changes in the...
Archive of digital and digitized analog boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruise 96CCT02 in Copano, Corpus Christi, and Nueces Bays and Corpus Christi Bayou, Texas, July 1996
Arnell S. Harrison, Shawn V. Dadisman, Jack L. Kindinger, Robert A. Morton, Mike D. Blum, Dana S. Wiese, Janice A. Subiño
2007, Data Series 296
In June of 1996, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted geophysical surveys from Nueces to Copano Bays, Texas. This report serves as an archive of unprocessed digital boomer seismic reflection data, trackline maps, navigation files, GIS information, cruise log, and formal FGDC metadata. Filtered and gained digital images of the seismic...
Comparison of peak-flow estimation methods for small drainage basins in Maine
Glenn A. Hodgkins, Charles Hebson, Pamela J. Lombard, Alexander Mann
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5170
Understanding the accuracy of commonly used methods for estimating peak streamflows is important because the designs of bridges, culverts, and other river structures are based on these flows. Different methods for estimating peak streamflows were analyzed for small drainage basins in Maine. For the smallest basins, with drainage areas of...
Mineral resource of the month: selenium
Micheal W. George
2007, Geotimes
Is there a risk associated with the insect repellent DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) commonly found in aquatic environments?
S.D. Costanzo, A.J. Watkinson, E.J. Murby, Dana W. Kolpin, Mark W. Sandstrom
2007, Science of the Total Environment (384) 214-220
DEET (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) is the active ingredient of most commercial insect repellents. This compound has commonly been detected in aquatic water samples from around the world indicating that DEET is both mobile and persistent, despite earlier assumptions that DEET was unlikely to enter aquatic ecosystems. DEET's registration category does not require...
Paleoecology and ecosystem restoration: Case studies from Chesapeake Bay and the Florida Everglades
Debra A. Willard, Thomas M. Cronin
2007, Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment (5) 491-498
Climate extremes that cause droughts, floods, or large temperature fluctuations can complicate ecosystem restoration efforts focused on local and regional human disturbance. Restoration targets are often based primarily on monitoring data and modeling simulations, which provide information on species' short-term response to disturbance and environmental variables. Consequently,...
Diatoms in estuaries and tidal marshes
Scott W. Starratt
2007, The Paleontological Society Papers (13) 85-109
Diatoms from estuarine and marsh sediments can be used to evaluate a number of geological processes. Information on salinity, elevation, and substrate derived from modern assemblages have been used to determine local and regional Holocene sea level history, identify seismic and tsunami events, and aid in the recognition of regional...
Methods and applications of Cenozoic marine diatom biostratigraphy
Reed Scherer, Andrey Yu. Gladenkov, John A. Barron
2007, The Paleontological Society Papers (13) 61-83
Diatoms provide the chief Cenozoic biostratigraphic tool in marine sediments beneath high primary productivity zones, especially where calcareous fossils are rare or poorly preserved. Diatom biostratigraphy, which is based on originations and extinctions of unique taxa, is especially useful in circum-Antarctic, equatorial Pacific, and high latitude North Pacific marine successions,...
Geologic controls on movement of produced-water releases at US geological survey research Site A, Skiatook lake, Osage county, Oklahoma
James K. Otton, Robert A. Zielinski, Bruce D. Smith, Marvin M. Abbott
2007, Applied Geochemistry (22) 2138-2154
Highly saline produced water was released from multiple sources during oil field operations from 1913 to 1973 at the USGS research Site A on Skiatook Lake in northeastern Oklahoma. Two pits, designed to hold produced water and oil, were major sources for release...
Climate Change Research at USGS Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)
U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3091
Research and development projects at EROS apply unique resources to support the USGS mission of developing understanding, monitoring, and modeling of climate variability and change and their human, physical, and biological impacts. Remote sensing resources, both new and archived, form the core of our ability to determine changes in the...
USGS goals for the coming decade
M.D. Myers, M. A. Ayers, Jill Baron, P.R. Beauchemin, Martin B. Goldhaber, Deborah R. Hutchinson, James W. LaBaugh, Roger G. Sayre, Steven E. Schwarzbach, Eugene S. Schweig, June M. Thormodsgard, Charles van Riper III, W. Wilde
2007, Science (318) 200-201
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) proposes six strategic directions for managing ecosystems along with modernization of observation networks of land, water, and biological resources....
Invasive species management and research using GIS
Tracy R. Holcombe, Thomas J. Stohlgren, Catherine S. Jarnevich
2007, Conference Paper, Proceedings of an international symposium. USDA/APHIS/WS
Geographical Information Systems (GIS) are powerful tools in the field of invasive species management. GIS can be used to create potential distribution maps for all manner of taxa, including plants, animals, and diseases. GIS also performs well in the early detection and rapid assessment of invasive species. Here, we used...
