Debris-flow hazards caused by hydrologic events at Mount Rainier, Washington
James W. Vallance, Michelle L. Cunico, Steve P. Schilling
2003, Open-File Report 2003-368
At 4393 m, ice-clad Mount Rainier has great potential for debris flows owing to its precipitous slopes and incised steep valleys, the large volume of water stored in its glaciers, and a mantle of loose debris on its slopes. In the past 10,000 years, more than sixty Holocene lahars have...
Mantle and Crustal Sources of Carbon, Nitrogen, and Noble gases in Cascade-Range and Aleutian-Arc Volcanic gases
Robert B. Symonds, Robert J. Poreda, William C. Evans, Cathy J. Janik, Beatrice E. Ritchie
2003, Open-File Report 2003-436
Here we report anhydrous chemical (CO2, H2S, N2, H2, CH4, O2, Ar, He, Ne) and isotopic (3He/4He, 40Ar/36Ar, δ13C of CO2, δ13C of CH4, δ15N) compositions of virtually airfree gas samples collected between 1994 and 1998 from 12 quiescent but potentially restless volcanoes in the Cascade Range and Aleutian Arc...
Metallogenesis and Tectonics of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Warren J. Nokleberg, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Roman A. Eremin, Vladimir V. Ratkin, Kenneth M. Dawson, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Nikolai A. Goryachev, Stanislav G. Byalobzhesky, Yuri F. Frolov, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Richard D. Koch, James W.H. Monger, Anany I. Pozdeev, Ilya S. Rozenblum, Sergey M. Rodionov, Leonid M. Parfenov, Christopher R. Scotese, Anatoly A. Sidorov
2003, Open-File Report 2003-434
USGS Digital Spectral Library splib05a
Roger N. Clark, Gregg A. Swayze, Richard K. Wise, Eric Livo, Todd M. Hoefen, Raymond F. Kokaly, Steve J. Sutley
2003, Open-File Report 2003-395
We have assembled a digital reflectance spectral library of spectra that covers wavelengths from the ultraviolet to near-infrared along with sample documentation. The library includes samples of minerals, rocks, soils, physically constructed as well as mathematically computed mixtures, vegetation, microorganisms, and man-made materials. The samples and spectra collected were assembled...
An Organic Geochemical Assessment of CO2-Coal Interactions During Sequestration
Jonathan J. Kolak, Robert A. Burruss
2003, Open-File Report 2003-453
Three well-characterized coal samples of varying rank were extracted with supercritical CO2 to determine the amount of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) that could be mobilized during simulated CO2 injection/sequestration in deep coal beds. The supercritical CO2 extractions were conducted at 40?C and 100 bars, roughly corresponding to a depth of...
Surficial and bedrock geologic map database of the Kelso 7.5 Minute quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
David R. Bedford
2003, Open-File Report 2003-501
This geologic map database describes geologic materials for the Kelso 7.5 Minute Quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California. The area lies in eastern Mojave Desert of California, within the Mojave National Preserve (a unit of the National Parks system). Geologic deposits in the area consist of Proterozoic metamorphic rocks, Cambrian-Neoproterozoic sedimentary...
Preliminary Mineralogic and Stable Isotope Studies of Altered Summit and Flank Rocks and Osceola Mudflow Deposits on Mount Rainier, Washington
Robert O. Rye, George N. Breit, David R. Zimbelman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-464
About 5600 years ago part of Mount Rainier?s edifice collapsed with the resultant Osceola Mudflow traveling more than 120 km and covering an area of at least 505 km2. Mineralogic and stable isotope studies were conducted on altered rocks from outcrops near the summit and east flank of the volcano...
Selected ground-water data for Yucca Mountain region, southern Nevada and eastern California, January 2000-December 2002
Glenn L. Locke, Richard J. La Camera
2003, Open-File Report 2003-387
The U.S. Geological Survey, in support of the U.S. Department of Energy, Yucca Mountain Project, collects, compiles, and summarizes hydrologic data in the Yucca Mountain region. The data are collected to allow assessments of ground-water resources during activities to determine the potential suitability or development of Yucca Mountain for storing...
Preliminary evaluation of a precipitation threshold for anticipating the occurrence of landslides in the Seattle, Washington, area
Alan F. Chleborad
2003, Open-File Report 2003-463
Data from archived chromatograms on halogenated volatile organic compounds in untreated ground water used for drinking water in the United States, 1997-2000
Stephanie Dunkle Shapiro, Eurybiades Busenberg, Niel Plummer, Michael J. Focazio
2003, Open-File Report 2003-352
No abstract available....
Wisconsin potential field grids, derivative maps, and tectonic interpretations
David L. Daniels, S. L. Snyder, D.W. Geister, C. P. Ervin, M.G. Mudrey Jr., W.F. Cannon, Connie Dicken
2003, Open-File Report 2003-147
Trace element and Nd, Sr, Pb isotope geochemistry of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, near-vent eruptive products: 1983-2001
Carl R. Thornber, James R. Budahn, W. Ian Ridley, Daniel M. Unruh
2003, Open-File Report 2003-493
This open-file report serves as a repository for geochemical data referred to in U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1676 (Heliker, Swanson, and Takahashi, eds., 2003), which includes multidisciplinary research papers pertaining to the first twenty years of Puu Oo Kupaianaha eruption activity. Details of eruption characteristics and nomenclature are provided...
Preliminary cross section of Englebright Lake sediments
Noah P. Snyder, Margaret A. Hampton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-397
Overview -- The Upper Yuba River Studies Program is a CALFED-funded, multidisciplinary investigation of the feasibility of introducing anadromous fish species to the Yuba River system upstream of Englebright Dam. Englebright Lake (Figure 1 on poster) is a narrow, 14-km-long reservoir located in the northern Sierra Nevada, northeast of Marysville,...
Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Piru, Simi, and Verdale Fires of 2003, Southern California
Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael
2003, Open-File Report 2003-481
These maps present preliminary assessments of the probability of debris-flow activity and estimates of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris-flows issuing from basins burned by the Piru, Simi and Verdale Fires of October 2003 in southern California in response to the 25-year, 10-year, and 2-year 1-hour rain...
Data on Streamflow and Quality of Water and Bottom Sediment in and near Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Churchill and Pershing Counties, Nevada, 1998-2000
Angela P. Paul, Carl E. Thodal
2003, Open-File Report 2003-335
This study was initiated to expand upon previous findings that indicated concentrations of dissolved solids, arsenic, boron, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, and uranium were either above geochemical background concentrations or were approaching or exceeding ecological criteria in the lower Humboldt River system. Data were collected from May 1998 to September 2000...
Specific sequestration volumes; a useful tool for CO2 storage capacity assessment
Sean T. Brennan, Robert A. Burruss
2003, Open-File Report 2003-452
Logs and Data from Trenches Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California, 2001-2003
James J. Lienkaemper, Patrick L. Williams, Timothy E. Dawson, Stephen F. Personius, Gordon G. Seitz, Samuel J. Heller, David P. Schwartz
2003, Open-File Report 2003-488
Isotopes and ages in the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith, southern California
Ronald W. Kistler, Joseph L. Wooden, Douglas M. Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-489
Strontium, oxygen and lead isotopic and rubidium-strontium geochronologic studies have been completed on Cretaceous and Jurassic (?) granitic rock samples from the northern Peninsular Ranges batholith in southern California. Many of these samples were collected systematically and studied chemically by A. K. Baird and colleagues (Baird and others, 1979). The...
Application of ground penetrating radar to estimate sand and gravel resources near Bow, southern New Hampshire
Herbert A. Pierce, Joseph Duval, Dave Sutphin
2003, Open-File Report 2003-498
Mercury data from small lakes in Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota, 2000-02
Robert M. Goldstein, Mark E. Brigham, Luke Steuwe, Michael A. Menheer
2003, Open-File Report 2003-480
Mercury contamination of aquatic ecosystems is a resource concern in Voyageurs National Park. High concentrations of mercury in fish pose a potential risk to organisms that consume large amounts of those fish. During 2000–02, the U.S. Geological Survey measured mercury in water collected from 20 lakes in Voyageurs National Park....
Database and Map of Quaternary Faults and Folds in Peru and its Offshore Region
Jose Machare, Clark H. Fenton, Michael N. Machette, Alain Lavenu, Carlos Costa, Richard L. Dart
2003, Open-File Report 2003-451
This publication consists of a main map of Quaternary faults and fiolds of Peru, a table of Quaternary fault data, a region inset map showing relative plate motion, and a second inset map of an enlarged area of interest in southern Peru. These maps and data compilation show evidence for...
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan Aquifer, west-central Florida, September 2002
Robert Allen Blanchard, L. A. Knochenmus, A.V. Seidenfeld, D. S. McCulloch
2003, Open-File Report 2003-223
Geology of the Right Stepover region between the Rodgers Creek, Healdsburg, and Maacama faults, northern San Francisco Bay region: A contribution to Northern California Geological Society Field Trip Guide, June 6-8, 2003
Robert J. McLaughlin, Andrei Sarna-Wojcicki
2003, Open-File Report 2003-502
This Open file report was written as part of a two-day field trip on June 7 and 8, 2003, conducted for the Northern California Geological Society. The first day of this field trip (June 7) was led by McLaughlin and Sarna-Wojcicki in the area of the right- step between the Rodgers Creek- Healdsburg fault...
Preliminary geologic map of Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas P. Miller, Christopher Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-36
No abstract available....
Scrubbing masks magmatic degassing during repose at Cascade-Range and Aleutian-Arc volcanoes
Robert B. Symonds, C. J. Janik, William C. Evans, B.E. Ritchie, Dale Counce, R.J. Poreda, Mark Iven
2003, Open-File Report 2003-435
Between 1992 and 1998, we sampled gas discharges from ≤173°C fumaroles and springs at 12 quiescent but potentially restless volcanoes in the Cascade Range and Aleutian Arc (CRAA) including Mount Shasta, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Augustine Volcano, Mount Griggs, Trident, Mount Mageik, Aniakchak Crater, Akutan,...
