Method of Analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey California District Sacramento Laboratory-- Determination of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Water by High Temperature Catalytic Oxidation, Method Validation, and Quality-Control Practices
Susan M. Bird, Miranda S. Fram, Kathryn L. Crepeau
2003, Open-File Report 2003-366
An analytical method has been developed for the determination of dissolved organic carbon concentration in water samples. This method includes the results of the tests used to validate the method and the quality-control practices used for dissolved organic carbon analysis. Prior to analysis, water samples are filtered to remove suspended...
Magnetotelluric data release for locating the Archean/Proterozoic suture zone, east-central Tooele County, Utah
Jackie M. Williams, Brian D. Rodriguez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-495
Many sediment-hosted gold deposits occur along linear trends in the Great Basin. The distribution and genesis of these deposits in the Great Basin is not fully understood. In general, most models agree that regional structures played an important role in the spatial distribution of these deposits (e.g. Arehart and others,...
Earthquake recordings from the 2002 Seattle Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington state
Thomas L. Pratt, Karen L. Meagher, Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas Yelin, Robert Norris, Lynn Hultgrien, Elizabeth Barnett, Craig S. Weaver
2003, Open-File Report 2003-361
This report describes seismic data obtained during the fourth Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS) experiment, termed Seattle SHIPS . The experiment was designed to study the influence of the Seattle sedimentary basin on ground shaking during earthquakes. To accomplish this, we deployed seismometers over the basin to record...
Spatial digital database for the geologic map of Nevada
John Harris Stewart (compiler), John E. Carlson, Gary L. digital database by Raines, Katherine A. Connors, Lorre A. Moyer, Robert J. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-66
This report publishes a geologic digital spatial database (NVGEO) for the geologic map of Nevada by Stewart and Carlson (1978a) which was originally printed on a single sheet of paper at a scale of 1:500,000 (and later reprinted on two sheets in 1991). The spatial digital database (GIS) provided...
Contaminated sediments database for Long Island Sound and the New York Bight
Ellen L. Mecray, Jamey M. Reid, Mary E. Hastings, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink
2003, Open-File Report 2003-241
The Contaminated Sediments Database for Long Island Sound and the New York Bight provides a compilation of published and unpublished sediment texture and contaminant data. This report provides maps of several of the contaminants in the database as well as references and a section on using the data to assess...
Description of piezometers installed in the Middle Rio Grande Basin area in and near Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1996-2001
Lisa C. Donohoe, Stephanie J. Moore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-290
Preliminary geologic map of the Fontana 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California
Douglas M. Morton, Kelly R. Bovard
2003, Open-File Report 2003-418
Open-File Report 03-418 is a digital geologic data set that maps and describes the geology of the Fontana 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California. The Fontana quadrangle database is one of several 7.5’ quadrangle databases that are being produced by the Southern California Areal Mapping Project (SCAMP). These...
A compilation of whole-rock and glass major-element geochemistry of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, near-vent eruptive products: January 1983 through September 2001
Carl R. Thornber, Ken Hon, Christina Heliker, David A. Sherrod
2003, Open-File Report 2003-477
This report presents major-element geochemical data from 652 glasses (~6,520 analyses) and 795 whole-rock aliquots from 1,002 fresh samples of olivine-tholeiitic lava collected throughout the near-continuous eruption of Kïlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, from January 1983 through September 2001. The data presented herein provide a unique temporal compilation of lava geochemistry that...
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas P. Miller, Christopher J. Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-112
Great Sitkin Volcano is a composite andesitic stratovolcano on Great Sitkin Island (51°05’ N latitude, 176°25’ W longitude), a small (14 x 16 km), circular volcanic island in the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Great Sitkin Island is located about 35 kilometers northeast of the community of Adak on Adak...
Ecosystem history of southern and central Biscayne Bay: Summary report on sediment core analyses
G. Lynn Wingard, Thomas M. Cronin, G. S. Dwyer, S. E. Ishman, Debra A. Willard, C. W. Holmes, C.E. Bernhardt, C.P. Williams, M. E. Marot, J.B. Murray, R.G. Stamm, J.H. Murray, C. Budet
2003, Open-File Report 2003-375
During the last century, the environs of Biscayne Bay have been greatly affected by anthropogenic alteration through urbanization of the Miami/Dade County area. The sources, timing, delivery, and quality of freshwater flow into the Bay have been changed by construction of a complex canal system that controls movement of water...
Some implications of changing patterns of mineral consumption
W. David Menzie, DeYoung Jr., Walter G. Steblez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-382
DeYoung and Menzie (1999) examined the relations among population, Gross Domestic Product, and mineral consumption (aluminum, cement, copper, and salt) for Japan, Korea, and the United States between 1965 and 1995. They noted the extremely rapid growth of consumption in Korea between 1975 and 1995. Concomitantly, Korea's population...
Surface-water quality assessment of the North Fork Red River basin upstream from Lake Altus, Oklahoma, 2002
S. Jerrod Smith, M.L. Schneider, J.R. Masoner, R.L. Blazs
2003, Open-File Report 2003-362
Elevated salinity in the North Fork Red River is a major concern of the Bureau of Reclamation W. C. Austin Project at Lake Altus. Understanding the relation between surface-water runoff, ground-water discharge, and surface-water quality is important for maintaining the beneficial use of water in the North Fork Red River...
Water-quality, streambed-sediment, and biological data from the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, 1998-2001
Craig L. Bowers, Rodney R. Caldwell, DeAnn M. Dutton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-292
Water-quality, streambed-sediment, and biological data were collected in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River basins as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program and are presented in this report. These river basins compose the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins study unit which was selected to include a...
Hydrogeologic data from a shallow flooding demonstration project, Twitchell Island, California, 1997-2001
James M. Gamble, Karen R. Burow, Gail A. Wheeler, Robert Hilditch, Judy Z. Drexler
2003, Open-File Report 2003-378
Data were collected during a study to determine the effects of continuous shallow flooding on ground-water discharge to an agricultural drainage ditch on Twitchell Island, California. The conceptual model of the hydrogeologic setting was detailed with soil coring and borehole-geophysical logs. Twenty-two monitoring wells were installed to observe hydraulic head....
Summary of Suspended-Sediment Concentration Data, San Francisco Bay, California, Water Year 2001
Paul A. Buchanan, Neil K. Ganju
2003, Open-File Report 2003-312
Suspended-sediment concentration data were collected in San Francisco Bay during water year 2001 (October 1, 2000-September 30, 2001). Optical backscatterance sensors and water samples were used to monitor suspended sediment at two sites in Suisun Bay, three sites in San Pablo Bay, two sites in Central San Francisco Bay, and...
Dissolved pesticide concentrations detected in storm-water runoff at selected sites in the San Joaquin River basin, California, 2000-2001
James L. Orlando, Kathryn Kuivila, Andrew Whitehead
2003, Open-File Report 2003-101
As part of a collaborative study involving the United States Geological Survey Toxics Substances Hydrology Project (Toxics Project) and the University of California, Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML), water samples were collected at three sites within the San Joaquin River Basin of California and analyzed for dissolved pesticides. Samples were...
Archive of Boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 00SCC02 and 00SCC04, Barataria Basin, Louisiana, May 12-31 and June 17-July 2, 2000
Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, Jack L. Kindinger, Gina M. Peery, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Mark Kulp, Shea Penland, Louis D. Britsch, Gregg R. Brooks
2003, Open-File Report 2003-402
This archive consists of two-dimensional marine seismic reflection profile data collected in the Barataria Basin of southern Louisiana. These data were acquired in May, June, and July of 2000 aboard the R/V G.K. Gilbert. Included here are data in a variety of formats including binary, ASCII, HTML, PDF, RTF, shapefiles,...
Hydrogeologic and ground-water-quality data for Belvidere, Illinois, and vicinity, 2001–02
P. C. Mills, R.T. Kay
2003, Open-File Report 2003-206
This report presents miscellaneous geologic, hydrologic, and ground-water-quality data collected in and near Belvidere, Ill. during May 2001–November 2002. The data were collected for two studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1990–2002, but subsequent to publication of the final interpretive reports for the studies. The cooperative studies with...
Alaska resource data file: Nabesna quadrangle
Travis L. Hudson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-446
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Alaska resource data file: McCarthy quadrangle
Travis L. Hudson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-404
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Final report VETEM (Very Early Time Electromagnetic) system survey of Pit 4 and Pit 10 subsurface disposal area, Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID
Jared D. Abraham, David Von G. Smith, David L. Wright
2003, Open-File Report 2003-140
No abstract available....
Alaska resource data file: Wiseman quadrangle
Joe M. Britton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-447
Descriptions of the mineral occurrences shown on the accompanying figure follow. See U.S. Geological Survey (1996) for a description of the information content of each field in the records. The data presented here are maintained as part of a statewide database on mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska....
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground water investigation: 11. Geochemistry of composited material from alteration scars and mine-waste piles
Paul H. Briggs, S. J. Sutley, Keith Eric Livo
2003, Open-File Report 2003-458
Composited, surficial material was collected from alteration scars, a less intensely altered site, and mine-waste piles. All samples were analyzed for forty elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, total sulfur and quantitative X-ray diffraction. This work was performed in cooperation with the New Mexico Environment Department....
Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan for the Indiana District of the U.S. Geological Survey
James A. Stewart, Donald V. Arvin
2003, Open-File Report 2003-460
This Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used by the Indiana District for activities related to the collection, processing, storage, analysis, and publication of surface-water data....
Topography, shaded relief, and backscatter intensity of the Hudson Shelf Valley, offshore of New York
Bradford Butman, Tammie J. Middleton, E. Robert Thieler, William C. Schwab
2003, Open-File Report 2003-372
