Assessment of channel geometry data through May 2003 in the Mid-Atlantic Highlands of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia
Kimberly F. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-388
Coastal ecosystems and resources framework for science
John F. Bratton, Glenn Guntenspergen, B.E. Taggart, Douglas Wheeler, Lynn Bjorklund, Michael H. Bothner, Rama Kotra, Robert Lent, E.L. Mecray, Hilary Neckles, Barbara Poore, Stephen Rideout, Susan Russell-Robinson, P.K. Weiskel
2003, Open-File Report 2003-405
Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics along West Maui, Hawaii: Part I: Long-term measurements of currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity off Kahana, West Maui: 2001-2003
Curt D. Storlazzi, Bruce E. Jaffe
2003, Open-File Report 2003-482
No abstract available....
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...
A catalog of porosity and permeability from core plugs in siliciclastic rocks
Philip H. Nelson, Joyce E. Kibler
2003, Open-File Report 2003-420
Porosity and permeability measurements on cored samples from siliciclastic formations are presented for 70 data sets, taken from published data and descriptions. Data sets generally represent specific formations, usually from a limited number of wells. Each data set is represented by a written summary, a plot of permeability...
Intrusive rock database for the Digital Geologic Map of Utah
C.J. Nutt, Steve Ludington
2003, Open-File Report 2003-486
Digital geologic maps offer the promise of rapid and powerful answers to geologic questions using Geographic Information System software (GIS). Using modern GIS and database methods, a specialized derivative map can be easily prepared. An important limitation can be shortcomings in the information provided in the database associated with the...
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,...
Preliminary geologic map of Kanaga Volcano, Alaska
T. P. Miller, C. F. Waythomas, C.J. Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-113
Kanaga Volcano is a 1,300 m (4,287-foot) high, historically active cone-shaped stratovolcano located on the north end of Kanaga Island in the Andreanof Islands Group of the Aleutian Islands. The volcano is undissected, symmetrical in profile, and is characterized by blocky andesitic lava flows, with well-developed levees and steep flow...
Selected natural attenuation monitoring data, Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington, June 2001
Richard Steven Dinico
2003, Open-File Report 2003-344
Previous investigations have shown that natural attenuation and biodegradation of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) are substantial in shallow ground water beneath the 9-acre former landfill at Operable Unit 1 (OU 1), Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC), Division Keyport, Washington. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has continued to monitor ground-water...
Emergency Assessment of Debris-Flow Hazards from Basins Burned by the Grand Prix and Old Fires of 2003, Southern California
Susan H. Cannon, Joseph E. Gartner, Michael G. Rupert, John A. Michael, Dean Djokic, Sreeresh Sreedhar
2003, Open-File Report 2003-475
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 Old and Grand Prix Fires of October 2003 in southern California in response to the 25-year, 10-year, and 2-year recurrence,...
Water-quality data for Navajo National Monument, northeastern Arizona: 2001-02
Blakemore E. Thomas
2003, Open-File Report 2003-287
Water-quality data are provided for six sites in Navajo National Monument in northeastern Arizona. These data describe the current water quality and provide baseline water-quality information for monitoring future trends. Water samples were collected from six sites near three ancient Indian ruins during September 2001 to August 2002. Two springs and...
Water-quality data for Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments, Arizona, 2001-02
Blakemore E. Thomas
2003, Open-File Report 2003-286
Water-quality data are provided for four sites in Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments in north-central Arizona. These data describe the current water quality and provide baseline water-quality information for monitoring future trends. Water samples were collected from a ground-water seep and well in Walnut Canyon and from a spring and...
Preliminary location and age database for invertebrate fossils collected in the San Francisco Bay region, California
John M. Parker, William B. West, William T. Malmborg, Earl E. Brabb
2003, Open-File Report 2003-465
Most geologic maps published for central California in the past century have been made without the benefit of microfossils. The age of Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks in the structurally complex sedimentary formations of the Coast Ranges is critical in determining stratigraphic succession and in determining whether the juxtapositon of similar...
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...
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...
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...
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...
High-resolution subsurface imaging of coastal barriers
Ilya V. Buynevich
2003, Open-File Report 2003-254
Coastal barriers and tidal inlets are among the most dynamic coastal environments. Understanding the processes that reshape our beaches and that are responsible for coastal erosion and formation of new inlets, particularly uring intense storms, will provide the necessary framework for forecasting coastal behavior....
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...