User's Manual for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) Software: Version 3
Thomas F. Cuffney
2003, Open-File Report 2003-172
The Invertebrate Data Analysis System (IDAS) software provides an accurate, consistent, and efficient mechanism for analyzing invertebrate data collected as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program and stored in the Biological Transactional Database (Bio-TDB). The IDAS software is a stand-alone program for personal computers that run Microsoft (MS) Windows?....
Interpreting DNAPL saturations in a laboratory-scale injection with GPR data and direct core measurements
Raymond H. Johnson, Eileen P. Poeter
2003, Open-File Report 2003-349
Ground penetrating radar (GPR) is used to track a dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) injection in a laboratory sand tank. Before data reduction, GPR data provide a qualitative measure of DNAPL saturation and movement. One-dimensional (1D) GPR modeling provides a quantitative interpretation of DNAPL volume within a given thickness during...
Shaded relief aeromagnetic map of the Santa Clara Valley and vicinity, California
Carter W. Roberts, Robert C. Jachens
2003, Open-File Report 2003-360
This aeromagnetic map covers the southern portion of San Francisco Bay, the Santa Clara Valley and surrounding mountains, part of which has been modelled in threedimensions (Jachens and other, 2001). The magnetic anomaly map has been compiled from existing digital data. Data was obtained from six aeromagnetic surveys that were...
Preliminary geochemical, microbiological, and epidemiological investigations into possible linkages between lignite aquifers, pathogenic microbes, and kidney disease in northwestern Louisiana
Joseph E. Bunnell, Rebecca N. Bushon, Donald M. Stoeckel, Amie M. Gifford, Marisa Beck, Harry E. Lerch, Runhua Shi, Benton McGee, Bradford C. Hanson, Jonathan Kolak, Peter D. Warwick
2003, Open-File Report 2003-374
In May 2002, 15 wells and four surface water sites were sampled, and in September 2002, those same wells and sites plus four additional surface sites were sampled in five parishes of northwestern Louisiana. A geographic information system (GIS) was used to select residential water wells for sampling. Well water...
Empirical modified Mercalli intensity site corrections for towns in eastern North America
W. H. Bakun, M. G. Hopper
2003, Open-File Report 2003-377
Modified Mercalli intensity (MMI) assignments for earthquakes in eastern North America (ENA) were used by Bakun et al. (2003) and Bakun and Hopper (in press) to develop models for estimating the location and moment magnitude M of earthquakes in ENA from MMI observations. The MMI empirical site corrections developed and...
Bathymetric and geophysical surveys of Englebright Lake, Yuba-Nevada Counties, California
Jonathan R. Childs, Noah P. Snyder, Margaret A. Hampton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-383
Harry L. Englebright Lake is a 9-mile-long (14-kilometer) reservoir located in the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California on the Yuba River gorge known as The Narrows. The reservoir is impounded by Englebright Dam (Photo 1), a concrete arch structure spanning 348 meters (1,142 feet) across and 79 meters (260...
Sandstone and shale compaction curves derived from sonic and gamma ray logs in offshore wells, North Slope, Alaska– Parameters for basin modeling
Elisabeth L. Rowan, Daniel O. Hayba, Philip H. Nelson, W. Matthew Burns, David W. Houseknecht
2003, Open-File Report 2003-329
Representative compaction curves for the principle lithologies are essential input for reliable models of basin history. Compaction curves influence estimates of maximum burial and erosion. Different compaction curves may produce significantly different thermal histories. Default compaction curves provided by basin modeling packages may or may not be a good proxy...
A bibliography of Klamath Mountains geology, California and Oregon, listing authors from Aalto to Zucca for the years 1849 to Mid-2003
William P. Irwin (compiler)
2003, Open-File Report 2003-306
This bibliography of Klamath Mountains geology was begun, although not in a systematic or comprehensive way, when, in 1953, I was assigned the task of preparing a report on the geology and mineral resources of the drainage basins of the Trinity, Klamath, and Eel Rivers in northwestern California. During the...
Archive of boomer seismic reflection data: Collected during USGS Cruise 97KEY01, upper and middle Florida Keys, 12 October - 1 November, 1997
Gina M. Peery, Barbara H. Lidz, Dana S. Wiese
2003, Open-File Report 2002-421
No abstract available....
Preliminary analyses for perchlorate in selected natural materials and their derivative products
G. J. Orris, G. J. Harvey, D. T. Tsui, J. E. Eldrige
2003, Open-File Report 2003-314
Increasing concern about sources of perchlorate contamination in ground and surface waters has led to interest in identifying potential sources of natural perchlorate and products derived from these natural sources. To date, most perchlorate found in ground and surface waters has been attributed to its major uses as an oxidizer...
Archive of chirp seismic reflection data collected during USGS cruises 01SCC01 and 01SCC02, Timbalier Bay and offshore East Timbalier Island, Louisiana, June 30 - July 9 and August 1 - 12, 2001
Karynna Calderon, Shawn V. Dadisman, James G. Flocks, Dana S. Wiese, Jack L. Kindinger
2003, Open-File Report 2003-271
In June, July, and August of 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the University of New Orleans, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, conducted a shallow geophysical and sediment core survey of Timbalier Bay and the Gulf of Mexico offshore...
Available sand and gravel resources in southern New Hampshire
Joseph S. Duval, David M. Sutphin, Herbert A. Pierce
2003, Open-File Report 2003-373
Association of deformation and fluid events in the central Brooks Range fold-and-thrust belt, Northern Alaska
Thomas E. Moore, Christopher J. Potter, Paul B. O'Sullivan, Kevin L. Shelton, Michael B. Underwood
2003, Open-File Report 2003-327
Ocentral Brooks Range consists of two superposed north-directed contractional orogens, one formed between 140-120 Ma and the other at ~60-45 Ma. The older orogen was an arc-continent collisional zone characterized by far-traveled allochthons and relatively low structural relief. The younger orogen is a retroarc thrust belt with relatively low amounts...
Aquifer Susceptibility in Virginia: Data on Chemical and Isotopic Composition, Recharge Temperature, and Apparent Age of Water from Wells and Springs, 1998-2000
David L. Nelms, George E. Harlow Jr.
2003, Open-File Report 2003-246
The determination of aquifer susceptibility to contamination from near-surface sources by the use of ground-water dating techniques is a critical part of Virginia's Source Water Assessment Program. As part of the Virginia Aquifer Susceptibility study, water samples were collected between 1998 and 2000 from 145 wells and 6 springs in...
Beryllium Recycling in the United States in 2000
Larry D. Cunningham
2003, Open-File Report 2003-282
This report describes the flow of beryllium in the United States in 2000 with emphasis on the extent to which beryllium was either recycled or reused. Beryllium was recycled mostly from new scrap that was generated during the manufacture of beryllium-related components. In 2000, about 35 metric tons of beryllium...
Significant Metalliferous and Selected Non-Metalliferous Lode Deposits, and Selected Placer Districts of Northeast Asia
Sodov Ariunbileg, Gennandiy V. Biryul’kin, Jamba Byamba, Yury V. Davydov, Gunchin Dejidmaa, Elimir G. Distanov, Dangindorjiin Dorjgotov, Gennadiy N. Gamyanin, Ochir Gerel, Valeriy Y. Fridovskiy, Ayurzana Gotovsuren, Duk-Hwan Hwang, Anatoliy P. Kochnev, Alexei V. Kostin, Mikhail I. Kuzmin, Sergey A. Letunov, Li Jiliang, Li Xujun, Galina D. Malceva, V.D. Melnikov, Valeriy Nikitin, Alexander A. Obolenskiy, Masatsugu Ogasawara, Demberel Orolmaa, Leonid M. Parfenov, Nikolay V. Popov, Andrei V. Prokopiev, Vladimir Ratkin, Sergey M. Rodionov, Zhan V. Seminskiy, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Alexander P. Smelov, Vitaly I. Sotnikov, Alexander V. Spiridonov, Valeriy V. Stogniy, Sadahisa Sudo, Sun Fengyue, Sun Jiapeng, Sun Weizhi, Valeriy M. Supletsov, Vladimir F. Timofeev, Oleg A. Tyan, Valeriy G. Vetluzhskikh, Xi Aihua, Yakov V. Yakovlev, Yan Hongquan, Vladimir I. Zhizhin, Nikolay N. Zinchuk, Lydia M. Zorina
2003, Open-File Report 2003-220
Introduction This report contains a digtial database on lode deposits and placer districts of Northeast Asia. This region includes Eastern Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, Northeast China, South Korea, and Japan. In folders on this site are a detailed database, a bibliography of cited references, descriptions of mineral deposit models, and...
Maps Showing Inundation Depths, Ice-Rafted Erratics, and Sedimentary Facies of Late Pleistocene Missoula Floods in the Willamette Valley, Oregon
J.M. Minervini, J. E. O’Connor, R.E. Wells
2003, Open-File Report 2003-408
Glacial Lake Missoula, impounded by the Purcell Trench lobe of the late Pleistocene Cordilleran Icesheet, repeatedly breached its ice dam, sending floods as large as 2,500 cubic kilometers racing across the Channeled Scabland and down the Columbia River valley to the Pacific Ocean. Peak discharges for some floods exceeded 20...
Determining the toxicity potential of mine-waste piles
Kathleen S. Smith, Thomas R. Wildeman, LaDonna M. Choate, Sharon F. Diehl, David L. Fey, Philip L. Hageman, James F. Ranville, Rosalia Rojas, Bruce D. Smith
2003, Open-File Report 2003-210
Assessment of potential debris-flow peak discharges from basins burned by the 2002 Coal Seam fire, Colorado
Susan H. Cannon, John A. Michael, Joseph E. Gartner
2003, Open-File Report 2003-333
These maps present the results of assessments of peak discharges that can potentially be generated by debris flows issuing from the basins burned by the Coal Seam fire of June and July 2002, near Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The maps are based on a regression model for debris-flow peak discharge normalized...
Preliminary geologic map of the San Bernardino 30' x 60' quadrangle, California (includes preliminary GIS database)
Douglas M. Morton, Fred K. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-293
The San Bernardino 30'x60' quadrangle, southern California, is diagonally bisected by the San Andreas Fault Zone, separating the San Gabriel and San Bernardino Mountains, major elements of California's east-oriented Transverse Ranges Province. Included in...
Geochemistry of bedrock and glacial deposits in the vicinity of the Bend massive sulfide deposit, north central Wisconsin
Laurel G. Woodruff, John W. Attig, William F. Cannon, Suzanne W. Nicholson, Klaus Schulz
2003, Open-File Report 2003-353
In 1998 the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiated a study to examine the natural regional environmental impact of sulfide mineralization exposed to episodic weathering and glaciation. The study focused on the Bend copper-gold massive sulfide deposit located in the Medford District of the Chequamegon National Forest in north central Wisconsin....
An overview of coastal land loss with emphasis on the southeastern United States
Robert A. Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-337
This report represents a general overview of the primary causes and consequences of coastal land loss. Most of the examples and references are from states bordering the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean where the largest magnitudes and highest rates of coastal land losses in the United States are...
Unified Ecoregions of Alaska: 2001
Gregory J. Nowacki, Page Spencer, Michael Fleming, Terry Brock, Torre Jorgenson
2003, Open-File Report 2002-297
Unified Ecoregions of Alaska map portrays major ecosystems of the state of Alaska and neighboring portions of Canada and Russia. The word "Unified" in the title refers to the interdisciplinary, interagency, and international effort to derive this broad-scale ecosystem map. The ecoregions, as portrayed on this dataset , are large...
Reconnaissance data for glyphosate, other selected herbicides, their degradation products, and antibiotics in 51 streams in nine midwestern states, 2002
Elisabeth A. Scribner, William A. Battaglin, Julie E. Dietze, E.M. Thurman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-217
Since 1989, the U.S. Geological Survey has conducted periodic reconnaissance studies of streams in the Midwestern United States to determine the geographic and seasonal distribution of herbicide compounds. These studies have documented that large amounts of acetochlor, alachlor, atrazine, cyanazine, metolachlor, and their degradation products are flushed into streams during...
Southwestern Florida coastal classification maps - Venice Inlet to Cape Romano
Robert A. Morton, Russell L. Peterson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-322
No abstract available....
