The Blackwater NWR inundation model. Rising sea level on a low-lying coast: land use planning for wetlands
Curt Larsen, Inga E. Clark, Glenn Guntenspergen, Don Cahoon, Vincent Caruso, Cliff Hupp, Tom Yanosky
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1302
The Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (BNWR), on the Eastern Shore of Chesapeake Bay (figure 1), occupies an area less than 1 meter above sea level. The Refuge has been featured prominently in studies of the impact of sea level rise on coastal wetlands. Most notably, the refuge has been...
Characterization of aquifer heterogeneity using cyclostratigraphy and geophysical methods in the upper part of the Karstic Biscayne Aquifer, Southeastern Florida
Kevin J. Cunningham, Janine L. Carlson, G. Lynn Wingard, Edward Robinson, Michael A. Wacker
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4208
This report identifies and characterizes candidate ground-water flow zones in the upper part of the shallow, eogenetic karst limestone of the Biscayne aquifer in the Lake Belt area of north-central Miami-Dade County using cyclostratigraphy, ground-penetrating radar (GPR), borehole geophysical logs, and continuously drilled cores. About 60 miles of GPR profiles...
Geologic framework and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Glen Rose limestone, Camp Stanley Storage Activity, Bexar County, Texas
Allan K. Clark
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2831
The Trinity aquifer is a regional water source in the Hill Country of south-central Texas that supplies water for agriculture, commercial, domestic, and stock purposes. Rocks of the Glen Rose Limestone, which compose the upper zone and upper part of the middle zone of the Trinity aquifer, crop out at...
Water resources management plan, Richmond National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Karen C. Rice, Roger M. Moberg, Kristen G. Allen, David Vana-Miller
2003, Report
Richmond National Battlefield Park (Richmond NBP) consists of 1,366 acres in 11 geographically separate units that are located primarily east, northeast, and southeast of the city of Richmond, Virginia. This Water Resources Management Plan addresses nine of the units: Beaver Dam Creek, Chickahominy Bluff, Cold Harbor (including the Garthright House),...
Hydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in Kamas Valley, Summit County, Utah
L.E. Brooks, Bernard J. Stolp, L.E. Spangler
2003, Technical Publication 117
Kamas Valley, Utah, is located about 50 miles east of Salt Lake City and is undergoing residential development. The increasing number of wells and septic systems raised concerns of water managers and prompted this hydrologic study. About 350,000 acre-feet per year of surface water flows through Kamas Valley in the...
Marine terraces, sea level history and Quaternary tectonics of the San Andreas fault on the coast of California
D.R. Muhs, C. Prentice, D.J. Merrits
D. Easterbrook, editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Quaternary Geology of the United States, INQUA 2003 Field Guide Volume
Distribution, abundance, and habitat affinities of the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow
J. Beadell, R. Greenberg, Sam Droege, J. Andrew Royle
2003, The Wilson Bulletin (115) 38-44
We examined the distribution and abundance of the Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana nigrescens) at previously occupied sites and points within potential habitat. We found Swamp Sparrows throughout their formerly documented range except in southern Chesapeake Bay. Swamp Sparrows were most common in the Mullica River region...
Spring hunting changes the regional movements of migrating greater snow geese
A. Bechet, J.-F. Giroux, G. Gauthier, J.D. Nichols, J.E. Hines
2003, Journal of Applied Ecology (40) 553-564
1. Human-induced disturbance such as hunting may influence the migratory behaviour of long-distance migrants. In 1999 and 2000 a spring hunt of greater snow geese Anser caerulescens atlanticus occurred for the first time in North America since 1916, aimed at stopping population growth to protect natural habitats. 2. We evaluated the impact of this hunt on the staging movements of geese along...
A review of the role of contaminants in amphibian declines
Donald W. Sparling
David J. Hoffman, Barnett A. Rattner, G. Allen Burton Jr., John Cairns Jr., editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Handbook of ecotoxicology, second edition
For the past decade, there has been growing concern about worldwide declines in amphibian populations,1,2 and a general phenomenon of declining populations was recognized in the mid-1990's. Subsequent research has validated this concern.3,4 These population declines have been defined either as decreases in numbers of individuals in an area or,...
Global GIS database. Digital atlas of planet Earth
United States Geological Survey
2003, Data Series 62-H
No abstract available....
Water-quality characteristics of urban storm runoff at selected sites in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, February 1998 through April 2002
C. Paul Frederick
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4212
Water was sampled at four watersheds for continued evaluation of urban storm runoff in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, during February 1998 through April 2002. Eighteen samples were collected from four watersheds representing land uses characterized predominantly as established commercial, industrial, new commercial, and residential. Results of water-quality...
Water resources of Monroe County, New York, water years 1997-99, with emphasis on water quality in the Irondequoit Creek basin—Atmospheric deposition, ground water, streamflow, trends in water quality, and chemical loads to Irondequoit Bay
Donald A. Sherwood
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4221
Irondequoit Creek drains 169 square miles in the eastern part of Monroe County. Over time, nutrients transported by Irondequoit Creek to Irondequoit Bay on Lake Ontario have contributed to the eutrophication of the bay. Sewage-treatment-plant effluent, a major source of nutrients to the creek and its tributaries, was eliminated from...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 3. Historical ground-water quality for the Red River Valley, New Mexico
Sara H. LoVetere, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Ann S. Maest, Cheryl A. Naus
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4186
Historical ground-water quality data for 100 wells in the Red River Valley between the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station (08265000), near Questa, and Placer Creek east of the town of Red River, New Mexico, were compiled and reviewed. The tabulation included 608 water-quality records from 23 sources entered into an electronic database. Groundwater quality...
Reevaluation of background iodine-129 concentrations in water from the Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho, 2003
L. DeWayne Cecil, L. Flint Hall, Jaromy R. Green
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4106
Background concentrations of iodine-129 (129I, half-life = 15.7 million years) resulting from natural production in the earth?s atmosphere, in situ production in the earth by spontaneous fission of uranium-238(238U), and fallout from nuclear weapons tests conducted in the 1950s and 1960s were reevaluated on the basis of 52 analyses of...
Hydrologic, water-quality, and biological data for three water bodies, Texas Gulf Coastal Plain, 2000-2002
Jeffery W. East, Jennifer L. Hogan
2003, Open-File Report 2003-459
During July 2000–September 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed site-specific hydrologic, water-quality, and biological data in Dickinson Bayou, Armand Bayou, and the San Bernard River in the Gulf Coastal Plain of Texas. Segments of the three water bodies are on the State 303(d) list. Continuous monitoring showed that...
Chemical quality of water, sediment, and fish in Mountain Creek Lake, Dallas, Texas, 1994-97
Peter C. Van Metre, S.A. Jones, J. Bruce Moring, B.J. Mahler, Jennifer T. Wilson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4082
The occurrence, trends, and sources of numerous inorganic and organic contaminants were evaluated in Mountain Creek Lake, a reservoir in Dallas, Texas. The study, done in cooperation with the Southern Division Naval Facilities Engineering Command, was prompted by the Navy’s concern for potential off-site migration of contaminants from two facilities...
Occurrence of and trends in selected sediment-associated contaminants in Caddo Lake, East Texas, 1940-2002
Jennifer T. Wilson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4253
Bottom-sediment cores were collected from four sites in Caddo Lake in East Texas during May 2002 for analyses of radionuclides (for age dating), organochlorine pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and major and trace elements, and to describe the occurrence and trends of these sediment-associated contaminants. The Goose...
Tufts submarine fan: turbidity-current gateway to Escanaba Trough
Jane A. Reid, William R. Normark
2003, Bulletin 2216
Turbidity-current overflow from Cascadia Channel near its western exit from the Blanco Fracture Zone has formed the Tufts submarine fan, which extends more than 350 km south on the Pacific Plate to the Mendocino Fracture Zone. For this study, available 3.5-kHz high-resolution and airgun seismic-reflection data, long-range side-scan sonar images,...
Geochemistry of the Birch Creek Drainage Basin, Idaho
Shawn A. Swanson, Jeffrey J. Rosentreter, Roy C. Bartholomay, LeRoy L. Knobel
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4272
The U.S. Survey and Idaho State University, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, are conducting studies to describe the chemical character of ground water that moves as underflow from drainage basins into the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer (ESRPA) system at and near the Idaho National Engineering and...
Water quality and trend analysis of Colorado-Big Thompson system reservoirs and related conveyances, 1969 through 2000
Michael R. Stevens
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4044
The U.S. Geological Survey, in an ongoing cooperative monitoring program with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Bureau of Reclamation, and City of Fort Collins, has collected water-quality data in north-central Colorado since 1969 in reservoirs and conveyances, such as canals and tunnels, related to the Colorado–Big Thompson Project, a...
Streamwater quality at selected sites in the Fraser River basin, Grand County, Colorado, water years 1991-2000
Jeffrey B. Bails
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4087
To determine the effect of population growth on streamwater quality in the Fraser River Basin, the U.S. Geological Survey did a study in cooperation with the Grand County Commissioners and the East Grand County Water Quality Board. During water years 1991 through 2000, the study determined that concentrations of un-ionized...
Paleomagnetism of basaltic lava flows in coreholes ICPP-213, ICPP-214, ICPP-215, and USGS 128 near the Vadose Zone Research Park, Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Duane E. Champion, Theodore C. Herman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-483
A paleomagnetic study was conducted on basalt from 41 lava flows represented in about 2,300 ft of core from coreholes ICPP-213, ICPP-214, ICPP-215, and USGS 128. These wells are in the area of the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) Vadose Zone Research Park within the Idaho National Engineering...
Lithologic coring in the lower Anacostia tidal watershed, Washington, D.C., July 2002
Frederick J. Tenbus
2003, Open-File Report 2003-318
Little is known about the volumetric flux of ground water to the lower tidal Anacostia River, or whether ground-water flow is an important component of the contaminant load in this part of the Anacostia River. The watershed is in the eastern part of Washington, D.C., and has been subjected to...
Hydrological, chemical, and biological characteristics of a prairie pothole wetland complex under highly variable climate conditions: The Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota
Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry, James W. LaBaugh, George A. Swanson, Ned H. Jr. Euliss, Bruce A. Hanson, David M. Mushet, Karen A. Poiani, W. Carter Johnson
2003, Professional Paper 1675
Geologic deposits in the Cottonwood Lake area consist largely of silty, clayey glacial till that contains numerous fractures and small, randomly distributed sand and gravel deposits. The sand deposits can have a substantial effect on groundwater flow between wetlands in the area and can cause some to drain while others...
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...
