Preliminary preview for a geographic and monitoring program project; a review of point source-nonpoint source effluent trading/offset systems in watersheds
Alexander Warren Wood, Richard L. Bernknopf
2003, Open-File Report 2003-79
Watershed-based trading and offset systems are being developed to improve policy-maker?s and regulator?s ability to assess nonpoint source impacts in watersheds and to evaluate the efficacy of using market-incentive programs for preserving environmental quality. An overview of the history of successful and failed trading programs throughout the United States suggests...
Flooding in Illinois, April-June 2002
Charles Avery, D.F. Smith
2003, Open-File Report 2002-487
Widespread flooding occurred throughout most of Illinois in spring 2002 as a result of multiple intense rainstorms that moved through the State during an extended 2-month period from the third week in April through the month of May in central and southern Illinois, the first week in June in northern...
Four models used for numerical simulation of a borehole radar antenna
Karl J. Ellefsen, David L. Wright
2003, Open-File Report 2003-155
In this report are four different models that represent an antenna used by personnel at the U.S. Geological Survey for crosswell investigations. The four models vary in complexity and concomitantly the accuracy with which they represent the actual antenna. These models are used in numerical simulations of the antenna to...
Map and table of world copper smelters
Calix Saul Laboy-Feliciano, Elizabeth Gonzalez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-75
Descriptions of mineral occurrences and interpretation of mineralized rock geochemical data in the Stikine geophysical survey area, Southeastern Alaska
Cliff D. Taylor
2003, Open-File Report 2003-154
Detailed descriptions of some of the more significant mineral occurrences in the Stikine Airborne Geophysical Survey Project Area are presented based upon site-specific examinations by the U.S. Geological Survey in May of 1998. Reconnaissance geochemical data on unmineralized igneous and sedimentary host rocks, and mineralized rocks are also presented and...
Wide-angle seismic recording from the 2002 Georgia Basin Geohazards Initiative, northwestern Washington and British Columbia
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, George D. Spence, Michael Riedel, Roy D. Hyndman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-160
This report describes the acquisition and processing of shallow-crustal wide-angle seismicreflection and refraction data obtained during a collaborative study in the Georgia Strait, western Washington and southwestern British Columbia. The study, the 2002 Georgia Strait Geohazards Initiative, was conducted in May 2002 by the Pacific Geoscience Centre, the U.S. Geological...
The New Albany Shale petroleum system, Illinois basin - Data and map image archive from the material-balance assessment
Debra K. Higley, M. E. Henry, M. D. Lewan, Janet K. Pitman
2003, Open-File Report 2003-37
The data files and explanations presented in this report were used to generate published material-balance approach estimates of amounts of petroleum 1) expelled from a source rock, and the sum of 2) petroleum discovered in-place plus that lost due to 3) secondary migration within, or leakage or erosion from a...
Nearshore benthic habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Sanctuary and southern California State Fisheries Reserves. Volume 1
Guy R. Cochrane, Nicole M. Nasby, Jane A. Reid, Ben Waltenberger, Kristen M. Lee
2003, Open-File Report 2003-85
The nearshore benthic habitat of the Santa Barbara coast and Channel Islands supports diverse marine life that is commercially, recreationally, and intrinsically valuable. Some of these resources are known to be endangered including a variety of rockfish and the white abalone. Agencies of the state of California and the United...
Preliminary analysis of cores from north San Francisco Bay, California
Dan Allison, Margaret Hampton, Bruce Jaffe
2003, Open-File Report 2003-111
During the mid-to late-1800's, large quantities of tailings from hydraulic gold mining in the Sierra Nevada were deposited in San Francisco Bay (Gilbert, 1917; Jaffe et al., 1998; Capiella et al., 1999). This rapid deposition also choked river systems and deposited mercury-contaminated sediments in the rivers and Bay. Hydraulic mining...
The Future of Petroleum: Optimism, Pessimism, or Something Else?
Ronald R. Charpentier
2003, Open-File Report 2003-137
Watershed inventory, Ravenna Training and Logistics Site, Ohio
Chad J. Ostheimer, John S. Tertuliani
2003, Open-File Report 2002–0495
The Ohio Army National Guard (OHARNG) conducts training activities on the lands it manages to fulfill its primary mission of maintaining combat readiness. One of the training areas OHARNG manages is the Ravenna Training and Logistics Site (RTLS). This facility is co-located with the Ravenna Army Ammunition Plant (RVAAP) in...
New Jersey aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data, a web site for distribution of data (on-line version)
Stephen L. Snyder
2003, Open-File Report 2003-80
No abstract available....
Pumping test results for wells within Potrero Canyon, Morongo Band of Mission Indians Reservation, California
M. Isabel Pimentel, Allen H. Christensen
2003, Open-File Report 2002-228
Wells in Potrero Canyon are the main source of water for the Morongo Band of Mission Indians, located near Banning, California. A series of pumping tests were completed on four water-supply wells in the Canyon during February 27 to March 2, 2001. The purpose of the tests was to determine...
Gulf of Mexico planktic foraminifer core-top calibration data set: Raw data
Harry J. Dowsett, Charlotte A. Brunner, Stacey Verardo, Richard Z. Poore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-8
No abstract available....
Reflectance spectroscopy as a rapid assessment tool for the detection of amphiboles from the Libby, Montana region
Roger N. Clark, Todd M. Hoefen, Gregg A. Swayze, K. Eric Livo, Greg P. Meeker, Steve J. Sutley, Steve Wilson, Isabelle K. Brownfield, J. Sam Vance
2003, Open-File Report 2003-128
REVEAL: REmote Views and Exploration of Antarctic Lithosphere Workshop: the future of Antarctic airborne geophysical capabilities, workshop report, August 5-8, 2002, Denver, Colorado
Carol A. Finn
2003, Open-File Report 2003-65
No abstract available....
Huntington Beach shoreline contamination investigation, Phase III; Coastal circulation and transport patterns: The likelihood of OCSD's plume impacting Huntington Beach shoreline
Marlene Noble, Jingping Xu, Leslie Rosenfeld, John Largier, Peter Hamilton, Burt Jones, George Robertson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-62
A consortium of agencies have conducted an extensive investigation of the coastal ocean circulation and transport pathways off Huntington Beach, with the aim of identifying any causal links that may exist between the offshore discharge of wastewater by OCSD and the significant bacterial contamination observed along the Huntington Beach shoreline....
Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 chirp subbottom data collected during USGS cruise K-1-95-PS Puget Sound, State of Washington, 1995
Christopher J. Lyon, Uri S. ten Brink, William Danforth, Robert Kayen
2003, Open-File Report 2002-318
Chemical analyses of soils and rocks from two high elevation study areas in Colorado
William R. Miller, Richard F. Sanzolone, Paul J. Lamothe
2003, Open-File Report 2003-106
Databases and simplified geology for mineralized areas, claims, mines and prospects in Colorado
Anna B. Wilson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-90
Index to the United States minerals exploration assistance records from the DMA, DMEA, OME Mineral Exploration Programs, 1950-1974
David G. Frank, John P. Galloway, Judy Weathers, Thor H. Kiilsgaard, John C. Wallis
2003, Open-File Report 2003-94
No abstract available....
Geologic map and digital database of the Romoland 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Douglas M. Morton, Kelly R. Bovard, Gregory Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-102
Open-File Report 03-102 contains a digital geologic map database of the Romoland 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a Correlation...
Geologic map and digital database of the Bachelor Mountain 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Douglas M. Morton, Michael P. Kennedy, Kelly R. Bovard, Diane Burns
2003, Open-File Report 2003-103
Open-File Report 03-102 contains a digital geologic map database of the Bachelor Mountain 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and containing a...
Dust deposition in Nevada, California, and Utah, 1984-2002
Marith C. Reheis
2003, Open-File Report 2003-138
Summary of surface-water-quality data collected for the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins National Water-Quality Assessment Program in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, water years 1999-2001
Michael A. Beckwith
2003, Open-File Report 2002-472
Water-quality samples were collected at 10 sites in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River Basins in water years 1999 – 2001 as part of the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins (NROK) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Sampling sites were located in varied environments ranging from small streams and rivers in...
