Report of the USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Modeling Workshop, Pacific Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA, March 22-23, 2005
Christopher R. Sherwood
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1193
A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology (CMG) Modeling Workshop was held to discuss the general topic of coastal modeling, defined broadly to include circulation, waves, sediment transport, water quality, ecology, sediment diagenesis, morphology change, and coastal evolution, on scales ranging from seconds and a few centimeters (individual...
Database for the geologic map of the Mount Baker 30-minute by 60-minute quadrangle, Washington (I-2660)
R. W. Tabor, R. A. Haugerud, Wes Hildreth, E. H. Brown
2006, Data Series 205
This digital map database has been prepared by R.W. Tabor from the published Geologic map of the Mount Baker 30- by 60-Minute Quadrangle, Washington. Together with the accompanying text files as PDF, it provides information on the geologic structure and stratigraphy of the area covered. The database delineates map units...
Photographs, correspondence, and presentations related to the La Conchita, California, landslide
Randall W. Jibson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1278
This report contains the following photographs and information related to the La Conchita, California, landslide: 1) Digital photographs taken by the author during a visit to the La Conchita landslide on January 14, 2005. 2) Correspondence related to the approval and release of USGS Open-File Report 2005-1067, Landslide Hazards at...
Evaluation of geophysical logs and aquifer-isolation tests, Phase III, August 2002 to March 2004, Crossley Farm superfund site, Hereford township, Berks County, Pennsylvania
Randall W. Conger, Dennis J. Low
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5090
Between August 2002 and March 2004, geophysical logging was conducted in 23 boreholes at the Crossley Farm Superfund Site, Hereford Township, Berks County, Pa., to determine the water-producing zones, water-receiving zones, zones of vertical-borehole flow, and fracture orientation where applicable. The boreholes ranged in depth from 71 to 503 ft...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory seismic data, January to December 2005
Jennifer S. Nakata
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1231
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) summary presents seismic data gathered during the year. The seismic summary is offered without interpretation as a source of preliminary data. It is complete in the sense that most data for events of M-1.5 routinely gathered by the Observatory are included. The HVO summaries have been...
Assessment of undiscovered technically recoverable conventional petroleum resources of northern Afghanistan
T. R. Klett, G. F. Ulmishek, C. J. Wandrey, Warren F. Agena, Douglas Steinshouer
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1253
Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey - Afghanistan Ministry of Mines and Industry Joint Oil and Gas Resource Assessment Team estimated mean volumes of undiscovered petroleum in northern Afghanistan; the resulting estimates are 1.6 billion barrels (0.2 billion metric tons) of crude oil, 16 trillion cubic feet...
Assessment of Appalachian basin oil and gas resources: Devonian shale— Middle and Upper Paleozoic Total Petroleum System
Robert C. Milici, Christopher S. Swezey
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1237
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the technically recoverable undiscovered hydrocarbon resources of the Appalachian Basin Province. The assessment province includes parts of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. The assessment was based on six major petroleum systems, which...
Navajo coal and air quality in Shiprock, New Mexico
Joseph E. Bunnell, Linda V. Garcia
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3094
Among the Navajo people, high levels of respiratory disease, such as asthma, exist in a population with low rates of cigarette smoking. Air quality outdoors and indoors affects respiratory health. Many Navajo Nation residents burn locally mined coal in their homes for heat, as coal is the most economical energy...
Physical properties of two core samples from Well 34-9RD2 at the Coso geothermal field, California
C.A. Morrow, D.A. Lockner
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1230
The Coso geothermal field, located along the Eastern California Shear Zone, is composed of fractured granitic rocks above a shallow heat source. Temperatures exceed 640 ?F (~338 ?C) at a depth of less than 10000 feet (3 km). Permeability varies throughout the geothermal field due to the competing processes of...
Annual trace-metal load estimates and flow-weighted concentrations of cadmium, lead, and zinc, in the Spokane River basin, Idaho and Washington, 1999-2004
Mary M. Donato
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5188
Streamflow and trace-metal concentration data collected at 10 locations in the Spokane River basin of northern Idaho and eastern Washington during 1999-2004 were used as input for the U.S. Geological Survey software, LOADEST, to estimate annual loads and mean flow-weighted concentrations of total and dissolved cadmium, lead, and zinc.<p...
Navajo coal and air quality in Shiprock, New Mexico
Joseph E. Bunnell, Linda V. Garcia
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3094
Among the Navajo people, high levels of respiratory disease, such as asthma, exist in a population with low rates of cigarette smoking. Air quality outdoors and indoors affects respiratory health. Many Navajo Nation residents burn locally mined coal in their homes for heat, as coal is the most economical energy...
A Spatial Overlay Ranking Method for a Geospatial Search of Text Objects
Kenneth J. Lanfear
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1279
Earth-science researchers need the capability to find relevant information by location and topic. Conventional geographic techniques that simply check whether polygons intersect can efficiently achieve a high recall on location, but can not achieve precision for ranking results in likely order of importance to the reader. A spatial overlay ranking...
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Nampa, Idaho 2006
Kenneth L. Tanaka, R. Stephen Saunders
Tracy K. P. Gregg, editor(s)
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1263
Approximately 18 people attended this year's mappers meeting, and many more submitted abstracts and maps in absentia. The meeting was held on the campus of Northwest Nazarene University (NNU), and was graciously hosted by NNU's School of Health and Science. Planetary mapper Dr. Jim Zimbelman is an alumnus of NNU,...
Mass spectrometric in the analysis of inorganic substances
Howard E. Taylor
Robert A. Meyers, editor(s)
2006, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of analytical chemistry: Applications, theory and instrumentation
Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique used to measure the composition of a substance by isolating specific analyte components according to their individual atomic or molecular mass‐to‐charge ratios. Inorganic mass spectrometry is specifically used to determine the elemental and isotopic composition of the material being analyzed. The techniques are capable...
The reawakening of Alaska's Augustine volcano
John A. Power, Christopher J. Nye, Michelle L. Coombs, Rick L. Wessels, Peter F. Cervelli, Jon Dehn, Kristi L. Wallace, Jeffrey T. Freymueller, Michael P. Doukas
2006, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (87) 374-376
Augustine volcano, in south central Alaska, ended a 20-year period of repose on 11 January 2006 with 13 explosive eruptions in 20 days. Explosive activity shifted to a quieter effusion of lava in early February, forming a new summit lava dome and two short, blocky lava flows by...
Data Report: Acetate and Hydrogen Concentrations in Pore Fluids Associated with a Large Gas Hydrate Reservoir, Southern Hydrate Ridge, offshore Oregon, USA
Thomas Lorenson, Frederick S. Colwell, M.E. Delwiche, Jennifer A. Dougherty
Anne M. Trehu, G. Bohrmann, Marta E. Torres, editor(s)
2006, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results 204-17
Acetate and hydrogen concentrations in pore fluids were measured in samples taken at seven sites from southern Hydrate Ridge (SHR) offshore Oregon, USA. Acetate concentrations ranged from 3.17 to 2515 µM. The maximum acetate concentrations occurred at Site 1251, which was drilled on a slope basin to the east of...
Hydrology and water quality in the Green River and surrounding agricultural areas near Green River in Emery and Grand Counties, Utah, 2004-05
S.J. Gerner, L.E. Spangler, B. A. Kimball, Dale E. Wilberg, D. L. Naftz
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5186
Water from the Colorado River and its tributaries is used for municipal and industrial purposes by about 27 million people and irrigates nearly 4 million acres of land in the Western United States. Water users in the Upper Colorado River Basin consume water from the Colorado River and its tributaries,...
Water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Richard D. Norman, Barry C. Polton, Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3103
Water-quality data were collected from sites in the Blue River Basin from July 1998 to October. Sites upstream from wastewater-treatment plants or the combined sewer system area had lower concentrations of total nitrogen, phosphorus, organic wastewater compounds, and pharmaceuticals, and more diverse aquatic communities. Sites downstream from wastewater-treatment plants had...
Water quality in the Blue River basin, Kansas City metropolitan area, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998 to October 2004
Donald H. Wilkison, Daniel J. Armstrong, Richard D. Norman, Barry C. Poulton, Edward T. Furlong, Steven D. Zaugg
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5147
Water-quality data were collected from sites in the Blue River Basin from July 1998 to October. Sites upstream from wastewater-treatment plants or the combined sewer system area had lower concentrations of total nitrogen, phosphorus, organic wastewater compounds, and pharmaceuticals, and more diverse aquatic communities. Sites downstream from wastewater-treatment plants had...
Estimated water use in Wyoming during 2000
Gregory K. Boughton, Kendra R. Remley, Timothy T. Bartos
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3099
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has compiled and published estimates of water withdrawals every 5 years since 1950. This series of water-use reports serves as one of the few sources of information about regional or national trends in water withdrawals (Hutson and others, 2004).In Wyoming, six categories—irrigation, mining, thermoelectric power,...
Determination of the δ34S of sulfate in water; RSIL lab code 1951
Kinga Revesz, Haiping Qi, Tyler B. Coplen
2006, Techniques and Methods 10-C10
The purpose of the Reston Stable Isotope Laboratory (RSIL) lab code 1951 is to determine the δ(34S/32S), abbreviated as δ34S, of dissolved sulfate. Dissolved sulfate is collected in the field and precipitated with BaCl2 at pH 3 to 4 as BaSO4 in the laboratory. However, the dissolved organic sulfur (DOS)...
Taking the pulse of a river system: first 20 years
Linda Leake, Barry Johnson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3098
Your doctor would not base decisions for your health care today on one physical examination when you were age three! You would reasonably expect decisions to be based on records from over your lifetime. Likewise, those responsible for monitoring the health of the Upper Mississippi River System want a more...
Water resources data Virginia water year 2005 Volume 1. Surface-water discharge and surface-water quality records
Shaun Wicklein, Eugene D. Powell, Joel R. Guyer, Joseph A. Owens
2006, Water Data Report VA-05-1
Water-resources data for the 2005 water year for Virginia includes records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs. This volume contains records for water discharge at 172 gaging stations; stage only at 2 gaging stations; elevation at 2 reservoirs...
Assessment of possible sources of microbiological contamination in the water column and streambed sediment of the Jacks Fork, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Missouri — Phase III
Jerri V. Davis, Miya N. Barr
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5161
In 1998, a 5 river-mile reach of the Jacks Fork was included on Missouri's list of impaired waters as required by Section 303(d) of the Federal Clean Water Act. The identified pollutant on the Jacks Fork was fecal coliform bacteria. The length of the impaired reach was changed to 7...
Geographic information systems (GIS) spatial data compilation of geodynamic, tectonic, metallogenic, mineral deposit, and geophysical maps and associated descriptive data for northeast Asia
Vera V. Naumova (compiler), Mikhail I. Patuk, Marina Yu. Kapitanchuk, Warren J. Nokleberg, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Leonid M. Parfenov, Sergey M. Rodionov, Robert J. Miller, Michael F. Diggles
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1150
This is the online version of a CD-ROM publication. It contains all of the data that are on the disc but extra files have been removed: index files, software installers, and Windows autolaunch files. The purpose of this publication is to provide a high-quality spatial data compilation (Geographical Information System or...
