Activity O-1-00-SC, Ship Station SM 12 ... DVD-Video disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean
Henry Chezar, Ivy Newman
2006, Open-File Report 2004-1185-A-D
Flood chronology of the Carson River basin, California and Nevada web site
Anne E. Jeton
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3102
Activity C-1-83-WF, ship station 20 ... DVD-Video disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean
Henry Chezar, Ivy Newman
2006, Open-File Report 2004-1105-A-E
BLM Density Management and Riparian Buffer Study: Establishment Report and Study Plan
John H. Cissel, P. D. Anderson, Deanna H. Olson, Klaus Puettmann, Shanti Berryman, Samuel Chan, Charley Thompson
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5087
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNW), U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and Oregon State University (OSU) established the BLM Density Management and Riparian Buffer Study (DMS) in 1994 to demonstrate and test options for young stand management to meet Northwest Forest Plan objectives in western Oregon....
Ballast water research at the WFRC
Lyman Thorsteinson
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3080
Invasive aquatic species are considered to be one of the greatest threats to marine biodiversity, coastal economies, and even human health. Ballast water is a primary vector for these bioinvasions. One method of reducing risk of ballast water introductions is mid-ocean exchange of marine ballast water. However, it is widely...
Activity L-5-85-NC, ship station 9c ... DVD-Video disc set of seafloor transects during USGS research cruises in the Pacific Ocean
Henry Chezar, Ivy Newman
2006, Open-File Report 2004-1119-A-E
Environmental aspects of produced-water salt releases in onshore and coastal petroleum-producing areas of the conterminous U.S. - a bibliography
James K. Otton
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1154
Environmental effects associated with the production of oil and gas have been reported since the first oil wells were drilled in the Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania and Kentucky in the early to mid-1800s. The most significant of these effects are the degradation of soils, ground water, surface water, and ecosystems...
Real-time seismic monitoring of the new Cape Girardeau Bridge and preliminary analyses of recorded data: An overview
Mehmet Celebi
2006, Earthquake Spectra (22) 609-630
This paper introduces the state-of-the-art seismic monitoring system implemented for the 1,206-m-long (3,956 ft) cable-stayed Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge in Cape Girardeau (Missouri), a new Mississippi River crossing, approximately 80 km from the epicentral region of the 1811 and 1812 New Madrid earthquakes. The real-time seismic monitoring system for the bridge includes a...
Autoinducer 2: a concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth
A.H. Rickard, R.J. Palmer Jr., David S. Blehert, S.R. Campagna, M.F. Semmelhack, P.G. Egland, B.L. Bassler, P.E. Kolenbrander
2006, Molecular Microbiology (60) 1446-1456
4,5-dihydroxy-2,3-pentanedione (DPD), a product of the LuxS enzyme in the catabolism of S-ribosylhomocysteine, spontaneously cyclizes to form autoinducer 2 (AI-2). AI-2 is proposed to be a universal signal molecule mediating interspecies communication among bacteria. We show that mutualistic and abundant biofilm growth in flowing saliva of two human oral commensal bacteria, Actinomyces...
Preface
Joao Carlos Nunes, Robert I. Tilling, Gudmundur E. Sigvaldason
2006, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (156) vii-viii
No abstract available. ...
Spectral mixture analyses of hyperspectral data acquired using a tethered balloon
Xuexia Chen, Lee Vierling
2006, Remote Sensing of Environment (103) 338-350
Tethered balloon remote sensing platforms can be used to study radiometric issues in terrestrial ecosystems by effectively bridging the spatial gap between measurements made on the ground and those acquired via airplane or satellite. In this study, the Short Wave Aerostat-Mounted Imager (SWAMI) tethered balloon-mounted platform was utilized to evaluate...
Biostratigraphic and lithologic correlations of two Sonoma County Water Agency pilot wells with the type Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma County, central California
Charles L. Powell II, Robert J. McLaughlin, Elmira Wan
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1196
Small mollusk faunas characteristic of the uppermost part of the Wilson Grove Formation at Wilson Grove and along River Road at Trenton (Pliocene) were encountered in Sonoma County Water Agency pilot wells at Occidental Road well field between 320-500 ft (98-152 m), depth, and in the Sebastopol Road pilot well...
Introduction of translation stop condons into the viral glycoprotein gene in a fish DNA vaccine eliminates induction of protective immunity
Kyle A. Garver, Carla M. Conway, Gael Kurath
2006, Marine Biotechnology (8) 351-356
A highly efficacious DNA vaccine against a fish rhabdovirus, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV), was mutated to introduce two stop codons to prevent glycoprotein translation while maintaining the plasmid DNA integrity and RNA transcription ability. The mutated plasmid vaccine, denoted pIHNw-G2stop, when injected intramuscularly into fish at high doses, lacked...
State-parameter estimation of ecosystem models using a smoothed ensemble Kalman filter
M. Chen, Shuguang Liu, Larry L. Tieszen
2006, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the iEMSs 2006 conference
Much of the effort in data assimilation methods for carbon dynamics analysis has focused on estimating optimal values for either model parameters or state variables. The main weakness of estimating parameter values alone (i.e., without considering state variables) is that all errors from input, output, and model structure are attributed...
Effects of hydropower operations on spawning habitat, rearing habitat, and stranding/entrapment mortality of Fall Chinook Salmon in the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River
Donald R. Anglin, Steven L. Haeseker, Joseph J. Skalicky, Howard Schaller, Kenneth F. Tiffan, James R. Hatten, Paul Hoffarth, John Nugent, David Benner, Marv Yoshinaka
2006, Report
No abstract available....
Volcanic hazards at Atitlan volcano, Guatemala
J.M. Haapala, R. Escobar Wolf, James W. Vallance, William I. Rose Jr., J.P. Griswold, S. P. Schilling, J.W. Ewert, M. Mota
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1403
Atitlan Volcano is in the Guatemalan Highlands, along a west-northwest trending chain of volcanoes parallel to the mid-American trench. The volcano perches on the southern rim of the Atitlan caldera, which contains Lake Atitlan. Since the major caldera-forming eruption 85 thousand years ago (ka), three stratovolcanoes--San Pedro, Toliman, and Atitlan--have...
Field-trip guide to volcanic and volcaniclastic deposits of the lower Jurassic Talkeetna formation, Sheep Mountain, south-central Alaska
Amy E. Draut, Peter D. Clift, Robert B. Blodgett
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1124
This guide provides information for a one-day field trip in the vicinity of Sheep Mountain, just north of the Glenn Highway in south-central Alaska. The Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, consisting of extrusive volcanic and volcaniclastic sedimentary rocks of the Talkeetna arc complex, is exposed on and near Sheep Mountain. Field-trip...
Recycled Cell Phones - A Treasure Trove of Valuable Metals
Daniel E. Sullivan
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3097
This U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Fact Sheet examines the potential value of recycling the metals found in obsolete cell phones. Cell phones seem ubiquitous in the United States and commonplace throughout most of the world. There were approximately 1 billion cell phones in use worldwide in 2002. In the United States,...
Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)
John Brock, Dave Zawada
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3051
"Along-Track Reef Imaging System (ATRIS)" describes the U.S. Geological Survey's Along-Track Reef Imaging System, a boat-based sensor package for rapidly mapping shallow water benthic environments. ATRIS acquires high resolution, color digital images that are accurately geo-located in real-time....
Geological interpretation of bathymetric and backscatter imagery of the sea floor off eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Larry J. Poppe, Valerie F. Paskevich, Bradford Butman, Seth D. Ackerman, William W. Danforth, Dave S. Foster, Dann S. Blackwood
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1048
The imagery, interpretive data layers, and data presented herein were derived from multibeam echo-sounder data collected off Eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and from the stations occupied to verify these acoustic data. The basic data layers show sea-floor topography, sun-illuminated shaded relief, and backscatter intensity; interpretive layers show the distributions of...
Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the abandoned Valzinco (lead-zinc) and Mitchell (gold) mine sites prior to reclamation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Adam N. Johnson, Robert R. Seal II, Allen L. Meier, Paul L. Briggs, Nadine M. Piatak
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5085
The Virginia gold-pyrite belt, part of the central Virginia volcanic-plutonic belt, hosts numerous abandoned metal mines. The belt extends from about 50 km south of Washington, D.C., for approximately 175 km to the southwest into central Virginia. The rocks that comprise the belt include metamorphosed volcanic and clastic (noncarbonate) sedimentary...
Coastal monitoring of the May 2005 dredge disposal offshore of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Calif.
Patrick L. Barnard, Daniel M. Hanes
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1140
Ocean Beach, California, contains an erosion hot spot in the shadow of the San Francisco ebb tidal delta south of Sloat Boulevard that threatens valuable public infrastructure as well as the safe recreational use of the beach. In an effort to reduce the erosion at this location and avoid hazardous...
Chapter 3: Tabular Data and Graphical Images in Support of the U.S. Geological Survey National Oil and Gas Assessment - Western Gulf Province, Smackover-Austin-Eagle Ford Composite Total Petroleum System (504702)
T. R. Klett, P. A. Le
2006, Data Series 69-H-3
This chapter describes data used in support of the process being applied by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Oil and Gas Assessment (NOGA) project. Digital tabular data used in this report and archival data that permit the user to perform further analyses are available elsewhere on this CD-ROM. Computers...
Chapter 2: 2003 Geologic Assessment of Undiscovered Conventional Oil and Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Texas
S. M. Condon, T. S. Dyman
2006, Data Series 69-H-2
The Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups in the western part of the Western Gulf Province were assessed for undiscovered oil and gas resources in 2003. The area is part of the Smackover-Austin-Eagle Ford Composite Total Petroleum System. The rocks consist of, from youngest to oldest, the Escondido and Olmos...
Chapter 1: Executive Summary - 2003 Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups, Western Gulf Province, Gulf Coast Region, Texas
U.S. Geological Survey Western Gulf Province Assessment Team
2006, Data Series 69-H-1
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) recently completed an assessment of the undiscovered oil and gas potential of the Upper Cretaceous Navarro and Taylor Groups in the Western Gulf Province of the Gulf Coast region (fig. 1) as part of a national oil and gas assessment effort (USGS Navarro and Taylor...