Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999–2001
James L. Robinson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4182
The Black Warrior River aquifer is a major source of public water supply in the Mobile River Basin. The aquifer outcrop trends northwest - southeast across Mississippi and Alabama. A relatively thin shallow aquifer overlies and recharges the Black Warrior River aquifer in the flood plains and terraces of the...
Bathymetric mapping, sediment quality, and water quality of Lake Delhi, Iowa, 2001-02
Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Jason C. McVay, Kimberlee K. Barnes, Kent Becher
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4085
Lake Delhi was formed in 1929 when the Interstate Power Company dammed the Maquoketa River near Delhi, Iowa, for generation of hydroelectric power. The resulting 450-acre lake became a popular area in eastern Iowa for boating, swimming, and fishing. Hydroelectric power generation ended in 1973, and lakeside residents purchased the...
Earthquake recordings from the 2002 Seattle Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington state
Thomas L. Pratt, Karen L. Meagher, Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas Yelin, Robert Norris, Lynn Hultgrien, Elizabeth Barnett, Craig S. Weaver
2003, Open-File Report 2003-361
This report describes seismic data obtained during the fourth Seismic Hazard Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS) experiment, termed Seattle SHIPS . The experiment was designed to study the influence of the Seattle sedimentary basin on ground shaking during earthquakes. To accomplish this, we deployed seismometers over the basin to record...
Development and testing of method for assessing and mapping agricultural areas susceptible to atrazine leaching in the state of Washington
Frank D. Voss
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4173
In a joint effort by the Washington State Department of Agriculture, the Washington Department of Ecology, and the U.S. Geological Survey, the Environmental Protection Agency's Pesticide Root Zone Model and a Geographic Information System were used to develop and test a method for screening and mapping the susceptibility of ground...
Ground-water flow and ground- and surface-water interaction at McBaine Bottoms, Columbia, Missouri-2000-02
Brenda J. Smith
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4234
McBaine Bottoms southwest of Columbia, Missouri, is the site of 4,269 acres of the Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area operated by the Missouri Department of Conservation, about 130 acres of the city of Columbia wastewater-treat-ment wetlands, and the city of Columbia munici-pal-supply well field. The city of Columbia wastewater-treatment wetlands supply treated...
Ground-water flow and saline water in the shallow aquifer system of the southern watersheds of Virginia Beach, Virginia
Barry S. Smith
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4258
Population and tourism continues to grow in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but the supply of freshwater is limited. A pipeline from Lake Gaston supplies water for northern Virginia Beach, but ground water is widely used to water lawns in the north, and most southern areas of the city rely solely on ground water....
Quaternary geology of the western United States
Don J. Easterbrook, Kenneth L. Pierce, John Gosse, Alan R. Gillespie, Ed Evenson, Ken Hamblin
2003, Book chapter, Quaternary geology of the United States; INQUA 2003 field guide volume
No abstract available....
Population status of Kittlitz's and Marbled Murrelets and surveys for other marine bird and mammal species in the Kenai Fjords area, Alaska
Thomas I. van Pelt, John F. Piatt
2003, Report
The Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a rare seabird that nests in alpine terrain and generally forages near tidewater glaciers during the breeding season. More than 95% of the global population breeds in Alaska, with the remainder occurring in the Russian Far East. A global population estimate using best-available data...
Global GIS database. Digital atlas of Europe
United States Geological Survey
2003, Data Series 62-G
No abstract available....
Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming
Beth A. Middleton
2003, Journal of Applied Ecology (40) 1025-1034
1Changes in farming practice provide an opportunity to restore once extensive forested wetlands on agricultural land. In some parts of the world, however, it has proved difficult to restore the full complement of plant species through natural regeneration. Similarly, the restoration of forested wetlands by replanting has...
Ground-water quality of the southern High Plains aquifer, Texas and New Mexico, 2001
Lynne Fahlquist
2003, Open-File Report 2003-345
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program collected water samples from 48 wells in the southern High Plains as part of a larger scientific effort to broadly characterize and understand factors affecting water quality of the High Plains aquifer across the entire High Plains. Water samples were...
Atmospheric deposition of nutrients, pesticides, and mercury in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 2002
M. Alisa Mast, Donald H. Campbell, George P. Ingersoll, William T. Foreman, David P. Krabbenhoft
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4241
Nutrients, current-use pesticides, and mercury were measured in atmospheric deposition during summer in Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado to improve understanding of the type and magnitude of atmospheric contaminants being deposited in the park. Two deposition sites were established on the east side of the park: one at an...
Field guide to hydrothermal alteration in the White River altered area and in the Osceola Mudflow, Washington
David A. John, James J. Rytuba, Roger P. Ashley, Richard J. Blakely, James W. Vallance, Grant R. Newport, Gary R. Heinemeyer
2003, Bulletin 2217
The Cenozoic Cascades arcs of southwestern Washington are the product of long-lived, but discontinuous, magmatism beginning in the Eocene and continuing to the present (for example, Christiansen and Yeats, 1992). This magmatism is the result of subduction of oceanic crust beneath the North American continent. The magmatic rocks are divided...
Nutrient and chlorophyll relations in selected streams of the New England coastal basins in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, June-September 2001
Melissa L. Riskin, J. R. Deacon, M. L. Liebman, K. W. Robinson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4191
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is developing guidance to assist states with defining nutrient criteria for rivers and streams and to better describe nutrient-algal relations. As part of this effort, 13 wadeable stream sites were selected, primarily in eastern Massachusetts, for a nutrient-assessment study during the summer of 2001. The...
Residence times and nitrate transport in ground water discharging to streams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Bruce D. Lindsey, Scott Phillips, Colleen A. Donnelly, Gary K. Speiran, Niel Plummer, John Karl Bohlke, Michael J. Focazio, William C. Burton, Eurybiades Busenberg
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4035
One of the major water-quality problems in the Chesapeake Bay is an overabundance of nutrients from the streams and rivers that discharge to the Bay. Some of these nutrients are from nonpoint sources such as atmospheric deposition, agricultural manure and fertilizer, and septic systems. The effects of efforts to control...
Low-flow characteristics and profiles for the Rocky River in the Yadkin-Pee Dee River basin, North Carolina, through 2002
J. Curtis Weaver, Jason M. Fine
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4147
An understanding of the magnitude and frequency of low-flow discharges is an important part of protecting surface-water resources and planning for municipal and industrial economic expansion. Low-flow characteristics are summarized for 12 continuous-record gaging stations and 44 partial-record measuring sites in the Rocky River basin in North Carolina. Records of...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 2. Low-flow (2001) and snowmelt (2002) synoptic/tracer water chemistry for the Red River, New Mexico
R. Blaine McCleskey, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Judy I. Steiger, Briant A. Kimball, Philip L. Verplanck
2003, Open-File Report 2003-148
Water analyses are reported for 259 samples collected from the Red River, New Mexico, and its tributaries during low-flow(2001) and spring snowmelt (2002) tracer studies. Water samples were collected along a 20-kilometer reach of the Red River beginning just east of the town of Red River and ending at the U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging station located east...
Data report: geology of reef-front carbonate sediment deposits around Oahu, Hawaii
Monty A. Hampton, Charles T. Blay, Christopher Murray, Laura Z. Torresan, Cathy S. Frazee, Bruce M. Richmond, Charles H. Fletcher
2003, Open-File Report 2003-441
This Open-File Report presents data and derivative products from an investigation of carbonate sediment deposits on the reef front in four areas around the island of Oahu, Hawaii - in Kailua Bay off Oahu's windward (east) side, off the leeward (west) coast from Makua to Kahe Point, off the north...
Helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic survey data and maps, Seco Creek area, Medina and Uvalde counties, Texas
Bruce D. Smith, David V. Smith, Patricia L. Hill, Victor F. Labson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-226
A helicopter electromagnetic and magnetic (HEM) survey was completed of a 209 square kilometer (81 square miles) area of the central Edwards aquifer. This open-file report is a release of the airborne geophysical data and a summary of the hydrologic application. The survey area was centered on the Valdina Farms...
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Cedar River alluvium, northwest Black Hawk County and southwest Bremer County, Iowa
Bryan D. Schaap, Mark E. Savoca, Michael J. Turco
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4080
Flooding and high ground-water levels after large or frequent rainstorms have occurred in an area of about 30 square miles along the eastern bank of the Cedar River from Cedar Falls in northwest Black Hawk County to Janesville in southwest Bremer County, Iowa. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with...
Hydrogeology of shallow basin-fill deposits in areas of Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah
Susan A. Thiros
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4029
A study of recently developed residential/commercial areas of Salt Lake Valley, Utah, was done from 1999 to 2001 in areas in which shallow ground water has the potential to move to a deeper aquifer that is used for public supply. Thirty monitoring wells were drilled and sampled in 1999 as...
Geothermal energy: clean power from the Earth's heat
Wendell A. Duffield, John H. Sass
2003, Circular 1249
Societies in the 21st century require enormous amounts of energy to drive the machines of commerce and to sustain the lifestyles that many people have come to expect. Today, most of this energy is derived from oil, natural gas, and coal, supplemented by nuclear power. Local exceptions exist, but oil...
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...
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....
North Alaska petroleum system analysis: The regional map compilation
Richard W. Saltus, Kenneth J. Bird
2003, Open-File Report 2003-330
The U.S. Geological Survey initiated an effort to model north Alaskan petroleum systems. The geographic and geologic basis for modeling systems is provided by a set of regional digital maps that allow evaluation of the widest possible extent of each system. Accordingly, we laid out a rectangular map grid 1300...
