Concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and inorganic constituents in ambient surface soils, Chicago, Illinois: 2001-02
Robert T. Kay, Terri Arnold, William F. Cannon, David Graham, Eric Morton, Raymond Bienert
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4105
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds are ubiquitous in ambient surface soils in the city of Chicago, Illinois. PAH concentrations in samples collected in June 2001 and January 2002 were typically in the following order from highest to lowest: fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, phenanthrene, benzo(a)pyrene, chrysene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene, benzo(g,h,i)perylene, dibenzo(a,h)anthracene, and...
Pleistocene glaciations of the Rocky Mountains
Kenneth L. Pierce
2003, Developments in Quaternary Sciences (1) 63-76
This chapter presents the status of Rocky Mountain glacial studies in 1965 and progress from that time to the present. The Rocky Mountains and the adjacent Basin and Range of the United States consist of about 100 ranges distributed in a northwest trending belt 2,000 km long and 200–800 km...
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in drinking water from the United States: Results from archived chromatograms and water samples, 1989-2000
Stephanie Dunkle Shapiro, Niel Plummer, M. J. Focazio, E. Busenberg, W. Kirkland, M. Fernandez Jr.
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4173
No abstract available....
Relations of biological indicators to nutrient data for lakes and streams in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, 1990-98
Robin A. Brightbill, Edward H. Koerkle
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4033
The Clean Water Action Plan of 1998 provides a blueprint for federal agencies to work with states, tribes, and other stakeholders to protect and restore the Nation's water resources. The plan includes an initiative that addresses the nutrient-enrichment problem of lakes and streams across the United States. The U.S. Environmental...
Water-quality trend analysis and sampling design for streams in North Dakota, 1971-2000
Aldo V. Vecchia
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4094
This report presents the results of a study conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the North Dakota Department of Health, to analyze historical water-quality trends in selected dissolved major ions, nutrients, and dissolved trace metals for 10 streams in southwestern and eastern North Dakota and to develop...
Geochemistry, geochronology, mineralogy, and geology suggest sources of and controls on mineral systems in the southern Toquima Range, Nye County, Nevada
Daniel R. Shawe, James D. Hoffman, Bruce R. Doe, Eugene E. Foord, Holly J. Stein, Robert A. Ayuso
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2327-C
Geochemistry maps showing the distribution and abundance of 18 elements in about 1,400 rock samples, both mineralized and unmineralized, from the southern Toquima Range, Nev., indicate major structural and lithologic controls on mineralization, and suggest sources of the elements. Radiometric age data, lead mineralogy and paragenesis data, and lead-isotope data...
Surface-water hydrologic data for the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, water years 1990-95
Debra A. Sneck-Fahrer, Fred Liscum, Jeffery W. East
2003, Open-File Report 2003-70
During water years 1990–95, data were collected at 24 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations, 21 rain gages, and 6 water-quality stations in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas. The data were collected as part of the Houston Urban Runoff Program, which began in water year 1964. Annual peaks were defined for...
Preliminary geologic map of the Murrieta 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside County, California
Michael P. Kennedy, Douglas M. Morton
2003, Open-File Report 2003-189
The Murrieta quadrangle is located in the northern part of the Peninsular Ranges Province and includes parts of two structural blocks, or structural subdivisions of the province. The quadrangle is diagonally crossed by the active Elsinore fault zone, a major fault zone of the San Andreas fault system, and...
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...
Trends in nitrogen concentration and nitrogen loads entering the South Shore Estuary Reserve from streams and ground-water discharge in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Island, New York, 1952–97
Monti, Michael P. Scorca
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4255
The 13 major south-shore streams in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, New York with adequate long-term (1971-97) water-quality records, and 192 south-shore wells with sufficient water-quality data, were selected for analysis of geographic, seasonal, and long-term trends in nitrogen concentration. Annual total nitrogen loads transported to the South Shore...
Map showing silver concentrations for stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-I
No abstract available....
Map showing arsenic concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-G
No abstract available....
Map showing antimony concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-J
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Buckeystown quadrangle, Frederick and Montgomery Counties, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia
Scott Southworth, David K. Brezinski
2003, Geologic Quadrangle 1800
The Buckeystown quadrangle is underlain mostly by rocks of the western Piedmont province and a portion of the eastern Blue Ridge province. The western Piedmont province is underlain by Late Proterozoic(?) and Lower Cambrian(?) metasedimentary rocks of the Westminster terrane, Lower and Middle Cambrian metasedimentary rocks and Upper Cambrian to...
Map showing zinc concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-F
No abstract available....
Potential for deep basin-centered gas accumulation in Travis Peak (Hosston) Formation, Gulf Coast Basin, U.S.A.
Charles E. Bartberger, Thaddeus S. Dyman, Steven M. Condon
2003, Bulletin 2184-E
The potential of Lower Cretaceous sandstones of the Travis Peak Formation in the northern Gulf Coast Basin to harbor a basin-centered gas accumulation was evaluated by examining (1) the depositional and diagenetic history and reservoir properties of Travis Peak sandstones, (2) the presence and quality of source rocks for generating...
Map showing scandium concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-A
No abstract available....
Map showing iron concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-B
No abstract available....
Map showing nickel concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-D
No abstract available....
Map showing cobalt concentrations from stream sediments and soils throughout the Humboldt River basin and surrounding areas, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2407-C
No abstract available....
Post-nesting movements and behavior of loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) departing from east-central Florida nesting beaches
C. Kenneth Dodd Jr., R. Byles
2003, Chelonian Conservation and Biology (4) 530-536
No abstract available....
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....
Arsenic in New England: Mineralogical and geochemical studies of sources and enrichment pathways
Robert A. Ayuso, Nora K. Foley
2003, Open-File Report 2002-454
Detailed mineralogical, geochemical and radiogenic isotopic studies of iron-sulfide and secondary iron oxy-hydroxide minerals in natural bedrock in coastal Maine and New Hampshire test the link between arsenic-rich sulfide minerals in bedrock and secondary oxy-hydroxide minerals. Samples were selected from over 70 bedrock localities, including 22 within the regionally extensive...
Geologic map of the Vail East quadrangle, Eagle County, Colorado
Karl S. Kellogg, Bruce Bryant, Margaret H. Redsteer
2003, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2375
New 1:24,000-scale geologic mapping along the Interstate-70 urban corridor in western Colorado, in support of the State/USGS Cooperative Geologic Mapping Project, is contributing to a more complete understanding of the stratigraphy, structure, tectonic evolution, and hazard potential of this rapidly developing region. The 1:24,000-scale Vail East quadrangle straddles the...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Dry Valley area, west-central Nevada and east-central California
Elizabeth A. Sanger, David A. Ponce
2003, Open-File Report 2003-6
In June, 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established 143 new gravity stations and 12 new rock samples in the Dry Valley area, 30 miles north of Reno, Nevada, on the California - Nevada border (see fig. 1). This study reports on gravity, magnetic, and physical property data intended for...
