Stratigraphic inferences derived from borehole data of Tertiary basin-filling rocks of the Pahrump Valley basin, Nevada and California
Donald S. Sweetkind, Emily Taylor, Heather Putnam
2003, Open-File Report 2003-51
This report summarizes the results from the compilation and interpretation of lithologic information from 266 driller?s logs from the Pahrump Valley, NV-CA. Borehole records for the Pahrump Valley were selected from a total of several thousand available well logs as those having lithologic data and high confidence in the well...
Economics of undiscovered oil in Federal Lands on the National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska
Emil Attanasi
2003, Open-File Report 2003-44
Primary causes of wetland loss at Madison Bay, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana
Robert A. Morton, Ginger Tiling, Nicholas F. Ferina
2003, Open-File Report 2003-60
Map showing alpine debris flows triggered by a July 28, 1999 thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado
Jonathan W. Godt, Jeffrey A. Coe
2003, Open-File Report 2003-50
This 1:24,000-scale map shows an inventory of debris flows that were triggered above timberline by a thunderstorm in the central Front Range of Colorado. We have classified the debris flows into two categories based on the style of initiation processes in the debris-flow source areas: 1) soil slip, and 2)...
Correlation of the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada
William P. Irwin
2003, Open-File Report 2002-490
This report graphically portrays the broadly parallel tectonic development of the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada from early Paleozoic to Early Cretaceous time. It is dedicated to J.S. Diller of the U.S. Geological Survey who, during his pioneer field studies a century ago, recognized significant similarities between these two important...
Rainfall and groundwater level monitoring data (1981-1984) at Weeks Creek landslide, California
Gerald F. Wieczorek
2003, Open-File Report 2003-34
Geochemistry of Permian rocks from the margins of the Phosphoria Basin: Lakeridge core, western Wyoming
Robert B. Perkins, Brandie McIntyre, James R. Hein, David Z. Piper
2003, Open-File Report 2003-21
The Permian Phosphoria Formation and interbedded units of the Park City Formation and Shedhorn Sandstone in western Wyoming represent deposition along a carbonate ramp at the eastern margin of the Phosphoria Basin, with portions of the Phosphoria units reflecting periods of upwelling and widespread phosphogenesis. Thickness-weighted slab-samples of these units...
A Rapid Array Mobilization Procedure (RAMP) agreement for the central United States
Paul Bodin, Gary Pavlis, Eugene Schweig, Joan Gomberg
2003, Open-File Report 2003-15
A spatial database of bedding attitudes to accompany Geologic map of the greater Denver area, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado
Donald E. Trimble, Michael N. Machette, Theodore R. Brandt, David W. Moore, Kyle E. Murray
2003, Open-File Report 2003-25
This digital map shows bedding attitude symbols display over the geographic extent of surficial deposits and rock stratigraphic units (formations) as compiled by Trimble and Machette 1973-1977 and published in 1979 (U.S. Geological Survey Map I-856-H) under the Front Range Urban Corridor Geology Program. Trimble and Machette compiled their...
Water-quality, bed-sediment, and biological data, for streams in the upper Prickly Pear Creek watershed, Montana, 2001
Terry L. Klein, Joanna N. Thamke, David D. Harper, Aida M. Farag, David A. Nimick, David L. Fey
2003, Open-File Report 2003-32
The upper Prickly Pear Creek watershed encompasses the upstream 15 miles of Prickly Pear Creek, south of Helena, Montana (fig. 1). The headwaters of Prickly Pear Creek and its tributaries (Beavertown Creek, Clancy Creek, Dutchman Creek, Golconda Creek, Lump Gulch, Spring Creek, and Warm Springs Creek) are primarily in the...
Hydrogeology of the Waverly-Sayre area in Tioga and Chemung Counties, New York and Bradford county, Pennsylvania
Richard J. Reynolds
2003, Open-File Report 2002-284
The hydrogeology of a 135-square-mile area centered at Waverly, N.Y. and Sayre, Pa. is summarized in a set of five maps and a sheet of geologic sections, all at 1:24,000 scale, that depict locations of wells and test holes (sheet 1), surficial geology (sheet 2), altitude of the water table...
Design and construction of a gamma-ray spectrometer system for determining natural radioelement concentrations in geological samples at the U.S. Geological Survey in Reston, Virginia
Stephen L. Snyder, Joseph S. Duval
2003, Open-File Report 2003-29
Preliminary soil-slip susceptibility maps, southwestern California
Douglas M. Morton, Rachel M. Alvarez, Russell H. Campbell, Kelly R. Bovard, D. T. Brown, K. M. Corriea, J. N. Lesser
2003, Open-File Report 2003-17
This group of maps shows relative susceptibility of hill slopes to the initiation sites of rainfall-triggered soil slip-debris flows in southwestern California. As such, the maps offer a partial answer to one part of the three parts necessary to predict the soil-slip/debris-flow process. A complete prediction of the process would...
A spatial database of bedding attitudes to accompany Geologic Map of Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley area, Colorado
Roger B. Colton, Theodore R. Brandt, David W. Moore, Kyle E. Murray
2003, Open-File Report 2003-24
This digital map shows bedding attitude data displayed over the geographic extent of rock stratigraphic units (formations) as compiled by Colton in 1976 (U.S.Geological Survey Map I-855-G) under the Front Range Urban Corridor Geology Program. Colton used his own mapping and published geologic maps having varied map unit schemes...
Map and digital database of sedimentary basins and indications of petroleum in the Central Alaska Province
Sandra M. Troutman, Richard G. Stanley
2003, Open-File Report 2002-483
This database and accompanying text depict historical and modern reported occurrences of petroleum both in wells and at the surface within the boundaries of the Central Alaska Province. These data were compiled from...
Economic drivers of mineral supply
Lorie A. Wagner, Daniel E. Sullivan, John L. Sznopek
2003, Open-File Report 2002-335
The debate over the adequacy of future supplies of mineral resources continues in light of the growing use of mineral-based materials in the United States. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quantity of new materials utilized each year has dramatically increased from 161 million tons2 in 1900 to 3.2 billion tons in...
Wilderness experience in Rocky Mountain National Park 2002; report to respondents
Elke Schuster, S. Shea Johnson, Jonathan G. Taylor
2003, Open-File Report 2003-444
A substantial amount of backcountry (about 250,000 acres) in Rocky Mountain National Park [RMNP of the Park] may be designated as wilderness areas in the coming years. Currently, over 3 million visitors drives through the park on Trail Ridge Road, camp in designated campgrounds, day hike, etc. each year. Many...
The Role of stocking in the reestablishment and augmentation of native fish in the Lower Colorado River mainstream (1998-2002)
Gordon Mueller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-288
The Colorado River has experienced dramatic physical and biological change. Rated as the fifth largest river in the USA by volume, today its waters seldom reach the sea. Water diversions gradually reduce its flow to a point where its last remaining waters are diverted at Morales Dam leaving nearly 100...
Reconnaissance-level application of physical habitat simulation in the evaluation of physical habitat limits in the Animas Basin, Colorado
Robert T. Milhous
2003, Open-File Report 2003-222
The Animas River is in southwestern Colorado and flows mostly to the south to join the San Juan River at Farmington, New Mexico (Figure 1). The Upper Animas River watershed is in San Juan County, Colorado and is located in the San Juan Mountains. The lower river is in the...
Effects of channel modification on fish habitat in the upper Yellowstone River: Final report to the USACE, Omaha
Zachary H. Bowen, Ken D. Bovee, Terry J. Waddle
2003, Open-File Report 2003-476
A two-dimensional hydrodynamic simulation model was coupled with a geographic information system (GIS) to produce a variety of habitat classification maps for three study reaches in the upper Yellowstone River basin in Montana. Data from these maps were used to examine potential effects of channel modification on shallow, slow current...
U.S. Geological Survey Greater Everglades Science Program: 2002 Biennial Report
Arturo E. Torres, Aaron L. Higer, Heather S. Henkel, Patsy R. Mixson, Jane R. Eggleston, Teresa L. Embry, Gail Clement
2003, Open-File Report 03-54
IntroductionThe U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts scientific investigations in south Florida to improve society’s understanding of the environment and assist in the sustainable use, protection, and restoration of the Everglades and other ecosystems within the region. The investigations summarized in this document have been carried out under the Greater Everglades...
User's manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Automated Data Processing System (ADAPS)
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Open-File Report 2003-123
The Automated Data Processing System (ADAPS) was developed for the processing, storage, and retrieval of water data, and is part of the National Water Information System (NWIS) developed by the U.S. Geological Survey. NWIS is a distributed water database in which data can be processed over a network of computers...
Water temperature, streamflow, and ground-water elevation in and adjacent to the Russian river between Hopland and Guerneville, California from 1998-2002
Marisa H. Cox, Christine Hatch
2003, Open-File Report 2003-454
Temperature, water level elevation, stage height, and river discharge data for this report were collected in and adjacent to the Russian River from Hopland to Guerneville, CA over a four-year period from 1998 to 2002 to establish baselines for long-term water quality, water supply and habitat. Data files presented in...
Hydrology and ground-water quality in glacial deposits in the Nepaug Reservoir watershed, northwestern Connecticut, 1998-2000
Remo A. Mondazzi, J. Jeffrey Starn
2003, Open-File Report 2003-350
Delta revival: Restoring a California ecosystem
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, California Bay Delta Authority
2003, Open-File Report 2003-358
'Delta Revival: Restoring a California Ecosystem' shows scientists from many disciplines working together to guide the unprecendented restoration of the Sacramento- San Joaquin Delta east of San Francisco Bay....
