National Urbanization Monitoring Assessment (NUMA)
Dave Hester
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3040
A core geographic science element of the U.S. Geological Survey's Geographic Analysis and Monitoring (GAM) Program is to monitor land-surface change for the Nation through time. The Nation's land surface is dynamically evolving and transitioning in response to natural and human processes. The need to understand the transformations and locations where...
Landslides triggered by the October 8, 2005, Pakistan earthquake and associated landslide-dammed reservoirs
Edwin L. Harp, Anthony J. Crone
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1052
The October 8, 2005, Kashmir earthquake (M 7.6) triggered several thousand landslides, mainly rock falls and rock slides, in the epicentral area near the cities of Muzafarrabad and Balakot, Pakistan. Most of these were shallow, coalescing rock slides emanating from highly sheared and deformed limestone and dolomite of the Precambrian...
Characterization of organic matter in lake sediments from Minnesota and Yellowstone National Park
Walter E. Dean
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1053
Samples of sediment from lakes in Minnesota and Yellowstone National Park (YNP) were analyzed for organic carbon (OC), hydrogen richness by Rock-Eval pyrolysis, and stable carbon- and nitrogen-isotope composition of bulk organic matter. Values of delta 13C of lake plankton tend to be around -28 to -32 parts per thousand...
Interpolation of reconnaissance multibeam bathymetry from north-central Long Island Sound
Lawrence J. Poppe, Seth D. Ackerman, Elizabeth F. Doran, Andrew L. Beaver, Jim M. Crocker, P.T. Schattgen
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1145
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP), has produced detailed maps of the sea floor in Long Island Sound, a major East Coast estuary surrounded by the most densely populated region of the...
Sinkhole flooding in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, Tennessee, 2001-02
Mike Bradley, Gregg Edward Hileman
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5281
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, conducted an investigation from January 2001 through April 2002 to delineate sinkholes and sinkhole watersheds in the Murfreesboro area and to characterize the hydrologic response of sinkholes to major rainfall events. Terrain analysis was used to define sinkholes...
Summary of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP) activities in South Dakota, 2000–2004
Allen J. Heakin, Kathleen M. Neitzert, Jeffrey S. Shearer
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5007
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) initiated data-collection activities for the Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program-West (EMAP-West) in South Dakota during 2000. The objectives of the study were to develop the monitoring tools necessary to produce unbiased estimates of the ecological condition of surface waters across a large geographic area...
Submarine radial vents on Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai'i
V. Dorsey Wanless, M.O. Garcia, F. A. Trusdell, J.M. Rhodes, M.D. Norman, Dominique Weis, D.J. Fornari, M.D. Kurz, Herve Guillou
2006, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (7)
A 2002 multibeam sonar survey of Mauna Loa's western flank revealed ten submarine radial vents and three submarine lava flows. Only one submarine radial vent was known previously. The ages of these vents are constrained by eyewitness accounts, geologic relationships, Mn-Fe coatings, and geochemical stratigraphy; they range from 128 years...
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)-West: Summary of activities and accomplishments in South Dakota, 2000-2004
Allen J. Heakin, Kathleen M. Neitzert
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3001
The Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Program (EMAP)-West was initiated in South Dakota in 2000 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA). The two primary objectives of the surface waters component of EMAP-West were to (1) develop the monitoring tools (biological indicators, stream survey design, estimates of reference condition) necessary...
Fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil and ground water at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, Tennessee and Kentucky, 2002-2003
Shannon D. Williams, David E. Ladd, James Farmer
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5104
In 2002 and 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), by agreement with the National Park Service (NPS), investigated the effects of oil and gas production operations on ground-water quality at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (BISO) with particular emphasis on the fate and transport of petroleum hydrocarbons...
Closure to “Standard penetration test-based probabilistic and deterministic assessment of seismic soil liquefaction potential” by K. Onder Cetin, Raymond B. Seed, Armen Der Kiureghian, Kohji Tokimatsu, Leslie F. Harder Jr., Robert E. Kayen, and Robert E. S. Moss
K. Onder Cetin, Raymond B. Seed, Armen Der Kiureghian, Kohji Tokimatsu, Leslie F. Harder Jr., Robert E. Kayen, Robb E. S. Moss
2006, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering (132) 667-669
No abstract available....
Effects of spatially variable resolution on field-scale estimates of tracer concentration from electrical inversions using Archie's law
Kamini Singha, Steven M. Gorelick
2006, Geophysics (71) G83-G91
Two important mechanisms affect our ability to estimate solute concentrations quantitatively from the inversion of field-scale electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) data: (1) the spatially variable physical processes that govern the flow of current as well as the variation of physical properties in space and (2) the overparameterization of inverse models,...
New products from the shuttle radar topography mission
Dean B. Gesch, Tom Farr, James Slater, Jan-Peter Muller, Sally Cook
2006, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (87) 174
New data products with broad applicability to the Earth sciences are now available from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM). SRTM, a joint project of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and NASA, flew aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour on an 11-day mission in February 2000 with the goal of collecting...
Infrasonic array observations at I53US of the 2006 Augustine Volcano eruptions
C.R. Wilson, J.V. Olson, Curt A.L. Szuberla, Steve McNutt, Guy Tytgat, Douglas P. Drob
2006, InfraMatics (13) 11-25
The recent January 2006 Augustine eruptions, from the 11th to the 28th, have produced a series of 12 infrasonic signals that were observed at the I53US array at UAF. the eruption times for the signals were provided by the...
Applications of geophysical methods to volcano monitoring
Jeff Wynn, Daniel Dzurisin, Carol A. Finn, James P. Kauahikaua, Richard G. Lahusen
2006, Conference Paper, 19th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP 2006): Geophysical applications for environmental and engineering hazards - Advances and constraints
The array of geophysical technologies used in volcano hazards studies - some developed originally only for volcano monitoring - ranges from satellite remote sensing including InSAR to leveling and EDM surveys, campaign and telemetered GPS networks, electronic tiltmeters and strainmeters, airborne magnetic and electromagnetic surveys, short-period and broadband seismic...
Suspended-sediment yields and stream-channel processes on Judy's Branch watershed in the St. Louis Metro East region in Illinois
Timothy D. Straub, Gary P. Johnson, Donald P. Roseboom, Carlos R. Sierra
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5016
Judy's Branch watershed, a small basin (8.64 square miles) in the St. Louis Metro East region in Illinois, was selected as a pilot site to determine suspended-sediment yields and stream-channel processes in the bluffs and American Bottoms (expansive low-lying valley floor in the region). Suspended-sediment and stream-chan-nel data collected and...
Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2005 : Volume 1. Ohio River basin excluding project data
J.P. Mangus, S.R. Frum
2006, Water Data Report OH-05-1
Evaluation of hydrologic conditions and nitrate concentrations in the Rio Nigua de Salinas alluvial fan aquifer, Salinas, Puerto Rico, 2002-03
Jose M. Rodriguez
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5062
A ground-water quality study to define the potential sources and concentration of nitrate in the Rio Nigua de Salinas alluvial fan aquifer was conducted between January 2002 and March 2003. The study area covers about 3,600 hectares of the coastal plain within the municipality of Salinas in southern Puerto Rico,...
Volatile organic compounds in the nation's drinking-water supply wells - what findings may mean to human health
Patricia L. Toccalino, Barbara L. Rowe, Julia E. Norman
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3043
Continuous hydrologic simulation and flood-frequency, hydraulic, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed, Kane County, Illinois
David T. Soong, Timothy D. Straub, Elizabeth A. Murphy
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5270
Results of hydrologic model, flood-frequency, hydraulic model, and flood-hazard analysis of the Blackberry Creek watershed in Kane County, Illinois, indicate that the 100-year and 500-year flood plains range from approximately 25 acres in the tributary F watershed (a headwater subbasin at the northeastern corner of the watershed) to almost 1,800...
Water resources data, Ohio, water year 2005 : Volume 2. St. Lawrence River basin and statewide project data
J.P. Mangus, S.R. Frum
2006, Water Data Report OH-05-2
Volatile organic compounds in the nation's ground water and drinking-water supply wells - a summary
Michael J. Moran, Pixie A. Hamilton, John S. Zogorski
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3048
Water resources of Carbon County, Wyoming
Timothy T. Bartos, Laura L. Hallberg, Jon P. Mason, Jodi R. Norris, Kirk A. Miller
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5027
Carbon County is located in the south-central part of Wyoming and is the third largest county in the State. A study to describe the physical and chemical characteristics of surface-water and ground-water resources in Carbon County was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Wyoming State Engineer's...
Response to comment on “Parking lot sealcoat: An unrecognized source of urban polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”
Barbara Mahler, Peter C. Van Metre, Jennifer T. Wilson, T. J. Bashara, D. A. Johns
2006, Environmental Science and Technology (40) 3659-3661
No abstract available....
Earthquakes in Virginia and vicinity 1774 - 2004
Arthur C. Tarr, Russell L. Wheeler
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1017
This map summarizes two and a third centuries of earthquake activity. The seismic history consists of letters, journals, diaries, and newspaper and scholarly articles that supplement seismograph recordings (seismograms) dating from the early twentieth century to the present. All of the pre-instrumental (historical) earthquakes were large enough to be felt...
Guidelines and standard procedures for continuous water-quality monitors: Station operation, record computation, and data reporting
Richard J. Wagner, Robert W. Boulger Jr., Carolyn J. Oblinger, Brett A. Smith
2006, Techniques and Methods 1-D3
The U.S. Geological Survey uses continuous water-quality monitors to assess the quality of the Nation's surface water. A common monitoring-system configuration for water-quality data collection is the four-parameter monitoring system, which collects temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and pH data. Such systems also can be configured to measure other properties,...
