Gravity map and data of the eastern half of the Big Bear Lake, 100,000 scale quadrangle, California and analysis of the depths of several basins
Carter Roberts, Robert Jachens, Allan Katzenstein, Gregory Smith, Russell Johnson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-353
Gravity surveys are useful tools for helping to understand the 3-dimensional geology of an area. Many gravity measurements were made in the 1960s and 1970s by various groups in order to produce gravity maps covering California at a scale of 1:250,000 for the California Division of Mines and Geology. (For...
Sociocultural dimensions of supply and demand for natural aggregate; examples from the Mid-Atlantic region, United States
Gilpin R. Robinson Jr., William M. Brown
2002, Open-File Report 2002-350
The United States uses large quantities of natural aggregate to build and maintain a continuously expanding infrastructure. In recent years, per capita demand for aggregate in the United States has grown to about 9.7 metric tons (10.7 tons) per person per year. Over the next 25 years, the aggregate industry...
Cruise report RV Moana Wave Cruise M-1-02-GM bathymetry and acoustic backscatter of the mid and outer continental shelf, head of De Soto Canyon, northeastern Gulf of Mexico June 17, through July 9, 2002 Pensacola, FL to Pensacola, FL
James V. Gardner, John E. Hughes Clarke, Larry A. Meyer
2002, Open-File Report 2002-396
The mid to outer continental shelf off Mississippi-Alabama and off northwest Florida were the focus of US Geological Survey (USGS) multibeam echosounder (MBES) mapping cruises in 2000 and 2001, respectively. These areas were mapped to investigate the extent of "deep-water reefs" first suggested by Ludwick and Walton (1957). The reefs...
Isostatic gravity map of Yukon Flats, east-central Alaska
Robert L. Morin
2002, Open-File Report 2002-322
The gravity data used to make this map were collected between 1959 and 1984. The data were collected by automobile, aircraft, and watercraft. Most of the data were collected as part of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) regional gravity data collection project. Some of the data were collected as part...
Submarine landslides and volcanic features on Kohala and Mauna Kea volcanoes and the Hana Ridge, Hawaii
J.R. Smith, Satake Kenji, J.K. Morgan, Peter W. Lipman
2002, Book chapter, Hawaiian Volcanoes: Deep Underwater Perspectives
The deep submarine eastern flanks of Mauna Kea, Kohala, and Haleakala volcanoes were mapped for the first time with a multibeam bathymetric and sidescan sonar system during joint Japan-US cruises aboard the JAMSTEC vessel R/V Yokosuka in 1999. The Pololu slump off northeast Kohala is overlain by a carbonate platform...
Potentiometric surfaces, altitudes of the tops, and hydrogeology of the Minnelusa and Madison aquifers, Black Hills area, Wyoming
T.T. Bartos, L.L. Hallberg, Kathy Muller Ogle
2002, Hydrologic Atlas 748
The topographically defined Black Hills and adjacent areas (Black Hills area) of Wyoming (fig. 1) are underlain by two regionally important aquifers-the Minnelusa and the Madison. The Minnelusa aquifer is used extensively in the Black Hills area as a source of domestic and livestock water. The Madison aquifer is an important...
Simulation of ground-water flow and delineation of areas contributing recharge within the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer to well fields in the Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota
J. F. Ruhl
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4155
The Prairie Island Indian Community in east-central Minnesota uses ground water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer as its source of water supply. Tribal officials implemented a Source Water Protection Program to protect the quality of this water. Areas of contributing recharge were delineated for two community well fields. At well...
Investigation of the geology and hydrology of the upper and middle Verde River watershed of central Arizona: A project of the Arizona Rural Watershed Initiative
Betsy Woodhouse, Marilyn E. Flynn, John T.C. Parker, John P. Hoffmann
2002, Fact Sheet 059-02
The upper and middle Verde River watershed in west-central Arizona is an area rich in natural beauty and cultural history and is an increasingly popular destination for tourists, recreationists, and permanent residents seeking its temperate climate. The diverse terrain of the region includes broad desert valleys, upland plains, forested mountain...
Hydrogeology and water quality of the Upper Three Runs aquifer in the vicinity of the Gibson Road Landfill, Fort Gordon, Georgia, June-November 1999
Sherlyn Priest, Kristen Bukowski McSwain
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4153
Fort Gordon military installation, a U.S. Department of the Army facility, is located in east-central Georgia southwest of Augusta. The military base operates a three-phase unlined landfill—Gibson Road Landfill— to store a variety of wastes. Phases I and II stored only household wastes, and these phases were discontinued during the...
Estimated flood flows in the Lake Tahoe basin, California and Nevada
E. James Crompton, Glen W. Hess, Rhea P. Williams
2002, Fact Sheet 035-02
Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America, covers about 192 square miles (mi2) of the 506-mi2 Lake Tahoe Basin, which straddles the border between California and Nevada (Fig. 1). In cooperation with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates the flood frequencies of...
Chemical analysis and modes of occurrence of selected trace elements in a coal sample from eastern Kentucky coal bed: White Creek Mine, Martin County, Kentucky
Curtis A. Palmer, Kris Dennen, Allan Kolker, Robert F. Finkelman, John H. Bullock Jr.
2002, Open-File Report 2002-311
No abstract available....
Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow and land-surface subsidence in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, Houston area, Texas
Mark C. Kasmarek, Eric W. Strom
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4022
In November 1997, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the City of Houston Utilities Planning Section and the City of Houston Department of Public Works & Engineering, began an investigation of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the greater Houston area in Texas to better understand the hydrology, flow,...
Hydrologic conditions in the Bill Williams River National Wildlife Refuge and Planet Valley, Arizona, 2000
Richard P. Wilson, Sandra J. Owen-Joyce
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4214
During a period of sustained base-flow conditions in the Bill Williams River below Alamo Dam in west central Arizona from March to July 2000, the channel of the river through Planet Valley was dry, and the water table sloped almost due west parallel to the main slope of the flood...
Arsenic concentrations in bedrock wells in Colchester, East Hampton, and Woodstock, Connecticut
C. J. Brown, S. K. Chute
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4135
No abstract available....
Map Showing Seacliff Response to Climatic and Seismic Events, Seacliff State Beach, Santa Cruz County, California
Cheryl J. Hapke, Bruce M. Richmond, Mimi M. D’Iorio
2002, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2399
INTRODUCTION The coastal cliffs along much of the central California coast are actively retreating. Large storms and periodic earthquakes are responsible for most of the documented seacliff slope failures. Long-term average erosion rates calculated for this section of coast (Moore and others, 1999) do not provide the spatial or temporal data...
Controlled photomosaic map of Callisto JC 15M CMN
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, IMAP 2770
This sheet is one in a series of maps of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter at a nominal scale of 1:15,000,000. This series is based on data from the Galileo Orbiter Solid-State Imaging (SSI) camera and the cameras of the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft. Mercator and Polar Stereographic projections...
Hydrologic, water-quality, and sediment-quality data for the Christmas Bay system, Brazoria County, Texas, February 1999-March 2000
Jeffery W. East
2002, Open-File Report 2002-82
The Christmas Bay system is a group of three small secondary bays (Christmas, Bastrop, and Drum Bays) at the southwestern end of the Galveston Bay estuarine system in Brazoria County, Texas. During February 1999-March 2000, hydrologic, water-quality, and sediment-quality data were collected from each of the three bays to establish...
Mars Geodesy/Cartography Working Group recommendations on Mars cartographic constants and coordinate systems
T. C. Duxbury, Randolph L. Kirk, Brent A. Archinal, G.A. Neumann
2002, Conference Paper, Geospatial Theory, Processing and Applications: ISPRS Commission IV Proceedings
NASA's Mars Geodesy/Cartography Working Group (MGCWG), established in 1998 and chaired since 2000 by one of us (TCD), consists of leading researchers in planetary geodesy and cartography at such diverse institutions as JPL, NASA Ames and Goddard Centers, Purdue and Ohio State Universities, Malin Space Science Systems, the German Center...
Black ducks and their Chesapeake Bay habitats: Proceedings of a symposium
Matthew C. Perry, editor(s)
2002, Report
The symposium 'Black Ducks and Their Chesapeake Bay Habitats,' held October 4, 2000, provided a forum for scientists to share research about the American black duck (Anas rubripes), an important breeding and wintering waterfowl species dependent upon the Chesapeake Bay habitats. American black ducks have declined significantly in the...
The contribution of C3 and C4 grasses to interannual variability in time-integrated NDVI over the U.S. Great Plains
C. Ricotta, Bradley C. Reed, Larry L. Tieszen
2002, Conference Paper, Analysis of multi-temporal remote sensing images: Proceedings of the first international workshop on multitemp 2001
Time integrated normalized difference vegetation index (ΣNDVI) derived from NOAA AVHRR multitemporal imagery over a 10-yr period (1989-1998) was used as a surrogate for primary production to investigate the impact of interannual climate variability on grassland performance for central and northern U.S. Great Plains. First, the contribution of C3 and C4 species...
An integrated surface-geophysical investigation of the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut: 2000
Carole D. Johnson, C. B. Dawson, Marcel Belaval, John W. Lane Jr.
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4008
A surface-geophysical investigation to characterize the hydrogeology and contaminant distribution of the former landfill area at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, was conducted in 2000 to supplement the preliminary hydrogeologic assessment of the contamination of soil, surface water, and ground water at the site. A geophysical-toolbox approach...
Geologic and isostatic gravity map of the Nenana basin area, central Alaska
G. M. Frost, D.F. Barnes, R. G. Stanley
2002, IMAP 2543
The Nenana Basin area is a prospective petroleum province in central Alaska, and this geologic and isostatic gravity map is part of a petroleum resource assessment of the area.The geology was compiled from published sources as shown on the index map (map sheet). Map units are organized and presented according...
Streamflow and erosion response to prolonged intense rainfall of November 1-2, 2000, Island of Hawaii, Hawaii
Richard A. Fontaine, Barry R. Hill
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4117
A combination of several meteorologic and topographic factors produced extreme rainfall over the eastern part of the island of Hawaii on November 1-2, 2000. Storm rainfall was concentrated in two distinct areas, the Waiakea and Kapapala areas, where maximum rainfall totals of 32.47 and 38.97 inches were recorded. Resultant flooding...
Coal resources of selected coal beds and zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin
Leslie F. Ruppert, Susan Tewalt, Linda Bragg
2002, Fact Sheet 004-02
The Appalachian Basin is one of the most important coal-producing regions in the world. Bituminous coal has been mined in the basin for the last three centuries, and the cumulative production is estimated at 34.5 billion short tons. Annual production in 1998 was about 452 million short tons; the basin's...
Rainfall-runoff characteristics and effects of increased urban density on streamflow and infiltration in the eastern part of the San Jacinto River basin, Riverside County, California
Joel R. Guay
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4090
To better understand the rainfall-runoff characteristics of the eastern part of the San Jacinto River Basin and to estimate the effects of increased urbanization on streamflow, channel infiltration, and land-surface infiltration, a long-term (1950?98) time series of monthly flows in and out of the channels and land surfaces were simulated...
