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,...
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...
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...
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 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....
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...
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...
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...
Ground-water resources of the uppermost confined aquifers, southern Wadena County and parts of Ottertail, Todd, and Cass Counties, central Minnesota, 1997–2000
R. J. Lindgren
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4023
Water managers are concerned about the increase of ground-water withdrawals from high-capacity wells completed in the uppermost confined aquifers in southern Wadena County. The hydrogeologic units of primary interest in the study area are the surficial aquifer, the uppermost confining units, and the uppermost confined aquifers. The surficial aquifer underlies...
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...
East Meets West: An Earthquake in India Helps Hazard Assessment in the Central United States
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 007-02
Although geographically distant, the State of Gujarat in India bears many geological similarities to the Mississippi Valley in the Central United States. The Mississippi Valley contains the New Madrid seismic zone that, during the winter of 1811-1812, produced the three largest historical earthquakes ever in the continental United States and...
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...
Madbi Amran/Qishn total petroleum system of the Ma'Rib-Al Jawf/Shabwah, and Masila-Jeza basins, Yemen
Thomas S. Ahlbrandt
2002, Bulletin 2202-G
Since the first discovery of petroleum in Yemen in 1984, several recent advances have been made in the understanding of that countrys geologic history and petroleum systems. The total petroleum resource endowment for the combined petroleum provinces within Yemen, as estimated in the recent U.S. Geological Survey world assessment, ranks...
Ground-water resources of the Clifton Park area, Saratoga County, New York
Paul M. Heisig
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4104
Ground water is the sole source of public water supply for Clifton Park, a growing suburban community north of Albany, New York. Increasing water demand, coupled with concerns over ground-water quantity and quality, led the Clifton Park Water Authority in 1995 to initiate a cooperative study with the U.S. Geological...
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...
Geographic information systems compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, Chukchi Sea, Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses
Simon L. Klemperer, Mark L. Greninger, Warren J. Nokleberg
2002, GSA Special Papers (360) 359-374
The accompanying CD-ROM contains a compilation of geophysical, geologic, and tectonic data for the Bering Shelf, the Chukchi Sea, the Arctic margin, and adjacent landmasses. These data sets focus on Alaska, the Russian Far East, and the continental shelves that link these two landmasses. For compatibility with other available geographic...
Evaporite tectonism in the lower Roaring Fork River valley, west-central Colorado
R. M. Kirkham, Randall K. Streufert, Michael J. Kunk, James R. Budahn, Mark R. Hudson, William J. Perry Jr.
2002, GSA Special Papers (366) 73-99
Evaporite tectonism in the lower Roaring Fork River valley in west-central Colorado has caused regional subsidence of a differentially downdropped area in the southern part of the Carbondale collapse center during the late Cenozoic. A prominent topographic depression coincides with this collapse area, and drainage patterns within the collapse area...
Gain-loss study of lower San Pedro Creek and the San Antonio River, San Antonio, Texas, May-October 1999
Darwin J. Ockerman
2002, Open-File Report 2002-23
Five streamflow gain-loss measurement surveys were made along lower San Pedro Creek and the San Antonio River from Mitchell Street to South Loop 410 east of Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, during May–October 1999. All of the measurements were made during dry periods, when stormwater runoff was...
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Chesapeake Bay – The role of science in environmental restoration
Roger A. Barlow, John W. Brakebill, John F. Bratton, Vicki S. Blazer, John Karl Bohlke, Owen P. Bricker, Steve M. Colman, Thomas M. Cronin, Cliff R. Hupp, Janet R. Keough, Jurate M. Landwehr, Michael J. Langland, Wayne L. Newell, Matthew Perry, Scott W. Phillips, Steve D. Preston, Nancy B. Rybicki, Nancy S. Simon, Debra A. Willard
Scott W. Phillips, editor(s)
2002, Circular 1220
The Chesapeake Bay is the Nation's largest estuary and historically supported one of the most productive fisheries in the world. In addition to supporting aquatic communities and wildlife, the bay's watershed serves the economic and recreational needs of 15 million people. The fertile soils of the watershed support significant agricultural...
