Particle atlas of World Trade Center dust
Heather Lowers, Gregory P. Meeker
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1165
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has begun a reassessment of the presence of World Trade Center (WTC) dust in residences, public buildings, and office spaces in New York City, New York. Background dust samples collected from residences, public buildings, and office spaces will be analyzed by multiple laboratories...
Are there active glaciers on Mars? (Reply)
J.W. Head, G. Neukum, R. Jaumann, H. Hiesinger, E. Hauber, M. H. Carr, P. Masson, B. Foing, H. Hoffmann, M. Kreslavsky, S. Milkovich, S. Van Gasselt
2005, Nature (438) E10-E10
Gillespie et al.<a id="ref-link-section-d101162e424" title="Gillespie, A. R., Montgomery, D. R. & Mushkin, A. Nature 438, doi: 10.1038/nature04357...
New Perspectives on Ancient Mars
S.C. Solomon, O. Aharonson, J.M. Aurnou, W. B. Banerdt, Michael H. Carr, A. J. Dombard, H. V. Frey, Matthew P. Golombek, S.A. Hauck II, J.W. Head, Bruce M. Jakosky, C.L. Johnson, P.J. McGovern, G.A. Neumann, R.J. Phillips, D.E. Smith, Maria Zuber
2005, Science (307) 1214-1220
Mars was most active during its first billion years. The core, mantle, and crust formed within ∼50 million years of solar system formation. A magnetic dynamo in a convecting fluid core magnetized the crust, and the global field shielded a more massive early atmosphere against solar wind stripping. The Tharsis...
Beringia: Intercontinental exchange and diversification of high latitude mammals and their parasites during the Pliocene and Quaternary
Joseph A. Cook, Eric P. Hoberg, Anson V. Koehler, Heikki Henttonen, Lotta Wickstrom, Voitto Haukisalmi, Kurt E. Galbreath, Felix Chernyavski, Nikolai Dokuchaev, Anatoli Lahzuhtkin, Stephen O. MacDonald, Andrew G. Hope, Eric Waltari, Amy Runck, Alasdair Veitch, Emily Jenkins, Susan Kutz, Ralph P. Eckerlin
2005, Mammal Study (30) S33-S44
Beringia is the region spanning eastern Asia and northwestern North America that remained ice-free during the full glacial events of the Pleistocene. Numerous questions persist regarding the importance of this region in the evolution of northern faunas. Beringia has been implicated as both a high latitude refugium and as the...
Water resources data, Kentucky, water year 2004
Dennis L. McClain, Clifford R. Moses, Roy S. Darnell
2005, Water Data Report KY-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Kentucky consist of records of stage, discharge, and water-quality of streams and lakes; and water levels of wells. This report includes daily discharge records for 131 stream-stations. It also includes water-quality data for 15 stations sampled at regular intervals, continuous temperature...
Hydrogeologic framework and estimates of ground-water volumes in Tertiary and upper Cretaceous hydrogeologic units in the Powder River basin, Wyoming
Kurt Hinaman
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5008
The Powder River Basin in Wyoming and Montana is an important source of energy resources for the United States. Coalbed methane gas is contained in Tertiary and upper Cretaceous hydrogeologic units in the Powder River Basin. This gas is released when water pressure in coalbeds is lowered, usually by pumping...
Variability of differences between two approaches for determining ground-water discharge and pumpage, including effects of time trends, Lower Arkansas River Basin, southeastern Colorado, 1998-2002
Brent M. Troutman, Patrick Edelmann, Russell G. Dash
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5063
In the mid-1990s, the Colorado Division of Water Resources (CDWR) adopted rules governing measurement of tributary ground-water pumpage for the Arkansas River Basin. The rules allowed ground-water pumpage to be determined using one of two approaches?power conversion coefficient (PCC) or totalizing flowmeters (TFM). In addition, the rules allowed a PCC...
Distribution and mass of nitrate in the unconfined aquifer beneath the intensively cultivated area north of the Rio Grande, San Luis Valley, Colorado, 1997 through 2001
Stogner
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5290
Current (1997?2001) and historical (1948?49, 1968?69) nitrate-concentration and water-level data collected from wells completed in the unconfined aquifer in the intensively cultivated area north of the Rio Grande in south-central Colorado were used to determine the distribution and mass of nitrate and to determine short- and long-term trends in the...
Precambrian crystalline basement map of Idaho: An interpretation of aeromagnetic anomalies
P.K. Sims, Karen Lund, E. Anderson
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2884
Idaho lies within the northern sector of the U.S. Cordillera astride the boundary between the Proterozoic continent (Laurentia) to the east and the Permian to Jurassic accreted terranes to the west. The continental...
Distribution and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls in Woods Inlet, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2003
Richard E. Besse, Peter C. Van Metre, Jennifer T. Wilson
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5064
Woods Inlet is a flooded stream channel on the southern shore of Lake Worth along the western boundary of Air Force Plant 4 in Fort Worth, Texas, where elevated polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) concentrations in sediment were detected in a previous study. In response, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with...
Water resources data, South Carolina, water year 2004
T.W. Cooney, P.A. Drewes, S.W. Ellisor, T. H. Lanier, F. Melendez
2005, Water Data Report SC-04-1
Comparison of the deep crustal structure and seismicity of North America with the Indian subcontinent
Walter D. Mooney, V.V. Rao, P.R. Reddy, Gary S. Chulick, Shane T. Detweiler
2005, Current Science (88) 1639-1651
No abstract available....
Digital terrain modeling
Richard J. Pike
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, editor(s)
2005, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of social measurement
No abstract available....
Radioisotopic and biostratigraphic age relations in the Coast Range Ophiolite, northern California: Implications for the tectonic evolution of the Western Cordillera
John W. Shervais, Benita L. Murchey, David L. Kimbrough, Paul R. Renne, Barry Hanan
2005, GSA Bulletin (117) 633-653
The Coast Range ophiolite (CRO) in northern California includes two distinct remnants. The Elder Creek ophiolite is a classic suprasubduction zone ophiolite with three sequential plutonic suites (layered gabbro, wehrlit-pyroxenite, quartz diorite), a mafic to felsic dike complex, and mafic-felsic volcanic rocks; the entire suite is cut by late mid-oceanic-ridge...
A review of the genus Eclipidrilus (Annelida: Clitellata: Lumbricul-idae), with description of a new species from western North America
Steven V. Fend
2005, Zootaxa (969) 1-42
Eclipidrilus pacificus n. sp., from northwestern USA, is distinguished from other Eclipidrilus by having a single atrium with midventral male pore, small penis, prostomium without a proboscis, and non-spiraling atrial musculature. Most populations also differ from congeners in having paired spermathecal pores anterior to the ventral chaetae, but specimens from the Columbia River have...
Book review: The race to seismic safety: Protecting California's transportation system
Roger D. Borcherdt
2005, Earthquake Spectra (21) 613-615
No abstract available....
Assessment of the White Salmon watershed using the ecosystem diagnosis and treatment model
Brady Allen, Patrick J. Connolly
2005, Report
Salmon habitat models provide managers the ability to identify habitat limitations and prioritize restoration activities. Ecosystem Diagnosis and Treatment (EDT) has become a widely used tool for salmonid habitat analysis in the Pacific Northwest. The EDT model is a rule-based habitat rating system that provides reach-level diagnosis of habitat conditions...
The no-project alternative analysis: An early product of the Tahoe Decision Support System
David L. Halsing, Mark L. Hessenflow, Anne Wein
2005, Journal of the Nevada Water Resources Association (2) 15-28
We report on the development of a No-project alternative analysis (NPAA) or “business as usual” scenario with respect to a 20-year projection of 21 indicators of environmental and socioeconomic conditions in the Lake Tahoe Basin for the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA). Our effort was inspired by earlier work that...
Toxicity to amphibians of environmental extracts from natural waters in National Parks and Fish and Wildlife Refuges
Christine M. Bridges, Edward E. Little
2005, Alytes (22) 130-145
Amphibian population declines are not limited to overly degraded habitats, but often occur in relatively pristine environments such as national parks or wildlife refuges, thus forcing biologists to examine less obvious causes for declines such as the presence of contaminants. The objective of our study was to extract naturally-occurring compounds...
Extraordinary movements of the Denali caribou herd following the perfect storm
2005, Rangifer (25) 19-25
Although historic literature is replete with anecdotes about atypical and far-reaching movements of caribou(Rangifer tarandus granti) herds in Alaska, very few such events have been described since the late 1970s proliferation of radio telemetry studies in the region. In September 1992, several herds in Alaska made unusual...
Multiple sublethal chemicals negatively affect tadpoles of the green frog, Rana clamitans
Michelle D. Boone, Christine M. Bridges, James F. Fairchild, Edward E. Little
2005, Environmental Toxicology (24) 1267-1272
Many habitats may be exposed to multiple chemical contaminants, particularly in agricultural areas where fertilizer and pesticide use are common; however, the singular and interactive effects of contaminants are not well understood. The objective of our study was to examine how realistic, sublethal environmental levels of ammonium nitrate fertilizer (0,...
Symbiotic lifestyle expression by fungal endophytes and the adaptation of plants to stress: unraveling the complexities of intimacy
Regina S. Redman, Joan M. Henson, Russell J. Rodriguez
2005, Book chapter, The fungal community its organization and role in the ecosystem
The fossil record indicates that fungal symbionts have been associated with plants since the Ordovician period (approximately 400 million years ago), when plants first became established on land (Pirozynski and Malloch, 1975; Redecker et al., 2000; Remy et al., 1994; Simon et al., 1993). Transitioning from aquatic to terrestrial habitats...
Integration of CO2 flux and remotely-sensed data for primary production and ecosystem respiration analyses in the Northern Great Plains: potential for quantitative spatial extrapolation
Tagir G. Gilmanov, Larry L. Tieszen, Bruce K. Wylie, Lawrence B. Flanagan, Albert B. Frank, Marshall R. Haferkamp, Tilden P. Meyers, Jack A. Morgan
2005, Global Ecology and Biogeography (14) 271-292
Aim Extrapolation of tower CO2 fluxes will be greatly facilitated if robust relationships between flux components and remotely sensed factors are established. Long-term measurements at five Northern Great Plains locations were used to obtain relationships between CO2fluxes and photosynthetically active radiation (Q), other on-site factors, and Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)...
Utility of aeromagnetic studies for mapping of potentially active faults in two forearc basins: Puget Sound, Washington, and Cook Inlet, Alaska
Richard W. Saltus, Richard J. Blakely, Peter J. Haeussler, Ray E. Wells
2005, Earth, Planets and Space (57) 781-793
High-resolution aeromagnetic surveys over forearc basins can detect faults and folds in weakly magnetized sediments, thus providing geologic constraints on tectonic evolution and improved understanding of seismic hazards in convergent-margin settings. Puget Sound, Washington, and Cook Inlet, Alaska, provide two case histories. In each lowland region, shallow-source magnetic anomalies are...
Geology of the Vienna Mineralized Area, Blaine and Camas Counties, Idaho
J. Brian Mahoney, Michael C. Horn
2005, Bulletin 2064-DD
The Vienna mineralized area of south-central Idaho was an important silver-lead-producing district in the late 1800s and has intermittently produced lead, silver, zinc, copper, and gold since that time. The district is underlain by biotite granodiorite of the Cretaceous Idaho batholith, and all mineral deposits are hosted by the biotite...
