Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics along west Maui, Hawaii. Part IV: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity in Honolua Bay, northwest Maui: 2003-2004
Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Kathy Presto
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1068
High-resolution measurements of waves, currents, water levels, temperature, salinity and turbidity were made in Honolua Bay, northwest Maui, Hawaii, during 2003 and 2004 to better understand coastal dynamics in coral reef habitats. Measurements were acquired through two different collection methods. Two hydrographic survey cruises were conducted to acquire spatially-extensive, but...
The San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay area, California: A geology fieldtrip guidebook to selected stops on public lands
Philip W. Stoffer
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1127
This guidebook contains a series of geology fieldtrips with selected destinations along the San Andreas Fault in part of the region that experienced surface rupture during the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. Introductory materials present general information about the San Andreas Fault System, landscape features, and ecological factors associated...
Chapter J: Issues and challenges in the application of geostatistics and spatial-data analysis to the characterization of sand-and-gravel resources
Daniel R. Hack
2005, Bulletin 2209-J
Sand-and-gravel (aggregate) resources are a critical component of the Nation's infrastructure, yet aggregate-mining technologies lag far behind those of metalliferous mining and other sectors. Deposit-evaluation and site-characterization methodologies are antiquated, and few serious studies of the potential applications of spatial-data analysis and geostatistics have been published. However, because of commodity...
Role of rock/fluid characteristics in carbon (CO2) storage and modeling
Mahendra K. Verma
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1137
The presentation ? Role of Rock/Fluid Characteristics in Carbon (CO2) Storage and Modeling ? was prepared for the meeting of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Houston, Tex., on April 6?7, 2005. It provides an overview of greenhouse gases, particularly CO2, and a summary of their effects on the Earth?s...
Tephra layers of Blind Spring Valley and related upper Pliocene and Pleistocene tephra layers, California, Nevada, and Utah: Isotopic ages, correlation, and magnetostratigraphy
Andrei M. Sarna-Wojcicki, Marith C. Reheis, Malcolm S. Pringle, Robert J. Fleck, Doug Burbank, Charles E. Meyer, Janet L. Slate, Elmira Wan, James R. Budahn, Bennie Troxel, James P. Walker
2005, Professional Paper 1701
Numerical ages have been determined for a stratigraphic sequence of silicic tephra layers exposed at the Cowan Pumice Mine in Blind Spring Valley, near Benton Hot Springs, east-central California, as well as at Chalk Cliffs, north of Bishop, Calif. The tephra layers at these sites were deposited after eruptions from...
Results of land cover change detection analysis in and around Cordillera Azul National Park, Peru
Benjamin M. Sleeter, David L. Halsing
2005, Scientific Investigations Map 2879
The first product of the Optimizing Design and Management of Protected Areas for Conservation Project is a land cover change detection analysis based on Landsat thematic mapper (TM) and enhanced thematic mapper plus (ETM+) imagery collected at intervals between 1989 and 2002. The goal of this analysis was to quantify...
Lava fingerprinting using paleomagnetism and innovative X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy: A case study from the Coso volcanic field, California
Christopher J. Pluhar, Robert S. Coe, Daniel E. Sampson, Jonathan M.G. Glen, Francis C. Monastero, S. Bruce Tanner
2005, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (6)
[1] We demonstrate an efficient method of rigorously separating difficult-to-distinguish lavas into eruptive units based on paleomagnetic remanence direction and rapid X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) for Rb, Sr, Y, Zr, and Nb of polished paleomagnetic core samples (called PC XRF). Combined use of paleomagnetic remanence and PC XRF for lava...
87Sr/86Sr sourcing of ponderosa pine used in Anasazi great house construction at Chaco Canyon, New Mexico
Amanda C. Reynolds, Julio L. Betancourt, Jay Quade, P. Jonathan Patchett, Jeffery S. Dean, John Stein
2005, Journal of Archaeological Science (32) 1061-1075
Previous analysis of 87Sr/86Sr ratios shows that 10th through 12th century Chaco Canyon was provisioned with plant materials that came from more than 75 km away. This includes (1) corn (Zea mays) grown on the eastern flanks of the Chuska Mountains and floodplain of the San Juan River to the...
Water resources data, North Carolina, water year 2004. Volume 1: Surface-water records
D. A. Walters, J. B. Robinson, R.G. Barker
2005, Water Data Report NC-04-1
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for North Carolina consist of records of stage, discharge, water quality for streams; stage and contents for lakes and reservoirs; precipitation; and ground-water levels and water quality of ground water. Volume 1 contains discharge records for 217 gaging stations; stage and contents for...
Water resources data, Utah, water year 2004
Michael Enright, Dale E. Wilberg, J.R. Tibbetts
2005, Water Data Report UT-04-1
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for Utah consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 156 gaging stations; stage and contents for 8...
Monitoring-well network and sampling design for ground-water quality, Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyoming
Jon P. Mason, Sonja K. Sebree, Thomas L. Quinn
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5027
The Wind River Indian Reservation, located in parts of Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming, has a total land area of more than 3,500 square miles. Ground water on the Wind River Indian Reservation is a valuable resource for Shoshone and Northern Arapahoe tribal members and others who live on...
Geochemistry and characteristics of nitrogen transport at a confined animal feeding operation in a coastal plain agricultural watershed, and implications for nutrient loading in the Neuse River basin, North Carolina, 1999-2002
T.B. Spruill, A. J. Tesoriero, H.E. Mew Jr., K.M. Farrell, S.L. Harden, A.B. Colosimo, S.R. Kraemer
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5283
Chemical, geologic, hydrologic, and age-dating information collected between 1999 and 2002 were used to examine the transport of contaminants, primarily nitrogen, in ground water and the pathways to surface water in a coastal plain setting in North Carolina. Data were collected from more than 35 wells and 4 surface-water sampling...
Water resources data, California, water year 2004, volume 1: Southern Great Basin from Mexican border to Mono Lake Basin, and Pacific Slope basins from Tijuana River to Santa Maria River
J. Agajanian, L.A. Caldwell, G.L. Rockwell, G.L. Pope
2005, Water Data Report CA-04-1
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 1 contains discharge records for 195 gaging stations and 10 crest-stage partial-record stations, stage...
A geochemical atlas of South Carolina — An example using data from the National Geochemical Survey
David M. Sutphin
2005, Open-File Report 2004-1368
National Geochemical Survey data from stream-sediment and soil samples, which have been analyzed using consistent methods, were used to create maps, graphs, and tables that were assembled in a consistent atlas format that characterizes the distribution of major and trace chemical elements in South Carolina. Distribution patterns of the elements...
Water resources data, California, water year 2004, volume 2. Pacific Slope basins from Arroyo Grande to Oregon state line except Central Valley
M.D. Webster, G.L. Pope, M.F. Friebel, L.A. Freeman, S.J. Brockner
2005, Water Data Report CA-04-2
Water-resources data for the 2004 water year for California consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams, stage and contents in lakes and reservoirs, and water levels and water quality in wells. Volume 2 contains discharge records for 134 gaging stations, stage and content records for 8...
Water resources data, Nebraska, water year 2004
D. E. Hitch (compiler), P.J. Soensken, S.K. Sebree, K.E. Wilson, V.C. Walczyk, R.A. Drudik, J.D. Miller, S.H. Hull
2005, Water Data Report NE-04-1
The Nebraska water resources data report for water year 2004 includes records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; water elevation and/or contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and quality of ground water in wells. This report contains records of stream stage for 3 stations; stream discharge...
Ground-water vulnerability to nitrate contamination at multiple thresholds in the mid-Atlantic region using spatial probability models
Earl A. Greene, Andrew E. LaMotte, Kerri-Ann Cullinan
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5118
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, has developed a set of statistical tools to support regional-scale, ground-water quality and vulnerability assessments. The Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program?s goals are to develop and demonstrate approaches to comprehensive, regional-scale assessments that effectively inform...
Design and analysis of a natural-gradient ground-water tracer test in a freshwater tidal wetland, West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
Lisa D. Olsen, Frederick J. Tenbus
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5190
A natural-gradient ground-water tracer test was designed and conducted in a tidal freshwater wetland at West Branch Canal Creek, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. The objectives of the test were to characterize solute transport at the site, obtain data to more accurately determine the ground-water velocity in the upper wetland sediments,...
Water resources data, Tennessee, water year 2004
D.F. Flohr, J.W. Garrett, J.T. Hamilton, T.D. Phillips
2005, Water Data Report TN-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Tennessee consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains records for water discharge at 107 gaging stations;...
Water resources data, Arizona, water year 2004
G. G. Fisk, N.R. Duet, E.H. McGuire, C.E. Angeroth, N.K. Castillo, C.F. Smith
2005, Water Data Report AZ-04-1
The USGS Arizona Water Science Center water data report includes records on both surface water and ground water in the State for water year 2004. Specifically, it contains: (1) Discharge records for 206 streamflow-gaging stations and 21 crest-stage, partial-record streamflow stations; (2) stage and (or) content records for 8 lakes...
Radiochemical and chemical constituents in water from selected wells and springs from the southern boundary of the Idaho National Laboratory to the Hagerman Area, Idaho, 2003
Gordon W. Rattray, Amy J. Wehnke, L. Flint Hall, Linford J. Campbell
2005, Open-File Report 2005-1125
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Idaho Department of Water Resources, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, sampled water from 14 sites as part of an ongoing study to monitor the water quality of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer between the southern boundary of the Idaho National...
Review of the transport of selected radionuclides in the interim risk assessment for the Radioactive Waste Management Complex, Waste Area Group 7 Operable Unit 7-13/14, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Joseph P. Rousseau, Edward R. Landa, John R. Nimmo, L. DeWayne Cecil, LeRoy L. Knobel, Pierre D. Glynn, Edward M. Kwicklis, Gary P. Curtis, Kenneth G. Stollenwerk, Steven R. Anderson, Roy C. Bartholomay, Clifford R. Bossong, Brennon R. Orr
2005, Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5026
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) requested that the U.S. Geological Survey conduct an independent technical review of the Interim Risk Assessment (IRA) and Contaminant Screening for the Waste Area Group 7 (WAG-7) Remedial Investigation, the draft Addendum to the Work Plan for Operable Unit 7-13/14 WAG-7 comprehensive Remedial Investigation...
Water resources data, Idaho, 2004; Volume 3. Ground water records
A.M. Campbell, S.N. Conti, I. O'Dell
2005, Water Data Report ID-04-3
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Idaho consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; discharge of irrigation diversions; and water levels and water quality of groundwater. The three volumes of this report contain discharge...
Water resources data, Idaho, 2004; Volume 1. Surface water records for Great Basin and Snake River basin above King Hill
T.S. Brennan, A.K. Lehmann, I. O'Dell
2005, Water Data Report ID-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Idaho consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; discharge of irrigation diversions; and water levels and water quality of groundwater. The three volumes of this report contain discharge...
Water resources data, Louisiana, water year 2004
Todd Baumann, B.B. Goree, W.M. Lovelace, P.A. Montogmery, J.C. Resweber, Garron B. Ross, Aub N. Ward, David J. Walters
2005, Water Data Report LA-04-1
Water resources data for the 2004 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report contains records for water discharge at 77 gaging stations;...
