Thermodynamic data for modeling acid mine drainage problems: compilation and estimation of data for selected soluble iron-sulfate minerals
Bruch S. Hemingway, Robert R. Seal II, I-Ming Chou
2002, Open-File Report 2002-161
Enthalpy of formation, Gibbs energy of formation, and entropy values have been compiled from the literature for the hydrated ferrous sulfate minerals melanterite, rozenite, and szomolnokite, and a variety of other hydrated sulfate compounds. On the basis of this compilation, it appears that there is no evidence for an excess...
Magnetic susceptibilities measured on rocks of the upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
A.A. Alstatt, R. W. Saltus, R.L. Bruhn, Peter J. Haeussler
2002, Open-File Report 2002-139
We have measured magnetic susceptibility in the field on most of the geologic rock formations exposed in the upper Cook Inlet near Anchorage and Kenai, Alaska. Measured susceptibilities range from less than our detection limit of 0.01 x 10-3 (SI) to greater than 100 x 10-3 (SI). As expected, mafic...
Digital inventory of landslides and related deposits in Honduras triggered by Hurricane Mitch
Edwin L. Harp, Kirk W. Hagaman, Matthew D. Held, Jonathan P. McKenna
2002, Open-File Report 2002-61
Intense rainfall from Hurricane Mitch from October 27-31, 1998, exceeded 900 mm in places in Honduras and triggered in excess of 500,000 landslides throughout the country. Landslides damaged an estimated 70% of the road network in Honduras based on estimates by the U. S Army Corps of Engineers. Numbers of...
Post-glacial inflation-deflation cycles, tilting, and faulting in the Yellowstone Caldera based on Yellowstone Lake shorelines
Kenneth L. Pierce, Kenneth P. Cannon, Grant A. Meyer, Matthew J. Trebesch, Raymond D. Watts
2002, Open-File Report 2002-142
The Yellowstone caldera, like many other later Quaternary calderas of the world, exhibits dramatic unrest. Between 1923 and 1985, the center of the Yellowstone caldera rose nearly one meter along an axis between its two resurgent domes (Pelton and Smith, 1979, Dzurisin and Yamashita, 1987). From 1985 until 1995-6, it...
Preliminary geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California
Scott A. Minor, Karl S. Kellogg, Richard G. Stanley, Paul Stone, Charles L. Powell II, Larry D. Gurrola, Amy J. Selting, Theodore R. Brandt
2002, Open-File Report 2002-136
This report presents a new geologic digital map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area at a compilation scale of 1:24,000 (one inch on the map = 2,000 feet on the ground) and with a horizontal positional accuracy of at least 20 m. This preliminary map depicts the distribution...
Digital archive; Report upon the Colorado River of the West explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, geological report with maps by John S. Newberry
Kevin C. McKinney
2002, Open-File Report 2002-25
Landslides triggered by Hurricane Mitch in Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Edwin L. Harp, Mario Castaneda, Matthew D. Held
2002, Open-File Report 2002-33
The arrival of Hurricane Mitch in Honduras in the latter part of the 1998 hurricane season produced effects that were unprecedented in their widespread nature throughout Central America. After winds from the storm had blown down more than 70 percent of the conifer forest on the Bay Island of Guanaja,...
Aeromagnetic survey of Medina and Uvalde counties, Texas
David V. Smith, Bruce D. Smith, Pat L. Hill
2002, Open-File Report 2002-49
No abstract available....
AVIRIS data calibration information: Oquirrh and East Tintic mountains, Utah
Barnaby W. Rockwell, Roger N. Clark, K. Eric Livo, Robert R. McDougal, Raymond F. Kokaly
2002, Open-File Report 2002-200
The information contained herein pertains to the original reflectance calibration derived solely from the Saltair beach site on the shores of Great Salt Lake. The reflectance data derived from this calibration becomes markedly affected by residual absorptions due to atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide within short horizontal and vertical...
AVIRIS data calibration information: Wasatch Mountains and Park City region, Utah
Barnaby W. Rockwell, Roger N. Clark, K. Eric Livo, Robert R. McDougal, Raymond F. Kokaly
2002, Open-File Report 2002-199
This report contains information regarding the reflectance calibration of spectroscopic imagery acquired over the Wasatch Mountains and Park City region, Utah, by the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) sensor on August 5, 1998. This information was used by the USGS Spectroscopy Laboratory to calibrate the Park City AVIRIS imagery to...
Modified Mercalli intensities (MMI) for large earthquakes near New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811-1812 and near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886
W. H. Bakun, A. C. Johnston, M. G. Hopper
2002, Open-File Report 2002-184
Large historical earthquakes occurred in the eastern United States on December 16, 1811 near New Madrid, MO, on January 23, 1812 near New Madrid, MO, on February 7, 1812 near New Madrid, MO, and on September 1, 1886 near Charleston, SC. Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) assignments for these earthquakes were...
Pick_sw: a program for interactive picking of S-wave data, version 2.00
Karl J. Ellefsen
2002, Open-File Report 2002-176
Program pick_sw is used to interactively pick travel times from S-wave data. It is assumed that the data are collected using 2 shots of opposite polarity at each shot location. The traces must be in either the SEG-2 format or the SU format. The program is written in the IDL...
GPR data processing computer software for the PC
Jeffrey E. Lucius, Michael H. Powers
2002, Open-File Report 2002-166
The computer software described in this report is designed for processing ground penetrating radar (GPR) data on Intel-compatible personal computers running the MS-DOS operating system or MS Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/2000. The earliest versions of these programs were written starting in 1990. At that time, commercially available GPR software did not meet...
Multibeam mapping of the Los Angeles, California Margin
James V. Gardner, Peter Dartnell
2002, Open-File Report 2002-162
The Los Angeles, California Margin was mapped using multibeam echosounders during three separate surveys (Figure 1). In 1996, the USGS surveyed the shelf and slope in Santa Monica Bay from Pt. Dume to south of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The mapping was accomplished using a Kongsberg Simrad EM1000 multibeam sonar...
Moloka'i fieldtrip guidebook: Selected aspects of the geology, geography, and coral reefs of Moloka'i
Susan A. Cochran, Lucile M. Roberts, Kevin R. Evans
2002, Open-File Report 2002-158
This guidebook was compiled with the express purpose of describing the general geology of Moloka'i and those locations with significance to the U.S. Geological Survey's study of Moloka'i's coral reef, a part of the U.S. Department of Interior's 'Protecting the Nation's Reefs' program. The first portion of the guidebook describes the...
Distribution of high-temperature (>150 °C) geothermal resources in California
John H. Sass, Susan S. Priest
2002, Open-File Report 2002-132
California contains, by far, the greatest geothermal generating capacity in the United States, and with the possible exception of Alaska, the greatest potential for the development of additional resources. California has nearly 2/3 of the US geothermal electrical installed capacity of over 3,000 MW. Depending on assumptions regarding reservoir characteristics...
Mineralogical characterization of strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Channel and individual rock samples of measured section J and their relationship to measured sections A and B, central part of Rasmussen Ridge, Caribou County, Idaho
A. C. Knudsen, M. E. Gunter, J. R. Herring, R. I. Grauch
2002, Open-File Report 2002-125
The Permian Phosphoria Formation of southeastern Idaho hosts one of the largest phosphate deposits in the world. Despite the economic significance of this Formation, the fine-grained nature of the phosphorite has discouraged detailed mineralogical characterization and quantification studies. Recently, selenium and other potentially toxic trace elements in mine wastes have...
Technical guidelines for the implementation of the Advanced National Seismic System
ANSS Technical Integration Committee
2002, Open-File Report 2002-92
The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) is a major national initiative led by the US Geological Survey that serves the needs of the earthquake monitoring, engineering, and research communities as well as national, state, and local governments, emergency response organizations, and the general public. Legislation authorizing the ANSS was passed...
Results of streamflow gain-loss studies in Texas, with emphasis on gains from and losses to major and minor aquifers, Texas, 2000
Raymond M. Slade Jr., J. Taylor Bentley, Dana Michaud
2002, Open-File Report 2002-68
Data for all 366 known streamflow gain-loss studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas were aggregated. A water-budget equation that includes discharges for main channels, tributaries, return flows, and withdrawals was used to document the channel gain or loss for each of 2,872 subreaches for the studies. The...
Large-scale cycles of Holocene deposition and erosion at the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington: Implications for future land loss and coastal change
Robert A. Morton, Noreen A. Purcell, Russell L. Peterson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-46
No abstract available....
Coalbed gas in Hungary; a preliminary report
E.R. Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, C.E. Barker, Bela Fodor, Gizella Gombar
2002, Open-File Report 2001-473
No abstract available....
Leveling, EDM, and crack-monitoring networks in the Koa'e fault system, Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i
V.F. Avery, R.S. Fiske, Donald Swanson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-129
Helicopter electromagnetic data from Everglades National Park and surrounding areas, Florida: Collected 9-14 December 1994
David V. Fitterman, Maria Deszcz-Pan
2002, Open-File Report 2002-101
This report describes helicopter electromagnetic (HEM) data that were collected over portion of Everglades National Park and surrounding areas in south Florida. The survey was flown 9-14 December 1994. The original data set processed by the contractor, Dighem, are provided as an ASCII, xyz flight-line file. Apparent resistivity grids of...
Composition of crude oil and natural gas produced from 10 wells in the Lower Silurian "Clinton" Sands, Trumbull County, Ohio
Robert Carlton Burruss, Robert T. Ryder
2002, Open-File Report 98-799
Implosion, earthquake, and explosion recordings from the 2000 Seattle Kingdome Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Craig S. Weaver, Catherine M. Snelson, Arthur D. Frankel
2002, Open-File Report 2002-123
This report describes seismic data obtained in Seattle, Washington, March 24-28, 2000, during a Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS). The seismic recordings obtained by this SHIPS experiment, nicknamed Kingdome SHIPS, were designed to (1) measure site responses throughout Seattle and to (2) help define the location of the...
