A digital atlas of hydrocarbon accumulations within and adjacent to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPRA)
Naresh Kumar, Kenneth J. Bird, Philip H. Nelson, John A. Grow, Kevin R. Evans
2002, Open-File Report 2002-71
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has initiated a project to reassess the hydrocarbon potential of the NPRA. Although exploration for hydrocarbons in the NPRA was initiated in 1944, it has taken fifty years for the first commercial discovery to be made. That discovery, the Alpine field (projected recoverable reserves...
Alaska resource data file: Russian Mission quadrangle
T. L. Hudson, M.A. Millholland
2002, Open-File Report 2002-70
No abstract available....
Fate of carbon in Alaskan Landscapes Project: Database for soils from eddy covariance tower sites, Delta Junction, AK
Stagg King, Jennifer Harden, Kristen L. Manies, Jennie Munster, L. Douglas White
2002, Open-File Report 2002-62
Soils in Alaska, and in high latitude terrestrial ecosystems in general, contain significant amounts of organic carbon, most of which is believed to have accumulated since the start of the Holocene about 10 ky before present. High latitude soils are estimated to contain 30-40% of terrestrial soil carbon (Melillo et...
Alaska resource data file: Nulato quadrangle
S.S. Dashevsky
2002, Open-File Report 2002-54
No abstract available....
Field-trip guide to the southeastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Santa Clara County, California
Philip W. Stoffer, Paula Messina
2002, Open-File Report 2002-121
This field trip is an introduction to the geology of the southeastern foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains in southern Santa Clara County. Seven stops include four short hikes to access rock exposures and views of the foothills east of Loma Prieta Peak between Gilroy and San José. Field-trip destinations...
Geologic map of the Corona South 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside and Orange counties, California
C. H. Gray Jr., Douglas M. Morton, F. Harold Weber Jr., Kelly R. Bovard, Timothy O'Brien
2002, Open-File Report 2002-21
Open-File Report 01-021 contains a digital geologic map database of the Corona South 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside County, California that includes: 1. ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. 2. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base, and...
Historical trends in U.S. mineral statistics for selected non-ferrous metals
David Z. Piper, Warren J. Nokleberg
2002, Open-File Report 2002-29
Production figures for selected nonferrous metals-aluminum (including bauxite and alumina), copper, lead, tin, titanium, and zinc-by the United States, as well as other statistics for these commodities, show strong volatility during 20th century. Major shifts were driven by the Great Depression and the two World Wars, but other major temporal...
Arsenic in rocks and stream sediments of the central Appalachian Basin, Kentucky
Michele L.W. Tuttle, Martin B. Goldhaber, Leslie F. Ruppert, James C. Hower
2002, Open-File Report 2002-28
Arsenic (As) enrichment in coal and stream sediments has been documented in the southern Appalachian basin (see Goldhaber and others, submitted) and is attributed to interaction of rocks and coal with metamorphic fluids generated during the Allegheny Orogeny (late Paleozoic). Similarly derived fluids are expected to affect the coal and...
Surface-water quality-assurance plan for the Wisconsin district of the U. S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
H.S. Garn
2002, Open-File Report 2002-30
This surface-water quality-assurance plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used by the Wisconsin District of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, for activities related to the collection, processing, storage, analysis, management, and publication of surface-water data. The roles and responsibilities of District personnel in following these policies and...
Preliminary United States-Mexico border watershed analysis, twin cities area of Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora
Laura Margaret Brady, Floyd Gray, Mario Castaneda, Mark Bultman, Karen Sue Bolm
2002, Open-File Report 2002-112
The United States - Mexico border area faces the challenge of integrating aspects of its binational physical boundaries to form a unified or, at least, compatible natural resource management plan. Specified geospatial components such as stream drainages, mineral occurrences, vegetation, wildlife, and land-use can be analyzed in terms of their...
Surficial geology along the Spokane River, Washington and its relationship to the metal content of sediments (Idaho-Washington stateline to Latah Creek confluence)
Stephen E. Box, John C. Wallis
2002, Open-File Report 2002-126
The purpose of this study is 1. to document the geographic distribution of Holocene (deposited in the last 11,000 years) sedimentary lithologies in and along the Spokane River, 2. to document the downstream variation of metal contents (especially lead [Pb] and zinc [Zn] ) by sedimentary lithology, and 3. to compare the metal...
User's guide to SEAWAT; a computer program for simulation of three-dimensional variable-density ground-water flow
Weixing Guo, C.D. Langevin
2002, Open-File Report 2001-434
This report has been superceded by TWRI Book 6, Chapter A7...
Geologic interpretation of aeromagnetic maps in the Santa Cruz basin: Patagonia Mountains area, south-central Arizona
V. L. Rystrom, C. A. Finn, Trude V. V. King
2002, Open-File Report 2002-100
High resolution aeromagnetic data for the Santa Cruz basin - Patagonia Mountains region of south-central Arizona (USGS, 2000) can be combined with geologic mapped regions to reconfirm known geologic features, extend known features, and suggest new possibilities. These include mapping of lava flows, mapping of igneous intrusions, mapping of faults,...
Geologic cross sections showing the concentrations of As, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, Mo, Ni, Pb, and Zn in acid-insoluble residues of Paleozoic rocks within the Doniphan/Eleven Point Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, USA
Lopaka Lee, Martin B. Goldhaber
2002, Open-File Report 2002-55
This report is a product of a U.S. Geological Survey investigation that is focused on characterizing the potential environmental impacts of lead-zinc mining within the Doniphan/Eleven Point ranger district of the Mark Twain national forest. The elemental concentrations of iron (Fe), arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), chromium...
Directional borehole radar tests of an oil injection experiment at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
Jared D. Abraham, Craig Moulton, Philip J. Brown II
2002, Open-File Report 2002-63
In October 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted borehole radar surveys of an oil injection experiment at the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), in Golden Colorado using the prototype U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)-developed directional borehole radar system (DBOR). A explanation of the system can be...
Field and laboratory data from an earthquake history study of the Toe Jam Hill Fault, Bainbridge Island, Washington
Alan R. Nelson, Samuel Y. Johnson, Ray E. Wells, Silvio K. Pezzopane, Harvey M. Kelsey, Brian L. Sherrod, Lee-Ann Bradley, Rick D. Koehler III, Robert C. Bucknam, Ralph Haugerud, William T. Laprade
2002, Open-File Report 2002-60
No abstract available. ...
Alaska resource data file: Lime Hills quadrangle
T. L. Hudson, M.A. Millholland
2002, Open-File Report 2002-76
No abstract available....
Geologic map of the Corona North 7.5' quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California
Douglas M. Morton, C. H. Gray Jr., Kelly R. Bovard, Michael Dawson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-22
Open-File Report 02-22 contains a digital geologic map database of the Corona North 7.5’ quadrangle, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, California that includes: ARC/INFO (Environmental Systems Research Institute, http://www.esri.com) version 7.2.1 coverages of the various elements of the geologic map. A Postscript file to plot the geologic map on a topographic base,...
Volatile Organic Compounds, Specific Conductance, and Temperature in the Bottom Sediments of Mill Pond, Ashland, Massachusetts, April 2001
Peter E. Church, Forest P. Lyford, Scott Clifford
2002, Open-File Report 2002-35
A plume of volatile organic compounds in ground water extends northward from the former Nyanza Property in Ashland, Massachusetts, and discharges into the Sudbury River and the upstream end of Mill Pond. A network of polyethylene-membrane passive-vapor-diffusion samplers was installed in February 2001 to help define the lateral extent of...
Effects of water-management alternatives on streamflow in the Ipswich River basin, Massachusetts
Philip J. Zarriello
2002, Open-File Report 2001-483
Management alternatives that could help mitigate the effects of water withdrawals on streamflow in the Ipswich River Basin were evaluated by simulation with a calibrated Hydrologic Simulation Program--Fortran (HSPF) model. The effects of management alternatives on streamflow were simulated for a 35-year period (1961-95). Most alternatives examined increased low flows...
Vegetative resistance to flow in South Florida Everglades: Summary of vegetation sampling in Water Conservation Area 2A, September 1999
Nancy B. Rybicki, Justin T. Reel, Patricia T. Gammon, Mary Keith Garrett
2002, Open-File Report 2002-38
No abstract available....
Coalbed methane production in the Appalachian Basin
R. C. Milici
2002, Open-File Report 2002-105
The road to flamingo: An evaluation of flow pattern alterations and salinity intrusion in the lower glades, Everglades National Park
M.A. Stewart, T.N. Bhatt, R.J. Fennema, D.V. Fitterman
2002, Open-File Report 2002-59
Introduction This report describes the history of roads through the Lower Glades of Everglades National Park, Florida and their influence on salinity intrusion. The chronology that lead to this work is interesting. The U.S. Geological Survey flew a series of helicopter electromagnetic surveys over portions of Everglades National Park to...
GRA prospectus; optimizing protected areas for conservation, September 2001
David Halsing, Richard Bernknopf
2002, Open-File Report 2002-67
Inventory of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic strata in Sonora, Mexico
John H. Stewart, Forrest G. Poole
2002, Open-File Report 2002-97
This compilation is an inventory of all known outcrops of Neoproterozoic and Paleozoic strata in Sonora, Mexico. We have not attempted an interpretation of the regional stratigraphic or structural setting of the strata. Brief summaries of the stratigraphic setting of the Sonora rocks are given in Poole and Hayes (1971),...
