Landsat-5 bumper-mode geometric correction
James C. Storey, Mike Choate
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2695-2703
The Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) scan mirror was switched from its primary operating mode to a backup mode in early 2002 in order to overcome internal synchronization problems arising from long-term wear of the scan mirror mechanism. The backup bumper mode of operation removes the constraints on scan start and...
Regression equations for estimating flood flows for the 2-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100-, and 500-Year recurrence intervals in Connecticut
Elizabeth A. Ahearn
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5160
Multiple linear-regression equations were developed to estimate the magnitudes of floods in Connecticut for recurrence intervals ranging from 2 to 500 years. The equations can be used for nonurban, unregulated stream sites in Connecticut with drainage areas ranging from about 2 to 715 square miles. Flood-frequency data and hydrologic characteristics...
Foreword to the special issue on Landsat sensor performance characterization
B. L. Markham, M. M. Crawford, D.G. Goodenough, J. R. Irons
2004, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (42) 2687-2689
No abstract available....
Real-time forecasts of tomorrow's earthquakes in California: A new mapping tool
Matt Gerstenberger, Stefan Wiemer, Lucy Jones
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1390
We have derived a multi-model approach to calculate time-dependent earthquake hazard resulting from earthquake clustering. This file report explains the theoretical background behind the approach, the specific details that are used in applying the method to California, as well as the statistical testing to validate the technique. We...
A precipitation-runoff model for the analysis of the effects of water withdrawals and land-use change on streamflow in the Usquepaug–Queen River Basin, Rhode Island
Phillip J. Zarriello, Gardner C. Bent
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5139
The 36.1-square-mile Usquepaug–Queen River Basin in south-central Rhode Island is an important water resource. Streamflow records indicate that withdrawals may have diminished flows enough to affect aquatic habitat. Concern over the effect of withdrawals on streamflow and aquatic habitat prompted the development of a Hydrologic Simulation Program–FORTRAN (HSPF) model...
Quaternary tectonic setting of South-Central coastal California
William R. Lettis, Kathryn L. Hanson, Jeffrey R. Unruh, Marcia McLaren, William U. Savage, Margaret A. Keller
2004, Bulletin 1995-AA
Recent geodetic, geologic, and seismologic studies show that the south-central coast of California is a region of active Quaternary deformation. Northeast-directed crustal shortening is occurring in a triangular-shaped region between the Hosgri-San Simeon fault system on the west, the Southern Coast Ranges on the northeast, and the western Transverse Ranges...
Geologic map of the Lower Grand Wash cliffs and vicinity, Mohave County, Northwestern Arizona
George H. Billingsley, L. Sue Beard, Susan S. Priest, Jessica L. Wellmeyer, Debra L. Block
2004, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2427
This digital map database is compiled from unpublished data and new mapping by the authors and represents the general distribution of surficial and bedrock geology in the mapped area. Together with the accompanying pamphlet, it provides current information on the geologic structure and stratigraphy of the area. The database dilineates...
Topographic Map of the Ophir and Central Candor Chasmata Region of Mars MTM 500k -05/287E OMKT
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, IMAP 2807
This map, compiled photogrammetrically from Viking Orbiter stereo image pairs, is part of a series of topographic maps of areas of special scientific interest on Mars. The figure of Mars used for the computation of the map projection is an oblate spheroid (flattening of 1/176.875) with an equatorial radius of...
Topographic Map of the West Candor Chasma Region of Mars, MTM 500k -05/282E OMKT
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, IMAP 2805
This map, compiled photogrammetrically from Viking Orbiter stereo image pairs, is part of a series of topographic maps of areas of special scientific interest on Mars. The figure of Mars used for the computation of the map projection is an oblate spheroid (flattening of 1/176.875) with an equatorial radius of...
Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science - Tampa Bay Study - Data Information Management System (DIMS)
James Johnston
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1450
The Tampa Bay Integrated Science Study is an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that combines the expertise of federal, state and local partners to address some of the most pressing ecological problems of the Tampa Bay estuary. This project serves as a template for the application of integrated...
Investigation of linear magnetic anomalies in the Funeral Mountains, Death Valley Region, California
John W. Hillhouse, Robert Morin
2004, Open-File Report 2003-12
Effects of aquifer travel time on nitrogen transport to a coastal embayment
John A. Colman, John P. Masterson, Wendy J. Pabich, Donald A. Walter
2004, Groundwater (42) 1069-1078
Effects of aquifer travel time on nitrogen reaction and loading to Popponesset Bay, a eutrophic coastal embayment on western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, are evaluated through hydrologic analysis of flow and transport. Approximately 10% of the total nitrogen load to the embayment is intercepted by fresh water ponds and delivered to...
Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data collected during cruise 97013, Washington Shelf, 6 July-14 July 1997
Patricia M. McCrory, W. W. Danforth, T.F. O’Brien, D.S. Foster
2004, Open-File Report 2001-508
Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: Synthesis and perspectives
Beth A. Middleton, James B. Grace
2004, Restoration Ecology (12) 611-612
Does diversity matter in restored communities? This edited book explores the diversity–function debate, which has raged in ecology during the past several decades. The diversity–function question is relevant in restoration, but the question has not yet received a straightforward hearing in the field of restoration science. None of the authors...
Calibration strategies for a groundwater model in a highly dynamic alpine floodplain
L. Foglia, P. Burlando, Mary C. Hill, S. Mehl
2004, Conference Paper
Most surface flows to the 20-km-long Maggia Valley in Southern Switzerland are impounded and the valley is being investigated to determine environmental flow requirements. The aim of the investigation is the devel-opment of a modelling framework that simulates the dynamics of...
Implications of latest Pennsylvanian to middle permian paleontological and U-Pb SHRIMP data from the tecomate formation to re-dating tectonothermal events in the acatlán complex, Southern Mexico
J. Duncan Keppie, Charles Sandberg, B.V. Miller, J. L. Sanchez-Zavala, R.D. Nance, Forrest G. Poole
2004, International Geology Review (46) 745-753
Limestones in the highly deformed Tecomate Formation, uppermost unit of the Acatlán Complex, are latest Pennsylvanian—earliest Middle Permian in age rather than Devonian, the latter based on less diagnostic fossils. Conodont collections from two marble horizons now constrain its age to range from latest Pennsylvanian to...
Icelandic analogs to Martian flood lavas
Laszlo P. Keszthelyi, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Alfred McEwen, Henning Haack, Marie-Noelle Guilbaud, Stephen Self, Matti J. Rossi
2004, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (5)
We report on new field observations from Icelandic lava flows that have the same surface morphology as many Martian flood lava flows. The Martian flood lavas are characterized by a platy‐ridged surface morphology whose formation is not well understood. The examples on Mars include some of...
Reply to comment on “Precise K–Ar, 40Ar/39Ar, Rb–Sr and U–Pb mineral ages from the 27.5 Ma Fish Canyon Tuff reference standard” by M.A. Lanphere and H. Baadsgaard
Marvin A. Lanphere
2004, Chemical Geology (211) 389-390
No abstract available....
Mojave Desert Ecosystem Program: Central Mojave vegetation database
Kathryn A. Thomas, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Janet Franklin, Peter Stine
2004, Report
Department of Defense (DOD) and the other desert managers are developing and organizing scientific information needed to better manage the natural resources of the Mojave Desert. Scientific, natural, and cultural resource professionals in the Mojave have agreed upon the importance of developing mechanisms by which land management decisions can be...
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, May 2004
Sandra L. Kinnaman, Leel Knowles Jr.
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1377
This map depicts the potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity in May 2001. Potentiometric contours are based on water-level measurements collected at 684 wells during the period May 2 - 30, near the end of the dry season. The...
Topogrid Derived 10 Meter Resolution Digital Elevation Model of the Shenandoah National Park and Surrounding Region, Virginia
Peter G. Chirico, Seth D. Tanner
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1321
Explanation The purpose of developing a new 10m resolution DEM of the Shenandoah National Park Region was to more accurately depict geologic structure, surfical geology, and landforms of the Shenandoah National Park Region in preparation for automated landform classification. Previously, only a 30m resolution DEM was available through the National Elevation...
LIDAR derived 5m resolution bare earth and first return digital elevation model of the Paine Run Watershed, Augusta County, Virginia
Peter G. Chirico
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1320
Transtensional deformation in the Lake Tahoe region, California and Nevada, USA
Richard A. Schweickert, M.M. Lahren, K.D. Smith, J. F. Howle, G. Ichinose
2004, Tectonophysics (392) 303-323
Dextral transtensional deformation is occurring along the Sierra Nevada–Great Basin boundary zone (SNGBBZ) at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada microplate. In the Lake Tahoe region of the SNGBBZ, transtension is partitioned spatially and temporally into domains of north–south striking normal faults and transitional domains with conjugate strike-slip faults....
What makes hydromagmatic eruptions violent? Some insights from the Keanakāko'i Ash, Kı̄lauea Volcano, Hawai'i
Larry G. Mastin, Robert L. Christiansen, Carl Thornber, Jacob B. Lowenstern
2004, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (137) 15-31
Volcanic eruptions at the summit of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, are of two dramatically contrasting types: (1) benign lava flows and lava fountains; and (2) violent, mostly prehistoric eruptions that dispersed tephra over hundreds of square kilometers. The violence of the latter eruptions has been attributed to mixing of water and...
Book review, Uranium resource processing and secondary resources
Daniel Olson, W.I. Finch, Branjena Misha
2004, AAPG Bulletin (88) 1208-1210
No abstract available. ...
