Use of short-term (5-Minute) and long-term (18-Hour) leaching tests to characterize, fingerprint, and rank mine-waste material from historical mines in the Deer Creek, Snake River, and Clear Creek Watersheds in and around the Montezuma Mining District, Colorado
Philip L. Hageman
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5104
Precipitation-induced runoff from historical mine-waste located adjacent to the headwaters of the Snake River, Deer Creek, Saints John Creek, Grizzly Gulch, Stevens Gulch, and Leavenworth Creek contributes to the degradation of water quality in these streams. Because historical mine-waste piles have had long-term exposure to the atmosphere, it is surmised...
Effects of changes in reservoir operations on water quality and trophic state indicators in Voyageurs National Park, northern Minnesota, 2001-03
Victoria G. Christensen, G. A. Payne, Larry W. Kallemeyn
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5044
Implementation of an order by the International Joint Commission in January 2000 has changed operating procedures for dams that regulate two large reservoirs in Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota. These new procedures were expected to restore a more natural water regime and affect water levels, water quality, and trophic...
Sembar Goru/Ghazij Composite Total Petroleum System, Indus and Sulaiman-Kirthar Geologic Provinces, Pakistan and India
C. J. Wandrey, B. E. Law, Haider Ali Shah
2004, Bulletin 2208-C
Geochemical analyses of rock samples and produced oil and gas in the Indus Basin have shown that the bulk of the hydrocarbons produced in the Indus Basin are derived from the Lower Cretaceous Sembar Formation and equivalent rocks. The source rocks of the Sembar are composed of shales that were...
Tracking changes in Yellowstone's restless volcanic system
Peter H. Stauffer
2004, Fact Sheet 100-03
No abstract available....
Marine geology and earthquake hazards of the San Pedro Shelf region, southern California
Michael A. Fisher, William R. Normark, Victoria E. Langenheim, Andrew J. Calvert, Ray Sliter
2004, Professional Paper 1687
High-resolution seismic-reflection data have been com- bined with a variety of other geophysical and geological data to interpret the offshore structure and earthquake hazards of the San Pedro Shelf, near Los Angeles, California. Prominent structures investigated include the Wilmington Graben, the Palos Verdes Fault Zone, various faults below the western part of the shelf and slope,...
Preliminary report on using imaging spectroscopy to map ultramafic rocks, serpentinites, and tremolite-actinolite-bearing rocks in California
Gregg A. Swayze, Chris T. Higgins, John P. Clinkenbeard, Raymond F. Kokaly, Roger N. Clark, Gregory P. Meeker, Stephen J. Sutley
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1304
Airborne Visible/InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) data were collected in approximately 3- kilometer-wide swaths over selected areas in El Dorado and Plumas Counties that contain serpentinite and ultramafic rocks as part of an experiment to determine if potentially asbestos-bearing rocks could be identified spectrally. M ineral maps created from the AVIRIS...
Assessment of Appalachian Basin oil and gas resources: Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System
Robert C. Milici
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1272
The Carboniferous Coal-bed Gas Total Petroleum System, lies within the central and northern parts of the Appalachian coal field. It consists of five assessment units (AU): the Pocahontas Basin in southwestern Virginia, southern West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky, the Central Appalachian Shelf in Tennessee, eastern Kentucky and southern West Virginia,...
Geologic Map of the Woodland Quadrangle, Clark and Cowlitz Counties, Washington
Russell C. Evarts
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2827
The Woodland 7.5' quadrangle is situated in the Puget-Willamette Lowland approximately 50 km north of Portland, Oregon (fig. 1). The lowland, which extends from Puget Sound into west-central Oregon, is a complex structural and topographic trough that lies between the Coast Range and the Cascade Range. Since late Eocene time,...
Abstracts of the annual meeting of planetary geologic mappers, Flagstaff, Arizona, 2004
Kenneth L. Tanaka, R. Stephen Saunders
Tracy Gregg, editor(s)
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1289
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
Nadine M. Piatak, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. Seal II, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, Timothy L. Muzik, John C. Jackson
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1248
Surficial geologic map of the Germantown quadrangle, Shelby County, Tennessee
Roy Van Arsdale
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2837
The depiction of geology on this map is designed to aid in urban planning and analysis of potential damage in the event of strong earthquake motion. The geologic map by itself does not analyze potential earthquake damage, but is designed to be used by seismologists who perform such analyses....
Surficial geologic map of the Northeast Memphis quadrangle, Shelby County, Tennessee
Randel Tom Cox
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2839
The depiction of geology on this map is designed to aid in urban planning and analysis of potential damage in the event of strong earthquake motion. The geologic map by itself does not analyze potential earthquake damage, but is designed to be used by seismologists who perform such analyses....
Formation, evolution, and stability of coastal cliffs: Status and trends
Monty A. Hampton, Gary B. Griggs
2004, Professional Paper 1693
The Ocean Studies Board of the National Research Council recently reviewed the U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology (USGS-CMG) program. One of the Board's primary recommendations was that CMG prepare comprehensive assessments of the nation's coastal and marine regions, drawing on expertise not only from within the USGS, but...
Delineation of areas contributing recharge to selected public-supply wells in Glacial Valley-Fill and Wetland Settings, Rhode Island
Paul J. Friesz
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5070
Areas contributing recharge and sources of water to one proposed and seven present public-supply wells, screened in sand and gravel deposits and clustered in three study areas, were determined on the basis of calibrated, steady-state ground-water-flow models representing average hydrologic conditions. The area contributing recharge to a well is defined...
Mineral commodity profiles: nitrogen
Deborah A. Kramer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1290
Overview -- Nitrogen (N) is an essential element of life and a part of all animal and plant proteins. As a part of the DNA and RNA molecules, nitrogen is an essential constituent of each individual's genetic blueprint. As an essential element in the chlorophyll molecule, nitrogen is vital to...
Hydrogeology and ground-water-flow simulation in the former airfield area of Naval Support Activity Mid-South, Millington, Tennessee
Connor J. Haugh, John K. Carmichael, David E. Ladd
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5040
Naval Support Activity Mid-South is a Department of the Navy base located in Millington, Tennessee. The facility was home to the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center from 1943 until 1996. As part of the Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, the primary training mission of the facility was realigned...
Application of Acoustic and Optic Methods for Estimating Suspended-Solids Concentrations in the St. Lucie River Estuary, Florida
Eduardo Patino, Michael J. Byrne
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5028
Acoustic and optic methods were applied to estimate suspended-solids concentrations in the St. Lucie River Estuary, southeastern Florida. Acoustic Doppler velocity meters were installed at the North Fork, Speedy Point, and Steele Point sites within the estuary. These sites provide varying flow, salinity, water-quality, and channel cross-sectional characteristics. The monitoring...
A dataset of magnetic susceptibility, metalization, and alteration for samples from the Stinkingwater Mining District, Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming
Mark E. Gettings
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1253
Magnetic susceptibility was measured for 700 samples of drill core from thirteen drill holes in the porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit of the Stinkingwater mining district in the Absaroka Mountains, Wyoming. Measurements were performed on splits from 3 m (10 ft) sections of pulverized core. The measurements constitute a useful dataset because...
Alaska resource data file: Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska
William Ellis, Charles C. Hawley, Samuel Dashevsky
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1266
No abstract available....
Size-frequency analysis of petroleum accumulations in selected United States plays: potential analogues for frontier areas
Emil D. Attanasi, Philip A. Freeman
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1299
This report presents the petroleum accumulation size-frequency relationships of selected mature plays assessed in the U.S. Geological Survey's 1995 National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources. The plays provide assessors with potential analogue models from which to estimate the numbers of undiscovered accumulations in medium and smaller size categories. Each...
Coastal circulation and sediment dynamics along West Maui, Hawaii: Part III: Flow and particulate dynamics during the 2003 summer coral spawning season
Curt D. Storlazzi, Michael E. Field, Andrea S. Ogston, Joshua B. Logan, M. Kathy Presto, Dave G. Gonzales
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1287
High-resolution measurements of currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity were made over the course of three months off West Maui in the summer and early fall of 2003 to better understand coastal dynamics in coral reef habitats. Measurements were made through the emplacement of a series of bottom-mounted instruments in water...
Ground-water age and flow at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument, south-central Colorado
Michael G. Rupert, Niel Plummer
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3051
No abstract available....
Ground-water quality of alluvial and sedimentary-rock aquifers in the vicinity of Fairplay and Alma, Park County, Colorado, September-October 2002
Roderick F. Ortiz
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3065
No abstract available....
Surface-water-quality conditions and relation to taste-and-odor occurrences in the Lake Olathe Watershed, Northeast Kansas, 2000-02
David P. Mau, Andrew C. Ziegler, Stephen D. Porter, Larry M. Pope
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5047
Surface water in the Lake Olathe watershed, located in northeast Kansas, was sampled from June 2000 through December 2002 to characterize water-quality conditions in relation to physical properties, major ions, sediment, nutrients, selected trace elements, selected pesticides, fecal indicator bacteria, phytoplankton, and taste-and-odor compounds. In addition, two continuous real-time water-quality...
Hydraulic-Geometry Relations for Rivers in Coastal and Central Maine
Robert W. Dudley
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5042
Hydraulic-geometry relations (curves) were derived for 15 sites on 12 rivers in coastal and central Maine on the basis of site-specific (at-a-station) hydraulic-geometry relations and hydraulic models. At-a-station hydraulic-geometry curves, expressed as well-established power functions, describe the relations between channel geometry, velocity, and flow at a given point on a...
