Geologic Map of the Ariel Quadrangle, Clark and Cowlitz Counties, Washington
Russell C. Evarts
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2826
Publications of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2003
Charles L. Powell II, Paul Stone, Russell W. Graymer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1267
Assigning boundary conditions to the Southern Inland and Coastal Systems (SICS) model using results from the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM)
Melinda A. Wolfert, Christian D. Langevin, Eric D. Swain
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1195
The Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP) requires the testing and evaluation of different water-management scenarios for southern Florida. As part of CERP, the South Florida Water Management District is using its regional hydrologic model, the South Florida Water Management Model (SFWMM), to evaluate different hydrologic scenarios. The SFWMM was designed...
Quality of water in the fractured-bedrock aquifer of New Hampshire
Richard Bridge Moore
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5093
Over the past few decades, New Hampshire has experienced considerable population growth, which is forcing some communities to look for alternative public and private water supplies in the bedrock aquifer. Because the quality of water from the aquifer can vary, the U.S. Geological Survey statistically analyzed well data from 1,353...
Availability Of Ground-Water Data For California, Water Year 2003
Julia A. Huff
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3061
The U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the groundwater resources of California each water year (October 1?September 30). These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of the...
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,...
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...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 1. Depth to bedrock determinations using shallow seismic data acquired in the Straight Creek drainage near Red River, New Mexico
Michael H. Powers, Bethany L. Burton
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1236
In late May and early June of 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) acquired four P-wave seismic profiles across the Straight Creek drainage near Red River, New Mexico. The data were acquired to support a larger effort to investigate baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality in the Red River basin (Nordstrom...
New England states aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
David L. Daniels, Stephen L. Snyder
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1258
No abstract available....
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...
Periphyton and Macroinvertebrate Communities at Five Sites in the San Joaquin River Basin, California, during June and September, 2001
Larry R. Brown, Jason T. May
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5098
The effects of agriculture, particularly from the use of pesticides, on aquatic ecosystems in the San Joaquin River Basin concern many aquatic resource managers, water quality managers, and water users. A total of five sites were sampled once in June 2001 and once in September 2001 to document the periphyton...
Topographic mapping of Mars: From hectometer to micrometer scales
Randolph L. Kirk, Steven W. Squyres, Gerhard Neukum, MER Athena Science Team, MEX HRSC Science Team
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings, XXXV ISPRS Congress
We describe USGS topomapping of Mars at resolutions from 100 m to 30 µm with data from the latest spacecraft missions. Analysis of NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) data combining daytime visible reflected, daytime IR emitted, and nighttime IR emitted images allows us to isolate the...
A new Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM 2.1) control network
Brent A. Archinal, Ella M. Lee, Randolph L. Kirk, T. C. Duxbury, Robert M. Sucharski, Debbie Cook, Janet M. Barrett
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings, XXXV ISPRS Congress
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently completed a final revised version of its 231 m/pixel global Viking image mosaic of Mars that has substantially improved geodetic accuracy compared to versions released in 1991 and 2001. This mosaic, known as MDIM 2.1, is currently available in the USGS ISIS file format...
Reply to the letter to the editor from Huntley re Mayer and Mahan, 2004. Quaternary Research 61, 72–84
J. H. Mayer, Shannon A. Mahan
2004, Quaternary Research (62) 111-112
No abstract available....
A new Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM 2.1) control network
Brent A. Archinal, Ella M. Lee, Randolph L. Kirk, T. C. Duxbury, Robert M. Sucharski, Debbie Cook, Janet M. Barrett
2004, Conference Paper, XXth ISPRS Congress Technical Commission IV
The U.S. Geological Survey has recently completed a final revised version of its 231 m/pixel global Viking image mosaic of Mars that has substantially improved geodetic accuracy compared to versions released in 1991 and 2001. This mosaic, known as MDIM 2.1, is currently available in the USGS ISIS file format...
Reply to the comment on “Physical and stable-isotope evidence for formation of secondary calcite and silica in the unsaturated zone, Yucca Mountain, Nevada”, by Y.V. Dublyansky, S.E. Smirnov and G.P. Palyanova
Joseph F. Whelan, James B. Paces, Zell E. Peterman, Brian D. Marshall, Leonid A. Neymark
2004, Applied Geochemistry (19) 1879-1889
No abstract available....
Global environmental databases from CEOS agencies
John Faundeen, I. Petiteville, T. Fisher
2004, Conference Paper
The Committee on Earth Observation Satellites (CEOS) is an international organization charged with coordinating international civil spaceborne missions designed to observe and study planet Earth. Comprising 44 space agencies and other national and international organizations, CEOS is recognized as the major international forum for the coordination of Earth observation satellite...
Geotechnical characterization of TriNet sites: A status report
John Tinsley, Susan E. Hough, Alan K. Yong, Kanamori Hiroo, Ellen Yu, V. Appel, Chris Wills
2004, Seismological Research Letters (75) 505-514
The TriNet project, launched in 1997, created an improved, real-time seismic monitoring network in Southern California. Planning of the network began in 1995 (e.g., Heaton et al., 1996), building on the success of the earlier TERRAscope network, which included 24 digital broadband and strong-motion...
Preliminary report on the 22 December 2003, M 6.5 San Simeon, California earthquake
Jeanne L. Hardebeck, John Boatwright, D. Dreger, Rakesh Goel, V. Graizer, Kenneth W. Hudnut, Ji Chen, Lucile M. Jones, John O. Langbein, Jian Lin, Evelyn A. Roeloffs, Robert W. Simpson, K. Stark, Ross S. Stein, John Tinsley
2004, Seismological Research Letters (75) 155-172
The Mw 6.5 San Simeon earthquake struck the central California coast on 22 December 2003 at 19:15:56 UTC (11:15:56 am local time.) The epicenter was located 11 km northeast of the town of San Simeon, and 39 km west-northwest of Paso Robles (Figure 1), as...
Watershed sustainability: Downstream effects of timber harvest in the Ozarks of Missouri
Robert B. Jacobson
2004, USDA General Technical Report NC-239-6
The downstream effects of timber harvest in the Ozarks of Missouri can be evaluated by analogy to other geographic areas and by historical analysis of responses to past land use activities. Based on research from other geographic regions, timber harvest in the Ozarks would be expected to have minor effects...
Ecology for a crowded planet
Margaret Palmer, Emily S. Bernhardt, Elizabeth A. Chornesky, Scott L. Collins, Andrew Dobson, Clifford S. Duke, Barry Gold, Robert Jacobson, Sharon E. Kingsland, Rhonda H. Kranz, Michael J. Mappin, M. Luisa Martinez, Fiorenza Micheli, Jennifer L. Morse, Michael L. Pace, Mercedes Pascual, Stephen S. Palumbi, O. J. Reichman, Ashley Simons, Alan R. Townsend, Monica Turner
2004, Science (304) 1251-1252
Within the next 50 to 100 years, the support and maintenance of an extended human family of 8 to 11 billion people will be difficult at best. The authors of this Policy Forum describe changes that are required if we hope to meet the needs and aspirations of...
The H4IIE cell bioassay as an indicator of dioxin-like chemicals in wildlife and the environment
J.J. White, C.J. Schmitt, D. E. Tillitt
2004, Critical Reviews in Toxicology (34) 1-83
The H4IIE cell bioassay has proven utility as a screening tool for planar halogenated hydrocarbons (PHHs) and structurally similar chemicals accumulated in organisms from the wild. This bioassay has additional applications in hazard assessment of PHH exposed populations. In this review, the toxicological principles, current protocols, performance criteria, and field...
Proposed initiative would study Earth's weathering engine
Suzanne P. Anderson, Joel D. Blum, Susan L. Brantley, Oliver A. Chadwick, Jon Chorover, Louis A. Derry, James I. Drever, Janet G. Hering, J. W. Kirchner, Lee R. Kump, Daniel D. Richter, Arthur F. White
2004, Eos Science News (85) 265-269
At the Earth's surface, a complex suite of chemical, biological, and physical processes combines to create the engine that transforms bedrock into soil (Figure 1). Earth's weathering engine provides nutrients to nourish ecosystems and human society mediates the transport of toxic components within the biosphere, creates water flow paths that...
Suspended sediment and hydrodynamics above mildly sloped long wave ripples
Yeon S. Chang, Daniel M. Hanes
2004, Journal of Geophysical Research C: Oceans (109)
We investigate the spatial and temporal distribution of suspended sediment and the associated hydrodynamics over mildly sloped long wave ripples on the inner shelf. These bedforms had wavelengths of approximately 1 m and heights of approximately 5 cm, in a mean water depth of 4 m. The vertical and temporal...
Reconnaissance of chemical and biological quality in the Owyhee River from the Oregon State line to the Owyhee Reservoir, Oregon, 2001–02
Mark A. Hardy, Terry R. Maret, David L. George
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4327
The Owyhee River drains an extremely rugged and sparsely populated landscape in northern Nevada, southwestern Idaho, and eastern Oregon. Most of the segment between the Oregon State line and Lake Owyhee is part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and few water-quality data exist for evaluating environmental impacts....