Geologic map of the Peach Orchard Flat quadrangle, Carbon County, Wyoming, and descriptions of new stratigraphic units in the Upper Cretaceous Lance Formation and Paleocene Fort Union Formation, eastern Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming-Colorado
J. D. Honey, R. D. Hettinger
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2835
This report provides a geologic map of the Peach Orchard Flat 7.5-minute quadrangle, located along the eastern flank of the Washakie Basin, Wyo. Geologic formations and individual coal beds were mapped at a scale of 1:24,000; surface stratigraphic sections were measured and described; and well logs were examined to...
Alaska resource data file: Mount Hayes quadrangle, Alaska
William Ellis, Charles C. Hawley, Samuel Dashevsky
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1266
No abstract available....
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...
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...
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....
Assessment of water chemistry, habitat, and benthic macroinvertebrates at selected stream-quality monitoring sites in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1998-2000
Andrew G. Reif
2004, Open-File Report 2003-499
Biological, chemical, and habitat data have been collected from a network of sites in Chester County, Pa., from 1970 to 2003 to assess stream quality. Forty sites in 6 major stream basins were sampled between 1998 and 2000. Biological data were used to determine levels of impairment in the benthic-macroinvertebrate...
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...
A formulation of directivity for earthquake sources using isochrone theory
Paul Spudich, Brian S.J. Chiou, Robert Graves, Nancy Collins, Paul Somerville
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1268
A functional form for directivity effects can be derived from isochrone theory, in which the measure of the directivity-induced amplification of an S body wave is c, the isochrone velocity. Ground displacement of the near-, intermediate-, and far-field terms of P and S waves is linear in isochrone velocity for...
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...
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...
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....
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...
Geologic Map of the Ariel Quadrangle, Clark and Cowlitz Counties, Washington
Russell C. Evarts
2004, Scientific Investigations Map 2826
Hydrogeology, water quality, and ecology of Anderton Branch near the Quail Hollow Landfill, Bedford County, Tennessee, 1995-99
James Farmer
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5074
The Quail Hollow Landfill, located in southeastern Bedford County on the Highland Rim overlooking the Central Basin karst region of Tennessee, is constructed on the gravelly, clay-rich residuum of the Fort Payne Formation of Mississippian age. A conceptual hydrologic model of the landfill indicated that Anderton Branch was at risk...
Publications of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2003
Charles L. Powell II, Paul Stone, Russell W. Graymer
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1267
Using twelve years of USGS refraction lines to calibrate the Brocher and others (1997) 3D velocity model of the Bay Area
John Boatwright, Luke Blair, Rufus Catchings, Mark Goldman, Fabio Perosi, Clare Steedman
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1282
Campbell (1983) demonstrated that site amplification correlates with depths to the 1.0, 1.5, and 2.5 km/s S-wave velocity horizons. To estimate these depths for the Bay Area stations in the PEER/NGA database, we compare the depths to the 3.2 and 4.4 km/s P-wave velocities in the Brocher and others (1997)...
Analytical results from ground-water sampling using a direct-push technique at the Dover National Test Site, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, June-July 2001
William R. Guertal, Marie Stewart, Jeffrey R. Barbaro, Timthoy J. McHale
2004, Open-File Report 2003-380
A joint study by the Dover National Test Site and the U.S. Geological Survey was conducted from June 27 through July 18, 2001 to determine the spatial distribution of the gasoline oxygenate additive methyl tert-butyl ether and selected water-quality constituents in the surficial aquifer underlying the Dover National Test Site...
Geochemistry of mine waste and mill tailings, meadow deposits, streambed sediments, and the general hydrology and water quality for the Frohner Meadows area, upper Lump Gulch, Jefferson County, Montana
Terry L. Klein, Michael R. Cannon, David L. Fey
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1254
Frohner Meadows, an area of low-topographic gradient subalpine ponds and wetlands in glaciated terrane near the headwaters of Lump Gulch (a tributary of Prickly Pear Creek), is located about 15 miles west of the town of Clancy, Montana, in the Helena National Forest. Mining and ore treatment of lead-zinc-silver veins...
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...
