Report on the May-June 2002 Englebright Lake deep coring campaign
Noah P. Snyder, Charles N. Alpers, Lorraine E. Flint, Jennifer A. Curtins, Margaret A. Hampton, Brian J. Haskell, Dennis L. Nielson
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1061
This report describes the May-June 2002 Englebright Lake coring project. Englebright Lake is a 14- km-long reservoir on the Yuba River of northern California, impounded by Englebright Dam, which was completed in 1940. The sediments were cored to assess the current conditions in the reservoir as part of the California...
Map showing fossil localities of the Rattlesnake Creek, western and eastern Hayfork, and North Fork Terranes of the Klamath Mountains
William P. Irwin, Charles D. Blome
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1094
No abstract available....
Ground magnetic data from within the Long Valley caldera, California: A website for data distribution
E. D. Anderson, C. A. Finn
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1096
No abstract available....
Predicted seafloor facies of Central Santa Monica Bay, California
Peter Dartnell, James V. Gardner
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1081
Summary -- Mapping surficial seafloor facies (sand, silt, muddy sand, rock, etc.) should be the first step in marine geological studies and is crucial when modeling sediment processes, pollution transport, deciphering tectonics, and defining benthic habitats. This report outlines an empirical technique that predicts the distribution of seafloor facies for...
Abstracts of the annual meeting of planetary geologic mappers; Providence, Rhode Island; June 19-22, 2003
Kenneth L. Tanaka, R. Stephen Saunders
Tracy Gregg, editor(s)
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1100
Oil-oil correlations to establish a basis for mapping petroleum systems, San Joaquin Basin, California, compiled PowerPoint slides
P. G. Lillis, L. B. Magoon
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1037
No abstract available....
Sharing of Ribotype Patterns of Escherichia Coli Isolates During Baseflow and Stormflow Conditions
Peter G. Hartel, Elizabeth A. Frick, Adrienne L. Funk, Jennifer L. Hill, Jacob D. Summer, M. Brian Gregory
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5004
Factors affecting bacterial source tracking are important to understand because they affect the amount of sampling needed to describe fecal sources in a watershed adequately. The study area was a 76-kilometer reach of the Chattahoochee River and its tributaries in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia. Escherichia coli was isolated from water samples...
The characteristics and interpretability of land surface change and implications for project design
Terry L. Sohl, Alisa L. Gallant, Thomas R. Loveland
2004, Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (70) 439-448
The need for comprehensive, accurate information on land-cover change has never been greater. While remotely sensed imagery affords the opportunity to provide information on land-cover change over large geographic expanses at a relatively low cost, the characteristics of land-surface change bring into question the suitability of many commonly used methodologies....
Habitat of endangered white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni
Kevin D. Lafferty, M.D. Behrens, G.E. Davis, P.L. Haaker, D.J. Kushner, D. V. Richards, I. K. Taniguchi, M. J. Tegner
2004, Biological Conservation (116) 191-194
Surveys with a submersible at offshore islands and banks in southern California found that white abalone were most abundant at depths between 43 and 60 m. This is deeper than estimates taken when white abalone were more abundant. Densities were highest at sites far from fishing ports. Controlling for depth...
The elusive baseline of marine disease: Are diseases in ocean ecosystems increasing?
Jessica R. Ward, Kevin D. Lafferty
2004, PLoS Biology (2) 0542-057
Disease outbreaks alter the structure and function of marine ecosystems, directly affecting vertebrates (mammals, turtles, fish), invertebrates (corals, crustaceans, echinoderms), and plants (seagrasses). Previous studies suggest a recent increase in marine disease. However, lack of baseline data in most communities prevents a direct test of this hypothesis. We developed a...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Bend Arch-Fort Worth Basin Province of north-central Texas and southwestern Oklahoma, 2003
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3022
No abstract available....
River gain and loss studies for the Red River of the North Basin, North Dakota and Minnesota
Tara Williams-Sether
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1076
The Dakota Water Resources Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 2000 authorized the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a comprehensive study of future water-quantity and -quality needs of the Red River of the North (Red River) Basin in North Dakota and of possible options to meet those water...
High-Resolution Imaging within the Urban Environment -- "What's beneath our streets"!
Jackson K. Odum, Robert A. Williams, William J. Stephenson, David M. Worley
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3017
Catalog of significant historical earthquakes in the Central United States
W. H. Bakun, M. G. Hopper
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1086
We use Modified Mercalli intensity assignments to estimate source locations and moment magnitude M for eighteen 19th-century and twenty early- 20th-century earthquakes in the central United States (CUS) for which estimates of M are otherwise not available. We use these estimates, and locations and M estimated elsewhere, to compile a...
Characteristics of and Areas Contributing Recharge to Public-Supply Springs in Massachusetts
Bruce P. Hansen, Kirk P. Smith
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4266
The geohydrologic and physical characteristics were determined for 28 public-supply springs, 27 of which are in western Massachusetts. Discharge ranged from zero at various small intermittent springs to more than 240 gallons per minute at Waubeeka Springs in Williamstown, Massachusetts. To determine the annual variability of spring discharge, discharge from...
Reconnaissance of Surface-Water Quality and Possible Sources of Nutrients and Bacteria in the Turkey Creek Watershed, Northwest Oklahoma, 2002-2003
Carol Becker
2004, Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5039
The U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigated the distribution of surface-water quality and possible sources of nutrients and Escherichia coli bacteria to surface water in Turkey Creek, which flows about 70 miles through mostly rural agricultural areas...
Deposition, erosion, and bathymetric change in South San Francisco Bay: 1858-1983
Amy C. Foxgrover, Shawn A. Higgins, Melissa K. Ingraca, Bruce E. Jaffe, Richard E. Smith
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1192
Since the California Gold Rush of 1849, sediment deposition, erosion, and the bathymetry of South San Francisco Bay have been altered by both natural processes and human activities. Historical hydrographic surveys can be used to assess how this system has evolved over the past 150 years. The National Ocean Service...
Evaluation of strategies for balancing water use and streamflow reductions in the upper Charles River basin, eastern Massachusetts
Jack R. Eggleston
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4330
The upper Charles River basin, located 30 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts, is experiencing water shortages during the summer. Towns in the basin have instituted water-conservation programs and water-use bans to reduce summertime water use. During July through October, streamflow in the Charles River and its tributaries regularly falls below...
Secondary Mineral Deposits and Evidence of Past Seismicity and Heating of the Proposed Repository Horizon at Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Josheph F. Whelan
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4321
The Drift Degradation Analysis (DDA) (BSC, 2003) for the proposed high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, describes model simulations of the effects of pre- and post-closure seismicity and waste-induced heating on emplacement drifts. Based on probabilistic seismic hazard analyses of the intensity and frequency of future seismic events...
Sources and Transport of Nutrients, Organic Carbon, and Chlorophyll-a in the San Joaquin River Upstream of Vernalis, California, during Summer and Fall, 2000 and 2001
Charles R. Kratzer, Peter D. Dileanis, Celia Zamora, Steven R. Silva, Carol Kendall, Brian A. Bergamaschi, Randy A. Dahlgren
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4127
Oxidizable materials from the San Joaquin River upstream of Vernalis can contribute to low dissolved oxygen episodes in the Stockton Deep Water Ship Channel that can inhibit salmon migration in the fall. The U.S. Geological Survey collected and analyzed samples at four San Joaquin River sites in July through October...
Assessment of Hazards Associated with the Bluegill Landslide, South-Central Idaho
William L. Ellis, Robert L. Schuster, William H. Schulz
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1054
The Bluegill landslide, located in south-central Idaho, is part of a larger landslide complex that forms an area the Salmon Falls Creek drainage named Sinking Canyon Recent movement of the Bluegill landslide, apparently beginning sometime in late 1998 or early 1999, has caused a 4.5 ha area of the canyon...
Geology of the National Capital Region: Field trip guidebook
William Burton, Scott Southworth
2004, Circular 1264
The 2004 Joint Northeast-Southeast Section Meeting of the Geological Society of America is the fourth such meeting and the third to be held in or near Washington, D.C. This guidebook and the field trips presented herein are intended to provide meeting participants, as well as other interested readers, a means...
The value of long-term monitoring in the development of ground-water-flow models
Daniel T. Feinstein, David J. Hart, James T. Krohelski
2004, Fact Sheet 116-03
As environmental issues have come to the forefront of public concern, so has the awareness of the importance of ground water in the overall water cycle and as a source of the Nation’s drinking water. Heightened interest has spawned a host of scientific enterprises (Taylor and Alley, 2001). Some...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Wyoming Thrust Belt Province, 2003
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2004, Fact Sheet 2004-3025
Changes in ground-water quality near two granular-iron permeable reactive barriers in a sand and gravel aquifer, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1997-2000
Jennifer G. Savoie, Douglas B. Kent, Richard L. Smith, Denis R. LeBlanc, David W. Hubble
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4309
Two experimental permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) of granular zero-valent iron were emplaced in the path of a tetrachloroethene plume (the Chemical Spill-10 plume) at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in June 1998. The goal of the field experiment was to achieve emplacement of a granular-iron PRB deeper than...
