A spatial regression procedure for evaluating the relationship between AVHRR-NDVI and climate in the northern Great Plains
Lei Ji, Albert J. Peters
2004, International Journal of Remote Sensing (25) 297-311
The relationship between vegetation and climate in the grassland and cropland of the northern US Great Plains was investigated with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) (1989–1993) images derived from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), and climate data from automated weather stations. The relationship was quantified using a spatial...
Surficial Geologic Map of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina
Scott Southworth, Art Schultz, Danielle Denenny, James Triplett
2004, Open-File Report 2003-381
The Surficial Geology of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Region, Tennessee and North Carolina was mapped from 1993 to 2003 under a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service (NPS). This 1:100,000-scale digital geologic map was compiled from 2002 to 2003 from unpublished...
Effect of water-column pH on sediment-phosphorus release rates in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, 2001
Lawrence H. Fisher, Tamara M. Wood
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4271
Sediment-phosphorus release rates as a function of pH were determined in laboratory experiments for sediment and water samples collected from Shoalwater Bay in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, in 2001. Aerial release rates for a stable sediment/water interface that is representative of the sediment surface area to water column volume ratio...
Estimating the magnitude of bankfull flows for streams in Idaho
Jon Hortness, Charles Berenbrock
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4261
Methods for estimating magnitudes of peak flows with recurrence intervals of 1.5 and 2.33 years were developed for ungaged sites on streams throughout Idaho. These peak flows represent the magnitudes at and near bankfull stage and are needed for quantification of water rights required to maintain or restore fish and wildlife habitats and riparian vegetation. Data from...
Editors' message: Hydrogeology Journal in 2003
Clifford Voss, Perry Olcott, Robert Schneider
2004, Hydrogeology Journal (12) 1-2
Hydrogeology Journal appeared in six issues containing a total of 710 pages and 48 major articles, including 31 Papers and 14 Reports, as well as some Technical Notes and Book Reviews. The number of submitted manuscripts continues to increase. The final issue of 2003 also contained the annual...
Status of ground-water levels and storage volume in the Equus Beds aquifer near Wichita, Kansas, January 2000-January 2003
Cristi V. Hansen, Walter R. Aucott
2004, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4298
The Equus Beds aquifer northwest of Wichita, Kansas, was developed to supply water to Wichita residents and for irrigation in south-central Kansas beginning on September 1, 1940. Ground-water pumping for city and agricultural use from the aquifer caused water levels to decline in a large part of the area. Irrigation...
Beryllium recycling in the United States in 2000
Larry D. Cunningham
2004, Circular 1196-P
This report describes the flow of beryllium in the United States in 2000 with emphasis on the extent to which beryllium was either recycled or reused. Beryllium was recycled mostly from new scrap that was generated during the manufacture of beryllium-related components. In 2000, about 35 metric tons of beryllium...
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory -- Argentina
William E. Brooks, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1022
Update: World Coal Quality Inventory -- Peru
William E. Brooks, Jason C. Willett
2004, Open-File Report 2004-1023
A Floristic Quality Assessment system for the coastal prairie of Louisiana
Larry K. Allain, Latimore Smith, Charles Allen, Malcolm Vidrine, James B. Grace
2004, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 19th North American prairie conference: The conservation legacy lives on
Evaluation systems to assess the biotic integrity of plant communities exist for some ecosystems, but not the increasingly rare coastal prairies of Louisiana. A list of plant species occurring in Louisiana's coastal prairie was created and coefficients of conservatism (C) were assigned for each species. A Floristic...
Geochemistry of coastal tarballs in southern California—A tribute to I. R. Kaplan
Keith A. Kvenvolden, Frances D. Hostettler
2004, Geochemical Society Special Publication (9) 197-209
In the southern offshore California borderland, natural oil seeps occur mainly in the Santa Barbara Channel and Santa Monica Bay. Coastal tar residues (tarballs) from beaches bordering these water bodies were analyzed for six geochemical parameters: stable carbon isotopic compositions (δ13C) and four biomarker ratios (C28IC29 hopane, sterane/hopane, refractory index, bisnorhopane...
Gravity, magnetic, and high‐precision relocated seismicity profiles suggest a connection between the Hayward and Calaveras Faults, northern California
David A. Ponce, Robert W. Simpson, Russell W. Graymer, Robert C. Jachens
2004, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems (5) 1-39
Gravity, magnetic, and seismicity data profiled across the Hayward Fault Zone were generated as part of ongoing studies to help determine the geologic and tectonic setting of the San Francisco Bay region. These data, combined with previous geophysical studies that indicate that the Hayward Fault Zone dips 75°NE near San...
Limits of mountain and continental glaciations east of the Continental Divide in northern Montana and north-western North Dakota, U.S.A.
David S. Fullerton, R. B. Colton, C. A. Bush
2004, Developments in Quaternary Sciences (2) 131-150
This chapter provides an overview of the limits of glaciations and glacial history in, and east and south-east of, Glacier National Park, Montana, and on the Northern Plains further east in Montana and north-western North Dakota. The term “Laurentide glacier” was applied to a continental ice sheet east of the...
Chapter 11 The phosphoria formation: A model for forecasting global selenium sources to the environment
Theresa S. Presser, David Z. Piper, Kenneth J. Bird, J. P. Skorupa, S. J. Hamilton, S. J. Detwiler, M.A. Huebner
2004, Handbook of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry (8) 299-319
Mining of the Permian Phosphoria Formation — a marine, oil-generating, phosphatic shale — provided the selenium (Se) source implicated in the recent deaths of livestock in southeast Idaho. Field studies and the geohydrologic balance of Se in southeast Idaho confirm risk to animals from exposure to Se through leaching...
Chapter 14 Rex Chert member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Composition, with emphasis on elements of environmental concern
James R. Hein, B.R. McIntyre, R.B. Perkins, David Z. Piper, J. G. Evans
2004, Book chapter, Handbook of exploration and environmental geochemistry
We present bulk chemical and mineralogical compositions, as well as petrographic and outcrop descriptions, of rocks collected from three measured outcrop sections of the Rex Chert Member of the Phosphoria Formation in southeast Idaho. The three measured sections were chosen from 10 outcrops of Rex Chert that were described...
Chapter 4 The meade peak member of the phosphoria formation: Temporal and spatial variations in sediment geochemistry
R.B. Perkins, David Z. Piper
2004, Handbook of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry (8) 73-110
Variations in the geochemistry of rocks from the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation were examined using ratios of elements associated with either the +terrigenous or marine sediment fractions. Inter-element relationships in the terrigenous fraction appear useful for chemo-stratigraphic correlation. A sharp decrease upsection in K2O/AI2O3 ratios occurs in...
Chapter 21 Western phosphate field - Depositional and economic deposit models
Phillip R. Moyle, David Z. Piper
2004, Handbook of Exploration and Environmental Geochemistry (8) 575-598
The Western Phosphate Field (WPF), composed of Permian marine sedimentary strata that cover over 300,000 km2 in the middle Rocky Mountains of Idaho, Montana, Utah, and Wyoming in the United States, contains vast resources of phosphate mined for fertilizer and a range of other industrial applications. The richest deposits of...
Posteruption suspended sediment transport at Mount St. Helens: Decadal‐scale relationships with landscape adjustments and river discharges
Jon J. Major
2004, Journal of Geophysical Research (109)
Widespread landscape disturbance by the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens abruptly increased sediment supply in surrounding watersheds. The magnitude and duration of the redistribution of sediment deposited by the eruption as well as decades‐ to centuries‐old sediment remobilized from storage have varied chiefly with the...
Mineral stimulation of subsurface microorganisms: release of limiting nutrients from silicates
Jennifer Roberts Roger, Philip C. Bennett
2004, Chemical Geology (203) 91-108
Microorganisms play an important role in the weathering of silicate minerals in many subsurface environments, but an unanswered question is whether the mineral plays an important role in the microbial ecology. Silicate minerals often contain nutrients necessary for microbial growth, but whether the microbial community benefits from their release...
Seedling growth of Wisconsin fast plants (Brassica rapa) in field environments
Valerie Barko, Beth A. Burke, David J. Gibson, Beth A. Middleton
2004, Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) (1) 1-15
In this 3-week laboratory, students investigate the effects of an abiotic or biotic ecological factor on the growth or reproduction of rapid-cycling brassica (Brassica rapa L.: Wisconsin Fast Plants) seedlings in the field. Measurable treatments include light, wind, herbivory, chemical or organic fertilizer, insecticides, and growth regulators (i.e., gibberellic acid...
Data report: Stable isotopic measurements of sedimentary organic matter and N. pachyderma (s.) from site 1166, Prydz Bay continental shelf
Kevin M. Theissen, Robert Dunbar, Alan K. Cooper
2004, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results (188) 1-11
We report the results of downhole stable isotopic (ẟ13Corg [organic carbon] and ẟ15N) and elemental measurements (total organic carbon [TOC], total nitrogen [TN], and carbon/nitrogen [C/N]) of sedimentary organic matter (SOM) along with stable isotopic...
Seismic stratigraphic correlations between ODP sites 742 and 1166: Implications for depositional paleoenvironments in Prydz Bay, Antarctica
Tzvetina Erohina, Alan K. Cooper, D. A. Handwerger, Robert Dunbar
2004, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results (188) 1-21
New high-resolution seismic reflection data recorded between Ocean Drilling Program Sites 1166 and 742 are interpreted to link acoustic features to lithologic units at the two drill sites. New findings include: (1) Site 1166 drilled a deeper (older) section than Site 742; (2) Paleogene units...
Synthetic seismograms linking ODP sites to seismic profiles, continental rise and shelf of Prydz Bay, Antarctica
D. A. Handwerger, Alan K. Cooper, P. E. O’Brien, T. Williams, S. R. Barr, A. Leventer, R. D. Jarrard
2004, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results (188) 1-28
Synthetic seismograms provide a crucial link between lithologic variations within a drill hole and reflectors on seismic profiles crossing the site. In essence, they provide a ground-truth for the interpretation of seismic data. Using a combination of core and logging data, we created synthetic seismograms for Ocean Drilling Program Sites...
Prydz channel fan and the history of extreme ice advances in Prydz Bay
P. E. O’Brien, Alan K. Cooper, F. Florindo, D. A. Handwerger, Michael J. Lavelle, S. Passchier, J. J. Pospichal, P. G. Quilty, Carl Richter, K. M. Theissen, J. M. Whitehead
2004, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results (188)
During the late Neogene, the Lambert Glacier-Amery Ice Shelf drainage system flowed across Prydz Bay in an ice stream that reached the shelf edge and built a trough mouth fan on the upper continental slope. The adjacent banks saw mostly subglacial till deposition beneath slower-moving ice. The fan consists mostly...
Leg 188 synthesis: Transitions in the glacial history of the Prydz Bay region, East Antarctica, from ODP drilling
Alan K. Cooper, P. E. O’Brien
2004, Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program: Scientific Results (188) 1-65
Drilling during Leg 119 (1988) and Leg 188 (2000; Sites 1165–1167) of the Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) provides direct evidence for long- and short-term changes in Cenozoic paleoenvironments in the Prydz Bay region. Cores from across the continental margin reveal...
