Watershed analysis of the Salmon River watershed, Washington : hydrology
William R. Bidlake
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4204
The U.S. Geological Survey analyzed selected hydrologic conditions as part of a watershed analysis of the Salmon River watershed, Washington, conducted by the Quinault Indian Nation. The selected hydrologic conditions were analyzed according to a framework of hydrologic key questions that were identified for the watershed. The key questions were...
Coastal ecosystems and resources framework for science
John F. Bratton, Glenn Guntenspergen, B.E. Taggart, Douglas Wheeler, Lynn Bjorklund, Michael H. Bothner, Rama Kotra, Robert Lent, E.L. Mecray, Hilary Neckles, Barbara Poore, Stephen Rideout, Susan Russell-Robinson, P.K. Weiskel
2003, Open-File Report 2003-405
Magnetotelluric data release for locating the Archean/Proterozoic suture zone, east-central Tooele County, Utah
Jackie M. Williams, Brian D. Rodriguez
2003, Open-File Report 2003-495
Many sediment-hosted gold deposits occur along linear trends in the Great Basin. The distribution and genesis of these deposits in the Great Basin is not fully understood. In general, most models agree that regional structures played an important role in the spatial distribution of these deposits (e.g. Arehart and others,...
Intrusive rock database for the Digital Geologic Map of Utah
C.J. Nutt, Steve Ludington
2003, Open-File Report 2003-486
Digital geologic maps offer the promise of rapid and powerful answers to geologic questions using Geographic Information System software (GIS). Using modern GIS and database methods, a specialized derivative map can be easily prepared. An important limitation can be shortcomings in the information provided in the database associated with the...
Spatial digital database for the geologic map of Nevada
John Harris Stewart (compiler), John E. Carlson, Gary L. digital database by Raines, Katherine A. Connors, Lorre A. Moyer, Robert J. Miller
2003, Open-File Report 2003-66
This report publishes a geologic digital spatial database (NVGEO) for the geologic map of Nevada by Stewart and Carlson (1978a) which was originally printed on a single sheet of paper at a scale of 1:500,000 (and later reprinted on two sheets in 1991). The spatial digital database (GIS) provided...
Contaminated sediments database for Long Island Sound and the New York Bight
Ellen L. Mecray, Jamey M. Reid, Mary E. Hastings, Marilyn R. Buchholtz ten Brink
2003, Open-File Report 2003-241
The Contaminated Sediments Database for Long Island Sound and the New York Bight provides a compilation of published and unpublished sediment texture and contaminant data. This report provides maps of several of the contaminants in the database as well as references and a section on using the data to assess...
Water-quality data for Navajo National Monument, northeastern Arizona: 2001-02
Blakemore E. Thomas
2003, Open-File Report 2003-287
Water-quality data are provided for six sites in Navajo National Monument in northeastern Arizona. These data describe the current water quality and provide baseline water-quality information for monitoring future trends. Water samples were collected from six sites near three ancient Indian ruins during September 2001 to August 2002. Two springs and...
Comparison of storm response of streams in small, unmined and valley-filled watersheds, 1999-2001, Ballard fork, West Virginia
Terence Messinger
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4303
During storms when rainfall intensity exceeded about 1 inch per hour, peak unit runoff from the Unnamed Tributary (surface-mined and filled) Watershed exceeded peak unit runoff from the Spring Branch (unmined) Watershed in the Ballard Fork Watershed in southern West Virginia. During most storms, those with intensity less than about...
Simulation of streamflow and water quality in the Christina River subbasin and overview of simulations in other subbasins of the Christina River Basin, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, 1994-98
Lisa A. Senior, Edward H. Koerkle
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4193
The Christina River Basin drains 565 square miles (mi2) in Pennsylvania and Delaware and includes the major subbasins of Brandywine Creek, Red Clay Creek, White Clay Creek, and Christina River. The Christina River subbasin (exclusive of the Brandywine, Red Clay, and White Clay Creek subbasins) drains an area of 76...
Water-quality data for Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments, Arizona, 2001-02
Blakemore E. Thomas
2003, Open-File Report 2003-286
Water-quality data are provided for four sites in Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments in north-central Arizona. These data describe the current water quality and provide baseline water-quality information for monitoring future trends. Water samples were collected from a ground-water seep and well in Walnut Canyon and from a spring and...
Comparison between agricultural and urban ground-water quality in the Mobile River Basin, 1999–2001
James L. Robinson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4182
The Black Warrior River aquifer is a major source of public water supply in the Mobile River Basin. The aquifer outcrop trends northwest - southeast across Mississippi and Alabama. A relatively thin shallow aquifer overlies and recharges the Black Warrior River aquifer in the flood plains and terraces of the...
Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia, 1998-2000
David L. Nelms, George E. Harlow Jr., Niel Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4278
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health, sampled water from 171 wells and springs across the Commonwealth of Virginia between 1998 and 2000 as part of the Virginia Aquifer Susceptibility study. Most of the sites sampled are public water supplies that are part of...
Assessment and comparison of 1976-77 and 2002 water quality in mineshafts in the Picher Mining District, northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas
Kelli L. DeHay
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4248
The Picher mining district was the site of lead and zinc mining from about 1900 to the mid-1970's. The primary sources of lead and zinc were the sulfide minerals, galena and sphalerite, disseminated in the cherty limestone of the Boone Formation. Water was pumped from the mines while still in...
Hydrology and water quality of Elkhead Creek and Elkhead Reservoir near Craig, Colorado, July 1995–September 2001
Gerhard Kuhn, Michael R. Stevens, John G. Elliott
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4220
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Colorado River Water Conservation District, collected and analyzed baseline streamflow and water-quality information for Elkhead Creek and water-quality and trophic-state information for Elkhead Reservoir from July 1995 through September 2001.In the study area, Elkhead Creek is a meandering, alluvial stream dominated by...
Preliminary geologic map of Kanaga Volcano, Alaska
T. P. Miller, C. F. Waythomas, C.J. Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-113
Kanaga Volcano is a 1,300 m (4,287-foot) high, historically active cone-shaped stratovolcano located on the north end of Kanaga Island in the Andreanof Islands Group of the Aleutian Islands. The volcano is undissected, symmetrical in profile, and is characterized by blocky andesitic lava flows, with well-developed levees and steep flow...
Comparison of two methods for delineating land use near monitoring wells used for assessing quality of shallow ground water
D. L. Lorenz, R. M. Goldstein, T.K. Cowdery, J.D. Stoner
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4067
Two methods were compared for delineating land use near shallow monitoring wells. These wells were used to assess the effects of agricultural cropland on the quality of recently recharged ground water in two sand and gravel aquifers located near land surface. The two methods for delineating land use near wells...
Peak-flow frequency estimates for U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Connecticut
Elizabeth A. Ahearn
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4196
Annual peak-flow data from 128 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in Connecticut with at least 10 consecutive years of record were used to estimate peak-flow magnitudes for 1.5-, 2-, 10-, 25-, 50-, 100- and 500-year recurrence intervals (exceedance probabilities of 0.67, 0.50, 0.10, 0.04, 0.02, 0.01, and 0.002, respectively). Peak-flow...
A compilation of whole-rock and glass major-element geochemistry of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai'i, near-vent eruptive products: January 1983 through September 2001
Carl R. Thornber, Ken Hon, Christina Heliker, David A. Sherrod
2003, Open-File Report 2003-477
This report presents major-element geochemical data from 652 glasses (~6,520 analyses) and 795 whole-rock aliquots from 1,002 fresh samples of olivine-tholeiitic lava collected throughout the near-continuous eruption of Kïlauea Volcano, Hawai'i, from January 1983 through September 2001. The data presented herein provide a unique temporal compilation of lava geochemistry that...
Surface-water hydrology of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in South-Central Louisiana, 1996-99
Christopher M. Swarzenski
2003, Professional Paper 1672
The flow of freshwater and suspended sediment from the Lower Atchafalaya River (LAR) and Wax Lake Outlet (WLO) into and along the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) and selected adjacent surface-water bodies between Cypremort and Larose in south-central Louisiana, from October 1996 to December 1999, was characterized using instantaneous and computed...
Characterization of the humoral and cellular immune response of salmonids to Renibacterium salmoninarum
D.G. Elliott, R.J. Pascho
2003, Report
No abstract available...
Studies on the detection, transmission, and development of Renibacterium salmoninarum infections in Great Lakes salmonid fishes
D.G. Elliott, R.J. Pascho
2003, Report
Abstract not available ...
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for Great Sitkin Volcano, Alaska
Christopher F. Waythomas, Thomas P. Miller, Christopher J. Nye
2003, Open-File Report 2003-112
Great Sitkin Volcano is a composite andesitic stratovolcano on Great Sitkin Island (51°05’ N latitude, 176°25’ W longitude), a small (14 x 16 km), circular volcanic island in the western Aleutian Islands of Alaska. Great Sitkin Island is located about 35 kilometers northeast of the community of Adak on Adak...
Evaluation of passive diffusion bag samplers, dialysis samplers, and nylon-screen samplers in selected wells at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March-April 2002
Don A. Vroblesky, Manish Joshi, Jeff Morrell, J.E. Peterson
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4157
During March-April 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Tech, and EA Engineering, Science, and Technology, Inc., in cooperation with the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, tested diffusion samplers at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. Samplers were deployed in three wells at the Main Base and two wells at Marianas...
Carboniferous-Rotliegend total petroleum system; description and assessment results summary
Donald L. Gautier
2003, Bulletin 2211
The Anglo-Dutch Basin and the Northwest German Basin are two of the 76 priority basins assessed by the U.S. Geological Survey World Energy Project. The basins were assessed together because most of the resources occur within a single petroleum system (the Carboniferous-Rotliegend Total Petroleum System) that transcends the combined Anglo-Dutch...
Surface-water/ground-water interaction of the Spokane River and the Spokane Valley/Rathdrum Prairie aquifer, Idaho and Washington
Rodney R. Caldwell, Craig L. Bowers
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4239
Historical mining in the Coeur d’Alene River Basin of northern Idaho has resulted in elevated concentrations of some trace metals (particularly cadmium, lead, and zinc) in water and sediment of Coeur d’Alene Lake and downstream in the Spokane River in Idaho and Washington. These elevated trace-metal concentrations in the Spokane...
