Rainfall and groundwater level monitoring data (1981-1984) at Weeks Creek landslide, California
Gerald F. Wieczorek
2003, Open-File Report 2003-34
A spatial database of bedding attitudes to accompany Geologic Map of Boulder-Fort Collins-Greeley area, Colorado
Roger B. Colton, Theodore R. Brandt, David W. Moore, Kyle E. Murray
2003, Open-File Report 2003-24
This digital map shows bedding attitude data displayed over the geographic extent of rock stratigraphic units (formations) as compiled by Colton in 1976 (U.S.Geological Survey Map I-855-G) under the Front Range Urban Corridor Geology Program. Colton used his own mapping and published geologic maps having varied map unit schemes...
Velocity ratio and its application to predicting velocities
Myung W. Lee
2003, Bulletin 2197
The velocity ratio of water-saturated sediment derived from the Biot-Gassmann theory depends mainly on the Biot coefficient?a property of dry rock?for consolidated sediments with porosity less than the critical porosity. With this theory, the shear moduli of dry sediments are the same as the shear moduli of water-saturated sediments. Because the...
Correlation of the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada
William P. Irwin
2003, Open-File Report 2002-490
This report graphically portrays the broadly parallel tectonic development of the Klamath Mountains and Sierra Nevada from early Paleozoic to Early Cretaceous time. It is dedicated to J.S. Diller of the U.S. Geological Survey who, during his pioneer field studies a century ago, recognized significant similarities between these two important...
On-orbit performance of the Landsat-7 ETM+ radiometric calibrators
Brian L. Markham, J. L. Barker, E. Kaita, J. Seiferth, Ron Morfitt
2003, International Journal of Remote Sensing (24) 265-285
The Landsat-7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) incorporates two new devices to improve its absolute radiometric calibration: a Full Aperture Solar Calibrator (FASC) and a Partial Aperture Solar Calibrator (PASC). The FASC is a diffuser panel, typically deployed once per month. Initial FASC absolute calibration results were within 5% of...
A spatial database of bedding attitudes to accompany Geologic map of the greater Denver area, Front Range Urban Corridor, Colorado
Donald E. Trimble, Michael N. Machette, Theodore R. Brandt, David W. Moore, Kyle E. Murray
2003, Open-File Report 2003-25
This digital map shows bedding attitude symbols display over the geographic extent of surficial deposits and rock stratigraphic units (formations) as compiled by Trimble and Machette 1973-1977 and published in 1979 (U.S. Geological Survey Map I-856-H) under the Front Range Urban Corridor Geology Program. Trimble and Machette compiled their...
Hydrogeology of the Waverly-Sayre area in Tioga and Chemung Counties, New York and Bradford county, Pennsylvania
Richard J. Reynolds
2003, Open-File Report 2002-284
The hydrogeology of a 135-square-mile area centered at Waverly, N.Y. and Sayre, Pa. is summarized in a set of five maps and a sheet of geologic sections, all at 1:24,000 scale, that depict locations of wells and test holes (sheet 1), surficial geology (sheet 2), altitude of the water table...
Economic drivers of mineral supply
Lorie A. Wagner, Daniel E. Sullivan, John L. Sznopek
2003, Open-File Report 2002-335
The debate over the adequacy of future supplies of mineral resources continues in light of the growing use of mineral-based materials in the United States. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quantity of new materials utilized each year has dramatically increased from 161 million tons2 in 1900 to 3.2 billion tons in...
2002 USGS assessment of oil and gas resource potential of the Denver Basin Province of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming
Denver Basin Assessment Team U.S. Geological Survey
2003, Fact Sheet 002-03
Alaska coal resources and coalbed methane potential
Romeo M. Flores, Gary D. Stricker, Scott A. Kinney
2003, Bulletin 2198
Landsat TM and ETM+ thermal band calibration
J. A. Barsi, J. R. Schott, F. D. Palluconi, D. L. Helder, S.J. Hook, B. L. Markham, G. Chander, E. M. O’Donnell
2003, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (29) 141-153
Landsat-5 has been imaging the Earth since March 1984, and Landsat-7 was added to the series of Landsat instruments in April 1999. The Landsat Project Science Office and the Landsat-7 Image Assessment System have been monitoring the on-board calibration of Landsat-7 since launch. Additionally, two separate university teams have been...
Assessment of undiscovered oil and gas resources of the Uinta-Piceance Province of Colorado and Utah, 2002
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Uinta-Piceance Assessment Team
2003, Fact Sheet 157-02
No abstract available....
Response to comment on "Pharmaceuticals, hormones, and other organic wastewater contaminants in U.S. streams, 1999-2000: A national reconnaissance"
Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, E. Michael Thurman, Steven D. Zaugg, Larry B. Barber, Herbert T. Buxton
2003, Environmental Science & Technology (37) 1054-1054
Till (1) raised concerns that several aspects of how we handled the data in our study (2) may have caused unintended bias. First, Till (1) considers the “median detectable concentrations” listed in Table 1 (2) to be misleading because “higher median concentrations than is actually the case” were suggested. We...
Tidal wetland fluxes of dissolved organic carbon and sediment at Browns Island, California: initial evaluation
N. K. Ganju, B. Bergamaschi, D. H. Schoellhamer
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2003 CALFED science conference
Carbon and sediment fluxes from tidal wetlands are of increasing concern in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta (Delta), because of drinking water issues and habitat restoration efforts. Certain forms of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) react with disinfecting chemicals used to treat drinking water, to form disinfection byproducts (DBPs), some of...
Conditions for growth and survival of bull trout in Beulah Reservoir, Oregon. Annual report 2002
J.H. Petersen, K.F. Tiffan, D.W. Rondorf
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Resource Selection
Abstract not available ...
Preliminary assessment of DOC and THM precursor loads from a freshwater restored wetland, an agricultural field, and a tidal wetland in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
R. Fujii, B.A. Bergamaschi, N. K. Ganju, J.A. Fleck, K.R. Burow-Fogg, D. Schoellhamer, S. J. Deverel
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 2003 CALFED science conference
Water exported from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta supplies drinking water to more than 22 million people in California. At certain times of the year, Delta waters contain relatively high concentrations of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) and bromide. During these times, chlorination of Delta water for drinking water disinfection will...
Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) Research Initiative
F. Florindo, R. B. Dunbar, M Siegert, R. DeConto, P. J. Barrett, Alan K. Cooper, C. Escutia, T.R. Janecek, R.D. Larter, T.R. Naish, R.D. Powell
2003, Terra Antarctica (9) 127-132
The Antarctic Climate Evolution (ACE) project is a new international research initiative to study the climate and glacial history of Antarctica by linking climate and ice sheet modeling studies with geophysical surveys and geological studies on and around the Antarctic continent (Fig. 1). The rationale for the ACE programme, outlined...
Potential of airborne geophysical capabilities discussed
Carol A. Finn, Sridhar Anandakrishnan, John W. Goodge, Kurt S. Panter, Christine Siddoway, Terry Wilson
2003, Eos Science News (84) 4-4
Antarctica is a key element in Earth's geodynamic and climatic systems. Nevertheless, on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the International Geophysical Year, we lack fundamental geologic and geophysical data from the deep interior of this vast continent. Meager exposures record the 3500-million-year history of a continent that participated...
Evidence for orbitally controlled size variations of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet during the late Miocene
J. Grutzner, M. Rebesco, Alan K. Cooper, C.F. Forsberg, K.A. Kryc, G. Wefer
2003, Geology (31) 777-780
Ocean Drilling Program Site 1165 penetrated drift sediments on the East Antarctic continental rise and recovered sediments from a low-energy depositional environment. The sediments are characterized by prominent alternations between a green to greenish-gray diatom-bearing hemipelagic facies and gray to dark gray hemiturbiditic facies. Our investigation of an upper Miocene...
Introduction to ‘Antarctic Cenozoic palaeoenvironments: Geologic record and models’
F. Florindo, Alan K. Cooper, P. E. O’Brien
2003, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (198) 1-9
No abstract available. ...
Arsenic thermodynamic data and environmental geochemistry
D. Kirk Nordstrom, D. Archer
A. H. Welch, Kenneth G. Stollenwerk, editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Arsenic in ground water: Geochemistry and occurrence
No abstract available. ...
Movements by juvenile and immature Steller's Sea Eagles Haliaeetus pelagicus tracked by satellite
M.J. McGrady, M. Ueta, E.R. Potapov, I. Utekhina, V. Marterov, A. Ladyguine, V. Zykov, J. Cibor, Mark R. Fuller, J.K. Seegar
2003, Ibis (145) 318-328
Twenty-four juvenile Steller's Sea Eagles Haliaeetus pelagicus were tracked via satellite from natal areas in Magadan, Kabarovsk, Amur, Sakhalin and Kamchatka. Nestling dispersal occurred between 9 September and 6 December (n = 24), mostly 14 September-21 October, and did not differ among regions or years. Most eagles made stopovers of...
A summary of the San Francisco tidal wetlands restoration series
Larry R. Brown
2003, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (1)
The four topical articles of the Tidal Wetlands Restoration Series summarized and synthesized much of what is known about tidal wetlands and tidal wetland restoration in the San Francisco Estuary (hereafter “Estuary”). Despite a substantial amount of available information, major uncertainties remain. A major uncertainty with regard to fishes is...
Guidelines for finding nests of passerine birds in tallgrass prairie
Maiken Winter, Shawn E. Hawks, Jill A. Shaffer, Douglas H. Johnson
2003, Prairie Naturalist (35) 197-211
The productivity of birds is one of the most critical components of their natural history affected by habitat quality. Birds might occur at high densities in a given habitat patch but have low nesting success. Such "population sinks" would not be detected if observers relied solely on estimates of bird...
Potential for increased mercury accumulation in the estuary food web
Jay A. Davis, Donald Yee, Joshua N. Collins, Steven E. Schwarzbach, Samuel N. Luoma
2003, San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science (1)
Present concentrations of mercury in large portions of San Francisco Bay (Bay), the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta), and the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers are high enough to warrant concern for the health of humans and wildlife. Large scale tidal wetland restoration is currently under consideration as a means of...