A 2000-year-long record of climate from the Gulf of California
John A. Barron, David Bukry, James L. Bischoff
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the nineteenth Annual Pacific Climate Workshop
No abstract available....
Pore-water pressure
Jon J. Major
A.S. Goudie, editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of Geomorphology
No abstract available. ...
Performance of USEPA Method 1668-A in the New Jersey toxic reduction workplan for the New York-New Jersey Harbor, U.S.A.
Timothy P. Wilson, Jennifer L. Bonin
2003, Organohalogen Compounds (60) 195-198
No abstract available....
Sediment-water partitioning in tributaries of Newark and Raritan Bays, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Jennifer L. Bonin, Timothy P. Wilson
2003, Organohalogen Compounds (61) 341-344
No abstract available....
Quaternary geology of the western United States
Don J. Easterbrook, Kenneth L. Pierce, John Gosse, Alan R. Gillespie, Ed Evenson, Ken Hamblin
2003, Book chapter, Quaternary geology of the United States; INQUA 2003 field guide volume
No abstract available....
Debris flow
Jon J. Major
G. Middleton, M.J. Church, M. Coniglio, L.A. Hardie, F.J. Longstaffe, editor(s)
2003, Book chapter, Encyclopedia of Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
No abstract available. ...
Global GIS database. Digital atlas of North America
Paul Hearn
2003, Data Series 62-F
No abstract available....
Quaternary vegetation and climate change in the western United States: Developments, perspectives, and prospects
Robert S. Thompson, Sarah Shafer, Laura E. Strickland, Peter K. Van De Water, Katherine H. Anderson
2003, Developments in Quaternary Sciences (1) 403-426
This chapter explores the strengths and shortcomings of the major sources of data on Quaternary vegetation and climate change and discusses the use of models as a means to explore past and potential future environmental changes. The flora and major vegetation types of the western United States are present for...
Evaluation of airborne thermal infrared imagery for locating mine drainage sites in the Lower Kettle Creek and Cooks Run Basins, Pennsylvania, USA
James I. Sams III, Garret Veloski
2003, Mine Water and the Environment (22) 85-93
High-resolution airborne thermal infrared (TIR) imagery data were collected over 90.6 km2 (35 mi2) of remote and rugged terrain in the Kettle Creek and Cooks Run Basins, tributaries of the West Branch of the Susquehanna River in north-central Pennsylvania. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effectiveness of TIR...
Evaluation of airborne thermal infrared imagery for locating mine drainage sites in the Lower Youghiogheny River Basin, Pennsylvania, USA
James I. Sams III, Garret Veloski, T.E. Ackman
2003, Mine Water and the Environment
Nighttime high-resolution airborne thermal infrared imagery (TIR) data were collected in the predawn hours during Feb 5-8 and March 11-12, 1999, from a helicopter platform for 72.4 km of the Youghiogheny River, from Connellsville to McKeesport, in southwestern Pennsylvania. The TIR data were used to identify sources of mine drainage...
Late Eocene impacts: Geologic record, correlation, and paleoenvironmental consequences
C. Wylie Poag, Edward A. Mankinen, Richard D. Norris
2003, Book chapter, From Greenhouse to Icehouse
We present new magnetostratigraphic and stable isotopic (𝜹18C, 𝜹13Ccarb) data to help improve correlations among three late Eocene impact craters and their inferred breccia and ejecta deposits. Our analyses also shed light on potential global environmental consequences attributable to the impacts. The new data come from a continuously cored interval...
A genetic study to aid in restoration of murres, guillemots and murrelets to the Gulf of Alaska
Vicki L. Friesen, John F. Piatt
2003, Report
Genetic data are needed to aid in restoring several species of seabirds to the Gulf of Alaska. We analyzed sequence variation in mitochondrial DNA, microsatellite DNA and nuclear introns in samples of commom murres (Uria aalge), pigeon guillemots (Cepphus columba) and marbled murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) from throughout the North Pacific....
Geoenvironmental Investigations of the Humboldt River Basin, Northern Nevada
Lisa L. Stillings
2003, Bulletin 2210
Northern Nevada is one of the world's foremost regions of gold production. The Humboldt River Basin (HRB) covers 43,500 km2 in northern Nevada (Crompton, 1995), and it is home to approximately 18 active gold and silver mines (Driesner and Coyner, 2001) among at least 55 significant metallic mineral deposits (Long...
Changes in streamflow timing in the western United States during recent decades
Michael D. Dettinger
2003, Fact Sheet 119-03
New mapping near Iron Creek, Talkeetna Mountains, indicates presence of Nikolai greenstone
Jeanine M. Schmidt, Melanie B. Werdon, Bruce R. Wardlaw
2003, Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Professional Reports DGGS PR 120-J
Detailed geologic mapping in the Iron Creek area, Talkeetna Mountains B-5 Quadrangle, has documented several intrusive bodies and rock units not previously recognized and has extended the geologic history of the area through the Mesozoic and into the Tertiary era. Greenschist-facies metabasalt and metagabbro previously thought to be Paleozoic are...
Population genetic structure of Santa Ynez rainbow trout – 2001 based on microsatellite and mtDNA analyses
Jennifer L. Nielsen, Christian E. Zimmerman, Jeffrey B. Olsen, Talia Wiacek, E.J. Kretschmer, Glenn M. Greenwald, John K. Wenburg
2003, Report
Microsatellite allelic and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotype diversity are analyzed in eight rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) collections: two from tributaries flowing into the upper Santa Ynez River watershed at Gibraltar Reservoir (Camuesa and Gidney creeks); three from tributaries between Gibraltar and Jameson reservoirs (Fox, Blue Canyon, and Alder creeks); one...
The behavior of U- and Th-series nuclides in groundwater
D. Porcelli, P.W. Swarzenski
2003, Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (52) 317-361
Groundwater has long been an active area of research driven by its importance both as a societal resource and as a component in the global hydrological cycle. Key issues in groundwater research include inferring rates of transport of chemical constituents, determining the ages of groundwater, and tracing water masses using...
Population status of Kittlitz's and Marbled Murrelets and surveys for other marine bird and mammal species in the Kenai Fjords area, Alaska
Thomas I. van Pelt, John F. Piatt
2003, Report
The Kittlitz's murrelet (Brachyramphus brevirostris) is a rare seabird that nests in alpine terrain and generally forages near tidewater glaciers during the breeding season. More than 95% of the global population breeds in Alaska, with the remainder occurring in the Russian Far East. A global population estimate using best-available data...
Changes in the fluorescence of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata during heat-induced bleaching
David G. Zawada, J.S. Jaffe
2003, Limnology and Oceanography (48) 412-425
In order to evaluate the response of commonly occurring green and orange fluorescent host-based pigments, a thermal stress experiment was performed on specimens of the Caribbean coral Montastraea faveolata. Seven paired samples were collected from a small oceanic reef near Lee Stocking Island in the Bahamas. Seven of the fourteen...
Ophiolite and volcanic arc assemblages on the Vizcaino Peninsula and Cedros Island region, Baja California Sur, Mexico: Mesozoic forearc lithosphere of the Cordilleran magmatic arc
D.L. Kimbrough, Thomas E. Moore
2003, GSA Special Papers (374) 43-71
Mesozoic ophiolites in the Vizcaíno Peninsula and Cedros Island region of Baja California Sur are suprasubduction zone Cordilleran-type ophiolites structurally juxtaposed with underlying high pressure-temperature subduction complex assemblages. The region is divided into three separate tectonostratigraphic terranes, but here we recognize stratigraphic, intrusive, and petrologie links between these terranes and...
Rooted Brooks Range ophiolite: Implications for Cordilleran terranes: Comment and Reply
R. Harris, Thomas E. Moore, K.R. Wirth, C. G. Mull
2003, Geology (31) 91-91
No abstract available....
Subsurface evidence of a pre-1846 breach across Menauhant Barrier, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Ilya V. Buynevich
2003, Shore & Beach (71) 3-7
No abstract available....
Global GIS database. Digital atlas of Europe
United States Geological Survey
2003, Data Series 62-G
No abstract available....
Athena Mars rover science investigation
Steven W. Squyres, Raymond E. Arvidson, Eric T. Baumgartner, James F. Bell, Phillip R. Christensen, Stephen Gorevan, Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Gostar Klingelhofer, Morten Bo Madsen, Richard V. Morris, Rudolf Rieder, Raul A. Romero
2003, Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets (108)
Each Mars Exploration Rover carries an integrated suite of scientific instruments and tools called the Athena science payload. The primary objective of the Athena science investigation is to explore two sites on the Martian surface where water may once have been present, and to assess past environmental conditions at those...
Soil seed banks and the potential restoration of forested wetlands after farming
Beth A. Middleton
2003, Journal of Applied Ecology (40) 1025-1034
1Changes in farming practice provide an opportunity to restore once extensive forested wetlands on agricultural land. In some parts of the world, however, it has proved difficult to restore the full complement of plant species through natural regeneration. Similarly, the restoration of forested wetlands by replanting has...
