Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey Organic Geochemistry Research Group--Update and additions to the determination of chloroacetanilide herbicide degradation compounds in water using high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry
E.A. Lee, J.L. Kish, L.R. Zimmerman, E. Thurman
2001, Open-File Report 2001-10
An analytical method using high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (HPLC/MS) was developed by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1999 for the analysis of selected chloroacetanilide herbicide degradation compounds in water. These compounds were acetochlor ethane sulfonic acid (ESA), acetochlor oxanilic acid (OXA), alachlor ESA, alachlor OXA, metolachlor ESA, and metolachlor OXA....
Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 96004, New York Bight, 1 May-9 June, 1996
J. C. Hill, W. C. Schwab, W. W. Danforth
2001, Open-File Report 2001-95
Archive boomer subbottom data collected during USGS cruise FERL 98009, New York Bight, Raritan Bay, Long Island, 26 May-2 June, 1998
J. C. Hill, E.R. Thieler, D.R. Nichols, G.F. Williams
2001, Open-File Report 2001-47
Selected data for sediment cores collected in Chesapeake Bay in 1996 and 1998
P.C. Baucom, J.F. Bratton, Steven M. Colman, Jennifer M. Moore, John W. King, Chip Seal, R.R. Seal II
2001, Open-File Report 2001-194
As part of a study of recent history of the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, one- to eight- meter long sediment cores were obtained from the mesohaline section of the Chesapeake Bay between the mouths of the Potomac and Rhode Rivers. The sediments consist of three lithofacies: coarse-grained channel deposits, restricted-estuary sands...
Continental shelf GIS for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
Florence L. Wong, Stephen L. Eittreim
2001, Open-File Report 2001-179
A marine sanctuary is an environment where the interests of science and society meet. Sanctuary managers need access to the best scientific data available that describe the environment and environmental processes in sanctuaries. Seafloor mapping and sampling in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary have revealed new details about the...
Benthic foraminiferal census data from surface sediment samples, western Gulf of Mexico (Louisiana and Texas continental shelf and slope)
L.E. Osterman, Maria Erlandsen, E.D. Castenson
2001, Open-File Report 2001-182
Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 95007, New York Bight, 7-25 May, 1995
Jenna C. Hill, William C. Schwab, David S. Foster
2001, Open-File Report 2001-97
Sea floor maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topographic imagery, and backscatter intensity of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Region off Boston, Massachusetts
P. C. Valentine, T. J. Middleton, S. J. Fuller
2001, Open-File Report 2000-410
This data set contains the sea floor topographic contours, sun-illuminated topographic imagery, and backscatter intensity generated from a multibeam sonar survey of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts, an area of approximately 1100 square nautical miles. The Stellwagen Bank NMS Mapping Project is designed to provide...
Archive of Boomer seismic reflection data collected during USGS Cruise 99ASR01, Lake Okeechobee, Florida, 29 June - 30 June, 1999
Gina M. Brewer, Shawn V. Dadisman, Jack L. Kindinger, Dana S. Wiese, James G. Flocks
2001, Open-File Report 2001-165
No abstract available....
Concentrations and loads of cadmium, lead, and zinc measured on the ascending and descending limbs of the 1999 snowmelt-runoff hydrographs for nine water-quality stations, Coeur d'Alene River basin, Idaho
Paul F. Woods
2001, Open-File Report 2000-310
The Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency within the Spokane River Basin of northern Idaho and eastern Washington included extensive data-collection activities to determine the nature and extent of trace-element contamination within the basin. The U.S. Geological Survey designed and implemented synoptic sampling of a high-flow...
Archive of boomer subottom data collected during USGS cruise MCAR 97013, Washington Shelf, 7-14 July 1997
D.S. Foster, P. A. McCrory, T.F. O’Brien
2001, Open-File Report 2001-48
Archive of datasonics SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data, collected during USGS cruise SEAX 96004, New York Bight, 1 May-9 June, 1996
J. C. Hill, W. C. Schwab, D.S. Foster
2001, Open-File Report 2001-96
Aerial gamma-ray surveys in Alaska
J. S. Duval
2001, Open-File Report 2001-128
No abstract available....
SeaMARC 1A sidescan sonar mosaic, cores and depositional interpretation of the Mississippi Fan: ArcView GIS data release
Valerie F. Paskevich, David C. Twichell, William C. Schwab
2001, Open-File Report 2000-352
No abstract available....
Geology, hydrology, and water quality in the vicinity of a Brownfield redevelopment site in East Moline, Illinois
Robert T. Kay
2001, Open-File Report 2000-400
An investigation of the geology, hydrology, and water quality in the vicinity of a Brownfield redevelopment site in East Moline, Illinois, was designed to determine if metals and organic compounds detected in the fill deposits in this area posed a threat to the water resources. The hydrologic features of concern...
Summary of trends and status analysis for flow, nutrients, and sediments at selected nontidal sites, Chesapeake Bay basin, 1985-99
M. J. Langland, R. E. Edwards, L.A. Sprague, S.E. Yochum
2001, Open-File Report 2001-73
Water-quality and flow data from 31 sites in nontidal portions of the Chesapeake Bay Basin were analyzed to document annual nutrient and sediment loads and trends for the period 1985 through 1999 as part of an annual reevaluation and reporting for the Chesapeake Bay Program. Annual loads were estimated by...
Gamma-ray, magnetic, and topographic data for parts of the Colorado Front Range
Joseph S. Duval, J. C. Reed, Isidore Zietz
2001, Open-File Report 2000-331
Coral reefs in Honduras: status after Hurricane Mitch
C. D. Reich, R. B. Halley, Don Hickey
2001, Open-File Report 2001-133
Hydrogeology and physical characteristics of water samples at the Red River aluminum site, Stamps, Arkansas, April 2001
John B. Czarnecki, Gregory P. Stanton, David A. Freiwald
2001, Open-File Report 2001-201
The Red River Aluminum site near Stamps, Arkansas, contains waste piles of salt cake and metal byproducts from the smelting of aluminum. The waste piles are subjected to about 50 inches of rainfall a year, resulting in the dissolution of the salts and metal. To assess the potential threat to...
Results of the U. S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for standard reference samples distributed in October 2000
B.F. Connor, J.P. Currier, M.T. Woodworth
2001, Open-File Report 2001-137
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-163 (trace constituents), M-156 (major constituents), N-67 (nutrient constituents), N-68 (nutrient constituents), P-35 (low ionic strength constituents), and Hg-31 (mercury) -- that were distributed in October 2000 to 126 laboratories enrolled...
Water-level altitudes in wells completed in the Jasper aquifer, greater Houston area, Texas, Spring 2000
L.S. Coplin
2001, Open-File Report 2001-147
This report, prepared in cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, presents a map showing the approximate water-level altitudes in spring 2000 in wells completed in the Jasper aquifer (back of page). The most recent previously published water-level-altitude map for the Jasper aquifer in the region is by Popkin (1971)....
2001 floods in the Red River of the North basin in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota
K. M. Macek-Rowland
2001, Open-File Report 2001-169
The Red River of the North is a complex river system in the north-central plains of the United States. The river continues to impact the people and property within its basin. During the spring of 2001, major flooding occurred for the second time in four years on the Red River...
Observations and recommendations regarding landslide hazards related to the January 13, 2001 M-7.6 El Salvador earthquake
Randall W. Jibson, Anthony J. Crone
2001, Open-File Report 2001-141
The January 13, 2001 earthquake (M-7.6) off the coast of El Salvador triggered widespread damaging landslides in many parts of the El Salvador. In the aftermath of the earthquake, the Salvadoran government requested technical assistance through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); USAID, in turn, requested help from technical...
USGS/NOAA North American packrat midden database; data dictionary
Laura E. Strickland, Robert S. Thompson, Katherine H. Anderson
2001, Open-File Report 2001-22
Time-domain electromagnetic soundings near Antioch, Illinois and Berrien Springs, Michigan
David L. Campbell
2001, Open-File Report 2001-241
No abstract available....