Annual report, fiscal years 2001 and 2002
Jon W. Raese
2003, Open-File Report 2003-14
The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory annual report is designed to recap the important changes, contributions, and successes of the Laboratory over the past 2 fiscal years. The intent is to provide customers with a concise overview of what the Laboratory has accomplished, how it has performed, and...
Preliminary assessment of landslide-induced wave hazards: Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska
Gerald F. Wieczorek, Matthias Jakob, Roman J. Motyka, Sandra L. Zirnheld, Patricia Craw
2003, Open-File Report 2003-100
A large potential rock avalanche above the northern shore of Tidal Inlet, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska, was investigated to determine hazards and risks of landslide-induced waves to cruise ships and other park visitors. Field and photographic examination revealed that the 5 to 10 million cubic meter landslide moved between...
Archive of seismic-reflection data collected during USGS cruise Lake Mead 99014 in Lake Mead - Nevada and Arizona, 14-25 May, 1999
VeeAnn A. Cross, David C. Twichell
2003, Open-File Report 2003-3
Water quality and depth to water, 2001-02, and graphs of selected constituents and depth to water, period of record through 2002, in selected wells, eastern Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Paul J. Blanchard
2003, Open-File Report 2003-81
No abstract available....
Archive of seismic-reflection data collected during USGS cruise Lake Mead 01007 in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, 1-28 April, 2001
VeeAnn A. Cross, David C. Twichell
2003, Open-File Report 2002-478
Rocky Mountain snowpack chemistry at selected sites for 2001
George P. Ingersoll, M. Alisa Mast, David W. Clow, Leora Nanus, Donald H. Campbell, Heather Handran
2003, Open-File Report 2003-48
Because regional-scale atmospheric deposition data in the Rocky Mountains are sparse, a program was designed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, and other agencies, to more thoroughly determine the chemical composition of precipitation and to identify sources of...
Potentiometric Surface of the Magothy Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 2002
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2003, Open-File Report 2003-256
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Magothy aquifer in the Magothy Formation of Upper Cretaceous age in Southern Maryland during September 2002. The map is based on water-level measurements in 79 wells. The highest measured water level was 83 feet above sea level near the...
Potentiometric Surface of the Aquia Aquifer in Southern Maryland, September 2002
Stephen E. Curtin, David C. Andreasen, Judith C. Wheeler
2003, Open-File Report 2003-255
This report presents a map showing the potentiometric surface of the Aquia aquifer in the Aquia Formation of Paleocene age in Southern Maryland during September 2002. The map is based on water-level measurements in 94 wells. The highest measured water level was 38 feet above sea level near the northern...
User's Guide for the Agricultural Non-Point Source (AGNPS) Pollution Model Data Generator
Michael P. Finn, Douglas J. Scheidt, Gregory M. Jaromack
2003, Open-File Report 2003-130
BACKGROUND Throughout this user guide, we refer to datasets that we used in conjunction with developing of this software for supporting cartographic research and producing the datasets to conduct research. However, this software can be used with these datasets or with more 'generic' versions of data of the appropriate type. For...
Archive of Boomer subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise RAFA01025, Choptank River, Maryland, March 6-9, 2001
B. Ann Swift, E.R. Thieler, Steven M. Colman, D.R. Nichols
2003, Open-File Report 2003-71
Geophysical identification and geological Implications of the southern Alaska magnetic trough
R. W. Saltus, T. L. Hudson, Frederic H. Wilson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-200
The southern Alaska magnetic trough (SAMT) is one of the fundamental, crustal-scale, magnetic features of Alaska. It is readily recognized on 10 km upward-continued aeromagnetic maps of the state. The arcuate SAMT ranges from 30 to 100 km wide and extends in two separate segments along the southern Alaska margin...
African dust carries microbes across the ocean: are they affecting human and ecosystem health?
Christina A. Kellogg, Dale W. Griffin
2003, Open-File Report 2003-28
Atmospheric transport of dust from northwest Africa to the western Atlantic Ocean region may be responsible for a number of environmental hazards, including the demise of Caribbean corals; red tides; amphibian diseases; increased occurrence of asthma in humans; and oxygen depletion (eutrophication) in estuaries. Studies of satellite images suggest that...
Occurrence and distribution of dissolved trace elements in the surface waters of the Yakima River basin, Washington
Curt A. Hughes
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4177
The occurrence, distribution, and transport of dissolved (filtered-water) trace elements in the surface waters of the Yakima River Basin were assessed using data collected between 1999 and 2000 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey s National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Samples were collected at 34 sites throughout the basin...
Comparison and continuous estimates of fecal coliform and Escherichia coli bacteria in selected Kansas streams, May 1999 through April 2002
Patrick P. Rasmussen, Andrew C. Ziegler
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4056
The sanitary quality of water and its use as a public-water supply and for recreational activities, such as swimming, wading, boating, and fishing, can be evaluated on the basis of fecal coliform and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria densities. This report describes the overall sanitary quality of surface water in...
Archive of Chirp subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise RAFA01025, Choptank River, Maryland, March 6-9, 2001
B. Ann Swift, E.R. Thieler, Steven M. Colman, D.R. Nichols
2003, Open-File Report 2003-72
Total petroleum systems of the Paleozoic and Jurassic, Greater Ghawar Uplift and adjoining provinces of central Saudi Arabia and northern Arabian-Persian Gulf
Richard M. Pollastro
2003, Bulletin 2202-H
The greater Paleozoic and Jurassic petroleum systems of the Arabian Peninsula form two of the most prolific petroleum-producing systems in the world. Source rocks of these systems extend throughout the eastern Arabian Peninsula and Arabian-Persian Gulf. Primary elements of these Paleozoic and Jurassic petroleum systems - source, reservoir, and seal...
Geology of an Ordovician stratiform base-metal deposit in the Long Canyon Area, Blaine County, Idaho
B.R. Otto, G.A. Zieg
2003, Bulletin 2064-KK
In the Long Canyon area, Blaine County, Idaho, a strati-form base-metal-bearing gossan is exposed within a complexly folded and faulted sequence of Ordovician strata. The gossan horizon in graptolitic mudrock suggests preservation of bedded sulfides that were deposited by an Ordovician subaqueous hydrothermal system. Abrupt thickness changes and geochemi-cal zoning...
Geologic map of the Salmon National Forest and vicinity, east-central Idaho
Karl V. Evans, Gregory N. Green
2003, IMAP 2765
The geology of the Salmon National Forest, Idaho, was compiled from published and unpublished sources and new field mapping by Evans, Lund, Tysdal, and Winkler between 1997 and 2001. The geology was compiled...
Under San Francisco Bay — A new view of the floor of west-central San Francisco Bay
David A. Cacchione, Paul R. Carlson, Pat F. Chavez Jr., John L. Chin, Peter Dartnell, James V. Gardner, Helen Gibbons, David M. Rubin, Miguel Velasco, Florence L. Wong
2003, Open-File Report 2001-90
No abstract available....
Revised Cretaceous and Tertiary stratigraphic nomenclature in the Colville Basin, Northern Alaska
Charles G. Mull, David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird
2003, Professional Paper 1673
A revised stratigraphic nomenclature is proposed for Cretaceous and Tertiary geologic units of the central and western North Slope of Alaska. This revised nomenclature is a simplified and broadly applicable scheme suitable for a suite of digital geologic quadrangle maps being prepared jointly by the U.S. Geological Survey and the...
Archive of seismic-reflection data collected during USGS cruise Lake Mead 00027 in Lake Mead - Nevada, 1-6 June, 2000
VeeAnn A. Cross, David C. Twichell
2003, Open-File Report 2003-4
Field methods and quality-assurance plan for quality-of-water activities, U.S. Geological Survey, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Roy C. Bartholomay, LeRoy L. Knobel, Joseph P. Rousseau
2003, Open-File Report 2003-42
Testing ground-water-management alternatives in the Upper Charles River basin, eastern Massachusetts
Leslie A. DeSimone
2003, Fact Sheet 042-03
North Dakota aeromagnetic and gravity maps and data: A web site for distribution of data
Ronald E. Sweeney, Patricia L. Hill
2003, Open-File Report 2003-249
The North Dakota aeromagnetic grid is constructed from grids that combine information collected in 13 separate aeromagnetic surveys conducted between 1978 and 2001. The data from these surveys are of varying...
Pleistocene glaciations of the Rocky Mountains
Kenneth L. Pierce
2003, Developments in Quaternary Sciences (1) 63-76
This chapter presents the status of Rocky Mountain glacial studies in 1965 and progress from that time to the present. The Rocky Mountains and the adjacent Basin and Range of the United States consist of about 100 ranges distributed in a northwest trending belt 2,000 km long and 200–800 km...
