Development of regional curves of bankfull-channel geometry and discharge for streams in the non-urban, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Maryland
Peter J. Cinotto
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4014
Stream-restoration projects utilizing natural stream designs frequently are based on the bankfull-channel characteristics of stream reaches that can accommodate streamflow and sediment transport without excessive erosion or deposition and lie within a watershed that has similar runoff characteristics. The bankfull channel at an ungaged impaired site or reference reach is...
Summary of surface-water-quality data collected for the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins National Water-Quality Assessment Program in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River basins, Montana, Idaho, and Washington, water years 1999-2001
Michael A. Beckwith
2003, Open-File Report 2002-472
Water-quality samples were collected at 10 sites in the Clark Fork-Pend Oreille and Spokane River Basins in water years 1999 – 2001 as part of the Northern Rockies Intermontane Basins (NROK) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. Sampling sites were located in varied environments ranging from small streams and rivers in...
Escherichia coli at Ohio bathing beaches—Distribution, sources, wastewater indicators, and predictive modeling
Donna S. Francy, Amie M. Gifford, Robert A. Darner
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4285
Results of studies during the recreational seasons of 2000 and 2001 strengthen the science that supports monitoring of our Nation's beaches. Water and sediment samples were collected and analyzed for concentrations of Escherichia coli (E. coli). Ancillary water-quality and environmental data were collected or compiled to determine their relation to...
Simulation of Ground-Water Flow in the Irwin Basin Aquifer System, Fort Irwin National Training Center, California
Jill N. Densmore
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4264
Ground-water pumping in the Irwin Basin at Fort Irwin National Training Center, California resulted in water-level declines of about 30 feet from 1941 to 1996. Since 1992, artificial recharge from wastewater-effluent infiltration and irrigation-return flow has stabilized water levels, but there is concern that future water demands associated with expansion...
The Future of Petroleum: Optimism, Pessimism, or Something Else?
Ronald R. Charpentier
2003, Open-File Report 2003-137
Geologic framework and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Edwards aquifer, Uvalde County, Texas
Allan K. Clark
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2003-4010
The Edwards aquifer in Uvalde County is composed of Lower Cretaceous carbonate (mostly dolomitic limestone) strata of the Devils River Formation in the Devils River trend and of the West Nueces, McKnight, and Salmon Peak Formations in the Maverick basin. Rocks in the Devils River trend are divided at the...
A geographic information system tool to solve regression equations and estimate flow-frequency characteristics of Vermont Streams
Scott A. Olson, Gary D. Tasker, Craig M. Johnston
2003, Open-File Report 2002-494
Estimates of the magnitude and frequency of streamflow are needed to safely and economically design bridges, culverts, and other structures in or near streams. These estimates also are used for managing floodplains, identifying flood-hazard areas, and establishing flood-insurance rates, but may be required at ungaged sites where no observed flood...
Nitrogen and phosphorus in streams of the Great Miami River Basin, Ohio, 1998–2000
David C. Reutter
2003, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4297
Sources and loads of nitrogen and phosphorus in streams of the Great Miami River Basin were evaluated as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment program. Water samples were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey from October 1998 through September 2000 (water years 1999 and 2000) at five locations in Ohio...
Phylogeography of infectious haematopoietic necrosis virus in North America
Gael Kurath, Kyle A. Garver, Ryan M. Troyer, Eveline J. Emmenegger, Katja Einer-Jensen, Eric D. Anderson
2003, Journal of General Virology (84) 803-814
Infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (IHNV) is a rhabdoviral pathogen that infects wild and cultured salmonid fish throughout the Pacific Northwest of North America. IHNV causes severe epidemics in young fish and can cause disease or occur asymptomatically in adults. In a broad survey of 323 IHNV field isolates, sequence analysis...
Gulf of Mexico planktic foraminifer core-top calibration data set: Raw data
Harry J. Dowsett, Charlotte A. Brunner, Stacey Verardo, Richard Z. Poore
2003, Open-File Report 2003-8
No abstract available....
Modflow 2001 and other modeling Odysseys
Mary C. Hill, Eileen Poeter, Chunmiao Zheng, John Doherty
2003, Ground Water (41) 113-113
No abstract available. ...
Geomorphic evolution and geology of Old Currituck Inlet and its flood tidal delta, Virginia/North Carolina, USA (Part I)
Marci M. Robinson, R.A. McBride
2003, Conference Paper, Coastal Sediments 2003
No abstract available....
Old Currituck Inlet, Virginia/North Carolina: Inlet history documented by foraminiferal evidence (Part II)
R.A. McBride, Marci M. Robinson
2003, Conference Paper, Coastal Sediments 2003
No abstract available. ...
Discussions of ODP Leg 205 and drilling of Middle America Seismogenic Zone
Roland E. von Huene, Guillerrmo Alvarado, Kevin M. Brown, Robert Harris, Masa Kinoshita, Kiyoshi Suyehiro, Kirk McIntosh, Jason P. Morgan, Julie Morris, Marino Protti, Cesar Ranero, David W. Scholl, Susan Schwartz
2003, Eos Science News (84) 91-92
Erosional convergent margins, where material is removed from the base of the upper plate and subducted on the lower plate, are fundamental features of the Circum Pacific. The erosional Middle America Trench convergent Pacific margin, remarkable for its broad diversity of dynamic environments, is a natural laboratory for studying convergent...
Methods for capturing and banding Kalij Pheasants
John P. Vetter
2003, North American Bird Bander (28) 111-116
We developed methods to capture and band Kalij Pheasants (Lophura leucomelanos) in their introduced range at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, where they are not hunted and are relatively tame. Kalij were wary of foreign structures, such as traps, but readily took cracked corn bait and entered baited traps, provided they...
Mars Digital Image Model (MDIM) 2.1 control network
Brent A. Archinal, Randolph L. Kirk, T. C. Duxbury, Ella M. Lee, Robert M. Sucharski, Debbie Cook
2003, Conference Paper, Proceedings: ISPRS Working Group IV/9 Workshop
Positional control for MDIM 2.1 comes from a new geodetic/photogrammetric solution of the global Mars Mariner 9 and Viking image control network. The details of this network solution are described here. This network incorporates 1,054 Mariner 9 and 5,317 Viking Orbiter images. Accuracy of the new solution is improved primarily...
Are veterinary medicines causing environmental risks?
Alistair Boxall, Dana W. Kolpin, Bent Halling-Sorensen, Johannes Tolls
2003, Environmental Science & Technology (37) 286A-294A
Too little is known about the effects of these compounds, their metabolites, and degradation products....
Hydrothermal alteration at the Lonar Lake impact structure, India: Implications for impact cratering on Mars
Justin Hagerty, Horton E. Newsom
2003, Meteoritics and Planetary Science (38) 365-381
The 50,000 year old, 1.8 km diameter Lonar crater is one of only two known terrestrial craters to be emplaced in basaltic target rock (the 65 million year old Deccan Traps). The composition of the Lonar basalts is similar to martian basaltic meteorites, which establishes Lonar as an excellent analogue...
Beaufortian stratigraphic plays in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska (NPRA)
David W. Houseknecht
2003, Open-File Report 2003-40
The Beaufortian megasequence in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) includes Jurassic through lower Cretaceous (Neocomian) strata of the Kingak Shale and the overlying pebble shale unit. These strata are part of a composite total petroleum system involving hydrocarbons expelled from source rocks in three stratigraphic intervals, the...
Near-surface S-wave and P-wave seismic velocities of primary geological formations on the Piedmont and Atlantic Coastal Plain of South Carolina, USA
Jack K. Odum, Robert A. Williams, William J. Stephenson, David M. Worley
2003, Open-File Report 2003-43
No abstract available....
Regional sediment budget of the Columbia River littoral cell, USA: Analysis of bathymetric- and topographic-volume change
Maarten C. Buijsman, C. R. Sherwood, A. E. Gibbs, G. Gelfenbaum, G. M. Kaminsky, P. Ruggiero, J. Franklin
2003, Open-File Report 2002-281
In this Open-File Report we present calculations of changes in bathymetric and topographic volumes for the Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and Columbia River entrances and the adjacent coasts of North Beach, Grayland Plains, Long Beach, and Clatsop Plains for four intervals: pre-jetty - 1920s (Interval 1), 1920s - 1950s (Interval...
Principal facts for 408 gravity stations in the vicinity of the Talkeetna Mountains, south-central Alaska
Robert L. Morin, Jonathan M. G. Glen
2003, Open-File Report 2003-27
Gravity data were collected between 1999 and 2002 along transects in the Talkeetna Mountains of south-central Alaska as part of a geological and geophysical study of the framework geology of the region. The study area lies between 61° 30’ and 63° 45’ N. latitude and 145° and 151° W. longitude....
Cascadia Tsunami Deposit Database
Robert Peters, Bruce Jaffe, Guy Gelfenbaum, Curt Peterson
2003, Open-File Report 2003-13
The Cascadia Tsunami Deposit Database contains data on the location and sedimentological properties of tsunami deposits found along the Cascadia margin. Data have been compiled from 52 studies, documenting 59 sites from northern California to Vancouver Island, British Columbia that contain known or potential tsunami deposits. Bibliographical references are provided...
Results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for standard reference samples distributed in September 2002
Mark T. Woodworth, Brooke F. Connor
2003, Open-File Report 2002-481
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-171 (trace constituents), M-164 (major constituents), N-75 (nutrient constituents), N-76 (nutrient constituents), P-39 (low ionic-strength constituents), and Hg-35 (mercury) -- that were distributed in September 2002 to laboratories enrolled in the...
Principal facts for gravity stations in the Dry Valley area, west-central Nevada and east-central California
Elizabeth A. Sanger, David A. Ponce
2003, Open-File Report 2003-6
In June, 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established 143 new gravity stations and 12 new rock samples in the Dry Valley area, 30 miles north of Reno, Nevada, on the California - Nevada border (see fig. 1). This study reports on gravity, magnetic, and physical property data intended for...
