Post-glacial inflation-deflation cycles, tilting, and faulting in the Yellowstone Caldera based on Yellowstone Lake shorelines
Kenneth L. Pierce, Kenneth P. Cannon, Grant A. Meyer, Matthew J. Trebesch, Raymond D. Watts
2002, Open-File Report 2002-142
The Yellowstone caldera, like many other later Quaternary calderas of the world, exhibits dramatic unrest. Between 1923 and 1985, the center of the Yellowstone caldera rose nearly one meter along an axis between its two resurgent domes (Pelton and Smith, 1979, Dzurisin and Yamashita, 1987). From 1985 until 1995-6, it...
Digital inventory of landslides and related deposits in Honduras triggered by Hurricane Mitch
Edwin L. Harp, Kirk W. Hagaman, Matthew D. Held, Jonathan P. McKenna
2002, Open-File Report 2002-61
Intense rainfall from Hurricane Mitch from October 27-31, 1998, exceeded 900 mm in places in Honduras and triggered in excess of 500,000 landslides throughout the country. Landslides damaged an estimated 70% of the road network in Honduras based on estimates by the U. S Army Corps of Engineers. Numbers of...
Preliminary geologic map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area, Santa Barbara County, California
Scott A. Minor, Karl S. Kellogg, Richard G. Stanley, Paul Stone, Charles L. Powell II, Larry D. Gurrola, Amy J. Selting, Theodore R. Brandt
2002, Open-File Report 2002-136
This report presents a new geologic digital map of the Santa Barbara coastal plain area at a compilation scale of 1:24,000 (one inch on the map = 2,000 feet on the ground) and with a horizontal positional accuracy of at least 20 m. This preliminary map depicts the distribution...
Analysis of nitrate (NO3-N) concentration trends in 25 ground-water-quality management areas, Idaho, 1961-2001
D. J. Parliman
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4056
In Idaho, drinking-water supplies are pumped from relatively shallow ground-water zones where water quality has great potential for degradation by land- and water-use activities. One indicator of water quality, and one of the most widespread contaminants in Idaho ground water related to land and water uses, is dissolved nitrate. In December 2000, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation...
Hydrologic trends associated with urban development for selected streams in the Puget Sound basin, western Washington
C.P. Konrad, D. B. Booth
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4040
Annual streamflow statistics from 10 selected streams in the Puget Sound Basin in western Washington were analyzed to identify possible hydrologic trends associated with urban development and to evaluate the effect of record length on errors in trend analysis. The analysis used three common streamflow statistics (annual mean discharge, annual...
Hydrogeology, land-subsidence projections, and earth-fissure hazards along the Tucson Aqueduct alignment of the Central Arizona Project in Pinal and Pima Counties, Arizona
Herbert H. Schumann, Beth M. Wrege, Wesley D. Meehan
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4028
No abstract available....
Flood-hazard mapping in Honduras in response to Hurricane Mitch
M. C. Mastin
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4277
The devastation in Honduras due to flooding from Hurricane Mitch in 1998 prompted the U.S. Agency for International Development, through the U.S. Geological Survey, to develop a country-wide systematic approach of flood-hazard mapping and a demonstration of the method at selected sites as part of a reconstruction effort. The design...
Materials in the economy; material flows, scarcity, and the environment
Lorie A. Wagner
2002, Circular 1221
The importance of materials to the economy of the United States is described, including the levels of consumption and uses of materials. The paths (or flows) that materials take from extraction, through processing, to consumer products, and then final disposition are illustrated. Scarcity and environmental issues as they relate to...
Magnetic susceptibilities measured on rocks of the upper Cook Inlet, Alaska
A.A. Alstatt, R. W. Saltus, R.L. Bruhn, Peter J. Haeussler
2002, Open-File Report 2002-139
We have measured magnetic susceptibility in the field on most of the geologic rock formations exposed in the upper Cook Inlet near Anchorage and Kenai, Alaska. Measured susceptibilities range from less than our detection limit of 0.01 x 10-3 (SI) to greater than 100 x 10-3 (SI). As expected, mafic...
GPR data processing computer software for the PC
Jeffrey E. Lucius, Michael H. Powers
2002, Open-File Report 2002-166
The computer software described in this report is designed for processing ground penetrating radar (GPR) data on Intel-compatible personal computers running the MS-DOS operating system or MS Windows 3.x/95/98/ME/2000. The earliest versions of these programs were written starting in 1990. At that time, commercially available GPR software did not meet...
AVIRIS data calibration information: Wasatch Mountains and Park City region, Utah
Barnaby W. Rockwell, Roger N. Clark, K. Eric Livo, Robert R. McDougal, Raymond F. Kokaly
2002, Open-File Report 2002-199
This report contains information regarding the reflectance calibration of spectroscopic imagery acquired over the Wasatch Mountains and Park City region, Utah, by the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) sensor on August 5, 1998. This information was used by the USGS Spectroscopy Laboratory to calibrate the Park City AVIRIS imagery to...
Modified Mercalli intensities (MMI) for large earthquakes near New Madrid, Missouri, in 1811-1812 and near Charleston, South Carolina, in 1886
W. H. Bakun, A. C. Johnston, M. G. Hopper
2002, Open-File Report 2002-184
Large historical earthquakes occurred in the eastern United States on December 16, 1811 near New Madrid, MO, on January 23, 1812 near New Madrid, MO, on February 7, 1812 near New Madrid, MO, and on September 1, 1886 near Charleston, SC. Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) assignments for these earthquakes were...
Pick_sw: a program for interactive picking of S-wave data, version 2.00
Karl J. Ellefsen
2002, Open-File Report 2002-176
Program pick_sw is used to interactively pick travel times from S-wave data. It is assumed that the data are collected using 2 shots of opposite polarity at each shot location. The traces must be in either the SEG-2 format or the SU format. The program is written in the IDL...
AVIRIS data calibration information: Oquirrh and East Tintic mountains, Utah
Barnaby W. Rockwell, Roger N. Clark, K. Eric Livo, Robert R. McDougal, Raymond F. Kokaly
2002, Open-File Report 2002-200
The information contained herein pertains to the original reflectance calibration derived solely from the Saltair beach site on the shores of Great Salt Lake. The reflectance data derived from this calibration becomes markedly affected by residual absorptions due to atmospheric water vapor and carbon dioxide within short horizontal and vertical...
Techniques for estimating selected streamflow characteristics of rural, unregulated streams in Ohio
G. F. Koltun, Matthew T. Whitehead
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4068
This report provides equations for estimating mean annual streamflow, mean monthly streamflows, harmonic mean streamflow, and streamflow quartiles (the 25th-, 50th-, and 75th-percentile streamflows) as a function of selected basin characteristics for rural, unregulated streams in Ohio. The equations were developed from streamflow statistics and basin-characteristics data for as many...
Digital archive; Report upon the Colorado River of the West explored in 1857 and 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph C. Ives, geological report with maps by John S. Newberry
Kevin C. McKinney
2002, Open-File Report 2002-25
Implosion, earthquake, and explosion recordings from the 2000 Seattle Kingdome Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Craig S. Weaver, Catherine M. Snelson, Arthur D. Frankel
2002, Open-File Report 2002-123
This report describes seismic data obtained in Seattle, Washington, March 24-28, 2000, during a Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS). The seismic recordings obtained by this SHIPS experiment, nicknamed Kingdome SHIPS, were designed to (1) measure site responses throughout Seattle and to (2) help define the location of the...
Borehole-geophysical investigation of the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut
Carole D. Johnson, F.P. Haeni, John W. Lane Jr., Eric A. White
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4033
A borehole-geophysical investigation was conducted to help characterize the hydrogeology of the fractured-rock aquifer and the distribution of unconsolidated glacial deposits near the former landfill and chemical waste-disposal pits at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut. Eight bedrock boreholes near the landfill and three abandoned domestic wells located nearby...
Spatial patterns and temporal variability in water quality from City of Albuquerque drinking-water supply wells and piezometer nests, with implications for the ground-water flow system
Laura M. Bexfield, Scott K. Anderholm
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4244
Water-quality data for 93 City of Albuquerque drinking-water supply wells, 7 deep piezometer nests, and selected additional wells were examined to improve understanding of the regional ground-water system and its response to pumpage. Plots of median values of several major parameters showed discernible water-quality differences both areally and with depth...
Mineralogical characterization of strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Channel and individual rock samples of measured section J and their relationship to measured sections A and B, central part of Rasmussen Ridge, Caribou County, Idaho
A. C. Knudsen, M. E. Gunter, J. R. Herring, R. I. Grauch
2002, Open-File Report 2002-125
The Permian Phosphoria Formation of southeastern Idaho hosts one of the largest phosphate deposits in the world. Despite the economic significance of this Formation, the fine-grained nature of the phosphorite has discouraged detailed mineralogical characterization and quantification studies. Recently, selenium and other potentially toxic trace elements in mine wastes have...
Moloka'i fieldtrip guidebook: Selected aspects of the geology, geography, and coral reefs of Moloka'i
Susan A. Cochran, Lucile M. Roberts, Kevin R. Evans
2002, Open-File Report 2002-158
This guidebook was compiled with the express purpose of describing the general geology of Moloka'i and those locations with significance to the U.S. Geological Survey's study of Moloka'i's coral reef, a part of the U.S. Department of Interior's 'Protecting the Nation's Reefs' program. The first portion of the guidebook describes the...
Results of streamflow gain-loss studies in Texas, with emphasis on gains from and losses to major and minor aquifers, Texas, 2000
Raymond M. Slade Jr., J. Taylor Bentley, Dana Michaud
2002, Open-File Report 2002-68
Data for all 366 known streamflow gain-loss studies conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in Texas were aggregated. A water-budget equation that includes discharges for main channels, tributaries, return flows, and withdrawals was used to document the channel gain or loss for each of 2,872 subreaches for the studies. The...
Coalbed gas in Hungary; a preliminary report
E.R. Landis, T.J. Rohrbacher, C.E. Barker, Bela Fodor, Gizella Gombar
2002, Open-File Report 2001-473
No abstract available....
Large-scale cycles of Holocene deposition and erosion at the entrance to Willapa Bay, Washington: Implications for future land loss and coastal change
Robert A. Morton, Noreen A. Purcell, Russell L. Peterson
2002, Open-File Report 2002-46
No abstract available....
Multibeam mapping of the Los Angeles, California Margin
James V. Gardner, Peter Dartnell
2002, Open-File Report 2002-162
The Los Angeles, California Margin was mapped using multibeam echosounders during three separate surveys (Figure 1). In 1996, the USGS surveyed the shelf and slope in Santa Monica Bay from Pt. Dume to south of the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The mapping was accomplished using a Kongsberg Simrad EM1000 multibeam sonar...
