Sea otter foraging behavior and hydrocarbon levels in prey
Angela M. Doroff, James L. Bodkin
Thomas R. Loughlin, editor(s)
1994, Book chapter, Marine mammals and the <i>Exxon Valdez</i>
Following the Exxon Valdez oil spill (EVOS), Prudhoe Bay crude oil from the vessel spread on the sea surface and covered coastal shores from western Prince William Sound (PWS) to the Alaska Peninsula. In PWS alone. acute mortality of sca otters at the time of the spill was estimated to...
Climate, interseasonal storage of soil water, and the annual water balance
P. C. D. Milly
1994, Advances in Water Resources (17) 19-24
The effects of annual totals and seasonal variations of precipitation and potential evaporation on the annual water balance are explored. It is assumed that the only other factor of significance to annual water balance is a simple process of water storage, and that the relevant storage capacity is the plant-available...
Herbicides and nitrate in near-surface aquifers in the midcontinental United States, 1991
Dana W. Kolpin, Michael R. Burkart, E. Michael Thurman
1994, Water Supply Paper 2413
The occurrence and distribution of selected herbicides, atrazine metabolites, and nitrate were determined for near-surface aquifers (within 50 feet of land surface) in the corn- and soybean-producing region of the midcontinental United States. The study region included all or parts of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North...
Sources and transport of sediment, nutrients, and oxygen-demanding substances in the Minnesota River basin, 1989-92
G. A. Payne
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4232
The Minnesota River, 10 major tributaries, and 21 springs were sampled to determine the sources and transport of sediment, nutrients, and oxygen- demanding substances. The study was part of a four-year assessment of non-point source pollution in the Minnesota River Basin. Runoff from tributary watersheds was identified as the primary...
Polar bear maternity denning in the Beaufort Sea
Steven C. Amstrup, Craig L. Gardner
1994, Journal of Wildlife Management (58) 1-10
The distribution of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) is circumpolar in the Northern Hemisphere, but known locations of maternal dens are concentrated in relatively few, widely scattered locations. Denning is either uncommon or unknown within gaps. To understand effects of industrial development and propose increases in hunting, the temporal and spatial...
Loma sp. salmonids from the Eastern United States: Associated lesions rainbow trout
P.T. Markey, V. S. Blazer, M. S. Ewing, K. M. Kocan
1994, Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (6) 318-328
A microsporidian of the genus Loma was noted in the gills of rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss from a state hatchery (Buford Trout Hatchery) in Georgia. Mortalities of varying severity occur at this hatchery every fall, and the microsporidian was noted during an experiment from August 1991 to January...
Geophysical database of the east coast of the United States northern Atlantic margin: Velocity analyses
Kim D. Klitgord, C. M. Schneider
1994, Open-File Report 94-192
Geophysical database of the East Coast of the United States northern Atlantic margin: Cross sections and gridded database (Georges Bank Basin, Long Island Platform, and Baltimore Canyon Trough)
Kim D. Klitgord, C. W. Poag, C. M. Schneider, L. North
1994, Open-File Report 94-637
No abstract available....
Hydrologic features of the Truckee and Carson River Basins and adjacent areas, western Nevada and eastern California
Jeffrey V. Trionfante, Lorri A. Peltz
1994, Open-File Report 93-368
No abstract available....
Water Resources Data, New York, Water Year 1993; Volume 1. Eastern New York; Excluding Long Island
Gary D. Firda, Richard Lumia, Patricia M. Murray, Ward O. Freeman
1994, Water Data Report NY-93-1
Water resources data for the 1993 water year for New York consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, content, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and ground water levels. This volume contains records for water discharge at 114 gaging stations; stage only at 4...
Zinc, copper, and lead in mid-ocean ridge basalts and the source rock control on Zn/Pb in ocean-ridge hydrothermal deposits
B. R. Doe
1994, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (58) 2215-2223
The contents of Zn, Cu, and Pb in mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) and the MORB source-rock control on Zn/Pb in ocean-ridge hydrothermal deposits are examined. The values of Zn, Cu, and Pb for submarine mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORB) are, respectively (in ppm): average MORB—75, 75, and 0.7; West Valley, Juan...
Ground-water levels and directions of flow near the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio, March 1994
Denise H. Dumouchelle, E. Scott Bair
1994, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4136
Industrial Excess Landfill (IEL), a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site, is a closed landfill in northeastern Ohio. In March 1994, personnel from the U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and PRC Environmental Management, Inc., measured water levels in 149 wells in the area. Surface-water altitudes were measured at...
Submerged and eroded drumlins off northeastern Massachusetts
R. N. Oldale, H.J. Knebel, Michael H. Bothner
1994, Geomorphology (9) 301-309
Streamlined, oval-shaped, oriented topographic highs in Massachusetts Bay are identified as the erosional remnants of drumlins. The topographic highs correlate with outlines of lag gravel deposits on the sea floor and both the highs and lag gravel seafloor footprint have a distinct east-southeast long axis trend. This trend is similar...
Chaotic deposition by a giant wave, Molokai, Hawaii
J.G. Moore, W.B. Bryan, K.R. Ludwig
1994, Geological Society of America Bulletin (106) 962-967
A coral-basalt breccia-conglomerate is exposed >60m above present sea level and nearly 2km inland from the present shoreline on the southwest side of East Molokai Volcano. This deposits was apparently laid down by a giant wave that broke over an outer reef, similar to the present fringing reef, and advanced...
Testing an automated method to estimate ground-water recharge from streamflow records
A. T. Rutledge, C.C. Daniel
1994, Groundwater (32) 180-189
The computer program, RORA, allows automated analysis of streamflow hydrographs to estimate ground-water recharge. Output from the program, which is based on the recession-curve-displacement method (often referred to as the Rorabaugh method, for whom the program is named), was compared to estimates of recharge obtained...
Revised correlation chart of coal beds, coal zones, and key stratigraphic units in the Pennsylvanian rocks of eastern Kentucky
Charles L. Rice, John K. Hiett
1994, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2275
This report revises Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1188 (Rice and Smith, 1980). Major revisions to the original correlation chart include formal naming of key marine units in Kentucky and replacement of informally named marine units incorrectly projected into Kentucky from adjacent states. Also included in the report is the proper...
Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow near the Lantana Landfill, Palm Beach County, Florida
G.M. Russell, E. J. Wexler
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4107
The Lantana landfill in Palm Beach County has a surface that is 40 to 50 feet above original ground level and consists of about 250 acres of compacted garbage and trash. Parts of the landfill are below the water table. Surface-resistivity measurements and water-quality analyses indicate that leachate-enriched ground water...
Comparison of deep structure along three transects of the western North American continental margin
Gary S. Fuis, R.M. Clowes
1993, Tectonics (12) 1420-1435
Similarities in geology and potential field data that have in the past been noted among the regions of southern Alaska, southern Vancouver Island, and central California are now seen to be accompanied by similarities in deep crustal structure. A number of tectonic elements have been identified in the deep structure...
Reconciling deep seismic refraction and reflection data from the Grenvillian-Appalachian boundary in western New England
Stephen Hughes, J.H. Luetgert, N.I. Christensen
1993, Tectonophysics (225) 255-269
The Grenvillian-Appalachian boundary is characterized by pervasive mylonitic deformation and retrograde alteration of a suite of imbricated allochthonous and parautochthonous gneisses that were thrust upon the Grenvillian continental margin during the lower Paleozoic. Seismic reflection profiling across this structural boundary zone reveals...
Hydrology of the Estancia Basin, central New Mexico
R.R. White
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4163
The Estancia Basin of central New Mexico is a topographically closed basin that ranges in altitude from 6,000 feet to more than 10,000 feet above sea level. In the center of the basin a valley-fill aquifer of Quaternary age is as much as 400 feet thick. Limestone of the Madera...
Mineral resource assessment of rare-earth elements, thorium, titanium, and uranium in the Greenville 1° x 2° quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina
Frank G. Lesure, Gary C. Curtin, David L. Daniels, John C. Jackson
1993, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2198-E
Mineral resources of the Greenville 1° x 2° quadrangle, South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina, were assessed between 1984 and 1990 under the Conterminuous United States Mineral Assessment Program (CUSMAP) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The mineral resource assessments were made on the basis of geologic, geochemical, and geophysical...
National Water Quality Assessment Program; preliminary assessment of nitrate distribution in ground water in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit, 1972-90
M. P. Berndt
1993, Open-File Report 93-478
The U.S. Geological Survey has implemented the National Water Quality Assessment program to describe the quality of the surface- and ground- water resources in 60 large areas or study units in the Nation. The Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit was one of the first 20 selected for study when the...
Potential of hot-dry-rock geothermal energy in the Eastern United States
J.H. Sass
1993, Open-File Report 93-377
Structure and stratigraphy of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene strata (North Horn Formation), eastern San Pitch Mountains, Utah — Sedimentation at the front of the Sevier orogenic belt
Timothy F. Lawton, Peter J. Talling, Robert S. Hobbs, James H. Trexler Jr., Malcolm P. Weiss, Douglas W. Burbank
1993, Bulletin 1787-II
No abstract available....
Distribution, facies, ages, and proposed tectonic associations of regionally metamorphosed rocks in east- and south-central Alaska
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Bela Csejtey Jr., Helen L. Foster, Elizabeth O. Doyle, Warren J. Nokleberg, George Plafker
1993, Professional Paper 1497-C
Most of the exposed bedrock in east- and south-central Alaska has been regionally metamorphosed and deformed during Mesozoic and early Cenozoic time. All the regionally metamorphosed rocks are assigned to metamorphic-facies units on the basis of their temperature and pressure conditions and metamorphic age. North of the McKinley and Denali...
