Health effects of toxic organic compounds from coal; the case Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN)
W. H. Orem, C. A. Tatu
2001, Fact Sheet 004-01
Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a serious kidney disease that occurs only in clusters of rural villages located in tributary valleys of the Danube River in the Balkan Peninsula. It is believed that at least 25,000 persons are suffering from BEN or are suspected of having the disease and that...
Ground-water resources of the Gallatin local water quality district, southwestern Montana
Eloise Kendy
2001, Fact Sheet 007-01
Sun-illuminated sea floor topography of quadrangle 13 in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Boston, Massachusetts
Page C. Valentine, Tanya S. Unger, Jessica L. Baker
2001, IMAP 2713
No abstract available....
Sun-illuminated sea floor topography of quadrangle 16 in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Boston, Massachusetts
Page C. Valentine, Tanya S. Unger, Jessica L. Baker
2001, IMAP 2716
No abstract available....
Sun-illuminated sea floor topography of quadrangle 14 in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Boston, Massachusetts
Page C. Valentine, Tanya S. Unger, Jessica L. Baker
2001, IMAP 2714
No abstract available....
Arsenic in stream sediments of northern Alabama
M. B. Goldhaber, Elise Irwin, Brian Atkins, Lopaka Lee, D.D. Black, Humbert Zappia, Joe Hatch, Jack Pashin, L.H. Barwick, W.E. Cartwright, Rick Sanzolone, Leslie Rupert, Allan Kolker, Robert Finkelman
2001, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2357
OVERVIEW OF ARSENIC IN STREAM SEDIMENTS The overall range of arsenic in the NURE stream sediments was from 0.3 to 44 mg/kg sediment (ppm) As in the sample data set. The mean value was 4.3 ppm with a standard deviation of 4.1 ppm. For comparison, the crustal abundance of arsenic...
Earthquakes and tsunamis in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
J.W. Nealon, William P. Dillon
2001, Fact Sheet 141-00
Many earthquakes and tsunamis have occurred in the northeastern Caribbean, where the movements of the Earth's surface plates are rapid and complicated. Future such events pose serious hazards to the 3.7 million people who live in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands....
The 1951 floods in Kansas revisited
K. E. Juracek, C. A. Perry, J.E. Putnam
2001, Fact Sheet 041-01
An algorithm for estimating gas-production potential using digital wire-line log data (Cretaceous of northern Montana)
Timothy C. Hester
2001, Open-File Report 2001-12
This District Surface Water Quality-Assurance Plan documents the standards, policies, and procedures used by the South Carolina District for activities related to the collection, processing, storage, analysis, and publication of surface-water data....
Sun-illuminated sea floor topography of quadrangle 18 in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Boston, Massachusetts
Page C. Valentine, Tanya S. Unger, Jessica L. Baker
2001, IMAP 2718
No abstract available....
Sun-illuminated sea floor topography of quadrangle 17 in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Boston, Massachusetts
Page C. Valentine, Tanya S. Unger, Jessica L. Baker
2001, IMAP 2717
No abstract available....
U. S. Geological Survey-PetroBangla cooperative assessment of undiscovered natural gas resources of Bangladesh; petroleum systems and related geologic studies in Region 8, South Asia
Craig J. Wandrey
2001, Bulletin 2208-A
Potential for a basin-centered gas accumulation in the Raton Basin, Colorado and New Mexico
Ronald C. Johnson, Thomas M. Finn
2001, Bulletin 2184-B
The Raton Basin appears to contain a significant continuous or basin-centered gas accumulation in sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous Trinidad Sandstone and Vermejo Formation and Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Raton Formation. The accumulation is underpressured and occurs at comparatively shallow (<3,500 ft) depths. The sandstones are interbedded with coal beds that...
Hydrogeology of Picacho Basin, south-central Arizona
Donald R. Pool, Rob Carruth, Wesley D. Meehan
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4277
The hydrogeology of Picacho Basin was studied to define the stratigraphy, basin structure, physical and hydraulic properties of the basin sediments, and predevelopment and postdevelopment conditions of ground-water flow as of 1985. The study area includes about 900 square miles and contains a sedimentfilled asymmetric graben. The greatest sediment thickness occurs along the...
Did you feel it? Community-made earthquake shaking maps
D.J. Wald, L. A. Wald, J. W. Dewey, Vince Quitoriano, Elisabeth Adams
2001, Fact Sheet 030-01
Since the early 1990's, the magnitude and location of an earthquake have been available within minutes on the Internet. Now, as a result of work by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and with the cooperation of various regional seismic networks, people who experience an earthquake can go online and share...
Use of borehole and surface geophysics to investigate ground-water quality near a road-deicing salt-storage facility, Valparaiso, Indiana
M.R. Risch, B.A. Robinson
2001, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000–4070
Borehole and surface geophysics were used to investigate ground-water quality affected by a road-deicing salt-storage facility located near a public water-supply well field. From 1994 through 1998, borehole geophysical logs were made in an existing network of monitoring wells completed near the bottom of a thick sand aquifer. Logs of...
Chemical and isotopic evidence of nitrogen transformation in the Mississippi River, 1997-98
William A. Battaglin, Carol Kendall, Cecily C.Y. Chang, Steven R. Silva, Donald H. Campbell
2001, Hydrological Processes (15) 1285-1300
Nitrate (NO3) and other nutrients discharged by the Mississippi River are suspected of causing a zone of depleted dissolved oxygen (hypoxic zone) in the Gulf of Mexico each summer. The hypoxic zone may have an adverse affect on aquatic life and commercial fisheries. The amount of NO3 delivered by the Mississippi...
Geophysics: Silent slip on the Cascadia subduction interface
Wayne R. Thatcher
2001, Science (292) 1495-1496
Geodetic satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) now permit continuous recording of surface motions around earthquake faults and volcanoes with millimeter precision. Data from distinct points on Earth's surface can be combined to infer the locations of the sources of deformation at depth in the crust. These data are...
Laboratory and field evaluations of the LISST-100 instrument for suspended particle size determinations
Jeffrey W. Gartner, Ralph T. Cheng, Pei-Fang Wang, K. Richter
2001, Marine Geology (175) 199-219
Advances in technology have resulted in a new instrument that is designed for in-situ determination of particle size spectra. Such an instrument that can measure undisturbed particle size distributions is much needed for sediment transport studies. The LISST-100 (Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometry) uses the principle of laser diffraction to...
Using radiotelemetry to determine fish passage information at large hydroelectric dams: Design and analysis to achieve multiple objectives with a single design
J.W. Beeman, T.D. Counihan
2001, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the 16th International Symposium on Biotelemetry
Abstract not available...
Mars exploration
M. H. Carr, James B. Garvin
2001, Nature (412) 250-253
An international flotilla of spacecraft are to be sent to Mars over the next decade in an effort to understand the planet's geology and climate history, and to determine whether some form of life ever started there. At least two spacecraft will be sent at each launch opportunity, and at...
Occurrence and distribution of pesticides in streams of the Eastern Iowa Basins, 1996-98
Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Stephen J. Kalkhoff, Kent Becher
2001, Conference Paper, Proceedings from Agriculture and the Environment: State and Federal Initiatives conference
The U.S. Geological Survey began collection of water samples in streams of the Eastern Iowa Basins in 1996 for the analysis of pesticides and pesticide degradates as part of the National Water Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA). This study provides some of the first large scale monitoring data on pesticides and...
Quality of water in alluvial aquifers in eastern Iowa
Mark E. Savoca, Eric M. Sadorf, S. Michael Linhart, Kimberlee K. Barnes
2001, Conference Paper, Proceedings from Agriculture and the Environment: State and Federal Initiatives conference
The goal of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is to assess the status and trends in the quality of the Nation's surface and ground water, and to better understand the natural and human factors affecting water quality. The Eastern Iowa Basins study unit encompasses an...
The occurrence of chloroacetanilide and triazine herbicide degradates in streams in eastern Iowa
Stephen J. Kalkhoff, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Earl Michael Thurman
2001, Conference Paper, Proceedings of the Agriculture and the Environment: State and Federal Water Initiatives Conference
No abstract available....
Water quality in the eastern Iowa basins
Stephen J. Kalkhoff, Kimberlee K. Barnes, Kent Becher, Mark E. Savoca, Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Eric M. Sadorf, Stephen D. Porter, Daniel J. Sullivan, John Creswell
2001, Integrated Crop Management (23) 185-186
This article summarizes major findings about nutrients in surface and groundwater in the eastern Iowa basins (see map) between 1996 and 1998. The data were collected as part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA). Water quality is discussed in terms of local and regional issues...
