Preliminary estimate of the amplification of possible earthquake ground motion at a site in Charleston County, South Carolina
Russell L. Wheeler, Chris H. Cramer
2000, Open-File Report 2000-484
We estimate site amplification at the location of a proposed bridge near Charleston, South Carolina. Model calculations indicate that amplification at periods of 1 s and longer is likely to be strongly influenced by the effects of a large contrast in shear-wave velocity at a depth of approximately 1 km (3,000 ft). On-site...
Estimation of hydraulic parameters from an unconfined aquifer test conducted in a glacial outwash deposit, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
A.F. Moench, Stephen P. Garabedian, Denis R. LeBlanc
2000, Open-File Report 2000-485
An aquifer test conducted in a sand and gravel, glacial outwash deposit on Cape Cod, Massachusetts was analyzed by means of a model for flow to a partially penetrating well in a homogeneous, anisotropic unconfined aquifer. The model is designed to account for all significant mechanisms expected to influence drawdown...
Digital aeromagnetic map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada and Inyo County, California
David A. Ponce
2000, Open-File Report 99-554-B
An aeromagnetic map of the Nevada Test Site area was prepared from publicly available aeromagnetic data described by McCafferty and Grauch (1997). Magnetic surveys were processed using standard techniques. Southwest Nevada is characterized by magnetic anomalies that reflect the distribution of thick sequences of volcanic rocks, magnetic sedimentary rocks, and...
Geochemical and lead isotopic data from sediment cores, fluvial tailings, iron bogs, and pre-mining terrace deposits, Animas River watershed, Colorado, 1995-1999
David L. Fey, S. E. Church, Daniel M. Unruh
2000, Open-File Report 2000-465
Preliminary bathymetry of Shoup Basin and late Holocene changes of Shoup Glacier, Alaska
Austin Post, R.J. Viens
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4093
Shoup Glacier is a retreating, tidewater-calving glacier in northeast Prince William Sound, Alaska. Historical records, vegetation distribution, and sediment depth in Shoup Bay indicate that the glacier reached a late Holocene maximum at the mouth of Shoup Bay prior to 1750. When first observed around 1900, the terminus was stable...
Transport of suspended and bedload sediment at eight stations in the Coeur d'Alene River basin, Idaho
Greg M. Clark, Paul F. Woods
2000, Open-File Report 2000-472
The Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study conducted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency within the Spokane River Basin of northern Idaho and eastern Washington included extensive data-collection activities to determine the nature and extent of trace-element contamination within the basin. As part of the investigation, the U.S. Geological Survey designed and implemented...
Map of Distribution of Bottom Sediments on the Continental Shelf, Gulf of Alaska
Kevin R. Evans, Paul R. Carlson, Monty A. Hampton, Michael S. Marlow, Peter W. Barnes
2000, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2335
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey has a long history of exploring marine geology in the Gulf of Alaska. As part of a cooperative program with other federal and state agencies, the USGS is investigating the relations between ocean-floor geology and benthic marine biohabitats. This bottom sediment map, compiled from published literature...
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan Aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, May 2000
Leel Knowles Jr.
2000, Open-File Report 2001-15
Benthic flux of metals and nutrients into the water column of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho: Report of an August, 1999, pilot study
James S. Kuwabara, William M. Berelson, Laurie S. Balistrieri, Paul F. Woods, Brent R. Topping, Douglas J. Steding, David P. Krabbenhoft
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4132
A field study was conducted between August 16-27, 1999, to provide the first direct measurements of the benthic flux of dissolved (0.2-micron filtered) solutes between the bottom sediment and water column at two sites in Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Trace metals (namely, cadmium, copper, manganese, mercury species, and zinc) and...
Digital isostatic gravity map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity, Nye, Lincoln, and Clark Counties, Nevada, and Inyo County, California
David A. Ponce, E. A. Mankinen, J. G. Davidson, R. L. Morin, R.J. Blakely
2000, Open-File Report 99-554-C
An isostatic gravity map of the Nevada Test Site area was prepared from publicly available gravity data (Ponce, 1997) and from gravity data recently collected by the U.S. Geological Survey (Mankinen and others, 1999; Morin and Blakely, 1999). Gravity data were processed using standard gravity data reduction techniques. Southwest Nevada is...
Water-resources-related information for the St. Croix Reservation and vicinity, Wisconsin
David A. Saad, Dale M. Robertson
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4133
The St. Croix Chippewa Tribe is interested in documenting water-quality conditions in lakes and streams adjacent to their Reservation lands in northwestern Wisconsin and developing management plans to protect these water resources. This report provides the Tribe with a retrospective summary and analysis of available water-resources-related information for their Reservation...
Monitoring surface-water quality in Arizona: the fixed-station network
Saeid Tadayon
2000, Fact Sheet 028-00
Arizona is an arid State in which economic development is influenced largely by the quantity and quality of water and the location of adequate water supplies. In 1995, surface water supplied about 58 percent of total withdrawals in Arizona. Of the total amount of surface water used in 1995, about...
Water-quality data collected at Lake Anne, Reston, Virginia, 1997-1999
Kathryn M. Conko, Margaret M. Kennedy, Karen C. Rice
2000, Open-File Report 2000-481
Samples from the Lake Anne watershed were collected and analyzed to assess the water quality from December 1997 through January 1999. Lake Anne is a stream impoundment in suburban Northern Virginia and its outflow is a sub-tributary of the Potomac River. Samples of wet deposition (precipitation), lake water, and streamwater...
Archive of boomer subbottom data collected during USGS cruise DIAN 96040, Fire Island, New York, 4-15 September 1996
J. C. Hill, W. C. Schwab, D.S. Foster
2000, Open-File Report 2000-467
Aquifer test to determine hydraulic properties of the Elm aquifer near Aberdeen, South Dakota
Bryan D. Schaap
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4264
The Elm aquifer, which consists of sandy and gravelly glacial-outwash deposits, is present in several counties in northeastern South Dakota. An aquifer test was conducted northeast of Aberdeen during the fall of 1999 to determine the hydraulic properties of the Elm aquifer in that area. An improved understanding of the...
Geoelectrical laboratory measurements of materials from the May Day Mine dump, southwestern Colorado
David L. Campbell, Robert Horton, Shay Beanland
2000, Open-File Report 2000-382
Flood tracking chart for the Upper San Jacinto River Basin near Houston, Texas
Dana L. Barbie
2000, Open-File Report 2000-387
The “Flood Tracking Chart for the Upper San Jacinto River Basin near Houston, Texas” can be used to track river stage and to assess flood-crest information during substantial storms. Water-surface elevation during a flood will provide emergency-response personnel, residents, and the traveling general public essential information to make informed decisions...
Droughts in Georgia
Nancy L. Barber, Timothy C. Stamey
2000, Open-File Report 2000-380
Droughts do not have the immediate effects of floods, but sustained droughts can cause economic stress throughout the State. The word 'drought' has various meanings, depending on a person's perspective. To a farmer, a drought is a period of moisture deficiency that affects the crops under cultivation - even two...
Archive of datasonic SIS-1000 CHIRP subbottom data collected during USGS Cruise DIAN 97032, Long Island, New York Inner Shelf; Fire Island, New York 25 September-19 October, 1997
Jenna C. Hill, E.R. Thieler, D.S. Foster, B.A. Swift, T.F. O’Brien
2000, Open-File Report 2000-152
Physical characteristics of dungeness crab and halibut habitats in Whidbey Passage, Alaska
Guy R. Cochrane, Paul R. Carlson, Michael E. Boyle, Gregory L. Gabel, Philip N. Hooge
2000, Open-File Report 2000-32
In Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska there are ongoing studies of Dungeness Crab (Cancer magister) and Pacific Halibut (Hippoglosus stenolepis). Scientists of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) are attempting to ascertain life history, distribution, and abundance, and to determine the effects of commercial fishing in the park (Carlson et...
USGS East-Coast sediment analysis: Procedures, database, and georeferenced displays
Lawrence J. Poppe, C. F. Polloni
2000, Open-File Report 2000-358
No abstract available....
Preliminary hydraulic analysis and implications for restoration of Noyes Slough, Fairbanks, Alaska
Robert L. Burrows, Dustin E. Langley, David M. Evetts
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4227
The present-day channels of the Chena River and Noyes Slough in downtown Fairbanks, Alaska, were formed as sloughs of the Tanana River, and part of the flow of the Tanana River occupied these waterways. Flow in these channels was reduced after the completion of Moose Creek Dike in 1945, and...
Regional evaluation of evapotranspiration in the Everglades
E. R. German
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4217
Nine sites in the Florida Everglades were selected and instrumented for collection of data necessary for evapotranspiration-determination using the Bowen-ratio energy-budget method. The sites were selected to represent the sawgrass or cattail marshes, wet prairie, and open-water areas that constitute most of the natural Everglades system. At each site, measurements...
Hydrologic conditions and distribution of selected constituents in water, Snake River Plain aquifer, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho, 1996 through 1998
Roy C. Bartholomay, B.J. Tucker, L.C. Davis, M.R. Greene
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4192
Detection of conduit-controlled ground-water flow in northwestern Puerto Rico using aerial photograph interpretation and geophysical methods
Jesús Rodríguez-Martínez, Ronald T. Richards
2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4147
The development potential of ground-water resources in the karst limestone of northwestern Puerto Rico, in an area extending from the Río Camuy to Aguadilla, is uncertain as a result of limited knowledge of the location of areas where a high density of cavities (interconnected fractures, conduits, and other dissolution features)...
