Results of the U.S. Geological Survey's Analytical Evaluation Program for Standard Reference Samples Distributed in March 2000
Jerry W. Farrar, Ashley M. Copen
2000, Open-File Report 2000-398
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-161 (trace constituents), M-154 (major constituents), N-65 (nutrient constituents), N-66 nutrient constituents), P-34 (low ionic strength constituents), and Hg-30 (mercury) -- that were distributed in March 2000 to 144 laboratories enrolled...
Floods of May 17-20, 1999, in the Volga and Wapsipinicon River Basins, northeast Iowa
J.L. Ballew, E.E. Fischer
2000, Open-File Report 2000-237
MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model -Documentation of the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package
E.R. Anderman, M. C. Hill
2000, Open-File Report 2000-342
This report documents the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package for the groundwater modeling computer program MODFLOW-2000. The HUF Package is an alternative internal flow package that allows the vertical geometry of the system hydrogeology to be defined explicitly within the model using hydrogeologic units that can be different than the definition of the model layers....
Ground-water quality, water levels, and precipitation at the biosolids study site, Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, New Jersey, 1995-97
Eric Jacobsen
2000, Open-File Report 2000-197
Preliminary volcano-hazard assessment for the Katmai volcanic cluster, Alaska
Judy Fierstein, Wes Hildreth
2000, Open-File Report 2000-489
The world’s largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century broke out at Novarupta (fig. 1) in June 1912, filling with hot ash what came to be called the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and spreading downwind more fallout than all other historical Alaskan eruptions combined. Although almost all the magma...
Water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood, lower Salt River, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Kirk A. Miller, John P. Mason
2000, Open-File Report 2000-201
The water-surface profile and flood boundaries for the computed 100-year flood were determined for a part of the lower Salt River in Lincoln County, Wyoming. Channel cross-section data were provided by Lincoln County. Cross-section data for bridges and other structures were collected and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey. Roughness...
Processed Thematic Mapper Satellite Imagery for Selected Areas within the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
John C. Dohrenwend, Floyd Gray, Robert J. Miller
2000, Open-File Report 2000-309
The study is summarized in the Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) file OF00-309.PDF. This publication also contain satellite full-scene images of selected areas along the U.S.-Mexico border. These images are presented as high-resolution images in jpeg format (IMAGES). The folder LOCATIONS in contains TIFF images showing exact positions of...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona—1999
Blakemore E. Thomas, Margot Truini
2000, Open-File Report 2000-453
The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile area of Black Mesa in northeastern Arizona. Availability of water is an important issue in this area because of continued industrial and municipal use, a growing population, and a precipitation of only about 6 to 12 inches per...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Cannon River Basin, southeastern Minnesota
Christopher A. Sanocki, Thomas A. Winterstein
2000, Open-File Report 99-472
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Cannon River Basin, located in southeastern Minnesota, are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the subbasin covered only by lakes, the...
Evaluation of the Federal-State Cooperative observation well network in upstate New York, 1995-97
Richard J. Reynolds
2000, Open-File Report 99-468
The U.S. Geological Survey?s Federal-State cooperative observation well network in upstate New York was evaluated in terms of areal coverage, objectives, and short- and long-term expansion plans. This report presents a history of the observation well network in upstate New York and depicts, on maps, the distribution of observation wells with respect to climatic regions, physiographic regions,...
Method for estimating pesticide use for county areas of the conterminous United States
Gail P. Thelin, Leonard P. Gianessi
2000, Open-File Report 2000–0250
Information on the amount and distribution of pesticide compounds used throughout the United States is essential to evaluate the relation between water quality and pesticide use. This information is the basis of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program studies of the effects of pesticides on water quality...
Bedrock Geology of the Turkey Creek Drainage Basin, Jefferson County, Colorado
Stephen J. Char
2000, Open-File Report 2000-265
This geospatial data set describes bedrock geology of the Turkey Creek drainage basin in Jefferson County, Colorado. It was digitized from maps of fault locations and geologic map units based on age and lithology. Created for use in the Jefferson County Mountain Ground-Water Resources Study, it is to be...
Preliminary results of natural attenuation modeling in the West Branch Canal Creek area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
James C. Johnson
2000, Open-File Report 2000-287
Report for explosion and earthquake data acquired in the 1999 Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS), Washington
Thomas M. Brocher, Thomas L. Pratt, Kate C. Miller, Anne M. Trehu, Catherine M. Snelson, Craig S. Weaver, Ken C. Creager, Robert S. Crosson, Uri S. ten Brink, Marcos G. Alvarez, Steven H. Harder, Isa Asudeh
2000, Open-File Report 2000-318
This report describes the acquisition, processing, and quality of seismic reflection and refraction data obtained in the Seattle basin, central Puget Lowland, western Washington, in September 1999 during the Seismic Hazards Investigation of Puget Sound (SHIPS). As a sequel to the 1998 SHIPS air gun experiment (also known as 'Wet...
Generalized geologic map of the Absaroka-Beartooth study area, south-central Montana
B. S. Van Gosen, J. E. Elliott, E. J. LaRock, E. A. Du Bray, R. R. Carlson, M. L. Zientek
2000, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2338
No abstract available....
Distribution of a suite of elements including arsenic and mercury in Alabama coal
Martin B. Goldhaber, R. C. Bigelow, J. R. Hatch, J.C. Pashin
2000, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2333
Arsenic and other elements are unusually abundant in Alabama coal. This conclusion is based on chemical analyses of coal in the U.S. Geological Survey's National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS; Bragg and others, 1994). According to NCRDS data, the average concentration of arsenic in Alabama coal (72 ppm) is three...
Ground-water, surface-water, and water-chemistry data, Black Mesa area, northeastern Arizona: 1998
Margot Truini, Bradley M. Baum, Gregory R. Littin, Gayl Shingoitewa-Honanie
2000, Open-File Report 2000-66
The Black Mesa monitoring program is designed to document long-term effects of ground-water pumping from the N aquifer by industrial and municipal users. The N aquifer is the major source of water in the 5,400-square-mile Black Mesa area, and the ground water occurs under confined and unconfined conditions. Monitoring activities...
Digital mapping techniques '00, workshop proceedings - May 17-20, 2000, Lexington, Kentucky
David R. Soller
2000, Open-File Report 2000-325
Introduction: The Digital Mapping Techniques '00 (DMT'00) workshop was attended by 99 technical experts from 42 agencies, universities, and private companies, including representatives from 28 state geological surveys (see Appendix A). This workshop was similar in nature to the first three meetings, held in June, 1997, in Lawrence, Kansas (Soller,...
Map and database of Quaternary faults in the vicinity of Managua, Nicaragua
Hugh Cowan, Michael N. Machette, Xavier Amador, Karen S. Morgan, Richard L. Dart, Lee-Ann Bradley
2000, Open-File Report 2000-437
No abstract available. ...
Results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for standard reference samples distributed in October 1999
T.W. Farrar
2000, Open-File Report 2000-227
This report presents the results of the U.S. Geological Survey's analytical evaluation program for six standard reference samples -- T-159 (trace constituents), M-152 (major constituents), N-63 (nutrient constituents), N-64 (nutrient constituents), P-33 (low ionic strength constituents), and Hg-29 (mercury) -- that were distributed in October 1999 to 149 laboratories enrolled in the U.S....
Archive of sidescan-sonar data and DGPS navigation data collected during U.S. Geological Survey cruise DIAN97032 Long Island, New York Inner Shelf--Fire Island, New York 25 September-19 October 1997
E. S. Hammar-Klose, J. C. Hill, W. C. Schwab, E.R. Thieler
2000, Open-File Report 2000-440
SMSIM--Fortran programs for simulating ground motions from earthquakes: Version 2.0.--a revision of OFR 96-80-A
David M. Boore
2000, Open-File Report 2000-509
A simple and powerful method for simulating ground motions is based on the assumption that the amplitude of ground motion at a site can be specified in a deterministic way, with a random phase spectrum modified such that the motion is distributed over a duration related to the earthquake magnitude...
Sawgrass density, biomass, and leaf area index: A flume study in support of research on wind sheltering effects in the Florida Everglades
Nancy B. Rybicki, Justin T. Reel, Henry A. Ruhl, Patricia T. Gammon, Virginia Carter, Jonathan K. Lee
2000, Open-File Report 2000-172
The U.S. Geological Survey is studying the wind sheltering effects of vegetation in the Florida Everglades. In order to test both the flow resistance and wind sheltering effects of sawgrass, uniform dense stands of sawgrass were grown in a tilting flume at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi. In June, 1997, one...
Preliminary stratigraphic database for the subsurface Tertiary and uppermost Cretaceous sediments of Dorchester County, South Carolina
Gregory Gohn, Laurel M. Bybell, Peter G. Chirico, R. A. Christopher, Lucy E. Edwards, N. O. Frederiksen, D.C. Prowell, Jean Self-Trail, Robert E. Weems
2000, Open-File Report 2000-49
No abstract available....
Program BOMTOM for crosswell radar and seismic tomography
Daryl R. Tweeton
2000, Open-File Report 2000-455