Correlation chart of Pennsylvanian rocks in Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland, and Pennsylvania showing approximate position of coal beds, coal zones, and key stratigraphic units
Leslie F. Ruppert, Michael H. Trippi, Ernie R. Slucher
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5152
This report contains a simplified provisional correlation chart that was compiled from both published and unpublished data in order to fill a need to visualize the currently accepted stratigraphic relations between Appalachian basin formations, coal beds and coal zones, and key stratigraphic units in the northern, central, and southern Appalachian...
Titanium recycling in the United States in 2004, chap. Y of Sibley, S.F., ed., Flow studies for recycling metal commodities in the United States
Thomas G. Goonan
2010, Circular 1196-Y
As one of a series of reports that describe the recycling of metal commodities in the United States, this report discusses the titanium metal fraction of the titanium economy, which generates and uses titanium metal scrap in its operations. Data for 2004 were selected to demonstrate the titanium flows associated...
Rainfall, discharge, and water-quality data during stormwater monitoring, H-1 storm drain, Oahu, Hawaii, July 1, 2009, to June 30, 2010
Todd K. Presley, Marcael T. J. Jamison
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1161
Storm runoff water-quality samples were collected as part of the State of Hawaii Department of Transportation Stormwater Monitoring Program. The program is designed to assess the effects of highway runoff and urban runoff collected by the H-1 storm drain on the Manoa-Palolo Drainage Canal. This report summarizes rainfall, discharge, and...
Revised hydrogeologic framework of the Floridan aquifer system in the northern coastal area of Georgia and adjacent parts of South Carolina
Lester J. Williams, Harold E. Gill
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5158
The hydrogeologic framework for the Floridan aquifer system has been revised for eight northern coastal counties in Georgia and five coastal counties in South Carolina by incorporating new borehole geophysical and flowmeter log data collected during previous investigations. Selected well logs were compiled and analyzed to determine the vertical and...
Hydrogeomorphic segments and hydraulic microhabitats of the Niobrara River, Nebraska— With special emphasis on the Niobrara National Scenic River
Jason S. Alexander, Ronald B. Zelt, Nathan J. Schaepe
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5141
The Niobrara River is an ecologically and economically important resource in Nebraska. The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources’ recent designation of the hydraulically connected surface- and groundwater resources of the Niobrara River Basin as “fully appropriated” has emphasized the importance of understanding linkages between the physical and ecological dynamics of...
Estimation of magnitude and frequency of floods in urban basins in Missouri
Rodney E. Southard
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5073
Streamgage flood-frequency analyses were done for 35 streamgages on urban streams in and adjacent to Missouri for estimation of the magnitude and frequency of floods in urban areas of Missouri. A log-Pearson Type-III distribution was fitted to the annual series of peak flow data retrieved from the U.S. Geological Survey...
Mapping watershed potential to contribute phosphorus from geologic materials to receiving streams, southeastern United States
Silvia Terziotti, Anne B. Hoos, Douglas Harned, Ana Maria Garcia
2010, Scientific Investigations Map 3102
As part of the southeastern United States SPARROW (SPAtially Referenced Regressions On Watershed attributes) water-quality model implementation, the U.S. Geological Survey created a dataset to characterize the contribution of phosphorus to streams from weathering and erosion of surficial geologic materials. SPARROW provides estimates of total nitrogen and phosphorus loads in...
Simulation of ground-water flow and solute transport in the Glen Canyon aquifer, East-Central Utah
Geoffrey W. Freethey, Bernard J. Stolp
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5037
The extraction of methane from coal beds in the Ferron coal trend in central Utah started in the mid-1980s. Beginning in 1994, water from the extraction process was pressure injected into the Glen Canyon aquifer. The lateral extent of the aquifer that could be affected by injection is about 7,600...
West Florida Shelf: A natural laboratory for the study of ocean acidificiation
Pamela Hallock, Lisa L. Robbins, Rebekka A. Larson, Tanya Beck, Patrick Schwing, Michael Martinez-Colon, Brad Gooch
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1134
Declining oceanic pH and carbonate-ion concentrations are well-known consequences of increased atmospheric and surface-ocean partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO2). The possible subject of shifts in seawater carbonate chemistry on biocalcification and survival rates of marine organisms provides questions amenable to both experimental and field study (Kleypas and Langdon, 2006)....
Nutrient concentrations, loads, and yields in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin, Arkansas and Oklahoma, 2002-09
Rachel A. Esralew, Robert L. Tortorelli
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5119
The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, uses Lake Eucha and Spavinaw Lake in the Eucha-Spavinaw Basin in northwestern Arkansas and northeastern Oklahoma for public water supply. The city has spent millions of dollars over the last decade to eliminate taste and odor problems in the drinking water from the Eucha-Spavinaw system,...
Concentrations and estimated loads of nutrients, mercury, and polychlorinated biphenyls in selected tributaries to Lake Michigan, 2005-6
Stephen M. Westenbroek
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5029
The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Project (LMMBP) measured and modeled the concentrations of environmentally persistent contaminants in air, river and lake water, sediment, and fish and bird tissues in and around Lake Michigan for an 18-month period spanning 1994-95. Tributary loads were calculated as part of the LMMBP. The work...
Determination of baseline periods of record for selected streamflow-gaging stations in and near Oklahoma for use in modeling applications
Rachel A. Esralew
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5106
Use of historical streamflow data from a least-altered period of record can be used in calibration of various modeling applications that are used to characterize least-altered flow and predict the effects of proposed streamflow alteration. This information can be used to enhance water-resources planning. A baseline period of record was...
Sea-floor geology and character offshore of Rocky Point, New York
L.J. Poppe, K.Y. McMullen, S.D. Ackerman, D.S. Blackwood, B.J. Irwin, J.D. Schaer, P.G. Lewit, E. F. Doran
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1007
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been working cooperatively to interpret surficial sea-floor geology along the coast of the Northeastern United States. NOAA survey H11445 in eastern Long Island Sound, offshore of Plum Island, New York,...
Lead isotope database of unpublished results from sulfide mineral occurrences — California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
S. E. Church
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1157
The Pb isotope database for sulfide deposits and occurrences in the Western United States was funded by the Mineral Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Reports on Pb isotope data from Alaska were published in Church and others (1987a) and Gaccetta and Church (1989). The primary objectives of the project...
Water-level database update for the Death Valley regional groundwater flow system, Nevada and California, 1907-2007
Michael T. Pavelko
2010, Data Series 519
The water-level database for the Death Valley regional groundwater flow system in Nevada and California was updated. The database includes more than 54,000 water levels collected from 1907 to 2007, from more than 1,800 wells. Water levels were assigned a primary flag and multiple secondary flags that describe hydrologic conditions...
Effects of including surface depressions in the application of the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System in the Upper Flint River Basin, Georgia
Roland J. Viger, Lauren E. Hay, John W. Jones, Gary R. Buell
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5062
This report documents an extension of the Precipitation Runoff Modeling System that accounts for the effect of a large number of water-holding depressions in the land surface on the hydrologic response of a basin. Several techniques for developing the inputs needed by this extension also are presented. These techniques include...
Simulation of the shallow groundwater-flow system near the Hayward Airport, Sawyer County, Wisconsin
Randall J. Hunt, Paul F. Juckem, Charles P. Dunning
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5049
There are concerns that removal and trimming of vegetation during expansion of the Hayward Airport in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, could appreciably change the character of a nearby cold-water stream and its adjacent environs. In cooperation with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, a two-dimensional, steady-state groundwater-flow model of the shallow groundwater-flow...
Surficial geologic map of the Amboy 30' x 60' quadrangle, San Bernardino County, California
David R. Bedford, David M. Miller, Geoffrey A. Phelps
2010, Scientific Investigations Map 1309
The surficial geologic map of the Amboy 30' x 60' quadrangle presents characteristics of surficial materials for an area of approximately 5,000 km2 in the eastern Mojave Desert of southern California. This map consists of new surficial mapping conducted between 2000 and 2007, as well as compilations from previous surficial...
Protocols for geologic hazards response by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory to activity within the Yellowstone Volcanic System
Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
2010, Circular 1351
Executive SummaryThe Yellowstone Plateau hosts an active volcanic system, with subterranean magma (molten rock), boiling, pressurized waters, and a variety of active faults with significant earthquake hazards. Within the next few decades, light-to-moderate earthquakes and steam explosions are certain to occur. Volcanic eruptions are less likely, but are ultimately inevitable...
Fort Collins Science Center-Fiscal year 2009 science accomplishments
Juliette T. Wilson (compiler)
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1148
Public land and natural resource managers in the United States are confronted with increasingly complex decisions that have important ramifications for both ecological and human systems. The scientists and technical professionals at the U.S. Geological Survey Fort Collins Science Center?many of whom are at the forefront of their fields?possess a...
Effects of Glen Canyon Dam discharges on water velocity and temperatures at the confluence of the Colorado and Little Colorado Rivers and implications for habitat for young-of-year humpback chub (Gila cypha)
Frank R. Protiva, Barbara E. Ralston, Dennis M. Stone, Keith A. Kohl, Michael D. Yard, G. Allen Haden
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1137
Water velocity and temperature are physical variables that affect the growth and survivorship of young-of-year (YOY) fishes. The Little Colorado River, a tributary to the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, is an important spawning ground and warmwater refuge for the endangered humpback chub (Gila cypha) from the colder mainstem Colorado...
Evaluating the feasibility of modeling the subsurface structure of two volcanic units in drill holes UE-18r and ER-EC-2a using existing magnetic data, Nevada Test Site
G. A. Phelps
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1112
The magnetic properties of two volcanic units encountered in two drill holes, ER-EC-2a and UE18r, located in the vicinity of the Nevada Test Site, were investigated to determine if the units were significantly more magnetic than overlying units and, thus, detectable by using aeromagnetic data. Magnetic-susceptibility measurements were made on...
Grassland birds wintering at U.S. Navy facilities in southern Texas
Marc C. Woodin, Mary Kay Skoruppa, Pearce D. Bryan, Amanda J. Ruddy, Graham C. Hickman
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1115
Grassland birds have undergone widespread decline throughout North America during the past several decades. Causes of this decline include habitat loss and fragmentation because of conversion of grasslands to cropland, afforestation in the East, brush and shrub invasion in the Southwest and western United States, and planting of exotic grass...
A deposit model for Mississippi Valley-Type lead-zinc ores
David L. Leach, Ryan D. Taylor, David L. Fey, Sharon F. Diehl, Richard W. Saltus
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5070-A
This report is a descriptive model of Mississippi Valley-Type (MVT) lead-zinc deposits that presents their geological, mineralogical and geochemical attributes and is part of an effort by the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program to update existing models and develop new models that will be used for an upcoming national...
Historical evolution of the Columbia River littoral cell
George M Kaminsky, Ruggiero Peter, Maarten C. Buijsman, Diana McCandless, Guy R. Gelfenbaum
2010, Marine Geology (273) 96-126
This paper details the historical coastal evolution of the Columbia River littoral cell in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Geological data from A.D. 1700 and records leading up to the late 1800s provide insights to the natural system dynamics prior to significant human intervention, most notably jetty construction...
