Strategic plan for science-U.S. Geological Survey, Ohio Water Science Center, 2010-15
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5156
This Science Plan identifies specific scientific and technical programmatic issues of current importance to Ohio and the Nation. An examination of those issues yielded a set of five major focus areas with associated science goals and strategies that the Ohio Water Science Center will emphasize in its program during 2010-15....
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...
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...
Characteristics of fall chum salmon spawning habitat on a mainstem river in Interior Alaska
Sean E. Burril, Christian E. Zimmerman, James E. Finn
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1164
Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) are the most abundant species of salmon spawning in the Yukon River drainage system, and they support important personal use, subsistence, and commercial fisheries. Chum salmon returning to the Tanana River in Interior Alaska are a significant contribution to the overall abundance of Yukon River chum...
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...
Effects of urbanization on stream ecosystems along an agriculture-to-urban land-use gradient, Milwaukee to Green Bay, Wisconsin, 2003-2004
Kevin D. Richards, Barbara C. Scudder, Faith A. Fitzpatrick, Jeffery J. Steuer, Amanda H. Bell, Marie C. Peppler, Jana S. Stewart, Mitchell A. Harris
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5101-E
In 2003 and 2004, 30 streams near Milwaukee and Green Bay, Wisconsin, were part of a national study by the U.S. Geological Survey to assess urbanization effects on physical, chemical, and biological characteristics along an agriculture-to-urban land-use gradient. A geographic information system was used to characterize natural landscape features that...
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...
A high-resolution land-use map; Nogales, Sonora, Mexico
Laura M. Norman, Miguel L. Villarreal, Cynthia S.A. Wallace, Claudia Z. Gil Anaya, Israel Diaz Arcos, Floyd Gray
2010, Open-File Report 2010-1156
The cities of Nogales, Sonora, and Nogales, Arizona, are located in the Ambos Nogales Watershed, a topographically irregular bowl-shaped area with a northward gradient. Throughout history, residents in both cities have been affected by flooding. Currently, the primary method for regulating this runoff is to build a series of detention...
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)....
A geologic and anthropogenic journey from the Precambrian to the new energy economy through the San Juan volcanic field
Douglas B. Yager, Alison Burchell Alison, Raymond H. Johnson
2010, Book chapter, Through the generations: Geologic and anthropogenic field excursions in the Rocky Mountains from modern to ancient
The San Juan volcanic field comprises 25,000 km2 of intermediate composition mid-Tertiary volcanic rocks and dacitic to rhyolitic calderas including the San Juan–Uncompahgre and La Garita caldera-forming super-volcanoes. The region is famous for the geological, ecological, hydrological, archeological, and climatological diversity. These characteristics supported ancestral Puebloan populations....
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,...
A Reconnaissance of selected organic compounds in streams in tribal lands in Central Oklahoma, January-February 2009
Carol Becker
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5110
The U.S. Geological Survey worked in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma on two separate reconnaissance projects carried out concurrently. Both projects entailed the use of passive samplers as a sampling methodology to investigate the detection of selected organic compounds at stream sites...
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...
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...
Application of SEAWAT to select variable-density and viscosity problems
Alyssa M. Dausman, Christian D. Langevin, Danny T. Thorne Jr., Michael C. Sukop
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5028
SEAWAT is a combined version of MODFLOW and MT3DMS, designed to simulate three-dimensional, variable-density, saturated groundwater flow. The most recent version of the SEAWAT program, SEAWAT Version 4 (or SEAWAT_V4), supports equations of state for fluid density and viscosity. In SEAWAT_V4, fluid density can be calculated as a function of...
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...
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...
Delineation and Prediction Uncertainty of Areas Contributing Recharge to Selected Well Fields in Wetland and Coastal Settings, Southern Rhode Island
Paul J. Friesz
2010, Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5060
Areas contributing recharge to four well fields in two study sites in southern Rhode Island were delineated on the basis of steady-state groundwater-flow models representing average hydrologic conditions. The wells are screened in sand and gravel deposits in wetland and coastal settings. The groundwater-flow models were calibrated by inverse modeling...
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...
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...
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...
An overview of marine biodiversity in United States waters
Daphne G. Fautin, Penelope Delton, Lewis S. Incze, Jo-Ann C. Leong, Clarence Pautzke, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Paul Sandifer, George R. Sedberry, John W. Tunnell Jr., Isabella Abbott, Russell E. Brainard, Melissa Brodeur, Lucius G. Eldredge, Michael Feldman, Fabio Moretzsohn, Peter S. Vroom, Michelle Wainstein, Nicholas Wolff
2010, PLoS ONE (5)
Marine biodiversity of the United States (U.S.) is extensively documented, but data assembled by the United States National Committee for the Census of Marine Life demonstrate that even the most complete taxonomic inventories are based on records scattered in space and time. The best-known taxa are those of commercial importance....
Interpreting Ca and Fe stable isotope signals in carbonates: A new perspective
Thomas D. Bullen, Ronald Amundson
2010, Conference Paper, Water-rock interaction XIII
No abstract available....
Near surface and deep subsurface monitoring for successful geologic sequestration of CO2
Yousif K. Kharaka, James J. Thordsen, Thomas D. Bullen, D.R. Cole, T.J. Phelps, J.T. Birkholzer, S.D. Hovorka
2010, Conference Paper, Water-rock interaction XIII
No abstract available....
