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Southern California landslides-an overview
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3107
Southern California lies astride a major tectonic plate boundary defined by the San Andreas Fault and numerous related faults that are spread across a broad region. This dynamic tectonic environment has created a spectacular landscape of rugged mountains and steep-walled valleys that compose much of the region’s scenic beauty. Unfortunately,...
Water use for irrigation in Michigan, 2001
Michele L. Morenz, Ron L. Van Til, Carol L. Luukkonen
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3079
Each year, water-use data for Michigan are compiled or estimated by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), working in cooperation with the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS). The resulting information provides a category-by-category profile of over 4,200 facilities throughout the State. The data are reported in the Michigan Water...
Negative effects of commercial mussel dragging on eelgrass beds in Maine
Hilary A. Neckles, Frederick T. Short, Seth Barker, Blaine S. Kopp
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3054
A study by the US Geological Survey, the University of New Hampshire, and the Maine Department of Marine Resources showed that commercial mussel dragging poses a severe and long-lasting threat to eelgrass (Zostera marina). Dragging can damage large areas, with individual drag scars up to 79 acres in size...
Health-Based Screening Levels and their Application to Water-Quality Data
Patricia L. Toccalino, John S. Zogorski, Julia E. Norman
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3059
To supplement existing Federal drinking-water standards and guidelines, thereby providing a basis for a more comprehensive evaluation of contaminant-occurrence data in a human-health context, USGS began a collaborative project in 1998 with USEPA, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the Oregon Health & Science University to calculate non-enforceable...
USGS launches online database: Lichens in National Parks
Jim Bennett
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3040
If you are interested in lichens and National Parks, now you can query a lichen database that combines these two elements. Using pull-down menus you can: search by park, specifying either species list or the references used for that area; search by species (a report will show the parks in...
Migratory bird pathways and the Gulf of Mexico: Importance of Louisiana's coast
Gregory J. Smith, Wylie Barrow
2005, Fact Sheet 2005-3069
Because of its geographic position, Louisiana plays an important role in the hemispheric-scale phenomenon known as the Nearctic-Neotropical bird migration system. Each year millions of landbirds migrate across or near to the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Birds migrate in large, broad fronts that sometimes exceed 2 million individuals,...