Flood Magnitude and Frequency of the Delaware River in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania
Robert D. Schopp, Gary D. Firda
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1203
From September 2004 to June 2006, the Delaware River in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania experienced three major floods that caused extensive damage. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) needed updated information on the flood magnitude and frequency for the eight active streamflow-gaging stations along the main stem Delaware...
Availability of Ground-Water Data for California, Water Year 2007
Julia A. Huff, Thomas C. Haltom
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3048
The U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources, in cooperation with Federal, State, and local agencies, obtains a large amount of data pertaining to the ground-water resources of California each water year (October 1-September 30). These data constitute a valuable database for developing an improved understanding of the water resources of the...
Geologic Field Notes, Geochemical Analyses, and Field Photographs of Outcrops and Rock Samples from the Big Delta B-1 Quadrangle, East-Central Alaska
Warren C. Day, J. Michael O’Neill
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1115
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources Division of Mining, Land, and Water, has released a geologic map of the Big Delta B-1 quadrangle of east-central Alaska (Day and others, 2007). This companion report presents the major element oxide and trace element geochemical analyses,...
Mid-Pliocene Planktic Foraminifer Census Data and Alkenone Unsaturation Indices from Ocean Drilling Program Hole 677A
Marci Robinson, Rocio Caballero, Emily Pohlman, Timothy Herbert, Victoria Peck, Harry Dowsett
2008, Data Series 353
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a long-term study of mid-Pliocene climatic and oceanographic conditions. One of the key elements of the study involves the use of quantitative composition of planktic foraminifer assemblages in conjunction with other proxies to constrain estimates of sea-surface temperature (SST) and to identify major oceanographic...
Simulation of Flow, Sediment Transport, and Sediment Mobility of the Lower Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
Charles Berenbrock, Andrew W. Tranmer
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5093
A one-dimensional sediment-transport model and a multi-dimensional hydraulic and bed shear stress model were developed to investigate the hydraulic, sediment transport, and sediment mobility characteristics of the lower Coeur d?Alene River in northern Idaho. This report documents the development and calibration of those models, as well as the results of...
Engineering and Economics of the USGS Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas Resource Appraisal (CARA) Project
Mahendra K. Verma, Loring P. White, Donald L. Gautier
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1193
This Open-File report contains illustrative materials, in the form of PowerPoint slides, used for an oral presentation given at the Fourth U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Reserve Growth of petroleum resources held on March 10-11, 2008. The presentation focused on engineering and economic aspects of the Circum-Arctic Oil and Gas...
Net Acid Production, Acid Neutralizing Capacity, and Associated Mineralogical and Geochemical Characteristics of Animas River Watershed Igneous Rocks Near Silverton, Colorado
Douglas B. Yager, LaDonna Choate, Mark R. Stanton
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5063
This report presents results from laboratory and field studies involving the net acid production (NAP), acid neutralizing capacity (ANC), and magnetic mineralogy of 27 samples collected in altered volcanic terrain in the upper Animas River watershed near Silverton, Colo., during the summer of 2005. Sampling focused mainly on the volumetrically...
Reserve Growth of Alberta Oil Pools
Mahendra K. Verma, Troy Cook
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1194
This Open-File Report is based on a presentation delivered at the Fourth U.S. Geological Survey Workshop on Reserve Growth on March 10-11, 2008. It summarizes the results of a study of reserve growth of oil pools in Alberta Province, Canada. The study is part of a larger effort involving similar...
Structure of the San Bernardino Basin along two seismic transects: Rialto-Colton Fault to the San Andreas Fault and along the I-215 Freeway (I-10 to SR30)
R. D. Catchings, M. J. Rymer, M. R. Goldman, G. Gandhok, C. E. Steedman
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1197
In this report, we present seismic data and acquisition parameters for two seismic profiles acquired in the San Bernardino, California area in May and October 2003. We refer to these seismic profiles as the San Bernardino Regional (SBR) and San Bernardino High-Resolution (SBHR) seismic profiles. We present both un-interpreted and...
Water-Quality and Lake-Stage Data for Wisconsin Lakes, Water Year 2007
W. J. Wisconsin Water Science Center Lake-Studies Team: Rose, H.S. Garn, G. L. Goddard, S.B. Marsh, D.L. Olson, Dale M. Robertson
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1182
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with local and other agencies, collects data at selected lakes throughout Wisconsin. These data, accumulated over many years, provide a data base for developing an improved understanding of the water quality of lakes. To make these data available to interested parties outside the...
Estimated Loads of Suspended Sediment and Selected Trace Elements Transported through Milltown Reservoir in the Upper Clark Fork Basin, Montana, Water Years 2004-07
John H. Lambing, Steven K. Sando
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5080
The purpose of this report is to present estimated daily and annual loads of suspended sediment and selected trace elements for water years 2004-07 at two sites upstream and one site downstream from Milltown Reservoir. Milltown Reservoir is a National Priorities List Superfund site in the upper Clark Fork basin...
Uranium-Lead Zircon Ages and Sr, Nd, and Pb Isotope Geochemistry of Selected Plutonic Rocks from Western Idaho
Daniel M. Unruh, Karen Lund, Mel A. Kuntz, Lawrence W. Snee
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1142
Across the Salmon River suture in western Idaho, where allochthonous Permian to Cretaceous oceanic rocks are juxtaposed against Proterozoic North American rocks, a wide variety of plutonic rocks are exposed. Available data indicate much variation in composition, source, and structural state of these plutons. The plutonic rocks were long described...
Theoretical study on the reactivity of sulfate species with hydrocarbons
Qisheng Ma, Geoffrey S Ellis, Alon Amrani, Tongwei Zhang, Yongchun Tang
2008, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (72) 4565-4576
The abiotic, thermochemically controlled reduction of sulfate to hydrogen sulfide coupled with the oxidation of hydrocarbons, is termed thermochemical sulfate reduction (TSR), and is an important alteration process that affects petroleum accumulations in nature. Although TSR is commonly observed in high-temperature carbonate reservoirs, it has proven difficult to simulate in...
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Distribution, Abundance, and Habitat Use Along the Lower Colorado River and Its Tributaries, 2007 Annual Report
Matthew J. Johnson, Scott L. Durst, Christopher M. Calvo, Laura Stewart, Mark K. Sogge, Geoffrey Bland, Terry R. Arundel
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1177
This 2007 annual report details the second season of a 2-year study documenting western yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus occidentalis) distribution, abundance, and habitat use throughout the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program boundary area. We conducted cuckoo surveys at 40 sites within 14 areas, between 11 June and 9 September...
ShakeCast Manual
Kuo-Wan Lin, David J. Wald
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1158
ShakeCast is a freely available, post-earthquake situational awareness application that automatically retrieves earthquake shaking data from ShakeMap, compares intensity measures against users? facilities, and generates potential damage assessment notifications, facility damage maps, and other Web-based products for emergency managers and responders....
Views of the Sea Floor in Northern Monterey Bay, California
Curt D. Storlazzi, Nadine E. Golden, David P. Finlayson
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 3007
A sonar survey that produced unprecedented high-resolution images of the sea floor in northern Monterey Bay was conducted in 2005 and 2006. The survey, performed over 14 days by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), consisted of 172 tracklines and over 300 million soundings and covered an area of 12.2 km2...
Archive of Sediment Data Collected from Sandy Point to Belle Pass, Louisiana, 1983 through 2000 (Vibracore Surveys: 00SCC, CR83, P86, and USACE Borehole Cores)
Chandra A. Dreher, James G. Flocks, Nick F. Ferina, Mark A. Kulp
2008, Data Series 344
This CD-ROM publication was prepared by an agency of the U.S. Government. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the U.S. Geological Survey, no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of data on any other system, or for general or...
Klamath River Water Quality and Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Data from Link River Dam to Keno Dam, 2007
Annett B. Sullivan, Michael L. Deas, Jessica Asbill, Julie D. Kirshtein, Kenna D. Butler, Marc A. Stewart, Roy W. Wellman, Jennifer Vaughn
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1185
In 2007, the U.S. Geological Survey, Watercourse Engineering, and the Bureau of Reclamation began a project to construct and calibrate a water quality and hydrodynamic model of the 21-mile reach of the Klamath River from Link River Dam to Keno Dam. To provide a basis for this work, data collection...
Results of the chemical and isotopic analyses of sediment and ground water from alluvium of the Canadian River near a closed municipal landfill, Norman, Oklahoma, part 2
George N. Breit, Michele L.W. Tuttle, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Cyrus J. Berry, Scott C. Christenson, Jeanne B. Jaeschke
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1134
Analytical results on sediment and associated ground water from the Canadian River alluvium collected subsequent to those described in Breit and others (2005) are presented in this report. The data presented herein were collected primarily to evaluate the iron and sulfur species within the sediment at well sites IC 36,...
Potentiometric Surface in the Sparta-Memphis Aquifer of the Mississippi Embayment, Spring 2007
T.P. Schrader
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 3014
The most widely used aquifer for industry and public supply in the Mississippi embayment in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee is the Sparta-Memphis aquifer. Decades of pumping from the Sparta-Memphis aquifer have affected ground-water levels throughout the Mississippi embayment. Regional assessments of water-level data from the aquifer are important to...
Drier forest composition associated with hydrologic change in the Apalachicola River floodplain, Florida
Melanie R. Darst, Helen M. Light
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5062
Forests of the Apalachicola River floodplain had shorter flood durations, were drier in composition, and had 17 percent fewer trees in 2004 than in 1976. The change to drier forest composition is expected to continue for at least 80 more years. Floodplain drying was caused by large declines in river levels...
Modeling hydrodynamics and heat transport in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, and implications for water quality
Tamara M. Wood, Ralph T. Cheng, Jeffrey W. Gartner, Gene R. Hoilman, Mary K. Lindenberg, Roy E. Wellman
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5076
The three-dimensional numerical model UnTRIM was used to model hydrodynamics and heat transport in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon, between mid-June and mid-September in 2005 and between mid-May and mid-October in 2006. Data from as many as six meteorological stations were used to generate a spatially interpolated wind field to use...
Reconnaissance study of water quality in the mining-affected Aries River Basin, Romania
Michael J. Friedel, James A. Tindall, Daniel Sardan, David L. Fey, G.L. Poputa
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1176
The Aries River basin of western Romania has been subject to mining activities as far back as Roman times. Present mining activities are associated with the extraction and processing of various metals including Au, Cu, Pb, and Zn. To understand the effects of these mining activities on the environment, this...
Hydrocarbon Source Rocks in the Deep River and Dan River Triassic Basins, North Carolina
Jeffrey C. Reid, Robert C. Milici
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1108
This report presents an interpretation of the hydrocarbon source rock potential of the Triassic sedimentary rocks of the Deep River and Dan River basins, North Carolina, based on previously unpublished organic geochemistry data. The organic geochemical data, 87 samples from 28 drill holes, are from the Sanford sub-basin (Cumnock Formation)...
Analytical Results for Municipal Biosolids Samples from a Monitoring Program Near Deer Trail, Colorado (USA), 1999 through 2006
J.G. Crock, D. B. Smith, T. J. B. Yager, Z. A. Brown, M. G. Adams
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1172
Since late 1993, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District of Denver (Metro District), a large wastewater treatment plant in Denver, Colorado, has applied Grade I, Class B biosolids to about 52,000 acres of non-irrigated farmland and rangeland near Deer Trail, Colorado. In cooperation with the Metro District in 1993, the U.S. Geological...
