The performance of nearshore dredge disposal at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, 2005-2007
Patrick L. Barnard, Li H. Erikson, Jeff E. Hansen, Edwin Elias
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1347
Ocean Beach, California, contains an erosion hot spot in the shadow of the San Francisco ebb tidal delta that threatens valuable public infrastructure as well as the safe recreational use of the beach. In an effort to reduce the erosion at this location a new plan for the management of...
The length of channelized lava flows: Insight from the 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai‘i
Jenny M. Riker, Katharine V. Cashman, James P. Kauahikaua, Charlene M. Montierth
2009, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (183)-139
The 1859 eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawai'i, produced paired 'a'ā and pāhoehoe flows of exceptional length (51 km). The 'a'ā flow field is distinguished by a long (> 36 km) and well-defined pāhoehoe-lined channel, indicating that channelized lava remained fluid to great distances from the vent. The 1859 eruption was further unusual...
Does mobility explain variation in colonisation and population recovery among stream fishes?
Paul L. Angermeier, Brett Albanese, James T. Peterson
2009, Freshwater Biology (54) 1444-1460
1. Colonisation and population recovery are crucial to species persistence in environmentally variable ecosystems, but are poorly understood processes. After documenting movement rates for several species of stream fish, we predicted that this variable would influence colonisation rates more strongly than local abundance, per cent occupancy, body size and...
Mineral Resource Assessment of Marine Sand Resources in Cape- and Ridge-Associated Marine Sand Deposits in Three Tracts, New York and New Jersey, United States Atlantic Continental Shelf
James D. Bliss, S. Jeffress Williams, Matthew A. Arsenault
2009, Bulletin 2209-N
Demand is growing in the United States and worldwide for information about the geology of offshore continental shelf regions, the character of the seafloor, and sediments comprising the seafloor and subbottom. Interest in locating sand bodies or high quality deposits that have potential as sources for beach nourishment and ecosystem...
Estimating Locations of Perennial Streams in Idaho Using a Generalized Least-Squares Regression Model of 7-Day, 2-Year Low Flows
Molly S. Wood, Alan Rea, Kenneth D. Skinner, Jon Hortness
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5015
Many State and Federal agencies use information regarding the locations of streams having intermittent or perennial flow when making management and regulatory decisions. For example, the application of some Idaho water quality standards depends on whether streams are intermittent. Idaho Administrative Code defines an intermittent stream as one having a...
Estimated Perennial Streams of Idaho and Related Geospatial Datasets
Alan Rea, Kenneth D. Skinner
2009, Data Series 412
The perennial or intermittent status of a stream has bearing on many regulatory requirements. Because of changing technologies over time, cartographic representation of perennial/intermittent status of streams on U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) topographic maps is not always accurate and (or) consistent from one map sheet to another. Idaho Administrative Code...
Processing, Analysis, and General Evaluation of Well-Driller Logs for Estimating Hydrogeologic Parameters of the Glacial Sediments in a Ground-Water Flow Model of the Lake Michigan Basin
Leslie D. Arihood
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5184
In 2005, the U.S. Geological Survey began a pilot study for the National Assessment of Water Availability and Use Program to assess the availability of water and water use in the Great Lakes Basin. Part of the study involves constructing a ground-water flow model for the Lake Michigan part of...
Post-Miocene Right Separation on the San Gabriel and Vasquez Creek Faults, with Supporting Chronostratigraphy, Western San Gabriel Mountains, California
Larry A. Beyer, Thane H. McCulloh, Rodger E. Denison, Ronald W. Morin, Roy J. Enrico, John A. Barron, Robert J. Fleck
2009, Professional Paper 1759
The right lateral San Gabriel Fault Zone in southern California extends from the northwestern corner of the Ridge Basin southeastward to the eastern end of the San Gabriel Mountains. It bifurcates to the southeast in the northwestern San Gabriel Mountains. The northern and older branch curves eastward in the range...
Status and Trends of Sea Otter Populations in Southeast Alaska, 1969-2003
George G. Esslinger, James L. Bodkin
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5045
Aerial surveys of all known sea otter (Enhydra lutris) habitat in Southeast Alaska (SE AK) in 2002-2003 indicated a population size of 8,949 otters [Standard Error (SE) = 899] at an average density of 0.92 otters per square kilometer. These findings on sea otter distribution and abundance were compared to...
Ground-water-withdrawal component of the Michigan water-withdrawal screening tool
Howard W. Reeves, David A. Hamilton, Paul W. Seelbach, A. Jeremiah Asher
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5003
A water-withdrawal assessment process and Internet-based screening tool have been developed to evaluate proposed new or increased high-capacity water withdrawals in Michigan. Michigan legislation defines high capacity withdrawals as those capable of removing an average of 100,000 gallons per day for a consecutive 30-day period. This report describes the ground-water...
Integrated Science: Florida Manatees and Everglades Hydrology
Catherine A. Langtimm, Eric D. Swain, Bradley Stith, James P. Reid, Daniel H. Slone, Jeremy Decker, Susan M. Butler, Terry Doyle, R.W. Snow
2009, Fact Sheet 2009-3002
Predicting and monitoring restoration effects on Florida manatees, which are known to make extended movements, will be incomplete if modeling and monitoring are limited to the smaller areas defined by the various res-toration components. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) efforts, thus far, have focused on (1) collecting manatee movement data throughout...
Development of a Flood-Warning System and Flood-Inundation Mapping for the Blanchard River in Findlay, Ohio
Matthew T. Whitehead, Chad J. Ostheimer
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5234
Digital flood-inundation maps of the Blanchard River in Findlay, Ohio, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the City of Findlay, Ohio. The maps, which correspond to water levels at the USGS streamgage at Findlay (04189000), were provided to the National Weather Service (NWS) for incorporation...
Titan's surface at 2.2-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Calibration and first results
M.A. Janssen, R. D. Lorenz, R. West, F. Paganelli, R.M. Lopes, Randolph L. Kirk, C. Elachi, S. D. Wall, W.T.K. Johnson, Y. Anderson, R.A. Boehmer, P. Callahan, Y. Gim, G.A. Hamilton, K.D. Kelleher, L. Roth, B. Stiles, A. Le Gall, The Cassini Radar Team
2009, Icarus (200) 222-239
The first comprehensive calibration and mapping of the thermal microwave emission from Titan's surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.2-cm wavelength by the passive radiometer included in the Cassini Radar instrument. The data reported were accumulated from 69 separate observational segments in Titan passes from Ta (October 2004) through T30 (May 2007) and...
Integrated watershed scale response to climate change for selected basins across the United States
Steven L. Markstrom, Lauren E. Hay
2009, Water Resources Impact (11) 8-10
As the questions of climate change has moved from “if” it is happening to “how” it is changing our environment, it has become important to have regional assessment designs to allow us to better understand how changes are occurring now and in the future. The authors are using the Precipitatation...
Injection-Site Reactions in Wild Horses (Equus caballus) Receiving an Immunocontraceptive Vaccine
James E. Roelle, Jason I. Ransom
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5038
The U.S. Geological Survey and the Bureau of Land Management are conducting research on the efficacy of the immunocontraceptive agent porcine zona pellucida (PZP) in reducing fertility of wild horses (Equus caballus). As an antigen, PZP stimulates antibody production when injected into many mammalian species. These antibodies bind to the...
Model-Based Predictions of the Effects of Harvest Mortality on Population Size and Trend of Yellow-Billed Loons
Joel A. Schmutz
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1040
Yellow-billed loons (Gavia adamsii) breed in low densities in northern tundra habitats in Alaska, Canada, and Russia. They migrate to coastal marine habitats at mid to high latitudes where they spend their winters. Harvest may occur throughout the annual cycle, but of particular concern are recent reports of harvest from...
Completion of the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 1992–2001 Land Cover Change Retrofit product
J.A. Fry, Michael Coan, Collin G. Homer, Debra K. Meyer, J.D. Wickham
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1379
The Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium has supported the development of two national digital land cover products: the National Land Cover Dataset (NLCD) 1992 and National Land Cover Database (NLCD) 2001. Substantial differences in imagery, legends, and methods between these two land cover products must be overcome in order to support...
Geophysical Investigation Along the Great Miami River From New Miami to Charles M. Bolton Well Field, Cincinnati, Ohio
R. A. Sheets, D.H. Dumouchelle
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1025
Three geophysical profiling methods were tested to help characterize subsurface materials at selected transects along the Great Miami River, in southwestern Ohio. The profiling methods used were continuous seismic profiling (CSP), continuous resistivity profiling (CRP), and continuous electromagnetic profiling (CEP). Data were collected with global positioning systems to spatially locate...
Bull Trout Forage Investigations in Beulah Reservoir, Oregon - Annual Report for 2006
Brien P. Rose, Mathew G. Mesa
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1036
Beulah Reservoir on the north fork of the Malheur River in northeastern Oregon provides irrigation water to nearby farms and ranches and supports an adfluvial population of bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Water management in Beulah Reservoir results in seasonal and...
Modeling cape- and ridge-associated marine sand deposits: A focus on the U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf
James D. Bliss, S. Jeffress Williams, Karen S. Bolm
2009, Bulletin 2209-M
Cape- and ridge-associated marine sand deposits, which accumulate on storm-dominated continental shelves that are undergoing Holocene marine transgression, are particularly notable in a segment of the U.S. Atlantic Continental Shelf that extends southward from the east tip of Long Island, N.Y., and eastward from Cape May at the south end...
Ecological assessment of streams in the Powder River Structural Basin, Wyoming and Montana, 2005-06
D. A. Peterson, P.R. Wright, G.P. Edwards Jr., E.G. Hargett, D.L. Feldman, J.R. Zumberge, Paul Dey
2009, Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5023
Energy and mineral development, particularly coalbed natural gas development, is proceeding at a rapid pace in the Powder River Structural Basin (PRB) in northeastern Wyoming. Concerns about the potential effects of development led to formation of an interagency working group of primarily Federal and State agencies to address these issues...
Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Western Rhode Island Sound
K.Y. McMullen, L.J. Poppe, T.A. Haupt, J.M. Crocker
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1181
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have been working together to interpret sea-floor geology along the northeastern coast of the United States. In 2004, the NOAA Ship RUDE completed survey H11322, a sidescan-sonar and bathymetric survey that covers about 60 square kilometers of the...
Factoring uncertainty into restoration modeling of in-situ leach uranium mines
Raymond H. Johnson, Michael J. Friedel
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1024
Postmining restoration is one of the greatest concerns for uranium in-situ leach (ISL) mining operations. The ISL-affected aquifer needs to be returned to conditions specified in the mining permit (either premining or other specified conditions). When uranium ISL operations are completed, postmining restoration is usually achieved by injecting reducing agents...
Detailed Geophysical Fault Characterization in Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
Theodore H. Asch, Donald S. Sweetkind, Bethany L. Burton, Erin L. Wallin
2009, Open-File Report 2008-1346
Yucca Flat is a topographic and structural basin in the northeastern part of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) in Nye County, Nevada. Between the years 1951 and 1992, 659 underground nuclear tests took place in Yucca Flat; most were conducted in large, vertical excavations that penetrated alluvium and the underlying...
Seasonal Distribution and Abundance of Larval and Juvenile Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Hanks Marsh, Upper Klamath National Wildlife Refuge, Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: 2007 Annual Report
Greer O. Anderson, Alexander X. Wilkens, Summer M. Burdick, Scott P. VanderKooi
2009, Open-File Report 2009-1014
In the summer of 2007, we undertook an assessment of larval and juvenile sucker use of Hanks Marsh in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon. This 1,200-acre marsh on the southeastern shoreline of the lake represents part of the last remaining natural emergent wetland habitat in the lake. Because of the suspected...
