Technical Manual for the Geospatial Stream Flow Model (GeoSFM)
Kwabena O. Asante, Guleid A. Artan, Md Shahriar Pervez, Christina Bandaragoda, James P. Verdin
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1441
The monitoring of wide-area hydrologic events requires the use of geospatial and time series data available in near-real time. These data sets must be manipulated into information products that speak to the location and magnitude of the event. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (USGS...
Monitoring fine-grained sediment in the Colorado River ecosystem, Arizona — Control network and conventional survey techniques
Joseph E. Hazel Jr., Matt Kaplinski, Roderic A. Parnell, Keith Kohl, John C. Schmidt
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1276
In 2002, fine-grained sediment (sand, silt, and clay) monitoring in the Colorado River downstream from Glen Canyon Dam was initiated to survey channel topography at scales previously unobtainable in this canyon setting. This report presents the methods used to establish the high-resolution global positioning system (GPS) control network required for...
Quantitative Mineral Resource Assessment of Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, and Silver in Undiscovered Porphyry Copper Deposits in the Andes Mountains of South America
Charles G. Cunningham, Eduardo O. Zappettini, Waldo Vivallo S., Carlos Mario Celada, Jorge Quispe, Donald A. Singer, Joseph A. Briskey, David M. Sutphin, Mariano Gajardo M., Alejandro Diaz, Carlos Portigliati, Vladimir I. Berger, Rodrigo Carrasco, Klaus J. Schulz
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1253
Quantitative information on the general locations and amounts of undiscovered porphyry copper resources of the world is important to exploration managers, land-use and environmental planners, economists, and policy makers. This publication contains the results of probabilistic estimates of the amounts of copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), gold (Au), and silver (Ag)...
Compilation of Disruptions to Airports by Volcanic Activity (Version 1.0, 1944-2006)
Marianne Guffanti, Gari C. Mayberry, Thomas J. Casadevall, Richard Wunderman
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1256
Volcanic activity has caused significant hazards to numerous airports worldwide, with local to far-ranging effects on travelers and commerce. To more fully characterize the nature and scope of volcanic hazards to airports, we collected data on incidents of airports throughout the world that have been affected by volcanic activity, beginning...
Hydrogeology, Chemical Characteristics, and Transport Processes in the Zone of Contribution of a Public-Supply Well in York, Nebraska
Matthew K. Landon, Brian R. Clark, Peter B. McMahon, Virginia L. McGuire, Michael J. Turco
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5050
In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey, as part of the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, initiated a topical study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to PSW (public-supply wells). Local-scale and regional-scale TANC study areas were delineated within selected NAWQA study units for intensive study of processes...
Multibeam Sonar Mapping and Modeling of a Submerged Bryophyte Mat in Crater Lake, Oregon
Peter Dartnell, Robert Collier, Mark Buktenica, Steven Jessup, Scott Girdner, Peter Triezenberg
2008, Data Series 366
Traditionally, multibeam data have been used to map sea floor or lake floor morphology as well as the distribution of surficial facies in order to characterize the geologic component of benthic habitats. In addition to using multibeam data for geologic studies, we want to determine if these data can also...
High-Resolution Digital Terrain Models of the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta Region, California
Tom Coons, Christopher E. Soulard, Noah Knowles
2008, Data Series 359
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Western Region Geographic Science Center, in conjunction with the USGS Water Resources Western Branch of Regional Research, has developed a high-resolution elevation dataset covering the Sacramento/San Joaquin Delta region of California. The elevation data were compiled photogrammically from aerial photography (May 2002) with a scale...
Digital data for volcano hazards in the Mount Jefferson Region, Oregon
S. P. Schilling, S. Doelger, J. S. Walder, C. A. Gardner, R. M. Conrey, B.J. Fisher
2008, Open-File Report 2007-1224
Mount Jefferson has erupted repeatedly for hundreds of thousands of years, with its last eruptive episode during the last major glaciation which culminated about 15,000 years ago. Geologic evidence shows that Mount Jefferson is capable of large explosive eruptions. The largest such eruption occurred between 35,000 and 100,000 years ago....
Summary of mercury and trace element results in precipitation from the Culpeper, Virginia, Mercury Deposition Network Site (VA-08), 2002-2006
Mark A. Engle, Allan Kolker, Douglas E. Mose, Joseph A. East, Jamey D. McCord
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1232
The VA-08 Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) site, southwest of Culpeper, Virginia, was established in autumn of 2002. This site, along with nearby VA-28 (~31 km west) at Big Meadows in Shenandoah National Park, fills a spatial gap in the Mid-Atlantic region of the MDN network and provides Hg deposition data...
Interactions among livestock grazing, vegetation type, and fire behavior in the Murphy Wildland Fire Complex in Idaho and Nevada, July 2007
Karen Launchbaugh, Bob Brammer, Matthew L. Brooks, Stephen C. Bunting, Patrick Clark, Jay Davison, Mark Fleming, Ron Kay, Mike Pellant, David A. Pyke
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1214
A series of wildland fires were ignited by lightning in sagebrush and grassland communities near the Idaho-Nevada border southwest of Twin Falls, Idaho in July 2007. The fires burned for over two weeks and encompassed more than 650,000 acres. A team of scientists, habitat specialists, and land managers was called...
Catalog of earthquake hypocenters at Alaskan volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2007
James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power
2008, Data Series 367
Between January 1 and December 31, 2007, AVO located 6,664 earthquakes of which 5,660 occurred within 20 kilometers of the 33 volcanoes monitored by the Alaska Volcano Observatory. Monitoring highlights in 2007 include: the eruption of Pavlof Volcano, volcanic-tectonic earthquake swarms at the Augustine, Illiamna, and Little Sitkin volcanic centers,...
Quantifying Ground-Water and Surface-Water Discharge from Evapotranspiration Processes in 12 Hydrographic Areas of the Colorado Regional Ground-Water Flow System, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona
Guy A. DeMeo, J. LaRue Smith, Nancy A. Damar, Jon Darnell
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5116
Rapid population growth in southern Nevada has increased the demand for additional water supplies from rural areas of northern Clark and southern Lincoln counties to meet projected water-supply needs. Springs and rivers in these undeveloped areas sustain fragile riparian habitat and may be susceptible to ground-water withdrawals. Most natural ground-water...
Regional Stratigraphy and Petroleum Systems of the Michigan Basin, North America
Christopher S. Swezey
2008, Scientific Investigations Map 2978
Although more than 100 years of research have gone into deciphering the stratigraphy of the Michigan basin of North America, it remains a challenge to visualize the basin stratigraphy on a regional scale and to describe stratigraphic relations within the basin. Similar difficulties exist for visualizing and describing the regional...
Biodegradation in contaminated aquifers: Incorporating microbial/molecular methods
J. Weiss, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
2008, Groundwater (46) 305-322
In order to evaluate natural attenuation in contaminated aquifers, there has been a recent recognition that a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating microbial and molecular methods, is required. Observed decreases in contaminant mass and identified footprints of biogeochemical reactions are often used as evidence of intrinsic bioremediation, but...
Riparian vegetation dynamics and evapotranspiration in the riparian corridor in the delta of the Colorado River, Mexico
Pamela L. Nagler, Edward P. Glenn, Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta, Francisco Zamora, Keith A. Howard
2008, Journal of Environmental Management (88) 864-874
Like other great desert rivers, the Colorado River in the United States and Mexico is highly regulated to provide water for human use. No water is officially allotted to support the natural ecosystems in the delta of the river in Mexico. However, precipitation is inherently variable in this watershed, and...
Survival and migration behavior of juvenile salmonids at Lower Granite Dam, 2006
John W. Beeman, Scott D. Fielding, Amy C. Braatz, Tamara S. Wilkerson, Adam C. Pope, Christopher E. Walker, Jill M. Hardiman, Russell W. Perry, Timothy D. Counihan
2008, Report
We described behavior and estimated passage and survival parameters of juvenile salmonids during spring and summer migration periods at Lower Granite Dam in 2006. During the spring, the study was designed to examine the effects of the Behavioral Guidance Structure (BGS) by using a randomized-block BGS Stored / BGS Deployed...
Magmatically triggered slow slip at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Benjamin A. Brooks, James Foster, David Sandwell, Cecily J. Wolfe, Paul G. Okubo, Michael P. Poland, David Myer
2008, Science (321) 1177
We demonstrate that a recent dike intrusion probably triggered a slow fault-slip event (SSE) on Kilauea volcano's mobile south flank. Our analysis combined models of Advanced Land Observing Satellite interferometric dike-intrusion displacement maps with continuous Global Positioning System (GPS) displacement vectors to show that deformation nearly identical to four previous...
Short-term response of methane fluxes and methanogen activity to water table and soil warming manipulations in an Alaskan peatland
M. R. Turetsky, C. C. Treat, M. P. Waldrop, J. M. Waddington, Jennifer W. Harden, A. David McGuire
2008, Journal of Geophysical Research Biogeosciences (113)
Growing season CH4 fluxes were monitored over a two year period following the start of ecosystem-scale manipulations of water table position and surface soil temperatures in a moderate rich fen in interior Alaska. The largest CH4 fluxes occurred in plots that received both flooding (raised water table position) and soil warming, while...
Bathymetric Surveys of Lake Arthur and Raccoon Lake, Pennsylvania, June 2007
Clinton D. Hittle, A. Thomas Ruby III
2008, Data Series 357
In spring of 2007, bathymetric surveys of two Pennsylvania State Park lakes were performed to collect accurate data sets of lake-bed elevations and to develop methods and techniques to conduct similar surveys across the state. The lake-bed elevations and associated geographical position data can be merged with land-surface elevations acquired...
Development of a Monitoring Protocol to Detect Ecological Change in the Intertidal Zone of Sitka National Historical Park, Alaska
Gail V. Irvine, Erica N. Madison
2008, Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5139
A pilot study to develop and test a probability-based intertidal monitoring protocol for Sitka National Historical Park was conducted from 1999 to 2003. In 1999, the basic design, with a focus on sampling the whole of the designated intertidal was created, and sampling was conducted for sessile species and large...
User's Manual for the Object User Interface (OUI): An Environmental Resource Modeling Framework
Steven L. Markstrom, Kathryn M. Koczot
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1120
The Object User Interface is a computer application that provides a framework for coupling environmental-resource models and for managing associated temporal and spatial data. The Object User Interface is designed to be easily extensible to incorporate models and data interfaces defined by the user. Additionally, the Object User Interface is...
A Regional Approach to Wildlife Monitoring Related to Energy Exploration and Development in Colorado
Natasha B. Kotliar, Zachary H. Bowen, Douglas S. Ouren, Adrian H. Farmer
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1024
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently developing a National Monitoring Strategy that will guide efforts to create an efficient and effective process for monitoring land health by BLM. To inform the ongoing development of the national strategy, BLM selected two States (Colorado, Alaska) to serve as focal...
Development of Landsat-5 thematic mapper internal calibrator gain and offset table
Julia A. Barsi, Gyanesh Chander, Esad Micijevic, Brian L. Markham, Obaidul Haque
2008, Conference Paper
The National Landsat Archive Production System (NLAPS) has been the primary processing system for Landsat data since U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science Center (EROS) started archiving Landsat data. NLAPS converts raw satellite data into radiometrically and geometrically calibrated products. NLAPS has historically used the Internal Calibrator...
Distribution of Elevated Nitrate Concentrations in Ground Water in Washington State
Lonna Frans
2008, Fact Sheet 2008-3063
More than 60 percent of the population of Washington State uses ground water for their drinking and cooking needs. Nitrate concentrations in ground water are elevated in parts of the State as a result of various land-use practices, including fertilizer application, dairy operations and ranching, and septic-system use. Shallow wells...
Results of a Survey of Residential Home Heating Fuel and Stove Type and Use in the Shiprock Area of the Navajo Nation
Joseph E. Bunnell, Linda V. Garcia
2008, Open-File Report 2008-1249
For many Navajo people, coal provides an affordable and convenient means of home heating. However, coal combustion results in the formation and mobilization of materials that are known risk factors for respiratory and other diseases. The level of respiratory morbidity among the Navajo people is higher than can be explained...
