Avian comparisons between Kingman and Kenilworth Marshes: Final report 2001-2004
M. Paul, C. Krafft, D. Hammerschlag
2006, Book
In 2001 avi-fauna was added as a parameter to be monitored as an indicator of the status and relative success of the two reconstructed freshwater tidal wetlands residing in the Anacostia River estuary in Washington, D.C. at that time. They were Kenilworth Marsh which was reconstructed in 1993 and...
Hurricanes 2004: An overview of their characteristics and coastal change
Asbury H. Sallenger Jr., Hilary Stockdon, Laura A. Fauver, Mark Hansen, David Thompson, C. Wayne Wright, Jeff Lillycrop
2006, Estuaries and Coasts (29) 880-888
Four hurricanes battered the state of Florida during 2004, the most affecting any state since Texas endured four in 1884. Each of the storms changed the coast differently. Average shoreline change within the right front quadrant of hurricane force winds varied from 1 m of shoreline advance to 20 m...
The utility of gravity and magnetic methods for understanding subsurface hydrogeology in large alluvial watersheds: Examples from urbanized basins of the Western United States
V. J. S. Grauch, Victoria Langenheim
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems proceedings
Population continues to grow rapidly within the large alluvial watersheds associated with structural basins of the Basin and Range Province and the Rio Grande rift of the western United States. Increasing demands on ground‐water resources in these basins, combined with water‐rights disputes, have amplified the need for improved understanding of...
Resistivity imaging in eastern Nevada Using the audiomagnetotelluric method for hydrogeologic framework studies
Darcy McPhee, Louise Pellerin, B. A. Churchel, Janet E. Tilden, Gary L. Dixon
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems 2006
Inversion of audiomagnetotelluric (AMT) sounding data collected in eastern Nevada shows significant structure within the upper kilometer of the subsurface that defines the geologic framework from which hydrologic models will be developed. We collected AMT data along two profiles in Spring and Cave valleys in 2004–2005, using the Geometrics StrataGem...
LIDAR & SASW technologies for geotechnical earthquake engineering
Robert Kayen, Brian D. Collins
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium on the application of geophysics to engineering and environmental problems 2006
Geotechnical engineering methods are validated through comparison of field‐data of surface deformations and sub‐surface state properties. Recent advances in non‐invasive surface imaging and sub‐surface stiffness characterization allow us to rapidly and inexpensively map these spatial and physical properties in two and three dimensions. In this paper, we discuss new technologies...
Ground-water levels in Huron County, Michigan, 2004-05
T. L. Weaver, S. L. Crowley, S. P. Blumer
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1082-B
In 1990, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed a study of the hydrogeology of Huron County, Michigan (Sweat, 1991). In 1993, Huron County and the USGS entered into a continuing agreement to measure water levels at selected wells throughout Huron County. As part of the agreement, USGS has operated four...
Reconnaissance borehole geophysical, geological, and hydrological data from the proposed hydrodynamic compartments of the Culpeper Basin in Loudoun, Prince William, Culpeper, Orange, and Fairfax Counties, Virginia
Michael P. Ryan, Herbert A. Pierce, Carole D. Johnson, David M. Sutphin, David L. Daniels, Joseph P. Smoot, John K. Costain, Cahit Coruh, George E. Harlow Jr.
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1203
The Culpeper basin is part of a much larger system of ancient depressions or troughs, that lie inboard of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and largely within the Applachian Piedmont Geologic Province of eastern North America, and the transition region with the neighboring Blue Ridge Geologic Province. This basin system formed...
EAARL submarine topography: Biscayne National Park
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson, Melanie S. Harris, Lance Mosher
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1118
This lidar-derived submarine topography map was produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility. One objective of this research is...
EAARL topography: Dry Tortugas National Park
John Brock, C. Wayne Wright, Matt Patterson, Amar Nayegandhi, Judd Patterson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1244
This lidar-derived submarine topography map was produced as a collaborative effort between the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Coastal and Marine Geology Program, National Park Service (NPS) South Florida/Caribbean Network Inventory and Monitoring Program, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Wallops Flight Facility. One objective of this research is...
Streamstats: U.S. Geological Survey web application for streamflow statistics for Connecticut
Elizabeth A. Ahearn, Kernell G. Ries III, Peter A. Steeves
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3129
Introduction An important mission of the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) is to provide information on streamflow in the Nation's rivers. Streamflow statistics are used by water managers, engineers, scientists, and others to protect people and property during floods and droughts, and to manage land, water, and biological resources. Common uses...
Cartography for lunar exploration: 2006 status and planned missions
Randolph L. Kirk, Brent A. Archinal, Lisa R. Gaddis, Mark R. Rosiek
2006, Conference Paper, Symposium of ISPRS Commission IV
The initial spacecraft exploration of the Moon in the 1960s–70s yielded extensive data, primarily in the form of film and television images, that were used to produce a large number of hardcopy maps by conventional techniques. A second era of exploration, beginning in the early 1990s, has produced digital data...
Fish health study Ashtabula River natural resource damage assessment
V. S. Blazer, L. R. Iwanowicz, P. C. Baumann
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1137
INTRODUCTION The Ashtabula River is located in northeast Ohio, flowing into Lake Erie at Ashtabula, Ohio. Tributaries include Fields Brook, Hubbard Run, Strong Brook, and Ashtabula Creek. The bottom sediments, bank soils and biota of Fields Brook have been severely contaminated by unregulated discharges of hazardous substances. Hazardous substances have migrated...
The Late-Holocene evolution of the Miseno area (south-western Campi Flegrei) as inferred by stratigraphy, petrochemistry and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology:Chapter 6 in Volcanism in the Campania Plain — Vesuvius, Campi Flegrei and Ignimbrites
Donatella Insinga, Andrew T. Calvert, Marvin A. Lanphere, Vincenzo Morra, Annamaria Perrotta, Marco Sacchi, Claudio Scarpati, James Saburomaru, Lorenzo Fedele
2006, Developments in Volcanology (9) 97-124
This study on terrestrial and marine successions increases the understanding of the Late-Holocene volcanological and stratigraphical evolution of the south-western part of Campi Flegrei caldera.Stratigraphic data derived from field studies of two major tuff vents located along the coastal zone, namely Porto Miseno and Capo Miseno, clearly indicate...
Diffuse-flow conceptualization and simulation of the Edwards aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas
R. J. Lindgren
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5319
A numerical ground-water-flow model (hereinafter, the conduit-flow Edwards aquifer model) of the karstic Edwards aquifer in south-central Texas was developed for a previous study on the basis of a conceptualization emphasizing conduit development and conduit flow, and included simulating conduits as one-cell-wide, continuously connected features. Uncertainties regarding the degree to...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Montezuma Castle National Monument
Cecilia A. Schmidt, Charles A. Drost, William Lee Halvorson
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1163
Executive Summary We summarize past inventory efforts for vascular plants and vertebrates at Montezuma Castle National Monument (NM) in Arizona. We used data from previous research to compile complete species lists for the monument and to assess inventory completeness. There have been 784 species recorded at Montezuma Castle NM, of which 85...
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Saguaro National Park, Rincon Mountain District
Brian F. Powell, William Lee Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1075
Executive Summary This report summarizes the results of the first comprehensive inventory of plants and vertebrates at the Rincon Mountain District (RMD) of Saguaro National Park, Arizona. From 2001 to 2003 we surveyed for vascular plants and vertebrates (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) at the district to document the presence of...
Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET)
James P. Verdin
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3022
The FEWS NET mission is to identify potentially food-insecure conditions early through the provision of timely and analytical hazard and vulnerability information. U.S. Government decision-makers act on this information to authorize mitigation and response activities. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) FEWS NET provides tools and data for monitoring and forecasting...
Land Cover Trends Project
William Acevedo
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3020
The Land Cover Trends Project is designed to document the types, rates, causes, and consequences of land cover change from 1973 to 2000 within each of the 84 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Level III ecoregions that span the conterminous United States. The project's objectives are to: * Develop a comprehensive...
LANDFIRE: Collaboration for National Fire Fuel Assessment
Zhi-Liang Zhu
2006, Fact Sheet 2006-3019
The implementation of national fire management policies, such as the National Fire Plan and the Healthy Forest Restoration Act, requires geospatial data of vegetation types and structure, wildland fuels, fire risks, and ecosystem fire regime conditions. Presently, no such data sets are available that can meet these requirements. As a...
The USGS Land Cover Institute
Christopher Barnes
2006, Fact Sheet 2005-3115
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Land Cover Institute (LCI) is located at the Center for Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It provides a focal point for advancing USGS land cover studies and applications. Satellite images and other remotely sensed data play an important role...
Water Resources Data: Hawaii and Other Pacific Areas, Water Year 2005. Volume 1. Hawaii
Richard A. Fontaine
2006, Water Data Report HI-05-1
Water resources data for the 2005 water year for Hawaii consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; water levels and quality of water wells; and rainfall totals. * Water discharge for 59 gaging stations on streams, springs, and ditches. * Water-quality data for 6 streams. * Water...
Chapter A6. Section 6.1. Temperature
Franceska D. Wilde
2006, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 09-A6.1
Accurate temperature measurements are required for accurate determinations of important environmental parameters such as pH, specific electrical conductance, and dissolved oxygen, and to the determination of chemical reaction rates and equilibria, biological activity, and physical fluid properties. This section of the National Field Manual (NFM) describes U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)...
Hydratools manual version 1.0, documentation for a MATLAB®-based post-processing package for the Sontek Hydra
Marinna A. Martini, Chris Sherwood, Rachel Horwitz, Andree Ramsey, Fran Lightsom, Jessie Lacy, Jingping Xu
2006, Open-File Report 2005-1026
The Sediment Transport Instrumentation Group (STG) at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Woods Hole Science Center has a long-standing comitment to providing scientists with high quality oceanographic data. To meet this commitment, STG personnel are vigilant in checking data as well as hardware for signs of instrument malfunction. STG data...
Areal distribution and concentration of contaminants of concern in surficial streambed and lakebed sediments, Lake St. Clair and tributaries, Michigan, 1990-2003
Cynthia M. Rachol, Daniel T. Button
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5189
As part of the Lake St. Clair Regional Monitoring Project, the U.S. Geological Survey evaluated data collected from surficial streambed and lakebed sediments in the Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair drainages. This study incorporates data collected from 1990 through 2003 and focuses primarily on the U.S. part of the Lake...
Surficial geologic map of the Salem Depot-Newburyport East-Wilmington-Rockport 16-quadrangle area in northeast Massachusetts
Byron D. Stone, Janet Radway Stone, Mary L. DiGiacomo-Cohen
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1260-B
The surficial geologic map shows the distribution of nonlithified earth materials at land surface in an area of 16 7.5-minute quadrangles (total 658 mi2) in northeast Massachusetts. The geologic map differentiates surficial materials of Quaternary age on the basis of their lithologic characteristics (grain size, sedimentary structures, mineral and rock-particle...
