Burial and thermal history of the central Appalachian basin, based on three 2-D models of Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia
Elisabeth L. Rowan
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1019
Introduction: Three regional-scale, cross sectional (2-D) burial and thermal history models are presented for the central Appalachian basin based on the detailed geologic cross sections of Ryder and others (2004), Crangle and others (2005), and Ryder, R.T., written communication. The models integrate the available thermal and geologic information to...
Wetland delineation with IKONOS high-resolution satellite imagery, Fort Custer Training Center, Battle Creek, Michigan, 2005
L. M. Fuller, T.R. Morgan, Stephen S. Aichele
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5051
The Michigan Army National Guard’s Fort Custer Training Center (FCTC) in Battle Creek, Mich., has the responsibility to protect wetland resources on the training grounds while providing training opportunities, and for future development planning at the facility. The National Wetlands Inventory (NWI) data have been the primary wetland-boundary resource, but...
Digital database of recently active traces of the Hayward Fault, California
James J. Lienkaemper
2006, Data Series 177
The purpose of this map is to show the location of and evidence for recent movement on active fault traces within the Hayward Fault Zone, California. The mapped traces represent the integration of the following three different types of data: (1) geomorphic expression, (2) creep (aseismic fault slip),and (3)...
Maps of quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility in the Central San Francisco Bay Region, California
Robert C. Witter, Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Carl M. Wentworth, Richard D. Koehler, Carolyn E. Randolph, Suzanna K. Brooks, Kathleen D. Gans
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1037
This report presents a map and database of Quaternary deposits and liquefaction susceptibility for the urban core of the San Francisco Bay region. It supercedes the equivalent area of U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-444 (Knudsen and others, 2000), which covers the larger 9-county San Francisco Bay region. The...
Quantitative x-ray diffraction mineralogy of Los Angeles basin core samples
James R. Hein, Brandie R. McIntyre, Brian D. Edwards, Orion I. Lakota
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1036
This report contains X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis of mineralogy for 81 sediment samples from cores taken from three drill holes in the Los Angeles Basin in 2000-2001. We analyzed 26 samples from Pier F core, 29 from Pier C core, and 26 from the Webster core. These three sites provide...
Gravity and magnetic data in the vicinity of Virgin Valley, southern Nevada
Robert L. Morin
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1042
This report contains 10 interpretive cross sections and an integrated text describing the geology of parts of the Colorado, White River, and Death Valley regional ground-water flow systems, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona. The primary purpose of the report is to provide geologic framework data for input into a numerical ground-water...
Water resources data Kansas, water year 2005
James E. Putnam, D.R. Schneider
2006, Water Data Report KS-05-1
Hydraulic and geomorphic monitoring of experimental bridge scour mitigation at selected bridges in Utah, 2003-05
Terry A. Kenney, Tim S. McKinney
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5033
Unique bridge scour mitigation designs using concrete A-Jacks were developed by the Utah Department of Transportation and installed at the Colorado River Bridge at State Road 191 and the Green River Bridge at State Road 19. The U.S. Geological Survey monitored stream reaches at these sites by collecting streambed-topography and...
Confirmation and calibration of computer modeling of tsunamis produced by Augustine volcano, Alaska
James E. Beget, Zygmunt Kowalik
2006, Science of Tsunami Hazards (24) 257-266
Numerical modeling has been used to calculate the characteristics of a tsunami generated by a landslide into Cook Inlet from Augustine Volcano. The modeling predicts travel times of ca. 50-75 minutes to the nearest populated areas, and indicates that significant wave amplification occurs near Mt. Iliamna on the western...
The influence of hydrous Mn–Zn oxides on diel cycling of Zn in an alkaline stream draining abandoned mine lands
Christopher L. Shope, Ying Xie, Christopher H. Gammons
2006, Applied Geochemistry (21) 476-491
Many mining-impacted streams in western Montana with pH near or above neutrality display large (up to 500%) diel cycles in dissolved Zn concentrations. The streams in question typically contain boulders coated with a thin biofilm, as well as black mineral crusts composed of hydrous Mn–Zn oxides. Laboratory mesocosm experiments simulating...
Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty
Paul A. Reasenberg, Nan Shostak, Sharon Terwilliger
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1020
Introduction: This report explores how uncertainty in an earthquake source model may affect estimates of earthquake economic loss. Specifically, it focuses on the earthquake source model for the San Francisco Bay region (SFBR) created by the Working Group on California Earthquake Probabilities. The loss calculations are made using HAZUS-MH,...
Vitrinite Reflectance Data for the Wind River Basin, Central Wyoming
Thomas M. Finn, Laura N.R. Roberts, Mark J. Pawlewicz
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1015
Introduction: The Wind River Basin is a large Laramide (Late Cretaceous through Eocene) structural and sedimentary basin that encompasses about 7,400 mi2 in central Wyoming. The basin boundaries are defined by fault-bounded Laramide uplifts that surround it, including the Owl Creek and Bighorn Mountains to the north, Wind River...
Analysis of sensitivity of simulated recharge to selected parameters for seven watersheds modeled using the precipitation-runoff modeling system
D. Matthew Ely
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5041
Recharge is a vital component of the ground-water budget and methods for estimating it range from extremely complex to relatively simple. The most commonly used techniques, however, are limited by the scale of application. One method that can be used to estimate ground-water recharge includes process-based models that compute distributed...
Estimating landslide losses - preliminary results of a seven-State pilot project
Lynn M. Highland
2006, Open-File Report 2006-1032
Introduction: In 2001, the U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program provided funding for seven State geological surveys to report on the status of landslide investigation strategies in each of their States, and to suggest improved ways to approach the tracking of landslides, their effects, losses associated with the...
Two-dimensional direct-current resistivity survey to supplement borehole data in ground-water models of the former Blaine Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Nebraska, September 2003
Wade H. Kress, Lyndsay B. Ball, Andrew Teeple, Michael J. Turco
2006, Data Series 172
The former Blaine Naval Ammunition Depot located immediately southeast of Hastings, Nebraska, was an ammunition facility during World War II and the Korean Conflict. Waste-management practices during operation and decommissioning of the former Depot resulted in soil and ground-water contamination. Ground-water models have been used by the U.S. Army Corps...
Chemical and isotopic database of water and gas from hydrothermal systems with an emphasis for the western United States
Robert H. Mariner, D.Y. Venezky, S. Hurwitz
2006, Data Series 169
Chemical and isotope data accumulated by two USGS Projects (led by I. Barnes and R. Mariner) over a time period of about 40 years can now be found using a basic web search or through an image search (left). The data are primarily chemical and isotopic...
Dissolved-gas concentrations in ground water in West Virginia, 1997-2005
Jeremy S. White, Melvin V. Mathes
2006, Data Series 156
Occurrence, distribution, and transport of pesticides in agricultural irrigation-return flow from four drainage basins in the Columbia Basin Project, Washington, 2002-04, and comparison with historical data
Richard J. Wagner, Lonna M. Frans, Raegan L. Huffman
2006, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5005
Water-quality samples were collected from sites in four irrigation return-flow drainage basins in the Columbia Basin Project from July 2002 through October 2004. Ten samples were collected throughout the irrigation season (generally April through October) and two samples were collected during the non-irrigation season. Samples were analyzed for temperature, pH,...
Overview of the Microscopic Imager Investigation during Spirit's first 450 sols in Gusev crater
Kenneth E. Herkenhoff, Steve W. Squyres, Robert Anderson, Brent A. Archinal, Raymond E. Arvidson, Janet M. Barrett, Kris J. Becker, James F. Bell, Charles Budney, Nathalie A. Cabrol, Mary G. Chapman, Debbie Cook, Bethany L. Ehlmann, Jack Farmer, Brenda Franklin, Lisa R. Gaddis, Donna M. Galuszka, Patricia A. Garcia, Trent M. Hare, Elpitha Howington-Kraus, Jeffrey R. Johnson, Sarah Johnson, Kjartan M Kinch, Randolph L. Kirk, Ella M. Lee, Craig Leff, Mark T. Lemmon, Madsen Morten B., Justin N. Maki, Kevin F. Mullins, Bonnie L. Redding, Lutz Richter, Mark R. Rosiek, Michael H. Sims, Laurence A. Soderblom, Nicole Spanovich, Richard Springer, Robert M. Sucharski, Tracie L. Sucharski, Robert Sullivan, James M. Torson, Albert S. Yen
2006, Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets (111)
The Microscopic Imager (MI) on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has returned images of Mars with higher resolution than any previous camera system, allowing detailed petrographic and sedimentological studies of the rocks and soils at the Gusev landing site. Designed to simulate a geologist's hand lens, the MI is mounted...
Geochemical and isotopic evaluation of groundwater movement in corrective action Unit 97: Yucca Flat/Climax Mine, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, rev. no.: 0
I. M. Farnham, T. P. Rose, E. M. Kwicklis, R. L. Hershey, James B. Paces, W. M. Fryer
2006, Technical Report 99205-070
This report describes the results of a comprehensive geochemical evaluation of the groundwater flow system in the Yucca Flat/Climax Mine Corrective Action Unit (CAU). The main objectives of this study are to identify probable pathways for groundwater flow within the study area and to develop constraints on groundwater transit times...
The changing shapes of active volcanoes: History, evolution, and future challenges for volcano geodesy
Michael P. Poland, Michael W. Hamburger, Andrew V. Newman
2006, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (150) 1-13
At the very heart of volcanology lies the search for the 'plumbing systems' that form the inner workings of Earth’s active volcanoes. By their very nature, however, the magmatic reservoirs and conduits that underlie these active volcanic systems are elusive; mostly they are observable only through circumstantial evidence, using indirect,...
Water Resources Investigations at Edwards Air Force Base since 1988
Michelle Sneed, Tracy Nishikawa, Peter Martin
2006, Fact Sheet 2005-3112
Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB) in southern California (fig. 1) has relied on ground water to meet its water-supply needs. The extraction of ground water has led to two major problems that can directly affect the mission of EAFB: declining water levels (more than 120 ft since the 1920s) and...
A data viewer for stream-sediment and surface-water chemistry, geology, and geography of the Humboldt River basin, northern Nevada
Douglas B. Yager, Helen W. Folger, Lisa L. Stillings
2006, Bulletin 2210-F
The data and software utilized in this product permit the user to view and analyze the geographic relationships among chemistry of stream sediments and surface waters, geology, and various cartographic base information such as but not limited to cities, county boundaries, and land ownership. Data for this product were compiled...
Geochemical database for volcanic rocks of the western Cascades, Washington, Oregon, and California
Edward A. du Bray, David A. John, David R. Sherrod, Russell C. Evarts, Richard M. Conrey, Jaroslav Lexa
2006, Data Series 155
Response to comment on “Persistence of pharmaceutical compounds and other organic wastewater contaminants in a conventional drinking-water-treatment plant”
Paul E. Stackelberg, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer, Steven D. Zaugg, Alden K. Henderson, Dori B. Reissman
2006, Science of the Total Environment (354) 93-97
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Centers for Disease Control thank Dr. Till for her comments concerning our research (Till, 2005) and welcome the opportunity to respond. The primary objective of our study was to evaluate the potential for organic wastewater-related contaminants (OWCs), including pharmaceuticals, to survive a...
