Science and the storms: The USGS response to the hurricanes of 2005
G. S. Farris, G. J. Smith, M.P. Crane, C. R. Demas, L. L. Robbins, D. L. Lavoie
2007, Circular 1306
This report is designed to give a view of the immediate response of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to four major hurricanes of 2005: Dennis, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma. Some of this response took place days after the hurricanes; other responses included fieldwork and analysis through the spring. While hurricane...
Lithostratigraphic and Hydrogeologic Characteristics of the Ordovician Sinnipee Group in the Vicinity of Waupun, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, 1995-96
Charles P. Dunning, Douglas J. Yeskis
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5114
Three boreholes were drilled at a farm site near Waupun, Wis., to improve the understanding of regional hydrogeology of the Ordovician Sinnipee Group. At the site the Sinnipee Group is the uppermost bedrock unit and is found to be about 183 ft thick. On the basis of core descriptions by...
Publications of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team 2006
Charles L. Powell II, Paul Stone
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1227
The Western Earth Surface Processes Team (WESPT) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conducts geologic mapping, earth-surface process investigations, and related topical earth science studies in the western United States. This work is focused on areas where modern geologic maps and associated earth-science data are needed to address key societal...
Comparative deformation behavior of minerals in serpentinized ultramafic rock: Application to the slab-mantle interface in subduction zones
Diane E. Moore, David A. Lockner
2007, International Geology Review (49) 401-415
The layer-structure minerals serpentine, brucite, and talc are postulated to form in the mantle wedge above a subducting slab as a result of progressive hydration and silica metasomatism. Tectonic mixing at the slab-mantle interface generates serpentinite mélanges that contain blocks of high-pressure (HP) or ultrahigh-pressure (UHP) metamorphic rock derived...
Concentrations of selected pharmaceuticals and antibiotics in south-central Pennsylvania waters, March through September 2006
Connie A. Loper, J. Kent Crawford, Kim L. Otto, Rhonda L. Manning, Michael T. Meyer, Edward T. Furlong
2007, Data Series 300
This report presents environmental and quality-control data from analyses of 15 pharmaceutical and 31 antibiotic compounds in water samples from streams and wells in south-central Pennsylvania. The analyses are part of a study by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) to...
Land Subsidence and Aquifer-System Compaction in the Tucson Active Management Area, South-Central Arizona, 1987-2005
Rob Carruth, Donald R. Pool, Carl E. Anderson
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5190
The U.S. Geological Survey monitors land subsidence and aquifer-system compaction caused by ground-water depletion in Tucson Basin and Avra Valley - two of the three alluvial basins within the Tucson Active Management Area. In spring 1987, the Global Positioning System was used to measure horizontal and vertical positions for bench...
Somerset County Flood Information System
Heidi L. Hoppe
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3090
The timely warning of a flood is crucial to the protection of lives and property. One has only to recall the floods of August 2, 1973, September 16 and 17, 1999, and April 16, 2007, in Somerset County, New Jersey, in which lives were lost and major property damage occurred,...
Hydrogeologic characteristics of the St. Croix River basin, Minnesota and Wisconsin: Implications for the susceptibility of ground water to potential contamination
Paul F. Juckem
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5112
Population growth in the St. Croix River Basin in Minnesota and Wisconsin has intensified concerns of county resource managers and the National Park Service, which is charged with protecting the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, about the potential for ground-water contamination in the basin. This report describes a previously...
Concentrations and Loads of Organic Compounds and Trace Elements in Tributaries to Newark and Raritan Bays, New Jersey
Timothy P. Wilson, Jennifer L. Bonin
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5059
A study was undertaken to determine the concentrations and loads of sediment and chemicals delivered to Newark and Raritan Bays by five major tributaries: the Raritan, Passaic, Rahway, Elizabeth, and Hackensack Rivers. This study was initiated by the State of New Jersey as Study I-C of the New Jersey Toxics...
Anthropogenic Organic Compounds in Ground Water and Finished Water of Community Water Systems near Dayton, Ohio, 2002-04
Mary Ann Thomas
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5035
Source water for 15 community-water-system (CWS) wells in the vicinity of Dayton, Ohio, was sampled to evaluate the occurrence of 258 anthropogenic compounds (AOCs). At least one AOC was detected in 12 of the 15 samples. Most samples contained a mixture of compounds (average of four compounds per sample). The...
Geologic Map of Part of the Western Hellas Planitia, Mars
Jeffrey M. Moore, Don E. Wilhelms
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2953
Introduction Rock units were deposited on Mars by meteorite impact, volcanism, wind, flowing water, standing water, and ice, acting separately or in concert. Hellas Planitia, the deepest tract on Mars, is a broad depression lying within the high-rimmed, approximately 2,300-km-wide Hellas impact basin. The basin and the planitia are centered about...
Bankfull Regional Curves for Streams in the Non-Urban, Non-Tidal Coastal Plain Physiographic Province, Virginia and Maryland
Jennifer L. Krstolic, Jeffrey J. Chaplin
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5162
Natural-channel design involves constructing a stream channel with the dimensions, slope, and plan-view pattern that would be expected to transport water and sediment and yet maintain habitat and aesthetics consistent with unimpaired reaches. The adequate description of channel geometry in unimpaired reaches often is an important component of natural-channel design...
High-resolution bathymetry and topography of south San Francisco Bay, California
Amy C. Foxgrover, Peter Dartnell, Bruce E. Jaffe, John Y. Takekawa, Nicole D. Athearn
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2987
This map consists of a view of the southern end of San Francisco bay with the water 'removed.' The image is overlain by a set of six figures: - Figure 1. Perspective view looking southeast down south San Francisco Bay. - Figure 2. Perspective view looking east with the Diablo Range in...
Analysis of ground-water flow in the Madison aquifer using fluorescent dyes injected in Spring Creek and Rapid Creek near Rapid City, South Dakota, 2003-04
Larry D. Putnam, Andrew J. Long
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5137
The Madison aquifer, which contains fractures and solution openings in the Madison Limestone, is used extensively for water supplies for the city of Rapid City and other suburban communities in the Rapid City, S. Dak., area. The 48 square-mile study area includes the west-central and southwest parts of Rapid City...
Regionalized equations for bankfull discharge and channel characteristics of streams in New York State — Hydrologic Regions 1 and 2 in the Adirondack Region of northern New York
Christiane I. Mulvihill, Amy Filopowicz, Arthur Coleman, Barry P. Baldigo
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5189
Equations that relate drainage area to bankfull discharge and channel characteristics (width, depth, and cross-sectional area) at gaged sites are needed to define bankfull-discharge and channel characteristics at ungaged sites and to provide information for watershed assessments, stream-channel classification, and design of stream-restoration projects. Such equations are most accurate if...
Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 19. Leaching characteristics of composited materials from mine waste-rock piles and naturally altered areas near Questa, New Mexico
Kathleen S. Smith, Philip L. Hageman, Paul H. Briggs, Stephen J. Sutley, R. Blaine McCleskey, K. Eric Livo, Philip L. Verplanck, Monique G. Adams, Pamela A. Gemery-Hill
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5165
The goal of this study is to compare and contrast the leachability of metals and the acidity from individual mine waste-rock piles and natural erosional scars in the study area near Questa, New Mexico. Surficial multi-increment (composite) samples less than 2 millimeters in diameter from five waste-rock piles, nine erosional-scar...
Age Determination of the Remaining Peat in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, California, USA
Judith Z. Drexler, Christian S. de Fontaine, Donna L. Knifong
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1303
Introduction The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta of California was once a 1,400 square kilometer (km2) tidal marsh, which contained a vast layer of peat ranging up to 15 meters (m) thick (Atwater and Belknap, 1980). Because of its favorable climate and highly fertile peat soils, the majority of the Delta was drained...
Bathymetry and Geology of the Floor of Yellowstone Lake, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana
L. A. Morgan, Wayne C. Shanks, G. K. Lee, M. W. Webring
2007, Scientific Investigations Map 2973
High-resolution, multi-beam sonar mapping of Yellowstone Lake was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in conjunction with the National Park Service from 1999 to 2002. Yellowstone Lake is the largest high-altitude lake in North America, at an altitude of 2,357 m with a surface area of 341 km2. More than...
Maps of Quadrangle 3362, Shin-Dand (415) and Tulak (416) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1109
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Assessment of groundwater input and water quality changes impacting natural vegetation in the Loxahatchee River and floodplain ecosystem, Florida
William H. Orem, Peter W. Swarzenski, Benjamin F. McPherson, Marion Hedgepath, Harry E. Lerch, Christopher Reich, Arturo E. Torres, M.D. Corum, Richard E. Roberts
2007, Open-File Report 2007-1304
The Loxahatchee River and Estuary are small, shallow, water bodies located in southeastern Florida. Historically, the Northwest Branch (Fork) of the Loxahatchee River was primarily a freshwater system. In 1947, the river inlet at Jupiter was dredged for navigation and has remained permanently open since that time. Drainage patterns within...
Maps of Quadrangle 3364, Pasa-Band (417) and Kejran (418) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1110
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Klamath Basin: A watershed approach to support habitat restoration, species recovery, and water resource planning
S. P. VanderKooi, L. Thorsteinson
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3068
Water allocation among human and natural resource uses in the American West is challenging. Western rivers have been largely managed for hydropower, irrigation, drinking water, and navigation. Today land and water use practices have gained importance, particularly as aging dams are faced with re-licensing requirements and provisions of the Endangered...
Streamflow of 2006 -- Water Year Summary
Harry F. Lins
2007, Fact Sheet 2007-3062
The maps and graphs appearing in this summary describe streamflow conditions for water-year 2006 (October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006) in the context of the 77-year period 1930-2006, unless otherwise noted. The illustrations are based on observed data from the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Streamflow Information Program. The...
Maps of Quadrangle 3366, Gizab (513) and Nawer (514) Quadrangles, Afghanistan
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2007, Open-File Report 2005-1111
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Investigation of ground-water contamination at a drainage ditch, Installation Restoration Site 4, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, 2005–06
Don A. Vroblesky, Clifton C. Casey
2007, Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5155
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, used newly developed sampling methods to investigate ground-water contamination by chlorobenzenes beneath a drainage ditch on the southwestern side of Installation Restoration Site 4, Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas, during 2005-06. The drainage ditch,...
