Circulars are generally aimed at the general public; they may also be aimed at non-core professional and core professional audiences. The aim of the series is to broadly educate and inform about a wide variety of topics covered concisely and clearly to provide a synthesis of understanding about processes, geographic areas, issues, or USGS programs. The focus is usually on USGS programs, projects, and data and how they address issues of public interest. Circulars may include, for example, progress reports of mission programs, preliminary reports on topical investigations or catastrophic events, hazard and resource assessments, classification procedures, and so on. Circulars are of wide, popular interest but are generally of little archival value; this series should not be used to present new data or new scientific findings.
Publications in this series from the Western Region will be linked from here as they are produced.
Look Before You Build—Geologic Studies for Safer Land Development in the San Francisco Bay Area
By Martha Blair Tyler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1995/c1130/
Yucca Mountain as a Radioactive-Waste Repository
By Thomas C. Hanks, Isaac J. Winograd, R. Ernest Anderson, Thomas E. Reilly, and Edwin P. Weeks
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/circular/c1184/
Surviving a Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
Compiled by Brian F. Atwater, Marco Cisternas V., Joanne Bourgeois, Walter C. Dudley, James W. Hendley II, and Peter H. Stauffer, Compilers
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1187
Beyond the Golden Gate—Oceanography, Geology, Biology, and Environmental Issues in the Gulf of the Farallones
Herman A. Karl, John L. Chin, Edward Ueber, Peter H. Stauffer, and James W. Hendley II, Editors
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1198/
Sobreviviendo a un tsunami: lecciones de Chile, Hawai y Japón (2001, revisado y reimpreso 2006, revisado y reimpreso 2009)
Compilado por Brian F. Atwater, Marco Cisternas V., Joanne Bourgeois, Walter C. Dudley, James W. Hendley II y Peter H. Stauffer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1218
http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/circular/c1242/
Geothermal Energy—Clean Power From the Earth’s Heat
By Wendell A. Duffield and John H. Sass
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2004/c1249/
Shifting Shoals and Shattered Rocks-How Man Has Transformed the Floor of West-Central San Francisco Bay
By John L. Chin, Florence L. Wong, and Paul R. Carlson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2004/c1259/
A Cost-Benefit Analysis of The National Map
By David Halsing, Kevin Theissen, and Richard Bernknopf
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2004/1271/
The State of the Colorado River Ecosystem in Grand Canyon
Edited by Steven P. Gloss, Jeffrey E. Lovich, and Theodore S. Melis
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1282/
Marine Mineral Resources of Pacific Islands-A Review of the Exclusive Economic Zones of Islands of U.S. Affiliation, Excluding the State of Hawaii
By James R. Hein, Brandie R. McIntyre, and David Z. Piper
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2005/1286/
USGS Mineral Resources Program—Supporting Stewardship of America’s Natural Resources
By S.J. Kropschot
With a section on Evolution of Mineral Resource Assessments
By Kathleen M. Johnson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2006/1289/
USGS Science in Menlo Park—A Science Strategy for the U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park Science Center, 2005–2015
By Thomas M. Brocher, Michael D. Carr, David L. Halsing, David A. John, Victoria E. Langenheim, Margaret T. Mangan, Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, John Y. Takekawa, and Claire R. Tiedeman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2006/1290/
Opportunities and Needs for Mobile-Computing Technology to Support U.S. Geological Survey Fieldwork
By Nathan J. Wood and David L. Halsing
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2006/1299/
Ground Water on Tropical Pacific Islands—Understanding a Vital Resource
By Gordon Tribble
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1312/
Understanding Metal Pathways in Mineralized Ecosystems
By Laurie S. Balistrieri, Andrea L. Foster, Larry P. Gough, Floyd Gray, James J. Rytuba, and Lisa L. Stillings
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/2007/1317/
Western Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions
By R.F. Miller, J.D. Bates, T.J. Svejcar, F.B. Pierson, and L.E. Eddleman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1321/
Proceedings of a USGS Workshop on Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges Along the U.S.-Mexico Border—Monitoring, Modeling, and Forecasting Change Within the Arizona-Sonora Transboundary Watersheds
Edited by Laura M. Norman, Derrick D. Hirsch, and A. Wesley Ward
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1322/
The ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario—A Story That Southern Californians Are Writing
By Suzanne Perry, Dale Cox, Lucile Jones, Richard Bernknopf, James Goltz, Kenneth Hudnut, Dennis Mileti, Daniel Ponti, Keith Porter, Michael Reichle, Hope Seligson, Kimberley Shoaf, Jerry Treiman, and Anne Wein
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1324/
Piñon and Juniper Field Guide: Asking the Right Questions to Select Appropriate Management Actions
By R.J. Tausch, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station, R.F. Miller, Oregon State University, B.A. Roundy, Brigham Young University, and J.C. Chambers, U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1335/
Quality of Water from Public-Supply Wells in the United States, 1993–2007; Overview of Major Findings
By Patricia L. Toccalino and Jessica A. Hopple
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1346/
Nutrients in the NationÕs Streams and Groundwater, 1992–2004
By Neil M. Dubrovsky, Karen R. Burow, Gregory M. Clark, Jo Ann M. Gronberg, Pixie A. Hamilton, Kerie J. Hitt, David K. Mueller, Mark D. Munn, Bernard T. Nolan, Larry J. Puckett, Michael G. Rupert, Terry M. Short, Norman E. Spahr, Lori A. Sprague, and William G. Wilber
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1350/
Protocols for Geologic Hazards Response by the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
By the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1351/
Effects of Low-Impact-Development (LID) Practices on Streamflow, Runoff Quantity, and Runoff Quality in the Ipswich River Basin, Massachusetts: ?A Summary of Field and Modeling Studies
By Marc J. Zimmerman, Marcus C. Waldron, Jeffrey R. Barbaro, and Jason R. Sorenson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1361/
Western Mineral and Environmental Resources Science Center—Providing Comprehensive Earth Science for Complex Societal Issues
By David G. Frank, Alan R. Wallace, and Jill L. Schneider
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1363/
Effects of Three High-Flow Experiments on the Colorado River Ecosystem Downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona
Edited by Theodore S. Melis
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1366/
An Evaluation of the Science Needs to Inform Decisions on Outer Continental Shelf Energy Development in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas, Alaska
Edited by Leslie Holland-Bartels and Brenda Pierce
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1370/
A Synthesis of Aquatic Science for Management of Lakes Mead and Mohave
Edited by Michael R. Rosen, Kent Turner, Steven L. Goodbred, and Jennell M. Miller
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/1381/
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