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Open-File Report 72-130

Earthquakes in the Oil Field at Rangely, Colorado

by James F. Gibbs, John H. Healy, C. Barry Raleigh, and John Coakley

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1972/0130/


Open-File Report 74-222

Effects of Local Geology on Ground Motion in the San Francisco Bay Region, California—A Continued Study

by James F. Gibbs and Roger D. Borcherdt

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1974/0222/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5185

Water Quality of the Chokosna, Gilahina, Lakina Rivers, and Long Lake Watershed along McCarthy Road, Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska, 2007–08

By Timothy P. Brabets, Robert T. Ourso, Matthew P. Miller, and Anne M. Brasher

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5185/


Open-File Report 2011-1281

Cone Penetration Tests and Soil Borings at Mason Road, Green Valley, Solano County, California

By Michael J. Bennett, Thomas E. Noce, and James J. Lienkaemper

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1281/


Data Series 633

A Geo-Referenced 3D Model of the Juan de Fuca Slab and Associated Seismicity

By J.L. Blair, P.A. McCrory, and D.H. Oppenheimer, U.S. Geological Survey, and F. Waldhauser, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/633/

Data Series 645

Catalog of Earthquake Hypocenters at Alaskan Volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2010

By James P. Dixon, U.S. Geological Survey, Scott D. Stihler, University of Alaska Fairbanks, John A. Power, U.S. Geological Survey, and Cheryl K. Searcy, U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/645/

Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2540-A

Bedrock Geologic Map of Northern New Jersey

By Avery Ala Drake, Jr., Richard A. Volkert, Donald H. Monteverde, Gregory C. Herman, Hugh F. Houghton, Ronald A. Parker, and Richard F. Dalton

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2540/a/

Data Series 654

Thermal Profiles for Selected River Reaches in the Stillaguamish River Basin, Washington, August 2011

By Andrew S. Gendaszek

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/654/

Fact Sheet 2011-3140

Vegetation Recovery after Fire in the Klamath-Siskiyou Region, Southern Oregon

By David Hibbs, Oregon State University and Ruth Jacobs, U.S. Geological Survey

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3140/


Fact Sheet 2011-3135

National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center Project Accomplishments: Highlights

By Sally Holl

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3135/


Data Series 644

Groundwater Geochemical and Selected Volatile Organic Compound Data, Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington, June 2009

By R.L. Huffman and R.S. Dinicola

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/644/

Fact Sheet 2011-3146

Popular Myths about Flooding in Western Washington

By Joseph L. Jones

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3146/


Open-File Report 2010-1296, v. 1.1

Implementation of the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Ground-Motion Prediction Equations in Fortran and R

By James Kaklamanos, David M. Boore, Eric M. Thompson, and Kenneth W. Campbell

2010, revised 2011

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1296/


Open-File Report 2011-1287

Gravity Data from the San Pedro River Basin, Cochise County, Arizona

By Jeffrey R. Kennedy and Daniel Winester

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1287/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5191

Seepage Investigations of the Clackamas River, Oregon

By Karl K. Lee

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5191/


Open-File Report 2011-1198

Groundwater, Surface-Water, and Water-Chemistry Data, Black Mesa Area, Northeastern Arizona—2009–10

By Jamie P. Macy and Christopher R. Brown

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1198/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5156

The Source, Discharge, and Chemical Characteristics of Water from Agua Caliente Spring, Palm Springs, California

Edited By Peter Martin With contributions by Justin Brandt, Rufus D. Catchings, Allen H. Christensen, Alan L. Flint, Gini Gandhok, Mark R. Goldman, Keith J. Halford, Victoria E. Langenheim, Peter Martin, Michael J. Rymer, Roy A. Schroeder, Gregory A. Smith, and Michelle Sneed

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5156/


Fact Sheet 2011-3134

Wind Energy and Wildlife Research at the Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center

By Sue Phillips

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3134/


Fact Sheet 2011-3112

BioData: A National Aquatic Bioassessment Database

By Dorene MacCoy

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3112/


Data Series 649

Groundwater Levels for Selected Wells in Upper Kittitas County, Washington

By E.T. Fasser and R.J. Julich

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/649/

Open-File Report 91-587 A, B and C

Compilation of digital geologic maps and associated databases with ALACARTE, an easily used menu interface cast in geologic terms that controls ARC/INFO, a commercial geographic information system

Open-File Report 91-587A, revised 2011
ALACARTE User Interface - AML Code and Demonstration Maps
Todd T. Fitzgibbon and Carl M. Wentworth

Open-File Report 91-587B, revised 2011
ALACARTE Installation and System Manual
Todd T. Fitzgibbon

Open-File Report 91-587C
ALACARTE User Manual
Carl M. Wentworth and Todd T. Fitzgibbon

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1991/0587/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5181

Seasonal Seepage Investigation on an Urbanized Reach of the Lower Boise River, Southwestern Idaho, Water Year 2010

By Marshall L. Williams

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5181/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5173

Assessing Hydraulic Connections Across a Complex Sequence of Volcanic Rocks—Analysis of U-20 WW Multiple-Well Aquifer Test, Pahute Mesa, Nevada National Security Site, Nevada

By C. Amanda Garcia, Joseph M. Fenelon, Keith J. Halford, Steven R. Reiner, and Randell J. Laczniak

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5173/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5168

Hydrogeologic Framework of the Johns Creek Subbasin and Vicinity, Mason County, Washington

By Wendy B. Welch and Mark E. Savoca

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5168/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5166

Documentation of Methods and Inventory of Irrigation Data Collected for the 2000 and 2005 U.S. Geological Survey Estimated Use of Water in the United States, Comparison of USGS-Compiled Irrigation Data to Other Sources, and Recommendations for Future Compilations

By Jade M. Dickens, Brandon T. Forbes, Dylan S. Cobean, and Saeid Tadayon

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5166/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5162

Lithogeochemistry of Mineralized and Altered Rock Samples from the Northern Talkeetna Mountains, South-Central Alaska

By Thomas D. Light and Jeanine M. Schmidt

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5162/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5160

Hydrogeologic Framework and Groundwater/Surface-Water Interactions of the Chehalis River Basin, Southwestern Washington

By Andrew S. Gendaszek

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5160/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5159

Groundwater Budgets for Detrital, Hualapai, and Sacramento Valleys, Mohave County, Arizona, 2007–08

By Bradley D. Garner and Margot Truini

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5159/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5152

Hydrography of and Biochemical Inputs to Liberty Bay, a Small Urban Embayment in Puget Sound, Washington

Edited by Renee K. Takesue

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5152/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5142

Assessment of Managed Aquifer Recharge from Sand Hollow Reservoir, Washington County, Utah, Updated to Conditions in 2010

By Victor M. Heilweil and Thomas M. Marston

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5142/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5068

Hydrogeologic and Geochemical Characterization of Groundwater Resources in Rush Valley, Tooele County, Utah

By Philip M. Gardner and Stefan Kirby

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5068/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5058

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, 2005: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

By Justin T. Kulongoski and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5058/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5052

Status and Understanding of Groundwater Quality in the Santa Clara River Valley, 2007: California GAMA Priority Basin Project

By Carmen A. Burton, Joseph Montrella, Matthew K. Landon, and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5052/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5041

Channel Change and Bed-Material Transport in the Umpqua River Basin, Oregon

By J. Rose Wallick, Jim E. OÕConnor, Scott Anderson, Mackenzie Keith, Charles Cannon, and John C. Risley

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5041/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5193

Conceptual Model of the Great Basin Carbonate and Alluvial Aquifer System

By Victor M. Heilweil, and Lynette E. Brooks, editors

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5193/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-C

Porphyry Copper Assessment of British Columbia and Yukon Territory, Canada

By Mark J. Mihalasky, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Thomas P. Frost, and Steve Ludington, with contributions from James M. Logan, Andre Panteleyev, and Grant Abbott

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/c/


Scientific Investigations Map 3158

Geologic Map of the Metis Mons Quadrangle (V–6), Venus

By James M. Dohm, Kenneth L. Tanaka, and James A. Skinner

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3158/

Scientific Investigations Map 3131

Bedrock Geologic Map of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska, and Accompanying Conodont Data

By Alison B. Till, Julie A. Dumoulin, Melanie B. Werdon, and Heather A. Bleick

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3131/

Professional Paper 1784-B
Investigation of the Potential for Concealed Base-Metal Mineralization of the Drenchwater Creek Zn-Pb-Ag Occurrence, Northern Alaska, Using Geology, Reconnaissance Geochemistry, and Airborne Electromagnetic Geophysics
By Garth E. Graham, Maria Deszcz-Pan, Jared Abraham, and Karen D. Kelley
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1784/b/


Professional Paper 1784-C
Streamflow and Streambed Scour in 2010 at Bridge 339, Copper River, Alaska
By Jeffrey S. Conaway and Timothy P. Brabets
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1784/c/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2089-A

Map Showing Sediment Isopachs in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Point Conception to Point Loma

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2089/a/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1289-B

Map Showing Depth to Basement in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Point Conception to Point Loma

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/1289/b/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1289-c

Map Showing Bottom Topography in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Point Conception to Point Loma

By T.E. Chase, Pat Wilde, W.R. Normark, G.I. Evenden, C.P. Miller, B.A. Seekins, J.O. Young, M.S. Grim, and C.J. Lief

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/1289/c/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2090-A

Map Showing Sediment Isopachs in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Cape Mendocino to Point Conception

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2090/a/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2090-B

Map Showing Depth to Basement in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Cape Mendocino to Point Conception

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2090/b/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2090-C

Map Showing Bottom Topography in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Cape Mendocino to Point Conception

By T.E. Chase, Pat Wilde, W.R. Normark, G.I. Evenden, C.P. Miller, B.A. Seekins, J.O. Young, M.S. Grim, and C.J. Lief

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2090/c/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2091-A

Map Showing Sediment Isopachs in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Mendocino

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2091/a/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2091-B

Map Showing Depth to Basement in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Mendocino

By J.V. Gardner, D.A. Cacchione, D.E. Drake, B.D. Edwards, M.E. Field, M.A. Hampton, H.A. Karl, N.H. Kenyon, D.G. Masson, D.S. McCulloch, and M.S. Grim

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2091/b/


Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2091-C

Map Showing Bottom Topography in the Deep-Sea Basins of the Pacific Continental Margin, Strait of Juan de Fuca to Cape Mendocino

By M.S. Grim, T.E. Chase, G.I. Evenden, M.L. Holmes, W.R. Normark, Pat Wilde, C.G. Fox, C.J. Lief, and B.A. Seekins

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2091/c/


Fact Sheet 2011-3133

A Promising Tool for Subsurface Permafrost Mapping: An Application of Airborne Geophysics from the Yukon River Basin, Alaska

By Jared Abraham

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3133/


Fact Sheet 2011-3130

The Alaska Geochemical Database: v. 1.0 — Geologic Materials

By Jeanine M. Schmidt and Matthew Granitto

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3130/


Fact Sheet 2011-3099

A Dryland River Transformed—The Little Colorado, 1936–2010

By Debra Block and Margaret Hiza Redsteer

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3099/


Fact Sheet 2011-3089

Groundwater Quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Groundwater Basins, California

By Justin T. Kulongoski and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3089/


Fact Sheet 2011-3085

Monitoring and Analysis of Sand Dune Movement and Growth on the Navajo Nation, Southwestern United States

By Margaret Hiza Redsteer, Rian C. Bogle, and John M. Vogel

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3085/


Fact Sheet 2011-3067

Land-Use Planning for Nearshore Ecosystem Services—The Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model

By Kristin Byrd

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3067/


Fact Sheet 2011-3055

Groundwater Quality in the Santa Clara River Valley, California

By Carmen A. Burton, Matthew K. Landon, and Kenneth Belitz

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3055/


Fact Sheet 2011-3013

Earthquakes in Hawai‘i—An Underappreciated but Serious Hazard

By Paul G. Okubo and Jennifer S. Nakata

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3013/


Data Series 621

Selected Time-Lapse Movies of the East Rift Zone Eruption of K?lauea Volcano, 2004–2008

By Tim R. Orr

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/621/

Data Series 610

Water-Quality Data for the Russian River Basin, Mendocino and Sonoma Counties, California, 2005–2010

By Robert Anders, Karl Davidek, and Donald M. Stoeckel

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/610/

Data Series 600

Occurrence of Pesticides in Surface Water and Sediments from Three Central California Coastal Watersheds, 2008–09

By Kelly L. Smalling and James L. Orlando

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/600/

Open-File Report 2011-1243

Simulating Water Temperature of the Klamath River under Dam Removal and Climate Change Scenarios

By Russell W. Perry, John C. Risley, Scott J. Brewer, Edward C. Jones, and Dennis W. Rondorf

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1243/


Open-File Report 2011-1247

Sampling Large Landscapes with Small-Scale Stratification--User's Manual

By Jonathan Bart

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1247/


Open-File Report 2011-1262

Location and Age of Foraminifer Samples Examined by Chevron Petroleum Company Paleontologists from More Than 2,500 Oil Test Wells in California

By Earl E. Brabb

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1262/


Open-File Report 2011-1263

Range-Wide Assessment of Livestock Grazing Across the Sagebrush Biome

By Kari E. Veblen, David A. Pyke, Cameron L. Aldridge, Michael L. Casazza, Timothy J. Assal, and Melissa A. Farinha

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1263/


Open-File Report 2011-1268

Simulating Potential Structural and Operational Changes for Detroit Dam on the North Santiam River, Oregon--Interim Results

By Norman L. Buccola and Stewart A. Rounds

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1268/


Open-File Report 2011-1269

DS Ð Software for Analyzing Data Collected Using Double Sampling

By Jonathan Bart and Dana Hartley

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1269/


Open-File Report 2011-1271

Organic Contaminants, Trace and Major Elements, and Nutrients in Water and Sediment Sampled in Response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

By Lisa H. Nowell, Amy S. Ludtke, David K. Mueller, and Jonathon C. Scott

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1271/


Open-File Report 2011-1275

The Lake Tahoe Basin Land Use Simulation Model

By William M. Forney and I. Benson Oldham

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1275/


Open-File Report 2011-1279

Tools and Methods for Evaluating and Refining Alternative Futures for Coastal Ecosystem Management—The Puget Sound Ecosystem Portfolio Model

By Kristin B. Byrd, Jason R. Kreitler, and William B. Labiosa

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1279/


Open-File Report 2011-1290

Conservation Effects Assessment Project--Wetlands Assessment in California's Central Valley and Upper Klamath River Basin

Edited by Walter G. Duffy, U.S. Geological Survey; Sharon N. Kahara, Humboldt State University; and Rosemary M. Records, U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1290/


Open-File Report 2011-1238

Dynamically Downscaled Climate Simulations over North America: Methods, Evaluation, and Supporting Documentation for Users

By S.W Hostetler, U.S. Geological Survey; and J.R. Alder and A.M. Allan, Oregon State University

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1238/


Open-File Report 2011-1228

Columbia River Estuary Ecosystem Classification: Concept and Application

By Charles A. Simenstad, Jennifer L. Burke, Jim E. OÕConnor, Charles Cannon, Danelle W. Heatwole, Mary F. Ramirez, Ian R. Waite, Timothy D. Counihan, and Krista L. Jones

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1228/


Open-File Report 2011-1217

2010 Bathymetric Survey and Digital Elevation Model of Corte Madera Bay, California

By Amy C. Foxgrover, David P. Finlayson, Bruce E. Jaffe, John Y. Takekawa, Karen M. Thorne, and Kyle A. Spragens

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1217/


Open-File Report 2011-1195

Vegetation and Substrate Properties of Aeolian Dune Fields in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona

By Amy E. Draut

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1195/


Open-File Report 2011-1194

Shallow Stratigraphy of the Skagit River Delta, Washington, Derived from Sediment Cores

By Eric E. Grossman, Douglas A. George, and Angela Lam

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1194/


Open-File Report 2011-1182

Preliminary Analysis of Greater Sage-Grouse Reproduction in the Virginia Mountains of Northwestern Nevada

By Peter S. Coates, Zachary B. Lockyer, Melissa A. Farinha, Joelle M. Sweeney, Valerie M. Johnson, and Matthew G. Meshriy, U.S. Geological Survey; Shawn P. Espinosa, Nevada Department of Wildlife; David J. Delehanty, Idaho State University, and Michael L. Casazza, U.S. Geological Survey

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1182/


Open-File Report 2011-1158

How to Build and Teach with QuakeCaster, an Earthquake Demonstration and Exploration Tool

By Kelsey Linton and Ross S. Stein

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1158/


Open-File Report 2011-1100

Aqueous Geochemical Data from the Analysis of Stream-Water Samples Collected in June and August 2008—Taylor Mountains 1:250,000- and Dillingham D4 1:63,360-Scale Quadrangles, Alaska

By Bronwen Wang, Victoria Owens, Elizabeth Bailey, and Greg Lee

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1100/


Open-File Report 2011-1060

Coulomb 3.3 Graphic-Rich Deformation and Stress-Change Software for Earthquake, Tectonic, and Volcano Research and Teaching—User Guide

By Shinji Toda, Ross S. Stein, Volkan Sevilgen, and Jian Lin

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1060/


Open-File Report 2010-1240

Palos Verdes Shelf Oceanographic Study: Data Report for Observations December 2007-April 2008

By Kurt Rosenberger, Marlene A. Noble, Christopher R. Sherwood, Marinna M. Martini, Joanne T. Ferreira, and Ellyn Montgomery

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1240/


Open-File Report 80-1173

by A.M. Rogers, P.A. Covington, R.B. Park, R.D. Borcherdt, and D.M. Perkins

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1980/1173/


Open-File Report 79-592

A Single-Degree-of-Freedom Model for Non-Linear Soil Amplification

by Mustafa O. Erdik

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/0592/


Open-File Report 78-509

Estimation of Ground Motion Parameters

by David M. Boore, Adolph A. Oliver III, Robert A. Page, and William B. Joyner

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0509/


Open-File Report 78-278

FORTRAN Programs for Calculating Nonlinear Seismic Ground Response in Two Dimensions

by William B. Joyner

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1978/0278/


Open-File Report 77-671

A FORTRAN Program for Calculating Nonlinear Seismic Ground Response

by William B. Joyner

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1977/0671/


Open-File Report 76-731

In-Situ Measurements of Seismic Velocities in the San Francisco Bay Region—Part II

by James F. Gibbs, Thomas E. Fumal, and Roger D. Borcherdt

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1976/of76-731/


Open-File Report 76-296

Analysis of Seismograms from a Downhole Array in Sediments Near San Francisco Bay

by William B. Joyner, Richard E. Warrick, and Adolph A. Oliver III

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1976/0296/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5155

Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Flow for the Yakima River Basin Aquifer System, Washington

By D.M. Ely, M.P. Bachmann, and J.J. Vaccaro

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5155/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5128

Updated One-Dimensional Hydraulic Model of the Kootenai River, Idaho—A Supplement to Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5110

By Christiana R. Czuba and Gary J. Barton

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5128/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5110

Thermal Mapping of Hawaiian Volcanoes with ASTER Satellite Data

By Matthew R. Patrick and Coral-Nadine Witzke

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5110/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5103

Natural Resource Mitigation, Adaptation and Research Needs Related to Climate Change in the Great Basin and Mojave Desert: Workshop Summary

By Debra L. Hughson, National Park Service, David E. Busch, U.S. Geological Survey, Scott Davis, Bureau of Land Management, Sean P. Finn, U.S. Geological Survey, Steve Caicco, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Paul S.J. Verburg, Desert Research Institute

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5103/


Scientific Investigations Map 3169

Phreatophytic Land-Cover Map of the Northern and Central Great Basin Ecoregion: California, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, Oregon, and Wyoming

By Amy M. Mathie, Toby L. Welborn, David D. Susong, and Mary L. Tumbusch

http://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/3169/

Professional Paper 1774

Field Evaluation of the Error Arising from Inadequate Time Averaging in the Standard Use of Depth-Integrating Suspended-Sediment Samplers

By David J. Topping, David M. Rubin, Scott A. Wright, and Theodore S. Melis

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1774/


Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2193

Map Showing Lava-Flow Hazard Zones, Island of Hawaii

By Thomas L. Wright, Jon Y.F. Chun, Jean Exposo, Christina Heliker, Jon Hodge, John P. Lockwood, and Susan M. Vogt

http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf/1992/2193/


General Information Product 132

Floor of Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada [postcard]

Peter Dartnell and Helen Gibbons

http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/132/

Fact Sheet 2011-3096

Improving Strategies to Assess Competitive Effects of Barred Owls on Northern Spotted Owls in the Pacific Northwest

By J. David Wiens and Anne Weekes

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3096/


Fact Sheet 2011-3093

An Experiment to Control Nonnative Fish in the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

By Lewis G. Coggins, Jr., and Michael D. Yard

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3093/


Fact Sheet 2011-3083

Sediment Load from Major Rivers into Puget Sound and its Adjacent Waters

By Jonathan A. Czuba, Christopher S. Magirl, Christiana R. Czuba, Eric E. Grossman, Christopher A. Curran, Andrew S. Gendaszek, and Richard S. Dinicola

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3083/


Fact Sheet 2011-3080

Land-Cover Change Research at the U.S. Geological Survey—Assessing Our Nation’s Dynamic Land Surface

By Tamara S. Wilson

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3080/


Data Series 631

Dose-Response Calculator for ArcGIS

By Steven E. Hanser, Cameron L. Aldridge, Matthias Leu, and Scott E. Nielsen

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/631/

Open-File Report 2011-1196

Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference, Medford, Oregon, February 1–5, 2010

Edited by Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1196/


Open-File Report 2011-1210

CRevolution 2—Origin and Evolution of the Colorado River System, Workshop Abstracts

Edited by L. Sue Beard, Karl E. Karlstrom, Richard A. Young, and George H. Billingsley

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1210/


Open-File Report 2011-1220

Summary Report of Responses of Key Resources to the 2000 Low Steady Summer Flow Experiment, along the Colorado River Downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona

By Barbara E. Ralston

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1220/


Open-File Report 2011-1226

Bathymetry and Acoustic Backscatter—Elwha River Delta, Washington

By David P. Finlayson, Ian M. Miller, and Jonathan A. Warrick

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1226/


Open-File Report 2011-1227

Analyses of Potential Factors Affecting Survival of Juvenile Salmonids Volitionally Passing Through Turbines at McNary and John Day Dams, Columbia River

By John Beeman, Hal Hansel, and Russell Perry, U.S. Geological Survey; and Eric Hockersmith and Ben Sandford, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1227/


Open-File Report 2011-1232

An Inventory and Monitoring Plan for a Sonoran Desert Ecosystem: Barry M. Goldwater Range—West

By Miguel L. Villarreal, Charles van Riper III, Robert E. Lovich, Robert L. Palmer, Travis Nauman, Sarah E. Studd, Sam Drake, Abigail S. Rosenberg, Jim Malusa, and Ronald L. Pearce

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1232/


Open-File Report 2011-1233

Water-Quality Monitoring for a Pilot Piling-Removal Field Evaluation, Coal Creek Slough, Washington, 2008–09

By Elena B. Nilsen and David Alvarez

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1233/


Open-File Report 2011-1241

Effectiveness of Post-Fire Seeding at the Fitzner-Eberhardt Arid Land Ecology Reserve, Washington

By Troy A. Wirth and David A. Pyke

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1241/


Open-File Report 2011-1189

The Future of Rare Earth Elements—Will These High-Tech Industry Elements Continue in Short Supply?

By Keith R. Long

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1189/


Open-File Report 2011-1053, v. 1.1

Report on the 2010 Chilean Earthquake and Tsunami Response

By the American Red Cross Multidisciplinary Team

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1053/


Open-File Report 79-1239

Preliminary Summary of the U.S. Geological Survey Strong-Motion Records from the October 15, 1979 Imperial Valley Earthquake

by R.L. Porcella and R.B. Matthiesen

URL: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1979/1654/


Data Series 609

Groundwater-Quality Data in the Northern Coast Ranges Study Unit, 2009: Results from the California GAMA Program

By Timothy M. Mathany, Barbara J. Dawson, Jennifer L. Shelton, and Kenneth Belitz

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/609/

Professional Paper 1784-A

Constraining the Age and Magnitude of Uplift in the Northern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)—Apatite Fission-Track Analysis of Samples from Three Wells

By David W. Houseknecht, Kenneth J. Bird, and Paul O’Sullivan

http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/1784/a/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5102

Distribution, Persistence, and Hydrologic Characteristics of Salmon Spawning Habitats in Clearwater Side Channels of the Matanuska River, Southcentral Alaska

By Janet H. Curran, Monica L. McTeague, Sean E. Burril, and Christian E. Zimmerman

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5102/


Data Series 603

Discrete and Continuous Water-Quality Data and Hydrologic Parameters from Seven Agricultural Watersheds in the United States, 2002–09

By Kathleen A. McCarthy, David C. Lampe, and Paul D. Capel

http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/603/

Open-File Report 2011-1186

Population Status and Population Genetics of Northern Leopard Frogs in Arizona

By Charles A. Drost, U.S. Geological Survey; Ryan P. O'Donnell and Karen E. Mock, Utah State University, and Tad C. Theimer, Northern Arizona University

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1186/


Open-File Report 2011-1190

Evaluating Trapping Techniques to Reduce Potential for Injury to Mexican Wolves

By T.T. Turnbull, J.W. Cain, III, and G.W. Roemer

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1190/


Ken Walsh, Gary L. Peterson, Marvin H. Beeson, Ray E. Wells, Robert J. Fleck, Russell C. Evarts, Alison Duvall, Richard J. Blakely, and Scott Burns

Fact Sheet 2011-3049

From Ridge to Reef—Linking Erosion and Changing Watersheds to Impacts on the Coral Reef Ecosystems of Hawai‘i and the Pacific Ocean

By Jonathan D. Stock, Susan A. Cochran, Michael E. Field, James D. Jacobi, and Gordon Tribble

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3049/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5124

Hydrogeologic Framework and Hydrologic Budget Components of the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer System, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho

By S.C. Kahle, D.S. Morgan, W.B. Welch, D.M. Ely, S.R. Hinkle, J.J. Vaccaro, and L.L. Orzol

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5124/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5129

Hydrogeologic Framework, Groundwater Movement, and Water Budget in the Chimacum Creek Basin and Vicinity, Jefferson County, Washington

By Joseph L. Jones, Wendy B. Welch, Lonna M. Frans, and Theresa D. Olsen

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5129/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5078

A Water-Budget Model and Assessment of Groundwater Recharge for the Island of Hawaiʻi

By John A. Engott

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5078/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5071

Water Availability and Use Pilot: Methods Development for a Regional Assessment of Groundwater Availability, Southwest Alluvial Basins, Arizona

By Fred D Tillman, Jeffrey T. Cordova, Stanley A. Leake, Blakemore E. Thomas, and James B. Callegary

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5071/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5066

Precipitation and Runoff Simulations of Select Perennial and Ephemeral Watersheds in the Middle Carson River Basin, Eagle, Dayton, and Churchill Valleys, West-Central Nevada

By Anne E. Jeton and Douglas K. Maurer

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5066/


Open-File Report 2011-1183

Wave Exposure of Corte Madera Marsh, Marin County, California—a Field Investigation

By Jessica R. Lacy and Daniel J. Hoover

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1183/


Open-File Report 2010-1295

Seismic Calibration Shots Conducted in 2009 in the Imperial Valley, Southern California, for the Salton Seismic Imaging Project (SSIP)

By Janice Murphy, Mark Goldman, Gary Fuis, Michael Rymer, Robert Sickler, Summer Miller, Lesley Butcher, Jason Ricketts, Coyn Criley, Joann Stock, John Hole, and Greg Chavez

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1295/


Open-File Report 2011-1179

Summary of Juvenile Salmonid Passage and Survival at McNary Dam—Acoustic Telemetry Studies, 2006–09

Edited by Noah S. Adams and Scott D. Evans

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1179/


Fact Sheet 2011-3064

Kīlauea—an Explosive Volcano in Hawai‘i

By Don Swanson, Dick Fiske, Tim Rose, Bruce Houghton, and Larry Mastin

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3064/


Techniques and Methods 6-A38

MODPATH-LGR—Documentation of a Computer Program for Particle Tracking in Shared-Node Locally Refined Grids by using MODFLOW-LGR

By Jesse E. Dickinson, R.T. Hanson, Steffen W. Mehl, and Mary C. Hill

http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/tm6a38/

Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5219

Application of a Watershed Model (HSPF) for Evaluating Sources and Transport of Pathogen Indicators in the Chino Basin Drainage Area, San Bernardino County, California

By Joseph A. Hevesi, Lorraine E. Flint, Clinton D. Church, and Gregory O. Mendez

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5219/


Open-File Report 2011-1178

Evaluation of Angler Effort and Harvest of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Lake Scanewa, Washington, 2010

By Theresa L. Liedtke, Tobias J. Kock, Brian K. Ekstrom, Ryan G. Tomka, and Dennis W. Rondorf

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1178/


Open-File Report 2011-1166

Environmental Flow Allocation and Statistics Calculator

By Christopher P. Konrad

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1166/


Open-File Report 2011-1163

Near-Field Receiving Water Monitoring of Trace Metals and a Benthic Community near the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant in South San Francisco Bay, California: 2010

By Jessica L. Dyke, Francis Parchaso, Janet K. Thompson, Daniel J. Cain, Samuel N. Luoma, and Michelle I. Hornberger

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1163/


Open-File Report 2010-1332

GLORIA Sidescan-Sonar Imagery for Parts of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone and Adjacent Areas

By Valerie F. Paskevich, Florence L. Wong, John J. O'Malley,?Andrew J. Stevenson, and Christina E. Gutmacher

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1332/


Open-File Report 2011-1171

Whole-Rock and Sulfide-Mineral Geochemical Data for Samples from Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits of the Bonnifield District, East-Central Alaska

By Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, John F. Slack, Alan E. Koenig, Nora K. Foley, Robert L. Oscarson, and Kathleen D. Gans

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1171/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5081

Analysis of Watersheds Monitored by the U.S. Geological Survey Streamflow-gaging Station Network in the Upper Colorado River Basin

By Terry A. Kenney, Susan G. Buto, and David D. Susong

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5081/


Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5105

Modeling Hydrodynamics, Water Temperature, and Water Quality in the Klamath River Upstream of Keno Dam, Oregon, 2006–09

By Annett B. Sullivan and Stewart A. Rounds, U.S. Geological Survey; Michael L. Deas, Watercourse Engineering, Inc.; Jessica R. Asbill, Bureau of Reclamation; Roy E. Wellman, Marc A. Stewart, and Matthew W. Johnston, U.S. Geological Survey; and I. Ertugrul Sogutlugil, Watercourse Engineering, Inc.

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5105/


Scientific Investigations Report 2010-5090-B

Global Mineral Resource Assessment; Aggregation of Estimated Numbers of Undiscovered Mineral Deposits; An R-Script with an Example from the Chu Sarysu Basin, Kazakhstan

By John H. Schuenemeyer, Michael L. Zientek, and Stephen E. Box

      http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5090/b/


Fact Sheet 2011-3077

Mapping Perennial Vegetation Cover in the Mojave Desert

By Cynthia S. Wallace

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3077/


Fact Sheet 2011-3059

Geographic Science for Public and Tribal Lands Management

By Alicia Torregrosa

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3059/


Open-File Report 2011-1162

Analysis of Dam-Passage Survival of Yearling and Subyearling Chinook Salmon and Juvenile Steelhead at The Dalles Dam, Oregon, 2010

By John W. Beeman, Tobias J. Kock , and Russell W. Perry, U.S. Geological Survey; and Steven G. Smith, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-Fisheries

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1162/


Fact Sheet 2011-3074

USGS Science for the Nation’s Changing Coasts:
Shoreline Change Assessment

By E. Robert Thieler and Cheryl J. Hapke

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3074/


Fact Sheet 2011-3073

USGS Science for the Nation’s Changing Coasts:
Shoreline Change Research

By Cheryl J. Hapke and E. Robert Thieler

     http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3073/


Geologic Investigations Series Map I-2431

Geologic Map of Newberry Volcano, Deschutes, Klamath, and Lake Counties, Oregon

By Norman S. MacLeod, David R. Sherrod, Lawrence A. Chitwood, and Robert A. Jensen

http://pubs.usgs.gov/imap/2455/

Open-File Report 2011-1164

Macondo–1 Well Oil in Sediment and Tarballs from the Northern Gulf of Mexico Shoreline

By Florence L. Wong, Robert J. Rosenbauer, Pamela L. Campbell, Angela Lam, Thomas D. Lorenson, Frances D. Hostettler, and Burt Thomas

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1164/


Open-File Report 2011-1154

Coastal Circulation and Water-Column Properties off Kalaupapa National Historical Park, Molokai, Hawaii, 2008–2010

By Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Katherine Presto, and Eric K. Brown

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1154/


Open-File Report 2011-1143

Development of a High-Resolution Binational Vegetation Map of the Santa Cruz River Riparian Corridor and Surrounding Watershed, Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico

By Cynthia S.A. Wallace, Miguel L. Villarreal, and Laura M. Norman

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1143/


Open-File Report 2011-1087

Composition and Relative Abundance of Fish Species in the Lower White Salmon River, Washington, Prior to the Removal of Condit Dam

By M. Brady Allen and Patrick J. Connolly

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2011/1087/



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