New Publications of the U.S. Geological Survey

ISSN 1938-2316

March  2008 

  • 2007DS318
    ASTER-Derived 30-Meter-Resolution Digital Elevation Models of Afghanistan

    Chirico, Peter G.; Warner, Michael B.

  • 2008DS329
    Algal Attributes: An Autecological Classification of Algal Taxa Collected by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program

    Porter, Stephen D.

  • 2008FS2008-3004
    An Overview of the GIS Weasel

    Viger, Roland J.

  • 2008OFR2008-1113
    Analysis of Pulsed Flow Modification Alternatives, Lower Missouri River, 2005

    Jacobson, Robert B.

  • 2008OFR2008-1007
    Assessing the Feasibility of Native Fish Reintroductions: A Framework and Example Applied to Bull Trout in the Clackamas River, Oregon

    Dunham, Jason; Gallo, Kirsten

  • 2008FS2007-3115
    Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources of the Permian Basin Province of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, 2007

    Schenk, Christopher J.; Pollastro, Richard M.; Cook, Troy A.; Pawlewicz, Mark J.; Klett, Timothy R.; Charpentier, Ronald R.; Cook, Harry E.

  • 2007SIR2007-5286
    Base Flow (1966-2005) and Streamflow Gain and Loss (2006) of the Brazos River, McLennan County to Fort Bend County, Texas

    Turco, Michael J.; East, Jeffery W.; Milburn, Matthew S.

  • 2008OFR2008-1017
    Basic Statistical Concepts and Methods for Earth Scientists

    Olea, Ricardo A.

  • 2008OFR2008-1087
    Basin Characteristics for Selected Streamflow-Gaging Stations In and Near West Virginia

    Paybins, Katherine S.

  • 2007SIR2006-5199
    Borehole Geophysical Monitoring of Amendment Emplacement and Geochemical Changes During Vegetable Oil Biostimulation, Anoka County Riverfront Park, Fridley, Minnesota

    Lane, John W., Jr.; Day-Lewis, Frederick D.; Johnson, Carole D.; Joesten, Peter K.; Kochiss, Christopher S.

  • 2008SIR2008-5007
    Calibration of a Water-Quality Model for Low-Flow Conditions on the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, 2003

    Lundgren, Robert F.; Nustad, Rochelle A.

  • 2008OFR2008-1102
    Characterization of Estuary Use by Nisqually Hatchery Chinook Based on Otolith Analysis

    Lind-Null, Angie M.; Larsen, Kim A.; Reisenbichler, Reg

  • 2008OFR2008-1094
    Chemical Analyses of Pre-Holocene Rocks from Medicine Lake Volcano and Vicinity, Northern California

    Donnelly-Nolan, Julie M.

  • 2007SIR2007-5139
    Chemical Characteristics, Water Sources and Pathways, and Age Distribution of Ground Water in the Contributing Recharge Area of a Public-Supply Well near Tampa, Florida, 2002-05

    Katz, Brian G.; Crandall, Christy A.; Metz, Patricia A.; McBride, William S.; Berndt, Marian P.

  • 2008SIR2007-5260
    Clear-Water Contraction Scour at Selected Bridge Sites in the Black Prairie Belt of the Coastal Plain in Alabama, 2006

    Lee, K. G.; Hedgecock, T. S.

  • 2008DS271
    Compilation of Stratigraphic Thicknesses for Caldera-Related Tertiary Volcanic Rocks, East-Central Nevada and West-Central Utah

    Sweetkind, D. S.; du Bray, E. A.

  • 2008OFR2008-1016
    Concentration and Spatial Distribution of Selected Constituents in Detroit River Bed Sediment Adjacent to Grassy Island, Michigan, August 2006

    Hoard, C. J.

  • 2008FS2008-3007
    Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring of Streams in Johnson County, Kansas, 2002-06

    Rasmussen, Teresa J.; Lee, Casey J.; Ziegler, Andrew C.

  • 2008OFR2008-1028
    Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Selected Persistent Organochlorine Pesticides, and Polybrominated Flame Retardants in Fillets of Fishes from the 2006 Missouri Department of Conservation Monitoring Programs

    Gale, Robert W.; May, Thomas W.; Orazio, Carl E.; McKee, Michael J.

  • 2008SIR2007-5262
    Determination of Premining Geochemical Background and Delineation of Extent of Sediment Contamination in Blue Creek Downstream from Midnite Mine, Stevens County, Washington

    Church, Stanley E.; Kirschner, Frederick E.; Choate, LaDonna M.; Lamothe, Paul J.; Budahn, James R.; Brown, Zoe Ann

  • 2008SIR2007-5013
    Development of Acid Functional Groups and Lactones During the Thermal Degradation of Wood and Wood Components

    Rutherford, David W.; Wershaw, Robert L.; Reeves, James B., III

  • 2008OFR2008-1106
    Development of the Water-Analysis Screening Tool Used in the Initial Screening for the Pennsylvania State Water Plan Update of 2008

    Stuckey, Marla H.

  • 2007OFR2007-1395
    EAARL Submarine Topography - Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary

    Brock, John C.; Wright, C. Wayne; Nayegandhi, Amar; Woolard, Jason; Patterson, Matt; Wilson, Iris; Travers, Laurinda J.

  • 2007OFR2007-1179
    EAARL Topography - George Washington Birthplace National Monument

    Brock, John C.; Wright, C. Wayne; Patterson, Matt; Nayegandhi, Amar; Patterson, Judd

  • 2007OFR2007-1143
    EL68D Wasteway Watershed Land-Cover Generation

    Ruhl, Sheila; Usery, E. Lynn; Finn, Michael P.

  • 2008PP1745
    Ecosystem Services Derived from Wetland Conservation Practices in the United States Prairie Pothole Region with an Emphasis on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Conservation Reserve and Wetlands Reserve Programs

    Edited by Gleason, Robert A.; Laubhan, Murray K.; Euliss, Ned H., Jr.

  • 2003FS2004-3002
    Effects of West Nile Virus

    Geological Survey (U.S.)

  • 2007SIR2007-5168
    Estimated Water Use and Availability in the East Narragansett Bay Study Area, Rhode Island, 1995-99

    Wild, Emily C.

  • 2008SIR2008-5025
    Estimating the Probability of Elevated Nitrate Concentrations in Ground Water in Washington State

    Frans, Lonna M.

  • 2008SIR2008-5014
    Estimation of Constituent Concentrations, Loads, and Yields in Streams of Johnson County, Northeast Kansas, Using Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring and Regression Models, October 2002 through December 2006

    Rasmussen, Teresa J.; Lee, Casey J.; Ziegler, Andrew C.

  • 2008SIR2008-5021
    Factors Affecting Nitrate Delivery to Streams from Shallow Ground Water in the North Carolina Coastal Plain

    Harden, Stephen L.; Spruill, Timothy B.

  • 2008TM7-A1
    Fast, Inclusive Searches for Geographic Names Using Digraphs

    Donato, David I.

  • 2008SIR2007-5270
    Flow Durations, Low-Flow Frequencies, and Monthly Median Flows for Selected Streams in Connecticut through 2005

    Ahearn, Elizabeth A.

  • 2008GAP15
    GAP Analysis Bulletin Number 15

    Edited by Maxwell, Jill; Gergely, Kevin; Aycrigg, Jocelyn; Canonico, Gabrielle; Davidson, Anne; Coffey, Nicole

  • 2007SIM2993
    Generalized Potentiometric Surface of the Arikaree Aquifer, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and Bennett County, South Dakota

    Carter, Janet M.; Heakin, Allen J.

  • 2008OFR2008-1009
    Geologic and Geophysical Framework of the Santa Rosa 7.5' Quadrangle, Sonoma County, California

    McLaughlin, R. J.; Langenheim, V. E.; Sarna-Wojcicki, A. M.; Fleck, R. J.; McPhee, D. K.; Roberts, C. W.; McCabe, C. A.; Wan, Elmira

  • 2007SIR2007-5285
    Geologic, Hydrologic, and Geochemical Identification of Flow Paths in the Edwards Aquifer, Northeastern Bexar and Southern Comal Counties, Texas

    Otero, Cassi L.

  • 2008SIR2007-5152
    Geomorphic Characterization of the Middle Fork Saline River: Garland, Perry, and Saline Counties, Arkansas

    Pugh, Aaron L.; Garday, Thomas J.; Redman, Ronald

  • 2008OFR2008-1005
    Geomorphic Map of Worcester County, Maryland, Interpreted from a LIDAR-Based, Digital Elevation Model

    Newell, Wayne L.; Clark, Inga

  • 2007OFR2007-1388
    Geomorphology and Depositional Sub-environments of Assateague Island MD/VA

    Morton, Robert A.; Bracone, Jeremy E.; Cooke, Brian

  • 2007OFR2007-1424
    Geomorphology and Tectonics at the Intersection of Silurian and Death Valleys, Southern California - 2005 Guidebook Pacific Cell Friends of the Pleistocene

    Edited by Miller, David M.; Valin, Zenon C.

  • 2008OFR2008-1109
    Geophysical Characterization of the American River Levees, Sacramento, California, using Electromagnetics, Capacitively Coupled Resistivity, and DC Resistivity

    Asch, Theodore H.; Deszcz-Pan, Maria; Burton, Bethany L.; Ball, Lyndsay B.

  • 2008OFR2008-1086
    Ground-Water Quality in the Mohawk River Basin, New York, 2006

    Nystrom, Elizabeth A.

  • 2008OFR2007-1409
    Ground-Water-Flow Modeling of a Freshwater and Brine-Filled Aquifer in the Onondaga Trough, Onondaga County, New York - A Summary of Findings

    Kappel, William M.; Yager, Richard M.

  • 2008TM6-A25
    Guide to the Revised Ground-Water Flow and Heat Transport Simulator: HYDROTHERM - Version 3

    Kipp, Kenneth L., Jr.; Hsieh, Paul A.; Charlton, Scott R.

  • 2008OFR2007-1383
    Head Observation Organizer (HObO)

    Predmore, Steven

  • 2008FS2008-3001
    Hydroacoustic Applications in South Carolina: Technological Advancements in the Streamgaging Network

    Shelton, John M.

  • 2008OFR2007-1358
    Hydrogeology and Water Quality of the Leetown Area, West Virginia

    Kozar, Mark D.; McCoy, Kurt J.; Weary, David J.; Field, Malcolm S.; Pierce, Herbert A.; Schill, William Bane; Young, John A.

  • 2007SIR2007-5169
    Hydrogeology of Two Areas of the Tug Hill Glacial-Drift Aquifer, Oswego County, New York

    Miller, Todd S.; Bugliosi, Edward F.; Hetcher-Aguila, Kari K.; Eckhardt, David A.

  • 2008SIR2007-5200
    Hydrology Prior to Wetland and Prairie Restoration in and around the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, Northwestern Minnesota, 2002-5

    Cowdery, Timothy K.; Lorenz, David L.; Arntson, Allan D.

  • 2008SIR2007-5211
    Infiltration and Runoff Measurements on Steep Burned Hillslopes Using a Rainfall Simulator with Variable Rain Intensities

    Kinner, David A.; Moody, John A.

  • 2008OFR2008-1088
    Interior River Lowland Ecoregion Summary Report

    Karstensen, Krista A.

  • 2008OFR2008-1104
    Inventory of Well Yields in Avery and Watauga Counties, North Carolina

    Huffman, Brad A.; Chapman, Melinda J.; Tighe, Kirsten C.; Terziotti, Silvia

  • 2008OFR2008-1093
    Investigation of Organic Chemicals Potentially Responsible for Mortality and Intersex in Fish of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River, Virginia, during Spring of 2007

    Alvarez, David A.; Cranor, Walter L.; Perkins, Stephanie D.; Schroeder, Vickie L.; Werner, Stephen; Furlong, Edward T.; Holmes, John

  • 2008PP1739-B
    Lithofacies, Age, and Sequence Stratigraphy of the Carboniferous Lisburne Group in the Skimo Creek Area, Central Brooks Range

    Dumoulin, Julie A.; Whalen, Michael T.; Harris, Anita G.

  • 2008OFR2007-1302
    Methods for Monitoring Fish Communities of Buffalo National River and Ozark National Scenic Riverways in the Ozark Plateaus of Arkansas and Missouri: Version 1.0

    Petersen, James C.; Justus, B. G.; Dodd, H. R.; Bowles, D. E.; Morrison, L. W.; Williams, M. H.; Rowell, G. A.

  • 2008SIR2007-5157
    Methods for and estimates of 2003 and projected water use in the Seacoast Region, Southeastern New Hampshire

    Horn, Marilee A.; Moore, Richard B.; Hayes, Laura; Flanagan, Sarah M.

  • 2008DS336
    Mid-Pliocene Planktic Foraminifer Census Data from Ocean Drilling Program Hole 1237C

    Caballero, Rocio; Dowsett, Harry

  • 2008OFR2007-1356
    Near-Shore and Off-Shore Habitat Use by Endangered Juvenile Lost River and Shortnose Suckers in Upper Klamath Lake, Oregon: 2006 Data Summary

    Burdick, Summer M.; Wilkens, Alexander X.; VanderKooi, Scott P.

  • 2008TM6-A26
    NetpathXL - An Excel Interface to the Program NETPATH

    Parkhurst, David L.; Charlton, Scott R.

  • 2007SIR2007-5188
    Nutrient Enrichment in Estuaries from Discharge of Shallow Ground Water, Mt. Desert Island, Maine

    Culbertson, Charles W.; Huntington, Thomas G.; Caldwell, James M.

  • 2007SIR2007-5195
    Nutrient and Biological Conditions of Selected Small Streams in the Edwards Plateau, Central Texas, 2005-06, and Implications for Development of Nutrient Criteria

    Mabe, Jeffrey A.

  • 2008OFR2007-1354
    PIT Tagging Anurans

    McCreary, Brome

  • 2008SIR2008-5027
    Pesticide Occurrence and Distribution in the Lower Clackamas River Basin, Oregon, 2000-2005

    Carpenter, Kurt D.; Sobieszczyk, Steven; Arnsberg, Andrew J.; Rinella, Frank A.

  • 2007OFR2008-1021
    Pre-Restoration Habitat Use by Chinook Salmon in the Nisqually Estuary Using Otolith Analysis

    Lind-Null, Angela; Larsen, Kimberly; Reisenbichler, Reginald

  • 2007SIR2007-5248
    Principal Locations of Metal Loading from Flood-Plain Tailings, Lower Silver Creek, Utah, April 2004

    Kimball, Briant A.; Runkel, Robert L.; Walton-Day, Katherine

  • 2008SIR2007-5250
    Private Domestic-Well Characteristics and the Distribution of Domestic Withdrawals among Aquifers in the Virginia Coastal Plain

    Pope, Jason P.; McFarland, E. Randolph; Banks, R. Brent

  • 2008SIR2008-5012
    Quality of Shallow Ground Water in Three Areas of Unsewered Low-Density Development in Wyoming and Montana, 2001

    Bartos, Timothy T.; Quinn, Thomas L.; Hallberg, Laura L.; Eddy-Miller, Cheryl A.

  • 2008SIR2007-5149
    Questa Baseline and Pre-Mining Ground-Water-Quality Investigation 22 - Ground-Water Budget for the Straight Creek Drainage Basin, Red River Valley, New Mexico

    McAda, Douglas P.; Naus, Cheryl A.

  • 2007OFR2007-1283
    Relations of Environmental Factors with Mussel-Species Richness in the Neversink River, New York

    Baldigo, Barry P.; Ernst, Anne G.; Schuler, George E.; Apse, Colin D.

  • 2008OFR2008-1095
    Reported Historic Asbestos Mines, Historic Asbestos Prospects, and Natural Asbestos Occurrences in the Southwestern United States (Arizona, Nevada, and Utah)

    Van Gosen, Bradley S.

  • 2008TM6-A22
    SEAWAT Version 4: A Computer Program for Simulation of Multi-Species Solute and Heat Transport

    Langevin, Christian D.; Thorne, Daniel T., Jr.; Dausman, Alyssa M.; Sukop, Michael C.; Guo, Weixing

  • 2007SIR2007-5254
    Sources, Dispersal, and Fate of Fine Sediment Supplied to Coastal California

    Farnsworth, Katherine L.; Warrick, Jonathan A.

  • 2007CIR1288
    Statistics of Petroleum Exploration in the World Outside the United States and Canada Through 2001

    Attanasi, Emil D.; Freeman, Philip A.; Glovier, Jennifer A.

  • 2007OFR2007-1379
    Vegetation Response to the 1995 Drawdown of the Navigation Pool at Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, Crossett, Arkansas

    Howard, Rebecca J.; Wells, Christopher J.

  • 2007OFR2007-1376
    Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Cape Lookout National Seashore

    Stockdon, Hilary F.; Thompson, David M.

  • 2007OFR2007-1387
    Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Cumberland Island National Seashore

    Stockdon, Hilary F.; Thompson, David M.; Fauver, Laura A.

  • 2007OFR2007-1389
    Vulnerability of National Park Service Beaches to Inundation During a Direct Hurricane Landfall: Fire Island National Seashore

    Stockdon, Hilary F.; Thompson, David M.

  • 2008SIR2007-5247
    Water-Level Changes in Aquifers of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, Predevelopment to 2000

    dePaul, Vincent T.; Rice, Donald E.; Zapecza, Otto S.

  • 2008DS328
    Water-Quality Data for Water- and Wastewater-Treatment Plants Along the Red River of the North, North Dakota and Minnesota, January through October 2006

    Damschen, William C.; Hansel, John A.; Nustad, Rochelle A.