Publications
Publications from USGS science centers throughout the Southeast Region.
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Sediment dispersal pathways and conceptual sediment budget for a sediment starved embayment: Long Bay, South Carolina Sediment dispersal pathways and conceptual sediment budget for a sediment starved embayment: Long Bay, South Carolina
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P. Gayes, W. Schwab, N. Driscoll, R. Morton, W. Baldwin, J. Denny, E. Wright, M. Harris, M. Katuna, T. Putnev, E. Johnston
Measuring and mapping the topography of the Florida Everglades for ecosystem restoration Measuring and mapping the topography of the Florida Everglades for ecosystem restoration
One of the major issues facing ecosystem restoration and management of the Greater Everglades is the availability and distribution of clean, fresh water. The South Florida ecosystem encompasses an area of approximately 28,000 square kilometers and supports a human population that exceeds 5 million and is continuing to grow. The natural systems of the Kissimmee-Okeechobee-Everglades...
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Gregory B. Desmond
Arsenic concentrations in private bedrock wells in southeastern New Hampshire Arsenic concentrations in private bedrock wells in southeastern New Hampshire
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Denise L. Montgomery, Joseph D. Ayotte, Paul R. Carroll, Patricia Hamlin
Methods for Estimating Peak Discharges and Unit Hydrographs for Streams in the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Methods for Estimating Peak Discharges and Unit Hydrographs for Streams in the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
Procedures for estimating peak discharges and unit hydrographs were developed for streams in the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in response to a need for better techniques for characterizing the flow of streams. The procedures presented in this report provide the means for estimating unit hydrographs as part of the process used in watershed modeling and(or) design of stormwater
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J. Curtis Weaver
Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States Integrated assessment of the climate change impacts on the Gulf Coast Region of the United States
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Zhu Ning, R. Eugene Turner, Thomas W. Doyle, Kamran Abdollahi, Alma Thornton, Enrique Reyes, D. Justic, Erick Swenson, Wael Khairy, Kam-Biu Liu
African dust carries microbes across the ocean: are they affecting human and ecosystem health? African dust carries microbes across the ocean: are they affecting human and ecosystem health?
Atmospheric transport of dust from northwest Africa to the western Atlantic Ocean region may be responsible for a number of environmental hazards, including the demise of Caribbean corals; red tides; amphibian diseases; increased occurrence of asthma in humans; and oxygen depletion (eutrophication) in estuaries. Studies of satellite images suggest that hundreds of millions of tons of...
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Christina A. Kellogg, Dale W. Griffin
Vulnerability of ground water to contamination, northern Bexar County, Texas Vulnerability of ground water to contamination, northern Bexar County, Texas
The Trinity aquifer, composed of Lower Cretaceous carbonate rocks, largely controls the ground-water hydrology in the study area of northern Bexar County, Texas. Discharge from the Trinity aquifer recharges the downgradient, hydraulically connected Edwards aquifer one of the most permeable and productive aquifers in the Nation and the sole source of water for more than a million people...
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Amy R. Clark
Concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and inorganic constituents in ambient surface soils, Chicago, Illinois: 2001-02 Concentrations of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and inorganic constituents in ambient surface soils, Chicago, Illinois: 2001-02
Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) compounds are ubiquitous in ambient surface soils in the city of Chicago, Illinois. PAH concentrations in samples collected in June 2001 and January 2002 were typically in the following order from highest to lowest: fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo(b)fluoranthene, phenanthrene, benzo(a)pyrene, chrysene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(k)fluoranthene, indeno(1...
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Robert T. Kay, Terri Arnold, William F. Cannon, David Graham, Eric Morton, Raymond Bienert
Major and catastrophic storms and floods in Texas: 215 major and 41 catastrophic events from 1953 to September 1, 2002 Major and catastrophic storms and floods in Texas: 215 major and 41 catastrophic events from 1953 to September 1, 2002
Many Texas storms represent some of the largest storms in the world. Flooding from large storms has affected Texas throughout its history, causing many deaths and much economic loss and hardship. Floods occur regularly in Texas, and destructive floods occur somewhere in the State every year. Many of these floods are destructive because they often occur in areas where extreme flooding had...
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Raymond M. Slade, John M. Patton
Work plan for determining the occurrence of glyphosate, its transformation product AMPA, other herbicide compounds, and antibiotics in midwestern United States streams, 2002 Work plan for determining the occurrence of glyphosate, its transformation product AMPA, other herbicide compounds, and antibiotics in midwestern United States streams, 2002
Changes in herbicide use in the Midwestern United States have been substantial over the last 5 years. Most significant is a tripling in the use of glyphosate (N-[phosphonomethyl]glycin). Over this same time period (19972001), atrazine use increased by 20 percent and acetochlor use increased by 10 percent, while cyanazine use decreased by 99 percent, alachlor use decreased by 70 percent...
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W.A. Battaglin, E.M. Thurman, D.W. Kolpin, E.A. Scribner, Mark W. Sandstrom, K.M. Kuivila
The effect of polychlorinated naphthalenes and tributyltin on the occurrence of aberrant nuclei in erythroid cells of medaka The effect of polychlorinated naphthalenes and tributyltin on the occurrence of aberrant nuclei in erythroid cells of medaka
The micronucleus test using erythrocytes of the peripheral blood of fish is often conducted to evaluate the genotoxic effects of pollutants under experimental and natural conditions. This report presents information on the production of micronuclei and other nuclear anomalies in erythrocytes of medaka (Oryzias latipes) exposed to three polychlorinated naphthalene (PCN) formulations...
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Melaniya G. Talykina, Diana M. Papoulias, J. Alan Allert, Y.U. Izyuov, Sergio A. Villalobos, John P. Giesy, Donald E. Tillitt