Open-File Reports are used for the dissemination of information that must be released immediately to fill a public need or information that is not sufficiently refined to warrant publication in one of the other USGS series.
Open-File Reports should not be used as final reports of major scientific investigations. Because of their preliminary nature and chance of being superseded, Open-File Reports are not the appropriate series to introduce new or revised geologic, stratigraphic, hydrologic, or taxonomic nomenclature. Examples of appropriate material for release as an Open-File Report include maps and reports that need to be released as supporting documentation because they are referenced, discussed, or interpreted in another information product; preliminary data, maps, and reports; interim computer programs and user guides; and bibliographies.
Publications in this series from the Western Region of the Geologic Division will be posted here as they are produced.
Dialog on Science Impact: Benchmarking External Efforts and Organizations
By: Nathan Wood
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1013/
Structure and Velocities of the Northeastern Santa Cruz Mountains and the Western Santa Clara Valley, California, from the SCSI-LR Seismic Survey
By: R.D. Catchings, M.R. Goldman, and G. Gandhok
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1014/
Sensitivity of Earthquake Loss Estimates to Source Modeling Assumptions and Uncertainty
By: Paul A. Reasenberg, Nan Shostak, and Sharon Terwilliger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1020/
Alaska Resource Data File, Mount Katmai Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Frederic H. Wilson, Stanley E. Church, and Damon P. Bickerstaff
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1022/
Calibration of PS09, PS10, and PS11 Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Strong-Motion Instruments, with Acceleration, Velocity, and Displacement Records of the Denali Fault Earthquake, 03 November 2002
By: John R. Evans, E. Gray Jensen, Russell Sell, Christopher D. Stephens, Douglas J. Nyman, Robert C. Hamilton, and William C. Hager
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1028/
Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of the Mesquite Lake 30' X 60' Quadrangle, California and Nevada
By: Kevin M. Schmidt and Matthew McMackin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1035/
Quantitative X-ray Diffraction Mineralogy of Los Angeles Basin Core Samples
By: James R. Hein, Brandie R. McIntyre, Brian D. Edwards, and Orion I. Lakota
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1036/
Maps of Quaternary Deposits and Liquefaction Susceptibility in the Central San Francisco Bay Region, California
By: Robert C. Witter, Keith L. Knudsen, Janet M. Sowers, Carl M. Wentworth, Richard D. Koehler, and Carolyn E. Randolph, Suzanna K. Brooks, and Kathleen D. Gans
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1037/
Chemical Analyses and K-Ar Ages of Samples from 13 Drill Holes, Medicine Lake Volcano, California
By: Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1041/
Gravity and Magnetic Data in the Vicinity of Virgin Valley, Southern Nevada
By: Robert L. Morin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1042/
Preliminary Isostatic Gravity Map of the Sonoma Volcanic Field and Vicinity, Sonoma and Napa Counties, California
By: V.E. Langenheim, C.W. Roberts, C.A. McCabe, D.K. McPhee, J.E. Tilden, and R.C. Jachens
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1056/
Conodont and Radiolarian Data from the De Long Mountains Quadrangle and Adjacent Areas, Northern Alaska
By: Julie A. Dumoulin, Anita G. Harris, Charles D. Blome, and Lorne E. Young
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1056/
Oregon Geology—Parent of the Soil, Foundation for the Vine
By: Ray Wells
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1069/
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2004 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight C. Bradley, Sue M. Karl, James F. Baichtal, and Robert B. Blodgett
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1070/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Saguaro National Park, Rincon Mountain District
By: Brian F. Powell, William L. Halvorson, and Cecilia A. Schmidt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1075/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument
By: Cecilia A. Schmidt, Brian F. Powell, and William L. Halvorson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1076/
Geologic Characteristics of Benthic Habitats in Glacier Bay, Southeast Alaska
By: Jodi N. Harney, Guy R. Cochrane, Lisa L. Etherington, Pete Dartnell, Nadine E. Golden, and Hank Chezar
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1081/
Gravity Investigations of the Chickasaw National Recreation Area, south-central Oklahoma
By: Daniel S. Scheirer and Allegra Hosford Scheirer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1083/
Subsurface Structure of the East Bay Plain Ground-Water Basin: San Francisco Bay to the Hayward Fault, Alameda County, California
By: R.D. Catchings, J.W. Borchers, M.R. Goldman, G. Gandhok, D.A. Ponce, and C.E. Steedman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1084/
Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kauai. PART I: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity: June — August, 2005
By: Curt D. Storlazzi, M. Kathy Presto, Joshua B. Logan and Michael E. Field
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1085/
Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map of a Calico Mountains Piedmont and Part of Coyote Lake, Mojave Desert, San Bernardino County, California
By: Stephanie L. Dudash
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1090/
GDA (Geologic Data Assistant), an ArcPad Extension for Geologic Mapping: Code, Prerequisites, and Instructions
By: Evan E. Thoms and Ralph A. Haugerud
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1097/
USER'S GUIDE, Software for Reduction and Analysis of Daily Weather and Surface-Water Data; Tools for Time Series Analysis of Precipitation, Temperature, and Streamflow Data
By: Richard Hereford
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1101/
Publications of the Volcano Hazards Program 2004
By: Manuel Nathenson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1102/
Borehole Dilatometer Installation, Operation, and Maintenance at Sites in Hawaii
By: G.D. Myren, M.J.S. Johnston, and R.J. Mueller
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1103/
Geophysical Studies of the Crump Geyser Known Geothermal Resource Area, Oregon, in 1975
By: Donald Plouff
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1110/
Colonia Development and Land Use Change in Ambos Nogales, United States-Mexican Border
By: Laura M. Norman, Angela Donelson, Edwin Pfeifer, and Alven H. Lam
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1112/
Field-Trip Guide to Volcanic and Volcaniclastic Deposits of the Lower Jurassic Talkeetna Formation, Sheep Mountain, South-Central Alaska
By: Amy E. Draut, Peter D. Clift, and Robert B. Blodgett
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1124/
Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawaii, Part II, Tracking Recent Fluvial Sedimentation; Isotope Stratigraphy Obtained in Summer 2005
By: Amy E. Draut, Michael E. Field, Michael H. Bothner, Joshua B. Logan, Michael A. Casso, Sandra M. Baldwin, and Curt D. Storlazzi
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1125/
Water and Sediment Chemical Data and Data Summary for Samples Collected in 1999 and 2001 in the Goodpaster River Basin, Big Delta B-2 Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Bronwen Wang, Larry Gough, Richard Wanty, Jim Vohden, Jim Crock, and Warren Day
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1131/
Coastal Monitoring of the May 2005 Dredge Disposal Offshore of Ocean Beach, San Francisco, Calif.
By: Patrick L. Barnard and Daniel M. Hanes
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1140/
Processed 1938 Aerial Photography for Selected Areas of the Lower Colorado River, Southwestern United States
By: Laura M. Norman, Michael Gishey, Leila Gass, Brian Yanites, Edwin Pfeifer, Ron Simms, and Ray Ahlbrandt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1141/
Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics in Hanalei Bay, Kaua'i, Hawaii, Part III, Studies of Sediment Toxicity
By: Robert S. Carr, Marion Nipper, Michael Field, and James M. Biedenbach
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1147/
Seismic Constraints and Coulomb Stress Changes of a Blind Thrust Fault System, 1; Coalinga and Kettleman Hills, California
By: Jian Lin and Ross S. Stein
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1149/
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Spatial Data Compilation of Geodynamic, Tectonic, Metallogenic, Mineral Deposit, and Geophysical Maps and Associated Descriptive Data for Northeast Asia
Compiled by: Vera V. Naumova, Robert J. Miller, Mikhail I. Patuk, Marina Yu. Kapitanchuk, Warren J. Nokleberg, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Leonid M. Parfenov, and Sergey M.Rodionov; Warren J. Nokleberg, Robert J. Miller, and Michael F. Diggles, Editors
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1150/
Alaska Resource Data File, Point Lay Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Donald J. Grybeck
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1156/
Alaska Resource Data File, Noatak Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Donald J. Grybeck and Julie A. Dumoulin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1157/
Seismic Constraints and Coulomb Stress Changes of a Blind Thrust Fault System, 2: Northridge, California
By: Ross S. Stein and Jian Lin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1158/
Geophysical Data from the Spring and Snake Valleys Area, Nevada and Utah
By: Edward A. Mankinen, Carter W. Roberts, Edwin H. McKee, Bruce A. Chuchel, and Barry C. Moring
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1160/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Montezuma Castle National Monument
By: Cecilia A. Schmidt, Charles A. Drost, and William L. Halvorson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1163/
Audiomagnetotelluric data from Spring, Cave, and Coyote Spring Valleys, Nevada
By: Darcy K. McPhee, Bruce A. Chuchel, and Louise Pellerin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1164/
Preliminary Surficial Geologic Map Database of the Amboy 30x60 Minute Quadrangle, California
By: David R. Bedford, David M. Miller, and Geoffrey A. Phelps
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1165/
Aqueous geochemical data from the analysis of stream water samples collected in August 2004; Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 scale Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Elizabeth Bailey, and Greg Lee
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1175/
Geophysical Investigations of the Smoke Creek Desert and their Geologic Implications, Northwest Nevada and Northeast California
By: David A. Ponce, Jonathan M.G. Glen, and Janet E. Tilden
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1176/
Benthic Habitat and Geologic Mapping of the outer Continental Shelf of North-Central California
By: Roberto J. Anima, John L. Chin, James E. Conrad, and Nadine E. Golden
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1177/
Digital Single-Channel Seismic-Reflection Data from Western Santa Monica Basin
By: William R. Normark, David J.W. Piper, Ray W. Sliter, Peter Triezenberg, Christina E. Gutmacher
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1180/
Measurements of Wind, Aeolian Sand Transport, and Precipitation in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona; January 2005 to January 2006
By: Amy E. Draut and David M. Rubin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1188/
Biostratigraphic and Lithologic Correlations of Two Sonoma County Water Agency Pilot Wells With the Type Wilson Grove Formation, Sonoma County, Central California
By: Charles L. Powell, II, Robert J. McLaughlin, and Elmira Wan
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1196/
Gravity, Magnetic, and Physical Property Data in the Smoke Creek Desert Area, Northwest Nevada
By: Janet E. Tilden, David A. Ponce, Jonathan M.G. Glen, Bruce A Chuchel, Kira Tushman, and Alison Duvall
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1197/
Applicability of Terrestrial LIDAR Scanning for Scientific Studies in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
By: Brian D. Collins and Robert Kayen
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1198/
Geologic Map of the San Bernardino and Santa Ana 30' x 60' quadrangles, California
By: Douglas M. Morton and Fred K. Miller; Digital preparation by Pamela M. Cossette and Kelly R. Bovard
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1217/
National Assessment of Shoreline Change Part 3: Historical Shoreline Change and Associated Coastal Land Loss Along Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast
By: Cheryl J. Hapke, David Reid, Bruce M. Richmond, Peter Ruggiero and Jeff List
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1219/
Physical Properties of Two Core Samples from Well 34-9RD2 at the Coso Geothermal Field, California
By: C.A. Morrow and D.A. Lockner
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1230/
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Seismic Data, January to December 2005
By: Jennifer S. Nakata
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1231/
Seaside, Oregon Tsunami Pilot Study—Modernization of FEMA Flood Hazard Maps
By: Tsunami Pilot Study Working Group
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1234/
Evaluation of Some Software Measuring Displacements Using GPS in Real-Time
By: John Langbein
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1235/
High-resolution chirp seismic reflection data acquired from the Cap de Creus shelf and canyon area, Gulf of Lions, Spain in 2004
By: Eric Grossman, Patrick E. Hart, Michael E. Field, and Peter Triezenberg
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1247/
Open-File Report 2006-1251, v. 1.1
The National Assessment of Shoreline Change; A GIS Compilation of Vector Shorelines and Associated Shoreline Change Data for the Sandy Shorelines of the California Coast
By: Cheryl Hapke and David Reid
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1251/
A History of Intertidal Flat Area in South San Francisco Bay, California; 1858 to 2005
By: Bruce Jaffe and Amy Foxgrover
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1262/
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Nampa, Idaho 2006
Edited by: Tracy K.P. Gregg, Kenneth L. Tanaka, and R. Stephen Saunders
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1263/
Catalog of Earthquake Hypocenters at Alaskan Volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2005
By: James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Steve Estes, and Stephen R. McNutt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1264/
Preliminary Surficial Geology of the Dove Spring Off-Highway Vehicle Open Area, Mojave Desert, California
By: David M. Miller and Lee Amoroso
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1265/
Surficial Geologic Map and Geodatabase of the Cuddeback Lake 30' x 60' Quadrangle, San Bernardino and Kern Counties, California
By: Lee Amoroso and David M. Miller
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1276/
Report of the Workshop on Extreme Ground Motions at Yucca Mountain, August 23-25, 2004
By: T.C. Hanks, Chair, N.A. Abrahamson, M. Board, D.M. Boore, J.N. Brune, and C.A. Cornell, Workshop Committee
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1277/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1284/
Sediment Deposition and Erosion in South San Francisco Bay, California from 1956 to 2005
By: Bruce Jaffe and Amy Foxgrover
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1287/
Measurements of Slope Current and Environmental Geochemistry near the Western Boundary of the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
By: Noble, Marlene A., Jingping Xu, Jon Kolak, Anne L. Gartner, and Kurt J. Rosenberger
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1288/
Soil Data from a Moderately Well and Somewhat Poorly Drained Fire Chronosequence near Thompson, Manitoba, Canada
By: K.L. Manies, J.W. Harden, and Hugo Veldhuis
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1291/
Reconnaissance Investigation of Caribbean Extreme Wave Deposits—Preliminary Observations, Interpretations, and Research Directions
By: Robert A. Morton, Bruce M. Richmond, Bruce E. Jaffe, and Guy Gelfenbaum
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1293/
Inversion of Gravity Data to Define the Pre-Cenozoic Surface and Regional Structures Possibly Influencing Groundwater Flow in the Rainier Mesa Region, Nye County, Nevada
By: Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Geoffrey A. Phelps, and Edward A. Mankinen
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1299/
Major- and Trace-Element Concentrations in Rock Samples Collected in 2005 from the Taylor Mountains 1:250,000-scale Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Edward P. Klimasauskas, Marti L. Miller, Dwight C. Bradley, Tom K. Bundtzen, and Travis L. Hudson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1306/
Water-Surface Elevations, Discharge, and Water-Quality Data for Selected Sites in the Warm Springs Area near Moapa, Nevada
By David A. Beck, Roslyn Ryan, Ronald J. Veley, Donald P. Harper, and Daron J. Tanko
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1311/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1312/
Deschutes Estuary Feasibility Study; Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport Modeling
By: Douglas A. George, Guy Gelfenbaum, Giles Lesser, and Andrew W. Stevens
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1318/
Polar Bear Population Status in the Southern Beaufort Sea
By Eric V. Regehr and Steven C. Amstrup, U.S. Geological Survey; and Ian Stirling, Canadian Wildlife Service
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1337/
Integrating Stakeholders and Users into the Geography Discipline's Research Process
By: Caroline M. Hermans and Richard Taketa
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1344/
Calibrated Landsat ETM+ Mosaics of Afghanistan
By: Philip A. Davis
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1345/
Swath Bathymetric Survey of Englebright Lake, Yuba-Nevada Counties, California
By: Jonathan R. Childs and Andrew J. Stevenson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1346/
Preliminary geologic map of the Black Mountain area northeast of Victorville, San Bernardino County, California
By: Paul Stone
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1347/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1350/
Calculation of Area and Volume for the North Part of Great Salt Lake, Utah
By Robert L. Baskin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1359/
Underwater Microscope for Measuring Spatial and Temporal Changes in Bed-Sediment Grain Size
By: David M. Rubin, Henry Chezar, Jodi N. Harney, David J. Topping, Theodore S. Melis, and Christopher R. Sherwood
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1360/
Aqueous Geochemical Data From the Analysis of Stream-Water Samples Collected in June and July 2005-Taylor Mountains 1:250,000 Scale Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Bronwen Wang, Seth Mueller, Sarah Stetson, Elizabeth Bailey, and Greg Lee
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1361/
The Unified Lunar Control Network 2005
By: Brent A. Archinal, Mark R. Rosiek, Randolph L. Kirk, and Bonnie L. Redding
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1367/
C-Language Software for Computing Strong Ground Motion Metrics and Seismograph Self Noise
By: J.R. Evans, R.L. Nigbor, and C.R. Hutt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1369/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1371/
High-resolution boomer seismic-reflection profiles of the shelf off southern California from cruise A-1-00-SC: Santa Monica Bay to San Diego
By: Christina E. Gutmacher, Stephanie L. Ross, Peter J. Triezenberg, Ray W. Sliter, William R. Normark, Brian D. Edwards
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1373/
Selected Natural Attenuation Monitoring Data, Operable Unit 1, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport, Washington, June 2005
By R.S. Dinicola and R.L. Huffman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1374/
Distribution, thickness, and volume of fine-grained sediment from precipitation of metals from acid-mine waters in Keswick Reservoir, Shasta County, California
By: Terry R. Bruns, Charles N. Alpers, and Paul Carlson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1377/
Type Region of the Ione Formation (Eocene), Central California: Stratigraphy, Paleogeography, and Relation to Auriferous Gravels
By: Scott Creely and Eric R. Force
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1378/
Preliminary Geologic Map of Mount Pagan Volcano, Pagan Island, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
By: Frank A. Trusdell, Richard B. Moore, and Maurice K. Sako
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1386/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1387/
Geophysical Studies Based on Gravity and Seismic Data of Tule Desert, Meadow Valley Wash, and California Wash Basins, Southern Nevada
By: Daniel S. Scheirer, William R. Page, and John J. Miller
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1396/
Map showing Features and Displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, During the Period March 31, 2005–November 5, 2006
By: Ray E. Wells, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice, and Karen L. Wheeler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1397/
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