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• Averett, Walter R., 1984, National Uranium Resource Evaluation: Guide to the data reports of the Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance: U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction, Colorado, Report GJBX-5(84).
• Baedecker, Phillip A., Grossman, Jeffrey N., and Buttleman, Kim P., 1998, National Geochemical Database: PLUTO geochemical database for the United States: US Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-47 (CD-ROM).
• Bailey, Eizabeth A., Smith, David B., Abston, Carl C., Granitto, Matthew, and Burleigh, Kuuipo A., 1999, National Geochemical Database: U.S. Geological Survey RASS (Rock Analysis Storage System) geochemical data for Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-433.
• Briggs, Paul H., 1996, Forty elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 96-525, p. 77-94.
• Briggs, Paul H., 2002, The determination of forty elements in geological and botanical samples by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. G1-G18.
• Brown, Zoe Ann and Curry, Kenneth Joe, 2002a, Total carbon by combustion: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. R1-R4.
• Brown, Zoe Ann and Curry, Kenneth Joe, 2002b, Total sulfur by combustion: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. Q1-Q4.
• Brown, Zoe Ann, O’Leary, Richard M., Hageman, Philip L., and Crock, James G., 2002a, Mercury in water, geologic, and plant materials by continuous flow-cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. M1-M9.
• Brown, Zoe Ann, Papp, Clara, Brandt, Elaine, and Aruscavage, Phillip, 2002b, Carbonate carbon by coulometric titration: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 02-223, p. S1-S6.
• Budahn, James R. and Wandless, Gregory A., 2002, Instrumental neutron activation by abbreviated count: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 02-223, p. Y1-Y9.
• Cannon, W. F., Woodruff, L. G., and Pimley, Shana, 2003, Some statistical relationships between stream sediment and soil geochemistry in northwestern Wisconsin--can stream sediment compositions be used to predict compositions of soils in glaciated terranes?: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 81, p. 29-46.
• Colman, John A. and Sanzolone, Richard F., 1990, Surface-water quality assessment of the upper Illinois River basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin; geochemical data for fine-fraction streambed sediment from high- and low-order streams, 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-571.
• Colman, John A. and Sanzolone, Richard F., 1992, Geochemical characterization of streambed sediment in the upper Illinois River basin: USGS Water Resources Bulletin, v. 28, no. 5, p. 933-950.
• Curlík, J. and Šefcík, P., 1999, Geochemical atlas of the Slovak Republic. Part V: Soils [in Slovak]: Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, Bratislava.
• Duval, J. S., 2001, Aerial gamma-ray surveys in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-128, two CD-ROMs.
• Duval, J. S. and Riggle, F. R., 1999, Profiles of gamma-ray and magnetic data from aerial surveys over the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Data Series DDS-0031, 3 CD-ROMs.
• Elo, S., Gustavsson, N., Huhma, H., Kauranne, L.K., Koljonen, T., Naras, P., Pesonen, L.J., Ruotoistenmäki, T., Saltikoff, B., Sillanpää, M., Tanskanen, H., Vaasjoki, M., and Vuorela, P., 1992, The geochemical atlas of Finland, Part 2: Till: Geological Survey of Finland, Espoo, 218 p.
• Folger, H. W., 2000, Analytical results and sample locations of reanalyzed NURE stream-sediment and soil samples for the Humboldt River Basin mineral-environmental resource assessment, northern Nevada. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-421
• Friske, P.W.B. and Hornbrook, E.H.W., 1991, Canada's National Geochemical Reconnaissance Program: Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B, v. 100, p. B47-B56.
• Goldhaber, Martin B., Irwin, Elise, Atkins, Brian , Lee, Lopaka, Black, Dee Dee , Zappia, Humbert, Hatch, Joe, Pashin, Jack, Barwick, Larry H., Cartwright, Walter E., Sanzolone, Rick, Ruppert, Leslie, Kolker, Allan, and Finkelman, Robert, 2001, Arsenic in Stream Sediments of Northern Alabama: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2357.
• Grossman, J.N., 1998, National Geochemical Atlas: The geochemical landscape of the conterminous United States derived from stream sediment and other solid sample media analyzed by the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) program:  U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 98-622, 1 CD-ROM.
• Gustavsson, N., Bølviken, B., Smith, D. B., and Severson, R. C., 2001, Geochemical landscapes of the conterminous United States -- New map presentations for 22 elements: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1648, 38 p.
• Hageman, Philip L. and Welsch, Eric 1996, Arsenic, antimony, and selenium by flow injection or continuous flow-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 96-525, p. 24-30.
• Hageman, Philip L., Brown, Zoe Ann, and Welsch, Eric (2002) Arsenic and selenium by flow injection or continuous flow-hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. L1-L7.
• Hornbrook, E.H.W., 1989, Lake sediment geochemistry Canadian applications in the eighties, in Garland, G.D., ed., Proceedings of Exploration 87 Third Decennial International Conference on geophysical and Geochemical Exploration for Minerals and Groundwater: Ontario Geological Survey, Special Volume 3, 960 p.
• Jackson, L.L., Brown, F.W., and Neil, S.T., 1987, Major and minor elements requiring individual determination, classical whole rock analysis, and rapid rock analysis, in Baedecker, P.A., ed., Methods for Geochemical Analysis: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1770, p. G4-G6
• Kilburn, J. E., Smith, D. B., and Hopkins, R.T, 1990, Analytical results and sample locality map of stream sediment samples from the Reno 1 degree x 2 degree quadrangle, California and Nevada:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-204.
• King, H. D., Fey D.L., Motooka, J. M., Knight, R.J., Roushey B. H., and McGuire, D. J., 1996, Analytical data and sample locality map of stream-sediment and soil samples from the Winnemucca-Surprise Resource Assessment Area, northwest Nevada and northeast California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-062-A [paper] and 96-062-B [diskette], 341 pp.
• Knight, Roy J. and McKown, Dave M., 2002, Uranium and thorium by delayed neutron counting: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. Z1-Z5.
• McGrath, S.P. and Loveland, P.J., 1992, The soil geochemical atlas of England and Wales: Blackie Academic and Professional, Glasgow.
• McKown, D.M. and Millard, H.T., Jr., 1987, Determination of uranium and thorium by delayed neutron counting, in Baedecker, P.A., ed., Methods for geochemical analyses: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1770, p. I1-I12.
• Mee, J. Steven, Siems, David F., and Taggart, Joseph E., Jr., 1996, Major element analysis by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-525, p. 236-242.
• Miesch, A. T., 1976, Geochemical survey of Missouri -- Methods of sampling, laboratory analysis, and statistical reduction of data: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 954-A, 39 p.
• Motooka, Jerry, 1996, Organometallic halide extraction for 10 elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-525, p. 102-108.
• O'Leary, Richard M., 1996, Tellurium and thallium by flame atomic absorption spectrometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open -File Report 96-525, p. 37-41.
• O'Leary, Richard M. and Meier, Allen L., 1996, Gold by flame or graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-525, p. 31-36.
• O'Leary, Richard M. and Welsch, Eric P., 1990, Determination of tungsten in rock, soil, and stream-sediment samples by visible absorption spectrophotometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Quality assurance manual for the Branch of Geochemistry: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 90-668, p. 157-160.
• O’Leary, Richard M., Hageman, Philip L., and Crock, James G. 1996, Mercury in water, geologic, and plant materials by continuous flow-cold vapor-atomic absorption spectrometry, in Arbogast, B.F., ed., Analytical methods manual for the Mineral Resource Surveys Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open -File Report 96-525, p. 42-47.
• Reimann, C., Siewers, U., Tarvainen, T., Bityukova, L., Eriksson, J., Gilucis, A., Gregorauskiene, V., Lukashev, V., Matinian, N.N., and Pasieczna, A., 2000, Baltic soil survey: total concentrations of major and selected trace elements in arable soils from 10 countries around the Baltic Sea: Science of the Total Environment, v. 257, p. 155-170.
• Robinson, G.R. Jr., Kapo, K.E., and Grossman, J.N., 2004, Chemistry of Stream Sediments and Surface Waters in New England, U.S. Geological Survey, Open-File Report 2004-1026 [on-line only]
• Sanzolone, Richard F. and Ryder, Jean L., 1989, Quality assessment program and results for the NAWQA surface water pilot studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-658.
• Shacklette, H. T. and Boerngen, J. G., 1984, Element concentrations in soils and other surficial materials in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1270, 105 p.
• Smith, Steven M., 1997a, Reformatted data from the National Uranium Resource Evaluation (NURE) Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-492.
• Smith, Steven M., 1997b, History of the National Uranium Resource Evaluation Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance Program: Contained within U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-492.
• Smith, Steven M., 1997c, A Manual for Interpreting NEW-FORMAT NURE HSSR Data Files: Contained within U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-492.
• Taggart, Joseph E., Jr., Lichte, F.E., and Wahlberg, J.S., 1981, Methods of analysis of samples using X-ray fluorescence and induction coupled plasma spectroscopy, in Lipman, P.W. and Mullineaux, D.R., eds., The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1250, p. 683-687
• Taggart, Joseph E., Jr., Lindsey, J.R., Scott, B.A., Vivit, D.V., Bartel, A.J., Stewart, K.C., 1987, Analysis of geologic materials by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, in Baedecker, P.A., ed., Methods for geochemical analyses: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1770, p. E1-E19
• Taggart, Joseph E., Jr. and Siems, David F., 2002, Major element analysis by wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-223, p. T1-T9.
• Thompson D. E., Grosz A. E., Mcneal J. M. and Grossman J. N., 1998, Surface geochemistry of Mississippi to be surveyed: Mississippi Geology v. 19, no. 2, p. 13-19.
• Thompson D. E., Grosz A. E., Schruben P. G. and Grossman J. N., 2002, Solid-phase geochemical survey of the State of Mississippi; on the nature and distribution of As, Se, Hg, Cu, Pb, and Zn in stream sediments and soils [abs.], in Curry, K.J., ed., Mississippi Academy of Sciences Sixty-Sixth Annual Meeting:  Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences, v. 47, no. 1, p. 42.
• Tuttle, Michele L.W., Goldhaber, Martin B., Ruppert, Leslie F., and Hower, James C., 2002, Arsenic in rocks and stream sediments of the central Appalachian Basin, Kentucky: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-0028.
• Welsch, E.P., 1983, A rapid geochemical spectrophotometric determination of tungsten with dithiol: Talanta, v. 30, p. 876-878.
• Wilson, S. A., Kennedy, K. R., Gent, C.A., Briggs, P. H., Tidball, R.R., and McNeal, J. M., 1990, Analysis of soil samples from the San Joaquin Valley of California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-214.
• Xie Xuejing and Ren Tianxiang, 1993, National geochemical mapping and environmental geochemistry—Progress in China, in Davenport, P.H., ed., Geochemical Mapping: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, v. 49, p. 15–34.