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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 Because of their preliminary nature and chance of being superseded, Open-File Reports are not the appropriate series to introduce new or revised geologic, stratigraphic, hydrologic, or taxonomic nomenclature.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.
Excavation Logs of Two Trenches Across a Strand of the Southern Whidbey Island Fault Zone Near Grace, Washington
By Brian L. Sherrod, Elizabeth Barnett, and Harvey M. Kelsey
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1013/
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Los Angeles 30' x 60' Quadrangle, Southern California
Compiled by Robert F. Yerkes and Russell H. Campbell
Digital preparation by Rachel M. Alvarez and Kelly R. Bovard
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1019/
Guideline for ANSS Seismic Monitoring of Engineered Civil Systems-Version 1.0
Prepared by the ANSS Structural Instrumentation Guideline Committee
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1039/
Alaska Resource Data File, Sumdum Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Donald J. Grybeck
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1044/
Alaska Resource Data File, Seward Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Jeff A. Huber and Carol S. Huber
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1045/
Porphyry Copper Deposits of the World: Database, Map, and Grade and Tonnage Models
By Donald A. Singer, Vladimir I. Berger, and Barry C. Moring
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1060/
Reconnaissance gas measurements on the East Rift Zone of Kilauea volcano, Hawai'i by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
By Kenneth A. McGee, Tamar Elias, A. Jefferson Sutton, Michael P. Doukas, Peter G. Zemek and Terrence M. Gerlach
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1062/
Coastal Circulation and Sediment Dynamics along West Maui, Hawaii
PART IV: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity in Honolua Bay, Northwest Maui: 2003-2004
By Curt D. Storlazzi and M. Kathy Presto
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1068/
Coastal Change Rates and Patterns: Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawai’i
By Cheryl J. Hapke, Rick Gmirkin, and Bruce M. Richmond
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1069/
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1070/
Multichannel seismic-reflection data acquired off the coast of southern California - Part A 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000
By Ray W. Sliter, William R. Normark, and Christina E. Gutmacher
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1084/
Lifelines and Earthquake Hazards along the Interstate 5 Urban Corridor: Woodburn, Oregon to Centralia, Washington
By E.A. Barnett, C.S. Weaver, K.L. Meagher, Z. Wang, I.P. Madin, M. Wang, R.A. Haugerud, R.E. Wells, R.J. Blakely, D.B. Ballantyne, M. Darienzo, and the Portland Area Working Group
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1085/
The San Andreas Fault In The San Francisco Bay Area, California: A Geology Fieldtrip Guidebook To Selected Stops On Public Lands
By Philip W. Stoffer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1127/
Proceedings of the 5th U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Meeting and Parkfield, California Fieldtrip
By Shane T. Detweiler and William Ellsworth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1131/
Ground-Magnetic Studies of the Amargosa Desert Region, California and Nevada
By Richard J. Blakely, John W. Hillhouse, and Robert L. Morin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1132/
Height Changes Along Selected Lines Through the Death Valley Region, California and Nevada, 1905-1984
By Robert O. Castle, Thomas D. Gilmore, James P. Walker, and Susan A. Castle
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1133/
Modified Mercalli Intensity Maps for the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Plotted in ShakeMap Format
By John Boatwright and Howard Bundock
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1135/
Holocene fault scarps and shallow magnetic anomalies along the southern Whidbey Island Fault Zone near Woodinville, Washington
By Brian L. Sherrod, Richard J. Blakely, Craig Weaver, Harvey Kelsey, Elizabeth Barnett and Ray Wells
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1136/
Influence of Riparian Tree Phenology on Lower Colorado River Spring-Migrating Birds: Implications of Flower Cueing
By Laura J. McGrath and Charles van Riper III
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1140/
Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography: Water Requirements of Desert Ungulates
By James W. Cain III, Paul R. Krausman, Steven S. Rosenstock, and Jack C. Turners
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1141/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tumacácori National Historical Park
By Brian F. Powell, Eric W. Albrecht, William L. Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, Pamela Anning, and Kathleen Docherty
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1142/
Multibeam Bathymetry and Backscatter Data: Northeastern Channel Islands Region, Southern California
By Peter Dartnell, Guy Cochrane, and Mary Elaine Dunaway
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1153/
Preliminary Geophysical Framework of the Upper and Middle Verde River Watershed, Yavapai County, Arizona
By Victoria E. Langenheim, Ed DeWitt, and Laurie Wirt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1154/
Implications of Stratabound Carlin-Type Gold Deposits in Paleozoic Rocks of North-Central Nevada: Slide Presentation
By Vladimir I. Berger and Ted G. Theodore
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1156/
Managing Fire in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert: A Review and Analysis of the Literature
By Brooke S. Gebow and William L. Halvorsons
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1157/
Coastal Circulation and Water Column Properties along Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park, Hawaii
PART I: Measurements of waves, currents, temperature, salinity and turbidity: April-October 2004
By Curt D. Storlazzi and M. Katherine Presto
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1161/
Alaska Resource Data File, Port Alexander Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Donald J. Grybeck
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1168/
Blind Comparisons of Shear-Wave Velocities at Closely-Spaced Sites in San Jose, California
Edited by Michael W. Asten and David M. Boore
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1169/
Nearshore Benthic Habitat GIS for the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary and Southern California State Fisheries Reserves Volume II
By Guy R. Cochrane, James E. Conrad, Jane A. Reid, Sarah Fangman, and Nadine Golden
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1170/
Publications of the Volcano Hazards Program 2003
By Manuel Nathenson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1184/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
By Brian F. Powell, Eric W. Albrecht, Cecilia A. Schmidt, William L. Halvorson, Pamela Anning, and Kathleen Docherty
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1185/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
By Brian F. Powell, Eric W. Albrecht, William L. Halvorson, Cecilia A. Schmidt, Kathleen Docherty, and Pamela Anning
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1187/
The U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Astrogeology—A Chronology of Activities from Conception through the End of Project Apollo (1960-1973)
By Gerald G. Schaber
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1190/
Map showing Features and Displacements of the Scenic Drive Landslide, La Honda, California, During the Period March 31-May 7, 2005
By Ray E. Wells, Michael J. Rymer, Carol S. Prentice and Karen L. Wheeler
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1191/
Summary of Supporting Data for USGS Regional Heat-flow Studies of the Great Basin, 1970-1990
By John H. Sass, Susan S. Priest, Arthur H. Lachenbruch, S. Peter Galanis, Jr., Thomas H. Moses, Jr., John P. Kennelly, Jr., Robert J. Munroe, Eugene P. Smith, Frederick V. Grubb, Robert H. Husk, Jr., and Charles W. Mase
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1207/
The Rabaul Volcano Observatory Real-Time GPS Upgrade
By Elliot Endo http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1232/
Ultrapotassic Mafic Dikes and Rare Earth Element- and Barium-Rich Carbonatite at Mountain Pass, Mojave Desert, Southern California: Summary and Field Trip Localities By Gordon B. Haxel http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1219/
Spatial Databases for the Geology of the Northern Rocky Mountains - Idaho, Montana, and Washington By Michael L. Zientek, Pamela D. Derkey, Robert J. Miller, J. Douglas Causey, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mary H. Carlson, Gregory N. Green, Thomas P. Frost, David E. Boleneus, Karl V. Evans, Bradley S. Van Gosen, Anna B. Wilson, Jeremy C. Larsen, Helen Z. Kayser, William N. Kelley, and Kenneth C. Assmus http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1235/
Summary and preliminary interpretations of USGS cruise A202HW: Underwater video surveys collected off of Oahu, Molokai, and Maui, Hawaii June-July 2002 By Ann Gibbs, Eric Grossman, and Bruce Richmond http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1244/
The Geologic Map of Seattle - A Progress Report
By: Kathy Goetz Troost, Derek B. Booth, Aaron P. Wisher, and Scott A. Shimel
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1252/
Alaska Resource Data File, Melozitna Quadrangle, Alaska
By: David J. Szumigala and Garth E. Graham
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1257/
Ages and geochemistry of magmatic hydrothermal alunites in the Goldfield district, Esmeralda Co., Nevada
By: Peter Vikre, Robert Fleck, and Robert Rye
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1258/
Sonoran Pronghorn Literature: An Annotated Bibliography
By: Paul R. Krausman, John R. Morgart, Lisa K. Harris, Chantal S. O'Brien, James W. Cain III, and Steve S. Rosenstock
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1265/
Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of Planetary Geologic Mappers, Washington, D.C. 2005
Edited by: Tracy K.P. Gregg, Kenneth L. Tanaka, and R. Stephen Saunders
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1271/
Bedforms 4.0: MATLAB Code for Simulating Bedforms and Cross-Bedding
By: David M. Rubin and Carissa L. Carter
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1272/
Bathychronology: Reconstructing Historical Sedimentation from Bathymetric Data in a GIS
By: Shawn A. Higgins, Bruce E. Jaffe, and Richard E. Smith
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1273/
South San Francisco Bay 2004 Topographic Lidar Survey: Data Overview and Preliminary Quality Assessment
By: Amy C. Foxgrover and Bruce E. Jaffe
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1284/
Preliminary Geologic Map of the Sage 7.5' Quadrangle, Riverside County, California
By: D.M. Morton and M.P. Kennedy
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1285/
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of the United States
By: Michael L. Zientek and Greta J. Orris
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/a/
Geology and Nonfuel Mineral Deposits of Greenland, Europe, Russia, and Northern Central Asia
By: Warren J. Nokleberg, Walter J. Bawiec, Jeff L. Doebrich, Bruce R. Lipin, Robert J. Miller, Greta J. Orris, and Michael L. Zientek
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1294/d/
Spatial and Temporal Migration Patterns of Neotropical Migrants in the Southwest Revealed by Stable Isotopes
By: Kristina L. Paxton and Charles van Riper III
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1298/
Final Integrated Trip Report-Site Visits to Area 50, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam National Wildlife Refuge, War in the Pacific National Historical Park, Guam, Rota and Saipan, CNMI, 2004-2005
By: Steven C. Hess and Linda W. Pratt
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1299/
2004 Volcanic Activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of Events and Response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
By: Christina A. Neal, Robert G. McGimsey, Jim Dixon, and Dmitry Melnikov
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1308/
Measurements of Wind, Aeolian Sand Transport, and Precipitation in the Colorado River Corridor, Grand Canyon, Arizona — November 2003 to December 2004
By: Amy E. Draut and David M. Rubin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1309/
2003 Volcanic Activity in Alaska and Kamchatka: Summary of Events and Response of the Alaska Volcano Observatory
By: Robert G. McGimsey, Christina A. Neal, and Olga Girina
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1310/
SEGY to ASCII Conversion and Plotting Program 2.0
By: Mark. R. Goldman
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1311/
Catalog of Earthquake Hypocenters at Alaskan Volcanoes: January 1 through December 31, 2004
By: James P. Dixon, Scott D. Stihler, John A. Power, Guy Tytgat, Steve Estes, Stephanie Prejean, John J. S‡nchez, Rebecca Sanches, Stephen R. McNutt, and John Paskievitch
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1312/
Preliminary Gravity Inversion Model of Basins East of Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada
By: Geoffrey A. Phelps, Carter W. Roberts, and Barry C. Moring
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1313/
Methods to Create ArcMap® Styles with Examples for Lithology and Time
By: Lorre A. Moyer, Jordan T. Hastings, and Gary L. Raines
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1314/
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Seismic Data, January to December 2004
By: Jennifer S. Nakata
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1315/
Compressional and Shear Wave Velocity Versus Depth in the San Francisco Bay Area, California: Rules for USGS Bay Area Velocity Model 05.0.0
By: Thomas M. Brocher
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1317/
Locations and Data for Water Wells of the Santa Rosa Valley, Sonoma County, California
By: Zenon C. Valin and Robert J. McLaughlin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1318/
Flow Patterns and Current Structure at the USS Arizona Memorial: April, 2005
By: Curt D. Storlazzi, Matthew A. Russell, M. Katherine Presto and Jennifer E. Burbank
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1334/
Gravity Studies of Cave, Dry Lake, and Delamar Valleys, East-Central Nevada
By: Daniel S. Scheirer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1339/
Vascular Plant and Vertebrate Inventory of Tuzigoot National Monument
By: Cecilia A. Schmidt, Brian F. Powell, and William L. Halvorson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1347/
Log of Trench 04A Across the Hayward Fault at Tyson's Lagoon (Tule Pond), Fremont, Alameda County, California
By: James J. Lienkaemper, Patrick L. Williams, Robert R. Sickler, and Thomas E. Fumal
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1350/
Biological Survey in Support of the USGS Turbidity and Sediment Baseline Survey on South Molokai Reef Flat, April 2005
By: K.S. Rodgers, P.L. Jokiel, W.R. Smith, F. Farrell, and K. Uchino
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1361/
Publications of the Western Earth Surface Processes Team, 2004
Compiled by: Charles Powell, II and Paul Stone
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1362/
Shear Wave Velocity Of The Ground Near Southern California TRINET Sites Using The Spectral Analysis Of Surface Waves Method (SASW) And Parallel-Arrayed Harmonic-Wave Sources
By: Robert Kayen; Brad Carkin; Diane Minasian and John Tinsley
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1365/
Shear-Wave Velocity of the Ground Near Sixty California Strong Motion Recording Sites by the Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW) Method and Harmonic-Wave Sources
By: Robert Kayen, Eric Thompson, Diane Minasian, and Brad Carkin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1366/
Open-File Report 2005-1367, v. 1.1
A Preliminary Investigation of The Structure of Southern Yucca Flat, Massachusetts Mountain, and CP Basin, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, Based on Geophysical Modeling
By: Geoffrey A. Phelps, Leigh Justet, Barry C. Moring, and Carter W. Roberts
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1367/
A Proposed Method for the Detection of Steel Moment Connection Fractures Using High-frequency, Transient Accelerations
By: Janise E. Rodgers and Mehmet Çelebi
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1375/
Alaska Resource Data File, Sitka Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Henry C. Berg and Donald J. Grybeck
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1376/
Alaska Resource Data File, Naknek Quadrangle, Alaska
By: Frederic H. Wilson, Stanley E. Church, and Damon P. Bickerstaff
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1377/
USGS Headwaters Province project, Idaho, Montana, and Washington - an overview of publications supporting land-use planning in the Northern Rocky Mountains
By: Michael L. Zientek and Karen Lund
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1382/
Variability in Older Forest Structure in Western Oregon
By: Nathan J. Poage
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1385/
Preliminary Geologic Map of Bainbridge Island, Washington
By: Ralph Haugerud
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1387/
Interpreted Regional Seismic Reflection Lines, National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
By: Christopher S. Kulander, John A. Grow, Christopher J. Potter, Richard W. Saltus, and Michele L. Killgore
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1402/
Volcanic Hazards at Atitlán Volcano, Guatemala
By: J.M. Haapala, R. Escobar Wolf, J.W. Vallance, W.I. Rose, J.P. Griswold, S.P. Schilling, J.W. Ewert, and M. Mota
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1403/
Methodology for the 2005 USGS Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources, Central North Slope, Alaska
By: John H. Schuenemeyer
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1410/
High-resolution multichannel seismic-reflection data acquired in the northern Gulf of Mexico, 2003
By: Patrick E. Hart, Deborah R. Hutchinson, and Myung Lee
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1411/
Argon Dating at and Near Medicine Lake Volcano, California: Results and Data
By: Julie M. Donnelly-Nolan and Marvin A. Lanphere
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1416/
libvaxdata: VAX Data Format Conversion Routines
By: Lawrence M. Baker
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1424/
Global Positioning System Measurements on the Island of Hawai‘i: 1997 through 2004
By: Asta Miklius, Peter Cervelli, Maurice Sako, Michael Lisowski, Susan Owen, Paul Segal, James Foster, Kevan Kamibayashi, and Ben Brooks
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1425/
Decadal-Scale Analysis of Coastal Landslides Along the Big Sur Coast: Rates and Processes
By: Cheryl J. Hapke and Krystal R. Green
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1434/
Gravity and Ground Magnetic Data from Selected Traverses in the Amargosa Desert and Vicinity, Nevada and California
By: Edward A. Mankinen, Donald S. Sweetkind, Edwin H. McKee, and Robert L. Morin
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1444/
Digital Method for Regional Mapping of Surficial Basin Deposits in Arid Regions, Example from Central Death Valley, Inyo County, California
By: A.S. Jayko; C.M. Menges; and R.A. Thompson
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1445/
Gravity and Magnetic Data Along a Seismic Refraction-Reflection Line in Northwest Nevada and Northeast California
By: Janet E. Tilden, David A. Ponce, Jonathan M.G. Glen, and Kathleen D. Gans
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1446/
Geochemical Analyses of Geologic Materials from Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, Clark and Nye Counties, Nevada, version 3.0
By: Steve Ludington, Stephen B. Castor, James R. Budahn, and Kathryn S. Flynn
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1450/
Methane Gas Volume Expansion Ratios and Ideal Gas Deviation Factors for the Deep-Water Bering Sea Basins
By: Ginger A. Barth
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1451/
Locations and Descriptions of Gravity, Box, and Push Cores Collected in San Francisco Bay Between January and February, 1990 and 1991
By: Roberto J. Anima, H. Edward Clifton, Carol Reiss, and Florence L. Wong
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1453/
Open File Report 2005-1219
Open File Report 2005-1235
Open File Report 2005-1244
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