New publications by the USGS for Massachusetts (2005 to present)

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• Surficial Geologic Map of the Pocasset-Provincetown-Cuttyhunk-Nantucket 24-Quadrangle Area of Cape Cod and Islands, Southeast Massachusetts Area in South- Central Massachusetts (USGS Open File Report 2006-1260->E)
• Long-Term Oceanographic Observations in Massachusetts Bay, 1989-2006 (Data Series 74)
  
• Water Withdrawals, Use, and Wastewater Return Flows in the Concord River Basin, Eastern Massachusetts, 1996-2000 (SIR 2008-5158)
  
• Prevalence of Tumors in Brown Bullhead from Three Lakes in Southeastern Massachusetts, 2002 (SIR 2008-5198)
  
• Sidescan-Sonar Imagery and Surficial Geologic Interpretations of the Sea Floor in Western Rhode Island Sound (OFR 2008-1181)
  
• Use of Numerical Models to Simulate Transport of Sewage-Derived Nitrate in a Coastal Aquifer, Central and Western Cape Cod, Massachusetts (SIR 2007-5259)
  
• Simulated Effects of Year 2030 Water-Use and Land-Use Changes on Streamflow near the Interstate-495 Corridor, Assabet and Upper Charles River Basins, Eastern Massachusetts (SIR 2008-5132)
  
• Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Meteorological Data for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drinking-Water Source Area, Water Year 2006 (OFR 2008-1175)
  
• Submarine Hydrogeological Data from Cape Cod National Seashore (OFR 2006-1169)
  
• Surficial Geologic Map of the Worcester North-Oxford- Wrentham-Attleboro Nine-Quadrangle Area in South- Central Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1260-D)
  


• Characteristics and Classification of Least Altered Streamflows in Massachusetts (SIR 2007-5291)
  
• EAARL Topography - Cape Cod National Seashore (OFR 2007-1375)
  
• Time-Series Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay, 1996 - 2005 (DS 266)
  
• Simulation of the Effects of Water Withdrawals, Wastewater Return Flows, and Land-Use Change on Streamflow in the Blackstone River Basin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island (SIR 2007-5183)
  
• A Precipitation-Runoff Model for the Blackstone River Basin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island (SIR 2006-5213; 2007)
  
• A GIS Library of Multibeam Data for Massachusetts Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, Offshore of Boston, Massachusetts (USGS Data Series 99, 2007)
  
• Sea-Floor Character and Surface Processes in the Vicinity of Quicks Hole, Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1357; 2007)
  
• The Charles River, Eastern Massachusetts: Scientific Information in Support of Environmental Restoration (GIP 47; 2007)
  
• Assessment of Data for Use in the Development of Nutrient Criteria for Massachusetts Rivers and Streams (SIR 2007-5022; 2007)
  
• Hydrologic, Water-Quality, and Meteorological Data for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, Drinking-Water Source Area, Water Year 2005 (OFR 2007-1049; 2007)
  
• Processes Influencing the Transport and Fate of Contaminated Sediments in the Coastal Ocean - Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay (CIR 1302; 2007)
  
• Time-Series Photographs of the Sea Floor in Western Massachusetts Bay, Version 1, 1989-1993 (DS 265; 2007)
  
• Surficial Geologic Map of the Ashby-Lowell-Sterling-Billerica 11-Quadrangle Area in Northeast-Central Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1260-C; 2007) Produced in conjunction with the OMSG
  
• Sea-Floor Character and Sedimentary Processes of Great Round Shoal Channel, Offshore Massachusetts (OFR 2007-1138; 2007)
  
• Borehole Characterization of a Methane-Yielding Bedrock Well, Tyngsborough, Massachusetts (OFR 2007-1399; 2007)
  
• The Massachusetts Bay internal wave experiment, August 1998: Data report (DS 85; 2006; 2007)
  
• High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Nahant to Gloucester, Massachusetts (OFR 2005-1293; 2006)
  
• Mapping the Seafloor Geology Offshore of Massachusetts (Fact Sheet 2006-3042)
  
• Ground-water levels near the top of the water-table mound, western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2002-04 (SIR 2006-5054)
  
• Factors Affecting Firm Yield and the Estimation of Firm Yield for Selected Streamflow-Dominated Drinking-Water-Supply Reservoirs in Massachusetts (SIR 2006-5044)
  
• Geological interpretation of bathymetric and backscatter imagery of the sea floor off eastern Cape Cod, Massachusetts (OFR 2005-1048)
  
• High-Resolution Geologic Mapping of the Inner Continental Shelf: Boston Harbor and Approaches, Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1008)
  
• Assessment of total nitrogen in the upper Connecticut River basin in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts, December 2002-September 2005 (SIR 2006-5144)
  
• A Revised Logistic Regression Equation and an Automated Procedure for Mapping the Probability of a Stream Flowing Perennially in Massachusetts (SIR 2006-5031)
  
• Preliminary Integrated Geologic Map Databases for the United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Vermont (OFR 2006-1272)
  
• Ground-Water Contributions to Reservoir Storage and the Effect on Estimates of Firm Yield for Reservoirs in Massachusetts (SIR 2006-5045)
  
• Surficial Geologic Map of the Clinton-Concord-Grafton-Medfield 12-Quadrangle Area in East Central Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1260A)
  
• Ground-Water-Quality Data for a Treated-Wastewater Plume Undergoing Natural Restoration, Ashumet Valley, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1994-2004 (DS 198)
  
• Surficial Geologic Map of the Salem Depot-Newburyport East-Wilmington-Rockport 16-Quadrangle Area in Northeast Massachusetts (OFR 2006-1260B)
  
• Simulated water sources and effects of pumping on surface and ground water, Sagamore and Monomoy flow lenses, Cape Cod, Massachusetts (SIR 2004-5181)
  
• Simulated ground-water flow for a pond-dominated aquifer system near Great Sandy Bottom Pond, Pembroke, Massachusetts (SIR 2004-5269)
  
• Water resources and the urban environment, lower Charles River watershed, Massachusetts, 1630-2005 (Circular 1280)
  
• People and water in the Assabet River basin, eastern Massachusetts (Fact Sheet 2005-3034)
  
• Water resources data for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, water year 2004 (WDR MA-RI-04-1)
  
• Comparison of diffusion- and pumped-sampling methods to monitor volatile organic compounds in ground water, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 1999-December 2002 (SIR 2005-5010)
  
• Potential changes in ground-water flow and their effects on the ecology and water resources of the Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts (GIP 13)
  
• Occurrence of organic wastewater contaminants, pharmaceuticals, and personal care products in selected water supplies, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, June 2004 (OFR 2005-1206)
  
• Field tests of nylon-screen diffusion samplers and pushpoint samplers for detection of metals in sediment pore water, Ashland and Clinton, Massachusetts, 2003 (SIR 2005-5155)
  
• Sediment studies in the Assabet River, central Massachusetts, 2003 (SIR 2005-5131)
  
• Processes influencing the transport and fate of contaminated sediments in the coastal ocean - Boston Harbor and Massachusetts Bay (OFR 2005-1250)
  
• Analysis of mercury wet-deposition data collected with a newly designed sampler, Boston, Massachusetts metropolitan area, 2002-04 (OFR 2005-1368)
  
• Hydrologic, water-quality, bed-sediment, soil-chemistry, and statistical summaries of data for the Cambridge, Massachusetts, drinking-water source area, water year 2004 (OFR 2005-1383)
  
• Sea floor image maps showing topography, sun-illuminated topography, backscatter intensity, ruggedness, slope, and the distribution of boulder ridges and bedrock outcrops in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary region off Boston, Massachusetts (SIM 2840)
  
• Residential street-dirt accumulation rates and chemical composition, and removal efficiencies by mechanical-and vacuum-type sweepers, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2003-04 (SIR 2005-5184)
  
• Sediment quality of lakes, rivers, and estuaries in the Mystic River basin, eastern Massachusetts, 2001-03 (SIR 2005-5191)