Sediment samples were collected from Los Padres reservoir in the Carmel River watershed, central California coast, between July 11 and 17, 2017, using a CME-45 barge-mounted drill rig, to characterize sedimentary properties in the reservoir deposits following the Soberanes Fire of 2016 and high river flows in winter 2017. Borehole samples were recovered using direct push coring with an Osterberg piston sampler operated by Taber Drilling Company of Sacramento, California, and overseen by AECOM, Inc. Sediment was recovered using a split-barrel sampler and a rotary drill bit was added to the sampler where needed to penetrate coarse sediment. Samples from three boreholes are described in this data release: two sampled at multiple sediment depths (B2 and B7) and a third (B4) from which only the topmost sample is included. Each borehole was drilled to the depth of apparent pre-dam alluvium or bedrock. Alternate sections were described and sampled; every second section was discarded without examination. Geochemical data are reported for sediment cores. Data include short-lived cosmogenic and natural radionuclide activities for Lead-210; Radium-226, Cesium-137, Thorium-234, and excess Lead-210. The USGS gratefully acknowledges collaboration with B. Kozlowicz of AECOM, Inc., in the collection of these data. Purpose: Laboratory measurements of natural lead, radium, cesium, and thorium isotope concentrations in Los Padres reservoir, Carmel River watershed, California, to characterize post-fire sedimentation history.

Sediment samples were collected from Los Padres reservoir in the Carmel River watershed, central California coast, between July 11 and 17, 2017, using a CME-45 barge-mounted drill rig, to characterize sedimentary properties in the reservoir deposits following the Soberanes Fire of 2016 and high river flows in winter 2017. Borehole samples were recovered using direct push coring with an Osterberg piston sampler operated by Taber Drilling Company of Sacramento, California, and overseen by AECOM, Inc. Sediment was recovered using a split-barrel sampler and a rotary drill bit was added to the sampler where needed to penetrate coarse sediment. Samples from three boreholes are described in this data release: two sampled at multiple sediment depths (B2 and B7) and a third (B4) from which only the topmost sample is included. Each borehole was drilled to the depth of apparent pre-dam alluvium or bedrock. Alternate sections were described and sampled; every second section was discarded without examination. Geochemical data are reported for sediment cores. Data include short-lived cosmogenic and natural radionuclide activities for Lead-210; Radium-226, Cesium-137, Thorium-234, and excess Lead-210. The USGS gratefully acknowledges collaboration with B. Kozlowicz of AECOM, Inc., in the collection of these data. Purpose: Laboratory measurements of natural lead, radium, cesium, and thorium isotope concentrations in Los Padres reservoir, Carmel River watershed, California, to characterize post-fire sedimentation history.

The datasets contained herein were collected as part of a cooperative U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project entitled "Field Investigations to Help Support the Assessment of Background Concentrations for Uranium at the Homestake Mining Company, Superfund Site near Milan, New Mexico, July 2016." Groundwater samples were collected from pre-selected wells and analyzed for metals (including uranium), alkalinity, ammonia, common ions, nitrogen, gross alpha/beta, radium isotopes, Radon-22, uranium isotopes, stable isotopes, sulfur isotopes, nitrogen isotopes, helium-4, dissolved gases, tritium/helium-3, carbon-14 and chlorofluorocarbons. Groundwater samples were collected using micropurge, volumetric, and passive samplers. Seven different laboratories analyzed the samples; separate datasets containing the results from each laboratory are provided in this data release. Microsoft excel .xlsx, xml, and tab-delimited text files are included for most dataset. A subset of the files are in .csv format.

This data release includes field parameters (pH and specific conductance), major ion geochemistry (B, Ba, Br, Cl, Ca, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Si, SO4, Sr), total dissolved solids, specific gravity, water isotopes (delta-2H and delta-18O), and radium isotopes (226Ra and 228Ra) from produced water samples taken from petroleum wells producing from the Niobrara Formation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, Weld County, Colorado. Additionally, gas composition and stable isotopes (delta-13C-CO2, delta-13C-C1, and delta-D-C1) from these wells are included. Major ion geochemistry, total dissolved solids, specific gravity, water isotopes, and radium isotopes were analyzed at the U.S. Geological Survey laboratories in Reston, Virginia, USA. Gas compositions were analyzed by a commercial laboratory. The data release includes four files, including one metadata file and 3 comma-separated (CSV) files.

This data release includes field parameters (pH and specific conductance), major ion geochemistry (B, Ba, Br, Cl, Ca, Fe, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, Si, SO4, Sr), total dissolved solids, specific gravity, water isotopes (delta-2H and delta-18O), and radium isotopes (226Ra and 228Ra) from produced water samples taken from petroleum wells producing from the Niobrara Formation in the Denver-Julesburg Basin, Weld County, Colorado. Additionally, gas composition and stable isotopes (delta-13C-CO2, delta-13C-C1, and delta-D-C1) from these wells are included. Major ion geochemistry, total dissolved solids, specific gravity, water isotopes, and radium isotopes were analyzed at the U.S. Geological Survey laboratories in Reston, Virginia, USA. Gas compositions were analyzed by a commercial laboratory. The data release includes four files, including one metadata file and 3 comma-separated (CSV) files.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center collected a set of sediment cores from the back-barrier environments along the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, in March 2012. The sampling efforts were part of a larger USGS study to evaluate effects on the geomorphology of the Chandeleur Islands following the construction of an artificial sand berm to reduce oil transport onto federally managed lands. The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of the back-barrier tidal and wetland environments to the berm. This report serves as an archive for sedimentological and radiochemical data derived from the sediment cores. The data described in this report is available for download.

Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), St. Petersburg Coastal and Marine Science Center collected a set of sediment cores from the back-barrier environments along the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, in March 2012. The sampling efforts were part of a larger USGS study to evaluate effects on the geomorphology of the Chandeleur Islands following the construction of an artificial sand berm to reduce oil transport onto federally managed lands. The objective of this study was to evaluate the response of the back-barrier tidal and wetland environments to the berm. This report serves as an archive for sedimentological and radiochemical data derived from the sediment cores. The data described in this report is available for download.

The datasets contained herein were collected as part of a cooperative U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) project entitled "Field Investigations to Help Support the Assessment of Background Concentrations for Uranium at the Homestake Mining Company, Superfund Site near Milan, New Mexico, July 2016." Groundwater samples were collected from pre-selected wells and analyzed for metals (including uranium), alkalinity, ammonia, common ions, nitrogen, gross alpha/beta, radium isotopes, Radon-22, uranium isotopes, stable isotopes, sulfur isotopes, nitrogen isotopes, helium-4, dissolved gases, tritium/helium-3, carbon-14 and chlorofluorocarbons. Groundwater samples were collected using micropurge, volumetric, and passive samplers. Seven different laboratories analyzed the samples; separate datasets containing the results from each laboratory are provided in this data release. Microsoft excel .xlsx, xml, and tab-delimited text files are included for most dataset. A subset of the files are in .csv format.

Radiometric (gamma spectrometry) measurements were made during walking surveys in northern Maine using a GF Instruments Gamma Surveyor. These surveys involved recording measurement averages over 30-second intervals while holding the instrument approximately 1 meter above the ground. Locations were obtained via a handheld GPS. Data were collected over and in the vicinity of a radiometric thorium anomaly identified via an airborne survey. For more information on radiometric methods, please see the International Atomic Energy Agency publication "Guidelines for Radioelement Mapping Using Gamma Ray Spectrometry Data" (2003). Reference: International Atomic Energy Agency, 2003, Guidelines for Radioelement Mapping Using Gamma Ray Spectrometry Data, IAEA-TECDOC-1363, IAEA, Vienna, 173 pp.

This data set consists of chemical and stable isotope data obtained through the analysis of discrete water samples collected from 14 fixed sampling locations in the northern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta at roughly monthly intervals between April 2011 and November 2012.