Publications
The Caribbean-Florida Water Science Center publishes water-information reports on many topics and in many formats. From this page, you can locate, view, download, or order scientific and technical articles and reports as well as general interest publications such as booklets, fact sheets, pamphlets, and posters resulting from the research performed by our scientists and partners.
Filter Total Items: 464
Landslide processes in saprolitic soils of a tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico
Shallow soil slips, earth and debris slides appear to be a primary mechanism of hillslope denudation in the rainforest of eastern Puerto Rico. Annual rainfall in excess of 4,000 mm, and thick sequences (up to 20 m) of residual soils (saprolite) combine to produce these landslides. Shear strength testing and observatons of tension cracks indicate that landslides may start as tensile failure of sapr
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen, Andrew Simon
Rainfall-soil moisture relations in landslide-prone areas of a tropical rain forest, Puerto Rico
Soil moisture conditions are not well documented in steep, tropical landslide-prone terrain. In the 11,330 ha Caribbean National Forest (CNF) in northeastern Puerto Rico more than 170 landslides that occurred from one to approximately 60 years ago have been mapped. Most of these landslides are shallow, with failure depths of 0.5 ot 7 m, and are associated with periods of intense, prolonged rainfal
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen, Angel J. Torres-Sanchez
Hydrochemistry of the South Coastal Plain Aquifer System of Puerto Rico and its relation to surface-water recharge
No abstract available.
Authors
Fernando Gomez-Gomez
A computer program for GEOphysical log data MANagement and plotting (GEOMAN)
No abstract available.
Authors
I. E. Arroyo, Sigfredo Torres-Gonzalez, Ramon A. Carrasquillo
The role of soil processes in determining mechanisms of slope failure and hillslope development in a humid-tropical forest eastern Puerto Rico
Translational failures, with associated downslope earthflow components and shallow slides, appear to be the primary mechanism of hillslope denudation in the humid tropical forests of the mountains of eastern Puerto Rico. In-situ weathering of quartz diorite and marine-deposited volcaniclastics produces residual soil (saprolite; up to 21 m deep) / weathered rock profiles. Discontinuous zones of con
Authors
A. Simon, M. C. Larsen, C. R. Hupp
Basin analysis, paleoenvironment reconstruction and tectonic structures: Application of geologic interpretations to regional ground-water assessment in large sedimentary basins
No abstract available.
Authors
Robert A. Renken, Rene A. Barker, Fernando Gomez-Gomez
Laboratory simulation of the effects of overburden stress on the specific storage of shallow artesian aquifers
A laboratory experiment to measure the specific storage of an aquifer material was conducted. A known dead load, simulating an overburden load, was applied to a sample of completely saturated aquifer material contained inside a cylinder. After the dead load was applied, water was withdrawn from the sample, causing the hydrostatic pressure to decrease and the effective stress to increase. The resul
Authors
Nicasio Sepúlveda, A. L. Zack
A method to estimate canal leakage to the Biscayne Aquifer, Dade County, Florida
The leakage characteristics of channels that partially penetrate the Biscayne aquifer and have reduced bed permeability were studied. Leakage characteristics were described in terms of a reach transmissivity-defined as the volume flow rate out of the channel per unit length of the channel per unit drawdown, where drawdown is defined as the difference in altitude between the water surface in the ca
Authors
D.A. Chin
Water-resources potential of the freshwater lens at Key West, Florida
The island of Key West lies at the end of the Florida Keys, about 150 miles southwest of Miami. The public-water supply for the island is provided by the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Well Field near Miami. However, there are many privately owned wells on the island that tap the local fresh ground-water lens for potable and nonpotable water supply. The number of people who use water from the wel
Authors
D.J. McKenzie
Field trip guide-American Water Resources Association
No abstract available.
Authors
Matthew C. Larsen
Hydrologic effects of well-field operations in a wetland, Dade County, Florida
Water-level, canal stage and discharge, and rainfall data collected in a wetland in Dade County, Florida, were analyzed to determine the effects of pumping at the Northwest Well Field on water levels in the wetland. The Northwest Well Field is the first major well field in south Florida to be operated in a wetland, away from saltwater intrusion and the potential for contamination caused by urbaniz
Authors
R.S. Sonenshein, Ronald H. Hofstetter
Comparison of aquifer storage coefficients computed using anisotropic and isotropic analytical models
No abstract available.
Authors
Vicente Quinones-Aponte