Publications
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Preliminary paleolimnologic data for the Walker Lake subbasin, California and Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Larry V. Benson
Lake-level variation in the Lahontan basin for the past 50,000 years
Selected radiocarbon data on surficial materials from the Lahontan basin, Nevada and California, provide a chronology of lake-level variation for the past 50,000 yr. A moderate-sized lake connected three western Lahontan subbasins (the Smoke Creek-Black Rock Desert subbasin, the Pyramid Lake subbasin, and the Winnemucca Dry Lake subbasin) from about 45,000 to 16,500 yr B.P. Between 50,000 and 45,0
Authors
L. V. Benson, R.S. Thompson
Ground-water levels in water years 1984-86 and estimated ground-water pumpage in water years 1984-85, Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada
Tabulations of groundwater level measurements made during the water years 1984-86 and summaries of estimated pumpage for water years 1984 and 1985 in Carson valley, Douglas County, Nevada, are included in this report. The data are being collected to provide a record of long-term groundwater changes and pumpage estimates that can be incorporated in a groundwater model change at a later date. (USGS)
Authors
D.L. Berger
Geohydrology of the unsaturated zone at the burial site for low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
Low-level radioactive solid waste has been buried in trenches at a site near Beatty, Nev., since 1962. In 1976, as part of a national program, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study of the geohydrology of the waste-burial site to provide a basis for estimating the potential for radionuclide migration in the unsaturated zone beneath the waste-burial trenches. Data collected include meteorological
Authors
William D. Nichols
Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 (WRI 87-4009)
A commercial low-level radioactive-waste disposal site has been operating near Beatty, Nevada, about 150 km northwest of Las Vegas, since 1962. The 32-ha site is situated in a desolate region of the Amargosa River Valley, sometimes referred to as the Amargosa Desert. Average annual precipitation is only about 114 mm. The site is underlain by 175 m of unconsolidated, generally coarse-grained, alluv
Authors
Jeffrey M. Fischer, William D. Nichols
The sensitivity of evaporation rate to climate change; results of an energy-balance approach
No abstract available.
Authors
L. V. Benson
Reconnaissance bathymetry of basins occupied by Pleistocene Lake Lahontan, Nevada and California
No abstract available.
Authors
Larry V. Benson, Martin D. Mifflin
Geohydrologic data for test well USW G-4, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
Data are presented on drilling operations, lithology, borehole geophysics, hydrologic monitoring, core analysis, water chemistry, pumping tests, and packer-injection tests for test well USW G-4. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled in and near the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. These test wells are part
Authors
C.B. Bentley
Hydrochemical data for the Truckee River drainage system, California and Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Larry V. Benson
Hydrology of Washoe Valley, Washoe County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, W.D. Nichols