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Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.

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Approximate water-level changes in wells completed in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers, 1990-91, in Fort Bend County, Texas

This report presents data on water-level changes during 1990-90 in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers (figs. 1-2) in Fort Bend County.
Authors
Glenn L. Locke, Dana L. Barbie

Records of wells, drillers' logs, water-level measurements, and chemical analyses of ground water in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, 1984-89

Data for water wells and ground water in Harris and Galveston Counties were collected during 1984-89 by the U.S. Geological Survey. This report presents a compilation of records for 243 wells in Harris and Galveston Counties and drillers' logs for 174 of these wells. Water-level data and chemical-quality data of water for new and previously inventoried wells were also collected. Water levels in 52
Authors
L. S. Coplin, Al Campodonico

Land-surface subsidence resulting from ground-water withdrawals in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas, through 1987

The ground-water system in the Houston-Galveston region, Texas is composed of layers of sand and compressible clay. The system has been divided into two major aquifers, the Chicot and Evangeline, and the underlying Burkeville confining unit. The Chicot aquifer overlies the Evangeline aquifer. The Chicot aquifer contains the most permeable sand layers and also the more compressible clay layers.
Authors
R.K. Gabrysch, L. S. Coplin

Hydrology of the Arbuckle Mountains area, south-central Oklahoma

Rocks that make up the Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer crop out over ~500 mi2 in the Arbuckle Mountains province in south-central Oklahoma. The aquifer consists of limestone, dolomite, and sandstone of the Arbuckle and Simpson Groups of Late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician age and is about 5,000-9,000 ft thick. The rocks were subjected to intensive folding and faulting associated with major uplift of the a
Authors
Roy W. Fairchild, Ronald L. Hanson, Robert E. Davis

Geohydrology and water quality of the Roubidoux Aquifer, northeastern Oklahoma

The Roubidoux aquifer is an important source of freshwater for public supplies, commerce, industry, and rural water districts in northeastern Oklahoma. Ground-water withdrawals from the aquifer in 1981 were estimated to be 4.8 million gallons per day, of which about 90 percent was withdrawn in Ottawa County. Wells drilled at the beginning of the 20th century originally flowed at the land surface,
Authors
Scott C. Christenson, David L. Parkhurst, Roy W. Fairchild

Guidelines for collection and field analysis of water-quality samples from streams in Texas

This manual provides standardized guidelines and quality-control procedures for the collection and preservation of water-quality samples and defines procedures for making field analyses of unstable constituents or properties. Descriptions and procedures are given for several methods of sampling for which a variety of samplers may be used. Sample-processing devices such as sample churns and filtrat
Authors
F.C. Wells, W.J. Gibbons, M.E. Dorsey

Summary of data from the 1981-83 pilot study and 1985-89 operations of the Hueco Bolson Recharge Project, Northeast El Paso, Texas

Pumping and injection tests were conducted during a 1981-83 pilot study of the Hueco bolson recharge project in northeast El Paso. Water-level decline and buildup were measured in a recharge well and an observation well. The specific capacity of the recharge well during the October 1982 injection test was 18.3 gallons per minute per foot after 22.5 hours. The recharge well was redeveloped in June
Authors
D. E. White, G.J. Sladek

Relation between urbanization and water quality of streams in the Austin area, Texas

Selected water-quality properties and constituents of stormflow and base flow were compared to determine the relation between the degree of urbanization and the water quality in a drainage basin. Samples were collected during three flow categories (rising stage and falling stage of stormflow and base flow) at 18 sites on 11 streams. The degree of urbanization is indicated by grouping the sample si
Authors
J.E. Veenhuis, R.M. Slade

Trends in water-quality data in Texas

No abstract available.
Authors
Terry L. Schertz