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Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center Publications
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Simulation of ground-water flow and delineation of areas contributing recharge within the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer to well fields in the Prairie Island Indian Community, Minnesota
The Prairie Island Indian Community in east-central Minnesota uses ground water from the Mt. Simon-Hinckley aquifer as its source of water supply. Tribal officials implemented a Source Water Protection Program to protect the quality of this water. Areas of contributing recharge were delineated for two community well fields. At well field A are two wells 325 m apart, and at well field B are two wel
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J. F. Ruhl
Water-quality and aquatic-community characteristics of selected reaches of the St. Croix River, Minnesota and Wisconsin, 2000
Synoptic sampling was used to determine chemical and biological characteristics of the St. Croix River within a study reach that extended from near Danbury, Wisconsin to the confluence with the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wisconsin. The study was conducted August 7- September 25, 2000 during summer low flow.
Dissolved-residue concentrations were found to increase gradually as the river flows do
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G. A. Payne, K. E. Lee, G.R. Montz, P. J. Talmage, J.K. Hirsch, J.D. Larson
USGS capabilities for interdisciplinary investigations in coastal and nearshore ecosystems of the Great Lakes
People choose to reside, work, and vacation in coastal areas of the Great Lakes because of the lakes' scenic beauty and their historic and cultural features. Great Lakes nearshore areas also constitute a valuable economic resource. Two million anglers added \$1 billion to the region's economy in 1996. More than 300 million tons of goods were transported out of major Great Lakes ports at a value of
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Donna N. Myers
Water-quality assessment of surface-water microlayers at frog malformation sites in Minnesota
No abstract available.
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Perry M. Jones, M.A. Menheer, S.D. Zaugg, Howard E. Taylor, G. Aiken, E. M. Thurman, C. Rostad, D. Rosenberry
Development of a stream habitat index for the Northern Lakes and Forest Ecoregions
Physical habitat was quantified in 105 randomly selected streams across the Northern Lakes and Forests Ecoregion during 1998 and 1999 to develop a stream habitat index for the region. Physical habitat measures (106) were classified into four groups: substrate, instream cover, riparian zone–land use, and geomorphology–hydrology. Variable reduction procedures yielded seven variables: sinuosity, perc
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Robert M. Goldstein, Lizhu Wang, Thomas P. Simon, Paul M. Stewart
June 2002 floods in the Red River of the North basin in northeastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota
The Red River of the North is a complex river system in the north-central plains of the United States. The river continues to affect the people and property within its basin. During June of 2002, major flooding occurred for the third time in 5 years in the Red River of the North Basin, especially on tributaries in northwestern Minnesota. The worst damage occurred in Roseau, Minn., where about 9
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Gregg J. Wiche, K.G. Guttormson, S.M. Robinson, G.B. Mitton, B.J. Bramer
An integrated geophysical and hydraulic investigation to characterize a fractured-rock aquifer, Norwalk, Connecticut
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted an integrated geophysical and hydraulic investigation at the Norden Systems, Inc. site in Norwalk, Connecticut, where chlorinated solvents have contaminated a fractured-rock aquifer. Borehole, borehole-to-borehole, surface-geophysical, and hydraulic methods were used to characterize the site bedrock lithology and structure, fractures, and transmissive zone hydr
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J.W. Lane, J.H. Williams, C. D. Johnson, D.M. Savino, F. P. Haeni
Ground-water resources of the uppermost confined aquifers, southern Wadena County and parts of Ottertail, Todd, and Cass Counties, central Minnesota, 1997–2000
Water managers are concerned about the increase of ground-water withdrawals from high-capacity wells completed in the uppermost confined aquifers in southern Wadena County. The hydrogeologic units of primary interest in the study area are the surficial aquifer, the uppermost confining units, and the uppermost confined aquifers. The surficial aquifer underlies all but portions of the eastern, weste
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R. J. Lindgren
Variations in concentrations of atrazine and nitrate during well purging in relation to field water-quality parameters
No abstract available.
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P. D. Capel, Victoria Kruglov, M.K. Landon, G. N. Delin, H.J. Certain
Bedrock and soil geochemistry from Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota
Bedrock, forest floor, and mineral soil sampling in Voyageurs National Park (VNP), Minnesota in 2000 and 2001 is part of a multidisciplinary project that includes the U. S. Geological Survey, National Park Service, University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. The joint project is examining the distribution of mercury in
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Laurel G. Woodruff, William F. Cannon, Connie L. Dicken, Shana Pimley
Use of fallout radioisotopes to estimate sources of suspended sediment to the Wild Rice River, northwestern Minnesota, 1998
No abstract available.
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M. E. Brigham, Carolyn J. McCullough, P. Wilkinson
Trace elements in streambed sediments of the St. Croix River Basin, 2000
No abstract available.
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M. E. Brigham