Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Ground water contamination by crude oil near Bemidji, Minnesota
Ground-water contamination by crude oil, and other petroleum-based liquids, is a widespread problem. An average of 83 crude-oil spills occurred per year during 1994-96 in the United States, each spilling about 50,000 barrels of crude oil (U.S. Office of Pipeline Safety, electronic commun., 1997). An understanding of the fate of organic contaminants (such as oil and gasoline) in the subsurface is n
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G. N. Delin, H.I. Essaid, I.M. Cozzarelli, M.H. Lahvis, B.A. Bekins
Plan for an integrated, long-term water-monitoring network for Wisconsin
Wisconsin's water-monitoring network is in danger of losing critical ground-water, surface-water, and water-quality monitoring stations. Since 1995, the ground-water network has decreased by 43 observation wells, the surface-water network by 7 stations, and the surface-water- quality network by 30 stations. Reductions in Wisconsin's water-monitoring network could cause serious risk to the resident
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Comparison of hydrochemical tracers to estimate source contributions to peak flow in a small, forested, headwater catchment
Three-component (throughfall, soil water, groundwater) hydrograph separations at peak flow were performed on 10 storms over a 2-year period in a small forested catchment in north-central Maryland using an iterative and an exact solution. Seven pairs of tracers (deuterium and oxygen 18, deuterium and chloride, deuterium and sodium, deuterium and silica, chloride and silica, chloride and sodium, and
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Karen C. Rice, George M. Hornberger
Characterizing a ground water basin in a New England mountain and valley terrain
A ground water basin is defined as the volume of subsurface through which ground water flows from the water table to a specified discharge location. Delineating the topographically defined surface water basin and extending it vertically downward does not always define the ground water basin. Instead, a ground water basin is more appropriately delineated by tracking ground water flowpaths with a ca
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Claire R. Tiedeman, Daniel J. Goode, Paul A. Hsieh
Assessment of natural attenuation of aromatic hydrocarbons in groundwater near a former manufactured-gas plant, South Carolina, USA
Shallow, anaerobic groundwater near a former manufactured-gas plant (MGP) in Charleston, South Carolina, USA, contains mono- and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (MAHs and PAHs, respectively). Between 1994 and 1997, a combination of field, laboratory, and numerical-flow and transport-model investigations were made to assess natural attenuation processes affecting MAH and PAH distributions. This as
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J. E. Landmeyer, F. H. Chapelle, M.D. Petkewich, P. M. Bradley
Delineation of flooding within the upper Mississippi River basin: Flood of August 1-3, 1993, in St. Louis and vicinity, Missouri
A five-sheet hydrologic investigations atlas provides flood-peak elevation data and delineates the areal extent of flooding of the Missouri, the Mississippi, and the Meramec Rivers and the River des Peres in St. Louis and vicinity from August 1 through 3, 1993. The August 1993 flood is compared with the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) 100- and 500-year flood profiles.This atlas is one
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Terry W. Alexander
Water resources data, North Dakota, dater year 1997, Voume 2. Ground water
No abstract available.
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R.E. Harkness, J. D. Wald
Water resources data, North Dakota, water year 1997, Volume 1. Surface water
No abstract available.
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R.E. Harkness, W.R. Berkas, S.W. Norbeck, S.M. Robinson
Water resources data, Utah, water year 1997
No abstract available.
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L. R. Herbert, J.R. Tibbetts, Dale E. Wilberg, D.V. Allen
Water resources data Texas, water year 1997, volume 4. Ground water
No abstract available.
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S. C. Gandara, R. E. Jones, D.L. Barbie
Water resources data Texas, water year 1997, volume 3. Colorado River basin, Lavaca River basin, Guadalupe River basin, Nueces River basin, Rio Grande basin, and intervening coastal basins
No abstract available.
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S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, F.L. Andrews, R. E. Jones, D.L. Barbie
Water resources data Texas, water year 1997, volume 2. San Jacinto River basin, Brazos River basin, San Bernard River basin, and intervening coastal basins
No abstract available.
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S. C. Gandara, W.J. Gibbons, F.L. Andrews, R. E. Jones, D.L. Barbie