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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Use of seismic refraction techniques for investigating recent landslides in a tropical rain forest in Puerto: Chapter 56
No abstract available.
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Matthew C. Larsen
Comparative ecology of prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in the Eel River, California
We documented species' distributions, size structure of populations, abundance in mainstem and tributary streams, habitat use, and diets of prickly sculpin, Cottus asper, and coastrange sculpin, C. aleuticus, in the Eel River drainage of California, to determine the processes allowing coexistence of these very similar fishes. We observed prickly sculpins at 43 sites and coastrange sculpins at 34.
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Larry R. Brown, Scott A. Matern, Peter B. Moyle
Documentation and guidelines for the application of telescoped models to simulate ground-water flow in coastal Georgia and adjacent parts of Florida and South Carolina
No abstract available.
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Reggina Garza, Christopher T. West
United States Geological Survey: Programs in Utah
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has been collecting hydrologic data relating to the occurrence, quantity, and quality of water resources in Utah since 1889. The USGS maintains a network of about 200 gaging stations on rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs in Utah and parts of Wyoming, Idaho, and Arizona and monitors about 1,100 wells throughout the State (fig. 1). Within this network, water-qua
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Well-integrity survey (Phase II) of abandoned homestead water wells in the High Plains aquifer, former Pantex Ordance Plant and Texas Tech Research Farm near Amarillo, Texas, 1995
This report describes the methods used and the results obtained during a field search for abandoned homestead sites and water wells at the former Pantex Ordnance Plant and Texas Tech Research Farm (Pantex site) near Amarillo, Texas. The search was the second phase of a three-phase well-integrity survey at the Pantex site proposed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
The methods used to locate the
Authors
Glenn A. Rivers
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of volatile organic compounds in water by purge and trap capillary gas chromatography/mass spectrometry
No abstract available.
Authors
D.L. Rose, M.P. Schroeder
Withdrawal and delivery of water by municipal supplies in Minnesota, 1993
Total withdrawal Statewide by municipal suppliers serving over 1,000 people was 108 billion gallons in 1993. Most of Minnesota's municipal deliveries were for residential purposes. About 87 percent of suppliers withdraw from ground-water and 13 percent withdraw from surface-water sources. Water withdrawn for public supply has steadily risen since 1955 and the increase has mainly come from ground w
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L. C. Trotta
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory; determination of chlorinated pesticides in aquatic tissue by capillary-column gas chromatography with electron-capture detection
A method for the determination of chlorinated organic compounds in aquatic tissue by dual capillary-column gas chromatography with electron-capture detection is described. Whole-body-fish or corbicula tissue is homogenized, Soxhlet extracted, lipid removed by gel permeation chromatography, and fractionated using alumina/silica adsorption chromatography. The extracts are analyzed by dissimilar capi
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Thomas J. Leiker, James E. Madsen, Jeffrey R. Deacon, William T. Foreman
U.S. Geological Survey laboratory method for methyl tert-butyl ether and other fuel oxygenates
Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) was found in shallow ground-water samples in a study of 8 urban and 20 agricultural areas throughout the United States in 1993 and 1994 (Squillace and others, 1995, p. 1). The compound is added to gasoline either seasonally or year round in many parts of the United States to increase the octane level and to reduce carbon monoxide and ozone levels in the air.
The U
Authors
Jon W. Raese, Donna L. Rose, Mark W. Sandstrom
Using geochemical data to identify sources of salinity to the freshwater Navajo aquifer in southeastern Utah
Ground water is an important freshwater source for domestic and livestock uses in southeastern Utah because of the arid climate and unavailability of surface water from the San Juan River. The study area includes about 1,200 square miles in the southeastern corner of Utah (fig. 1). Precipitation on mountainous areas north, south, and east of the study area (fig. 2) seeps into the Navajo and overly
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David L. Naftz, Lawrence E. Spangler, Zell E. Peterman