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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Water Resources Data, South Carolina, Water Year 1992
No abstract available.
Authors
C.S. Bennett, T.W. Cooney, K.H. Jones, J.W. Gissendanner
Water quality of the Upper West Branch Susquehanna River and tributary streams between Curwensville and Renovo, Pennsylvania, May and July 1984
The soils and rocks of the Upper West Branch Susquehanna River basin, from its headwaters downstream for 150 miles, are laden with pyritic materials that have the potential to produce acid mine drainage. The effects of mine drainage are severe, particularly in the reach between Curwensville and Renovo where present water quality cannot support viable populations of benthic macroinvertebrates or fi
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R.A. Hainly, J. L. Barker
Agricultural chemical interchange between ground water and surface water, Cedar River basin, Iowa and Minnesota: A study description
A review of the data collected in the Cedar River basin, Iowa and Minnesota, indicates that atrazine is consistently detected in the main-stem river at concentrations greater than 0.10 microgram per liter even during periods of extended base flow. The primary source of atrazine in the river during these periods of base flow is not known. This study is designed to determine how atrazine and other a
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P. J. Squillace, M. J. Liszewski, E.M. Thurman
Regional evaluations of acid deposition effects on forests: Eastern spruce-fir
Having reviewed the results of the Integrated Forest Study (IFS) project, we now try to place the results in a larger perspective by very briefly summarizing acid deposition effects and their potential role in forest health in the several forest types represented in the IFS project. This chapter gives brief overviews of the situation in eastern spruce-fir, eastern hardwood, and southern pine fores
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A. H. Johnson, A. J. Friedland, E. K. Miller, J. J. Battles, Thomas G. Huntington, D. R. Vann, G. R. Strimbeck
Acid base accounting--An improved method of interpreting overburden chemistry to predict the quality of coal-mine drainage
Acidic mine drainage (AMD), which results from the accelerated oxidation of pyrite (FeS2 ) in mined coal and overburden, has contaminated thousands of miles of streams in the Appalachian region of the United States. Acid‐base accounting (ABA), which simplifies the complex hydrogeochemical system through use of a limited number of variables, commonly is used to predict the post‐mining occurrence of
Authors
Keith Brady, Charles A. Cravotta
Herbicide and nitrate variation in alluvium underlying a cornfield at a site in Iowa County, Iowa
A hydrologic investigation to determine vertical and seasonal variation of atrazine, alachlor, cyanazine, and nitrate at one location and to relate the variation to ground-water movement in the Iowa River alluvium was conducted in Iowa County, Iowa, from March 1986 to December 1987. Water samples were collected at discrete intervals through the alluvial sequence from the soil zone to the base of t
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S. J. Kalkhoff, M.G. Detroy, K. Cherryholmes, R.L. Kuzniar
Oxidation of hydrocarbons coupled to reduction of inorganic species in groundwater
No abstract available.
Authors
Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, Mary Jo Baedecker
The determination and fate of unstable constituents in contaminated ground water
No abstract available.
Authors
Mary Jo Baedecker, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli
Authigenic mineral formation in aquifers rich in organic material
No abstract available.
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Mary Jo Baedecker, Isabelle M. Cozzarelli, J.R. Evans, P.P. Hearn
Selenium and other elements in freshwater fishes from the irrigated San Joaquin valley, California
Arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), mercury (Hg), and selenium (Se) were measured in composite whole-body samples of five fishes — bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis), largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides), and Sacramento blackfish (Orthodon microlepidotus) — from the San Joaquin River system to determine if concentrations were elevated from ex
Authors
Michael K. Saiki, Mark R. Jennings, Thomas W. May
Use of chlorofluorocarbons (CCl3F and CCl2F2) as hydrologic tracers and age‐dating tools: The alluvium and terrace system of central Oklahoma
The use of Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as an age‐dating tool and tracer in shallow groundwaters has been investigated. New methodology for field sampling and preserving groundwaters containing parts per trillion concentrations of the CFCs, F‐1l and F‐12, is presented. Samples are analyzed by purge‐and‐trap gas chromatography with an electron capture detector. Physical and chemical processes that ca
Authors
Eurybiades Busenberg, Niel Plummer
Landslides triggered by Hurricane Hugo in eastern Puerto Rico, September 1989
On the morning of September 18, 1989, a category-four hurricane struck eastern Puerto Rico with a sustained wind speed in excess of 46 m/s. The 24-h rainfall accumulation from the hurricane ranged from 100 to 339 mm. Average rainfall intensities ranging from 34 to 39 mm/h were calculated for 4 and 6 h periods, respectively, at a rain gage equipped with satellite telemetry, and at an observer stati
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Matthew C. Larsen, Angel J. Torres-Sanchez