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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-quality data from continuously monitored sites in the Pamlico and Neuse River estuaries, North Carolina, 1989-90

Beginning in April 1989, water quality measurements were made at six sites in or near Pamlico River estuary and at five sites in or near the Neuse River estuary. Measurements taken at 15-minute intervals included near-surface and near-bottom specific conductance; near-surface water temperature; and near-surface, mid-depth, and near-bottom dissolved-oxygen concentrations. Water-quality data obtaine
Authors
Ronald G. Garrett, Jerad Bales

Documentation of a heat and water transfer model for seasonally frozen soils with application to a precipitation-runoff model

A model that simulates heat and water transfer in soils during freezing and thawing periods was developed and incorporated into the U.S. Geological Survey's Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System. The transfer of heat 1s based on an equation developed from Fourier's equation for heat flux. Field capacity and infiltration rate can vary throughout the freezing and thawing period, depending on soil con
Authors
Douglas G. Emerson

Floods in the Nishnabotna River basin, Iowa

Flood-elevation profiles and flood-peak discharges for floods during 1972, 1982, and 1987 in the Nishnabotna River basin are given in this report. The profiles are for the 1972 flood on the West and East Nishnabotna Rivers, the 1982 flood on Indian Creek, and the 1987 flood on the lower West Nishnabotna River. A flood history describes rainfall conditions and reported damages for floods occurring
Authors
D. A. Eash, A.J. Heinitz

Water resources data, Utah, water year 1990

No abstract available. 
Authors
M. D. ReMillard, L. R. Herbert, G. A. Birdwell, T.K. Lockner

Water resources data, South Carolina, water year 1990

No abstract available. 
Authors
C. S. Bennett, T. W. Cooney, K.H. Jones, P.A. Conrads

Water resources data, North Dakota, water year 1990

No abstract available. 
Authors
R.E. Harkness, N.D. Haffield, W.R. Berkas

Documentation of a computer program to simulate aquifer-system compaction using the modular finite-difference ground-water flow model

Removal of ground water by pumping from aquifers may result in compaction of compressible fine-grained beds that are within or adjacent to the aquifers. Compaction of the sediments and resulting land subsidence may be permanent if the head declines result in vertical stresses beyond the previous maximum stress. The process of permanent compaction is not routinely included in simulations of ground-
Authors
S. A. Leake, David E. Prudic

Geohydrology and ground-water resources of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The aquifers underlying the 134.6-square-mile city of Philadelphia are divided by the Fall Line into the unconsolidated aquifers (chiefly sand and gravel) of the Coastal Plain and the consolidated-rock aquifers (chiefly schist of the Wissahickon Formation) of the Piedmont. Ground water is present under confined and unconfined conditions. The principal units of the confined-aquifer system are the l
Authors
Gary N. Paulachok