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.
Filter Total Items: 18422
The initial instability and finite-amplitude stability of alternate bars in straight channels
The initial instability and fully developed stability of alternate bars in straight channels are investigated using linearized and nonlinear analyses. The fundamental instability leading to these features is identified through a linear stability analysis of the equations governing the flow and sediment transport fields. This instability is explained in terms of topographically induced steering of
Authors
Jonathan M. Nelson
Production of sulfur gases and carbon dioxide by synthetic weathering of crushed drill cores from the Santa Cruz porphyry copper deposit near Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona
Samples of ground drill cores from the southern part of the Santa Cruz porphyry copper deposit, Casa Grande, Arizona, were oxidized in simulated weathering experiments. The samples were also separated into various mineral fractions and analyzed for contents of metals and sulfide minerals. The principal sulfide mineral present was pyrite.Gases produced in the weathering experiments were measured by
Authors
M. E. Hinkle, J. L. Ryder, S. J. Sutley, T. Botinelly
Hydrogeochemistry and stable isotopes of ground and surface waters from two adjacent closed basins, Atacama Desert, northern Chile
The geochemistry and stable isotopes of groundwaters, surface waters, and precipitation indicate different sources of some dissolved constituents, but a common source of recharge and other constituents in two adjacent closed basins in the Atacama Desert region of northern Chile (24°15′–24°45′S). Waters from artesian wells, trenches, and ephemeral streams in the Punta Negra Basin are characterized
Authors
Charles N. Alpers, Donald O. Whittemore
Particle velocity interpolation in block-centered finite difference groundwater flow models
A block-centered, finite difference model of two-dimensional groundwater flow yields velocity values at the midpoints of interfaces between adjacent blocks. Method of characteristics, random walk and particle-tracking models of solute transport require velocities at arbitrary particle locations within the finite difference grid. Particle path lines and travel times are sensitive to the spatial int
Authors
Daniel J. Goode
Establishment of red shiner, Notropis lutrensis, in the San Joaquin Valley, California
No abstract available at this time
Authors
M.R. Jennings, M. K. Saiki
Discharge rates of fluid and heat by thermal springs of the Cascade Range, Washington, Oregon, and northern California
Fluid and heat discharge rates of thermal springs of the Cascade Range have been determined using the chloride inventory method. Discharge rates of thermal spring groups range from 1 to 120 L s−1. Most of the fluid (50%) and heat (61%) are discharged from two hot spring groups in northern Oregon. Total discharge from thermal springs in the Cascade Range of California, Oregon, and Washington is abo
Authors
Robert H. Mariner, T. S. Presser, William C. Evans, M.K.W. Pringle
National water summary 1987: Hydrologic events and water supply and use
Water use in the United States, as measured by freshwater withdrawals in 1985, averaged 338,000 Mgal/d (million gallons per day), which is enough water to cover the 48 conterminous States to a depth of about 2.4 inches. Only 92,300 Mgal/d, or 27.3 percent of the water withdrawn, was consumptive use and thus lost to immediate further use; the remainder of the withdrawals (72.7 percent) was return f
By
Water Resources Mission Area, Water Availability and Use Science Program, Central Midwest Water Science Center, Dakota Water Science Center, Kansas Water Science Center, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center
Water resources data, North Carolina, water year 1989
Water resources data for the 1989 water year for North Carolina consists of records of stage, discharge and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 178 gaging stations and stage and contents for 26 lakes and reservoirs; water quality for 26 gaging stations and 10 miscellaneous sites; continuous daily
Authors
B.C. Ragland, R.G. Barker, W.H. Eddins, A.J. Padyk, J.F. Rinehardt
Organic contamination of ground water at Gas Works Park, Seattle, Washington
Gas Works Park, in Seattle, Washington, is located on the site of a coal and oil gasification plant that ceased operation in 1956. During operation, many types of wastes, including coal, tar, and oil, accumulated on-site. The park soil is currently (1986) contaminated with compounds such as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, volatile organic compounds, trace metals, and cyanide. Analyses of water
Authors
G. L. Turney, D.F. Goerlitz
History of the Federal Inter-Agency Sedimentation Project
No abstract available.
Authors
J. V. Skinner
Effects of ground-water withdrawals for irrigation on the quality of the Straight River, north-central Minnesota
No abstract available.
Authors
J. R. Stark, D. R. Zwilling
Comparison of aquifer storage coefficients computed using anisotropic and isotropic analytical models
No abstract available.
Authors
Vicente Quinones-Aponte