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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Hydrogeology and ground-water quality at a land reclamation site, Neshaminy State Park, Pennsylvania
At Neshaminy State park, the most important aquifer is the informally named 'Trenton gravel' of Pleistocene age, which consists of poorly sorted sand and gravel. This is underlain by less permeable crystalline rock that limits the downward movement of water. Up to 5 feet of Holocene (or perhaps Pleistocene) alluvium consisting of clay and silt was deposited above the Trenton gravel, but much of th
Authors
Ray S. Blickwedel, Jeff H. Linn
Development of ground-water resources in the Orange County area, Texas and Louisiana, 1980-Spring of 1985
This report updates ground-water information pertaining to the lower unit of the Chicot aquifer in the Orange County area, Texas and Louisiana. The period of data collection was from 1980 to the spring of 1985. Some data collected prior to 1980 are presented to establish long-term trends and relations. The lower unit of the Chicot aquifer, which consists of sediments of Pleistocene age, is confine
Authors
C.W. Bonnet, James Frank Williams
Regional ground-water discharge to large streams in the upper coastal plain of South Carolina and parts of North Carolina and Georgia
Base flow was computed to estimate discharge from regional aquifers for six large streams in the upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina and parts of North Carolina and Georgia. Aquifers that sustain the base flow of both large and small streams are stratified into shallow and deep flow systems. Base-flow during dry conditions on main stems of large streams was assumed to be the discharge from the d
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W. R. Aucott, R.S. Meadows, G. G. Patterson
Low-flow-frequency characteristics for continuous-record streamflow stations in Minnesota
Annual and summer (May 1 to September 30) low-flow frequency curves are presented for 175 continuous-record streamflow stations in Minnesota. The curves were developed for all stations with 10 or more years of continuous record. The 1-, 7-, and 30-day low-flow discharges at selected recurrence intervals obtained from these curves are listed. Low-flow characteristics can and will vary for a station
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A.D. Arntson, D. L. Lorenz
Introduccion a la hidraulica de aguas subterraneas : un texto programado para auto-ensenanza
Este ' texto programado esta diseflado para ayudarle a comprender la teoria de la hidniulica de
aguas subterraneas por medio de la auto-enseflanza.
La instrucci6n programada es un enfoque a una
materia, un metodo de aprender;que no elimina el
esfuerzo mental del proceso de aprendizaje. Algunas secciones de este programa necesitan solamente ser leidas; otras tendrian que ser elaboradas
con lap
Authors
Gordon D. Bennett
Water withdrawn for irrigation in 1980 on the Snake River Plain, Idaho and eastern Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
B. B. Bigelow, S. A. Goodell, G. D. Newton
Approximate potentiometric surfaces for the aquifers of the Texas coastal uplands system, 1980
The National Water Commission recommended that the U.S. Geological Survey conduct intensive studies of the important regional aquifer systems in the United States, particularly those with declining water levels and deteriorating water quality. The result has been a series of Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) studies, one of which is the West Gulf Coast RASA study (Grubb, 1984). The West Gu
Authors
Sergio Garza, B.D. Jones, E.T. Baker
Average Annual Runoff in the United States, 1951-80
Runoff is the water in a river or stream that results from precipitation falling on the drainage basin. It is the net discharge into the stream from surface-water and ground-water sources with losses occurring from evapotranspiration and other consumptive uses. Runoff can be expressed by a variety of numerical values, but average depth of water over the drainage basin, in inches per year, probably
Authors
W. A. Gebert, David J. Graczyk, William R. Krug
Flood-flow characteristics of Nancy Creek at Georgia Highway 400 extension near Atlanta, Georgia
The Highway Division, Georgia Department of Transportation, plans the extension of Georgia Highway 400 from Interstate 285 southward to Interstate 85. As part of this extension, the Highway Division plans construction of a bridge crossing Nancy Creek near Atlanta, Georgia. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Highway Division, determined the flood flow characteristics of Nancy Creek
Authors
McGlone Price, Glen W. Hess
Hydrogeologic data from a study of the freshwater zone/salinewater zone interface in the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas
The highly productive freshwater zone of the Edwards aquifer in the San Antonio region (fig. 1) is the sole-source water supply for more than 1 million people. A transitional interface exists between the freshwater zone and the downdip, salinewater zone. A 1,000 mg/L (milligrams per liter) dissolved solids-concentration contour defines an arbitrary boundary -between the freshwater zone and the sal
Authors
Dianne Pavlicek, Ted A. Small, Paul L. Rettman
Ground-water levels in the lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks, southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania, July and August 1986
A water table contour map of the lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks of southeastern Chester County, Pennsylvania was constructed on the basis of water levels measured in 261 wells in July and August 1986, elevations of 11 springs that were flowing in July and August 1986, and water levels measured in 15 wells. Pre-1986 measurements were incorporated on the map to provide control in
Authors
John A. Garges
Potentiometric surface of the upper Floridan aquifer in Florida and in parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, May 1985
A map, constructed as a part of the Floridan Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA), shows the potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer for May 1985. It is based on measurements of water level or artesian pressure made in about 2 ,500 wells during the period May 13 to 24, 1985. Only measurements from tightly cased wells open exclusively to the Upper Floridan aquifer were used to make
Authors
Peter W. Bush, G. Lynn Barr, John S. Clarke, Richard H. Johnston