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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Modern biogenic gas-generated craters (sea-floor “pockmarks”) on the Bering Shelf, Alaska
As many as 1,340 small craters per square kilometre cover the sea floor of Norton Sound in the northeastern Bering Sea. The craters are circular pits, 1 to 10 m in diameter and less than 1 m deep, observed on sonographs over 20,000 km2 of northern Norton Sound sea floor. Craters typically are associated with acoustic anomalies, near-surface peaty mud, and gas-charged sediment.The peaty mud is a th
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Nelson C. Hans, D.R. Thor, Mark W. Sandstrom, Keith A. Kvenvolden
Seasonal occurrence and distribution of submerged aquatic macrophytes in the tidal Potomac River
A systematic survey was conducted in the Tidal Potomac River in 1978 to determine the presence, abundance, and phenology of submersed aquatic macrophytes. The survey covered 81.5 km of main river and 59.3 km of tributary on the Maryland shore. Four regions were selected for the study: (1) Piscataway - Mattawoman Creek region (fresh-tidal river), (2) Nanjemoy Creek-Port Tobacco River region (tran
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G. M. Haramis, V. Carter, P. Gammon, C. Hupp
Water resources of the St. Louis River watershed, northeastern Minnesota
The St. Louis River is the largest tributary to Lake Superior in Minnesota. It drains a predominantly forested area of about 3,650 mi2 (Minnesota Department of Conservation, 1959) and discharges into the lake at Duluth.
The Mesabi Iron Range, noted for rich deposits of iron ore, parallels much of the northern watershed boundary. Large areas of land were altered by mining activities, as seen on the
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Gerald F. Lindholm, D.W. Ericson, W.L. Broussard, M. F. Hult
Geohydrology of the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota
Effective improvement of economic and social conditions of Indians living on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation has been hampered by lack of adequate and reliable information about the quantity and quality of water supplies available for development. Compounding the problem is the recent fillinf of Oahe Reservoir, which flooded about 105,00 acres of Indian land, and the consequent relocation o
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Lewis W. Howells
Kelly Barnes Dam flood of November 6, 1977, near Toccoa, Georgia
No abstract available.
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C.L. Sanders, Vernon B. Sauer
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1979
This report is the sixteenth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, prepared cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the others in the series, contains information on well construc
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Don Price, W.N. Jibson, P. Kay Contratto, R. W. Mower, Judy I. Steiger, V.L. Jensen, M. D. ReMillard, D. C. Emett, C.T. Sumison, P.A. Carroll, L.J. Neff, G. W. Sandberg, L. R. Herbert
Geology and groundwater resources of Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Monroe County is on the eastern border of Pennsylvania and includes much of the area popularly called the Poconos. It is an area long used for outdoor recreation and includes a part of the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area. Water resources in the county are derived from precipitation. The Lehigh and Delaware Rivers, bordering the northwestern and southeastern parts, respectively, are the
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Orville B. Lloyd, Louis D. Carswell
Geology and groundwater resources of western Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Western Crawford County is in northwestern Pennsylvania. The project area is 15 to 20 miles south of Lake Erie and is bordered on the west by Ohio. Drift of Pleistocene age (Wisconsinan Age) covers most of the area, which is a maturely dissected plateau. The drift in the upland area is mostly till, which ranges in thickness from 0 to 25 feet. In the large stream valleys and deep buried valleys the
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George R. Schiner, John T. Gallaher
Reconnaissance of chemical quality of surface water and fluvial sediment in the Dirty Devil River basin, Utah
The water-quality reconnaissance in the Dirty Devil River basin, covered an area of about 4,300 square miles (11,100 square kilometers). were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey one or more times at 104 during the period July 1975 to September 1976; and during visits to 34 sites during the same period, the streams were dry.
Authors
James C. Mundorff
Aquifer tests of the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah
Ground water in the Navajo Sandstone near Caineville, Wayne County, Utah, was studied during 1975-77 as part of an investigation of water in bedrock in the lower Dirty Devil River basin area. The purpose of the study near Caineville was to determine the water-bearing properties of the Navajo by utilizing data obtained mainly during test drilling and aquifer testing by the Intermountain Power Proje
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J. W. Hood, T.W. Danielson
A digital model for simulation of ground-water hydrology in the Houston area, Texas
This report documents the construction and calibration of a digital model for the simulation of hydrologic conditions in the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in the Houston area of southeastern Texas. The model is a five-layer finite-difference model, with a grid pattern of 63 x 67 nodes representing an area of 27,000 square miles, for simulation of three- dimensional ground-water flow. The hydrolog
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Walter R. Meyer, Jerry E. Carr
Better utilization of ground water in the Piedmont and mountain region of the southeast
The development of water supplies for domestic consumption, and for those commercial and industrial uses requiring relatively pure water, has followed a pattern in the Piedmont and mountain areas of the southeast similar to that in most other humid areas. The first settlers utilized seepage springs on hillsides. Such springs occur along steep slopes where the water table intersects the land surfac
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Ralph C. Heath