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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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The Black Hills-Rapid City flood of June 9-10, 1972: A description of the storm and flood

On June 9, 1972, an almost stationary group of thunderstorms formed over the eastern Black Hills of South Dakota near Rapid City and produced record amounts of rainfall and flood discharges. Nearly 15 inches of rain fell in about 6 hours near Nemo, S. Dak., and more than 10 inches of rain fell over a 60-square-mile area. The resulting floods were the highest ever recorded in South Dakota. At least
Authors
Francis K. Schwarz, L.A. Hughes, E.M. Hansen, M.S. Petersen, Donovan B. Kelly

Use of productivity of periphyton to estimate water quality

No abstract available.
Authors
L. J. Tilley, W.L. Haushild

Environmental tritium in the Edwards Aquifer, central Texas 1963-71

Tritium concentrations of samples from 50 wells and springs in the Edwards aquifer in the San Antonio area of Texas have been analysed. Tritium now in the aquifer is partly natural cosmic ray produced tritium, but most is tritium produced by atmospheric thermonuclear tests in the 1950's and early 1960's. The tritium levels in atmospheric precipitation and streams recharging the Edwards are present
Authors
Frederick Joseph Pearson, Paul L. Rettman, T. A. Wyerman

Hurricane Agnes rainfall and floods, June-July 1972

Hurricane Agnes originated in the Caribbean Sea region in mid-June. Circulation barely reached hurricane intensity for a brief period in the Gulf of Mexico. The storm crossed the Florida Panhandle coastline on June 19, 1972, and followed an unusually extended overland trajectory combining with an extratropical system to bring very heavy rain from the Carolinas northward to New York. This torrentia
Authors
James F. Bailey, James Lee Patterson, Joseph Louis Hornore Paulhus