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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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Kansas River, Bonner Springs to mouth - Degradation of channel

This report has been prepared at the request of the Kansas Water Resources Board under provisions of a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Geological Survey dated July 1, 1966, for water-resources investigations. The Kansas Water Resources Board has been advised of a recent serious degradation of the low-water channel of the lower Kansas River below Bonner Springs and has requested information on
Authors
L.W. Furness, C.D. Albert, R. B. Leonard

Preliminary results of the investigation of the saline-water resources in the Hueco Bolson near El Paso, Texas

The Hueco Bolson, as defined in this report, is in the extreme western part of Texas and includes that part of El Paso County between the Franklin and Hueco Mountains north of the Rio Grande.
Authors
M. E. Davis, E. R. Leggat

Ground-water aspects of the lower Henrys Fork region, Idaho

The lower Henrys Fork region includes the plains and low benches between Ashton and the junction of Henrys Fork and Snake River in eastern Idaho. The northwestern and western parts of the area are part of the Snake River lava plain. The central part of the area is occupied by alluvial plains of the Snake, Teton, and Falls Rivers, and Henrys Fork. The southeastern part of the area is a bench (Rexbu
Authors
E.J. Crosthwaite, M.J. Mundorff, E.H. Walker

Geohydrologic reconnaissance of the Soquel-Aptos area, Santa Cruz County, California

This report summarizes existing knowledge on the geohydrology of the Soquel-Aptos area, near, and including the eastern part, of Santa Cruz, California, and outlines work necessary for making a complete appraisal of the water resources of the area.The area is underlain mostly by marine and continental sedimentary deposits of Tertiary and Quaternary age. A small section in the northeastern part of
Authors
J. P. Akers, J.J. Hickey

The geohydrology of Pinnacles National Monument, California

Water supplies for Pinnacles National Monument are obtained from a collection gallery in alluvium and from a flowing well which obtains water from fractured breccia and tuff near a fault.Rocks other than alluvium, in all but the northern fourth of the monument, are dense igneous or metamorphic types that, unless fractured, have little potential for development of ground water. However, in some are
Authors
J. P. Akers