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Evaluation of a technique for simulating a compacting aquifer system in the Central Valley of California, USA

Large volumes of water have been pumped from the Central Valley aquifer system since the early 1900's. Water levels in the most heavily pumped areas had declined as much as 120 m by 1970. These large water-level declines resulted in approximately 21,000 hm3 of water released by inelastic compaction of numerous compressible fine-grained deposits. The principal technique used to evaluate the aquife
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David E. Prudic, Alex K. Williamson

Runoff, sediment transport, and landform modifications near Sheffield, Illinois

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J. R. Gray

Areal lithologic changes in bedrock aquifers in southeastern Minnesota as determined from natural-gamma borehole logs methods

Sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic age in the Hollandale embayment in southeastern Minnesota are as much as 2,000 feet thick and, with the underlying Hinckley sandstone of Proterozoic age, comprise the following five layered aquifers (beginning with the oldest): the Mount Simon-Hinckley, Ironton-Galesville, Prairie du Chien-Jordan, St. Peter and Upper Carbonate. Many of the Paleozoic formations show t
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D. G. Woodward

Brief comparison of some technological and environmental aspects of large-scale surface and underground mining of oil shale, Piceance Creek Basin, Colorado

Comparison of several aspects of surface and underground methods of mining for large-scale oil shale extraction in the Piceance Creek Basin suggests that surface mining techniques may have several advantages over underground methods. For a production level of one million barrels of shale oil per day, potential advantages include those related to economics, environmental effects, and the overall na
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G.A. Miller, John R. Dyni, D.R. Dietz

On anelastic-earth structure and seismic waves

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Roger D. Borcherdt

Update on the use of remote sensing in oil and gas exploration

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G. Bryan Bailey, John L. Dwyer, J. R. Francica, M. S. Feng