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Time of travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati

This report presents a procedure for estimating the time of travel of water in the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under various river stage conditions. This information is primarily for use by civil defense officials and by others concerned with problems involving travel time of river water. Tables and charts are presented to show, for a particular stage or discharge at
Authors
Robert E. Steacy

Hydraulic and hydrologic aspects of flood-plain planning

The valid incentives compelling occupation of the flood plain, up to and eve n into the stream channel, undoubtedly have contributed greatly to the development of the country. But the result has been a heritage of flood disaster, suffering, and enormous costs. Flood destruction awakened a consciousness toward reduction and elimination of flood hazards, originally manifested in the protection of ex
Authors
S.W. Wiitala, K.R. Jetter, Alan J. Sommerville

Ground-water resources of Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania

Olmsted Air Force Base is underlain by the Gettysburg shale of Triassic age. The Gettysburg shale at the Air Force Base consists of interbedded red sandstone, siltstone, and shale. The average strike of the strata is N. 43° E., and the strata dip to the northwest at an average angle of 26°. The transmissibility of known aquifers in the warehouse area of the Air Force Base is low. Therefore, wells
Authors
Harold Meisler, Stanley Miller Longwill

Use of radioisotopes in hydrobiology and fish culture

No abstract available.
Authors
F.F. Hooper, H.A. Podoliak, S. F. Snieszko

Hepatoma and visceral granuloma in trout

No abstract available.
Authors
S. F. Snieszko

Hepatic carcinoma in rainbow trout

No abstract available.
Authors
E. M. Wood, C.P. Larson

Notes on Sanquinicola Davisi (Trematoda: Sanquinicolidae) in the gills of trout

No abstract available.
Authors
H.S. Davis, G. L. Hoffman, E. W. Surber

Modification of the microhematocrit technique with trout blood

No abstract available.
Authors
H.N. Larsen, S. F. Snieszko