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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Geohydrology, Water Levels and Directions of Flow, and Occurrence of Light-Nonaqueous-Phase Liquids on Ground Water in Northwestern Indiana and the Lake Calumet Area of Northeastern Illinois
A study was performed by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to describe the geohydrology and distribution of light-nonaqueousphase liquids in an industrialized area of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois. The geologic units of concern underlying this area are the carbonates of the Niagaran Series, the Detroit River and Traverse Form
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Robert T. Kay, Richard F. Duwelius, Timothy A. Brown, Frederick A. Micke, Carol A. Witt-Smith
Estimated depth to the water table and estimated rate of recharge in outcrops of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers near Houston, Texas
In 1989, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District, began a field study to determine the depth to the water table and to estimate the rate of recharge in outcrops of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers near Houston, Texas. The study area comprises about 2,000 square miles of outcrops of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers in northwest Harris Cou
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J. E. Noble, P. W. Bush, M. C. Kasmarek, D.L. Barbie
Environmental setting and factors that affect water quality in the Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit
The Georgia-Florida Coastal Plain study unit covers an area of nearly 62,000 square miles in the southeastern United States, mostly in the Coastal Plain physiographic province. Land resource provinces have been designated based on generalized soil classifications. Land resource provinces in the study area include: the Coastal Flatwoods, the Southern Coastal Plain, the Central Florida Ridge, the Sa
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M. P. Berndt, E. T. Oaksford, M. R. Darst, R. L. Marella
Traveltime and reaeration characteristics for Salt Creek basin in northeastern Illinois, June–October 1995
Traveltime and reaeration measurements were made in the Salt Creek Basin, a tributary to the Des Plaines River, in northeastern Illinois during three study periods from June through October 1995. The measurements were made in representative lengths on three reaches of Salt Creek: upper reach, middle reach, and lower reach. During the measurement periods the streamflows of Salt Creek ranged from 22
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Mary J. Turner
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of dissolved aluminum and boron in water by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry
Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry is a sensitive, rapid, and accurate method for determining the dissolved concentration of aluminum and boron in water samples. The method detection limits are 5 micrograms per liter for aluminum and 4 micrograms per liter for boron. For aluminum, low-level (about 30 micrograms per liter) short-term precision (single-operator, seven days) is a
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T.M. Struzeski, W.J. DeGiacomo, E.J. Zayhowski
Sediment transport and deposition in Lakes Marion and Moultrie, South Carolina, 1942-85
Lakes Marion and Moultrie, two large reservoirs in the South Carolina Coastal Plain, receive large inflows of sediment from the Santee River. The average rate of sediment deposition for both lakes during the period 1942-85 was about 0.06 inch per year, or about 800 acre-feet per year. The rate during 1983-85 was about 0.037 inch per year, or about 490 acre-feet per year, reflecting the decreasing
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G. G. Patterson, T.W. Cooney, R.M. Harvey
A high-performance liquid chromatography-based screening method for the analysis of atrazine, alachlor, and ten of their transformation products
No abstract available.
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B.R. Schroyer, P. D. Capel
Volatile organic compounds in surface water and ground water in parts of the Upper Mississippi River Basin, 1998-94
No abstract available.
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J. R. Stark, W. J. Andrews, J. D. Fallon, S. E. Kroening
Subsidence of agricultural lands in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta, California: Role of aqueous and gaseous carbon fluxes
To examine the causes of land subsidence on marshes drained for agriculture, carbon fluxes and changes in land‐surface elevation were determined on three islands in the Sacramento‐San Joaquin Delta, California. Over the time period of March 1990 to May 1992, gaseous CO2 fluxes were determined approximately monthly using closed chambers, and dissolved carbon fluxes were determined from the dissolve
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Steven J. Deverel, Stuart Rojstaczer
Temporal changes in VOC discharge to surface water from a fractured rock aquifer during well installation and operation, Greenville, South Carolina
Analysis of the vapor in passive vapor samplers retrieved from a streambed in fractured rock terrain implied that volatile organic carbon (VOC) discharge from ground water to surface water substantially increased following installation of a contaminant recovery well using air rotary drilling. The air rotary technique forced air into the aquifer near the stream. The injection produced an upward hyd
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D. A. Vroblesky, J. F. Robertson
Water-level conditions in the Black Creek aquifer, 1992-94, in parts of Bladen, Robeson, and Scotland Counties, North Carolina
Water-level measurements were made during 1992-94 in 253 wells completed in the Black Creek aquifer in an approximately 2,550-square-mile area of Bladen, Hoke, Robeson, and Scotland Counties in the southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina. Water levels were measured in 56 wells in the fall of 1992, 135 wells in the fall of 1993, and 62 wells in the spring of 1994 to map the potentiometric surface
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Alfred Gerald Strickland
Uncertainty analysis of the simulations of effects of discharging treated wastewater to the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota
Two separate studies to simulate the effects of discharging treated wastewater to the Red River of the North at Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, have been completed. In the first study, the Red River at Fargo Water-Quality Model was calibrated and verified for icefree conditions. In the second study, the Red River at Fargo Ice-Cover Water-Quality Model was verified for ice-cover condi
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Edwin A. Wesolowski