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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Heterogeneous hydrofrac ture development and accretionary fault dynamics: Reply
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Mark P. Fischer, Terry Engelder, Kevin M. Brown, Barbara Bekins, Ben Clennell, David Dewhurst, Graham K. Westbrook
Alternative tissue analysis method developed for organochlorine contaminants in aquatic organisms
The exposure of aquatic life to organochlorine contaminants has been investigated during the past two decades because of human and ecosystem health concerns related to the bioaccumulation of hazardous, lipophilic substances. The toxic effects of polychlorodibenzo-12-dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are well known, and recent evidence also suggests that low level exposure to lipophilic
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T. H. Shan, Jessica A. Hopple, Graham D. Foster
Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three western desert sites
Radioactive and hazardous waste landfills exist at numerous desert locations in the USA. At these locations, annual precipitation is low and soils are generally dry, yet little is known about recharge of water and transport of contaminants to the water table. Recent water balance measurements made at three desert locations, Las Cruces, NM, Beatty, NV, and the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Si
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G.W. Gee, P.J. Wierenga, Brian J. Andraski, M.H. Young, M.J. Fayer, M.L. Rockhold
Notes on a Mesodinium rubrum red tide in San Francisco Bay (California, USA)
Discrete red patches of water were observed in South San Francisco Bay (USA) on 30 April 1993, and examination of live samples showed that this red tide was caused by surface accumulations of the pigmented ciliate Mesodinium rubrum . Vertical profiles showed strong salinity and temperature stratification in the upper 5 m, peak chlorophyll fluorescence in the upper meter, and differences in the sma
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James E. Cloern, Brian E. Cole, Stephen W. Hager
Bottom-sediment chemistry in Devil's Lake, northeast North Dakota
Devils Lake is a 200 km2 terminal lake that contains sodium sulfate type water. Dissolved solids concentrations range from about 3,500 mg/L to 10,000 mg/L depending on location To investigate geochemical processes in the bottom sediments of Devils Lake, sediment cores were collected at two sites in the western half of the lake during a period of bottom water oxygen depletion. The upper 10 cm of th
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S.C. Komor
Comparison of flank margin cave development on San Salvador island, Bahamas, and Isla de Mona, Puerto Rico
San Salvador Island, Bahamas is a 161 Km2 tectonically stable late Quaternary carbonate island located 600 km east-southeast of Miami FL. San Salvador contains numerous flank margin caves (phreatic karst features) that developed primarily in late Pleistocene eolianites. These caves developed during a short time in versy small fresh-water lenses. Cave elevations and Uranium-series ages from stalagm
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J. Mylroie, J.L. Carew, E.F. Frank, Matthew C. Larsen
University of Minnesota Aquifer Thermal-Energy Storage (ATES) project report on the third long-term cycle
No abstract available.
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M.C. Hoyer, J.P. Hallgren, M.H. Uebel, G. N. Delin, Steven J. Eisenreich, R.L. Sterling
Effects of sample isolation and handling on the recovery of purgeable organic compounds
This report compares the recovery of purgeable organic compounds (POCs) obtained by using a downhole isobaric sampler developed by the U.S. Geological Survey, a helical-rotor submersible pump, and a point source bailer to collect and isolate samples of ground water from three wells in Now York and New Jersey: the samples contained a total of 13 PCX's delectable at concentrations ranging from 0.5 μ
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Jacob Gibs, Thomas E. Imbrigiotta, James H. Ficken, James F. Pankow, M. E. Rosen
Potential effects of development on flow characteristics of two streams in the Raritan River Basin, New Jersey
Parts of the Raritan River basin in central New Jersey have undergone increasing development over the last several decades. The increasing population relies on the region's ground water and surface water sources for its residential, commercial, and industrial water supply. Urbanization, regionalized wastewater‐treatment facilities, stream channel alterations, and interbasin transfers of water can
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Thomas H. Barringer, Robert G. Reiser, Curtis V. Price
Pesticides detected in surface waters and fish of the Red River of the North drainage basin
The Red River of the North drainage basin (herein referred to as Red River Basin) within the United States is a study unit under the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The overall goals of this program, initiated to better define the status and trends of the Nation’s water quality, are to address regional and national water-quality issues in a national
Authors
Mark E. Brigham
Nitrogen concentrations near the water table of the Sheyenne Delta aquifer beneath cropland areas, Ransom and Richland Counties, North Dakota
No abstract available.
Authors
T.K. Cowdery, K. Goff