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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Movements of water, solutes, and stable isotopes in the unsaturated zones of two sand plains in the upper Midwest
Four month-long field experiments investigated movements of water and solutes through unsaturated sand plains near Princeton, Minnesota, and Oakes, North Dakota. Atrazine and bromide were applied to bare soils and soils planted with corn. The field plots were irrigated according to local farming practices. At the end of each experiment, unsaturated soils were analyzed for atrazine and bromide conc
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Stephen C. Komor, Douglas G. Emerson
Evaluation of measurement scale using imbibition experiments in volcanic tuffs
A major issue in the site characterization at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, a potential site for a high-level nuclear waste repository, is the relevance of laboratory-scale measurements on cores to field-scale processes, particularly water flow. Calculation of Philip`s sorptivity parameter using imbibition of water into rock was selected as a simple test to describe hydrologic parameters at both laborat
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Alan L. Flint, Lorraine E. Flint, Kenneth A. Richards
Historical decline and current status of coho salmon in California
The southernmost populations of coho salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch occur in California where native coho stocks have declined or disappeared from all streams in which they were historically recorded. Coho salmon previously occurred in as many as 582 streams, from the Smith River near the Oregon border to the San Lorenzo River on the central coast. Information on the recent presence or absence of coh
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Larry R. Brown, Peter B. Moyle, Ronald M. Yoshiyama
Field and modeling studies of multiphase fluid flow at the Bemidji, Minnesota crude-oil spill site
No abstract available.
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Hedeff I. Essaid, William N. Herkelrath, L.A. Dillard
Mantle helium in the groundwater of the Mirror Lake Basin, New Hampshire, USA, 1994
Helium isotope analyses of ground waters from the Mirror Lake drainage basin in central New Hampshire (USA) show helium in excess of air-saturated water by up to 200x. The freon ages of these waters are younger than 50 years, consistent with the local hydrology. This excess helium has an isotope ratio of ^3He/^4He = 1.65 ± 0.10 x 10^(-6). It is shown that this component cannot be the result of cos
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T. Torgersen, S. Drenkard, K. Farley, P. Schlosser, Allen M. Shapiro
Distribution and occurrence of organic acids in subsurface waters
No abstract available.
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P.D. Lundegard, Yousif K. Kharaka
The geologic origin and pathways of mobility of selenium from the California Coast Ranges to the west-central San Joaquin valley
No abstract available.
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Theresa S. Presser
Plan of study to determine the effect of changes in herbicide use on herbicide concentrations in Midwestern streams, 1989-94
An approach was developed to determine if recent changes in the use of herbicides has affected herbicide concentrations in Midwestern streams. This approach also provides a plan to determine if the abnormally high rainfall and flooding in 1993 has an effect on nitrate concentrations in 1994 in streams that flooded in 1993. The approach involves sampling 53 stream sites, 50 of which were sampled in
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Donald A. Goolsby, Laurie L. Boyer, William A. Battaglin
Hydrologic data for the Big Spring basin, Clayton County, Iowa, water year 1991
Hydrologic data were collected in the Big Spring Basin located in Clayton County, Iowa, during the 1991 water year. The data were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Geological Survey Bureau, to provide information on variation and movement of agricultural chemicals in the hydrologic cycle in the basin. Precipitation, surface-water,
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S. J. Kalkhoff, R.L. Kuzniar
Water-quality data from continuously monitored sites in the Pamlico and Neuse River estuaries, North Carolina, 1991-92
Water-quality measurements were made at six sites in or near North Carolina?s Pamlico River estuary and at five sites in or near the Neuse River estuary. Measurements taken at 15-minute intervals included near-surface and near-bottom specific conductance; near-surface water temperature; and near-surface, mid-depth, and near-bottom dissolved-oxygen concentrations.
In the Pamlico River estuary, s
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R. G. Garrett
Lithologic descriptions of two cores and ground-water-quality data from five counties in the northeastern part of the coastal plain of South Carolina, 1988 and 1991
This report presents data collected as part of a hydrologic investigation of Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, and Marlboro Counties in the northeastern part of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. These data include lithologic descriptions of sediment recovered from two continuously cored boreholes and water-quality results for samples collected from 17 existing wells. One continuously cored
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W. F. Falls
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of antimony by automated-hydride atomic absorption spectrophotometry
The analysis of natural-water samples for antimony by automated-hydride atomic absorption spectrophotometry is described. Samples are prepared for analysis by addition of potassium and hydrochloric acid followed by an autoclave digestion. After the digestion, potassium iodide and sodium borohydride are added automatically. Antimony hydride (stibine) gas is generated, then swept into a heated quart
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G.E. Brown, B.J. McLain