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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Increasing rates of atmospheric mercury deposition in midcontinental North America
Mercury contamination of remote lakes has been attributed to increasing deposition of atmospheric mercury, yet historic deposition rates and inputs from terrestrial sources are essentially unknown. Sediments of seven headwater lakes in Minnesota and Wisconsin were used to reconstruct regional modern and preindustrial deposition rates of mercury. Whole-basin mercury fluxes, determined from lake-wid
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Edward B. Swain, Daniel R. Engstrom, Mark E. Brigham, Thomas A. Henning, P.L. Brezonik
Configuration of the base of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system and hydrogeology of the underlying pre-Cretaceous rocks, west-central Texas
The Edwards-Trinity aquifer system is underlain by an extensive complex of rocks, ranging from Late Cambrian through Late Triassic in age, that are typically about 10 to perhaps 1,000 times less permeable than those composing the aquifer system. The Cretaceous rocks of the aquifer system are separated from the pre-Cretaceous rocks by an unconformity that spans about 60 million years of erosion dur
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Rene A. Barker, Ann F. Ardis
Movement of water in seasonally frozen soil, southeastern North Dakota, 1985-87
A study of seasonally frozen soil was conducted from October 1985 through April 1986 and from October 1986 through April 1987. Three runoff plots were established. On October 30, 1985, 86 mm (millimeters) of water was applied to plot 1, and 43 mm of water was applied to plot 3. No water was applied to plot 2. The winter of 1985-86 had colder-than-normal air temperatures and greater-thannormal prec
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D. G. Emerson
Water-level changes in the High Plains Aquifer: Predevelopment to 1990
No abstract available.
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J. T. Dugan, D. E. Schild
Suspended sediment in Trail Creek at Michigan City, Indiana
Trail Creek is a small (54.1-square-mile drainage area) tributary of Lake Michigan located in northwestern Indiana. A harbor at the mouth of the stream has experienced excessive sediment deposition. A study was done to investigate the suspended-sediment characteristics of Trail Creek. The study included analysis of suspended-sediment concentration and particle-size data, and estimates of annual su
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Charles G. Crawford, David V. Jacques
Ground-water quality in the Bethpage-Hicksville-Levittown area, Long Island, New York, with emphasis on volatile organic compounds
No abstract available.
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S. M. Feldman, D. A. Smolensky, John P. Masterson
Selected water-quality and biological characteristics of streams in some forested basins of North Carolina, 1985-88
Selected physical, chemical and biological components of streams draining undeveloped, forested basins in North Carolina were characterized on the basis of samples collected at nine sites on streams in basins that ranged in size from 0.67 to 11.2 sq mi. Water analysis included specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, water temperature, suspended sediment, pH, major dissolved constituents, nutrients
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W.S. Caldwell
Feasibility of using portable, noninvasive pipe flowmeters and time totalizers for determining water use
The feasibilityty of using noninvasive flowmeters for determining water use was investigated by attempting, and at some sites repeating, instantaneous pipe-flow measurements at 45 water-withdrawal sites by use of four portable noninvasive pipe flowmeters. The flowmeters measure flow in pipes; this flow is related to water use. Because actual water use can differ from the total flow in the pipe, wa
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D.V. Arvin
Discharge ratings for tainter and roller gates at lock and dam No. 25 on the Mississippi River near Winfield, Missouri
No abstract available.
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T.W. Alexander
Discharge rating for tainter gates at lock and dam no 24 on the Mississippi River at Clarksville, Missouri
No abstract available.
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T.W. Alexander
Evaluation of agricultural best-management practices in the Conestoga River headwaters, Pennsylvania; description and water quality of the Little Conestoga Creek headwaters prior to the implementation of nutrient management
The headwaters of the Conestoga River are being studied to determine the effects of agricultural Best-Management Practices on surface-water and ground-water quality. As part of this study, a 5.82-square-mile area of the Little Conestoga Creek headwaters (Small Watershed) was monitored during 1984-86, prior to implementation of Best-Management Practices. This report describes the land use and hydro
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D. K. Fishel, M. J. Brown, K. M. Kostelnik, M.A. Howse