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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Distribution of aquatic macrophytes in 15 lakes and streams in South Carolina, 1985
No abstract available.
Authors
G. G. Patterson, B.A. Davis
Hydrology, water quality, and simulation of ground-water flow at a taconite-tailings basin near Keewatin, Minnesota
Taconite tailings, a waste product from processing of iron ore, have been deposited in a 2.5-square-mile containment basin near Keewatin, Minnesota, The basin, which is bounded by earthen dikes of compacted drift and clayey bouldery till, contains saturated tailings consisting of chert and other silica-rich particles that range from clay to coarse-sand size.
Runoff from the tailings is slight and
Authors
C. F. Myette
Adequacy of available hydrogeologic data for evaluation of declining ground-water levels in the Fort Rock Basin, south-central Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
W. D. McFarland, G.N. Ryals
Analysis of the ground-water flow system, geochemistry, and underseepage in the vicinity of the Red Rock Dam near Pella, Iowa
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates the Red Rock Dam on the Des Moines River in Marion County, Iowa. The dam consists of a gravity concrete control structure between two earthen embankments and has an impoundment storage capacity of 1,700,000 acre-feet. Since the impoundment of Lake Red Rock commenced during 1969, water seepage beneath the dam has been significant enough to cause continuing
Authors
K.J. Lucey
Determination of water use in Rockford and Kankakee areas, Illinois
Amounts of water withdrawn, delivered, consumed, released, returned, and lost or gained during conveyance were determined for six communities--Rockford, Loves Park, North Park, Kankakee, Bourbonnais, and Bradley--served by the public-water systems in the Rockford and the Kankakee areas of Illinois. Water-use categories studied were commercial, industrial, domestic, and municipal uses; public suppl
Authors
John K. LaTour
National Water-Quality Assessment Program - Western Lake Michigan Drainage Basin
In 1991 , the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began to implement a full -scale National Water-Quality Assessment (NA WQA) program. The long-term goal of the NA WQA program are to desc ribe the tatus and trends in the quality of a large, representative part of the Nation's urface- and ground-water resources and to provide a sound , scientific understanding of the primary natural and human factor affe
Authors
J.O. Setmire
Water-quality indicators in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan Aquifer, southeastern Minnesota
The Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer, which consists of the dolomitic Prairie du Chien Group and the underlying Jordan Sandstone, extends over southeastern Minnesota (fig. 1). Water quality in the aquifer fluctuates areally and with depth throughout the aquifer. Differences in chemical constituent concentrations are a result of both natural hydrogeologic conditions and human activities.
Authors
Shannon E. Smith
Hydrology of the Texas Gulf Coast aquifer systems
A complex, multilayered ground-water flow system exists in the Coastal Plain sediments of Texas. The Tertiary and Quaternary clastic deposits have an areal extent of 114,000 square miles onshore and in the Gulf of Mexico. Two distinct aquifer systems are recognized within the sediments, which range in thickness from a few feet to more than 12,000 feet The older system--the Texas coastal uplands aq
Authors
Paul D. Ryder, Ann F. Ardis
Beach profile measurements after Hurricane Hugo; Sullivans Island and Isle of Palms, South Carolina
No abstract available.
Authors
Thomas E. Reiss, Robert R. Wertz, Michael P. Katuna
Simulation of ground-water flow in the coastal plain aquifer system of North Carolina
A 3-D finite difference digital model was used to simulate groundwater flow in the 25,000 sq mi aquifer system of the North Carolina Coastal Plain. The model was developed from a geohydrologic framework that is based on an alternating sequence of 10 aquifers and 9 confining units, which comprise a seaward-thickening wedge of sediments that form the Coastal Plain aquifer system in North Carolina. T
Authors
G. L. Giese, J. L. Eimers, R. W. Coble
Water-quality data from continuously monitored sites in the Pamlico and Neuse River estuaries, North Carolina, 1989-90
Beginning in April 1989, water quality measurements were made at six sites in or near 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. Water-quality data obtaine
Authors
Ronald G. Garrett, Jerad Bales
Documentation of a heat and water transfer model for seasonally frozen soils with application to a precipitation-runoff model
A model that simulates heat and water transfer in soils during freezing and thawing periods was developed and incorporated into the U.S. Geological Survey's Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System. The transfer of heat 1s based on an equation developed from Fourier's equation for heat flux. Field capacity and infiltration rate can vary throughout the freezing and thawing period, depending on soil con
Authors
Douglas G. Emerson