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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Climatology, hydrology, and simulation of an emergency outlet, Devils Lake basin, North Dakota
Devils Lake is a natural lake in northeastern North Dakota that is the terminus of a nearly 4,000-square-mile subbasin in the Red River of the North Basin. The lake has not reached its natural spill elevation to the Sheyenne River (a tributary of the Red River of the North) in recorded history. However, geologic evidence indicates a spill occurred sometime within the last 1,800 years. From 1993 to
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Gregg J. Wiche, A. V. Vecchia, Leon Osborne, Carrie M. Wood, James T. Fay
Physical, chemical, and biological data for selected streams in Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1995-97
Physical, chemical, and biological data were collected at 51 sampling sites in Chester County, Pa., from 1970 through 1997 as part of the Stream Conditions of Chester County Program. This report presents data collected from 43 sites from 1995 through 1997 that constitute a continuation of the program. Physical data include water temperature, instantaneous stream discharge, pH, alkalinity, specific
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Andrew G. Reif
Fish community structure in relation to environmental variables within the Sacramento River basin and implications for the greater Central Valley, California
No abstract available.
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Jason T. May, Larry R. Brown
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Processing, taxonomy, and quality control of benthic macroinvertebrate samples
Qualitative and quantitative methods to
process benthic macroinvertebrate (BMI)
samples have been developed and tested
by the U.S. Geological Survey?s National
Water Quality Laboratory Biological Group.
The qualitative processing method is
based on visually sorting a sample for up to
2 hours. Sorting focuses on attaining organisms
that are likely to result in taxonomic
identifications to
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Stephen R. Moulton, James L. Carter, Scott A. Grotheer, Thomas F. Cuffney, Terry M. Short
A history of the Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey. Volume VII, 1966-79, integrating the disciplines
This volume is the seventh in the series of reports on the history of the water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey. The first four volumes were written by Robert Follansbee, and each is entitled "A History of the Water Resources Branch of the United States Geological Survey."
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James E. Biesecker, James F. Blakey, Herman R. Feltz, John R. George
Effects of ground-water withdrawals on the Rock River and associated valley aquifer, eastern Rock County, Minnesota
A better understanding of the ground-water and surface-water resources of the Rock River Valley in southwestern Minnesota was needed due to concerns surrounding future reliable sources of water for public supply. The Rock River Valley aquifer consists of a surficial sand and gravel unit that underlies the entire Rock River Valley and a buried sand and gravel unit that is present only in the vicini
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Richard J. Lindgren, M.K. Landon
Altitude, depth, and thickness of the Galena-Platteville Bedrock Unit in the subcrop area of Illinois and Wisconsin
The Galena-Platteville bedrock unit is a carbonate deposit of Ordovician age, composed of the Galena and Platteville Groups in Illinois and the Sinnippee Group in Wisconsin. It is the uppermost bedrock unit (subcrop) in most of northern Illinois and southern and eastern Wisconsin. The subcrop area is shaded in figure 1 of sheet 1 (Batten and others, 1997). The unit is predominately dolomite, with
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Timothy A. Brown, Charles P. Dunning, Jennifer B. Sharpe
Analysis of persistent organic pollutants in the Newark Bay Estuary, New Jersey, U.S.A.
No abstract available.
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D. I. Thal, S. A. Mills, Timothy P. Wilson, Jennifer L. Bonin
Geohydrologic assessment of crystalline bedrock for the New York City water-tunnel project by use of advanced borehole-geophysical methods
No abstract available.
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Frederick Stumm, Frederick L. Paillet, John H. Williams, John W. Lane
Ground-water quality and vulnerability to contamination in selected agricultural areas of southeastern Michigan, northwestern Ohio, and northeastern Indiana
Ground-water quality was assessed in the northeastern part of the Corn Belt, where tile-drained row crops are underlain by fractured glacial till. Data were collected from 30 shallow monitor wells and 18 co-located domestic wells as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water- Quality Assessment in the Lake Erie-Lake St. Clair Basin.Pesticides or pesticide degradates were detected in 41 pe
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Mary Ann Thomas
Assessment of the habitats, biota, sediments, and water quality near the discharge of primary-treated effluent from the Mayaguez Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bahia de Anasco, Puerto Rico
No abstract available.
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Richard M. T. Webb, P.D. Collar, W. C. Schwab, Carlos Goenaga, J.R. Gracia, Roberto Castro
Status and trends in suspended-sediment discharges, soil erosion, and conservation tillage in the Maumee River basin: Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana
The relation of suspended-sediment discharges to conservation-tillage practices and soil loss were analyzed for the Maumee River Basin in Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana as part of the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Cropland in the basin is the largest contributor to soil erosion and suspended-sediment discharge to the Maumee River and the river is the largest sour
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Donna N. Myers, Kevin D. Metzker, Steven Davis