Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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Vulnerability of ground water to contamination, northern Bexar County, Texas
The Trinity aquifer, composed of Lower Cretaceous carbonate rocks, largely controls the ground-water hydrology in the study area of northern Bexar County, Texas. Discharge from the Trinity aquifer recharges the downgradient, hydraulically connected Edwards aquifer one of the most permeable and productive aquifers in the Nation and the sole source of water for more than a million people in south-ce
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Amy R. Clark
Major and catastrophic storms and floods in Texas: 215 major and 41 catastrophic events from 1953 to September 1, 2002
Many Texas storms represent some of the largest storms in the world. Flooding from large storms has affected Texas throughout its history, causing many deaths and much economic loss and hardship. Floods occur regularly in Texas, and destructive floods occur somewhere in the State every year. Many of these floods are destructive because they often occur in areas where extreme flooding had not occur
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Raymond M. Slade, John M. Patton
Surface-water hydrologic data for the Houston metropolitan area, Texas, water years 1990-95
During water years 1990–95, data were collected at 24 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations, 21 rain gages, and 6 water-quality stations in the Houston metropolitan area, Texas. The data were collected as part of the Houston Urban Runoff Program, which began in water year 1964. Annual peaks were defined for the 24 streamflow-gaging stations in the study area. All stations had 10 or mor
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Debra A. Sneck-Fahrer, Fred Liscum, Jeffery W. East
Selected hydrogeologic datasets for the Antlers Aquifer, Texas
No abstract available.
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Natalie A. Houston, C. Amanda Garcia, Eric W. Strom
Selected hydrogeologic datasets for the Glen Rose Aquifer, Texas
No abstract available.
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Natalie A. Houston, C. Amanda Garcia, Eric W. Strom
Selected hydrogeologic datasets for the Paluxy Aquifer, Texas
No abstract available.
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Natalie A. Houston, C. Amanda Garcia, Eric W. Strom
Selected hydrogeologic datasets for the Twin Mountain-Travis Peak Aquifer, Texas
No abstract available.
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Natalie A. Houston, C. Amanda Garcia, Eric W. Strom
Selected hydrogeologic datasets for the Woodbine Aquifer, Texas
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Natalie A. Houston, C. Amanda Garcia, Eric W. Strom
Geologic framework and hydrogeologic features of the Glen Rose Limestone, Camp Bullis Training Site, Bexar County, Texas
The Glen Rose Limestone crops out over most of the Camp Bullis Training Site in northern Bexar County, Texas, where it consists of upper and lower members and composes the upper zone and the upper part of the middle zone of the Trinity aquifer. Uncharacteristically permeable in northern Bexar County, the Glen Rose Limestone can provide avenues for recharge to and potential contamination of the dow
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Allan K. Clark
Comparison of temperature, specific conductance, pH, and dissolved oxygen at selected basic fixed sites in south-central Texas, 1996-98
One component of the surface-water part of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program is the use of continuous water-quality monitors to help characterize the spatial and temporal distribution of general water quality in relation to hydrologic conditions. During 1996-98, six continuous water-quality monitors in the South-Central Texas study unit collected water temperatur
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Patricia B. Ging, Cassi L. Otero
Geologic framework and hydrogeologic characteristics of the Edwards aquifer, Uvalde County, Texas
The Edwards aquifer in Uvalde County is composed of Lower Cretaceous carbonate (mostly dolomitic limestone) strata of the Devils River Formation in the Devils River trend and of the West Nueces, McKnight, and Salmon Peak Formations in the Maverick basin. Rocks in the Devils River trend are divided at the bottom of the Devils River Formation into the (informal) basal nodular unit. Maverick basin ro
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Allan K. Clark
Occurrence of the diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin littoralis) at South Deer Island in Galveston Bay, Texas, April 2001-May 2002
One-hundred thirty-five terrapins were captured (116 individuals, 19 recaptures) in occurrence and nesting and basking surveys at South Deer Island in Galveston Bay, Texas, during April 2001–May 2002. Along the southern shore of the island, terrapins were captured in crab traps placed in shallow water offshore; in the lagoon on the island, terrapins were captured by hand while walking along the sh
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Jennifer L. Hogan