Publications
All of our publications are accessible through the USGS Publication Warehouse. Publications by scientists of the Oregon Water Science Center are listed below.
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Floods of January 1953 in western Oregon and northwestern California
No abstract available.
Authors
S. E. Rantz
Some preliminary notes on the ground water in the Columbia River basalt
The Columbia River basalt carries groundwater by percolation, largely along tabular interflow zones of variable permeability and continuity. At various places the water occurs under perched, unconfined, and confined conditions; at some places it occurs under all three conditions at different depths. Both initial and tectonic structural features, such as inclination of the flows, anticlines and syn
Authors
R. C. Newcomb
Water resources of the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington area
No abstract available.
Authors
W. C. Griffin, Herbert Swenson, Frank A. Watkins
The quality and character of Pacific Northwest waters
This paper is a general discussion of the quality and chemical character of surface and ground waters in the Pacific Northwest as shown by the available data. Previous quality of water studies reported in the literature are reviewed. The composition of natural waters is considered as to the source and significance of the different mineral constituents. Analytical data are presented showing mineral
Authors
Herbert A. Swenson
Irrigation and streamflow depletion in Columbia River basin above The Dalles, Oregon
The Columbia River is the largest stream in western United States. Above The Dalles, Oregon, it drains an area of 237,000 square miles, of which 39,000 square miles is in Canada. This area is largely mountainous and lies between the Rocky Mountains and the Cascade Range. The Kootenai, Pend Oreille, and Snake Rivers are the principal tributaries. Precipitation varies from 7 inches near Kennewick, W
Authors
Wilbur Douglas Simons
Floods of 1950 in southwestern Oregon and northwestern California
No abstract available.
Authors
C. G. Paulsen
Ground-water situation in Oregon
The water that occurs beneath the land surface follows definite and well-known rules of hydraulics, the same as water on the surface. However, ground water must be studied by methods, some of which are unique to that type of water occurrence, in order to evaluate the part it plays in the over-all water scheme.Water that falls on the land surface as rain or snow and water that rests upon the surfac
Authors
R. C. Newcomb
Floods of May-June 1948 in Columbia River basin, with a section on Magnitude and frequency of floods
No abstract available.
Authors
S. E. Rantz, H. C. Riggs
Ground-water resources of the Willamette Valley, Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur M. Piper
Geology and ground-water resources of the Harney Basin, Oregon, with a statement on Precipitation and tree growth
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur M. Piper, T. W. Robinson, C.F. Park, L.T. Jessup
Geology and ground-water resources of the Dalles region, Oregon
No abstract available.
Authors
A. M. Piper