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Occurrence of eastern encephalitis virus in house sparrows
No abstract available.
Authors
L. N. Locke, J. E. Scanlon, R. J. Byrne, J. O. Knisley
Recharging ground-water reservoirs
Successful artificial recharge of a ground-water reservoir depends upon many factors. Some factors are very complicated and technical. This paper will deal briefly with some of them. For a more comprehensive description of ground-water reservoirs and their artificial recharge, the publications listed at the end of this paper should be consulted.
Authors
George H. Taylor
Floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana
The floods of January-February 1959 in Indiana exceeded those previously known on many streams in the southeastern portion of the State in January and on several streams in the Wabash Valley during February. At least 3 lives were lost, more than 2,000 people were evacuated, and dozens of bridges were washed away.
Heavy rains falling on frozen ground caused unusually high runoff. Rainfall was great
Authors
Malcolm D. Hale, Richard Earl Hoggatt
Time of travel of water in the Ohio River, Pittsburgh to Cincinnati
This report presents a procedure for estimating the time of travel of water in the Ohio River from Pittsburgh, Pa., to Cincinnati, Ohio, under various river stage conditions. This information is primarily for use by civil defense officials and by others concerned with problems involving travel time of river water.
Tables and charts are presented to show, for a particular stage or discharge at
Authors
Robert E. Steacy
Hydraulic and hydrologic aspects of flood-plain planning
The valid incentives compelling occupation of the flood plain, up to and eve n into the stream channel, undoubtedly have contributed greatly to the development of the country. But the result has been a heritage of flood disaster, suffering, and enormous costs. Flood destruction awakened a consciousness toward reduction and elimination of flood hazards, originally manifested in the protection of ex
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S.W. Wiitala, K.R. Jetter, Alan J. Sommerville
Ground-water resources of Olmsted Air Force Base, Middletown, Pennsylvania
Olmsted Air Force Base is underlain by the Gettysburg shale of Triassic age. The Gettysburg shale at the Air Force Base consists of interbedded red sandstone, siltstone, and shale. The average strike of the strata is N. 43° E., and the strata dip to the northwest at an average angle of 26°. The transmissibility of known aquifers in the warehouse area of the Air Force Base is low. Therefore, wells
Authors
Harold Meisler, Stanley Miller Longwill
Use of radioisotopes in hydrobiology and fish culture
No abstract available.
Authors
F.F. Hooper, H.A. Podoliak, S. F. Snieszko
Mortality of eastern brook trout caused by Plerocercoida (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea: Diphyllobothriidae) in the heart and viscera
No abstract available.
Authors
G. L. Hoffman, C.E. Dunbar
Microhematocrit values in rainbow trout, brown trout and brook trout
No abstract available.
Authors
S. F. Snieszko
Infectious pancreatic necrosis of trout II: experimental infections with brook trout
No abstract available.
Authors
K. Wolf, C.E. Dunbar, E.A. Pyle