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Geology and ground-water resources of Clayton County, Iowa
Clayton County includes 784 square miles in northeastern Iowa and in 1960 had a population of 21, 962. For the most part, the county is a dissected upland that is drained mainly by the southeastward flowing Turkey River and its principal tributary, the Volga River. The Turkey River empties into the Mississippi River, which flows southward along the eastern border of the county. The climate is h
Authors
W. L. Steinhilber, O. J. Van Eck, A.J. Feulner
Standards for reporting fish toxicity tests
The growing impetus of studies on fish and pesticides focuses attention on the need for standardized reporting procedures. Good methods have been developed for laboratory and field procedures in testing programs and in statistical features of assay experiments; and improvements are being made on methods of collecting and preserving fish, invertebrates, and other materials exposed to economic poiso
Authors
O.B. Cope
Memorandum on the water-supply wells at Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas
During March and April 1957, a brief investigation was made at the request of the U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, to determine the cause for the decline in the performances of the wells used at Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas. The investigation included a general survey or the existing wells, pumping schedules, and records of pumpage and water levels. Appreciation is exp
Authors
Edward R. Leggat
Memorandum on ground-water conditions and suggestions for test drilling in the Logan Heights area, El Paso, Texas
In response to a request from the U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, a brief investigation was made in March 1957 of the ground-water resources of the Logan Heights area, El Paso, Texas. The purpose of the investigation was to collect and evaluate pertinent available data on existing wells in the vicinity of Logan Heights and to determine the most promising locations for the ins
Authors
Edward R. Leggat
Geology and ground-water resources of the Winter Garden district, Texas, 1948
The Winter Garden district, as described in this report, includes all of Dimmit and Zavala Counties and the eastern part of Maverick County a total of about 3,200 square miles. The fleldwork for the investigation was completed in 1948.
Authors
Samuel Foster Turner, T. W. Robinson, Walter N. White
Floods of August-October 1955, New England to North Carolina
No abstract available.
Authors
Dean Butler Bogart
Collection and preservation of fish and other materials exposed to pesticides
The effects of pesticides on fish have become improtant to fish conservation since World War II, when DDT first came into common use. With the development of other potent insecticides and the increasing use of massive dosages in more recent years, the threat to fish and fish foods has increased. Fishery biologists have conducted some studies on the effects of insecticides, but it has been impossib
Authors
Oliver B. Cope
Water problems of Puerto Rico and a program of water-resources investigations
No abstract available.
Authors
Ted Arnow, Dean Butler Bogart