Randall Bayless (Former Employee)
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Effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality in a part of the Calumet Aquifer, northwestern Indiana
The effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality were studied at a site in northwestern Indiana using a variety of geochemical indicators. Site characteristics such as high snowfall rates; large quantities of applied deicers; presence of a high-traffic highway; a homogeneous, permeable, and unconfined aquifer; a shallow water table; a known ground-water-flow direction; and minimal
Authors
Lee R. Watson, E. Randall Bayless, Paul M. Buszka, John T. Wilson
Use of isotopes to identify sources of ground water, estimate ground-water-flow rates, and assess aquifer vulnerability in the Calumet region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
Isotope data collected in the Calumet Region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois, one of the most heavily industrialized regions of the United States, indicated that water in the surficial Calumet aquifer is well mixed. The Calumet aquifer is recharged areally by precipitation and locally may be recharged by surface water. The residence time of ground water in the Calumet aquifer is
Authors
Robert T. Kay, E. Randall Bayless, Robert A. Solak
An evaluation of borehole flowmeters used to measure horizontal ground-water flow in limestones of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 1999
Three borehole flowmeters and hydrophysical logging were used to measure ground-water flow in carbonate bedrock at sites in southeastern Indiana and on the west-central border of Kentucky and Tennessee. The three flowmeters make point measurements of the direction and magnitude of horizontal flow, and hydrophysical logging measures the magnitude of horizontal flowover an interval. The directional
Authors
John T. Wilson, Wayne A. Mandell, Frederick L. Paillet, E. Randall Bayless, Randall T. Hanson, Peter M. Kearl, William B. Kerfoot, Mark W. Newhouse, William H. Pedler
Atrazine retention and degradation in the vadose zone at a till plain site in central Indiana
The vadose zone was examined as an environmental compartment where significant quantities of atrazine and its degradation compounds may be stored and transformed. The vadose zone was targeted because regional studies in the White River Basin indicated a large discrepancy between the mass of atrazine applied to fields and the amount of the pesticide and its degradation compounds that are measured i
Authors
E.R. Bayless
Isotope hydrology dynamics of riverine wetlands in the Kankakee Watershed, Indiana
Wetland restoration activities may disturb shallow ground-water flow dynamics. There may be unintentional sources of water flowing into a constructed wetland that could compromise the long-term viability of a wetland function. Measurement of naturally-occurring isotopes in the hydrosphere can provide an indication of provenance, flow paths or components, and residence times or ages of wetland grou
Authors
W.C. Sidle, L. Arihood, R. Bayless
Analysis of atrazine and four degradation products in the pore water of the vadose zone, central Indiana
A new method is described for the analysis of atrazine and four of its degradation products (desethylatrazine, deisopropylatrazine, didealkylatrazine, and hydroxyatrazine) in water. This method uses solid- phase extraction on a graphitized carbon black cartridge, derivatization of the eluate with N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA), and analysis by gas chromatography/m
Authors
S.Y. Panshin, D.S. Carter, E.R. Bayless
Environmental setting and natural factors and human influences affecting water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana
The White River Basin drains 11,349 square miles of central and southern Indiana and is one of 59 Study Units selected for water-quality assessment as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National WaterQuality Assessment Program. Defining the environmental setting of the basin and identifying the natural factors and human influences that affect water quality are important parts of the assessment.
Authors
Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Joseph M. Fenelon, Nancy T. Baker, Jeffrey D. Martin, E. Randall Bayless, David V. Jacques, Charles G. Crawford
A Study of Natural and Restored Wetland Hydrology
The U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are jointly studying the hydrology of a long-existing natural wetland and a recently restored wetland in the Kankakee River Valley in northwestern Indiana. In characterizing the two wetlands, project investigators are testing innovative methods to identify the analytical tools best suited for evaluating the success of wetland
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Leslie D. Arihood, William C. Sidle, Noel B. Pavlovic
Hydrology and geochemistry of a slag-affected aquifer and chemical characteristics of slag-affected ground water, northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
Slag is a by-product of steel manufacturing and a ubiquitous fill material in northwestern Indiana. Ground water associated with slag deposits generally is characterized by high pH and elevated concentrations of many inorganic water-quality constituents. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, conducted a study in northwestern Indiana fro
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Theodore K. Greeman, C.C. Harvey
Water quality of selected streams in Montgomery County, Indiana, 1996
The USGS sampled streams in Montgomery County as part of a study done in cooperation with the Montgomery County Commissioners. The sampling program was designed by the Montgomery County Sanitarian and USGS hydrologists. The program focused on assessing general surface-water quality throughout the county and also targeted some specific areas of interest to county officials.
Authors
Hydrogeology and simulated ground-water flow through the unconsolidated aquifers of northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated ground-water resources of northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana, during 1990-93. The investigation included field measurements of water levels and numerical models of ground-water flow. This report documents results of that work and includes descriptions of (1) hydrogeologic framework, (2) water levels, (3) model sensitivity to variations in hydrogeologic
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, L. D. Arihood
Ground-water quality in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana
This report describes the ground-water quality of a 220-square-mile area in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana. Ground-water samples were collected from 30 monitoring wells at 20 sites during May 1992; the wells were screened in either a shallow or a deep sand and gravel aquifer. Samples were analyzed for general water-quality properties, nutrients, major ions, trace elements, industrial orga
Authors
J.M. Fenelon, E. Randall Bayless, Lee R. Watson
Non-USGS Publications**
Webb, R.M., M.E. Wieczorek, B.T. Nolan, T.C. Hancock, M.W. Sandstrom, J.E. Barbash, E.R. Bayless, R.W. Healy, and J.I. Linard, 2008, Variations in pesticide leaching related to land use and unsaturated zone: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, 1145-1157.
Nolan, B.T., L.J. Puckett, L. Ma, C.T. Green, E.R. Bayless, and R.W. Malone, 2010, Predicting unsaturated zone nitrogen mass balances in agricultural settings of the United States: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 39, 1051-1065.
Ebraheem, A.M., Hamburger, M.W., Bayless, E.R., and N.C. Krothe, 1990, A study of acid mine drainage using earth resistivity measurements. GROUNDWATER,v. 28, no. 3, p. 361-368.
Olyphant, G.A., Bayless, E.R., and D. Harper, 1992, Seasonal and weather-related controls on solute concentrations and acid drainage from coal-refuse deposit in southwestern Indiana, U.S.A.. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 7, p. 219-236.
Bayless, E.R., and G.A. Olyphant, 1993, Acid-generating salts and their relationship to the chemistry of ground water and strom runoff at an abandoned mine site in southwestern Indiana. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,v.12, p. 313-328.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 39
Effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality in a part of the Calumet Aquifer, northwestern Indiana
The effects of highway-deicer application on ground-water quality were studied at a site in northwestern Indiana using a variety of geochemical indicators. Site characteristics such as high snowfall rates; large quantities of applied deicers; presence of a high-traffic highway; a homogeneous, permeable, and unconfined aquifer; a shallow water table; a known ground-water-flow direction; and minimal
Authors
Lee R. Watson, E. Randall Bayless, Paul M. Buszka, John T. Wilson
Use of isotopes to identify sources of ground water, estimate ground-water-flow rates, and assess aquifer vulnerability in the Calumet region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
Isotope data collected in the Calumet Region of northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois, one of the most heavily industrialized regions of the United States, indicated that water in the surficial Calumet aquifer is well mixed. The Calumet aquifer is recharged areally by precipitation and locally may be recharged by surface water. The residence time of ground water in the Calumet aquifer is
Authors
Robert T. Kay, E. Randall Bayless, Robert A. Solak
An evaluation of borehole flowmeters used to measure horizontal ground-water flow in limestones of Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, 1999
Three borehole flowmeters and hydrophysical logging were used to measure ground-water flow in carbonate bedrock at sites in southeastern Indiana and on the west-central border of Kentucky and Tennessee. The three flowmeters make point measurements of the direction and magnitude of horizontal flow, and hydrophysical logging measures the magnitude of horizontal flowover an interval. The directional
Authors
John T. Wilson, Wayne A. Mandell, Frederick L. Paillet, E. Randall Bayless, Randall T. Hanson, Peter M. Kearl, William B. Kerfoot, Mark W. Newhouse, William H. Pedler
Atrazine retention and degradation in the vadose zone at a till plain site in central Indiana
The vadose zone was examined as an environmental compartment where significant quantities of atrazine and its degradation compounds may be stored and transformed. The vadose zone was targeted because regional studies in the White River Basin indicated a large discrepancy between the mass of atrazine applied to fields and the amount of the pesticide and its degradation compounds that are measured i
Authors
E.R. Bayless
Isotope hydrology dynamics of riverine wetlands in the Kankakee Watershed, Indiana
Wetland restoration activities may disturb shallow ground-water flow dynamics. There may be unintentional sources of water flowing into a constructed wetland that could compromise the long-term viability of a wetland function. Measurement of naturally-occurring isotopes in the hydrosphere can provide an indication of provenance, flow paths or components, and residence times or ages of wetland grou
Authors
W.C. Sidle, L. Arihood, R. Bayless
Analysis of atrazine and four degradation products in the pore water of the vadose zone, central Indiana
A new method is described for the analysis of atrazine and four of its degradation products (desethylatrazine, deisopropylatrazine, didealkylatrazine, and hydroxyatrazine) in water. This method uses solid- phase extraction on a graphitized carbon black cartridge, derivatization of the eluate with N-methyl-N-(tert-butyldimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide (MTBSTFA), and analysis by gas chromatography/m
Authors
S.Y. Panshin, D.S. Carter, E.R. Bayless
Environmental setting and natural factors and human influences affecting water quality in the White River Basin, Indiana
The White River Basin drains 11,349 square miles of central and southern Indiana and is one of 59 Study Units selected for water-quality assessment as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National WaterQuality Assessment Program. Defining the environmental setting of the basin and identifying the natural factors and human influences that affect water quality are important parts of the assessment.
Authors
Douglas J. Schnoebelen, Joseph M. Fenelon, Nancy T. Baker, Jeffrey D. Martin, E. Randall Bayless, David V. Jacques, Charles G. Crawford
A Study of Natural and Restored Wetland Hydrology
The U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are jointly studying the hydrology of a long-existing natural wetland and a recently restored wetland in the Kankakee River Valley in northwestern Indiana. In characterizing the two wetlands, project investigators are testing innovative methods to identify the analytical tools best suited for evaluating the success of wetland
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Leslie D. Arihood, William C. Sidle, Noel B. Pavlovic
Hydrology and geochemistry of a slag-affected aquifer and chemical characteristics of slag-affected ground water, northwestern Indiana and northeastern Illinois
Slag is a by-product of steel manufacturing and a ubiquitous fill material in northwestern Indiana. Ground water associated with slag deposits generally is characterized by high pH and elevated concentrations of many inorganic water-quality constituents. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, conducted a study in northwestern Indiana fro
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Theodore K. Greeman, C.C. Harvey
Water quality of selected streams in Montgomery County, Indiana, 1996
The USGS sampled streams in Montgomery County as part of a study done in cooperation with the Montgomery County Commissioners. The sampling program was designed by the Montgomery County Sanitarian and USGS hydrologists. The program focused on assessing general surface-water quality throughout the county and also targeted some specific areas of interest to county officials.
Authors
Hydrogeology and simulated ground-water flow through the unconsolidated aquifers of northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated ground-water resources of northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana, during 1990-93. The investigation included field measurements of water levels and numerical models of ground-water flow. This report documents results of that work and includes descriptions of (1) hydrogeologic framework, (2) water levels, (3) model sensitivity to variations in hydrogeologic
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, L. D. Arihood
Ground-water quality in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana
This report describes the ground-water quality of a 220-square-mile area in northeastern St. Joseph County, Indiana. Ground-water samples were collected from 30 monitoring wells at 20 sites during May 1992; the wells were screened in either a shallow or a deep sand and gravel aquifer. Samples were analyzed for general water-quality properties, nutrients, major ions, trace elements, industrial orga
Authors
J.M. Fenelon, E. Randall Bayless, Lee R. Watson
Non-USGS Publications**
Webb, R.M., M.E. Wieczorek, B.T. Nolan, T.C. Hancock, M.W. Sandstrom, J.E. Barbash, E.R. Bayless, R.W. Healy, and J.I. Linard, 2008, Variations in pesticide leaching related to land use and unsaturated zone: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 37, 1145-1157.
Nolan, B.T., L.J. Puckett, L. Ma, C.T. Green, E.R. Bayless, and R.W. Malone, 2010, Predicting unsaturated zone nitrogen mass balances in agricultural settings of the United States: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 39, 1051-1065.
Ebraheem, A.M., Hamburger, M.W., Bayless, E.R., and N.C. Krothe, 1990, A study of acid mine drainage using earth resistivity measurements. GROUNDWATER,v. 28, no. 3, p. 361-368.
Olyphant, G.A., Bayless, E.R., and D. Harper, 1992, Seasonal and weather-related controls on solute concentrations and acid drainage from coal-refuse deposit in southwestern Indiana, U.S.A.. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 7, p. 219-236.
Bayless, E.R., and G.A. Olyphant, 1993, Acid-generating salts and their relationship to the chemistry of ground water and strom runoff at an abandoned mine site in southwestern Indiana. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology,v.12, p. 313-328.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.