Regional summary
American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 1972, Geological highway map, Northern Rocky Mountains region; Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Map 5, approximate scale 1:1,900,000, 1 sheet.
_______1984, Geological highway map, Northern Great Plains region; Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Minnesota: American Association of Petroleum Geologists Map 12, approximate scale 1:1,900,000, 1 sheet.
Armstrong, C.A., 1983, Evaluation of the effects of Lake Audubon on ground- and surface-water levels in the Lake Nettie area, eastern McLean County, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4242, 41 p.
Bluemle, J.P., 1982, Bedrock geologic map of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map 21, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Cooley, M.E., 1986, Divisions of potential fracture permeability, based on distribution of structures and lineaments, in Sedimentary rocks of the Rocky Mountains-High Plains region, Western United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4091, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Columbia-North Pacific Technical Staff, 1971, Irrigation, Columbia-North Pacific Region, comprehensive framework study: Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, Appendix IX, 343 p.
Downey, J.S., 1984, Geohydrology of the Madison and associated aquifers in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-G, 47 p.
Downey, J.S., and Dinwiddie, G.A., 1988, The regional aquifer system underlying the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming-Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-A, 64 p.
Ellis, M.J., Adolphson, D.G., and West, R.E., 1969, Hydrology of a part of the Big Sioux drainage basin, eastern South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-311, 5 p.
Emmons, P.J., 1988, A digital simulation of the glacial-aquifer system in Sanborn and parts of Beadle, Miner, Hanson, Davison, and Jerauld Counties, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4082, 59 p.
Fenneman, N.M., and Johnson, D.W., 1946, Physical divisions of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:7,000,000, 1 sheet.
Freethey, G.W., Kimball, B.A., Wilbery, D.E., and Hood, J.W., 1988, Hydrogeology, Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-698, scales 1:2,500,000 and 1:5,000,000, 2 sheets.
Gebert, W.A., Graczyk, D.J., and Krug, W.R., 1987, Average annual runoff in the United States, 1951-80: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-710, scale 1:7,500,000, 1 sheet.
Gutentag, E.D., Heimes, F.J., Krothe, N.C., Luckey, R.R., and Weeks, J.B., 1984, Geohydrology of the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-B, 63 p.
Hamilton, L.J., 1985, Water resources of Aurora and Jerauld Counties, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4030, 58 p.
Heath, R.C., 1984, Ground-water regions of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2242, 78 p.
King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974, Geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000, 3 sheets.
Leonard, R.B., Signor, D.C., Jorgensen, D.G., and Helgesen, J.O., 1984, Geohydrology and hydrochemistry of the Dakota aquifer, central United States, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 229-237.
Lines, G.C., and Glass, W.R., 1975, Water resources of the thrust belt of western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-539, scales 1:500,000 and 1:250,000, 3 sheets.
Love, J.D., and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 3 sheets.
Lowry, M.E., Head, W.J., Rankl, J.G., and Busby, J.F., 1986, Water resources of Weston County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4079, 33 p.
Missouri River Basin Interagency Committee, 1969, Comprehensive framework study-Missouri River Basin, in Land resources availability and hydrologic analyses and projections: U.S. Government Printing Office, v. 6, appendixes, 75 p.
North Dakota State Water Commission, 1986, Map showing glacial drift aquifers in North Dakota and estimated potential yields: North Dakota State Water Commission, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission Columbia-North Pacific Technical Staff, 1971, Irrigation, Columbia-North Pacific Region, comprehensive framework study: Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, App. IX, 343 p.
Perry, E.S., 1962, Montana in the geologic past: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 26, 78 p.
Peterson, J.A., 1984, Stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-A, 34 p.
Ragsdale, J.O., 1982, Ground-water levels in Wyoming, 1971 through part of 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-859, 200 p.
Ross, C.P., Andrews, D.A., and Witkind, I.J., 1955, Geologic map of Montana: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 2 sheets.
Solley, W.B., Pierce, R.R., and Perlman, H.A.,1993, Estimated use of water in the United States in 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1081, 76 p.
Sun, R.J., and Weeks, J.B., 1991, Bibliography of Regional Aquifer-System Analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1978-92: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4122, 92 p.
Thelin, G.P., and Heimes, F.J., 1987, Mapping irrigated cropland from Landsat data for determination of water use from the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-C, 38 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1970, The National atlas of the United States of America: U.S. Geological Survey, 417 p.
_______1985, National water summary, 1984-Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2275, 467 p.
_______1986, National water summary, 1985-Hydrologic events and surface-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2300, 506 p.
_______1988, National water summary, 1986-Hydrologic events and groundwater quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2325, 560 p.
Welder, G.E., 1968, Ground-water reconnaissance of the Green River Basin, southwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-290, scales 1:62,500, 1:1,000,000, and 1:250,000, 2 sheets.
Principal aquifers
Bluemle, J.P., 1982, Bedrock geologic map of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map 21, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Bredehoeft, J.D., Neuzil, C.E., and Milly, P.C.D., 1983, Regional flow in the Dakota aquifer-A study of the role of confining layers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2237, 45 p.
Downey, J.S., 1984, Geohydrology of the Madison and associated aquifers in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-G, 47 p.
Downey, J.S., and Dinwiddie, G.A., 1988, The regional aquifer system underlying the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming-Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-A, 64 p.
Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., 1984, Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, 247 p.
King, P.B., 1976, Precambrian geology of the United States, an explanatory text to accompany the Geologic Map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 902, 85 p.
King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974, Geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000, 3 sheets.
_______1976, The Paleozoic rocks, a discussion to accompany the Geologic Map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 903, 76 p.
_______1978, The Cenozoic rocks, a discussion to accompany the Geologic Map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 904, 82 p.
Konizeski, R.L., McMurtrey, R.G., and Brietkrietz, Alex, 1962, Preliminary report on the geology and water resources of the southern part of the Deer Lodge Valley, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 31, 24 p.
Love, J.D., and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic map of Wyoming, preliminary edition: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 3 sheets.
Missouri River Basin Interagency Committee, 1969, Comprehensive framework study-Missouri River Basin, in Land resources availability and hydrologic analyses and projections: U.S. Government Printing Office, v. 6, appendixes, 75 p.
North Dakota State Water Commission, 1986, Map showing glacial drift aquifers in North Dakota and estimated potential yields: North Dakota State Water Commission, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Perry, E.S., 1962, Montana in the geologic past: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 26, 78 p.
Reeder, M.O., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Souris-Red-Rainy Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-K, 25 p.
Ross, C.P., Andrews, C.A., and Witkind, I.J., 1955, Geologic map of Montana: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 2 sheets.
Taylor, O.J., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Missouri Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-Q, 41 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1985, National water summary, 1984-Hydrologic
events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources: U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2275, 467 p.
High Plains Aquifer System
Babcock, H.M., and Bjorklund, L.J., 1956, Ground-water geology of parts of Laramie and Albany Counties, Wyoming, and Weld County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1367, 61 p.
Bloyd, R.M., Jr., 1975, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Upper Mississippi Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-B, 22 p.
Cooley, M.E., and Crist, M.A., 1981, Stratigraphy and potentiometric surface of the Tertiary formations in southeastern Wyoming and an adjacent part of Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-1308, scale 1:168,960, 1 sheet.
Crist, M.A., 1977, Hydrologic evaluation of the Arikaree Formation near Lusk, Niobrara and Goshen Counties, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 77-111, 23 p.
Gutentag, E.D., Heimes, F.J., Krothe, N.C., Luckey, R.R., and Weeks, J.B., 1984, Geohydrology of the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1400-B, 63 p.
Gutentag, E.D., and Weeks, J.B., 1980, Water table in the High Plains aquifer in 1978 in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-642, scale 1:2,500,000.
King, P.B., and Beikman. H.M., 1974, Geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000, 3 sheets.
Krothe, N.C., Oliver, J.W., and Weeks, J.B., 1982, Dissolved solids and sodium in water from the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-658, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Lines, G.C., 1976, Digital model to predict effects of pumping from the Arikaree aquifer in the Dwyer area, southeastern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 8-76, 24 p.
Love, J.D., and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 3 sheets.
Lowry, M.E., and Crist, M.A., 1967, Geology and ground-water resources of Laramie County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1834, 71 p.
Luckey, R.R., Gutentag, E.D., and Weeks, J.B., 1981, Water-level and saturated-thickness changes, predevelopment to 1980, in the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-652, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Morris, D.A., and Babcock, H.M., 1960, Geology and ground-water resources of Platte County, Wyoming, with a section on Chemical quality of the water, by R.J. Langford: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1490, 195 p.
Rapp, J.R., Visher, F.N., and Littleton, R.T., 1957, Geology and ground-water resources of Goshen County, Wyoming, with a section on Chemical quality of the ground water, by W.H. Durum: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1379, 145 p.
Sun, R.J., and Weeks, J.B., 1991, Bibliography of Regional Aquifer-System Analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4122, 92 p.
Taylor, O.J., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Missouri Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-Q, 41 p.
U.S. Geological Survey 1985, National water summary, 1984-Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2275, 467 p.
_______1988, National water summary, 1986-Hydrologic events and ground-water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2325, 560 p.
Weeks, J.B., and Gutentag, E.D., 1981, Bedrock geology, altitude of the
base, and 1980 saturated thickness of the High Plains aquifer in parts of
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-648,
scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Northern Great Plains aquifer system
Bloyd, R.M., Jr., 1975, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Upper Mississippi Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-B, 22 p.
Bluemle, J.P., 1982, Bedrock geologic map of North Dakota: North Dakota Geological Survey Miscellaneous Map 21, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Bredehoeft, J.D., Neuzil, C.E., and Milly, P.C.D., 1983, Regional flow in the Dakota aquifer-A study of the role of confining layers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2237, 45 p.
Brown, D.L., Blankennagel, R.K., MacCary, L.M., and Peterson, J.A., 1984, Correlation of paleostructure and sediment deposition in the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-B, 24 p.
Busby, J.F., Plummer, L.N., Lee, R.W., and Hanshaw, B.B., 1991, Geochemical evolution of water in the Madison aquifer in parts of Montana, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-F, 89 p.
Butler, R.D., 1984, Hydrogeology of the Dakota aquifer system, Williston Basin, North Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 99-108.
Case, H.L., III, 1984, Hydrology of Inyan Kara and Dakota-Newcastle aquifer system, South Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Thesis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 147-165.
Crosby, O.A., Armstrong, C.A., and Paulson, Q.F., 1978, Water resources of North Dakota, in U.S. Geological Survey and Bureau of Reclamation, Mineral and water resources of North Dakota: U.S. Government Printing Office, Committee on Printing, 93d Congress, 1st Session, 252 p.
Dinwiddie, G.A., and Downey, J.S., 1986, Northern Great Plains regional aquifer-system study, in Sun, R.J., ed., Regional aquifer system analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey-Summary of projects, 1978-84: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1002, p. 50-71.
Downey, J.S., 1982, Hydrodynamics of the Williston Basin in the Northern Great Plains, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 92-98.
_______1984, Geohydrology of the Madison and associated aquifers in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-G, 47 p.
_______1987, Regional bedrock aquifers of the Northern Great Plains, north-central United States, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph 14, p. 5-13.
Downey, J.S., and Dinwiddie, G.A., 1988, The regional aquifer system underlying the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming-Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-A, 64 p.
Dyer, C.F., and Goehring, A.J., 1965, Artesian-water supply of the Dakota Formation, southeastern South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 49 p.
Feltis, R.D., 1977 Geology and water resources of the northern part of the Judith Basin, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 101, 65 p.
_______1980a, Dissolved-solids and ratio maps of water in the Madison Group, Montana: Butte, Montana, Bureau of Mines and Geology Hydrogeologic Map 3, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1980b, Potentiometric surface map of water in the Madison Group, Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Hydrogeologic Map 2, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1980c, Water resources of the Judith Basin, central Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Hydrogeologic Map 1, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1982a, Map showing altitude of the top of the Dakota Formation and equivalent rocks, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4039, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1982b, Map showing altitude of the top of the Eagle Sandstone, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4034, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1982c, Map showing altitude of the top of the Fox Hills-lower Hell Creek aquifer, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4041, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1982d, Map showing altitude of the top of the Judith River Formation, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4027, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
_______1982e, Map showing cumulative thickness of sandstone in the Dakota Formation and equivalent rocks, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4040, scale 1:1,000,000, 1 sheet.
Groff, S.L., 1958, A summary report on the ground-water situation in Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Information Circular 26, 45 p.
Hanshaw, B.B., Busby, John and Lee, Roger, 1978, Geochemical aspects of the Madison aquifer system, in The economic geology of the Williston Basin, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba-Williston Basin Conference, 24th, Billings, Mont.: Montana Geological Society, p. 385-389.
Helgesen, J.O., Jorgensen, D.G., Leonard, R.B., and Signor, D.C., 1984, Regional study of the Dakota aquifer (Darton's Dakota revisited), in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 69-73.
Hopkins, W.B., 1978, Deep aquifers of eastern Montana, in The economic geology of the Williston Basin, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Saskatchewan, Manitoba-Williston Basin Conference, 24th, Billings, Mont.: Montana Geological Society, p. 392-403.
Jorgensen, D.G., Downey, Joe, Dutton, A.R., and Maclay, R.W., 1988, Region 16, Central Nonglaciated Plains, Chapter 19 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology, v. O-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 141-156.
King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974, Geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:2,500,000, 3 sheets.
Krothe, N.C., and Kempton, J.P., 1988, Region 14, Central Glaciated Plains, Chapter 17 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology, v. O-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 129-132.
Lennox, D.H., Maathuis, H., and Pederson, D., 1988, Region 13, Western Glaciated Plains, Chapter 16 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology, v. O-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 115-128.
Leonard, R.B., Signor, D.C., Jorgensen, D.G., and Helgesen, J.O., 1984, Geohydrology and hydrochemistry of the Dakota aquifer, central United States, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 229-237.
Lobmeyer, D.H., 1985, Freshwater heads and ground-water temperatures in aquifers of the Northern Great Plains of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-D, 11 p.
Love, J.D., and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 3 sheets.
Love, J.D., Christiansen, A.C., and Ver Ploeg, A.J., 1993, Stratigraphic chart showing Phanerozoic nomenclature for the State of Wyoming: Geological Survey of Wyoming Map Series 41, 1 sheet.
McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., 1988, Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph 14, 229 p.
Missouri River Basin Interagency Committee, 1967, The Missouri River Basin comprehensive framework study-Ground water in the Missouri River Basin: Missouri River Basin Interagency Committee, scale 1:2,500,000, 12 sheets.
_______1969, Comprehensive framework study-Missouri River Basin, in Land resources availability and hydrologic analyses and projections: U.S. Government Printing Office, v. 6, 75 p.
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, 1978, Ground water of the Fort Union coal region, eastern Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Special Publication 80, 47 p.
Montana Water Resources Board, 1969, Ground water in Montana, a comprehensive water and related land resources plan for the State of Montana: Montana Water Resources Board Inventory Series Report no. 16, 145 p.
Neuzil, C.E., Bredehoeft, J.D., and Wolff, R.G., 1982, Leakage and fracture permeability in the Cretaceous shales confining the Dakota aquifer in South Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 113-120.
Paulson, Q.F., 1983, Guide to North Dakota's ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2236, 25 p. (Reprinted 1986)
Peter, K.D., 1982, Hydrochemistry of lower Cretaceous sandstone aquifers, Northern Great Plains, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-
Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 197-208.
Peterson, J.A., 1984, Stratigraphy and sedimentary facies of the Madison Limestone and associated rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S.Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-A, 34 p.
Ross, C.P., Andrews, D.A., and Witkind, I.J., 1955, Geologic map of Montana: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:5,000,000, 2 sheets.
Schoon, R.A., 1984, Overview of South Dakota's Dakota aquifer, in Jorgensen, D.G. and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 38-40.
Stephenson, D.A., Fleming, A.H., and Mickelson, D.M., 1988, Glacial deposits, Chapter 35 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology, v. O-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 301-314.
Swenson, F.A., 1955, Geology and ground-water resources of the Missouri River valley in northeastern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1263, 128 p.
Swenson, F.A., Miller, W.R., Hodson, W.G., and Visher, F.N., 1975, Water in the Madison Group, Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-660, 26 p.
Taylor, O.J., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources, Missouri Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-Q, 41 p.
Thayer, P.A., 1983, Relationship of porosity and permeability to petrology of the Madison Limestone in rock cores from three test wells in Montana and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-C, 29 p.
Wartman, B.L., 1984, Geology and hydrology of the Inyan Kara Formation (lower Cretaceous), North Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 22-25.
Weeks, J.B., and Sun, R.J., 1987, Regional aquifer-system analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey-Bibliography, 1978-86: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4138, 81 p.
Winter, T.C., Benson, R.D., Engberg, R.A., Wiche, G.J., Emerson, D.G., Crosby, O.A., and Miller, J.E., 1984, Synopsis of ground-water and surface-water resources of North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Re-port 84-732, 127 p.
Upper Colorado River Basin aquifer system
Bradley, W.M., 1964, Geology of Green River Formation and associated Eocene rocks in southwestern Wyoming and adjacent parts of Colorado and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 496-A, 86 p.
Driver, N.E., and others, 1984, Hydrology of area 53, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 83-765, 87 p.
Freethey, G.W., 1988a, Lithologic and hydrologic properties of Mesozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water-Resources Association Monograph 14, p. 81-99.
_______1988b, Upper Colorado River Basin regional aquifer-system analysis-Mesozoic rocks in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds, Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water-Resources Association Monograph 14, p. 57-70.
Freethey, G.W., Kimball, B.A., Wilberg, D.E., and Hood, J.W., 1988, General hydrogeology of the aquifers of Mesozoic age, Upper Colorado River Basin-excluding the San Juan Basin-in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-698, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Geldon, A.L., 1988a, Hydrostratigraphic characterization of Paleozoic formations in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water-Resources Association Monograph 14, p. 135-159.
_______1988b, Porosity and permeability of the Paleozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water-Resources Association Monograph 14, p. 171-190.
Glover, K.C., Naftz, D.L., and Martin, L.J., in press, Geohydrology of Tertiary rocks in parts of the Upper Colorado River Basin, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1411-D.
Kuhn, Gerhard, Daddow, P.B., Craig, G.S., Jr., and others, 1983, Hydrology of area 54, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Province, Colorado and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 83-146, 95 p.
Linder-Lundsford, J.B., Kimball, B.A., Chafin, D.T., and Bryant, C.G., 1989, Hydrogeology of aquifers of Paleozoic age, Upper Colorado River Basin-excluding the San Juan Basin-in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-702, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Love, J.D., and Christiansen, A.C., 1985, Geologic map of Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 3 sheets.
Lowham, H.W., Peterson, D.A., Larson, L.R., Zimmerman, E.A., Ringen, B.H., and Mora, K.L., 1985, Hydrology of area 52-Rocky Mountain Coal Province, Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 83-761, 96 p.
Price, Don, and Arnow, Ted, 1974, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water-resources-Upper Colorado region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-C, 40 p.
Price, Don, and Waddell, K.M., 1973, Selected hydrologic data in the Upper Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-477, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Roehler, H.W., 1990, Stratigraphy of the Mesaverde Group in the central and eastern Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1508, 52 p.
_______1992a, Introduction to Greater Green River Basin geology, physiography, and history of investigations: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1506-A, 14 p.
_______1992b, Correlation, composition, areal distribution, and thickness of Eocene stratigraphic units, Greater Green River Basin, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1506-E, 49 p.
Taylor, O.J., compiler, 1987, Oil shale, water resources, and valuable minerals of the Piceance Basin, Colorado-The challenge and choices of development: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1310, 143 p.
Taylor, O.J., Freethey, G.W., and Glover, K.C., 1986, Upper Colorado River Basin regional aquifer-system study, in Sun, R.J., ed., Regional aquifer-system analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey-Summary of projects, 1978-84: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1002, p. 223-233.
Taylor, O.J., and Hood, J.W., 1988, Region 3, Colorado Plateau and Wyoming Basin, Chapter 6 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology: v. 0-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 51-58.
Taylor, O.J., and Hood, J.W., and Zimmerman, E.A., 1983, Plan of study for the regional aquifer system analysis of the Upper Colorado River Basin in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 83-4184, 23 p.
______1986, Hydrogeologic framework of the Upper Colorado River Basin-excluding the San Juan Basin-Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-687, scale 1:3,000,000, 2 sheets.
Weigel, J.F., 1987, Selected hydrologic and physical properties of Mesozoic formations in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming-excluding the San Juan Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4170, 68 p.
Welder, G.E., 1968, Ground-water reconnaissance of the Green River Basin,
southwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas
HA-290, scales 1:62,500, 1:1,000,000, and 1:250,000, 2 sheets.
Central Midwest aquifer system
Bredehoeft, J.D., Neuzil, C.E., and Milly, P.C.D., 1983, Regional flow in the Dakota aquifer-A study of the role of confining layers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2237, 45 p.
Dyer, C.F., and Goehring, A.J., 1965, Artesian-water supply of the Dakota Formation, southeastern South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 49 p.
Helgesen, J.O., Jorgensen, D.G., Leonard, R.B., and Signor, D.C., 1984, Regional study of the Dakota aquifer (Darton's Dakota revisited), in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 69-73.
Jorgensen, D.G., Leonard, R.B., and Signor, D.L., and Helgesen, J.O., 1986a, Central Midwest regional aquifer-system study, in Sun, R.J., ed., Regional aquifer-system analysis program of the U.S. Geological Survey-Summary of projects, 1978-84: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1002, p. 132-140.
_______1986b, Equivalent freshwater head and dissolved-solids concentration of water in rocks of Cambrian, Ordovician, and Mississippian age in the northern mid-continent, U.S.A.:U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1835-B, scale 1:1,000,000, 2 sheets.
Jorgensen, D.G., Helgesen, J.O., and Imes, J.L., 1993, Regional aquifers in Kansas, Nebraska, and parts of Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming-Geohydrologic framework: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1414-B, 72 p.
King, P.B., and Beikman, H.M., 1974, Geologic map of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey, 3 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000.
Leonard, R.B., Signor, D.C., Jorgensen, D.G., and Helgesen, J.O., 1984, Geohydrology and hydrochemistry of the Dakota aquifer, central United States, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 229-237.
Neuzil, C.E., Bredehoeft, J.D., and Wolff, R.G., 1984, Leakage and fracture permeability in the Cretaceous shales confining the Dakota aquifer in South Dakota, in Jorgensen, D.G., and Signor, D.C., eds., Geohydrology of the Dakota aquifer-Proceedings of the First C.V. Theis Conference on Geohydrology, October 5-6, 1982: National Water Well Association, p. 113-120.
Swenson, F.A., 1968, New theory of recharge to the artesian basin of the Dakotas: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 79, p. 163-182.
Taylor, O.J., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Missouri Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-Q, 41 p.
Weeks, J.B., and Gutentag, E.D., 1981, Bedrock geology, altitude of base, and 1980 saturated thickness of the High Plains aquifer in parts of Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-648, scale 1:2,500,000, 2 sheets.
Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins aquifer system
Bloyd, R.M., Jr., 1975, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Upper Mississippi region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-B, 22 p.
Clark, D.W., and Kendy, Eloise, 1992, Plan of study for the Regional Aquifer-System Analysis of the Northern Rocky Mountains Intermontane Basins, Montana and Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4116, 16 p.
Cox, E.R., 1975, Water resources of northwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-409, 31 p.
Davis, G.H., 1988, Western alluvial valleys and the High Plains, Chapter 34 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology: v. 0-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 283-300.
Foxworthy, B.L., Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Pacific Northwest region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-S, 39 p.
Foxworthy, B.L., Hanneman, D.L., Coffin, D.L., and Halstead, E.C., 1988, Region 1, Western mountain ranges, Chapter 4 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology: v. 0-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 25-35.
McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., eds., 1988, Regional aquifer systems of the United States-Aquifers of the western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph 14, 229 p.
Muffler, L.J.P., 1982, Occurrence and characteristics of ground water in Montana, the Rocky Mountain region: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report MBMG 99, v. 2, 132 p.
Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission Columbia-North Pacific Technical Staff, 1970a, Water resources-Columbia-North Pacific Region comprehensive framework study: Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, App. V, v. 1, 543 p.
_______1970b, Water resources-Columbia-North Pacific Region comprehensive framework study: Pacific Northwest River Basins Commission, App. V, v. 2, p. 545-1,022.
Perry, E.S., 1962, Montana in the geologic past: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 26, 78 p.
Rosenshein, J.S., 1988, Region 18, Alluvial valleys, Chapter 21 of Back, William, Rosenshein, J.S., and Seaber, P.R., eds., Hydrogeology, v. O-2 of The Geology of North America: Geological Society of America, p. 165-175.
Ross, C.P., Andrews, D.A., and Witkind,I.J., 1955, Geologic map of Montana: U.S. Geological Survey, scale 1:500,000, 2 sheets.
Taylor, O.J., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources-Missouri Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813-Q, 41 p.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1968, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs,
Mineral and water-resources of Montana: U.S. Government Printing Office,
Document 98, U.S. Congress, 90th, 2d session, 116 p.
Geothermal water
Downey, J.S., and Dinwiddie, G.A., 1988, The regional aquifer system underlying the Northern Great Plains in parts of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming-Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-A, 64 p.
Heasler, H.P., 1983, Geothermal resources of Wyoming: Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, scale 1:500,000, 1 sheet.
Keefer, W.R., 1971, The geologic story of Yellowstone National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1347, 92 p.
Leonard, R.B., and Wood, W.A., 1988, Evaluation of a hydrothermal anomaly near Ennis, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1044-K, 53 p.
Lobmeyer, D.H., 1985, Freshwater heads and ground-water temperatures in aquifers of the Northern Great Plains of Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1402-D, 11 p.
MacCary, L.M., 1984, Apparent water resistivity, porosity, and water temperature of the Madison Limestone and underlying rocks in parts of Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1273-D, 14 p.
Muffler, L.J.P., ed., 1979, Assessment of geothermal resources of the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 790, 163 p.
Price, Don, and Arnow, Ted, 1974, Summary appraisals of the Nation's
ground-water resources-Upper Colorado region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 813-C, 40 p.
Ground-water problems
Croft, M.G., and Crosby, O.A., 1987, Hydrology of area 46-Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountains Coal Provinces, North Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Open-File Report 84-467, 80 p.
Craigg, S.D., and Thamke, J.N., 1992, Overview of possible effects of brine disposal on shallow ground-water resources in the East Poplar oil field, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, northeastern Montana [abs.]: American Water Resources Association, Montana Section Meeting, Helena, Mont., September 17-18, 1992, unpaginated.
_______1993, Hydrogeologic aspects of brine disposal in the East Poplar oil field, Fort Peck Indian Reservation, northeastern Montana [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Cordilleran and Rocky Mountain Section Meeting, Reno, Nev., May 19-21, 1993, Abstracts with Programs, P. A25.
Miller, M.R., Bergantino, R.N., Bermel, W.M., and Schmidt, F.A., 1980, Regional assessment of the saline seeps in Montana: Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology Hydrogeologic Map 7, scales 1:65,500 and 1:7,500,000, 1 sheet.
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