Time-of-travel data for Nebraska streams, 1968 to 1977
Open-File Report
84-602
By: L. R. Petri
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Abstract
This report documents the results of 10 time-of-travel studies, using ' dye-tracer ' methods, conducted on five streams in Nebraska during the period 1968 to 1977. Streams involved in the studies were the North Platte, North Loup, Elkhorn, and Big Blue Rivers and Salt Creek. Rhodamine WT dye in a 20 percent solution was used as the tracer for all 10 time-of-travel studies. Water samples were collected at several points below each injection site. Concentrations of dye in the samples were measured by determining fluorescence of the sample and comparing that value to fluorescence-concentration curves. Stream discharges were measured before and during each study. Results of each time-by-travel study are shown on two tables and on graph. The first table shows water discharge at injection and sampling sites, distance between sites, and time and rate of travel of the dye between sites. The second table provides descriptions of study sites, amounts of dye injected in the streams, actual sampling times, and actual concentrations of dye detected. The graphs for each time-of-travel study provide indications of changing travel rates between sampling sites, information on length of dye clouds, and times for dye passage past given points. (USGS)
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Petri, L.R., 1984, Time-of-travel data for Nebraska streams, 1968 to 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-602, vi, 69 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr84602.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Time-of-travel data for Nebraska streams, 1968 to 1977 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 84-602 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr84602 |
| Year Published | 1984 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | vi, 69 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |