Measurement of turbine discharge with radioisotopes
B. J. Frederick
1964, Open-File Report 64-55
Quality of Delaware River water at Trenton, New Jersey
Leo T. McCarthy Jr., Walter B. Keighton
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-X
Water in the Delaware River at Trenton, NJ, is a mixture of several types--water from the mountainous headwater region, water from the coal-mining regions, and water from the limestone valleys. The quantities of these types of water, in relation to the total quantity of water at Trenton, vary with changes...
Water-supply characteristics of North Carolina streams
Grover Cleveland Goddard
1964, Water Supply Paper 1761
Cenomanian-Turonian aquifer of central Israel, its development and possible use as a storage reservoir
Robert Schneider
1964, Water Supply Paper 1608-F
The Cenomanian-Turonian formations constitute a highly permeable dolomite and limestone aquifer in central Israel. The aquifer is on the west limb of an anticlinorium that trends north-northeast. In places it may be as much as 800 meters thick, but in the report area, largely the foothills of the Judean-Ephraim Mountains...
Ground-water resources of the lower Rio Grande Valley area, Texas
R. C. Baker, O.C. Dale
1964, Water Supply Paper 1653
The report contains information about the occurrence, quality, and use of ground water in the Lower Rio Grande Valley area which consists of Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr, and Willacy Counties in southern Texas. The principal use of water in the area is for irrigation. The principal irrigated crops are cotton, winter vegetables,...
Geologic map of the Husum quadrangle, Washington
R.A. Sheppard
1964, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 280
Geology and ground-water resources of the Bristol-Plainville-Southington area, Connecticut
A. M. La Sala
1964, Water Supply Paper 1578
The Bristol-Plainville-Southington area straddles the boundary between the New England Upland and the Connecticut Valley Lowland sections of the New England physiographic province. The western parts of Bristol are Southington lie in the New England Upland section, an area of rugged topography underlain by metamorphic rocks of Palezoic age. The...
Floods in Oklahoma: magnitude and frequency
A.O. Westfall, J.L. Patterson
1964, Open-File Report 64-170
This report presents methods by which the magnitude and frequency of expected floods for most streams in Oklahoma can be determined. Flood data were used to define flood-frequency curves applicable to the State. Composite frequency curves were drawn showing the relation of mean annual floods to floods having recurrence intervals...
The Water Supply of El Morro National Monument
Samuel Wilson West, Helene Louise Baldwin
1964, Water Supply Paper 1766
In the land of enchantment, between Gallup and Grants, N. Mex., near the Zuni Mountains, a huge sandstone bluff rises abruptly 200 feet above the plain. The Spaniards called it 'El Morro,' which means 'the headland' or 'bluff.' Around it are other mesas and canyons and stands of pinon and...
Floods of January-February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1964, Water Supply Paper 1652-A
Heavy rains over an extensive area on January 27-February 2, caused extreme flooding in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas in West Virginia, Virginia, and Tennessee. Total rainfall for the storm period ranged from 6-9 inches over most of the report area and was 12? inches at the eastern end of...
Ground water in Cedar Rapids Division of Lower Platte River basin, Nebraska
James B. Hyland, Charles Franklin Keech, Philip G. Rosene
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-H
No abstract available....
Sedimentation in three small forested drainage basins in the Alsea River basin, Oregon
R.C. Williams
1964, Circular 490
A multidiscipline investigation to determine the effects of logging on the ecology of three small forested tributary basins is a part of an overall study of the Alsea River basin in the Coast Range of Oregon. The investigation of these small basins will be to (1) establish pre-logging conditions, (2)...
Geology and ground water of the Luke area, Maricopa County, Arizona
Ronald S. Stulik, F. R. Twenter
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-P
Luke Air Force Base, in the Salt River Valley in central Arizona. is within an intermontane basin--the Phoenix basin--in the Basin and Range lowlands province. The Luke area, the subject of this study, extends beyond the limits of the base. Ground-water resources of the Luke area were studied to determine...
Preliminary report on recent surface movements through July 1962 in the Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles County, California
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1964, Open-File Report 64-155
No abstract available....
Summary of floods in the United States during 1958
E. L. Hendricks
1964, Water Supply Paper 1660-B
This report describes the most outstanding floods that occurred in the United States during 1958.A series of storms from January 23 to February 16 brought large amounts of precipitation to northern California and produced damaging floods, particularly in the Lower Sacramento Valley where losses totaled about \$12 million.Major floods, notable...
Geology and water resources of the Bluewater Springs area, Carbon County, Montana
Everett Alfred Zimmerman
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-J
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States; part 2-A. South Atlantic slope basins, James River to Savannah River
Paul R. Speer, Charles R. Gamble
1964, Water Supply Paper 1673
No abstract available....
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States. Part 3-B. Cumberland and Tennessee River basins
Paul R. Speer, C. R. Gamble
1964, Water Supply Paper 1676
No abstract available....
Ground water in folded Cretaceous sandstone of the Bhachau area, Kutch, India, with reference to the Kandla Port water supply
George C. Taylor, H.M. Osa, A. Mitra, B.N. Sen
1964, Water Supply Paper 1608-B
This report is based on an investigation of the availability of ground-water supplies in the Bhachau area for the nearby Kandla Port and township development undertaken by the Government of India. This seaport lies on an estuary of the Gulf of Kutch in western India and in the eastern part...
Intracellular and extracellular concentration of manganese and other elements by aquatic organisms
Eugene T. Oborn
1964, Water Supply Paper 1667-C
Ground water in the Sirte area, Tripolitania, United Kingdom of Libya
William Ogilbee
1964, Water Supply Paper 1757-C
The present study of the ground-water conditions in the Sirte area was made during December 1961 and March-April 1962 at the request of officials of the Government of Libya. Particular attention was given to the potential of the fresh-water aquifer near Qasr Bu Itadi as a source of water for...
Discharge characteristics of embankment-shaped weirs
Carl E. Kindsvater
1964, Water Supply Paper 1617-A
An embankment-shaped weir is an embankment overtopped by flood waters. Among the engineering problems frequently resulting from. this occurrence is the need to compute the peak discharge from postflood yield observations. The research described in this. report was concerned with the theoretical and experimental bases for the computation procedure. The...
Ground-water resources of Mirage Flats, Nebraska
Charles Franklin Keech
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-BB
A brief geologic and hydrologic reconnaissance of the Furnace Creek Wash area, Death Valley National Monument, California
Marvin Arthur Pistrang, Fred Kunkel
1964, Water Supply Paper 1779-Y
No abstract available....
Magnitude and frequency of floods in the United States, part 7. Lower Mississippi River Basin
James L. Patterson
1964, Water Supply Paper 1681
No abstract available....