Map showing geochemical anomalies in the Brooks Range, Alaska
Donald G. Grybeck
1977, Open-File Report 77-166-D
Map of suspected fault scarps in unconsolidated deposits, Tooele 2° sheet, Utah
R.C. Bucknam
1977, Open-File Report 77-495
No abstract available....
Preliminary bedrock geologic maps of the Lynn and Marblehead South quadrangles, Massachusetts
Kenneth Granville Bell
1977, Open-File Report 77-180
Map showing landforms of Fairfax County, Virginia
H.G. Rogers
1977, Open-File Report 77-89
Water and related problems in coal-mine areas of Alabama
Alfred L. Knight, John G. Newton
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-130
Water-resource problems or potential problems in Alabama resulting from surface and subsurface coal mining include erosion and sedimentation, flooding, diversion of drainage, decline in water level, land subsidence, and the degradation of water quality. The degradation of water quality is the most serious and widespread coal-mine related problem in Alabama....
Potential for downward leakage to the Floridan Aquifer, Green Swamp area, central Florida
H. F. Grubb
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-71
A qualitative evaluation of the potential for downward leakage from the surficial sand aquifer to the underlying Floridan aquifer was made for the Green Swamp area (about 870 sq mi) in central Florida. Downward leakage, or recharge, is limited under natural conditions owing to the nearness to land surface of...
Digital flow model of the Chowan River estuary, North Carolina
C.C. Daniel
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-63
A one-dimensional deterministic flow model based on the continuity equation had been developed to provide estimates of daily flow past a number of points on the Chowan River estuary of northeast North Carolina. The digital model, programmed in Fortran IV, computes daily average discharge for nine sites; four of these...
Water quality of selected streams in the coal area of southeastern Montana
J. R. Knapton, P. W. McKinley
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-80
This report summarizes and evaluates water-quality data collected at 35 stream sites the the coal region of southeastern Montana. Sarpy Creek, Armells Creek, and Rosebud Creek sometimes have dissolved-solids concentrations that cause water to be marginal for agricultural purposes. At times of rainfall and snowmelt, the runoff water mixes with...
Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of floods in Minnesota
Lowell C. Guetzkow
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-31
Estimating relations have been developed to provide engineers and designers with improved techniques for defining flow-frequency characteristics to satisfy hydraulic planning and design requirements. The magnitude and frequency of floods up to the 100-year recurrence interval can be determined for most streams in Minnesota by methods presented. By multiple regression...
Floods of November 12, 1974 in the Charlotte Amalie area, St Thomas, US Virgin Islands
W.J. Haire, K. G. Johnson
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-91
The flood on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, of November 12, 1974, was the largest recorded flood in the area from Fort Christian through Charlotte Amalie and Frenchtown to the end of Crown Bay. This flood has a recurrence interval of about 60 years. With the exception of a few...
Trophic conditions in Lake Winnisquam, New Hampshire
Leonard R. Frost Jr.
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-137
Lake Winnisquam has received treated domestic sewage for approximately 50 years and since June 1961 has been treated with copper sulfate to control the growth of nuisance algae. The Laconia City secondary sewage-treatment plant was upgraded in 1975 to include phosphorus removal. Phosphorus was not removed effectively until early 1976,...
Computation of records of streamflow at control structures
Dannie L. Collins
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-8
Traditional methods of computing streamflow records on large, low-gradient streams require a continuous record of water-surface slope over a natural channel reach. This slope must be of sufficient magnitude to be accuratly measured with available stage measuring devices. On highly regulated streams, this slope approaches zero during periods of low...
Stream simulation in an analog model of the ground-water system on Long Island, New York
Arlen W. Harbaugh, Rufus T. Getzen
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-58
The stream circuits of an electric analog model of the ground-water system of Long Island were modified to more accurately represent the relationahip between streamflow and ground-water levels. Assumptions for use of the revised circuits are (1) that streams are strictly gaining, and (2) that ground-water seepage into the streams...
Ground-water resources of the Riviera Beach area, Palm Beach County, Florida
L. F. Land
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-47
The principal source of freshwater that has been developed in the Riviera Beach area is the so-called shallow aquifer, which is composed of sand, shells, sandstone, limestone, marl, and occasionally clay strata. Often a stratum contains mixtures of two or more of these materials and occasionally they are cemented. The...
Theoretical drawdown due to simulated pumpage from the Ohio River alluvial aquifer near Siloam, Kentucky
J. M. Kernodle
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-24
Theoretical drawdown due to simulated pumpage was determined for a site near Siloam, Kentucky by using a digital ground-water-flow model. The maximum sustained yield of water from the single well was shown to be less than 900 gallons per minute, and, for a simulated pumping rate of 450 gallons per...
Application of thermal imagery and aerial photography to hydrologic studies of karst terrane in Missouri
E.J. Harvey, J.H. Williams, T.R. Dinkel
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-16
An analysis of salinity in streams of the Green River Basin, Wyoming
Lewis L. DeLong
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-103
Ground-water resources of the Lexington, Kentucky, area
R.J. Faust
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-113
Ground water in the Lexington, Kentucky, area occurs in Ordovician Limestones in which cavity development is generally limited to about 100 feet below land surface. Some wells produce about 300 gallons per minute in some of the large stream valleys , about 50 gallons per minute in the rolling upland...
Ground-water appraisal of the Pineland Sands area, central Minnesota
J. O. Helgesen
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-102
The Pineland Sands area consists of 770 square miles of surficial glacial outwash, which is undergoing increasing ground-water development for irrigation. The aquifer material is commonly very fine sand to fine gravel, and grain size generally increases from south to north. Thickness, transmissivity, and theoretical well yields are highest in...
Evaluation of a potential well field near Church Rock as a water supply for , New Mexico
Glenn A. Hearne
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-98
No abstract available. ...
Computer simulation of two-dimensional unsteady flows in estuaries and embayments by the method of characteristics : Basic theory and the formulation of the numerical method
Chintu Lai
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-85
Two-dimensional unsteady flows of homogeneous density in estuaries and embayments can be described by hyperbolic, quasi-linear partial differential equations involving three dependent and three independent variables. A linear combination of these equations leads to a parametric equation of characteristic form, which consists of two parts: total differentiation along the bicharacteristics...
Public water supplies of selected municipalities in Florida, 1975
H.G. Healy
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-53
In 1975, the 169 municipalities and 5 county water systems listed in this report supplied 1.037 million gallons of water each day, on the average to 77 percent of the population of the State of Florida. The quantity of water supplied represented 90 percent of the State's public water supply...
Saline-water intrusion in the Floridan Aquifer in the Fernandina Beach area, Nassau County, Florida
Roy W. Fairchild, C.B. Bentley
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-32
The Floridan aquifer is the major source of water for municipal and industrial use in northeastern Nassau County, Florida. Pumpage from the aquifer at Fernandina Beach has created a cone of depression in the potentiometric surface which is at or below sea level in a 35-square mile area. Since 1880...
Low-flow characteristics at gaging stations on the Wisconsin, Fox, and Wolf rivers, Wisconsin
W.A. Gebert, B. K. Holmstrom
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-27
Low-flow characteristics are presented at eleven gaging stations on the main stem of the Wisconsin, Fox, and Wolf Rivers in this report. The low-flow characteristics presented are the annual minimum 7-day mean flow below which the flow will fall on the average of once in 2 years (Q7, 2) and...
Derivation of equations describing solute transport in ground water
Leonard F. Konikow, D.B. Grove
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-19
A general equation describing the three-dimensional transport and dispersion of a reacting solute in flowing ground water is derived from the principle of conservation of mass. The derivation presented is more detailed but less rigorous than derivations published previously. The general solute-transport equation relates concentration changes to hydrodynamic dispersion, convective...