Ground-water hydrology of the Chad Basin in Bornu and Dikwa Emirates, northeastern Nigeria, with special emphasis on the flow life of the artesian system
Raymond E. Miller, R.H. Johnston, J.A.I. Olowu, J.U. Uzoma
1968, Water Supply Paper 1757-I
Bornu and Dikwa Emirates lie in the Nigerian sector of the Chad Basin, a vast region of interior drainage encompassing about 600,000 square miles of north-central Africa. The report area includes about 25,000 square miles of the basin that lie in Nigeria. Most of the area is a featureless plain...
Water data for metropolitan areas: A summary of data from 222 areas in the United States
1968, Water Supply Paper 1871
Expansion of metropolitan areas poses persistent problems in management of the hydrologic environment. Adequate hydrologic data are prerequisite to proper planning and engineering design of urban environments. Some such data are available and are tabulated for each Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States. Information for each area consists...
Chemical quality of surface waters in Devils Lake basin North Dakota, 1952-60
Hugh T. Mitten, C.H. Scott, Philip G. Rosene
1968, Water Supply Paper 1859-B
Above-normal precipitation in 1954, 1956, and 1957 caused the water surface of Devils Lake to rise to an altitude of 1,419.3 feet, its highest in 40 years. Nearly all the water entering the lake flowed through Big Coulee, and about three-fourths of that inflow was at rates greater than 100...
A hydrogeologic study of the ground-water reservoirs contributing base runoff to Four Mile Creek, east-central Iowa
George R. Kunkle
1968, Water Supply Paper 1839-O
Summary of floods in the United States during 1962
J.O. Rostvedt
1968, Water Supply Paper 1820
This report describes the most outstanding floods in the United Spates during 1962. The most damaging floods during the year occurred in February in southern Idaho and northern Nevada and Utah, and during the latter part of February and the early part of March in Kentucky and in the Cumberland...
Use of water by riparian vegetation, Cottonwood Wash, Arizona
James E. Bowie, William Kam
1968, Water Supply Paper 1858
The change in water use as a result of the modification of riparian vegetation was measured in Cottonwood Wash, Mohave County, Ariz. A 4.1-mile length of the stream channel was selected and divided into a 2.6-mile upper reach and a 1.5-mile lower reach. Measurements of streamflow, ground-water levels, vegetation, and...
Ground-water resources of the Acu Valley, Rio Grande Norte, Brazil
Harry G. Rodis, Jonas Maria. de Castro Araujo
1968, Water Supply Paper 1663-C
The Acu Valley is the lower part of the Rio Piranhas valley in the northwestern part of the State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. It begins where the Rio Piranhas leaves the crystalline Precambrian rocks to flow across the outcrop of sedimentary rocks. The area considered in this report...
Ground-water geology of Kordofan Province, Sudan
Harry G. Rodis, Abdulla Hassan, Lutfi Wahadan
1968, Water Supply Paper 1757-J
For much of Kordofan Province, surface-water supplies collected and stored in hafirs, fulas, and tebeldi trees are almost completely appropriated for present needs, and water from wells must serve as the base for future economic and cultural development. This report describes the results of a reconnaissance hydrogeologic investigation of the...
Ground-water resources of the Sevier River basin between Yuba Dam and Leamington Canyon, Utah
Louis Jay Bjorklund, Gerald B. Robinson Jr.
1968, Water Supply Paper 1848
The area investigated is a segment of the Sevier River basin, Utah, comprising about 900 square miles and including a 19-mile reach of the Sevier River between Yuba Dam and Leamington Canyon. The larger valleys in the area are southern Juab, Round, and Scipio Valleys. The smaller valleys are Mills,...
Water resources of King County, Washington
Donald Richardson, J.W. Bingham, R. J. Madison, R. Williams
1968, Water Supply Paper 1852
Although the total supply of water in King County is large, water problems are inevitable because of the large and rapidly expanding population. The county contains a third of the 3 million people in Washington, most of the population being concentrated in the Seattle metropolitan area. King County includes parts...
Electric-analog studies of Brine coning beneath freshwater wells in the Punjab region, West Pakistan
Gordon D. Bennett, M.J. Mundorff, S. Amjad Hussain
1968, Water Supply Paper 1608-J
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Flow pattern and related chemical quality of ground water in the "500-foot" sand in the Memphis area, Tennessee
Edwin Allen Bell, Dale J. Nyman
1968, Water Supply Paper 1853
The '500-foot' sand is the major source of water supply for the Memphis area. Thick layers of impervious clay above and below the sand confine the water in the aquifer under artesian pressure and also protect the aquifer from contamination. Recharge from rainfall enters the '500-foot' sand in the outcrop,...
Analysis of water quality of the Mahoning River in Ohio
Gene A. Bednar, Charles R. Collier, William Perry Cross
1968, Water Supply Paper 1859-C
The Mahoning River drains the densely populated and industrialized Warren-Youngstown area in northeastern Ohio. Significant chemical constituents and physical properties generally regarded as important in establishing water-quality standards for the Mahoning River are evaluated on the basis of hydrologic conditions and water use. Most of the interpretations and the appraisal...
Ground-water hydrology of the Sevier Desert, Utah
R. W. Mower, R.D. Feltis
1968, Water Supply Paper 1854
The Sevier Desert, as used in this report, comprises the main part of the Sevier Desert, the Tintic Valley, and the southeastern part of the Old River Bed. It covers an area of about 3,000 square miles and occupies a large basin in the eastern part of the Basin and...
Water-mineral relations of Quaternary deposits in the Lower Platte River drainage area in eastern Nebraska
Ivan Barnes, Ray Bentall
1968, Water Supply Paper 1859-D
The partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2), the degree of saturation with respect to calcite (IAP/K calcite), the pH, and the concentrations of selected constituents in solution were determined for water from 52 wells and the Platte River. Compared to the PCO2 in the atmosphere, the average PCO2 in the...
Fluvial sediment in the drainage area of K-79 reservoir, Kiowa Creek basin, Colorado
J. C. Mundorff
1968, Water Supply Paper 1798-D
No abstract available....
Water for the growing needs of Harrison County, Mississippi
Roy Newcome Jr., Donald E. Shattles, Carney P. Humphreys Jr.
1968, Water Supply Paper 1856
The potential for water-supply development in Harrison County is almost unlimited. During an average year, more than 350 billion gallons of water flow into the Gulf of Mexico from the streams of the county. With storage reservoirs these streams have a potential sustained supply of hundreds of millions of. gallons...
Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome Quadrangle, Alaska
1968, Open-File Report 68-51
No abstract available. ...
Calculation of cavity radius using an average potential energy function
G.E. Brethauer
1968, Open-File Report 68-21
No abstract available....
Application of dislocation theory to analysis of vertical displacements at the ground surface caused by the Duryea event
G.E. Brethauer
1968, Open-File Report 68-20
Dislocation theory is used in an analysis that explains measured vertical displacements across a fault near the Duryea underground nuclear explosion. The difference between the measured vertical displacement and the theoretically predicted vertical displacement caused by cavity formation is termed the residual vertical displacement. The residual vertical displacement is, therefore,...
Dispersive multispectral scanning; a feasibility study
J. Braithwaite
1968, Open-File Report 68-19
Optical-mechanical line scanners can be used from aircraft and satellites to obtain strip maps of the surface over which the vehicle passes. The feasibility of combining wavelength dispersing techniques with such scanning techniques has been studied. This combination makes it possible to obtain spectral and spatial information simultaneously. Appropriate data...
Metallic mineral resources map of the Ophir quadrangle, Alaska
Edward Huntington Cobb
1968, Open-File Report 68-52
Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska
1968, Open-File Report 68-53
No abstract available. ...
Timber Mountain Tuff, southern Nevada, and its relation to cauldron subsidence
F.M. Byers Jr., P. P. Orkild, W. J. Carr, W. D. Quinlivan
1968, Open-File Report 68-30
Alaskan gravity base station network
David F. Barnes
1968, Open-File Report 68-4
