Water-quality data for the Ohio River from Willow Island Dam to Belleville Dam, West Virginia and Ohio, June-October 1991
D.B. Chambers, K. F. Miller, M.C. Waldron, C.W. Falkenburg
1994, Open-File Report 93-372
This report contains water-quality data for the Ohio River from river mile 160.6 (1.1 mi upstream from Willow Island Dam) to river mile 203.6 (0.3 mi upstream from Belleville Dam) during the summer of 1991. Water quality was determined by a combi- nation of synoptic field measurements and laboratory analyses....
40Ar/39Ar thermochronologic data for minerals from plutons of the Variscan Sila Batholith, southern Italy (Calabria)
J. F. Sutter, Antonia Messina, Benedetto De Vivo, Roberto Compagnoni
1994, Open-File Report 94-190
Water-quality data from continuously monitored sites in the Pamlico and Neuse River estuaries, North Carolina, 1991-92
R. G. Garrett
1994, Open-File Report 94-27
Water-quality measurements were made at six sites in or near North Carolina?s Pamlico River estuary and at five sites in or near the Neuse River estuary. Measurements taken at 15-minute intervals included near-surface and near-bottom specific conductance; near-surface water temperature; and near-surface, mid-depth, and near-bottom dissolved-oxygen concentrations. In the Pamlico River...
Onshore-offshore wide-angle seismic recordings of the San Francisco Bay Area Seismic Imaging eXperiment (BASIX); data from the Northern California Seismic Network
T.M. Brocher, D.C. Pope
1994, Open-File Report 94-156
Data for four drill holes, Mount Margaret copper-molybdenum-gold deposit, Skamania County, Washington
M.A. Chaffee
1994, Open-File Report 94-2-A
Distribution and variability of nitrogen and phosphorus in the alluvial, High Plains, Rush Springs, and Blaine aquifers in western Oklahoma
C.J. Becker
1994, Open-File Report 94-41
Aquifers are the primary source of water for drinking and agricultural purposes in western Oklahoma. Health concerns about consuming nitrogen and an increased reliance on ground water for drinking necessitate a better understanding of the cause and effect of contamination from nutrients. The purpose of this project was to compile...
The U.S. Geological Survey coal quality data base (COALQUAL)
R. B. Finkelman, C.L. Oman, L. J. Bragg, S.J. Tewalt
1994, Open-File Report 94-177
Methods of analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Quality Laboratory-Determination of antimony by automated-hydride atomic absorption spectrophotometry
G.E. Brown, B.J. McLain
1994, Open-File Report 93-664
The analysis of natural-water samples for antimony by automated-hydride atomic absorption spectrophotometry is described. Samples are prepared for analysis by addition of potassium and hydrochloric acid followed by an autoclave digestion. After the digestion, potassium iodide and sodium borohydride are added automatically. Antimony hydride (stibine) gas is generated, then swept...
Effect of the restricted use of phosphate detergent and upgraded wastewater-treatment facilities of water quality in the Chattahoochee River near Atlanta, Georgia
D. J. Wangsness, E. A. Frick, G. R. Buell, J.C. DeVivo
1994, Open-File Report 94-99
Data compiled for the six largest waste-water treatment facilities in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, indicate about an 83-percent reduction in the phosphorus load discharged to the Chattahoochee River from 1988 to 1993 because of restricted use of phosphate detergents and upgraded treatment of municipal wastewater. This reduction resulted in about a...
Directory of Member Organizations of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Cassandra D. Blackwell
1994, Open-File Report 94-535
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a national confederation of water-oriented organizations working together to improve access to water data. It consists of member organizations from all sectors of the water-data community. This Directory provides the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all NAWDEX member organizations and their designated...
Selected data on characteristics of glacial-deposit and carbonate-rock aquifers, Midwestern Basin and Arches region
R. L. Joseph, S. M. Eberts
1994, Open-File Report 93-627
In 1988, the Geological Survey (USGS) began study to examine the hydrogeologic framework, ground-water-flow systems, water chemistry, and withdrawal response of aquifers in glacial deposits and carbonate rock in the Midwestern Basins and Arches Region in western Ohio and eastern Indiana. As part of this study, data from pumped-well tests...
Directory of assistance centers of the National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX)
Cassandra D. Blackwell
1994, Open-File Report 95-144
The National Water Data Exchange (NAWDEX) is a nationwide program managed by the U.S. Geological Survey to assist users of water data or water- related data in identifying, locating, and acquiring needed data. NAWDEX is a confederation of water- oriented organizations working together to make their data more readily accessible...
Black Hills hydrology study
D.G. Driscoll
1994, Open-File Report 94-344
The Black Hills area of western South Dakota is a valuable resource center. The area has attracted numerous residents and industries because of the availability of mineral, timber, agricultural, recreational, and water resources. The water resources of the area have been stressed locally by increasing population, periodic drought, and...
A guide to the design of surface-water-quality studies
R. C. Averett, L.J. Schroder
1994, Open-File Report 93-105
Data interpretation is difficult under the simplest of conditions and requires hydrologic studies that are carefully designed. Good research presupposes carefully collected data, as well as data that were obtained at times when the information content was highest. To accomplish the careful design of hydrologic studies and to...
Compilation of atrazine and selected herbicide data from previous surface-water-quality investigations within the Big Blue River basin, Nebraska, 1983-92
J.D. Frankforter
1994, Open-File Report 94-100
Atrazine has been detected in the surface water of the Big Blue River Basin during every month of the year. Recent data (1983-92) documenting the occurrence of atrazine and related herbicides in the surface water of the basin are compiled in this report. In samples analyzed during these studies, atrazine...
Lithologic descriptions of two cores and ground-water-quality data from five counties in the northeastern part of the coastal plain of South Carolina, 1988 and 1991
W. F. Falls
1994, Open-File Report 94-58
This report presents data collected as part of a hydrologic investigation of Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, and Marlboro Counties in the northeastern part of the Coastal Plain of South Carolina. These data include lithologic descriptions of sediment recovered from two continuously cored boreholes and water-quality results for samples collected from...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory summary 88. Part 1 seismic data, January to December 1988
J. S. Nakata, A. H. Tomori, J. P. Tokuuke, R. Y. Koyanagi, W. R. Tanigawa, P. G. Okubo, T. L. Wright
1994, Open-File Report 94-169
No abstract available....
A comparison of change detection methods using multispectral scanner data
Paul M. Seevers, Brenda K. Jones, Zhicheng Qiu, Yutong Liu
1994, Open-File Report 93-355
Change detection methods were investigated as a cooperative activity between the U.S. Geological Survey and the National Bureau of Surveying and Mapping, People's Republic of China. Subtraction of band 2, band 3, normalized difference vegetation index, and tasseled cap bands 1 and 2 data from two multispectral scanner images were...
Digital data for an aeromagnetic survey of central Georgia
D. L. Daniels, E.L. Castellanos
1994, Open-File Report 94-207
Reconnaissance of ground-water quality at selected wells in the Beaver Creek watershed, Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Haywood Counties, west Tennessee, July and August 1992
A. M. Fielder, A. J. Roman-Mas, M. W. Bennett
1994, Open-File Report 93-366
A reconnaissance of water-quality conditions of the water-table aquifer in the Beaver Creek watershed and other rural areas of Shelby, Fayette, Tipton, and Haywood Counties, Tennessee, was conducted during July and August 1992. The reconnaissance was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture...
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory summary 91. Part 1, Seismic data, January to December 1991
J. S. Nakata, A. H. Tomori, J. P. Tokuuke, W. R. Tanigawa, P. G. Okubo, C. C. Heliker, M. T. Mangan, T. N. Mattox, J. P. Kauahikaua
1994, Open-File Report 94-432
No abstract available....
Operation of hydrologic data-collection stations by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1993
Alberto Condes de la Torre
1994, Open-File Report 94-84
A hydrogeochemical survey for mineralized breccia pipes: Data from springs, wells, and streams on the Hualapai Indian Reservation, northwestern Arizona
K. J. Wenrich, S. Q. Boundy, R. M. Aumente-Modreski, S. P. Schwarz, H. B. Sutphin, J.M. Been
1994, Open-File Report 93-619
No abstract available....
Pesticide-sampling equipment, sample-collection and processing procedures, and water-quality data at Chicod Creek, North Carolina, 1992
T.K. Manning, K.E. Smith, C.D. Wood, J. B. Williams
1994, Open-File Report 94-50
Water-quality samples were collected from Chicod Creek in the Coastal Plain Province of North Carolina during the summer of 1992 as part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Chicod Creek is in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage area, one of four study units designated to test equipment and procedures...
Water-resources activities in New England, fiscal year 1993
M.F. Orlando
1994, Open-File Report 94-339
The U.S. Geological Survey has 82 active or complete-except-report projects of hydrologic investigations ongoing within the New England Program Area. Of this total, 23 are data projects. Data projects contain statistics and data on the conditions of surface water, ground water, water quality and (or) water use for the study...
