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Water Budget and Salinity of Walker Lake, western Nevada
James M. Thomas
1995, Fact Sheet 115-95
Walker Lake is one of the rare perennial, terminal lakes in the Great Basin of the western United States. The lake is the terminus for all surface- water and ground-water flow in the Walker River Basin Hydrographic Region that is not consumed by evaporation, sublimation, or transpiration. The concentration of...
Echo-sounding method aids earthquake hazard studies
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1995, Fact Sheet 132-95
Dramatic examples of catastrophic damage from an earthquake occurred in 1989, when the M 7.1 Lorna Prieta rocked the San Francisco Bay area, and in 1994, when the M 6.6 Northridge earthquake jolted southern California. The surprising amount and distribution of damage to private property and infrastructure emphasizes the importance...
The Los Angeles Dam Story
Robert A. Page, David M. Boore, Robert F. Yerkes
1995, Fact Sheet 096-95
In 1971, the near-failure of a dam during a magnitude 6.7 earthquake forced 80,000 people to evacuate their residences. In 1994, the replacement dam survived an almost identical earthquake with little damage. Underlying this progress in designing critical structures are years of research on the powerful shaking during large earthquakes....
Floods in southeast Texas, October 1994
Fred Liscum, Jeffery W. East
1995, Fact Sheet 073-94
Rainfall in southeast Texas, which ranged in amounts from about 8 to more than 28 inches during October 15–19, 1994, caused severe flooding in parts of a 38-county area. A combination of meteorological events—residual atmospheric moisture over southern Texas associated with Hurricane Rosa from the Pacific Coast of Mexico and...
Water-quality assessment of the Trinity River Basin, Texas—Data collection, 1992–95
Larry F. Land
1995, Fact Sheet 090-95
Assessment activities in the Trinity River Basin study unit of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program began in October 1991 with 2 years dedicated to planning, analyzing existing information, and designing data-collection networks. In October 1993, a 3-year intensive data-collection program was initiated. Guidelines were provided by the NAWQA Program...
Site characterization techniques
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1995, Fact Sheet 121-95
Geoelectrical methods have been used since the 1920's to search for metallic ore deposits. During the last decade, traditional mining geophysical techniques have been adapted for environmental site characterization. Geoelectrical geophysics is now a well developed engineering specialty, with different methods to focus both on a range of targets and...
Sea level change: lessons from the geologic record
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1995, Fact Sheet 117-95
Rising sea level is potentially one of the most serious impacts of climatic change. Even a small sea level rise would have serious economic consequences because it would cause extensive damage to the world's coastal regions. Sea level can rise in the future because the ocean surface can expand due...
Water use in West Virginia, 1990
Judith C. Wheeler
1995, Fact Sheet 033-94
This fact sheet describes the results of a water-use study for West Virginia that was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES), as part of the National Water-Use Information Program of the USGS. The national program is based on...
Surficial aquifer system of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: Significance to resource management
Herbert T. Buxton
1995, Fact Sheet 086-95
An understanding of the interaction between human activities and the Nation's surficial (water-table) aquifers is critical to maintaining the quantity and quality of our water resources and the health of the ecosystems they support. In recognition of the importance of these aquifers, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is developing a...