Mineralogy and instrumental neutron activation analysis of seven National Bureau of Standards and three Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas clay reference samples
John W. Hosterman, F.J. Flanagan, Anne Bragg, M. W. Doughten, R.H. Filby, Catherine Grimm, J. S. Mee, P.J. Potts, N.W. Rogers
1987, Circular 957
The concentrations of 3 oxides and 29 elements in 7 National Bureau of Standards (NBS) and 3 Instituto de Pesquisas Techno16gicas (IPT) reference clay samples were etermined by instrumental neutron activation analysis. The analytical work was designed to test the homogeneity of constituents in three new NBS reference clays, NBS-97b,...
Simulation of flood hydrographs for Georgia streams
Ernest J. Inman
1987, Water Supply Paper 2317
Flood hydrographs are needed for the design of many highway drainage structures and embankments. A method for simulating these flood hydrographs at ungaged sites in Georgia is presented in this report. The O'Donnell method was used to compute unit hydrographs and lagtimes for 355 floods at 80 gaging stations. An...
Relations between quality of urban runoff and quality of Lake Ellyn at Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Robert G. Striegl, Ellen A. Cowan
1987, Water Supply Paper 2301
Comparison of flow and chemical data collected at the principal inlet and at the outlets of Lake Ellynman urban lake in the Chicago metropolitan are--shows that detention storage alters the discharge and the quality of urban runoff. Peak water discharge and variation in the concentration of constituents transported by the...
Transport of dissolved and suspended material by the Potomac River at Chain Bridge, at Washington, D.C., water years 1978-81
Stephen F. Blanchard, D. C. Hahl
1987, Water Supply Paper 2234-B
The measuring station Potomac River at Chain Bridge at Washington, D.C., is located at the upstream end of the tidal Potomac River. Water-quality data were collected intensively at this site from December 1977 through September 1981 as part of a study of the tidal Potomac River and Estuary. Analysis of...
Application of the precipitation-runoff model in the Warrior coal field, Alabama
Robert E. Kidd, C. R. Bossong
1987, Water Supply Paper 2306
A deterministic precipitation-runoff model, the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System, was applied in two small basins located in the Warrior coal field, Alabama. Each basin has distinct geologic, hydrologic, and land-use characteristics. Bear Creek basin (15.03 square miles) is undisturbed, is underlain almost entirely by consolidated coal-bearing rocks of Pennsylvanian age (Pottsville...
Laboratory data on coarse-sediment transport for bedload-sampler calibrations
David Wellington Hubbell, H.H. Stevens Jr., J. V. Skinner, J.P. Beverage
1987, Water Supply Paper 2299
A unique facility capable of recirculating and continuously measuring the transport rates of sediment particles ranging in size from about 1 to 75 millimeters in diameter was designed and used in an extensive program involving the calibration of bedload samplers. The facility consisted of a 9-footwide by 6-foot-deep by 272-foot-long...
Granitic-rocks modal data from the southern Sierra Nevada, California
D. C. Ross
1987, Open-File Report 87-373
Data from laboratory dissolution experiments using a welded tuff from Snowshoe Mountain near Creede, Colorado
M.M. Reddy, M.G. Werner
1987, Open-File Report 87-550
Comparison of irrigation pumpage with change in ground-water storage in the High Plains aquifer in Chase, Dundy, and Perkins counties, Nebraska, 1975-83
F.J. Heimes, C.F. Ferrigno, E. D. Gutentag, R.R. Lucky, D.M. Stephens, J.B. Weeks
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4044
The relation between pumpage and change in storage was evaluated for most of a three-county area in southwestern Nebraska from 1975 through 1983. Initial comparison of the 1975-83 pumpage with change in storage in the study area indicated that the 1 ,042,300 acre-ft of change in storage was only about...
Climatological data for the rice-growing areas along the North Coast of Puerto Rico
Angel Roman-Mas, Bruce Green
1987, Open-File Report 86-53
Rainfall, temperature, wind velocity and pan evaporation data were collected from May 1983 to September 1985, in the rice growing areas of Vega Baja, Manati, and Arecibo in northern Puerto Rico. Daily values and statistics including mean, standard deviation, extremes, and totals for each month of record were compiled. Descriptions...
Data report for the 1984 Maine along-strike seismic-refraction profiles
J.M. Murphy, J.H. Luetgert
1987, Open-File Report 87-133
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley Caldera, Mono County, California, 1985
C. D. Farrar, M.L. Sorey, S.A. Rojstaczer, C. J. Janik, T. L. Winnett, M. D. Clark
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4090
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring, to detect changes caused by magmatic and tectonic processes in the Long Valley caldera has continued through 1985. The monitoring included the collection of the following types of data: chemical and isotopic composition of water and gases from springs, wells, and steam vents; temperatures in wells,...
A draft proposed standard for digital cartographic data
Harold Moellering, editor(s)
1987, Open-File Report 87-308
A conceptual framework for ground-water solute-transport studies with emphasis on physical mechanisms of solute movement
Thomas E. Reilly, O. Lehn Franke, Herbert T. Buxton, Gordon D. Bennett
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4191
Analysis of solute transport in groundwater systems involves a complex, multi-discipline study that requires intensive and costly investigation. Groundwater contamination, particularly from point sources, has been growing in importance in recent years. This report examines the physical mechanisms of solute transport, advection and dispersion, and explains how they relate to...
Climatic data for Williams Lake, Hubbard County, Minnesota, 1985
A.M. Sturrock, D.O. Rosenberry, T. C. Winter
1987, Open-File Report 86-607
Research on the hydrology of Williams Lake, north-central Minnesota includes study of evaporation. Presented here are those climatic data needed for energy-budget and mass-transfer studies, including: water-surface temperature, dry-bulb and wet-bulb air temperatures, wind speed, precipitation, and solar and atmospheric radiation. Data are collected at raft and land stations....
Surface-water hydrology of the Little Black River basin, Missouri and Arkansas, before water-land improvement practices
W.R. Berkas, Suzanne R. Femmer, T. O. Mesko, B. W. Thompson
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4076
The U. S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, in accordance with Public Law 566, is implementing various types of water-land improvement practices in the Little Black River basin in southeastern Missouri. These practices are designed, in part, to decrease the suspended sediment (SS) transport in the basin, decrease flood...
International strategic minerals inventory summary report; cobalt
R.N. Crockett, G.R. Chapman, M.D. Forrest
1987, Circular 930-F
Major world resources of cobalt are described in this summary report of information in the International Strategic Minerals Inventory {ISMI}. ISMI is a cooperative data-collection effort of earth-science and mineral-resource agencies in Australia, Canada, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of South Africa, and the United States of America....
US Geological Survey urban-stormwater data base of constituent storm loads; characteristics of rainfall, runoff, and antecedent conditions; and basin characteristics
M. H. Mustard, N. E. Driver, John Chyr, B.G. Hansen
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4036
A data base which consists of constituent storm loads, characteristics of rainfall, runoff, and antecedent conditions, and basin characteristics measured at most of the stations in the U.S. Geological Survey urban-stormwater data-collection network in metropolitan areas throughout the United States has been compiled. Tables of these constituents storm loads and...
Ground-water levels in Alaska, water year 1984
P.J. Still, J.O. Brunett
1987, Open-File Report 87-230
Data on groundwater levels in Alaska for the 1984 water yr have been compiled in the second of a planned series of reports. The report summarizes data from a network of observation wells, throughout the State, at which water levels are either recorded continuously or measured intermittently. For wells at...
Water use in Wisconsin, 1985
B.R. Ellefson, K.S. Rury, J. T. Krohelski
1987, Open-File Report 87-699
An inventory of water use in Wisconsin is essential for appraising current and future water-resource needs of the State. The U.S. Geological Survey has collected and published national water-use data every 5 years since 1950. Sources of data in these reports have not always been well documented, and the methods...
Processing and analysis of commercial satellite image data of the nuclear accident near Chernobyl, U.S.S.R.
Franklin G. Sadowski, Steven J. Covington
1987, Bulletin 1785
Advanced digital processing techniques were applied to Landsat-5 Thematic Mapper (TM) data and SPOT highresolution visible (HRV) panchromatic data to maximize the utility of images of a nuclear powerplant emergency at Chernobyl in the Soviet Ukraine. The images demonstrate the unique interpretive capabilities provided by the numerous spectral bands of...
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, July 1987
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
1987, Open-File Report 87-300-G
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, May 1987
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
1987, Open-File Report 87-300-E
Hydrology and water quality of East Lake Tohopekaliga, Osceola County, Florida
Donna M. Schiffer
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4081
East Lake Tohopekaliga, one of the major lakes in central Florida, is located in the upper Kissimmee River basin in north-east Osceola County. It is one of numerous lakes in the upper basin used for flood control, in addition to recreation and some irrigation of surrounding pasture. This report is...
Preliminary geomagnetic data, College Observatory, Fairbanks, Alaska, June 1987
John B. Townshend, R. V. O’Connell, L.Y. Torrence
1987, Open-File Report 87-300-F
