Low-level radioactive waste burial at the Palos Forest Preserve, Illinois : part I, preliminary finite-difference models of steady state ground-water flow
Julio C. Olimpio
1980, Open-File Report 80-775
An ecological characterization of the Pacific northwest coastal region. Vol. 1., conceptual model
Charles M. Proctor
1980, FWS/OBS 79/11
Additional and revised thermochemical data and computer code for WATEQ2: a computerized chemical model for trace and major element speciation and mineral equilibria of natural waters
James W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom, Everett A. Jenne
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-116
A computerized chemical model, WATEQ2, has resulted from extensive additions to and revision of the WATEQ model of Truesdell and Jones (Truesdell, A. H., and Jones, B. F., 1974, WATEQ, a computer program for calculating chemical equilibria of natural waters: J. Res. U. S. Geol, Survey, v. 2, p. 233-274)....
Simulated water-level declines near Marienthal, west-central Kansas
Lloyd E. Dunlap
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-39
Intensive study in an area of 12-square miles near Marienthal, Kansas, has shown a decrease of 30 to 50 percent in saturated thickness of the Ogallala Formation since the development of irrigation. Projections from a digital model indicated the additional water-level declines that might occur from 1978 to 1989 if...
Calibration of a distributed routing rainfall-runoff model at four urban sites near Miami, Florida
W. Harry Doyle Jr., Jeffrey E. Miller
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-1
Urban stormwater data from four Miami, Fla. catchments were collected and compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey and were used for testing the applicability of deterministic modeling for characterizing stormwater flows from small land-use areas. A description of model calibration and verification is presented for: (1) A 40.8 acre single-family...
A comparison of analog and digital modeling techniques for simulating three-dimensional ground-water flow on Long Island, New York
Thomas E. Reilly, Arlen W. Harbaugh
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-14
A three-dimensional electric-analog model of the Long Island, NY , groundwater system constructed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the early 1970 's was used as the basis for developing a digital, three-dimensional finite-difference model. The digital model was needed to provide faster modifications and more rapid solutions to water-management...
Three-dimensional digital-computer model of the Ferron sandstone aquifer near Emery, Utah
Daniel J. Morrissey, Gregory C. Lines, Scott D. Bartholoma
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-62
A three-dimensional finite-difference computer model of the Ferron sand-stone aquifer was used to simulate ground-water flow in the Emery coal field in east-central Utah. The model also was used to predict the effects of pro-posed surface mining and the resulting mine dewatering on potentiometric sur-faces of the aquifer. The model...
Modern chrysomonad cysts from Fallen Leaf Lake, Eldorado County, California
David P. Adam, Albert D. Mahood
1980, Open-File Report 80-798
Finite-difference model to simulate the areal flow of saltwater and fresh water separated by an interface
James W. Mercer, S. P. Larson, Charles R. Faust
1980, Open-File Report 80-407
Model documentation is presented for a two-dimensional (areal) model capable of simulating ground-water flow of salt water and fresh water separated by an interface. The partial differential equations are integrated over the thicknesses of fresh water and salt water resulting in two equations describing the flow characteristics in the areal...
Preliminary observations of noise spectra at the SRO and ASRO stations
Jon Peterson
1980, Open-File Report 80-992
The seismic noise spectra presented in this report were derived from SRO and ASRO station data for the purpose of evaluating the performance of the seismic instruments. They are also useful for constructing a spectral estimate of earth noise at a quiet site based on noise samples obtained from a...
Hydrology of Jumper Creek Canal basin, Sumter County, Florida
Warren Anderson
1980, Open-File Report 80-208
In 1960, floods caused extensive damage to agribusiness in Jumper Creek Canal basin. In 1962, a plan was developed for a proposed project to reduce the threat of floods. In 1976, a study of the hydrology of the basin was proposed to help evaluate this plan and to serve as...
The Boulder Creek Batholith, Front Range, Colorado
Dolores J. Gable
1980, Professional Paper 1101
The Boulder Creek batholith is the best known of several large Precambrian batholiths of similar rock composition that crop out across central Colorado. The rocks in the batholith belong to the calc-alkaline series and range in composition from granodiorite through quartz diorite (tonalite) to gneissic aplite. Two rock types dominate':...
Appraisal of ground-water resources in the San Antonio Creek Valley, Santa Barbara County, California
C. B. Hutchinson
1980, Open-File Report 80-750
A nearly threefold increase in demand for water in the 154-square-mile San Antonio Creek valley in California during the period 1958-77 has increased the potential for overdraft on the ground-water basin. The hydrologic budget for this period showed a perennial yield of about 9,800 acre-feet per year and an annual...
Scanning electron micrographs of modern chrysomonad cysts from Haypress Meadows, El Dorado County, California
David P. Adam
1980, Open-File Report 80-1235
Digital model simulation of the hydrologic flow system, with emphasis on ground water in Spokane Valley, Washington and Idaho
E.L. Bolke, J.J. Washington
1980, Open-File Report 80-1300
A digital-computer model of the hydrologic flow system, with emphasis on ground water, was developed for Spokane Valley, Washington and Idaho. The current rate of ground-water pumping in Spokane Valley has little effect on water levels in the Spokane aquifer, although short-term water-level declines occur locally. The model was used...
Texas Instruments Model 59 hand-calculator program to calculate theoretical Wenner and Schlumberger vertical electric soundings over a structure of up to 10 horizontal layers
Donald N. Haines, David L. Campbell
1980, Open-File Report 80-190
Planning and design of studies for river-quality assessment in the Truckee and Carson River basins, California and Nevada
Jon O. Nowlin, W. M. Brown, L. H. Smith, R.J. Hoffman
1980, Open-File Report 80-435
The objectives of the Geological Survey 's river-quality assessment in the Truckee and Carson River basins in California and Nevada are to identify the significant resource management problems; to develop techniques to assess the problems; and to effectively communicate results to responsible managers. Six major elements of the assessment to...
Sediment transport in the Snake and Clearwater rivers in the vicinity of Lewiston, Idaho
Michael L. Jones, Harold R. Seitz
1980, Open-File Report 80-690
During the period 1972-79, the bedload in the Clearwater River ranged from about 50,000 tons (45,000 metric tons) per year in 1972 and 1974 to about 1,000 tons (910 metric tons) per year in the drought years of 1973 and 1977. Suspended-sediment load at the same location ranged from about...
Ground-water appraisal of sand plains in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright counties, central Minnesota
Gerald F. Lindholm
1980, Open-File Report 80-1285
Surficial-sand aquifers in 960 square miles of central Minnesota have been studied to determine the occurrence, availability, and suitability of the surficial aquifer as a source of water. The aquifer is being increasingly developed for irrigation. During the drought of 1976, nearly 24,000 acre-feet of ground water was withdrawn for irrigation,...
Seismic refraction data for shots recorded in the Coso Range, California, October 1976
A. W. Walter, Craig S. Weaver
1980, Open-File Report 80-186
The Coso Range lies in the southwest corner of the Basin and Range province, east of the Sierra Nevada and north of the Garlock Fault. The range, circular in form, is covered by a thin sequence of late-cenozoic volcanics which overlie highly fractured crystalline basement, similar in composition to the...
Scanning electron micrographs of modern chrysomonad cysts from Castor Pond, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
David P. Adam, Peter J. Mehringer
1980, Open-File Report 80-1231
Sporomorphs from the Jackson Group (upper Eocene) and adjacent strata of Mississippi and western Alabama
Norman O. Frederiksen
1980, Professional Paper 1084
This palynological study is based on 71 outcrop and core samples of the Jackson Group and adjacent strata from the type area of the group in western Mississippi and also from eastern Mississippi and western Alabama. The Jackson Group consists entirely of marine strata in the region of study. It...
Leachate plumes in ground water from Babylon and Islip landfills, Long Island, New York
Grant E. Kimmel, Olin C. Braids
1980, Professional Paper 1085
Landfills operated by the towns of Babylon and Islip in southwest and central Suffolk County, N.Y., contain urban refuse incinerated garbage, and scavenger (cesspool) waste; some industrial refuse is deposited at the Babylon site. The Islip landfill was started in 1933, the Babylon landfill in 1947. The landfills are in...
Modern and Holocene chrysomonad cysts from Lost Trail Pass Bog, Montana
David P. Adam, Peter J. Mehringer
1980, Open-File Report 80-797
A topology of mineralization and its meaning for prospecting
George Joseph Neuerburg
1980, Open-File Report 80-298
Epigenetic mineral deposits are universal members of an orderly spatial-temporal arrangement of igneous rocks, endomorphic rocks, and hydrothermally altered rocks. The association and sequence of these rocks is invariant whereas the metric relations and configurations of the properties of these rocks are unlimited in variety. This characterization satisfies the doctrines...