Distribution of injected wastewater in the saline-lava aquifer, Wailuku-Kahului wastewater treatment facility, Kahului, Maui, Hawaii
W.L. Burnham, Steven P. Larson, Hilton H. Cooper
1977, Open-File Report 77-469
Field studies and digital modeling of a lava rock aquifer system near Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, were employed to define and describe the distribution of planned injected wastewater from a secondary treatment facility. The lava rock aquifer contains water that is almost as saline as seawater. The saline water is below...
Characteristics of thin-skinned style of deformation in the southern Appalachians, and potential hydrocarbon traps
Leonard Dorrean Harris, Robert C. Milici
1977, Professional Paper 1018
This paper is an attempt to focus attention on the more important characteristics of the thin-skinned style of deformation in the southern Appalachians by presenting a model to illustrate the regional anatomy and to identify likely structures that need additional investigation as possible prospects for hydrocarbon accumulation. Five distinct changes...
Proceedings of the first annual William Pecora Memorial Symposium, October 1975, Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Priscilla W. Woll, William August Fischer, editor(s)
1977, Professional Paper 1015
The U.S. Geological Survey agreed to publish the proceeding of the first annual William T. Pecora Memorial Symposium in its Professional Paper series because the subject material is related to the mission of the Survey. The usual standards for this series have been modified to accommodate the variety of styles...
Digital computer simulation model of the Englishtown aquifer in the northern coastal plain of New Jersey
W. D. Nichols
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-73
Continued decline of water levels in the Englishtown aquifer, in New Jersey, has caused considerable concern regarding the ability of the aquifer to meet future yield demands. A detailed study of the capability of the aquifer to yield water entailed the use of a digital computer simulation model to evaluate...
Ground-water hydrology of the Lower Milliken-Sarco-Tulucay Creeks area, Napa County, California
Michael J. Johnson
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-82
The Sonoma Volcanics are the principal water-bearing materials in the lower Milliken-Sarco-Tulucay Creeks area, which occupies about 15 square miles (39 square kilometers) in and east of Napa, Calif. The distribution and composition of these volcanic units are highly variable and complex. Within the Sonoma Volcanics the tuffs constitute the...
Digital-model evaluation of the ground-water resources in Ocotillo-Coyote Wells Basin, Imperial County, California
James A. Skrivan
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-30
A flow model using finite-element techniques has been constructed for an alluvial aquifer in the Ocotillo-Coyote Wells Basin, Imperial County, Calif. Natural recharge is about 2,600 acre-feet per year, and estimated ground water in storage is 640 ,000 acre-feet. Pumpage totaled 880 acre-feet in 1975. The computed decline from steady-state...
A digital model of ground-water flow in Spanish Valley, Grand and San Juan counties, Utah
James H. Eychaner
1977, Open-File Report 77-760
No abstract available....
Application of digital profile modeling techniques to ground-water solute transport at Barstow, California
Stanley G. Robson
1977, Open-File Report 77-276
Ground-water supplies in the Murfreesboro area, Tennessee
Donald Robert Rima, Mary S. Moran, E. Jean Woods
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-86
Ground water occurs in the Murfreesboro area in solution openings in the otherwise dense paleozoic limestones that underlie most of central Tennessee. Test drilling based on conceptual models of ground-water occurrence in carbonate-rock aquifers indicate that multimillion-gallon-per-day supplies could be developed from strategically located production wells in the Shiloh and...
Late Pleistocene and Recent geology of the Housatonic River region in northwestern Connecticut
George C. Kelley
1977, Open-File Report 77-545
An investigation of Late Pleistocene and Recent surficial deposits in western Connecticut and adjacent areas was undertaken, to determine characteristics of Wisconsin glaciation and the history and chronology of deglaciation in part of the finely dissected New England Uplands. The study area lies along the midreach of the Housatonic River...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area, 1975
C.E. Ranzau
1977, Open-File Report 77-274
Detailed rainfall-runoff computations, including hydrographs and mass curves, are presented for nine storm periods during the 1975 water year in drainage basins in the Houston, Texas metropolitan area. The information will be useful in determining the extent to which progressive urbanization will affect the yield and mode of occurrence of...
Quality of rivers of the United States, 1975 water year; based on the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
John C. Briggs, John F. Ficke
1977, Open-File Report 78-200
The National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN) was established by the U.S. Geological Survey to provide a nationally uniform basis for continuously assessing the quality of U.S. rivers. Stations generally are at the downstream end of hydrologic accounting units in order to measure the quantity and quality of water flowing...
Late Cenozoic stratigraphic units, northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California
Denis E. Marchand, Alan Allwardt
1977, Open-File Report 77-748
Recent mapping of late Tertiary and Quaternary deposits in the northeastern San Joaquin Valley has shown the need for clarification, revision, and subdivision of some of the previously mapped stratigraphic units. We propose a uniform nomenclature for deposits younger than the Mehrten Formation in this region. The Laguna Formation (late...
Flow routing in the Susquehanna River Basin: Part I - Effects of Raystown Lake on the low-flow frequency characteristics of the Juniata and lower Susquehanna Rivers, Pennsylvania
Jeffrey T. Armbruster
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-12
A flow-routing model was used to simulate 17 water years of daily streamflows at five sites. The sites were Mapleton Depot and Newport, Pennsylvania, on the Juniata River, and Harrisburg and Marietta, Pennsylvania, and Conowingo, Maryland, on the Susquehanna River. The purpose for the simulations was to determine the effects...
Application of linear statistical models of earthquake magnitude versus fault length in estimating maximum expectable earthquakes
R. K. Mark
1977, Open-File Report 77-549
No abstract available....
Ground water in the Lajas Valley, Puerto Rico
Henry R. Anderson
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 76-68
Lajas Valley is plagued with salinity and waterlogging problems of the soils. Use of brackish (500 milligrams per liter) ground water for irrigation compounded the problem until an irrigation-drainage system was constructed in 1955. Lajas Valley is an alluvium-filled trough between volcanic and limestone highlands. The alluvium, mostly clay and...
Training and assistance at the EROS Data Center. A slide-cassette training module
William J. Redmond
1977, Open-File Report 77-122
No abstract available....
Hydrologic evaluation of the Arikaree Formation near Lusk, Niobrara and Goshen counties, Wyoming
M. A. Crist
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-111
The Arikaree Formation of early Miocene age is an aquifer of large areal extent and is composed of very fine grained, poorly bedded, loosely to moderately cemented sandstone and interbedded silt, limestone, and many concretionary layers. The area studied is about 800 square miles in southern Niobrara and northern Goshen...
A theoretical analysis of fluid flow and energy transport in hydrothermal systems
Charles R. Faust, James W. Mercer
1977, Open-File Report 77-60
A mathematical derivation for fluid flow and energy transport in hydrothermal systems is presented. Specifically, the mathematical model describes the three-dimensional flow of both single- and two-phase, single-component water and the transport of heat in porous media. The derivation begins with the point balance equations for mass, momentum, and energy....
Mineralogical, chemical, and physical properties of the regolith overlying crystalline rocks, Fairfax County, Virginia: a preliminary report
Gerhard W. Leo, M.J. Pavich, Stephen F. Obermeier
1977, Open-File Report 77-644
Undisturbed cores of saprolite developed on crystalline rocks of the Piedmont Province in Fairfax County, Virginia have been obtained using a combination of Shelby tubes, Denison sampler, and modified diamond core-drilling. The principal purpose of the core study is to correlate variations in chemistry, mineralogy and texture with engineering properties...
Preliminary data on some Precambrian deposits of zinc-copper-lead sulfides and zinc spinel (granite) in Colorado
Douglas M. Sheridan, William H. Raymond
1977, Open-File Report 77-607
Precambrian sulfide deposits in the Southern Rocky Mountains in Colorado are being studied and re-evaluated according to geologic concepts which were developed in recent years in other parts of the world during successful research regarding economic massive sulfide deposits. These studies, initiated in 1974 in Colorado by the U.S. Geological...
Analog-model analysis of regional three-dimensional flow in the ground-water reservoir of Long Island, New York
Rufus T. Getzen
1977, Professional Paper 982
A three-dimensional analog model of the ground-water system beneath Long Island, N.Y., provides a practical means for studying anisotropic flow on a regional scale. Constructional and operational techniques influence the simulation almost as much as model design does. Usefulness and accuracy of the model depend on (1) inherent and practical...
Water resources of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon
Joseph B. Gonthier, D.D. Harris
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-3
Water resources of the Umatilla Indian Reservation are poorly distributed both geographically and in time. On the reservation, only the Umatilla River and one of its principal tributaries, Meacham Creek, have significant perennial flows. Runoff of the principal streams is largely from snowmelt in the Blue Mountains and is highly...
Study results of 9 sites used by off-road vehicles that illustrate land modifications
Howard Gordon Wilshire
1977, Open-File Report 77-601
Interpretation of an aeromagnetic anomaly in McMullen and Live Oak counties, Texas
Joseph S. Duval, R.A. Martin
1977, Open-File Report 77-768
An anomaly about 300 gammas in amplitude has been observed in data from an aerial magnetic survey flown over parts of Duval, Live Oak, McMullen, and Webb Counties, Tex. A two-and-one-half-dimensional model was used to iterpret the data, and the anomaly is apparently caused by a large mafic body centered...
