Quality-of-water data, Palm Beach County, Florida, 1970-1975
Wesley L. Miller, Arthur C. Lietz
1976, Open-File Report 76-784
One of the most pressing problems of Palm Beach County, Florida, is the present and potential contamination of the surface and ground-water resources. The canals which dissect the urban and agricultural areas are convenient receptacles for storm-water runoff, sewage effluent, and agricultural wastes. Contaminants in the canals may enter the...
Ground-water levels in observation wells in Oklahoma, 1971-74
Robert L. Goemaat
1976, Open-File Report 76-664
The objectives of the observation-well program are (1) to provide long-term records of water-level fluctuations in representative wells, (2) to facilitate the prediction of water-level trends and indicate the future availability of ground-water supplies, and (3) to provide information for use in basic research. These selected records serve as a...
Sediment characteristics of streams in the eastern Piedmont and western Coastal Plain regions of North Carolina
Clyde E. Simmons
1976, Water Supply Paper 1798-O
The sediment-transport characteristics of streams were determined in a 15,500-square-kilometre (6,000-square-mile) area of the Coastal Plain and Piedmont regions of eastern North Carolina during 1969-73. The study covered all or parts of 21 counties and included data for 28 sediment-sampling stations in parts of 4 major river basins?the Roanoke, Pamlico,...
Progress report on geology of the Edwards aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas, and preliminary interpretation of borehole geophysical and laboratory data on carbonate rocks
Robert W. Maclay, Ted A. Small
1976, Open-File Report 76-627
This report describes the geology and porosity of the rocks of the Edwards aquifer, with particular attention to the eastern half of the San Antonio area. The data were obtained from geologic and geophysical studies of nine cored test holes, from laboratory analyses of samples of the aquifer materials, and...
Spectrographic and chemical analyses of geochemical samples from the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska
Richard M. O’Leary, Steven K. McDanal, Gordon W. Day, Christine McDougal, Keith Robinson
1976, Open-File Report 76-824
As an integral part of the Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program, a geochemical reconnaissance survey was conducted in the McCarthy quadrangle during the summer of 1974. The investigation consisted of geochemical sampling, multielement chemical and spectrographic analyses, compilation of new and existing geochemical data, statistical evaluation of the total data...
Finite difference model for aquifer simulation in two dimensions with results of numerical experiments
Peter C. Trescott, George Francis Pinder, S. P. Larson
1976, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 07-C1
The model will simulate ground-water flow in an artesian aquifer, a water-table aquifer, or a combined artesian and water-table aquifer. The aquifer may be heterogeneous and anisotropic and have irregular boundaries. The source term in the flow equation may include well discharge, constant recharge, leakage from confining beds in which...
Soil moisture in the Black River Basin, New York, during 1972-73: International Field Year for the Great Lakes (IFYGL)
William N. Embree
1976, Open-File Report 76-543
Soil-moisture data were collected and analyzed to provide an estimate of the quantity of water in temporary storage in the Black River Basin, New York, during the International Field Year for the Great Lakes (IFYGL) (April 1, 1972 to March 31, 1973). A portable neutron logger was used to record...
Monitoring irrigated land acreage using Landsat imagery: an application example
William C. Draeger
1976, Open-File Report 76-630
A demonstration of the utility of Landsat imagery for quickly and cheaply estimating irrigated land area was conducted in the Klamath River basin of Oregon. Landsat color composite images, at 1:250,000 scale and acquired on two dates during the 1975 growing season, were interpreted. Irrigated lands were delineated manually, and...
Hydrologic and geologic data for water management in Huntsville, Madison County, 1974-75
Wiley F. Harris, William M. Warren
1976, Open-File Report 76-818
Hydrology and sedimentation of Bixler Run Basin, central Pennsylvania
Lloyd A. Reed
1976, Water Supply Paper 1798-N
Rainfall, streamflow, stream chemical, and sediment discharge data were collected from Bixler Run near Loysville, Pa., during the period from February 1954 to September 1969 as part of a project to evaluate sediment discharge from an agricultural area in which soil-conservation techniques were being adopted at a moderate rate. The...
Station location map and audio-magnetotelluric data log for Ruby Valley Known Geothermal Resource Area, Nevada
Carl L. Long, Michael L. Batzle
1976, Open-File Report 76-700-B
Preliminary study of wastewater movement in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, July 1975 through September 1976
Edward Riley Cox
1976, Open-File Report 78-227
This report describes a study by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the National Park Service to determine the effects on nearby lakes and streams of wastewater effluents that percolate from sewage lagoons at four sites in Yellowstone National Park. A network of observation wells has been established near...
Station location map and audio-magnetotelluric data log for Rye Patch Known Geothermal Resource Area, Nevada
Carl L. Long, Michael L. Batzle
1976, Open-File Report 76-700-C
Interpretation and description of seismic data from Lower Cook Inlet, Alaska
Michael A. Fisher
1976, Open-File Report 76-561
A coarse grid of 480 kilometres of seismic lines was collected in lower Cook Inlet, Alaska between Homer on the north and Cape Douglas on the south. Paper and mylar copies of the seismic sections and shot point maps are available to the public from NOAA in Boulder, Colorado.The seismic...
Twenty-four channel seismic reflection data acquired on the R/V S. P. Lee in the Bering Sea, September 1975, and structure contours of acoustic basement beneath the southern Bering Sea Shelf
Michael S. Marlow, A. K. Cooper, D.W. Scholl, T. R. Alpha
1976, Open-File Report 76-652
No abstract available....
Geologic appraisal of the petroleum potential of offshore southern California; the borderland compared to onshore coastal basins
James Carlton Taylor
1976, Circular 730
Offshore southern California is part of a much larger Pacific continental margin, and the two areas have a similar geologic history at least as far back as middle Tertiary time. Assessment of the petroleum potential of the offshore Southern California borderland is accomplished by examining the adjacent highly explored productive...
PACER; data entry, retrieval, and update for the National Coal Resources Data System (Phase I)
Simon M. Cargill, A.C. Olson, A.L. Medlin, M.D. Carter
1976, Professional Paper 978
Injection of acidic industrial waste into the Floridan Aquifer near Belle Glade, Florida: upward migration and geochemical interactions, 1973-75
Donald J. McKenzie
1976, Open-File Report 76-626
In 1966, a furfural plant at Belle Glade, Florida, began injecting hot, acidic liquid waste into the saline, water-filled lower part of the Floridan aquifer, between the depths of 1 ,495-1,939 feet. The beds above and below the injection zone were subjected to attack by the acid waste. By 1969,...
Q-mode factor analysis of geochemical and petrologic data matrices with constant row-sums
A.T. Miesch
1976, Professional Paper 574-G
Geological and geochemical reconnaissance in the central Santander Massif, Departments of Santander and Norte de Santander, Colombia
James George Evans
1976, Open-File Report 77-281
The central Santander Massif is composed of Precambrian Bucaramanga Gneiss and pre-Devonian Silgara Formation intruded by Mesozoic quartz diorite, quartz monzonite, and alaskite and Cretaceous or younger porphyry. Triassic (Bocas Formation), Jurassic (Jordan and Giron Formations).and Cretaceous (Tambor, Rosa Blanca, Paja, Tablazo, Simiti, La Luna, and Umir Formations) sedimentary rocks...
Sediment characteristics of five streams near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before highway construction
Lloyd A. Reed
1976, Water Supply Paper 1798-M
Rainfall, streamflow, sediment, and turbidity data are being collected as part of a study to evaluate the effects of highway construction on sediment discharge. The study is also designed to determine the effectiveness of different erosion-control measures in reducing sediment discharges. The study area, near Enola, Pa., consists of five...
Selected hydrologic data, Clarion River and Redbank Creek basins, northwestern Pennsylvania: an interim report
Harry E. Koester, Joseph B. Lescinsky
1976, Open-File Report 76-445
This report presents basic hydrologic data collected for part of a water-resources study and supplements an interpretive report which will be published separately. The report summarizes discharge data from 140 stream collection sites, contains tables of about 800 chemical analyses from 164 stream sites and 107 analyses from 91 abandoned...
Hydrologic analysis and river-quality data programs
Walter G. Hines, David A. Rickert, Stuart W. McKenzie
1976, Circular 715-D
For nearly half a century the Willamette River in Oregon experienced severe dissolved-oxygen problems related to large loads of organically rich waste waters from industries and municipalities. Since the mid-1950 's dissolved oxygen quality has gradually improved owing to low-flow augmentation, the achievement of basinwide secondary treatment, and the use...
A guide to State programs for the reclamation of surface mined areas
Edgar A. Imhoff, Thomas O. Friz, James R. LaFevers
1976, Circular 731
During 1975 inquiries of agencies in each State and review of State statutes and related administrative codes revealed that 38 States have established programs requiring the reclamation of surface mined lands. Results of analyses of those programs and ancillary data are presented in : (1) A table (matrix) which has...
Effects of drain wells on the ground-water quality of the western Snake Plain Aquifer, Idaho
Joe A. Moreland, Harold R. Seitz, Albert Mario LaSala
1976, Open-File Report 76-673
Approximately 3,100 drain wells injects irrigation waste water, urban runoff, septic-tank effluent, and industrial waste water into the Snake Plain aquifer in Minidoka, Gooding, Jerome, and Lincoln Counties, Idaho. About 29,000 acre-feet of irrigation waste water, 100 acre-feet of urban runoff, 400 acre-feet of septic-tank effluent, and 1,000 acre-feet of...
