Base of moderately saline ground water in San Juan County, Utah
Lewis Howells
1990, Technical Publication 94
The base of moderately saline ground water (water that contains from 3,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids) was delineated for San Juan County, Utah, based on water-quality data and on formation-water resistivities determined from geophysical well logs using the resistivity-porosity, spontaneous-potential, and resistivity-ratio methods. These data and...
Ground-water resources and simulated effects of withdrawals in the East Shore area of Great Salt Lake, Utah
David W. Clark, Cynthia L. Appel, Patrick M. Lambert, Robert L. Puryear
1990, Technical Publication 93
The ground-water resources in the East Shore area of Great Salt Lake, Utah, were studied to better define the ground-water system; to document changes in ground-water levels, quality, and storage; and to simulate effects of an increase in ground-water withdrawals. The East Shore aquifer system is in basin-fill deposits, and...
Ground-water conditions in the Grand County area, Utah, with emphasis on the Mill Creek-Spanish Valley area
Paul J. Blanchard
1990, Technical Publication 100
The Grand County area includes all of Grand County, the Mill Creek and Pack Creek drainages in San Juan County, and the area between the Colorado and Green Rivers in San Juan County. The Grand County area includes about 3,980 square miles, and the Mill Creek-Spanish Valley area includes about...
Ground-water hydrology of Pahvant Valley and adjacent areas, Utah
1990, Technical Publication 98
The primary ground-water reservoir in Pahvant Valley and adjacent areas is in the unconsolidated basin fill and interbedded basalt. Recharge in 1959 was estimated to be about 70,000 acre-feet per year and was mostly by seepage from streams, canals, and unconsumed irrigation water and by infiltration of precipitation. Discharge in...
Field trip guide-American Water Resources Association
Matthew C. Larsen
T.D. Veve, editor(s)
1990, Book
Monitoring the hydrologic system for potential effects of geothermal and ground-water development in the Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California, U.S.A.
C. D. Farrar, D. L. Lyster
1990, Geothermal Resources Council Transactions (14) 669-674
In the early 1980's, renewed interest in the geothermal potential of the Long Valley caldera, California, highlighted the need to balance the benefits of energy development with the established recreational activities of the area. The Long Valley Hydrologic Advisory Committee, formed in 1987, instituted...
Estimating groundwater exchange with lakes: 1. The stable isotope mass balance method
David P. Krabbenhoft, Carl J. Bowser, Mary P. Anderson, John W. Valley
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 2445-2453
Groundwater inflow and outflow contributions to the hydrologic budget of lakes can be determined using a stable isotope (18O/16O) mass balance method. The stable isotope method provides a way of integrating the spatial and temporal complexities of the flow field around a lake, thereby offering an appealing alternative to the...
Estimating groundwater exchange with lakes: 2. Calibration of a three-dimensional, solute transport model to a stable isotope plume
David P. Krabbenhoft, Mary P. Anderson, Carl J. Bowser
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 2455-2462
A three-dimensional groundwater flow and solute transport model was calibrated to a plume of water described by measurements of δ18O and used to calculate groundwater inflow and outflow rates at a lake in northern Wisconsin. The flow model was calibrated to observed hydraulic gradients and estimated recharge rates. Calibration of...
Organochlorine pesticide residues in bed sediments of the San Joaquin River, California
Robert J. Gilliom, Daphne G. Clifton
1990, Journal of the American Water Resources Association (26) 11-24
Bed sediments of the San Joaquin River and its tributaries were sampled during October 7–11, 1985, and analyzed for organochiorine pesticide residues in order to determine their areal distribution and to evaluate and prioritize needs for further study. Residues of DDD, DDE, DDT, and dieldrin are widespread in the fine-grained...
Selenium speciation methods and application to soil saturation extracts from San Joaquin Valley, California
John L. Fio, Roger Fujii
1990, Soil Science Society of America Journal (54) 363-369
Methods to determine soluble concentrations of selenite, selenate, and organic Se were evaluated on saturation extracts of soil samples collected from three sites on the Panoche Creek alluvial fan in the western San Joaquin Valley, California. The methods were used in combination with hydride-generation atomic-absorption spectrometry for detection of Se,...
An efficient deterministic-probabilistic approach to modeling regional groundwater flow: 2. Application to Owens Valley, California
Gary L. Guymon, Chung-Cheng Yen
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 1569-1581
The applicability of a deterministic-probabilistic model for predicting water tables in southern Owens Valley, California, is evaluated. The model is based on a two-layer deterministic model that is cascaded with a two-point probability model. To reduce the potentially large number of uncertain variables in the deterministic model, lumping of uncertain...
Hydrology of the Arbuckle Mountains area, south-central Oklahoma
Roy W. Fairchild, Ronald L. Hanson, Robert E. Davis
1990, Circular 91
Rocks that make up the Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer crop out over ~500 mi2 in the Arbuckle Mountains province in south-central Oklahoma. The aquifer consists of limestone, dolomite, and sandstone of the Arbuckle and Simpson Groups of Late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician age and is about 5,000-9,000 ft thick. The rocks were...
An efficient deterministic-probabilistic approach to modeling regional groundwater flow: 1. Theory
Chung-Cheng Yen, Gary L. Guymon
1990, Water Resources Research (26) 1559-1567
An efficient probabilistic model is developed and cascaded with a deterministic model for predicting water table elevations in regional aquifers. The objective is to quantify model uncertainty where precise estimates of water table elevations may be required. The probabilistic model is based on the two-point probability method which only requires...
National Coastal Geology Program: a plan of geologic research on coastal erosion, coastal wetlands, polluted sediments, and coastal hard-mineral resources
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Report
More than 50 percent of the U.S. population currently live within 50 miles of an ocean, Great Lake, or major estuary. According to forecasts, the concentration of people along our coastlines will continue to increase into the 21st century. In addition to residential and commercial buildings and facilities worth tens...
Nonspecific immuno-prophylaxis in carp (Cyprinus carpio)
A.K. Siwicki, D. P. Anderson
1990, Conference Paper, Proceedings; Symposium on Production Enhancement in Still-Water Pond Culture, Prague, Czechoslovakia
No abstract available at this time....
Forum on orthophotography: Summary Report
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Book
A Forum on Orthophotography was held on May 15, 1990, at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. The forum was sponsored jointly by the U.S. Soil Conservation Service, the U.S. Geological Survey, the National Governors' Association, and the National Association of Counties. The...
Macroinvertebrate communities associated with three aquatic macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum, Myriophyllum spicatum, and Vallisneria americana) in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin
E.W. Chilton II
1990, Journal of Freshwater Ecology (5) 455-466
The standing crop and species diversity of macroinvertebrates associated with wild celery (Vallisneria americana), Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum), and coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum) were examined in Lake Onalaska, Pool 7 of the upper Mississippi River, during summer 1983. Although Ceratophyllum generally supported the largest invertebrate standing crop (number per g plant...
Benzocaine as a fish anesthetic: efficacy and safety for spawning-phase salmon
P.A. Gilderhus
1990, Progressive Fish-Culturist (52) 189-191
The anesthetic benzocaine was tested for efficacy and safety for spawning-phase chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) at federal fish hatcheries. Tests were conducted in the existing hatchery water supplies (soft water; temperatures, 10–13 °C. Crystalline benzocaine was dissolved in ethanol (1 g/30 mL), and aliquots of...
Catalog of US GeoData
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Report
The development of geographic information systems (GIS) is a rapidly growing industry that supports natural resources, studies, land management, environmental analysis, and urban and transporation planning. The increasing use of computers for storing and analyzing earth science information has greatly expanded the demand for digital cartographic and geographic data. Digital...
Partitioning and bioavailability of mercury in an experimentally acidified Wisconsin lake
James G. Wiener, William F. Fitzgerald, Carl J. Watras, Ronald G. Rada
1990, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (9) 909-918
We studied the partitioning of mercury (Hg) among air, water, sediments and fish at Little Rock Lake, a clear water seepage lake in north-central Wisconsin. The lake was divided with a sea curtain into two basins, one acidified with sulfuric acid to pH 5.6 for two years and the other...
Effects of fish predation on invertebrates associated with a macrophyte in Lake Onalaska, Wisconsin
E.W. Chilton II, F.J. Margraf
1990, Journal of Freshwater Ecology (5) 289-296
We tested the effects of fish predation on the macroinvertebrates associated with Vallisneria americana (Michx) by using enclosure/exclosure experiments in lake Onalaska, Wisconsin. Four treatments were used: open water (cageless) controls, cage-effect controls (partially enclosed cages), exclosures (all fish removed), and enclosures (cages stocked with a known density of bluegills...
Land use and land cover digital data from 1:250,000- and 1:100,000- scale maps
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Data Users Guide 4
The Earth Science Information Centers (ESIC) distribute digital cartographic/geographic data files produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) as part of the National Mapping Program. The data files are grouped into four basic types. The first type, called a Digital Line Graph (DLG), is line map information in digital form....
Water resources data, New Mexico, water year 1989
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1990, Water Data Report NM-89
This annual hydrologic data report of New Mexico is one of a series of annual reports that document hydrologic data gathered frOm the u.s. Geological Survey's surface- and ground-water data-collection networks in each State, Puerto Rico, and the Trust Territories. These records of streamflow, ground-water levels, and water quality provide the...
Breeding biology of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw) in acidic temporary ponds at Cape Cod, USA
J. W. Portnoy
1990, Biological Conservation (53) 61-75
The relationship between water chemistry and breeding success of spotted salamanders Ambystoma maculatum (Shaw) was examined in temporary woodland ponds on outer Cape Cod, Massachusetts in 1985 and 1986. Most pond waters were dilute (3median coductivity = 57 umhos cm−1 (1 umhos cm−1 = 0·1 mSm−1)), acidic (median pH = 4·82), and highly colored...
Foraging flights of the white-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus): Radiotracking and doubly-labelled water
C.J. Pennycuick, F.C. Shaffner, M.R. Fuller, H.H. Obrecht III, L. Sternberg
1990, Colonial Waterbirds (13) 96-102
Radiotracking transmitters were fitted to White-tailed Tropicbirds nesting at Culebra, Puerto Rico. Foragers were located by light aircraft out to 89 km SSW of the nesting colony, over a deep-water foraging area south of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico and west of St Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. Two birds were...
