Water quality of the Upper West Branch Susquehanna River and tributary streams between Curwensville and Renovo, Pennsylvania, May and July 1984
R.A. Hainly, J. L. Barker
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4011
The soils and rocks of the Upper West Branch Susquehanna River basin, from its headwaters downstream for 150 miles, are laden with pyritic materials that have the potential to produce acid mine drainage. The effects of mine drainage are severe, particularly in the reach between Curwensville and Renovo where present...
Geohydrology and simulation of flow and water levels in the aquifer system in the Mud Lake area of the eastern Snake River plain, eastern Idaho
Joseph M. Spinazola
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4227
Water users rely on surface water and ground water to irrigate crops and to maintain lakes on wildlife refuges in the 2,200-square-mile Mud Lake study area. Ground-water development between the late 1970's and 1989 increased withdrawals from about 240,000 acre-feet in 1983 to about 370,000 acre-feet in 1990. Concurrent with...
Geohydrology of parts of Muhlenberg, Ohio, Butler, McLean, Todd, and Logan counties, Kentucky
J.J. Starn, R.W. Forbes, C.J. Taylor, M.F. Rose
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4077
Water-level, water-use, water-quality, and aquifer-yield data were collected during a well inventory in 1991 in part of western Kentucky. The data were overlaid on digital maps, using a Geographic Information System, to interpret the geohydrologic conditions within the study area. The discontinuous lithology of rocks in the area results in...
Estimating design-flood discharges for streams in Iowa using drainage-basin and channel-geometry characteristics
D. A. Eash
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4062
Drainage-basin and channel-geometry multiple-regression equations are presented for estimating design-flood discharges having recurrence intervals of 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, and 100 years at stream sites on rural, unregulated streams in Iowa. Design-flood discharge estimates determined by Pearson Type-Ill analyses using data collected through the 1990 water year are reported...
Hydrology, water quality, trophic status, and aquatic plants of Fowler Lake, Wisconsin
P.E. Hughes
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4076
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Fowler Lake Management District, completed a hydrologic and water-quality study of Fowler Lake in southeastern Wisconsin during calendar year 1984. Data on temperature, pH, specific conductance, and concentrations of dissolved oxygen, total phosphorus, dissolved orthophosphate phosphorus, and various nitrogen species were collected...
Modifications to the modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water flow model used for the Columbia Plateau Regional Aquifer-System Analysis, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho
A. J. Hansen Jr.
1993, Open-File Report 91-532
The report documents modifications to the U.S. Geological Survey's modular three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water flow model used for a regional aquifer-system analysis of the Columbia Plateau. The report, which describes the concepts and mathematical basis for the modifications, is intended for potential users who are familiar with the original modular model....
Geology and ground-water resources in the Zebulon area, Georgia
M. J. Chapman, B.J. Milby, M.F. Peck
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4161
The current (1991) surface-water source of drinking-water supply for the city of Zebulon, Pike County, Georgia, no longer provides an adequate water supply and periodically does not meet water-quality standards. The hydrogeology of crystalline rocks in the Zebulon area was evaluated to assess the potential of ground-water resources as a...
Water resources data, Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1992: Volume 1. Hawaii
Iwao Matsuoka, V.E. Kunishige, M.G. Lum
1993, Water Data Report HI-92-1
Water resources data for the 1992 water year for Hawaii and other Pacific Areas consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams and springs; and water levels and water quality in wells. This report, volume 1, contains discharge records for 87 gaging stations; water quality for 16...
Hydrology and water quality of the Forest County Potawatomi Indian Reservation, Wisconsin
R.A. Lidwin, J. T. Krohelski
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4136
This report presents data from a study by the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin, to document the hydrology and water quality of the Potawatomi Indian Reservation in southern Forest County. Data were collected from October 1981 through September 1987. Glacial sand and...
Flow recommendations for maintaining riparian vegetation along the Upper Missouri River, Montana
Michael L. Scott, Gregor T. Auble, Jonathan M. Friedman, Lee S. Ischinger, Erik D. Eggleston, Mark A. Wondzell, Patrick B. Shafroth, Jennifer T. Back, Mette S. Jordan
1993, Report
Montana Power Company, Inc. (MPC) submitted a final license application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on November 30, 1992. In this application, MPC proposed a plan for the protection of fish, wildlife, habitat, and water-quality resources. One concern was maintenance of woody riparian vegetation along the...
Latest Pleistocene and Holocene geomagnetic paleointensity on Hawaii
Edward A. Mankinen, Duane E. Champion
1993, Science (262) 412-416
Geomagnetic paleointensity determinations from radiocarbon-dated lava flows on the island of Hawaii provide an estimate of broad trends in paleointensity for Holocene time and offer a glimpse of intensity variations near the end of the last glacial period. When the data from Hawaii are compared with others worldwide, the intensity...
Factors affecting the geochemistry of a thick, subbituminous coal bed in the Powder River Basin: Volcanic, detrital, and peat-forming processes
Sharon S. Crowley, Leslie F. Ruppert, Harvey E. Belkin, R.W. Stanton, T.A. Moore
1993, Organic Geochemistry (20) 843-853
The inorganic geochemistry and mineralogy of three cores from the Anderson-Dietz 1 coal bed, a 15.2-m-thick subbituminous coal bed in the Tongue River Member (Paleocene) of the Fort Union Formation, were examined (1) to determine if the cores could be correlated by geochemical composition alone over a total distance of...
Landslides triggered by the storm of November 3-5, 1985, Wills Mountain Anticline, West Virginia and Virginia
Robert B. Jacobson, John P. McGeehin, Elizabeth D. Cron, Carolyn E. Carr, John M. Harper, Alan D. Howard
1993, Bulletin 1981-C
More than 3,000 landslides were triggered by heavy rainfall in the central Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia and Virginia, November 3-5, 1985. These landslides provided the opportunity to study spatial controls on landslides, magnitude and frequency of triggering events, and the effects of landslides on flood-induced geomorphic change. The study...
Rainfall-threshold conditions for landslides in a humid-tropical system
Matthew C. Larsen, Andrew Simon
1993, Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography (75A) 13-23
Landslides are triggered by factors such as heavy rainfall, seismic activity, and construction on hillslopes. The leading cause of landslides in Puerto Rico is intense and/or prolonged rainfall. A rainfall threshold for rainfall-triggered landsliding is delimited by 256 storms that occurred between 1959 and 1991 in the central mountains of...
Water resources data, New York, water year 1992. Volume 2. Long Island
A. G. Spinello, J. H. Nakao, R. Busciolano, R. B. Winowitch, V. K. Eagen
1993, Water Data Report NY-92-2
Water resources data for the 1992 water year for New York consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 18 gaging...
A rainfall intensity-duration threshold for landslides in a humid- tropical environment, Puerto Rico
M. C. Larsen, A. Simon
1993, Geografiska Annaler, Series A (75 A) 13-23
Landslides are triggered by factors such as heavy rainfall, seismic activity, and construction on hillslopes. The leading cause of landslides in Puerto Rico is intense and/or prolonged rainfall. A rainfall threshold for rainfall-triggered landsliding is delimited by 256 storms that occurred between 1959 and 1991 in the central mountains of...
Geohydrologic systems in Kansas — Geohydrology of the lower aquifer unit in the western interior plains aquifer system
J. F. Kenny, Cristi V. Hansen, R. J. Wolf
1993, Hydrologic Atlas 722-H
The purpose of the investigation is to provide a description of the principal geohydrologic systems in Upper Cambrian through Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas. This investigation was made as part of the Central Midwest Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (CMRASA). The CMRASA is one of several major investigations by the U.S. Geological...
Sand boils without earthquakes
T.L. Holzer, M. M. Clark
1993, Geology (21) 873-876
Sedimentary deformation caused by liquefaction has become a popular means for inferring prehistoric strong earthquakes. In this report, we describe a new mechanism for generating such features in the absence of earthquakes. Sand boils and a 180-m-long sand dike formed in Fremont Valley,...
Petrology and isotopic composition of Quaternary basanites dredged from the Bering Sea continental margin near Navarin Basin
A. S. Davis, S.H. Gunn, L.-B. Gray, M. S. Marlow, F. L. Wong
1993, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences (30) 975-984
Quaternary basanites were recovered from shallow water depth from the continental margin of the Bering Sea (58°39.0′N, 177°12.9′W) near Navarin Basin. The basanites are highly vesicular flow rock and hyaloclastites similar to other alkalic volcanic rocks erupted repeatedly during the late Cenozoic on islands in the Bering Sea region and...
Preliminary hydrogeologic assessment of boreholes UE-25c #1, UE-25c #2, and UE-25c #3, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
A. L. Geldon
1993, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4016
Boreholes UE-25c #1, UE-25c #2, and UE-25c #3 (collectively called the C-holes) each were drilled to a depth of 914.4 meters at Yucca Mountain, on the Nevada Test Site, in 1983 and 1984 for the purpose of conducting aquifer and tracer tests. Each of the boreholes penetrated the Paintbrush Tuff...
Water Resources Data, New Jersey, Water Year 1991, Volume 1. Surface-Water Data
W.R. Bauersfeld, E.W. Moshinsky, E.A. Pustay
1992, Water Data Report NJ-91-1
Water resources data for the 1991 water year for New Jersey consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This volume of the report contains discharge records for 95...
Analytical solutions for one-, two-, and three-dimensional solute transport in ground-water systems with uniform flow
Eliezer J. Wexler
1992, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-B7
Analytical solutions to the advective-dispersive solute-transport equation are useful in predicting the fate of solutes in ground water. Analytical solutions compiled from available literature or derived by the author are presented for a variety of boundary condition types and solute-source configurations in one-, two-, and three-dimensional systems having uniform ground-water...
Techniques for estimating peak-flow frequency relations for North Dakota streams
Tara Williams-Sether
1992, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4020
This report presents techniques for estimating peak-flow frequency relations for North Dakota streams. In addition, a generalized skew coefficient analysis was completed for North Dakota to test the validity of using the generalized skew coefficient map in Bulletin 17B of the Hydrology Subcommittee of the Interagency Advisory Committee on Water...
Low-flow characteristics at selected sites on streams in eastern Puerto Rico
Luis Santiago-Rivera
1992, Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4063
This report presents analyses of low-flow data for 12 continuous-record streamflow gaging stations and 81 partial-record sites in eastern Puerto Rico. Information on low-flow magnitude and frequency is essential in hydrologic studies and for optimum development of surface water resources. The report includes analyses of low-flow data and...
Geohydrologic systems in Kansas: Physical framework of the upper aquifer unit in the western interior plains aquifer system
Cristi V. Hansen, Joseph M. Spinazola, E. J. Underwood, R. J. Wolf
1992, Hydrologic Atlas 722-D
The purpose of this Hydrologic Investigations Atlas is to provide a description of the principal geohydrologic systems in Upper Cambrian through Lower Cretaceous rocks in Kansas. This investigation was made as part of the Central Midwest Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (CMRASA). The CMRASA is one of several major investigations by the...
