Geologic setting and water quality of selected basins in the active coal-mining areas of Ohio, 1987-88
A. C. Sedam
1991, Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4109
This report presents hydrologic data from selected drainage basins in the active coal-mining areas of Ohio from July 1987 through October 1988. The study area is mostly within the unglaciated part of eastern Ohio along the western edge of the Appalachian Plateaus physiographic province. The 1987-88 work is the second...
Methods for estimating monthly mean concentrations of selected water-quality constituents for stream sites in the Red River of the North basin, North Dakota and Minnesota
R. S. Guenthner
1991, Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4086
Future development of the Garrison Diversion Unit may divert water from the Missouri River into the Sheyenne River and the Red River of the North for municipal and industrial use. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's Canals, Rivers, and Reservoirs Salinity Accounting Procedures model can be used to predict the effect...
Water resources data, Hawaii and other Pacific areas, water year 1990: Volume 1. Hawaii
I. Matsuoka, G.A. Tateishi, M.G.H.S. Lum, V.E. Kunishige
1991, Water Data Report HI-90-1
Water resources data for the 1990 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 dis-charge records for 83 gaging stations; water quality for 15...
Water resources data, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, water year 1990
R.S. Socolow, R. A. Gadoury, L.R. Ramsbey, R.W. Bell
1991, Water Data Report MA-RI-90-1
Water-resources data for the 1990 water year for Massachusetts and Rhode Island consists of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 89 gaging stations, month end contents for 20 lakes and reservoirs, water quality for nine...
Resetting of RbSr ages of volcanic rocks by low-grade burial metamorphism
Y. Asmeroma, P. Damon, M. Shafiqullah, W.R. Dickinson, R. E. Zartman
1991, Chemical Geology: Isotope Geoscience Section (87) 167-173
We report a nine-point RbSr whole-rock isochron age of 70±3 Ma (MSWD 3.97) for Mid-Jurassic volcanic rocks. The same rocks have also been dated by the UThPb method on zircon, giving a crystallization age of 166 ± 11 Ma, over twice as old as the RbSr age. The data demonstrate...
Importance of hydrologic data for interpreting wetland maps and assessing wetland loss and mitigation
V. Carter
1991, Biological Report - US Fish & Wildlife Service (90) 79-85
The US Geological Survey collects and disseminates, in written and digital formats, groundwater and surface-water information related to the tidal and nontidal wetlands of the United States. This information includes quantity, quality, and availability of groundwater and surface water; groundwater and surface-water interactions (recharge-discharge); groundwater flow; and the basic surface-water...
Heart Mountain, Wyoming, detachment lineations: Are they in microbreccia or in volcanic tuff?
W. G. Pierce, W. H. Nelson, A.K. Tokarski, E. Piekarska
1991, Geological Society of America Bulletin (103) 1133-1145
The concept of tectonic denudation followed by deposition of lower middle Eocene Wapiti Formation volcanic rocks on the exposed Heart Mountain detachment has been challenged by Hauge. His "extending allochthon" interpretation requires that the Wapiti Formation be fault emplaced and that lineations in...
Geohydrology and water quality in northern Portage County, Ohio, in relation to deep-well brine injection
S. M. Eberts
1991, Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4158
Geohydrology and water quality of the principal freshwater aquifers near oilfield and gasfield brine-injection wells in northern Portage County, Ohio, were evaluated. Since 1975, 13 wells in this part of the Country have been used to dispose of more than 4.5 million barrels of brine by injection into Silurian carbonate...
Hydrogeology and water quality of glacial-drift aquifers in the Bemidji-Bagley area, Beltrami, Clearwater, Cass, and Hubbard Counties, Minnesota
J. R. Stark, J. P. Busch, M. H. Deters
1991, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4136
Unconfined and the upper confined aquifers in glacial drift are the primary sources of water in a 1,600 square-mile area including parts of Beltrami, Cass, Clearwater, and Hubbard Counties, Minnesota. The unconfineddrift aquifer consists of coarse sand and gravel in the center of the study area. The total area underlain...
A method to estimate canal leakage to the Biscayne Aquifer, Dade County, Florida
D.A. Chin
1990, Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4135
The leakage characteristics of channels that partially penetrate the Biscayne aquifer and have reduced bed permeability were studied. Leakage characteristics were described in terms of a reach transmissivity-defined as the volume flow rate out of the channel per unit length of the channel per unit drawdown, where drawdown is defined...
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...
Water resources data for Mississippi, water year 1989
E.J. Tharpe, M.L. Plunkett, F. Morris, W. T. Oakley
1990, Water Data Report MS-89-1
Water resources data for the 1989 water year for Mississippi consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground-water wells. This report contains records of water discharge at 81 gaging stations; stage...
Effect of faults on fluid flow and chloride contamination in a carbonate aquifer system
M.L. Maslia, D.C. Prowell
1990, Journal of Hydrology (115) 1-49
A unified, multidiscipline hypothesis is proposed to explain the anomalous pattern by which chloride has been found in water of the Upper Floridan aquifer in Brunswick, Glynn County, Georgia. Analyses of geophysical, hydraulic, water chemistry, and aquifer test data using the equivalent porous medium (EPM) approach are used to support...
Aggradation and degradation of alluvial sand deposits, 1965 to 1986, Colorado River, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
John C. Schmidt, Julia B. Graf
1990, Professional Paper 1493
Alluvial sand deposits along the Colorado River in Grand Canyon National Park are used as campsites and are substrate for vegetation. The largest and most numerous of these deposits are formed in zones of recirculating current that are created downstream from where the channel is constricted by debris fans at...
Low flows during the 1988 drought in Tennessee
Jerry F. Lowery, Joseph F. Connell
1990, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4149
A severe drought occurred across large areas of Tennessee during the summer of 1988. Rainfall totaled 39.4 inches in 1988 and was 8.8 inches below the 1951-80 normal of 48.2 inches. An intensive streamflow measurement program was begun in July 1988. Minimum flows measured in summer 1988 were shown along...
Availability and suitability of municipal wastewater information for use in a National Water-Quality Assessment; a case study of the upper Illinois River basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
John S. Zogorski, S.F. Blanchard, R.D. Romack, F. A. Fitzpatrick
1990, Open-File Report 90-375
The availability and suitability of existing information on municipal wastewater-treatment practices and effluent characteristics for use in a national water-quality assessment were evaluated. The information will be used to determine the effects of changes in wastewater-treatment practices on stream quality and ecosystem health. A large amount of information on treatment...
Statistical summaries of selected Iowa streamflow data through September 30, 1988
E.E. Fischer, N.B. Melcher, S.P. Kluesner
1990, Open-File Report 90-170
Statistical summaries of streamflow data collected at 144 active and discontinued stream-gaging stations in Iowa through water year 1988 are presented in the report. The summaries for each streamgaging station include: 1) station description, 2) the most recent stage-discharge rating table, 3) statistics of monthly and annual mean discharges, 4)...
Geohydrologic data from test hole USW UZ-7, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
Jack Kume, D.P. Hammermeister
1990, Open-File Report 88-465
This report contains a description of the methods used in drilling and coring of the test-hole USW UZ-7, a description of the methods used in collecting, handling, and testing of test-hole samples; Lithologic information from the test hole; and water-content, water-potential, bulk-density, grain-density, porosity, and tritium data for the test...
Water-quality trends and basin activities and characteristics for the Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system, North Carolina and Virginia
D.A. Harned, M.S. Davenport
1990, Open-File Report 90-398
The Albemarle-Pamlico estuarine system has a total basin area of nearly 31,000 square miles and includes the Neuse, Tar, Pamlico, Roanoke, Chowan, and Alligator Rivers, and the Albemarle, Pamlico, Currituck, Croatan, and Roanoke Sounds. Albemarle Sound receives the greatest freshwater inflow of all the sounds in the estuarine system. Inflow...
Comparison of accuracy and completeness of data obtained from three types of automatic water-quality monitors
Max Katzenbach
1990, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4198
A comparison of data (specific conductance, dissolved-oxygen concentration, temperature, and pH) collected by the U.S. Geological Survey flowthrough monitor, the U.S. Geological Survey minimonitor, and a self-contained commercial 'packaged-sensor' system indicates that the data obtained by means of the most complete of the three systems. The U.S. Geological Survey flowthrough monitor...
Geohydrology and simulation of ground-water flow in the carbonate rocks of the Valley Creek basin, eastern Chester County, Pennsylvania
R. A. Sloto
1990, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4169
Sixty-eight percent of the 22.6-square-mile Valley Creek basin is underlain by Cambrian and Ordovician limestone and dolomite. Ground water flows through a network of interconnected secondary openings; primary porosity is virtually nonexistent. Some of these openings have been enlarged by solution. Secondary porosity and permeability exhibit great spatial variability, and...
A finite-element model for simulation of two-dimensional steady-state ground-water flow in confined aquifers
E. L. Kuniansky
1990, Open-File Report 90-187
A computer program based on the Galerkin finite-element method was developed to simulate two-dimensional steady-state ground-water flow in either isotropic or anisotropic confined aquifers. The program may also be used for unconfined aquifers of constant saturated thickness. Constant head, constant flux, and head-dependent flux boundary conditions can be specified in...
Water resources data, Michigan, water year 1989
S. P. Blumer, J.C. Failing, W.W. Larson, C.R. Whited, R.L. LeuVoy
1990, Water Data Report MI-89-1
Water resources data for the 1989 water year for Michigan consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water temperature of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 145 streamflow-gaging stations; stage only records for...
Preliminary investigation of soil and ground-water contamination at a U.S. Army Petroleum Training Facility, Fort Lee, Virginia, September-October 1989
W. G. Wright, J. D. Powell
1990, Open-File Report 90-387
Fuel-oil constituents in the soil and groundwater at the Fort Lee Petroleum Training Facility near Petersburg, Virginia, were studied by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the Department of Defense, U.S. Army. The study included installation of 25 groundwater monitoring wells and description of groundwater flow patterns of...
Streamflow characteristics of small tributaries of Rock Creek, Milk River basin, Montana, base period water years 1983-87
Charles Parrett, J. A. Hull
1990, Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4206
Five streamflow-gaging stations were installed in the Rock Creek basin north of the Milk River near Hinsdale, Montana. Streamflow was monitored at these stations and at an existing gaging station upstream on Rock Creek from May 1983 through September 1987. The data collected were used to describe the flow characteristics...
