Hydraulic conductivity of a sandy soil at low water content after compaction by various methods
John R. Nimmo, Katherine C. Akstin
1988, Soil Science Society of America Journal (52) 303-310
To investigate the degree to which compaction of a sandy soil influences its unsaturated hydraulic conductivity K, samples of Oakley sand (now in the Delhi series; mixed, thermic, Typic Xeropsamments) were packed to various densities and K was measured by the steady-state centrifuge method. The air-dry, machine packing was followed...
Developing a state water plan: Ground-water conditions in Utah, spring of 1988
Gail E. Cordy, G. J. Smith, D. Michael Roark, Patrick M. Lambert, John A. Yarbrough, Carole B. Burden, R. B. Garrett, D. C. Emett, Susan A. Thiros, G. W. Sandberg, R. W Puchta
1988, Cooperative Investigations Report 28
This is the twenty-fifth in a series of annual reports that describe ground-water conditions in Utah. Reports in this series, published cooperatively by the U.S. Geological Survey and the Utah Division of Water Resources, provide data to enable interested parties to keep abreast of changing ground-water conditions.This report, like the...
Foraging by northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) at a nearshore, anticyclonic tidal eddy in the northern Bering Sea, Alaska
J. Christopher Haney
1988, Colonial Waterbirds (11) 318-321
Northern Fulmars (Fulmar glacialis) fed on ice-associated macrofauna (probably gammarid amphipods) and pinniped offal concentrated by convergent flow at an eddy boundary near Northwest Cape on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The eddy was anticyclonic, measured approximately 1.5 by 2.25 km, and was generated by nearshore streaming induced by the cape’s...
Off-platform Silurian sequences in the Ambler River quadrangle: A section in Geologic studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey during 1987
Julie A. Dumoulin, Anita G. Harris
1988, Circular 1016
Lithofacies changes in coeval upper Paleozoic rocks have been used to unravel the tectonic history of northern Alaska (for example, Mayfield and others, 1983). Conodont biostratigraphy and detailed petrologic studies are now revealing facies differences in lower Paleozoic rocks that can also be used to constrain their tectono-sedimentary framework (Dumoulin...
Sedimentology of the Argo and Gascoyne abyssal plains, NW Australia: Report on Ocean Drilling Program Leg 123 (Sept. 1–Nov. 1, 1988)
Jurgen Thurow
1988, Carbonates and Evaporites (3) 201-212
Ocean Drilling Program Leg 123 drilled two sites in the Indian Ocean in order to study the rifting and early spreading of one of the world’s oldest ocean basins.Site 765 was drilled in 5714 meters of water on the Argo Abyssal Plain northwest of Australia. The sedimentary succession...
Fall migration of Ross' Gull (Rhodostethia rosea) in Alaskan Chukchi and Beaufort seas: Final report
George J. Divoky, Gerald A. Sanger, Scott A. Hatch, J. Christopher Haney
1988, Report
Ross’ Gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) are a major component of the pelagic avifauna of the Alaskan Chukchi and Beaufort seas in fall. Until recently, however, their distribution, abundance, and phenology of occurrence in Alaskan waters was poorly known. Since 1970, a combination of shipboard, aerial, and land-based surveys has revealed the...
Strontium-isotope stratigraphy of Enewetak Atoll
K.R. Ludwig, Robert B. Halley, Kathleen R. Simmons, Zell E. Peterman
1988, Geology (16) 173-177
87Sr/86Sr ratios determined for samples from a 350 m core of Neogene lagoonal, shallow-water limestones from Enewetak Atoll display a remarkably informative trend. Like the recently published data for Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) carbonates, 87Sr/86Sr at Enewetak increases monotonically but not smoothly from...
Water resources data Maryland and Delaware, water year 1987
R.W. James, R.J. Simmons, B.F. Strain
1987, Water Data Report MD-DE-87-1
No abstract available....
Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey water-resources reports for Utah
1987, Utah Division of Water Rights Information Bulletin 28
This bibliography contains a complete listing to December 31, 1986, of reports relating to the water resources of Utah prepared by personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey. Discussions of the related subjects of geology, hydrology, and chemical quality of the water are included in many of the reports. The reports...
Seepage studies of the Weber River and the Davis-Weber and Ogden Valley canals Davis and Weber Counties, Utah, 1985
L. R. Herbert, R.W. Cruff, D.W. Clark, Charles Avery
1987, Technical Publication 90
Studies of selected reaches of the Weber River, Davis-Weber Canal, and the Ogden Valley Canal in Davis and Weber Counties, Utah, were made to determine gains or losses of flow in those reaches. Three to five sets of seepage measurements were made on the river and each canal during 1985....
Seepage study of a 15.3-mile section of the central Utah canal, Pahvant Valley, Millard County, Utah
Michael Enright
1987, Technical Publication 91
Three sets of seepage measurements were made at ten canal sites and at all turnouts along a 15.3-mile section of the Central Utah Canal during the summer of 1986. The total loss for the 15.3-mile section averaged about 36 cubic feet per second or 2.4 cubic feet per second per...
Base of moderately saline ground water in the Uinta Basin, Utah, with an introductory section describing the methods used in determining its position
Lewis Howells, M.S. Longson, Gilbert L. Hunt
1987, Technical Publication 92
The base of the moderately saline water (water that contains from 3,000 to 10,000 milligrams per liter of dissolved solids) was mapped by using available water-quality data and by determining formation-water resistivities from geophysical well logs based on the resistivity-porosity, spontaneous potential, and resistivity-ratio methods. The contour map developed from...
Modeling of estuarne chlorophyll a from an airborne scanner
Siamak Khorram, Glenn P. Catts, James E. Cloern, Allen W. Knight
1987, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (25) 662-669
Near simultaneous collection of 34 surface water samples and airborne multispectral scanner data provided input for regression models developed to predict surface concentrations of estuarine chlorophyll a. Two wavelength ratios were employed in model development. The ratios werechosen to capitalize on...
Macrofauna and environment of the Nanpil-Kiepw River, Ponape, Eastern Caroline Islands
J. A. Maciolek, J.I. Ford
1987, Bulletin of Marine Science (41) 623-632
The first comprehensive evaluation of stream fauna in the Eastern Caroline Islands resulted from collections on Ponape, a 334-km- island having more than 40 streams, many of which arise along 700-m-high interior ridges. Field surveys centered on the Nanpil-Kiepw River below 170 m elevation, a bouldery reach with water of...
Limnological and fishery studies on Lake Sharpe, a main-stem Missouri River reservoir
Fred C. June, L.G. Beckman, J.H. Elrod, G.K. O’Bryan, D.A. Vogel
1987, Fish and Wildlife Technical Report 8
Lake Sharpe, the most recent of six main-stem Missouri River reservoirs to be impounded, began to fill in November 1963 and became fully operational in July 1966. At full pool it is 137 km long, and has a surface area of 22,600 ha and a volume of 2.34 km". It...
Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge land cover mapping project users guide
Carl J. Markon
1987, Report
Title III of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 (ANILCA, 1980) established the Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge (TNWR). Section 304 of the Act requires the Secretary of Interior to "prepare, and from time to time revise, a comprehensive conservation plan" for the refuge. Before developing a plan...
Water resources of Langlade County, Wisconsin
W.G. Batten
1987, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 58
Langlade County depends almost exclusively on ground water pumped from the glacial sand and gravel deposits for its water needs. Well yields of 10 to 20 gallons per minute can be obtained from these deposits throughout most of the county. Yields of 500 to 1,000 gallons per minute are obtained...
Analysis of water-level fluctuations in Wisconsin wells
G. L. Patterson, A. Zaporozec
1987, Wisconsin Geological & Natural History Survey Information Circular 63
More than 60 percent of the residents of Wisconsin use ground water as their primary water source. Water supplies presently are abundant, but ground-water levels continually fluctuate in response to natural factors and human-related stresses. A better understanding of the magnitude, duration, and frequency of past fluctuations, and the factors...
Chemical quality of ground water in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, 1969-85
K.M. Waddell, R. L. Seiler, D. K. Solomon
1987, Technical Publication 89
During 1979-84, 35 wells completed in the principal aquifer in the Salt Lake Valley, Utah, that had been sampled during 1962-67 were resampled to determine if water-quality changes had occurred. The dissolved-solids concentration of the water from 13 of the wells has increased by more than 10 percent since 1962-67....
Ground-water conditions in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, 1969-83, and predicted effects of increased withdrawals from wells
K.M. Waddell, R. L. Seiler, Melissa Santini, D. K. Solomon
1987, Technical Publication 87
This report was prepared in cooperation with several organizations in the Salt Lake Valley and with the Central Utah Water Conservancy District to present results of a study to determine changes in the ground-water conditions in Salt Lake Valley, Utah, from 1969 to 1983, and to predict the aquifer response...
Single-channel seismic-reflection profiles collected aboard R/V POWELL, cruises P-2-85, P-3-85, P-4-85 in the nearshore waters around Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
N. Terence Edgar, Kathryn M. Scanlon
1987, Open-File Report 87-147
Approximately 4,600 nmi (8,519 km) of single-channel seismic-reflection data were collected in the nearshore waters around Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands simultaneously, but on a noninterference basis, with a gravity program funded by the Defense Mapping Agency. The survey was conducted on cruises P-2-85, P-3-85, and P-4-85 of the...
State hydrologic unit maps
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Report
A series of uniform, nationally consistent State Hydrologic Unit Maps that accurately delineate the hydrographic boundaries of major U.S. river basins has been prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Water Resources Council. These maps provide a standardized base for use by Federal and State water...
Standards for illustrations in reports of the U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division
Robert A. Miller, Barbara H. Balthrop
1987, Report
This volume will provide a convenient and much-needed compilation of standards for the design of illustrations for authors of Survey reports produced in the Southeastern Region. While it presents very little that is new, it does draw material together under one cover for easy reference....
Chemical and biological status of lakes and streams in the upper midwest: assessment of acidic deposition effects
J.G. Wiener, J.M. Eilers
1987, Lake and Reservoir Management (3) 365-378
Many lakes in three areas in the Upper Midwest - northeastern Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan - have low acid neutralizing capacity (ANC) and may be susceptible to change by acidic deposition. Northcentral Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan together contain about 150-300 acidic lakes...
Geographic names information system
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1987, Data Users Guide 6
This Data Users Guide is the result of the efforts of a number of people who have contributed to the research, development, and implementation of the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Roger L. Payne prepared and wrote this Data Users Guide, which is designed to provide a description of the data in...
