Data from the surface-water hydrologic investigations of the Hay Creek Study Area, Montana, and the West Branch Antelope Creek Study Area, North Dakota, October 1976 through April 1982
Douglas G. Emerson, Steven W. Norbeck, Kelvin L. Boespflug
1983, Open-File Report 83-136
Data are provided for the Hay Creek study area near Wibaux, Mont., and the West Branch Antelope Creek study area near Beulah, N. Dak. The report contains data on the following: Air temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind run, solar radiation, precipitation, soil temperature, snowpack temperature, snowpack density and water...
Gain-loss study along two streams in the upper Sabine River basin, Texas; August-September 1981
Dennis R. Myers
1983, Open-File Report 83-36
A gain-loss study was made August-September 1981 along the upper Sabine River from Lake Tawakoni to Farm Road 2517 near Carthage and along Lake Fork Creek from Lake Fork Reservoir to its junction (mouth) with the Sabine River. The hydrologic data collected during the gain-loss study indicated that during periods...
Landslide investigations, southern Cianjur Regency, West Java Province, Indonesia; a progress report
John R. Ege
1983, Open-File Report 83-597
Two landslide-monitoring sites have been established for a minimum 2-year investigation near the villages of Pasirpari and Cibacang in southern Cianjur Regency, West Java, Indonesia. Surveyed-in lines will measure amounts of surface movement and tilt, borings that produced exploratory cores now serve as slip-surface detectors and open-pipe piezometers, and rain...
Groundwater resources of the Dallas-Monmouth area, Polk, Benton, and Marion Counties, Oregon
Joseph B. Gonthier
1983, Open-File Report 80-678
The Dallas-Monmouth area is in the west-central Willamette Valley of western Oregon. It comprises a total of about 400 square miles in Polk, Benton, and Marion Counties. Tertiary consolidated rocks underlie the entire area. These rocks include marine sandstone, siltstone, shale, tuff, basalt, and gabbro. In the lowlands, the consolidated...
Hydrologic characteristics of lagoons at San Juan, Puerto Rico, during an October 1974 tidal cycle
Fernando Gómez-Gómez, S. R. Ellis
1983, Open-File Report 82-349
Flow and water-quality changes were studied during a period of intense rainfall in the San Juan Lagoon system. The study covered a 25-hour period beginning 0900 hours 22 October, 1974. Precipitation during the study period averaged 70 millimeters. Sampling stations were located at Boca de Cangrejos, the main ocean outlet;...
Trace-element geochemistry of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
John S. Stuckless, R. J. Knight, G. VanTrump, J. R. Budahn
1983, Open-File Report 83-287
Concentrations determined for all of the trace elements included in this study of postorogenic granites from the northeastern Arabian Shield are best described by log-normal distributions. The trace elements are divided into two groups: (1) compatible lithophile and siderophile elements (strontium, cobalt, scandium, manganese, europium, and titanium) and (2) incompatible...
Hydrology of Area 61, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, Colorado and New Mexico
P.O. Abbott, Arthur L. Geldon, Doug Cain, Alan P. Hall, Patrick Edelmann
1983, Open-File Report 83-132
Area 61 is located on the Colorado-New Mexico boundary in Huerfano and Las Animas Counties, Colorado, and Colfax County, New Mexico, and includes the Raton Mesa coal region. The 5 ,900-square-mile area is an asymmetrical structural trough bounded by the Rocky Mountains on the west and the Great Plains on...
Use of flumes in measuring discharge
F. A. Kilpatrick, V.R. Schneider
1983, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 03-A14
Flumes for measuring discharge are usually of two general groups-critical-flow flumes and supercritical-flow flumes. In this chapter, the underlying design principles for each group are discussed; the most commonly used flumes are described and their discharge ratings presented. There is also discussion of considerations in choosing and fitting the appropriate...
Time-domain electromagnetic tests in the Wadi Bidah District, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Vincent J. Flanigan, Hamdy Sadek, Bruce Smith, C. L. Tippens
1983, Open-File Report 83-613
A time-domain electromagnetic (TDEM) method was tested in two areas of mineralization in Precambrian rocks in the Wadi Bidah district, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Transient-decay voltages in profile mode were measured across the Sha'ab at Tare and Rabathan prospects by use of three transmitterreceiver loop configurations. At the Sha'ab at...
Water resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri, fiscal year 1983
Wanietia M. Kratzer
1983, Open-File Report 83-251
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Missouri consist of collecting hydrologic data and making interpretive investigations. These data and the results of the investigations are published or released by either the U.S. Geological Survey or by cooperating agencies. This report describes the data-collection activities and investigations in Missouri...
Water-level records for the northern High Plains of Colorado, 1979-83
Joe L. Blattner, Bruce D. Rasmuson
1983, Open-File Report 83-253
Water-level measurements were made in 638 wells in the winter of 1982-83, in the northern High Plains of Colorado. The water-level measurements for the winter of 1982-83 and for four preceding winters are given in a table, which also contains the location, depth, land-surface elevation and the aquifer for each...
Instrumentation used for hydraulic testing of potential water-bearing formations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site in southeastern New Mexico
J.A. Basler
1983, Open-File Report 83-144
Requirements for testing hydrologic test wells at the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, necessitated the use of inflatable formation packers and pressure transducers. Observations during drilling and initial development indicated small formation yields which would require considerable test times by conventional open-casing methods. A pressure-monitoring system...
Seismic engineering program report, May-August 1980
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Circular 854-B
Characteristics of Columbia River sediment following the eruption of Mount St. Helens on May 18, 1980
David Wellington Hubbell, Julija M. Laenen, Stuart W. McKenzie
1983, Circular 850-J
During several periods of volcanic-ash eruption at Mount St. Helens, Wash., (March 30, May 25-26, May 30-June 2, and June 12-13, 1980) strong winds from the north occurred at high altitudes. As a result, the volcanic ash fell some 50 miles to the south in the Bull Run watershed, the...
Quality of rivers of the United States, 1976 water year--based on the National Stream Quality Accounting Network (NASQAN)
Linda J. Britton, Kimball E. Goddard, John C. Briggs
1983, Open-File Report 80-594
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Montana, October 1982 through September 1983
Robert S. Roberts (compiler)
1983, Open-File Report 83-260
The investigative efforts of the U.S. Geological Survey toward the water resources of Montana are described. Hydrologic information and knowledge of the water resources are gained annd disseminated principally by programs of (1) collecting hydrologic data on a continuing basis, (2) conducting water-resources appraisals of surface and ground water, (3)...
Hydrologic and geologic aspects of waste management and disposal; a bibliography of publications by U.S. Geological Survey authors, 1950-81
Elinor H. Handman
1983, Circular 907
References to more than 550 reports, articles, and maps are listed alphabetically by author and are indexed by subject. The subject index includes geographic-area terms. Citations from 69 series are included; series are listed separately. The publications listed report the results of U.S. Geological Survey research and field projects throughout...
Sediment deposition in the Columbia and lower Cowlitz rivers, Washington-Oregon, caused by the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens
F.P. Haeni
1983, Circular 850-K
On May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens violently erupted, sending billions of cubic yards of mud, ash, rock fragments, and debris down the North and South Forks of the Toutle River, the Cowlitz and Columbia Rivers, and other streams. A total of 35.6 million cubic yards of mudflow material was...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in South Dakota, project status summary, July 1, 1983
E. F. LeRoux, E.M. Decker
1983, Open-File Report 83-754
Project descriptions and lists of hydrologic-data stations are presented to show the status of the U.S. Geological Survey water-resources studies in South Dakota. (USGS)...
Water Resources Division in the 1980's
Edith B. Chase, John E. Moore, David A. Rickert
1983, Circular 893
The Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey has the principal responsibility within the Federal government for providing hydrologic information and appraising the Nation's water resounds. The Geological Survey is unique among government organizations because it has neither regulatory nor developmental authority--its sole product is information that is made...
Stacked profiles of data from an airborne radiometric and magnetic survey of parts of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan and northern Wisconsin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Open-File Report 83-195-B
Installation and service manual for the U.S. Geological Survey manometers
James D. Craig
1983, Techniques of Water-Resources Investigations 08-A2
The purpose of this manual is to describe the installation, operation, and maintenance of the bubble-gage manometers currently (1982) used by the U.S. Geological Survey. Other applications of these devices, such as the long manometer and differential manometer, are discussed, and accessories available for them are described. The bubble gage (water-stage...
Hydrogeologic data from parts of the Denver basin, Colorado
T. J. Major, S. G. Robson, J. C. Romero, Stanley Zawistowski
1983, Open-File Report 83-274
This report presents hydrogeologic data collected and compiled during 1956-81 as part of a comprehensive hydrogeologic data collected and compiled during 1956-81 as part of a comprehensive hdryogeologic investigation of the Denver basin, Colorado, by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of...
A U.S. Geological Survey Data Standard (Specifications for representation of geographic point locations for information interchange)
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Circular 878-B
This standard establishes uniform formats for geographic point location data. Geographic point location refers to the use of a coordinate system to define the position of a point that may be on, above, or below the Earth's surface. It provides a means for representing these data in digital form for...
Pumpage data from irrigation wells in eastern Laramie County, Wyoming, and Kimball County, Nebraska
Charles Avery
1983, Open-File Report 83-29
Quantitative information concerning pumpage by irrigation wells is an integral component of the U.S. Geological Survey High Plains Regional Aquifer System Analysis. Thus, operation time, discharge rate, and irrigated acreage were measured at approximately 450 randomly selected irrigation wells within 10 areas of the High Plains during the 1980 irrigation...
