Time-of-travel and dispersion studies, Lehigh River, Francis E. Walter Lake to Easton, Pennsylvania
C.D. Kauffman
1983, Open-File Report 82-861
Results of time-of-travel and dispersion studies are presented for the 77.0 mile reach of the Lehigh River from Francis E. Walter Lake to Easton, Pennsylvania. Rhodamine WT dye was injected at several points for a variety of several common flow conditions and its downstream travel was monitored at a number...
Novice's guide to PACER-GARNET for use with the National Coal Resources Data System; a flow chart
Carol Waite Connor
1983, Open-File Report 83-605
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area, 1980
Fred Liscum, J.S. Hutchison, J.P. Bruchmiller, L.S. Walther
1983, Open-File Report 83-264
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, and Houston. Studies have been completed in the Dallas-Fort Worth and San Antonio areas. The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the city of Houston, began studies in...
U.S. Geological Survey program of offshore resource and geoenvironmental studies, Atlantic-Gulf of Mexico region, from September 1, 1976, to December 31, 1978
David W. Folger, Sally W. Needell
1983, Circular 870
Mineral and energy resources of the continental margins of the United States arc important to the Nation's commodity independence and to its balance of payments. These resources are being studied along the continental margins of the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico in keeping with the mission of the...
Estimating peak discharges of small, rural streams in Massachusetts
S. William Wandle
1983, Water Supply Paper 2214
Floodflows on natural-flow streams in Massachusetts with drainage areas between 0.25 square miles and 260 square miles may be estimated from drainage area, main-channel slope, mean basin elevation, and the area of swamps, lakes, and ponds. Multiple-regression techniques were used to define the relationship between a suite of basin and...
Computation of inflows and outflows of eight regulated lakes in the Oswego River Basin, New York, 1930-79
Richard Lumia, R. B. Moore
1983, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4112
Estimates of daily inflows and outflows of eight regulated lakes in the Oswego River basin and discharges of three rivers draining these lakes were computed and compiled for use in evaluated lake-regulation procedures in the basin 's stream and reservoir system and are stored on computer. This report includes a...
Cenozoic structural history of selected areas in the eastern Great Basin, Nevada-Utah
R. Ernest Anderson
1983, Open-File Report 83-504
The Confusion Range structural trough (CRST) of west-central Utah predates the Oligocene rocks that are exposed along it. The northern part of the axial region of the CRST is complicated by structures that include reverse faults and associated folds, a large-amplitude mushroom fold, and belts of sharply flexed to overturned...
The compositionally zoned eruption of 1912 in the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmai National Park, Alaska
W. Hildreth
1983, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (18) 1-56
On June 6–8, 1912, ∼ 15 km3 of magma erupted from the Novarupta caldera at the head of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes (VTTS), producing ∼ 20 km3 of air-fall tephra and 11–15 km3 of ash-flow tuff within ∼ 60 hours. Three discrete periods of ash-fall at Kodiak correlate, respectively, with Plinian...
Hydrologic and geomorphic studies of the Platte River basin
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1983, Professional Paper 1277
The channels of the Platte River and its major tributaries, the South Platte and North Platte Rivers in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska, have undergone major changes in hydrologic regime and morphology since about 1860, when the water resources of the basin began to be developed for agricultural, municipal, and industrial...
Gasometer: An inexpensive device for continuous monitoring of dissolved gases and supersaturation
G.R. Bouck
1982, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society (111) 505-516
The “gasometer” is a device that measures differential dissolved-gas pressures (δP) in water relative to barometric pressure (as does the “Weiss saturometer”), but operates continuously without human attention. The gasometer can be plumbed into a water-supply system and requires 8 liters/minute of water or more at 60 kilopascals. The...
Reconnaissance of the quality of surface water in the San Rafael River basin, Utah
J. C. Mundorff, Kendall R. Thompson
1982, Technical Publication 72
The water-quality reconnaissance of the San Rafael River basin, Utah, encompassed an area of about 2,300 square miles (5,960 square kilometers). Data were obtained by the U.S. Geological Survey one or more times at 116 sites from June 1977 to September 1978. At 19 other sites visited during the same...
Water resources data, Indiana, water year 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report IN-81-1
Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Indiana consists of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels in wells. This report contains discharge records for 195 gaging stations, stage and contents for 12 lakes and reservoirs,...
Methodology for hydrologic evaluation of a potential surface mine: Loblolly Branch basin, Tuscaloosa County, Alabama
Lynn M. Shown, D. G. Frickel, R.F. Miller, F.A. Branson
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-50
Methodology for evaluating premining hydrology and postmining effects of mining and reclamation on the hydrology of an area is presented for a potential mine-permit area of 1,680 acres in the Warrior Coal Field, northwestern Alabama.Information is included on climate, geology, soil-water relations, vegetation, surface water, ground water, and quality of...
Heat-flow measurements at shot points along the 1978 Saudi Arabia seismic deep-refraction line; Part II, Discussion and interpretation
M. E. Gettings
1982, Open-File Report 82-794
The heat-flow profile across the Arabian Shield from Ar Riyad to Ad Darb and across the Red Sea is examined for compatibility with the lithospheric structure of the area as deduced from geologic and other geophysical data. Broad continental uplift associated with Red Sea rifting is symmetric about the Red...
Heat-flow measurements at shot points along the 1978 Saudi Arabia seismic deep-refraction line; Part I, Results of the measurements
M. E. Gettings, Abdullah Showail
1982, Open-File Report 82-793
Heat-flow measurements were made at five onland shot points of the 1978 Saudi Arabian seismic deep-refraction line, which sample major tectonic elements of the Arabian Shield along a profile from Ar Riyad to the Farasan Islands. Because of the pattern drilling at each shot point, several holes (60 m deep)...
Water resources data, Pennsylvania, water year 1981. Volume 3: Ohio River and St. Lawrence River basins
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report PA-81-3
Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; elevation and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 86 gaging stations; elevations and contents at 3 lakes...
Small-stream flood investigations in Minnesota, October 1958 to September 1980
Kurt T. Gunard, C.J. Smith
1982, Open-File Report 82-433
An investigation of flood flows from small drainage basins in Minnesota is being made to aid in the design of bridges, culverts and other highway drainage structures. Results of the investigation provide peak-flow data on streams generally with drainage areas less than 200 square miles, placing particular emphasis on those...
Potential effects of surface coal mining on the hydrology of the Cook Creek area, Ashland coal field, southeastern Montana
M. R. Cannon
1982, Open-File Report 82-681
The Cook Creek area of the Ashland coal field contains large reserves of Federally owned coal that have been identified for potential lease sale. A hydrologic study has been conducted in the potential lease area to describe existing hydrologic systems and to assess potential impacts of surface coal mining on...
Subsurface information from eight wells drilled at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, southeastern Idaho
F.J. Goldstein, W.D. Weight
1982, Open-File Report 82-644
The Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) covers about 890 square miles of the eastern Snake River Plain, in southeastern Idaho. The eastern Snake River Plain is a structural basin which has been filled with thin basaltic lava flows, rhyolitic deposits, and interbedded sediments. These rocks form an extensive ground-water reservoir...
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Hamilton and Tipton Counties, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-48
An analysis of the ground-water resources of the Hamilton and Tipton Counties was based on data from about 1,900 well logs, 125 water levels in 125 wells, streamflow measurements at 57 sites, and municipal- and industrial-pumpage records. These data were used to map the flow system and construct a three-dimensional...
Ground-water resources of the White River basin, Delaware County, Indiana
Leslie D. Arihood, Wayne W. Lapham
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-47
The ground-water resources of the White River basin in and near Delaware County, Indiana, were investigated by mapping the aquifers, calculating their hydraulic properties, determining the distribution of potentiometric head, and determining some of the components of the ground-water budget from data collected in the field. This information was used...
Water resources data for Michigan, water year 1981
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1982, Water Data Report MI-81-1
Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Michigan 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 temperature of ground water. This report contains discharge records for 178 gaging stations; stage only...
Estimated natural streamflow in the Rio San Jose upstream from the pueblos of Acoma and Laguna, New Mexico
D. W. Risser
1982, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4096
The development of surface and ground water, which began about 1870 in the upper Rio San Jose drainage basin, has decreased the flow of the Rio San Jose on the Pueblo of Acoma and the Pueblo of Laguna. The purpose of this study was to estimate the natural streamflow in...
Time of travel of the Flint River, Utah Dam to highway M-13, Michigan, August 4-8, 1981
T. Ray Cummings, John B. Miller
1982, Open-File Report 82-853
Tracing of rhodamine WT dye has provided time-of-travel data for waste-load allocation studies of a 42.8-mile reach of the Flint River at low flow. A discharge equaled or exceeded about 90 percent of the time was measured at Grand Traverse Street in Flint before dye injection. Dye was injected at...
Annual snowmelt and rainfall peak-flow data on selected foothills region streams, South Platte River, Arkansas River, and Colorado River basins, Colorado
J. G. Elliott, R.D. Jarrett, J.L. Ebling
1982, Open-File Report 82-426
Peak flows in the foothills region of Colorado are attributable to two meteorological sources--snowmelt and rainfall. As part of a study of the hydrology of foothills streams in Colorado, charts from streamflow gages on unregulated streams were examined to determined the source of peak-flow events. Snowmelt-runoff peaks were distinguished from...
