Sediment sampling for deep fast currents
C.F. Nordin, J. V. Skinner
1977, Book chapter, International Association for Hydraulic Research, 17th, Proceedings
No abstract available....
Waterfowl exposure to lead and steel shot on selected hunting areas
Donald H. White, Rey C. Stendell
1977, Journal of Wildlife Management (41) 469-475
Gizzards and wingbones from immature mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), pintails (Anas acuta), black ducks (A. rubripes), and Canada geese (Branta canadensis) were collected from 12 national and stat hunting are.as during the hunting season of 1974-75. The gizzards were examined for the occurrence of lead and steel shot and the wingbones...
Newsletter
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report
No abstract available....
Storage of treated sewage effluent and stormwater in a saline aquifer, Pinellas Peninsula, Florida
J.S. Rosenshein, J.J. Hickey
1977, Groundwater (15) 284-293
The Pinellas Peninsula, an area of 750 square kilometres (290 square miles) in coastal west-central Florida, is a small hydrogeologic replica of Florida. Most of the Peninsula's water supply is imported from well fields as much as 65 kilometres (40 miles) inland. Stresses on the hydrologic environment of the Peninsula...
Disposal of saltwater during well construction--Problems and solutions
William A. Pitt Jr., Frederick W. Meyer, John E. Hull
1977, Groundwater (15) 276-283
The recent interest in the disposal of treated sewage effluent by deep-well injection into salt-water-filled aquifers has increased the need for proper disposal of salt water as more wells are drilled and tested each year.The effects on an unconfined aquifer of the improper disposal of salt water associated with the...
Flowing wells in Michigan, 1974
W.B. Allen
1977, Water Information Series Report 2
Flowing wells yielding fresh water occur in both the glacial drift and the bedrock in Michigan. Most known flowing wells are in the Lower Peninsula because the greater population in that part of the State has led to more frequent drilling. A comparison of flowing-well areas in 1900 with those...
Water supply versus recreation and the fishery - minimum stream flows
Robert T. Milhous
1977, Book, Proceedings, AWWA 97th Annual Conference
No abstract available....
Analysis of the recharge potential of storm-water basins on Long Island, New York
David A. Aronson, Robert C. Prill
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 307-318
Many of the more than 2,200 storm-water basins on Long Island, N.Y., are potential sites for infiltration of large volumes of reclaimed water (highly treated domestic and industrial sewage). By use of a finite-difference method of calculation, changes in basin storage during idealized high-intensity storms were determined for the...
Derivation of solute-transport equations for a turbulent natural-channel flow
Nobuhiro Yotsukura
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 277-284
The continuity equation of water and the convection-diffusion equation for a solute are derived by use of an orthogonal curvilinear (natural) coordinate system, which follows the meandering and irregular pattern of natural channel geometry. The solute is assumed to be neutrally buoyant, conservative, and passive. The three-, two-, and...
A new method for determining the solubility of salts in aqueous solutions at elevated temperatures
Robert W. Potter II, Scott Babcock, David L. Brown
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 389-395
A new method for measuring the solubility of simple salts in water at elevated temperatures involves heating assemblages of salt crystals plus solution vapor at a constant rate in a platinum-lined bomb. The dissolution of the last salt crystal is evidenced by a distinct discontinuity in the pressure-temperature curve. Studies...
The age of groundwater in the Lincolnshire Limestone, England and its relevance to the flow mechanism
R.A. Downing, D. B. Smith, F.J. Pearson, R.A. Monkhouse, R.L. Otlet
1977, Journal of Hydrology (33) 201-216
Groundwater samples from the Lincolnshire Limestone have been analysed for tritium, radiocarbon, and the stable-isotope ratios 13C12C">13C12C, 18O16O">18O16O and D/H. The age of the water increases in a downgradient direction below overlying confining deposits and reaches a maximum age greater than...
Economic basis of resource information systems: The case of streamflow network design
Emil D. Attanasi, M.R. Karlinger
1977, Water Resources Research (13) 273-280
A general method for the economic design of natural resource information systems is presented for a certain class of natural phenomena. The system design is determined by the interaction of the technical input‐output relationship, i.e., the production function, the set of resource constraints, and an economic loss function defined in...
Clay-mineral variability in the suspended sediments of the San Francisco Bay system, California
Harley J. Knebel, T. J. Conomos, J.A. Commeau
1977, Journal of Sedimentary Research (47) 229-236
Semiquantitative determinations of the clay-mineral composition have been made on nearly synoptic samples of surface suspended sediments collected seasonally throughout the San Francisco Bay system. The relative amounts of chlorite + kaolinite are generally highest in the northern reach of the system, whereas illite is dominant in the southern reach....
Phytoplankton distribution and primary productivity in Donner Lake, California
Alex E. Dong, Robert C. Averett
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 265-276
Donner Lake is an unenriched system in the Lake Tahoe basin of the Sierra Nevada of California. The lake has a surface area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 square kilometres) and a drainage area of 14 mi2 (36 km2). The maximum depth is about 200 feet (60 metres). Between May...
Geology and water-supply potential of the Anoka Sand Plain aquifer, Minnesota
J. O. Helgesen, G. F. Lindholm
1977, Technical Paper 6
Intensified land development on the Anoka sand plain necessitates a better understanding of the hydrogeology of the surficial outwash deposits of the area. The Anoka sand-plain aquifer consists of outwash attributable to two different ice lobes. Predominant grain size of the upper outwash decreases and sorting coefficient increases from west...
Effects of dredged channels on trace-metal migration in an estuary
Charles W. Holmes
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 243-251
Determination of trace-metal levels in the sediments of the Matagorda Bay system revealed anomalously high mercury values. The distribution of the mercury-rich sediment deposits is the result of the sedimentological regime of the bay system produced by the tidal currents in the dredged channel. According to this model, the oxygenated...
Removal of fluorine and lithium from hectorite by solutions spanning a wide range of pH
Harry C. Starkey, Wayne Mountjoy, Johnnie M. Gardner
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 235-242
One-gram samples of hectorite were treated with 40 millilitres each of hydrochloric acid (6 N), acetic acid (4.5 N), distilled water, natural seawater, sodium chloride (0.6 N), and sodium hydroxide (2.5 N) for 10 days in stoppered plastic centrifuge tubes. X-ray diffraction patterns show that the structure was virtually destroyed...
Electrical soundings near Yellow Creek, Rio Blanco County, Colorado
David L. Campbell
1977, Journal of Research of the U.S. Geological Survey (5) 193-205
Ten vertical electrical soundings were made in the Piceance Creek Basin in October 1974-5 along Yellow Creek, 2 in Big Duck Creek, and 1 each along Corral Gulch, on the hill in sec. 20, 1 kilometre northwest of 84 Ranch, and along the White River between the mouths of Yellow...
The effects of the α‐β phase transformation on the creep properties of hydrolytically‐weakened synthetic quartz
Stephen H. Kirby
1977, Geophysical Research Letters (4) 97-100
Nine rectangular prisms of hydro‐thermally‐grown synthetic quartz crystals with 900 atomic ppm H+ were loaded in compression at 1400 bars stress and temperatures between 403 and 764°C. The a and c directions were at 45° to the compression direction, and the slip system appears to operate over the entire range of temperatures....
Geology of the Waynesboro East and Waynesboro West Quadrangles, Virginia
Thomas M. Gathright II, William S. Henika, John L. Sullivan
1977, Book, Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication
The Waynesboro East and Waynesboro West Quadrangles comprise an area of approximately 117 square miles (304 sq km) in portions of Albemarle, Augusta, and Nelson counties in north-central Virginia. Included in the quadrangles are portions of the Piedmont, Blue Ridge, and Valley and Ridge physiographic provinces and two major regional...
The effect of the Faka Union Canal system on water levels in the Fakahatchee Strand, Collier County, Florida
Leo J. Swayze, Benjamin F. McPherson
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-61
The Faka Union Canal system, constructed in the western Big Cypress Swamp, Fla., in the early 1970's, lies about 3.5 miles west of the centerline of the Fakahatchee Strand, a forested water course which the State of Florida has designated as an Area of Critical State Concern in order to...
Saline-water intrusion related to well construction in Lee County, Florida
Durward Hoye Boggess, T.M. Missimer, T.H. O’Donnell
1977, Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-33
Ground water is the principle source of water supply in Lee County, Florida where an estimated 30,000 wells have been drilled since 1990. These wells ranges in depth from about 10 to 1,240 feet and tap the water table aquifer or one or more of the artesian water-bearing units or...
Geohydrology of Muscatine Island, Muscatine County, Iowa
R.E. Hansen, W. L. Steinhilber
1977, Water Supply Bulletin 11
Muscatine Island is a wide segment of the west bank of the Mississippi River flood plain that covers about 50 square miles in Muscatine and Louisa Counties; the project area encompasses the 30 square miles in Muscatine County. The flood plain is underlain by thick, permeable alluvial deposits that comprise...
Natural gas movement by pipelines, 1974
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report, National atlas of the United States
No abstract available....
Nuclear fuel materials movement by highways (BTU): 1975
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1977, Report, National energy transportation systems
No abstract available....
