Digital simulation of ground-water flow in the Warwick Aquifer, Fort Totten Indian Reservation, North Dakota
Thomas B. Reed
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4114
The demand for water from the Warwick aquifer, which underlies the Fort Totten Indian Reservation in northeastern North Dakota, has been increasing during recent years. Therefore, the Spirit Lake Sioux Nation is interested in resolving questions about the quantity and quality of water in the aquifer and in developing a...
Modified level II streambed-scour analysis for structure I-70-148-4528 crossing West Fork of East Fork Whitewater River in Wayne County, Indiana
R. L. Miller, B.A. Robinson, D. C. Voelker
1997, Open-File Report 97-313
Level II scour evaluations follow a process in which hydrologic, hydraulic, and sedient-transport data are evaluated to calculate the depth of scour that may result when given discharge is routed through a bridge opening. the results of the modified Levell II analysis for structure I-70-148-4528 on Interstate 70 crossing West...
Hydrogeologic evaluation of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the southwestern Albany area, Georgia
Debbie Warner
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4129
A cooperative study by the Albany Water, Gas, and Light Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey was conducted to evaluate the hydrogeology of the Upper Floridan aquifer in an area southwest of Albany and west of the Flint River in Dougherty County, Ga. The study area lies in the Dougherty...
Petroleum geology of the state of Washington
Samuel Y. Johnson, Marilyn E. Tennyson, William S. Lingley, Ben E. Law
1997, Professional Paper 1582
This report describes the potential petroleum resources of Washington State as recently summarized in the 1995 U.S. Geological Survey National Assessment of Oil and Gas Resources. Eight conventional petroleum plays, three coal-bed gas plays, and two continuous-type gas plays are defined and characterized. Of these plays, the potential for significant...
Flood of January 1997 in the Carson River Basin, California and Nevada
Karen A. Thomas, Rhea P. Williams
1997, Fact Sheet 183-97
Northern California and western Nevada were devastated by floods during January 1-3, 1997. Flood waters in the Carson River Basin (fig. 1) contributed to $55 million in projected damages in Douglas County and $19.5 million in Lyon County (Reno Gazette-Journal, 1997). Flooding in Douglas and Lyon Counties was extensive along...
Hydrogeologic framework and geochemistry of the Edwards aquifer saline-water zone, south-central Texas
George E. Groschen, Paul M. Buszka
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4133
The Edwards aquifer supplies drinking water for more than 1 million people in south-central Texas. The saline-water zone of the Edwards aquifer extends from the downdip limit of freshwater to the southern and eastern edge of the Stuart City Formation. Water samples from 16 wells in the Edwards aquifer saline-water...
Modified level II streambed-scour analysis for structure I-69-87-4781 crossing Wabash River in Huntington County, Indiana
B.A. Robinson, D. C. Voelker, R. L. Miller
1997, Open-File Report 97-307
Level II scour evaluations follow a process in which hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport data are evaluated to calculate the depth of scour that may result when a given discharge is routed through a bridge opening. The results of the modified Level II analysis for structure 1-69-87-4781 on Interstate 69...
Distribution of fish, benthic invertebrate, and algal communities in relation to physical and chemical conditions, Yakima River basin, Washington, 1990
T. F. Cuffney, M. R. Meador, S. D. Porter, M. E. Gurtz
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4280
Biological investigations were conducted in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, in conjunction with a pilot study for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment Program. Ecological surveys were conducted at 25 sites in 1990 to (1) assess water-quality conditions based on fish, benthic invertebrate, and algal communities; (2) determine the...
Modified level II streambed-scour analysis for structure I-70-69-5185 crossing East Fork White Lick Creek in Hendricks County, Indiana
B.A. Robinson, D. C. Voelker, R. L. Miller
1997, Open-File Report 97-309
Level II scour evaluations follow a process in which hydrologic, hydraulic, and sediment transport data are evaluated to calculate the depth of scour that may result when a given discharge is routed through a bridge opening. The results of the modified Level II analysis for structure 1-70-69-5185 on Interstate 70...
Rainfall and water-level data for a wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, October 1995 through September 1996
R.R. Knight
1997, Open-File Report 97-221
Rainfall amounts and water levels were collected at a wetland area near Millington, Shelby County, Tennessee, to assist the Tennessee Department of Transportation with a program of wetland restoration. The site is located along a channelized reach of Big Creek Drainage Canal, east of State Route 240, and near the...
Preliminary geologic map of the Simi 7.5' quadrangle, southern California: A digital database
R.F. Yerkes, R. H. Campbell
1997, Open-File Report 97-259
The Simi Quadrangle covers an area of about 62 square miles in southern Ventura County. The Santa Clara River Valley occupies the northwestern corner of the quadrangle. Mountainous terrain of South Mountain and Oak Ridge characterizes the northern and central area. Elevation within the quadrangle ranges from about 250 feet...
Water quality in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont Physiographic Provinces, eastern United States
L. I. Briel
1997, Professional Paper 1422-D
Chemical quality of ground water, spring water, and surface water differs substantially among the three physiographic provinces. Maps showing regional variations for 18 water properties and constituents are included in this Regional Aquifer System Analysis study report. Systematic variations in water quality are due to differences in geologic and hydrologic...
Geophysical database of the east coast of the United States; southern Atlantic margin, stratigraphy and velocity in map grids
D. R. Hutchinson, C. W. Poag, Aaron H. Johnson, Peter Popenoe, C. Wright
1997, Open-File Report 96-55
In 1990, the Naval Oceanographic Office and the U.S. Geological Survey agreed to develop a digital data base of stratigraphy and acoustic properties of sediments along the U.S. East Coast of the United States. The objective of this work was to utilize more than 25,000 km of publicly available multichannel...
Pesticides in surface and ground water of the San Joaquin-Tulare basins, California: Analysis of available data, 1966 Through 1992
Joseph L. Domagalski
1997, Water Supply Paper 2468
Available pesticide data (1966-92) for surface and ground water were analyzed for the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins, California, one of 60 large hydrologic systems being studied as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Most of the pesticide data were for the San Joaquin Valley, one...
Hydrogeology and ground-water quality of confined aquifers in buried valleys in Rock County, Minnesota and Minnehaha County, South Dakota
R. J. Lindgren
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4029
Confined glacial and bedrock aquifers are present within Quaternary and Cretaceous deposits that fill buried valleys incised in the Sioux Quartzite surface in Rock County, in southwestern Minnesota and Minnehaha County, South Dakota. This report describes the areal extent, thickness, water-bearing characteristics, water-supply potential, and water-quality characteristics of confined aquifers...
Hydraulic properties and ground-water flow in the St Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer, Rochester area, southeastern Minnesota
R. J. Lindgren
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4015
The hydraulic properties were updated and their effects on ground-water flow in the St. Peter-Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer in the Rochester area in southeastern Minnesota were evaluated, using new information compiled since a study by Delin (1990). Since 1988, new information on the hydrogeology of the ground-water system in the...
Nitrate and pesticides in surficial aquifers and trophic state and phosphorus sources for selected lakes, eastern Otter Tail County, west-central Minnesota, 1993-96
J. F. Ruhl
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4085
Nitrate concentrations (as nitrogen) were analyzed in water from 73 wells completed in surficial aquifers. Water from about one-third of the wells had concentrations greater than 10 mg/L (milligrams per liter), the regulatory limit for drinking water established by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Nitrate concentrations: (1) were greater in...
Pliocene-Quaternary geology of northern New Jersey; road log and description of field stops, Sunday June 1, 1997
Ron W. Witte, Jack B. Epstein, John Wright
1997, Conference Paper, Pliocene-Quaternary geology of northern New Jersey: Guidebook - Annual reunion of the northeastern friends of the Pleistocene field conference
No abstract available....
Pliocene-Quaternary geology of northern New Jersey: Guidebook - Annual reunion of the northeastern friends of the Pleistocene field conference
Ron W. Witte, Gail M. Ashley, Jack B. Epstein, Richard K. Shaw, John Wright, Scott D. Stanford
1997, Book
No abstract available....
Effects of El Nino on streamflow, lake level, and landslide potential
Richard L. Reynolds, Michael D. Dettinger, Daniel Cayan, Doyle Stephens, Lynn M. Highland, Raymond C. Wilson
1997, Conference Paper, Impact of climate change and land use in the southwestern United States
One of the most important sources of year-to-year climate variation in the Southwest is the El Niño phenomenon of the tropical Pacific Ocean. El Niño is a natural but largely unpredictable condition that results from complex interplay among clouds and storms, regional winds, oceanic temperatures, and ocean currents along the...
Arias intensity assessment of liquefaction test sites on the east side of San Francisco Bay affected by the Loma Prieta, California, earthquake of 17 October 1989
R. E. Kayen, James K. Mitchell
1997, Natural Hazards (16) 243-265
Uncompacted artificial-fill deposits on the east side of San Francisco Bay suffered severe levels of soil liquefaction during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 17 October 1989. Damaged areas included maritime-port facilities, office buildings, and shoreline transportation arteries, ranging from 65 to 85 km from the north end of the Loma...
Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow in the thick regolith-fractured crystalline rock aquifer system of Indian Creek basin, North Carolina
Charles C. Daniel, Douglas G. Smith, Jo Leslie Eimers
1997, Water Supply Paper 2341-C
The Indian Creek Basin in the southwestern Piedmont of North Carolina is one of five type areas studied as part of the Appalachian Valleys-Piedmont Regional Aquifer-System analysis. Detailed studies of selected type areas were used to quantify ground-water flow characteristics in various conceptual hydrogeologic terranes. The conceptual hydrogeologic terranes are...
Significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts for the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera
Warren J. Nokleberg, Thomas K. Bundtzen, Kenneth M. Dawson, Roman A. Eremin, Nikolai A. Goryachev, Richard D. Koch, Vladimir V. Ratkin, Ilya S. Rozenblum, Vladimir I. Shpikerman, Yuri F. Frolov, Mary E. Gorodinsky, Vladimir D. Melnikov, Michael F. Diggles, Nikolai V. Ognyanov, Eugene D. Petrachenko, Rimma I. Petrachenko, Anany I. Pozdeev, Katherina V. Ross, Douglas H. Wood, Donald Grybeck, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Lidiya I. Kovbas, Ivan Ya. Nekrasov, Anatoly A. Sidorov
1997, Open-File Report 96-513-B
No abstract available....
Shallow ground-water quality beneath cropland in the Red River of the North Basin, Minnesota and North Dakota, 1993-95
Timothy K. Cowdery
1997, Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4001
During 1993-95, the agriculture on two sandy, surficial aquifers in the Red River of the North Basin affected the quality of shallow ground water in each aquifer differently. The Sheyenne Delta aquifer, in the western part of the basin, had land-use, hydrogeological, and rainfall characteristics that allowed few agricultural chemicals...
Modeling waves and circulation in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Richard P. Signell, Jeffrey H. List
1997, Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Transactions (47) 529-532
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting a study of storm-driven sediment resuspension and transport in Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana. Two critical processes related to sediment transport in the lake are (1) the resuspension of sediments due to wind-generated storm waves and (2) the movement of resuspended material by lake currents during...
