Salinity in the Colorado River in the Grand Valley, western Colorado, 1994-95
David L. Butler, Paul B. von Guerard
1996, Fact Sheet 215-96
Salinity, or the dissolved-solids concentration, is the measure of salts such as sodium chloride, calcium bicarbonate, and calcium sulfate that are dissolved in water. About one-half of the salinity in the Colorado River Basin is from natural sources (U.S. Department of the Interior, 1995), such as thermal springs in the...
Physical characteristics of stream subbasins in the Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River basin, southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota
Christopher A. Sanocki
1996, Open-File Report 96-632
Data that describe the physical characteristics of stream subbasins upstream from selected sites on streams in the Hawk Creek-Yellow Medicine River Basin, located in southwestern Minnesota and eastern South Dakota are presented in this report. The physical characteristics are the drainage area of the subbasin, the percentage area of the...
Preliminary report on the distribution of modern fauna and flora at selected sites in north-central and north-eastern Florida Bay
G. L. Brewster-Wingard, S. E. Ishman, Lucy E. Edwards, Debra A. Willard
1996, Open-File Report 96-732
No abstract available....
Hydrology of the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system in South Carolina and parts of Georgia and North Carolina
Walter R. Aucott
1996, Professional Paper 1410-E
The wedge of sediments present beneath the Coastal Plain of South Carolina and adjacent parts of Georgia and North Carolina consists of sand, silt, clay, and limestone. These strata have been subdivided into six regional aquifers: the surficial aquifer, the Floridan aquifer system, the Tertiary sand aquifer, the Black Creek...
Coalbed methane potential in the Appalachian states of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee; an overview
Paul C. Lyons
1996, Open-File Report 96-735
This report focuses on the coalbed methane (CBM) potential of the central Appalachian basin (Virginia, eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and Tennessee) and the northern Appalachian basin (Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, Maryland, and Ohio). As of April 1996, there were about 800 wells producing CBM in the central and northern...
Detailed study of selenium and other constituents in water, bottom sediment, soil, alfalfa, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the Uncompahgre Project area and in the Grand Valley, west-central Colorado, 1991-93
D. L. Butler, W. G. Wright, K. C. Stewart, B. C. Osmundson, R. P. Krueger, D.W. Crabtree
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4138
In 1985, the U.S. Department of the Interior began a program to study the effects of irrigation drainage in the Western United States. These studies were done to determine whether irrigation drainage was causing problems related to human health, water quality, and fish and wildlife resources. Results of a study...
Benthic invertebrates of benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin — Western Lake Michigan drainages
S. J. Rheaume, B. N. Lenz, B. C. Scudder
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4038-C
This study describes the benthic invertebrate communities of 20 benchmark streams in agricultural areas of eastern Wisconsin. Streams with minimal adverse effects from human activity were selected from four agricultural areas with differing surficial deposits and bedrock types (relatively homogeneous units, or RHU's). Most aquatic invertebrate orders were well represented...
Influences of environmental settings on aquatic ecosystems in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin
C. A. Couch, E. H. Hopkins, P. S. Hardy
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4278
The watershed boundary of the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River basin defines an aquatic ecosystem whose water quality is the result of complex interactions of natural and human influences on land and water resources. Topics relating to the basin's environmental setting-its physical, biological, and cultural characteristics-are summarized to provide an understanding of...
Summary of the Oahu, Hawaii, regional aquifer-system analysis
William D. Nichols, Patricia J. Shade, Charles D. Hunt Jr.
1996, Professional Paper 1412-A
Oahu, the third largest of the Hawaiian islands, is formed by the eroded remnants of two elongated shield volcanoes with broad, low profiles. Weathering and erosion have modified the original domed surfaces of the volcanoes, leaving a landscape of deep valleys and steep interfluvial ridges in the interior highlands. The...
Data base for a national mineral-resource assessment of undiscovered deposits of gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc in the conterminous United States
S. D. Ludington, D. P. Cox, R.B. McCammon
1996, Open-File Report 96-96
For this assessment, the conterminous United States was divided into 12 regions Adirondack Mountains, Central and Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado Plateau, East Central, Great Basin, Great Plains, Lake Superior, Northern Appalachians, Northern Rocky Mountains, Pacific Coast, Southern Appalachians, and Southern Basin and Range. The assessment, which was conducted by regional...
Hydraulic conductivity of the streambed, east branch Grand Calumet River, northern Lake County, Indiana
R.F. Duwelius
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4218
Horizontal and vertical hydraulic conductivity of the Streambed were estimated from results of hydraulic tests along four transects across the east branch Grand Calumet River in northern Lake County, Indiana. Tests were done in two types of temporary wells installed in the Streambed 2-inch-diameter wells that had a 1- or...
Hydrogeology at Air Force Plant 4 and vicinity and water quality of the Paluxy Aquifer, Fort Worth, Texas
Eve L. Kuniansky, Sonya A. Jones, Robert D. Brock, M.D. Williams
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4091
Ground water in the surficial terrace alluvial aquifer is contaminated at Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Texas, and at the adjacent Naval Air Station. Some of the contaminated water has leaked from the terrace alluvial aquifer to an uppermost interval of the Paluxy Formation (the Paluxy "upper sand") beneath...
Ground-water recharge to the regolith-fractured crystalline rock aquifer system, Orange County, North Carolina
C. C. Daniel III
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4220
Quantitative information concerning recharge rates to aquifers and ground water in storage is needed to manage the development of ground-water resources. The amount of ground water available from the regolith-fractured crystalline rock aquifer system in Orange County, North Carolina, is largely unknown. If historical patterns seen throughout the Piedmont continue...
Use of dye tracing in water-resources investigations in Wyoming, 1967-94
J. F. Wilson Jr., J.G. Rankl
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4122
During 1967-94, the U.S. Geological Survey made numerous applications of dye tracing for water-resources investigations in Wyoming. Many of the dye tests were done in cooperation with other agencies. Results of all applications, including some previously unpublished, are described. A chronology of past applications in Wyoming and a discussion of...
Hydrologic data for wetland sites at Millington, Shelby County, and Huntingdon, Carroll County, Tennessee, May 1994 through September 1995
J. A. Robinson, T.H. Diehl
1996, Open-File Report 96-468
Hydrologic data at two wetland sites near Millington and Huntingdon in West Tennessee were collected to assist efforts by the Tennessee Department of Transportation to determine hydrologic conditions at the sites prior to wetland restoration. The Millington site is located along the Big Creek Drainage Canal east of State Route...
Water-quality assessment of the White River Basin, Indiana: Analysis of selected information on nutrients, 1980-92
Jeffrey D. Martin, Charles G. Crawford, Jeffrey W. Frey, Glenn A. Hodgkins
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4192
Water-quality data from 23 surfacewater-quality monitoring sites operated by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management and streamflow data from 11 U.S. Geological Survey streamflow-gaging stations in the White River Basin were analyzed to determine recent (1981 90 water years) water-quality conditions, trends, and river loads for ammonia, nitrate, total nitrogen,...
Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren site, Dahlgren, Virginia
C. F. Bell
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4209
In October 1993, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study to characterize the hydrogeology of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia, which is located on the Potomac River in the Coastal Plain Physiographic Province. The study provides a description...
Great Basin geoscience data base
Gary L. Raines, Don L. Sawatzky, Katherine A. Connors
1996, Data Series 41
This CD-ROM serves as the archive for 73 digital GIS data set for the Great Basin. The data sets cover Nevada, eastern California, southeastern Oregon, southern Idaho, and western Utah. Some of the data sets are incomplete for the total area. On the CD-ROM, the data are provided in three...
Hydrogeology of, and simulation of ground-water flow in, a mantled carbonate-rock system, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania
D. C. Chichester
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4090
The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a study in a highly productive and complex regolith-mantled carbonate valley in the northeastern part of the Cumberland Valley, Pa., as part of its Appalachian Valleys and Piedmont Regional Aquifer-system Analysis program. The study was designed to quantify the hydrogeologic characteristics and understand the ground-water...
Water quality of large discharges from mines in the anthracite region of eastern Pennsylvania
C. R. Wood
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4243
In 1991, 99 of the 102 coal mines in the anthracite coal fields of Pennsylvania that discharged 1.0 cubic foot per second or more when water-quality samples were collected in 1975 were revisited. Water was not discharging from 15 of these 99 mines in 1991. Discharge, water temperature, specific conductance,...
Burial and thermal history of the Paradox Basin, Utah and Colorado, and petroleum potential of the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation
Vito F. Nuccio, Steven M. Condon
1996, Bulletin 2000-O
The Ismay-Desert Creek interval and Cane Creek cycle of the Alkali Gulch interval of the Middle Pennsylvanian Paradox Formation in the Paradox Basin of Utah and Colorado contain excellent organic-rich source rocks having total organic carbon contents ranging from 0.5 to 11.0 percent. The source rocks in both intervals contain...
Hydrogeology and analysis of ground-water-flow system, Sagamore Marsh area, southeastern Massachusetts
Donald A. Walter, John P. Masterson, Paul M. Barlow
1996, Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4200
A study of the hydrogeology and an analysis of the ground-water-flow system near Sagamore Marsh, southeastern Massachusetts, was undertaken to improve the understanding of the current (1994 95) hydrogeologic conditions near the marsh and how the ground-water system might respond to proposed changes in the tidal-stage regime of streams that...
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, Nikolai V. Ognyanov, Eugene D. Petrachenko, Anany I. Pozdeev, Katherina V. Ross, Douglas H. Wood, Donald Grybeck, Alexander I. Khanchuk, Lidiya I. Kovbas, Ivan Ya. Nekrasov, Anatoly A. Sidorov
1996, Open-File Report 96-513-A
No abstract available....
Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida
S. E. Ishman, G. L. Brewster-Wingard, Debra A. Willard, Thomas M. Cronin, Lucy E. Edwards, C. W. Holmes
1996, Open-File Report 96-543
No abstract available....
Mineral resource assessment of the Custer National Forest in the Pryor Mountains, Carbon County, south-central Montana
B. S. Van Gosen, A.B. Wilson, J. M. Hammarstrom, D. M. Kulik
1996, Open-File Report 96-256
No abstract available....
