Role of ground water in geomorphology, geology, and paleoclimate of the southern High Plains, USA
Warren W. Wood
2002, Groundwater (40) 438-447
Study of ground water in the Southern High Plains is central to an understanding of the geomorphology, deposition of economic minerals, and climate change record in the area. Ground water has controlled the course of the Canadian and Pecos rivers that isolated the Southern High Plains from the Great Plains...
Software user's guide for determining the Pennsylvania scour critical indicator code and streambed scour assessment rating for roadway bridges
M.F. Henneberg, J. L. Strause
2002, Open-File Report 2001-446
This report presents the instructions required to use the Scour Critical Bridge Indicator (SCBI) Code and Scour Assessment Rating (SAR) calculator developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the U.S. Geological Survey to identify Pennsylvania bridges with excessive scour conditions or a high potential for scour. Use of...
Natural gas production in the United States
Christopher J. Schenk, Richard M. Pollastro
2002, Fact Sheet 113-01
The 1972 Black Hills-Rapid City Flood Revisited
Janet M. Carter, Joyce E. Williamson, Ralph W. Teller
2002, Fact Sheet 037-02
No abstract available....
Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Mancos Shale (upper part) and Mesaverde Group in the southern part of the Uinta and Piceance basins, Utah and Colorado
R. D. Hettinger, M.A. Kirschbaum
2002, IMAP 2764
Cross section A–A' was constructed in support of the oil and gas assessments of the Mesaverde and Mancos/Mowry Total Petroleum Systems in the Uinta and Piceance Basins of Utah and Colorado (fig. 1) (U.S. Geological Survey Uinta-Piceance Province Assessment Team, in press). This citation is referred to henceforth as simply...
History and hydrologic effects of ground-water use in Kings, Queens, and western Nassau Counties, Long Island, New York, 1800's through 1997
Richard A. Cartwright
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4096
Ground-water withdrawals from the aquifers underlying Kings and Queens Counties varied temporally and spatially during the 20th century and caused extreme changes in water levels. The resultant lowering of water levels during periods of heavy pumping caused saltwater intrusion in nearshore areas and the migration of contaminants from land surface...
Potentiometric surfaces of the intermediate aquifer system, west-central Florida, September 2001
A. D. Duerr
2002, Open-File Report 2002-187
No abstract available....
Assessing the quality of the nation's water resources
Pixie A. Hamilton
2002, Water Resources Impact (4)
This issue of IMPACT highlights findings from the first decade of studies (1991 to 2001) by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The articles also discuss the Program’s approaches and models designed to help understand and estimate the fate and transport of contaminants in...
Hydrogeology and extent of saltwater intrusion on Manhasset Neck, Nassau County, New York
Frederick Stumm, Andrew D. Lange, J.L. Candela
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2000-4193
Manhasset Neck, a peninsula on the northern shore of Long Island, N.Y., is underlain by unconsolidated deposits that form a sequence of aquifers and confning units. Ground water at several public-supply wells has been affected by the intrusion of saltwater from the surrounding embayments (Manhasset Bay, Long Island Sound, Hempstead...
Toxic substances from coal combustion - A comprehensive assessment, phase II: Element modes of occurrence for the Ohio 5/6/7, Wyodak, and North Dakota coal samples
Allan Kolker, Stanley J. Mroczkowski, Curtis A. Palmer, Kristen O. Dennen, Robert B. Finkelman, John H. Bullock Jr.
2002, Open-File Report 2002-224
No abstract available....
Results of test drilling in the Basalt aquifer near Fallon, Nevada
Douglas K. Maurer
2002, Fact Sheet 048-02
Drilling of two test holes into the Fallon basalt aquifer commenced August 14, 2001. The basalt aquifer is located beneath the Carson Desert, near Fallon, Nevada, and is the sole source of drinking water for the City of Fallon, the Naval Air Station (NAS) Fallon, and the Fallon Paiute-Shoshone Tribe....
Instream gravel mining and related issues in southern Missouri
Suzanne R. Femmer
2002, Fact Sheet 012-02
U.S. Geological Survey 2002 petroleum resource assessment of the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA)
K. J. Bird, D.W. Houseknecht
2002, Fact Sheet 045-02
A new USGS assessment concludes that NPRA holds signicantly greater petroleum resources than previously estimated. Technically recoverable, undiscovered oil beneath the Federal part of NPRA likely ranges between 5.9 and 13.2 billion barrels, with a mean (expected) value of 9.3 billion barrels. An estimated 1.3 to 5.6 billion barrels of...
Prediction of velocities for a range of streamflow conditions in Pennsylvania
Lloyd A. Reed, Marla H. Stuckey
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2001-4214
A regression equation that is used nationwide to predict traveltime in streams during periods of low and moderate flow was developed by H.E. Jobson in 1996. Because none of the data used in the development of the equation were from streams in Pennsylvania, velocities for low and moderate flows predicted...
PHREEQCI--A graphical user interface to the geochemical model PHREEQC
S.R. Charlton, D.L. Parkhurst
2002, Fact Sheet 031-02
No abstract available....
Significant finding of water-quality studies and implications for Cheney Reservoir watershed, south-central Kansas, 1996-2001
Larry M. Pope
2002, Fact Sheet 009-02
No abstract available....
Preliminary geologic map of the Redman Quadrangle, Los Angeles and Kern counties, California
A. W. Ward, G. L. Dixon
2002, Open-File Report 93-695
Concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the lower Puyallup and White Rivers, Washington, August and September 2000 and 2001
J.C. Ebbert
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4146
The U.S. Geological Survey, Washington State Department of Ecology, and Puyallup Tribe of Indians conducted a study in August and September 2001 to assess factors affecting concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the lower Puyallup and White Rivers, Washington. The study was initiated because observed concentrations of dissolved oxygen in the...
Digital data set of generalized lithogeochemical characteristics of near-surface bedrock in the New England Coastal Basins
Denise L. Montgomery, G.R. Robinson Jr., J. D. Ayotte, S. M. Flanagan, K. W. Robinson
2002, Fact Sheet 003-02
Evaluation of recharge to the Skunk Creek Aquifer from a constructed wetland near Lyons, South Dakota
Ryan F. Thompson
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4133
A wetland was constructed in the Skunk Creek flood plain near Lyons in southeast South Dakota to mitigate for wetland areas that were filled during construction of a municipal golf course for the city of Sioux Falls. A water-rights permit was obtained to allow the city to pump water from...
Stratigraphy of the Proterozoic Revett Formation, Coeur d'Alene District, Idaho
Jeffrey L. Mauk
2002, Open-File Report 2001-319
The Proterozoic Revett Formation of the Belt Supergroup contains three informal members that can be identified throughout the Coeur d'Alene mining district of northern Idaho. The lower Revett Formation is dominated by quartzite, but also contains intervals of siltite. The middle Revett consists predominantly of siltite, though quartzite and argillite...
Ground-water resources of the uppermost confined aquifers, southern Wadena County and parts of Ottertail, Todd, and Cass Counties, central Minnesota, 1997–2000
R. J. Lindgren
2002, Water-Resources Investigations Report 2002-4023
Water managers are concerned about the increase of ground-water withdrawals from high-capacity wells completed in the uppermost confined aquifers in southern Wadena County. The hydrogeologic units of primary interest in the study area are the surficial aquifer, the uppermost confining units, and the uppermost confined aquifers. The surficial aquifer underlies...
Ground-Water Age and its Water-Management Implications, Cook Inlet Basin, Alaska
Roy L. Glass
2002, Fact Sheet 022-02
The Cook Inlet Basin encompasses 39,325 square miles in south-central Alaska. Approximately 350,000 people, more than half of Alaska?s population, reside in the basin, mostly in the Anchorage area. However, rapid growth is occurring in the Matanuska?Susitna and Kenai Peninsula Boroughs to the north and south of Anchorage. Ground-water resources...
Saltwater intrusion in Los Angeles area coastal aquifers: The marine connection
Brian D. Edwards, Kevin R. Evans
2002, Fact Sheet 030-02
No abstract available....
Map Scales
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
2002, Fact Sheet 015-02
The proportion chosen for a particular map is its scale. Selecting the appropriate scale depends on the size of the sheet of paper and the accurate placement of features. Ground area, rivers, lakes, roads, distances between features, and so on must be shown proportionately smaller than they really are....
