Methods for assessing channel conditions related to scour-critical conditions at bridges in Tennessee
B.A. Bryan, Andrew Simon, G.S. Outlaw, Randy Thomas
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4229
The ability to assess quickly the potential for scour at a bridge site, to evaluate those bridges with the greatest potential for significant amounts of scour, and to then identify scour-critical structures is important for public protection and bridge maintenance planning. A bridge-scour assessment information form was developed for collecting...
Water-quality assessment of the Kentucky River basin, Kentucky: Nutrients, sediments, and pesticides in streams, 1987-90
K. H. Haag, S. D. Porter
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4227
The U.S. Geological Survey investigated the water quality of the Kentucky River Basin in Kentucky as part of the National Water Quality Assessment program. Data collected during 1987-90 were used to describe the spatial and temporal variability of nutrients, suspended sediment, and pesticides in streams. Concentrations of phosphorus were signifi-...
National Water-Quality Assessment Program, western Lake Michigan drainages: Summaries of liaison committee meeting, Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 28-29, 1995
Charles A. Peters
1995, Open-File Report 95-163
The Western Lake Michigan Drainages (WMIC) study unit, under investigation since 1991, drains 20,000 square miles (mi2) in eastern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (fig. 1). The major water-quality issues in the WMIC study unit are: (1) nonpoint-source contamination of surface and ground water by agricultural chemicals, (2) contamination in bottom...
Structure of the Reelfoot-Rough Creek rift system, Fluorspar area fault complex, and Hicks Dome, southern Illinois and western Kentucky; new constraints from regional seismic reflection data
C. J. Potter, M. B. Goldhaber, P.C. Heigold, James A. Drahovzal
1995, Professional Paper 1538-Q
In the winter of 1811-12, three of the largest historic earthquakes in the United States occurred near New Madrid, Mo. Seismicity continues to the present day throughout a tightly clustered pattern of epicenters centered on the bootheel of Missouri, including parts of northeastern Arkansas, northwestern Tennessee, western Kentucky, and southern...
Simulated ground-water flow and sources of water in the Killbuck Creek Valley near Wooster, Wayne County, Ohio
K. J. Breen, A.L. Kontis, G.L. Rowe, R.J. Haefner
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4131
The stratified-drift aquifer in the 3,000-ft (feet)-wide and 100-ft-deep buried valley of Killbuck Creek near Wooster in northeastern Ohio was studied. The stratified drift with adjacent sandstone and shale bedrock produce a system of ground-water flow representative of the western part of the glaciated north-eastern United States. The stratified-drift aquifer...
Mineral and energy resources of the Roswell Resource Area, East-Central New Mexico
Susan B. Bartsch-Winkler, Alessandro J. Donatich, editor(s)
1995, Bulletin 2063
The sedimentary formations of the Roswell Resource Area have significant mineral and energy resources. Some of the pre-Pennsylvanian sequences in the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin are oil and gas reservoirs, and Pennsylvanian rocks in Tucumcari Basin are reservoirs of oil and gas as well as source rocks for...
Analysis of steady-state flow and advective transport in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer system, Idaho
D. J. Ackerman
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4257
Quantitative estimates of ground-water flow directions and traveltimes for advective flow were developed for the regional aquifer system of the eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho. The work included: (1) descriptions of compartments in the aquifer that function as intermediate and regional flow systems, (2) descriptions of pathlines for flow originating...
Water-quality assessment of the upper Snake River Basin, Idaho and western Wyoming — Environmental setting, 1980-92
Molly A. Maupin
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4221
The 35,800-square-mile upper Snake River Basin is one of 20 areas studied as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. Objectives of NAWQA are to study ground- and surface-water quality, biology, and their relations to land-use activities. Major land and water uses that affect...
Soil-solution chemistry in a low-elevation spruce-fir ecosystem, Howland, Maine
Ivan J. Fernandez, Gregory B. Lawrence, Yowhan Son
1995, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution (84) 129-145
Soil solutions were collected monthly by tension and zero-tension lysimeters in a low-elevation red spruce stand in east-central Maine from May 1987 through December 1992. Soil solutions collected by Oa tension lysimeters had higher concentrations of most constituents than the Oa zero-tension lysimeters. In Oa horizon soil solutions growing season...
The interaction of groundwater with prairie pothole wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area, east-central North Dakota 1979-1990
Thomas C. Winter, Donald O. Rosenberry
1995, Wetlands (15) 193-211
The interaction of ground water with prairie wetlands in the Cottonwood Lake area has been the focus of research by the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service since 1977. During this time, climatic conditions at the site ranged from near the driest to near the wettest...
Potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity, Florida, September 1994
Leel Knowles
1995, Open-File Report 95-115
This map depicts the potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in the St. Johns River Water Management District and vicinity for September 1994. The map is based on water-level measurements made at more than 900 wells and springs. Ninety-two new wells were added to the September 1994 map--42 in...
Effects of two contrasting agricultural land uses on shallow groundwater quality in the San Joaquin Valley, California; design and preliminary interpretation
N. M. Dubrovsky, Karen R. Burow, Jo Ann M. Gronberg
1995, Open-File Report 95-286
From 1992 through 1994, the San Joaquin-Tulare Basins Study team of the USGS National Water Quality Assessment program investigated the occurrence and distribution of water quality constituents in shallow groundwater underlying two areas of different agricultural land uses: almond orchards and vineyards. The study was restricted to the alluvial fans...
Hydrogeology and simulation of ground-water flow in the Eutaw-McShan aquifer and in the Tuscaloosa aquifer system in northeastern Mississippi
E. W. Strom, M. J. Mallory
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4223
The Eutaw-McShan aquifer and Tuscaloosa aquifer system in northeastern Mississippi were investi- gated to better understand the hydrogeology and the ground-water flow in and between the aquifers. A numerical model was developed to simulate ground- water flow for prepumping and pumping conditions, and model simulatons projected the possible effects of...
Water-quality assessment of the Kentucky River Basin, Kentucky: Distribution of metals and other trace elements in sediment and water, 1987-90
Stephen D. Porter, Kevin D. White, J. R. Clark
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4134
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program is designed to provide a nationally consistent description of the current status of water quality, to define water-quality trends, and to relate past and present water-quality conditions to natural features, uses of land and water, and other water-quality effects from...
Selected hydrologic data for Juab Valley, Utah, 1935-94
Judy I. Steiger
1995, Open-File Report 95-101
This report contains selected hydrologic data collected in Juab Valley, Utah, from 1935 to 1994. The study area is in eastern Juab County in central Utah. The area is bounded on the east by the Wasatch Range and San Pitch Mountains and on the west by Long Ridge and West...
Volcanic investigations in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, April to May 1994
M. K. Sako, F. A. Trusdell, R. Y. Koyanagi, George Kojima, R. B. Moore
1995, Open-File Report 94-705
A team of U.S. Geological Survey geologists, a seismologist, and technicians gathered new geologic, seismic, and deformation data in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Nine volcanic islands on the active East Mariana Ridge north of Saipan were examined between April 20 and May 3, 1994. In addition,...
Total and non-seasalt sulfate and chloride measured in bulk precipitation samples from the Kilauea Volcano area, Hawaii
M. A. Scholl, S. E. Ingebritsen
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4001
Six-month cumulative precipitation samples provide estimates of bulk deposition of sulfate and chloride for the southeast part of the Island of Hawaii during four time periods: August 1991 to February 1992, February 1992 to September 1992, March 1993 to September 1993, and September 1993 to February 1994. Total estimated bulk...
Hydrogeology and simulation of flow between the alluvial and bedrock aquifers in the upper Black Squirrel Creek basin, El Paso County, Colorado
Kenneth R. Watts
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4238
Anticipated increases in pumping from the bedrock aquifers in El Paso County potentially could affect the direction and rate of flow between the alluvial and bedrock aquifers and lower water levels in the overlying alluvial aquifer. The alluvial aquifer underlies about 90 square miles in the upper Black Squirrel Creek...
Conglomerates of the upper middle Eocene to lower Miocene Sespe Formation along the Santa Ynez Fault; implications for the geologic history of the eastern Santa Maria Basin area, California. Reconnaissance bulk-rock and clay mineralogies of argillaceous Great Valley an Franciscan strata, Santa Maria Basin Province, California
Jeffrey L. Howard, Richard M. Pollastro, Hugh McLean, Laura L. Zink
1995, Bulletin 1995-H,I
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Simulation of ground-water flow in the Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico, 1901-1994, with projections to 2020
J. M. Kernodle, D. P. McAda, C. R. Thorn
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4251
This report describes a three-dimensional finite-difference ground-water-flow model of the Santa Fe Group aquifer system in the Albuquerque Basin, which comprises the Santa Fe Group (late Oligocene to middle Pleistocene age) and overlying valley and basin-fill deposits (Pleistocene to Holocene age). The model is designed to...
Stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, and paleomagnetism of Pliocene-early Pleistocene lacustrine deposits in two cores from western Utah
R.S. Thompson, Charles G. Oviatt, A.P. Roberts, J. Buchner, R. Kelsey, C.J. Bracht, R. M. Forester, J.P. Bradbury
1995, Open-File Report 95-1
The paleoclimatic history of western Utah is being investigated as part of the USGS Global Change and Climate History Program studies of long-term climatic changes in the western United States. The initial objective of the study is to document the environmental conditions during the mid-Pliocene period of warmer-than-modern global climates...
Presence and distribution of nitrate and selected pesticides in surficial-sand aquifers and selected lakes, 1993-94, East Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Shannon E. Smith, James E. Ruhl
1995, Open-File Report 95-116
This report presents selected data collected during the first year (December 1993 to September 1994) of a three year water-quality study of surficial-sand aquifers and selected lakes in east Otter Tail County, Minnesota. The objectives of the study are (1) to determine the presence and distribution of nitrate-nitrogen and selected...
Geohydrologic conditions and land use in the Gallatin Valley, southwestern Montana, 1992-93
Steven E. Slagle
1995, Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4034
The Gallatin Valley is part of an intermontane basin in southwestern Montana with an area of about 540 mi2. The valley is drained by the Gallatin River and its tributaries. After formation of the Three Forks structural basin, the Gallatin Valley was filled with as much as 6,000 feet of...
Effects of geothermal development on deformation in the Long Valley Caldera, eastern California, 1985-1994
M.L. Sorey, C. D. Farrar, G.A. Marshall, J.F. Howie
1995, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (100) 12475-12486
Long Valley caldera in east central California has been the site of crustal unrest in the form of seismicity and ground deformation in response to magmatic inflation since 1980. Uplift of the resurgent dome has totaled ∼0.6 m over the 1975–1992 period. Within this region of uplift, and near the...
Detailed lithologic log of the Dow Chemical #1 B.L. Garrigan Drill Hole, Mississippi County, Arkansas
Donley S. Collins, Gary L. Skipp
1995, Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 2296
The geology and tectonic setting of the New Madrid region in southeastern Missouri has received considerable attention because of the area's high seismic activity. The largest recorded earthquakes in this area occurred in the winter of 1811-1812. These earthquakes has estimated magnitudes as large as 8.0 on the Richter scale...
