Hydrology of the White Tail Butte area, northern Campbell County, Wyoming
M.E. Lowry, J.G. Rankl
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4117
Quantity of runoff and peak discharge from one small basin in the White Tail Butte area, determined from a calibrated rainfall-runoff model, is less than the quantity computed using results of a regional study. The difference is caused by the extensive beds of exposed, permeable clinker in the area. Potentiometric...
Hydrologic conditions and trends in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1983-84
Dennis D. Lynch
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4131
No abstract available. ...
Water-resources report prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey, Texas District, 1973-1986
1987, Open-File Report 87-228
Since 1973, personnel of the Texas District, Water Resources Division of the U.S. Geological Survey have written and published approximately 300 reports concerning the water resources of Texas. These reports vary considerably in subject matter, complexity, format, desired audience, and publication outlet. Some of the reports have been published in...
Summary of water-resources activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado: Fiscal year 1987
J. M. Stewart
1987, Open-File Report 87-388
The annual summary of water-resources activities in Colorado is presented for fiscal year 1987. The report includes an introduction of these activities and names of the management personnel to whom information requests may be addressed; a summary of the U.S. Geological Survey mission and of the Water Resources Division mission;...
Data-base development for water-quality modeling of the Patuxent River basin, Maryland
G. T. Fisher, R.M. Summers
1987, Open-File Report 87-379
Procedures and rationale used to develop a data base and data management system for the Patuxent Watershed Nonpoint Source Water Quality Monitoring and Modeling Program of the Maryland Department of the Environment and the U.S. Geological Survey are described. A detailed data base and data management system has been developed...
January 1987 water levels, and data related to water-level changes, western and south-central Kansas
B.J. Dague
1987, Open-File Report 87-241
Hydrologic data related to water level measurements were collected in observation wells in western and south-central Kansas. The measurements were made in midwinter when pumping was minimal and water levels had recovered, for the most part, from the effects of pumping during the previous irrigation season. Annual hydrologic data are...
Ground-water quality assessment of the central Oklahoma Aquifer, Oklahoma; project description
S. C. Christenson, D.L. Parkhurst
1987, Open-File Report 87-235
In April 1986, the U.S. Geological Survey began a pilot program to assess the quality of the Nation's surface-water and ground-water resources. The program, known as the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program, is designed to acquire and interpret information about a variety of water-quality issues. The Central Oklahoma aquifer project is...
Relations of specific conductance to streamflow and selected water-quality characteristics of the Arkansas River basin, Colorado
Doug Cain
1987, Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4041
Areal, seasonal, and long-term variations in the specific conductance of surface and groundwater in the Arkansas River basin of Colorado were evaluated and relations of specific conductance to stream-flow and to concentrations of dissolved solids and major ions were determined as part of an effort to develop a comprehensive hydrologic...
Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 1. Pelagic bacterial heterotrophy and biomass
Jon P. Zehr, Ronald W. Harvey, Ronald S. Oremland, James E. Cloern, Leah H. George, Judith L. Lane
1987, Limnology and Oceanography (32) 781-793
Bacterial activities and abundance were measured seasonally in the water column of meromictic Big Soda Lake which is divided into three chemically distinct zones: aerobic mixolimnion, anaerobic mixolimnion, and anaerobic monimolimnion. Bacterial abundance ranged between 5 and 52 x 106 cells ml−1, with highest biomass at the interfaces between these zones:...
Methods and applications in surface depression analysis
Susan K. Jenson, Charles M. Trautwein
1987, Conference Paper, Auto-Carto VIII: Proceedings of the international symposium on computer-assisted cartography
Gridded surface data sets are often incorporated into digital data bases, but extracting information from the data sets requires specialized raster processing techniques different from those historically used on remotely sensed and thematic data. Frequently, the information desired of a gridded surface is directly related to the topologic peaks and...
Geomorphic and hydrologic dynamics of zero-order basins
Richard M. Iverson
1987, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union (68) 1808-1808
The 1987 International Symposium on Erosion and Sedimentation in the Pacific Rim, held August 3–7, 1987, in Corvallis, Oreg., included a special session on the geomorphic and hydrologic dynamics of zero-order drainage basins. “Zero-order basin” is one of several terms used to describe unchanneled swales or hollows...
Effects of wetland channelization of storm runoff in Lambert Creek, Ramsey County, Minnesota
R. G. Brown
1987, Conference Paper, National Wetlands Symposium of Wetland Hydrology, Chicago, Illinois, September 16-18, 1987 [Proceedings]
No abstract available....
Laboratory investigation of longitudinal dispersion in anisotropic porous media
Stephen E. Silliman, Leonard F. Konikow, C.I. Voss
1987, Water Resources Research (23) 2145-2151
In this study, laboratory experiments were used to investigate mechanisms that may cause anisotropy in the dispersion coefficient and to investigate the relation between anisotropy in hydraulic conductivity and anisotropy in longitudinal dispersion. Measurements of sodium chloride concentration (used as a tracer) were made at 105 in situ sampling locations...
Selective transport of hydrocarbons in the unsaturated zone due to aqueous and vapor phase partitioning
Arthur L. Baehr
1987, Water Resources Research (23) 1926-1938
Long-term groundwater contamination can result from vapors and solutes emanating from organic liquids spilled in the unsaturated zone. The mathematical modeling analysis presented in this paper demonstrates for gasoline-range hydrocarbons, and other volatile organics commonly spilled, that diffusive transport in the unsaturated zone is a significant transport mechanism which can...
Discussion of "Volatilization rates of organic chemicals of public health concern"
R.E. Rathburn, D. Y. Tai
1987, Journal of Environmental Engineering (113) 1171-1173
No abstract available....
Hydrology and water quality of a wetland used to receive wastewater effluent, St. Joseph, Minnesota
J. R. Stark, R. G. Brown
1987, Conference Paper
No abstract available....
Movement and fate of crude-oil in contaminants in the subsurface environment at Bemidji, Minnesota: Chapter C in U.S. Geological Survey program on toxic waste--ground-water contamination: Proceedings of the Third technical meeting, Pensacola, Florida, March 23-27, 1987
Marc F. Hult
1987, Open-File Report 87-109-C
On August 20, 1979, a pipeline break in a remote area near Bemidji, Minn. (fig. C-l), resulted in the release of 1.5x105 L (liters) of crude oil. Although about 1.1x105 L were removed from the site as part of the cleanup, some crude oil infiltrated the ground and percolated to the...
Analysis of the U.S. Geological Survey streamgaging network
A. G. Scott
1987, Water Science and Technology (19) 31-42
This paper summarizes the results from the first 3 years of a 5-year cost-effectiveness study of the U.S. Geological Survey streamgaging network. The objective of the study is to define and document the most cost-effective means of furnishing streamflow information. In the first step of this study,...
Results of a workshop concerning ecological zonation in bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulatory responsibilities concerning the discharge of dredged or fill material into the Nation's waters. In addition to its advisory role in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit program, EPA has a number of specific...
Results of a workshop concerning impacts of various activities on the functions of bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Gerald C. Horak, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
Under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulatory responsibilities related to the discharge of dredged or fill material into the Nation’s waters. In addition to its advisory role in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit program, EPA has a number of...
Results of a workshop concerning assessment of the functions of bottomland hardwoods
James E. Roelle, Gregor T. Auble, David B. Hamilton, Richard L. Johnson, Charles A. Segelquist
1987, Report
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is authorized under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) to participate in the regulation of the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. This regulatory authority is exercised in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps...
Fracture characterization by means of attenuation and generation of tube waves in fractured crystalline rock at Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
E.L. Hardin, C.H. Cheng, F.L. Paillet, J.D. Mendelson
1987, Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth (92) 7989-8006
Results are presented from experiments carried out in conjunction with the U. S. Geological Survey at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest near Mirror Lake, New Hampshire. The study focuses on our ability to obtain orientation and transmissivity estimates of naturally occurring fractures. The collected data set includes a four-offset hydrophone...
Modeling potential impacts of the Garrison Diversion Unit project on Sand Lake and Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuges: a feasibility analysis
David B. Hamilton, Gregor T. Auble, Adrian H. Farmer, James E. Roelle
1987, Report
The Garrison Diversion Unit (GDU) of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program was authorized in 1965, with the purpose of diverting Missouri River water to the James River for irrigation, municipal and industrial water supply, fish and wildlife habitat, recreation, and flood control. The project was reauthorized in 1986, with the...
Big Soda Lake (Nevada). 3. Pelagic methanogenesis and anaerobic methane oxidation
Niels Iversen, Ronald S. Oremland, Michael J. Klug
1987, Limnology and Oceanography (32) 804-814
In situ rates of methanogenesis and methane oxidation were measured in meromictic Big Soda Lake. Methane production was measured by the accumulation of methane in the headspaces of anaerobically sealed water samples; radiotracer was used to follow methane oxidation. Nearly all the methane oxidation occurred in the anoxic zones of...
Rapid assay for microbially reducible ferric iron in aquatic sediments
Derek R. Lovely, Elizabeth Philips
1987, Applied and Environmental Microbiology (53) 1536-1540
The availability of ferric iron for microbial reduction as directly determined by the activity of iron-reducing organisms was compared with its availability as determined by a newly developed chemical assay for microbially reducible iron. The chemical assay was based on the reduction of poorly crystalline ferric iron by hydroxylamine under...
