Effects of flood control alternatives on fish and wildlife resources of the Malheur-Harney lakes basin
David B. Hamilton, Gregor T. Auble, Richard A. Ellison, James E. Roelle
1985, Report
Malheur Lake is the largest freshwater marsh in the western contiguous United States and is one of the main management units of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Oregon. The marsh provides excellent waterfowl production habitat as well as vital migration habitats for birds in the Pacific flyway. Water...
Sorption of lead onto two gram-negative marine bacteria in seawater
Ronald W. Harvey, James O. Leckie
1985, Marine Chemistry (15) 333-344
Laboratory adsorption experiments performed at environmentally significant lead (Pb) and cell concentrations indicate that the marine bacteria examined have significant binding capacities for Pb. However, the behavior governing Pb sorption onto gram-negative bacteria in seawater may be quite complex. The sorption kinetics appear to involve two distinct phases, i.e., a...
Environmental systems and management activities on the Kennedy Space Center, Merritt Island, Florida: results of a modeling workshop
David B. Hamilton, Austin K. Andrews, Gregor T. Auble, Richard A. Ellison, Adrian H. Farmer, James E. Roelle
1985, Report
In the early 1960's, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) began purchasing 140,000 acres on Merritt Island, Florida, in order to develop a center for space exploration. Most of this land was acquired to provide a safety and security buffer around NASA facilities. NASA, as the managing...
Geohydrologic data for a low-level radioactive contamination site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island
Barbara J. Ryan
1985, Open-File Report 84-725
The data, generally presented in table-format, are organized within the following six categories: Administrative, lithologic, hydrologic, chemical, geophysical, and climatological....
Application of NMR spectroscopy for determining functionality in humic substances
Robert L. Wershaw
1985, Book chapter, Humic substances in soil, sediment, and water: Geochemistry, isolation, and characterization
No abstract available. ...
Molecular weight and size measurements of humic substances
R.L. Wershaw, George R. Aiken
1985, Book chapter, Humic substances in soil, sediment, and water: Geochemistry, isolation, and characterization
No abstract available. ...
Groundwater forecasting
Leonard F. Konikow, E.P. Patten
M.G. Anderson, T.P. Burt, editor(s)
1985, Book chapter, Hydrological forcasting
No abstract available. ...
Stable isotope and amino acid composition of estuarine dissolved colloidal material
A.C. Sigleo, S.A. Macko
A.C. Sigleo, A. Hattori, editor(s)
1985, Book chapter, Marine and estuarine geochemistry
No abstract available. ...
Aspects of the biogeochemistry of Big Soda Lake, Nevada
Ronald S. Oremland, R. L. Smith, Charles W. Culbertson
1985, Book chapter, Planetary ecology
No abstract available. ...
Humic substances in groundwater
E.M. Thurman
G. R. Aiken, D.M. McKnight, R.L. Wershaw, Peter McCarthy, editor(s)
1985, Book chapter, Humic substances in soil, sediment, and water: Geochemistry, isolation, and characterization
No abstract available. ...
Approaches to the study of lake hydrology
Gene E Likens
T. C. Winter, editor(s)
1985, Book chapter, An ecosystem approach to aquatic ecology: Mirror Lake and its environment
No abstract available ...
National water summary 1984: Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends, and ground-water resources
U.S. Geological Survey
1985, Water Supply Paper 2275
Water year 1984 was a year of extreme hydrologic conditions. For the third consecutive year, precipitation and resulting runoff were well above long-term averages in most of the Nation and as much as 400 percent above average in the Southwest. National flood damages during the year were the third highest...
Major and trace-element analyses of acid mine waters in the Leviathan Mine drainage basin, California/Nevada; October, 1981 to October, 1982
J.W. Ball, D. Kirk Nordstrom
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4169
Water issuing from the inactive Leviathan open-pit sulfur mine has caused serious degradation of the water quality in the Leviathan/Bryant Creek drainage basin which drains into the East Fork of the Carson River. As part of a pollution abatement project of the California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the U.S....
Effects of increased pumpage on a fractured-bedrock aquifer system in central Orange County, New York
Murray Garber
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4348
The bedrock in central Orange County consists of highly indurated siltstone, shale, and conglomerate containing two major fault systems and extensive fracturing; it is overlain by 50 to 100 feet of till. The fracturing permits unusually high well yields. Wells tapping the bedrock yield 75 to 200 gallons per minute;...
A preliminary evaluation of hydrology and water quality near the Tacoma landfill, Pierce County, Washington
W. E. Lum, G. L. Turney
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4351
The Tacoma landfill, located in western Pierce County, Washington, has been used for the disposal of waste since about 1960. Disposal operations are planned to continue at this site until at least 1990. Data were compiled and interpreted to help understand the possible effects of the landfill on water quality...
Geohydrology of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group, northern West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin near Las Cruces, New Mexico
R. G. Myers, B. R. Orr
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4190
Because of the heterogeneity of the Santa Fe Group, New Mexico, the hydrologic characteristics of the aquifer vary substantially from place to place. Hydraulic conductivities of 12 and 30 feet per day were estimated from aquifer tests for two wells in the eastern one-half of the study area. Well yields...
Ground-water flow in the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer related to contamination by coal-tar derivatives, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
J. R. Stark, M. F. Hult
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4087
A three-dimensional, ground-water-flow model of the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer and associated hydrogeologic units was developed to evaluate the movement of coal-tar derivatives from a coal-tar distillation and wood-preserving plant in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. A finite-difference grid was superimposed on the modeled area, which includes most of eastern Hennepin...
Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring in Long Valley caldera, Mono County, California, 1982-1984
C. D. Farrar, M.L. Sorey, S. Rojstaczer, C. J. Janik, Robert H. Mariner, T. L. Winnett, M. D. Clark
1985, Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4183
The Long Valley caldera is a potentially active volcanic area on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California. Hydrologic and geochemical monitoring of surface and subsurface features began in July 1982 to determine if changes were occurring in response to processes causing earthquakes and crustal deformation. Differences...
Compilation of hydrologic data for the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas, 1982, with 1934-82 summary
R.D. Reeves, G. B. Ozuna
1985, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 42
No abstract available....
The basin and range viewed from Borah Peak, Idaho.
R.S. Stein, R.C. Bucknam
1985, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (17) 98-105
In 1883, the brilliant geologist G. K. Gilbert wrote an article for the Salt Lake Tribune, "A theory of earthquakes of the Great Basin," which began: There are many geologists who are very wise, but even they do not understand the forces which produce mountains. And yet it must be admitted,...
Digital models for simulation of ground-water hydrology of the Chicot and Evangeline aquifers along the Gulf Coast of Texas
J. E. Carr, W.R. Meyer, W.M. Sandeen, I. R. McLane
1985, Texas Department of Water Resources Report 289
No abstract available....
Biological and hydrological evaluation of the fish ladder at Brooks River Falls, Alaska
R.L. Wilmot, C. V. Burger
1985, Report
No abstract available ...
Geophysical techniques for reconnaissance investigations of soils and surficial deposits in mountainous terrain
C.G. Olson, J.A. Doolittle
1985, Soil Science Society of America Journal (49) 1490-1498
Two techniques were assessed for their capabilities in reconnaissance studies of soil characteristics: depth to the water table and depth to bedrock beneath surficial deposits in mountainous terrain. Ground-penetrating radar had the best near-surface resolution in the upper 2 m of the profile and provided continuous interpretable imagery of soil...
Partitioning studies of coal-tar constituents in a two-phase contaminated ground-water system
Colleen E. Rostad, W. E. Pereira, M. F. Hult
1985, Chemosphere (14) 1023-1036
Organic compounds derived from coal-tar wastes in a contaminated aquifer in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, were identified, and their partition coefficients between the tar phase and aqueous phase were determined and compared with the corresponding n-octanol/water partition coefficients. Coal tar contains numerous polycyclic aromatic compounds, many of which are suspected...
Geochemistry of groundwater in Cretaceous sediments of the southeastern coastal plain of eastern Mississippi and western Alabama
Roger W. Lee
1985, Water Resources Research (21) 1545-1556
Geochemical samples of waters along two hydrologic flow paths in four Upper Cretaceous aquifers of northeastern Mississippi and western Alabama indicate similar geochemical evolution of their respective waters. The waters of the Coker, Gordo, and Eutaw-McShan aquifers, noncalcareous sands, increase downgradient in dissolved solids and pH, and are dominated by sodium...
