Chemical constraints of groundwater management in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico
W. Back, J.M. Lesser
1981, Journal of Hydrology (51) 119-130
Two critical objectives of water management in the Yucatan are: (1) to develop regional groundwater supplies for an expanding population and tourism based on the Mayan archeological sites and excellent beaches; and (2) to control groundwater pollution in a chemically sensitive system made...
Compilation of hydrologic data for the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio area, Texas, 1934-79
R.D. Reeves, R.W. Maclay, K. C. Grimm, M.F. Davis
1981, Edwards Underground Water District Bulletin 39
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Hydromythology and ethnohydrology in the New World
William Back
1981, Water Resources Research (17) 257-287
From mythology, archeology, and chronicles of early explorers we can learn how early Americans viewed the cause and effect relations of hydrologic phenomena. Hopes and fears are the basis of religion, and it was through religion that water management was first practiced. Early people used their water resources to develop...
A transient laboratory method for determining the hydraulic properties of 'tight' rocks-I. Theory
P. A. Hsieh, J.V. Tracy, C. E. Neuzil, J.D. Bredehoeft, Stephen E. Silliman
1981, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts (18) 245-252
Transient pulse testing has been employed increasingly in the laboratory to measure the hydraulic properties of rock samples with low permeability. Several investigators have proposed a mathematical model in terms of an initial-boundary value problem to describe fluid flow in a transient pulse test. However, the solution of this problem...
Impacts and management of steepland erosion: A review
Mary Ann Madej
1981, Journal of Hydrology (20) 108-111
Hydrologic testing of tight zones in southeastern New Mexico
K.F. Dennehy, P. A. Davis
1981, Groundwater (19) 482-489
Increased attention is being directed toward the investigation of tight zones in relation to the storage and disposal of hazardous wastes. Shut-in tests, slug tests, and pressure-slug tests are being used at the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant site, located in southeastern New Mexico, to...
Dissolution of salt on the east flank of the Permian Basin in the southwestern U.S.A.
K.S. Johnson
1981, Journal of Hydrology (54) 75-93
Hydrogeologic studies prove that natural dissolution of bedded salt occurs at shallow depths in many parts of the Permian Basin of the southwestern U.S.A. This is especially well-documented on the east side of the basin in study areas on the Cimarron River and Elm Fork in western Oklahoma, and on...
Bibliography of U.S. Geological Survey water-resources reports for Utah
1980, Utah Division of Water Rights Information Bulletin 27
This bibliography contains a complete listing to June 30, 1980, of reports relating to the water resources of Utah prepared by personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey. Discussions of the related subjects of geology, hydrology, and chemical quality of the water are included in many of the reports. The reports...
Water resources thesaurus: A vocabulary for indexing and retrieving the literature of water resources research and development
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1980, Report
This Water Resources Thesaurus encompasses such broad research areas as the hydrologic cycle, supply of and demand for water, conservation and best use of available supplies of water, methods of increasing supplies, and the economic, legal, social, engineering, recreational, biological, geographical, ecological, and qualitative aspects of water resources. This volume...
Hydrologic and land-cover features of the Loxahatchee River Basin, Florida
Benjamin F. McPherson, Maryann Sabanskas
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-1109
This map report represents the first published product of the Loxahatchee River estuary assessment, and primarily fulfills the first objective as outlined in the report. It presents an overview of the major physical features of the basin and presents selected information on the U.S. Geological Survey assessment. The report includes...
Hurricane Frederic tidal floods of September 12-13, 1979, along the Gulf Coast, Hurricane quadrangle, Alabama
John C. Scott, Larry R. Bohman
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 629
Shown on a topographic map are floodmark elevations and approximate areas flooded by Hurricane Frederic tides of September 12-13, 1979, along the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers in Mobile and Baldwin Counties, Alabama. Most of the inundated areas shown are marshlands or flood plains of small tributary streams. Storm-tides frequency and...
A limnological study of 43 selected Maine lakes
Derrill J. Cowing, Matthew Scott
1980, Water-Resources Investigations Report 80-69
Federal and State legislation require the trophic classification of lakes and ponds in the State of Maine as part of a lake management program. In 1974, the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) adopted a preliminary set of procedures for establishing an index of lake trophic status. Also...
Water-resources investigations of the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado; fiscal year 1980
Stephen R. Blakely
1980, Open-File Report 80-442
Water-resources data-collection activities for October 1, 1979, through September 30, 1980, are summarized for Colorado and bordering States. Fifty-four interpretive hydrologic investigations include: 9 statewide investigations, 6 regional investigations, 11 investigations in the Missouri River basin, 7 investigations in the Arkansas River basin, 3 investigations in the Rio Grande basin,...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area, 1978
J.S. Hutchison, J. F. Weigel
1980, Open-File Report 80-1184
This report contains rainfall and runoff data collected during the 1978 water year for drainage basins in the Houston, Tex., metropolitan area. The information will be useful in determining the extent to which progressive urbanization will affect the yield and mode of occurrence of storm runoff. Rainfall-runoff computations are presented...
Summary of hydrologic testing in Tertiary limestone aquifer, Tenneco offshore exploratory well-Atlantic OCS, lease block 427 (Jacksonville NH-17-5)
Richard H. Johnston, Peter W. Bush, Richard E. Krause, James A. Miller, Craig L. Sprinkle
1980, Open-File Report 80-558
A summary of hydrologic testing in an offshore oil-test well drilled for Tenneco, Inc. 55 miles east of Fernandina Beach, Florida, is presented. The interval tested (1,050 to 1,070 feet below sea level) is in a calcarenite that is equivalent to the Ocala Limestone (late Eocene) of onshore Florida and...
Columbia Glacier, Alaska: Recent ice loss and its relationship to seasonal terminal embayments, thinning, and glacial flow
W. G. Sikonia, Austin Post
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 619
In 1974 the U.S. Geological Survey began an intensive investigation of the stability of Columbia Glacier, a calving tidewater glacier terminating in Columbia Bay, near Valdez, Alaska. Aerial photographs taken in 1957 and a sequence of photographs taken at about 2-month intervals since 1976, when analyzed photogrammetrically, provided detailed data...
Geologic and hydrologic data from a test-monitor well at Fernandina Beach, Florida
David P. Brown
1980, Open-File Report 80-347
A 2,102-foot observation well was drilled at Fernandina Beach, Florida, to obtain geologic and hydrologic data. Drill cuttings, water samples, and water-level measurements were collected. Geologist's, driller's, and geophysical logs were completed. The well is constructed with 12-inch diameter casing to a depth of 515 feet and 6-inch diameter casing...
Quality of runoff from small watersheds in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota - A project plan
M. A. Ayers, G. A. Payne, Gary L. Oberts
1980, Open-File Report 80-592
A program of water-quality sampling to define the relationships between land use, watershed characteristics, and the quantity, quality, and timing of runoff has been started for the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. Ten major watersheds were chosen as representative of conditions in the metropolitan area. Each will be sampled...
Hydrology and water resources of the Shawsheen River basin, Massachusetts
Frederick B. Gay, David F. Delaney
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 614
Hydrology and water resources of the lower Merrimack River Basin, Massachusetts, from Concord River, Lowell, to Plum Island, Newburyport
Frederick B. Gay, David F. Delaney
1980, Hydrologic Atlas 616
Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Caribbean region
Fernando Gómez-Gómez, James E. Heisel
1980, Professional Paper 813-U
The Caribbean Region consists of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (8,990 km2 (square kilometers)) and the U.S. Virgin Islands (350 km2). The mean annual precipitation varies locally from a high of 5,000 mm (millimeters) to a low of 730 mm. Maximum precipitation occurs within the peaks of Sierra de Luquillo,...
Hydrology and Model of North Fork Solomon River Valley, Kirwin Dam to Waconda Lake, North-Central Kansas
Donald G. Jorgensen, Lloyd E. Stullken
1980, Open-File Report 80-1024
Relationships between aerodynamic roughness and land use and land cover in Baltimore, Maryland
F.W. Nicholas, J.E. Lewis Jr.
1980, Professional Paper 1099-C
Urbanization changes the radiative, thermal, hydrologic, and aerodynamic properties of the Earth's surface. Knowledge of these surface characteristics, therefore, is essential to urban climate analysis. Aerodynamic or surface roughness of urban areas is not well documented, however, because of practical constraints in measuring the wind profile in the presence of...
Maps showing ground-water conditions in the Hopi area, Coconino and Navajo counties, Arizona; 1977
C. D. Farrar
1980, Open-File Report 80-3
The Hop·; area includes about 3,200 mi2 in northeastern Arizona ~nd is mostly in the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations; about 400 mi of the area is south of the Navajo Indian Reservation boundary . Ground water occurs in several aquifers that are made up of one or more formations;...
Quality of surface water in the coal-mining region, southwestern Indiana, March and May 1979
Danny E. Renn, Stephen E. Ragone, William G. Wilber
1980, Open-File Report 80-970
On August 3, 1977, the Surface Mine Control and Reclamation Act, Public Law 95-87 (the Act) was enacted by the 95th Congress. Under Section 507(b)(11) of the Act, an appropriate Federal or State agency must provide applicants for coal-mining permits hydrologic and water-quality information for the general use of proposed...
