Selected hydrologic data, 1931-77, Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs coal-fields area, Utah
K.M. Waddell, H.L. Vickers, Robbin T. Upton, P. Kay Contratto
1978, Open-File Report 78-121
The Wasatch Plateau-Book Cliffs coal-fields area in east-central Utah includes a significant part of the State's coal resources and is currently (1977) the most active coal-mining area in the State.This report presents data gathered by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a hydrologic reconnaissance carried out during the period...
Mean annual runoff in the upper Ohio River basin, 1941-70, and its historical variation
Robert M. Beall
1978, Water Supply Paper 2042
A map of the Ohio River basin above the Muskingum River shows patterns of mean annual runoff for the new climatologic and hydrologic reference period, 1941-70, and provides an up-to-date, consistent basis for consideration of this streamflow characteristic. The primary data base consisted of 98 long-term gaging-station records collected within...
Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the waste-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia
Philip M. Brown, D.L. Brown, M.S. Reid, O. B. Lloyd Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-292
This report describes the subsurface distribution of rocks of Cretaceous to Late Jurassic(?) age in the Atlantic. Coastal Plain, South Carolina and Georgia, and examines their potential for deep-well waste storage. For mapping purposes a waste-storage "operational unit" is established and defined. It is a sand or sandstone layer, 20...
Historic ground failures in Northern California triggered by earthquakes
T. Leslie Youd, Seena N. Hoose
1978, Professional Paper 993
A major source of earthquake-related damage and casualties in northern California has been ground failures generated by the seismic shaking, including landslides, lateral spreads, ground settlement, and surface cracks. The historical record shows that, except for offshore shocks, the geographic area affected and the quantity and general severity of ground...
The hydrothermal system of Long Valley Caldera, California
M.L. Sorey, Robert Edward Lewis, F. H. Olmsted
1978, Professional Paper 1044-A
Long Valley caldera, an elliptical depression covering 450 km 2 on the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada in east-central California, contains a hot-water convection system with numerous hot springs and measured and estimated aquifer temperatures at depths of 180?C to 280?C. In this study we have synthesized the results...
Geological Survey research 1978
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1978, Professional Paper 1100
This U.S. Geological Survey activities report includes a summary of 1978 fiscal year scientific and economic results accompanied by a list of geologic and hydrologic investigations in progress and a report on the status of topographic mapping. The summary of results includes: (1) Mineral and water resources, (2) Engineering geology...
Climate variation and its effects on our land and water : Part B, Current research by the Geological Survey
George I. Smith, editor(s)
1978, Circular 776-B
To better coordinate information being generated by the U.S. Geological Survey, a workshop was convened near Denver, Colo., on December 7-9, 1976, to exchange ideas about research that is oriented toward climate, climate variation, and the effects of climate on the Nation 's land and water resources. This is the...
Climate variation and its effects on our land and water : Part C, Geological Survey climate plan
Keith A. Howard, George I. Smith
1978, Circular 776-C
To better coordinate information being generated by the U.S. Geological Survey, a workshop was convened near Denver, Colo., on December 7-9, 1976, to exchange ideas about research that is oriented toward climate, climate variation, and the effects of climate on the Nation 's land and water resources. This is the...
Hydrogeologic factors affecting the availability and quality of ground water in the Temple Terrace area, Hillsborough County, Florida
Joseph William Stewart, Carole L. Goetz, L. R. Mills
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-4
Ground water occurs in two aquifers in the Temple Terrace area of Hillsborough County, Fla. The lower one is the artesian Floridan aquifer; the upper is the water-table aquifer. The Floridan aquifer is a thick sequence of limestone and dolomite layers which include several permeable zones that generally are treated...
Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of floods in St. Louis County, Missouri
Donald Webster Spencer, Terry W. Alexander
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-139
Equations and nomographs in.this report can be used to estimate peak flood-discharges having recurrence intervals up to 100 years in rural and urban areas of St. Louis County, Mo. The basin characteristics significant at the 5-percent probability level were drainage area and percentage imperviousness. Drainage area can be measured from...
Hydrologic processes and radionuclide distribution in a cavity and chimney produced by the Cannikin nuclear explosion, Amchitka Island, Alaska
H.C. Claassen
1978, Professional Paper 712-D
No abstract available....
Model evaluation of the hydrogeology of the Cypress Creek well field in west-central Florida
Paul D. Ryder
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-79
The Cypress Creek well field is being developed to help supply a rapidly growing population in west-central Florida. The ground-water system in the Cypress Creek well-field area consists of a surficial sand aquifer, a semiconfining clay layer ranging from 2 to 25 feet in thickness, and a sequence of carbonate...
The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; organization and status of programs in 1978
Kathleen M. Johnson
1978, Circular 772-A
United States Geological Survey projects in Alaska study a wide range of topics of economic and scientific interest. Work done in 1977 includes contributions to economic geology, regional geology, stratigraphy, engineering geology, hydrology, and marine geology. Many maps and reports covering various aspects of the geology and mineral and water...
The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1977
Kathleen M. Johnson, editor(s)
1978, Circular 772-B
United States Geological Survey projects in Alaska study a wide range of topics of economic and scientific interest. Work done in 1977 includes contributions to economic geology, regional geology, stratigraphy, engineering geology, hydrology, and marine geology. Many maps and reports covering various aspects of the geology and mineral and water...
Hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data, Ochlockonee River basin area, Florida
Charles A. Pascale, Jeffrey R. Wagner, James E. Sohm
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-97
This report presents hydrologic, geologic, and water-quality data collected within the Ochlockonee River basin area, in the panhandle of northwest Florida. The data are presented in graphs and tables. Surface-water data include streamflow measurements and analyses of water collected at 58 sites; ground-water data include descriptions of 360 wells and...
Hydrologic monitoring of a deep-well waste-injection system near Pensacola, Florida, March 1970 - March 1977
Charles A. Pascale, J.B. Martin
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-27
This report presents hydraulic and chemical data collected at a deep-well waste-injection system near Pensacola, Florida. Since injection began in July 1963, about 13.3 billion gallons of industrial acidic waste containing nitric acid, inorganic salts and numerous organic compounds have been injected into a saline-water-filled limestone aquifer. Wellhead pressure at...
Collection, storage, retrieval, and publication of water-resources data
C. R. Showen (compiler)
1978, Circular 756
This publication represents a series of papers devoted to the subject of collection, storage, retrieval, and publication of hydrologic data. The papers were presented by members of the U.S. Geological Survey at the International Seminar on Organization and Operation of Hydrologic Services, Ottawa, Canada, July 15-16, 1976, sponsored by the...
Application of digital profile modeling techniques to ground-water solute transport at Barstow, California
Stanley G. Robson
1978, Water Supply Paper 2050
This study investigated the use of a two-dimensional profile-oriented water-quality model for the simulation of head and water-quality changes through the saturated thickness of an aquifer. The profile model is able to simulate confined or unconfined aquifers with nonhomogeneous anisotropic hydraulic conductivity, nonhomogeneous specific storage and porosity, and nonuniform saturated...
Geohydrology of the northern Louisiana salt-dome basin pertinent to the storage of radioactive wastes; a progress report
R.L. Hosman
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-104
Salt domes in northern Louisiana are being considered as possible storage sites for nuclear wastes. The domes are in an area that received regional sedimentation through early Tertiary (Eocene) time with lesser amounts of Quaternary deposits. The Cretaceous-Tertiary accumulation is a few thousand feet thick; the major sands are regional...
Configuration of the top of the Floridan aquifer, Southwest Florida Water Management District and adjacent areas
A. Buono, A. T. Rutledge
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-34
This map depicts the approximate top of the rock that composes the Floridan aquifer. The contours represent the elevation of the top of the Floridan aquifer to mean sea level. Rock units recognized to be part of the Floridan aquifer are limestone and dolomite ranging from middle Eocene to early...
Hydrologic data for Soldier Creek Basin, Kansas
William J. Carswell Jr.
1978, Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-87
Selected hydrologic data collected in the Soldier Creek basin in Kansas are available on magnetic tape in card-image format. Data on the tape include water discharge in fifteen-minute and daily time intervals; rainfall in fifteen-minute and daily time intervals; concentrations and particle sizes of suspended sediment; particle sizes of bed...
Backwater at bridges and densely wooded flood plains, Okatoma Creek near Magee, Mississippi
B.E. Colson, C. O. Ming, George J. Arcement
1978, Hydrologic Atlas 596
Backwater at bridges and densely wooded flood plains, Bogue Chitto near Summit, Mississippi
B.E. Colson, C. O. Ming, George J. Arcement
1978, Hydrologic Atlas 592
New techniques for predicting water-surface profiles, needed in the design of economical, structurally sound, and environmentally compatible stream crossings, are under investigation. The investigation has accelerated with the advent of digital computers capable of analyzing large quatities of data. Among the techniques is the development of two-dimensional (2-D) digital models....
Backwater at bridges and densely wooded flood plains, Bogue Chitto near Johnston Station, Mississippi
B.E. Colson, C. O. Ming, George J. Arcement
1978, Hydrologic Atlas 591
Water resources of the Kodiak-Shelikof subregion, south-central Alaska
Stanley H. Jones, R. J. Madison, Chester Zenone
1978, Hydrologic Atlas 612
Hydrologic data for the Kodiak-Shelikof subregion of south-central Alaska are summarized to provide a basis for planning water resources development, identifying water problems and evaluating existing water quality and availability. Average annual precipitation, measured at a few coastal locations in this maritime climatic zone, ranges from 23 to 127 inches....
