Disequilibrium in the 238uranium series in samples from Yeelirrie, Western Australia
R.S. Lively, R.S. Harmon, A. A. Levinson, C.J. Bland
1979, Journal of Geochemical Exploration (12) 57-65
Uranium-series disequilibrium studies carried out on samples from the Yeelirrie uranium deposit, Western Australia, indicate that uranium and radium have been migrating within the deposit during recent times, and are actually being removed from the deposit. Samples collected for 230Th/234U age dating were found to be substantially out of equilibrium,...
The flow mechanism in the Chalk based on radio-isotope analyses of groundwater in the London Basin
R.A. Downing, F.J. Pearson, D. B. Smith
1979, Journal of Hydrology (40) 67-83
14C analyses of groundwaters from the Chalk of the London Basin are re-interpreted and the age of the groundwater is revised. Radio-isotope analyses are used to examine the flow mechanism in the aquifer. The evidence supports the view that a network of micro-fissures and larger intergranular pores in the matrix...
Fall foods of migrant common snipe in North Dakota
E.K. Fritzell, G.A. Swanson, M.I. Meyer
1979, Journal of Wildlife Management (43) 253-257
Studies of foods consumed by common snipe (Capella gallinago) during fall migration (Sperry 1940, Erickson 1941, Choate in Tuck 1972, Tuck 1972) have shown that diets vary among habitats. More recently, Fogarty and Arnold (1977) expressed the need for more detailed information on snipe food habits and more refined knowledge...
Modern marine sediments as a natural analog to the chemically stressed environment of a landfill
M.J. Baedecker, W. Back
1979, Journal of Hydrology (43) 393-414
Chemical reactions that occur in landfills are analogous to those reactions that occur in marine sediments. Lateral zonation of C, N, S, O, H, Fe and Mn species in landfills is similar to the vertical zonation of these species in marine sediments and results from the following reaction sequence: (1)...
A review of numerical simulation of hydrothermal systems
J.W. Mercer, C.R. Faust
1979, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (24) 335-344
Many advances in simulating single and two-phase fluid flow and heat transport in porous media have recently been made in conjunction with geothermal energy research. These numerical models reproduce system thermal and pressure behaviour and can be used for heat-transport problems other than those associated with geothermal energy development, such...
Geochemical and hydrologic considerations and the use of enthalpy-chloride diagrams in the prediction of underground conditions in hot-spring systems
R.O. Fournier
1979, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (5) 1-16
Thermal water ascending in a hot-spring system may cool by conduction of heat to the surrounding rock, by boiling, by mixing with cooler water, or by a combination of these processes. Complete or partial chemical reequilibration may occur as a result of this cooling. In spite of these complexities, in...
Major geochemical processes in the evolution of carbonate-Aquifer systems
B.B. Hanshaw, W. Back
1979, Journal of Hydrology (43) 287-312
As a result of recent advances by carbonate petrologists and geochemists, hydrologists are provided with new insights into the origin and explanation of many aquifer characteristics and hydrologic phenomena. Some major advances include the recognition that: (1) most carbonate sediments are of biological origin; (2) they have a strong bimodal...
Water, something peculiar
T. E. A. Van Hylckama
1979, Hydrological Sciences Bulletin (24) 499-507
Some chemical and physical properties of water are discussed and compared with those of other fluids. For instance, the boiling point is much higher than one would expect considering the molecular weight of water. The heat capacity is also much higher but the viscosity is not. The dielectric constant is...
Worth of data and natural disaster insurance
E. D. Attanasi, M.R. Karlinger
1979, Water Resources Research (15) 1763-1766
The Federal Government in the past has provided medical and economic aid to victims of earthquakes and floods. However, regulating the use of hazard-prone areas would probably be more efficient. One way to implement such land use regulation is through the national flood and earthquake insurance program. Because insurance firms...
Trees as indicators of past movements on the San Andreas Fault
R. E. Wallace, Valmore C. LaMarche Jr.
1979, Earthquake Information Bulletin (USGS) (11) 127-131
Trees are sources of information about fault movements that have occurred before the earliest historical reports. This kind of evidence can be used to improve estimates of when earthquakes will recur on faults known to be seismically active and to identify active faults that have no record of movement during...
Hydrology and water quality in the Nederlo Creek Basin, Wisconsin, before construction of two water-retention structures
Phil A. Kammerer Jr., Marvin G. Sherrill
1979, Water-Resources Investigations Report 79-95
The Nederlo Creek basin, in the "Driftless Area" of southwest Wisconsin, is geographically and hydrologically similar to other small basins in the area. Topography is rugged, with approximately 400 feet of relief between the boundary ridge tops and the valley floor. The water-retention structures (a dry floodwater- retention structure and...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Fish Springs Flat area, Tooele, Juab, and Millard Counties, Utah
E.L. Bolke, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Technical Publication 64
The Fish Springs Flat area includes about 590 square miles (1,530 square kilometers) in western Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 7 inches (180 millimeters) and totals about 232,000 acre-feet (286 cubic hectometers). Fish Springs Wash is the major drainage in the area; and, along with numerous...
Hydrology of the Beaver Valley area, Beaver County, Utah, with emphasis on ground water
R. W. Mower
1978, Technical Publication 63
Beaver Valley includes 534 square miles in southwestern Utah, in the Basin and Range physiographic province. The project area consists of a valley plain underlain by unconsolidated to partly consolidated material. The valley plain is bounded by mountains that are composed of partly consolidated to consolidated rocks of Pennsylvanian through...
Hydrologic reconnaissance of the Dugway Valley-Government Creek area, West-Central Utah
Jerry C. Stephens, C. T. Sumsion
1978, Technical Publication 59
The Dugway Valley-Government Creek area covers about 890 square miles (2,300 square kilometers) in west-central Utah. Total annual precipitation on the area averages about 380,000 acre-feet (470 cubic hectometers). Most streams are ephemeral except for a few in their upper reaches--all are ephemeral below the altitude of about 6,000 feet...
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...
Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas metropolitan area, 1976
Marion L. Maderak, J.D. Gordon, R.N. Mitchell
1978, Open-File Report 78-457
Hydrologic investigations of urban watersheds in Texas were begun by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1954. Studies are now in progress in Austin, Dallas and Dallas County, Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio.The Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Department of Water Resources, began hydrologic studies in the Austin...
Hydrologic data in Bear Creek Basin and western Jackson County, Oregon, 1976-77
Loren A. Wittenberg, Stuart W. McKenzie
1978, Open-File Report 78-230
To determine irrigation return flow impacts on Meyer Creek and Griffin Creek, 12 sites were sampled prior to and during the irrigation season. Thirty-three sets of samples, consisting of irrigation inflow and outflow samples on farms, were collected to determine if the use of irrigation water was improving or degrading...
Linear ground-water flow, flood-wave response program for programmable calculators
John Michael Kernodle
1978, Open-File Report 78-356
Two programs are documented which solve a discretized analytical equation derived to determine head changes at a point in a one-dimensional ground-water flow system. The programs, written for programmable calculators, are in widely divergent but commonly encountered languages and serve to illustrate the adaptability of the linear model to use...
Water-level declines in the Madison area, Dane County, Wisconsin
R.S. McLeod
1978, Open-File Report 78-936
The water supply for the city of Madison, Wisconsin, and for surrounding municipalities is obtained from the ground-water reservoir that underlies the area. This ground-water reservoir is composed of an upper aquifer and an underlying sandstone aquifer. High-capacity water-supply wells pump from the sandstone aquifer. Pumping from the sandstone aquifer has...
Potential sites for a spent unreprocessed fuel facility (SURFF), southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site
D. L. Hoover, Edwin Butt Eckel, Jane P. Ohl
1978, Open-File Report 78-269
In the absence of specific criteria, the topography, geomorphology, and geology of Jackass Flats and vicinity in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site are evaluated by arbitrary guidelines for a Spent Unreprocessed Fuel Facility. The guidelines include requirements for surface slopes of less than 5 percent, 61 m...
Hydrologic monitoring of waste-injection wells near Pensacola, Florida, March 1970 - December 1977
Charles A. Pascale, J.B. Martin
1978, Open-File Report 78-355
This report presents hydraulic and chemical data collected from March 1970 to December 1977 at a deep-well waste-injection system at the Monsanto Company's plant near Pensacola, Florida. The injection system presently consists of Injection Well A, Injection Well B, and two deep monitor wells all completed open hole in the...
Hydrologic information for land-use planning, Fairbanks vicinity, Alaska
Gordon L. Nelson
1978, Open-File Report 78-959
The flood plain on the Chena and Tanana Rivers near Fairbanks, Alaska, has abundant water in rivers and in an unconfined alluvial aquifer. The principal source of ground water is the Tanana River, from which ground water flows northwesterly to the Chena River. Transmissivity of the aquifer commonly exceed 100...
Hydrologic data for the Antlers aquifer, southeastern Oklahoma
Robert E. Davis, Donald L. Hart Jr.
1978, Open-File Report 78-1038
The U.S. Geological Survey has collected data on Oklahoma's ground-water resources since 1934. Most of these data were collected as part of specific ground-water studies conducted in cooperation with various Federal, State, and local agencies.The information in this report was obtained in the field, from published reports (Davis, 1960, Hart,...
Recent and projected changes in Dead Sea level and effects on mineral production from the sea
Stanley P. Sauer
1978, Open-File Report 78-176
Hydrologic data for the Dead Sea area were reviewed to assess the probable magnitude and rate of change of the water level of the Dead Sea. Historical average annual Dead Sea levels range from a minimum of 399.4 meters below sea level in about 1818 to a maximum of 388.6...
Effects of converting sagebrush cover to grass on the hydrology of small watersheds at Boco Mountain, Colorado
Gregg C. Lusby
1978, Open-File Report 78-289
Changes in runoff and sediment yield caused by changing sagebrush cover to grass cover were studied at four small watersheds in western Colorado during a 9-year period. Measurements of runoff and sediment yield from four watersheds were made for 3 years, at which time two watersheds were plowed and seeded...
