Autocorrelation of rainfall and streamflow minimums
N.C. Matalas
1963, Professional Paper 434-B
Hydrologic time series of annual minimum mean monthly rainfall and annual minimum 1-day and 7-day discharge, considered as drought indices, were used to study the distribution of droughts with respect to time. The rainfall data were found to be nearly random. The discharge data, however, were found to be nonrandomly...
Geology and hydrology of the Elk River, Minnesota, nuclear-reactor site
Ralph F. Norvitch, Robert Schneider, Richard G. Godfrey
1963, Bulletin 1133-C
The Elk River, Minn., nuclear-reactor site is on the east bluff of the Mississippi River about 35 miles northwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The area is underlain by about 70 to 180 feet of glacial drift, including at the top as much as 120 feet of outwash deposits (valley...
Short papers in geology, hydrology, and topography: Articles 180-239
Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey
1963, Professional Paper 450-E
This collection of 60 short papers on subjects in the fields of geology, hydrology, topography, and related sciences is the last of a series released as chapters of Professional Paper 450. The papers in this chapter report on the scientific and economic results of current work by members of the...
Effects of drought in basins of interior drainage: Chapter E in Drought in the Southwest, 1942-56
H. E. Thomas
1963, Professional Paper 372-E
The effects of the recent drought 1942-56 have varied widely in the Southwestern basins of interior drainage which include, in addition to the Great Basin of Nevada, Utah, and California many smaller basins in Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. These closed basins are characteristically separate hydrologic units, and their water...
Water for the proposed West Side Campground site, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Paul T. Voegeli Sr.
1963, Open-File Report 63-128
At the request of the U.S. National Park Service, the U S. Geological Survey investigated the possibility of obtaining a water supply at the proposed West Side Campground Site in the western part of Rocky Mountain Park (fig. 1).The first field investigation of the site, made July 24, 1962, revealed...
Tritium distribution in ground water around large underground fusion explosions
F.W. Stead
1963, Science (142) 1163-1165
Tritium will be released in significant amounts from large underground nuclear fusion explosions in the Plowshare Program. The tritium could become highly concentrated in nearby ground waters, and could be of equal or more importance as a possible contaminant than other long-lived fission-product and induced radionuclides. Behavior of tritiated water...
Recharge rates of principal aquifers in Lake County, Indiana
J.S. Rosenshein
1963, Groundwater (1) 13-20
The upper 350 to 400 feet of rocks underlying Lake County, Indiana, form a single but complex hydrologic system. The rock units composing this system consist (in ascending order) of dolomite, clay till (unit 4), glaciofluvial sand (unit 3), clay till (unit 2), and lacustrine sand, silt, and clay (unit...
The hydraulic geometry of a shallow estuary
W. B. Langbein
1963, International Association of Scientific Hydrology - Bulletin (8) 84-94
An analogy with entropy production in steady-state systems leads to a statement that the geometry of natural waterways is governed by two opposing influences: a) equal work per unit of area of bed, and b) minimum work done in the system as a whole. The resulting calculations applied to shallow, estuaries are verified...
Preliminary results of a study of calcium carbonate saturation of ground water in central Florida
William Back
1963, International Association of Scientific Hydrology - Bulletin (8) 43-51
The departure of ground water from equilibrium with calcite is being studied in central Florida. Measurements of pH, temperature, and concentration of bicarbonate made in the field are used with standard laboratory analyses of water samples to calculate an ion activity product (K) for calcium carbonate. The calculated Kiap is compared with the...
Hydrologic bench marks to distinguish the effects of climate vs. man
H.D. Wilson Jr.
1963, Groundwater (1) 13-14
There is a vital need for hydrologic data representing various environments that are free from the effects of man's activities. Without such data hydrologists will be stymied in distinguishing hydrologic changes caused by man from those caused by climate. To provide this background information, the U. S. Geological Survey is planning a nationwide hydrologic <span...
Some aspects of chemical equilibrium in ground water
J.D. Hem
1963, Groundwater (1) 30-34
The influence of individual factors such as geologic and hydrologic characteristics of environment, biologic activity in soil, and pollutants on ground‐water composition is discussed. Aspects of chemical equilibria in ground water, sorption reactions, carbonate equilibria, chemistry of iron, and factors altering equilibria are presented....
Applications of geohydrologic concepts in geology
G. B. Maxey, J. E. Hackett
1963, Journal of Hydrology (1) 35-45
Subsurface water, an active agent in many geologic proceses, must be considered in interpreting geologic phenomena. Principles of the occurrence, distribution, and movement of subsurface waters are well established and readily applicable. In many interpretations in geologic literature, geohydrologic principles have been employed realistically, but in many others these principles...
Implications of the minor element content of some major streams of the world
W. H. Durum, J. Haffty
1963, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta (27) 1-11
Of 15 or more minor elements in the world's principal river waters only aluminum, iron, manganese, barium and strontium range much over 100 μgl">100 μgl. (parts per billion). Most minor elements range at or below 100 μg1">100 μg1. and have...
Selected hydrologic data, Pavant Valley, Millard County, Utah
Reed W. Mower
1963, Utah Basic-Data Report 5
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1959-62 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
Selected hydrologic data, Tooele Valley, Tooele County, Utah
Joseph S. Gates
1963, Utah Basic-Data Report 7
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources, and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1958-63 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
Selected hydrologic data, Jordan Valley, Salt Lake County, Utah
I. Wendell Marine, Don Price
1963, Utah Basic-Data Report 4
This report is intended to serve two purposes: (1) to make available to the public basic ground-water data useful in planning and studying development of water resources and (2) to supplement an interpretive report that will be published later.Records were collected during the period 1956-59 by the U.S. Geological Survey...
Petrology of the volcanic rocks of Guam, with a section on trace elements in the volcanic rocks of Guam
J. T. Stark, J. I. Tracey Jr.
1963, Professional Paper 403-C
No abstract available....
Hydrology of upper Black Earth Creek basin, Wisconsin, with a section on surface water
Denzel R. Cline, Mark W. Busby
1963, Water Supply Paper 1669-C
The upper Black Earth Creek drainage basin has an area of 46 square miles and is in Dane County in south-central Wisconsin. The oldest rock exposed in the valley walls is the sandstone of Late Cambrian age. Dolomite of the Prairie du Chien Group of Ordovician age overlies the sandstone...
Data on wells in the Edwards Air Force Base area, California
L.C. Dutcher, J. S. Bader, W.J. Hiltgen
1962, Bulletin 91-6
The data presented In this report were collected by the U.S. Geological Survey as a phase of the investigation of ground-water geology and hydrology of the Edwards Air Force Base area. The study was made in cooperation with the Department of the Air Force but also was coincident with the...
Current studies of the hydrology of prairie potholes
Jelmer B. Shjeflo
1962, Circular 472
The prairie potholes in the North-Central States and in Canada are of glacial origin. Because many of them contain ponds or marshes, they are important in the production of livestock and waterfowl. The objective of the present investigation is to determine the amount of water that accumulates in and is...
Annotated bibliography on hydrology and sedimentation, United States and Canada, 1955-58
H. C. Riggs
1962, Water Supply Paper 1546
Floods in Nebraska on small drainage areas, magnitude and frequency
Emil W. Beckman, Norman E. Hutchison
1962, Circular 458
Flood hazard information is needed for small streams as well as for large ones. This report explains methods of defining the magnitude and frequency of floods in Nebraska on uncontrolled and unregulated streams which have about 300 square miles or less of drainage area contributing to surface runoff. Composite frequency...
Theory of aquifer tests
J.G. Ferris, D.B. Knowles, R. H. Brown, R.H. Stallman
1962, Water Supply Paper 1536-E
The development of water supplies from wells was placed on a rational basis with Darcy's development of the law governing the movement of fluids through sands and with Dupuit's application of that law to the problem of radial flow toward a pumped well. As field experience increased, confidence in the...
Ground-Water Reconnaissance at Pinnacles National Monument, California
R. E. Evenson
1962, Water Supply Paper 1475-K
Ground-water supplies at Pinnacles National Monument have been obtained from springs that occur in fractures and along bedding planes of volcanic flows and deposits, and from springs discharged from perched water in a sedimentary fanglomerate formation. The spring-water yield is barely adequate to supply existing camp facilities, and therefore a...
Ground-water studies and analog models
Charles Joseph Robinove
1962, Circular 468
Hydrologists make ground-water studies to aid managers and users of water resources in solving their problems in the development and management of ground water. Geologic and hydrologic information provides the basic knowledge for construction of electric analog models that portray the ground-water system in miniature. Analog models can be analyzed...
