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Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5208

Shallow Groundwater Movement in the Skagit River Delta Area, Skagit County, Washington

Selected References

Booth, D.B., 1994, Glaciofluvial infilling and scour of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during ice-sheet glaciation: Geology, v. 22, no. 8, p. 695-698.

Dragovich, J.D., and DeOme, A.J., 2006, Geologic map of the McMurray 7.5‑minute quadrangle, Skagit and Snohomish Counties, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Geologic Map GM-61, 18 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:24,000.

Dragovich, J.D., Gilbertson, L.A., Norman, D.K., Anderson, Garth, and Petro, G.T., 2002, Geologic map of the Utsalady and Conway 7.5‑minute quadrangles, Skagit, Snohomish, and Island Counties, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open-File Report 2002‑5, 34 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:24,000.

Dragovich, J.D., and Grisamer, C.L., 1998, Quaternary stratigraphy, cross sections, and general geohydrologic potential of the Bow and Alger 7.5-minute quadrangles, western Skagit County, Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 98‑8, 30 p., 6 plates.

Dragovich, J.D., Pringle, P.T., and Walsh, T.J., 1994, Extent and geometry of the Mid-Holocene Osceola mudflow in the Puget Lowland—Implications for Holocene sedimentation and paleogeography: Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Washington Geology, v. 22, no. 3, p. 3-26.

Drost, B.W., 2005, Quality-assurance plan for ground-water activities: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005‑1126, 27 p., available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1126/

Easterbrook, D.J., 1969, Pleistocene chronology of the Puget Lowland and San Juan Islands, Washington: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 80, no. 11, p. 2273-2286.

Fasser, E.T., and Julich, R.J., 2009, Hydrographs showing ground-water level changes for selected wells in the lower Skagit River basin, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 441, available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/441/

GeoEngineers, 2003, Lower and upper Skagit watershed plan Samish River sub-basin, ground water hydrology evaluation: File no. 7291‑001‑00‑1180, 175 p.

Hansen, H.P., and Mackin, J.H., 1949, A pre-Wisconsin forest succession in the Puget Lowland, Washington: American Journal of Science, v. 247, no. 12, p. 833-855.

Johnson, S.Y., 1982, Stratigraphy, sedimentology, and tectonic setting of the Eocene Chuckanut Formation, northwest Washington: Seattle, University of Washington, Ph.D. thesis, 221 p., 4 plates.

Marcus, K.L., 1981, The rocks of Bulson Creek: Eocene-Oligocene sedimentation and tectonics in the Lake McMurray area, Washington: Bellington, Western Washington University, M.S. thesis, 84 p., 1 plate.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2007, Climatological data, annual summary, Washington, 2007: Asheville, North Carolina, National Climatic Data Center, v. 111, no. 13, 30 p.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2009, NOAA tides and currents: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration database, accessed May 21, 2009, at http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tides08/tab2wc1b.html

Schuster, J.E., 2000, Digital 1:100,000-scale geology of Washington State: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Open File Report 2005-3, digital coverage, accessed August 26, 2009, at http://www.dnr.wa.gov/ResearchScience/Topics/GeologyPublicationsLibrary/Pages/pub_ofr05-3.aspx

Tabor, R.W., 1994, Late Mesozoic and possible Early Tertiary accretion in western Washington State–The Helena-Haystack mélange and the Darrington-Devils Mountain fault zone: Geological Society of America Bulletin v. 106, no. 2, p. 217-232, 1 plate.

Thomas, B.E., Wilkinson, J.M., and Embry, S.S., 1997, The ground-water system and ground-water quality in western Snohomish County, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96 4312, 218 p., 9 plates.

For additional information contact:
Director, Washington Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey, 934 Broadway — Suite 300
Tacoma, Washington 98402
http://wa.water.usgs.gov

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