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Field trip guide-American Water Resources Association Field trip guide-American Water Resources Association
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Authors
Matthew C. Larsen
The role of soil processes in determining mechanisms of slope failure and hillslope development in a humid-tropical forest eastern Puerto Rico The role of soil processes in determining mechanisms of slope failure and hillslope development in a humid-tropical forest eastern Puerto Rico
Translational failures, with associated downslope earthflow components and shallow slides, appear to be the primary mechanism of hillslope denudation in the humid tropical forests of the mountains of eastern Puerto Rico. In-situ weathering of quartz diorite and marine-deposited volcaniclastics produces residual soil (saprolite; up to 21 m deep) / weathered rock profiles. Discontinuous...
Authors
A. Simon, M. C. Larsen, C.R. Hupp
Hydrologic effects of well-field operations in a wetland, Dade County, Florida Hydrologic effects of well-field operations in a wetland, Dade County, Florida
Water-level, canal stage and discharge, and rainfall data collected in a wetland in Dade County, Florida, were analyzed to determine the effects of pumping at the Northwest Well Field on water levels in the wetland. The Northwest Well Field is the first major well field in south Florida to be operated in a wetland, away from saltwater intrusion and the potential for contamination caused...
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R.S. Sonenshein, Ronald H. Hofstetter
A method to estimate canal leakage to the Biscayne Aquifer, Dade County, Florida A method to estimate canal leakage to the Biscayne Aquifer, Dade County, Florida
The leakage characteristics of channels that partially penetrate the Biscayne aquifer and have reduced bed permeability were studied. Leakage characteristics were described in terms of a reach transmissivity-defined as the volume flow rate out of the channel per unit length of the channel per unit drawdown, where drawdown is defined as the difference in altitude between the water surface...
Authors
D.A. Chin
Comparison of aquifer storage coefficients computed using anisotropic and isotropic analytical models Comparison of aquifer storage coefficients computed using anisotropic and isotropic analytical models
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Authors
Vicente Quinones-Aponte
Hydrogeologic characteristics of the lower Río Grande de Arecibo alluvial valley Hydrogeologic characteristics of the lower Río Grande de Arecibo alluvial valley
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Authors
Vicente Quinones-Aponte
Accuracy of acoustic velocity metering systems for measurement of low velocity in open channels Accuracy of acoustic velocity metering systems for measurement of low velocity in open channels
Acoustic velocity meter (AVM) accuracy depends on equipment limitations, the accuracy of acoustic-path length and angle determination, and the stability of the mean velocity to acoustic-path velocity relation. Equipment limitations depend on path length and angle, transducer frequency, timing oscillator frequency, and signal-detection scheme. Typically, the velocity error from this...
Authors
Antonius Laenen, R. E. Curtis
Vegetative changes in a wetland in the vicinity of a well field, Dade County, Florida Vegetative changes in a wetland in the vicinity of a well field, Dade County, Florida
Plant communities present in 1978 and 1986 were analyzed at 250 random points on stereoscopic pairs of aerial photographs for four study sites in the vicinity of the Northwest Well Field in Dade County, Florida. Sites NW and NE lie northwest of the well field beyond the cone of depression. Site SW lies in the outer part of the cone, and site SE lies within the cone of depression...
Authors
Ronald H. Hofstetter, Roy S. Sonenshein
Hydrogeology, ground-water movement, and subsurface storage in the Floridan aquifer system in southern Florida Hydrogeology, ground-water movement, and subsurface storage in the Floridan aquifer system in southern Florida
The Floridan aquifer system of southern Florida is composed chiefly of carbonate rocks that range in age from early Miocene to Paleocene. The top of the aquifer system in southern Florida generally is at depths ranging from 500 to 1,000 feet, and the average thickness is about 3,000 feet. It is divided into three general hydrogeologic units: (1) the Upper Floridan aquifer, (2) the middle...
Authors
Frederick W. Meyer
Horizontal anisotropy of the principal ground-water flow zone in the Salinas alluvial fan, Puerto Rico Horizontal anisotropy of the principal ground-water flow zone in the Salinas alluvial fan, Puerto Rico
Well drawdown data from an anisotropic aquifer in the Salinas alluvial fan were collected and analyzed with a computer program called TENSOR2D. The program uses ordinary and weighted least-squares optimization procedures to solve the system of simultaneous equations needed to define the theoretical transmissivity ellipse. Prediction of drawdown data was made by coupling the anisotropy...
Authors
V. Quinones-Aponte
Geochemistry of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama Geochemistry of the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama
The chemical quality of the ground water in the Floridan aquifer system is determined primarily by mineral-water interaction. However, some changes in water quality have been imposed by development, particularly near coastal pumping centers. A total of 601 chemical analyses, all from different wells, most completed in the upper part of the aquifer system, were used to describe the...
Authors
Craig L. Sprinkle