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Publications authored by the Nevada Water Science Center scientists are listed below. Older publications may not be available in electronic form yet. If a Nevada Water Science Center publication that you would like to view isn't listed below, please send email to GS-W-NVpublic-info@ usgs.gov.

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Hydrology of Washoe Valley, Washoe County, Nevada

No abstract available.
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, W.D. Nichols

Geohydrologic data for test well USW H-5, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada

This report presents data on drilling operations, lithology, borehole geophysics, water-level monitoring, core analysis, ground-water chemistry, pumping tests, and packer-injection tests for test well USW H-5. The well is one of a series of test wells drilled in and near the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. These test
Authors
C.B. Bentley, J. H. Robison, R.W. Spengler

A hydrochemical reconnaissance study of the Walker River basin, California and Nevada

During 1975 and 1976, a large number of water and sediment samples were collected from the Walker River Basin. Additional surface water samples were collected during 1980 and 1981. Data are given herein for chemical analyses of snowmelt, tributary, river, spring, well, lake, reservoir, lake sediment pore fluid, tufa, lake and river sediment samples. These data provide the basis for consideration o
Authors
L. V. Benson, R. J. Spencer

Chemical composition of ground water and the locations of permeable zones in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada

Ten wells in the Yucca Mountain area of southern Nevada have been sampled for chemical analysis. Samples were obtained during pumping of water from the entire well bore (composite sample) and in one instance by pumping water from a single isolated interval in well UE-25b number 1. Sodium is the most abundant cation and bicarbonate the most abundant anion in all water samples. Although the general
Authors
L. V. Benson, J. H. Robison, R. K. Blankennagel, A.L. Ogard

Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal year 1979 (Circular 847)

A commercial low-level radioactive waste disposal site has been operating near Beatty, Nevada, about 150 km northwest of Las Vegas, since 1962. The 32-ha site is situated in a desolate region of the Amargosa River Valley, sometimes referred to as the Amargosa Desert. Average annual precipitation is only about 114 mm. The site is underlain by 175 m of unconsolidated generally coarse-grained, alluvi
Authors
William D. Nichols

Uranium transport in the Walker River Basin, California and Nevada

During the summer of 1976 waters from tributaries, rivers, springs and wells were sampled in the Walker River Basin. Snow and sediments from selected sites were also sampled. All samples were analyzed for uranium and other elements. The resulting data provide an understanding of the transport of uranium within a closed hydrologic basin as well as providing a basis for the design of geochemical rec
Authors
L. V. Benson, D. L. Leach

Development of a relation for steady-state pumping rate for Eagle Valley ground-water basin, Nevada

No abstract available.
Authors
Freddy E. Arteaga, Timothy J. Durbin

Appraisal of water resources in the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation, Humboldt County, Nevada

Consideration of land-management alternatives in parts of the Fort McDermitt Indian Reservation has prompted an evaluation of water resources in the reservation and vicinity. The study area comprises (1) about 9 square miles of reservation land, plus adjacent areas, on and bordering the floor of Quinn River valley near McDermitt, Nev., and (2) the uninhabited 5.6-square-mile Hog John Ranch (also p
Authors
Freddy E. Arteaga

Sources of data for evaluation of selected geothermal areas in northern and central Nevada

No abstract available. 
Authors
F. H. Olmsted, P.A. Glancy, J. R. Harrill, F. E. Rush, A. S. Van Denburgh