Publications
Publications authored by the Nevada Water Science Center scientists are listed below. Please send email to GS-W-NVpublic-info@ usgs.gov for more information.
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Hydrology of Washoe Valley, Washoe County, Nevada Hydrology of Washoe Valley, Washoe County, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
F.E. Arteaga, W. D. Nichols
Unsaturated-zone instrumentation in coarse alluvial deposits of the Amargosa Desert near Beatty, Nevada Unsaturated-zone instrumentation in coarse alluvial deposits of the Amargosa Desert near Beatty, Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
D. S. Morgan, J.M. Fischer
Maps showing ground-water levels, springs, and depth to water, Basin and Range Province, Nevada Maps showing ground-water levels, springs, and depth to water, Basin and Range Province, Nevada
This report on ground-water levels, springs and depth to ground water in the Basin and Range province of Nevada (see index map) was prepared as part of a program of the U.S. Geological Survey to identify prospective regions for further study relative to isolation of high-level nuclear waste (Bedinger, Sargent, and Reed, 1984), utilizing program guidelines defined in Sargent and Bedinger...
Authors
M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill, William H. Langer, J. M. Thomas, D. A. Mulvihill
Geohydrologic data for test well USW G-4, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada Geohydrologic data for test well USW G-4, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada
Data are presented on drilling operations, lithology, borehole geophysics, hydrologic monitoring, core analysis, water chemistry, pumping tests, and packer-injection tests for test well USW G-4. 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
Geohydrologic data for test well USW H-5, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada 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...
Authors
C.B. Bentley, J. H. Robison, R.W. Spengler
A hydrochemical reconnaissance study of the Walker River basin, California and Nevada 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...
Authors
L. V. Benson, R. J. Spencer
Chemical composition of ground water and the locations of permeable zones in the Yucca Mountain area, Nevada 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...
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) 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...
Authors
William D. Nichols
Mathematical model analysis of the Eagle Valley ground-water basin, west-central Nevada Mathematical model analysis of the Eagle Valley ground-water basin, west-central Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Freddy E. Arteaga
Streamflow, sediment transport, and nutrient transport at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1970-73 Streamflow, sediment transport, and nutrient transport at Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1970-73
The five principal creeks, First Creek, Second Creek, Wood Creek, Third Creek, and Incline Creek, with a cumulative drainage of 17.8 square miles, furnished a yearly average of about 15,000 acre-feet of runoff, mainly snowmelt, to Lake Tahoe during the 1970-73 water years. Annual runoff from the individual streams ranged from 460 to 7,070 acre-feet, and discharges ranged from 0.2 to 110...
Authors
Patrick A. Glancy