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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Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three western desert sites Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three western desert sites
Radioactive and hazardous waste landfills exist at numerous desert locations in the USA. At these locations, annual precipitation is low and soils are generally dry, yet little is known about recharge of water and transport of contaminants to the water table. Recent water balance measurements made at three desert locations, Las Cruces, NM, Beatty, NV, and the U.S. Department of Energy's...
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G.W. Gee, P.J. Wierenga, Brian J. Andraski, M.H. Young, M.J. Fayer, M.L. Rockhold
Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 1. Sequence of formation and elevational distribution of carbonate deposits (Tufas) Carbonate deposition, Pyramid Lake subbasin, Nevada: 1. Sequence of formation and elevational distribution of carbonate deposits (Tufas)
During the late Quaternary, the elevation of terrace cutting and carbonate deposition in the Pyramid Lake subbasin were controlled by constancy of lake level imposed by spill to adjoining subbasins. Sill elevations are 1177-1183 m (Mud Lake Slough Sill), 1207 m (Emerson Pass Sill), and 1265 m (Darwin Pass Sill). Carbonate deposition was favored by: (1) hydrologic closure, (2) proximity...
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L. Benson
Estimates of percolation rates and ages of water in unsaturated sediments at two Mojave Desert sites, California-Nevada Estimates of percolation rates and ages of water in unsaturated sediments at two Mojave Desert sites, California-Nevada
Thick unsaturated zones in arid regions increasingly are being sought for the burial of radioactive and other hazardous wastes. Estimating percolation rates of water from precipitation at proposed burial sites is important for site assessment. Chloride profiles in unsaturated sediments are used to show differences and similarities in the rates of percolation at two sites in the Mojave...
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David E. Prudic
Factors Affecting 14C Ages of Lacustrine Carbonates: Timing and Duration of the Last Highstand Lake in the Lahontan Basin Factors Affecting 14C Ages of Lacustrine Carbonates: Timing and Duration of the Last Highstand Lake in the Lahontan Basin
Two processes contribute to inaccurate 14C age estimates of carbonates precipitated within the Lahontan basin, NevadaCalifornia: low initial 14C/C ratios in lake water (reservoir effect) and addition of modern carbon to calcium carbonate after its precipitation. The mast reliable set of 14C ages on carbonates from elevations > 1310 m in the Pyramid and Walker Lake subbasins indicate that...
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L. Benson
Hydrologic and climatic data bases used to assess potential effects of climate change on water resources of American River, Carson River, and Truckee River basins, California-Nevada, and of Gunnison River basin, Colorado Hydrologic and climatic data bases used to assess potential effects of climate change on water resources of American River, Carson River, and Truckee River basins, California-Nevada, and of Gunnison River basin, Colorado
No abstract available.
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M.H. August, J.M. Jacoboni, A.E. Jeton, R. S. Parker, Alex Pupacko, B. C. Ruddy, J. LaRue Smith, K.T. Redmond
Lithologic properties of carbonate-rock aquifers at five test wells in the Coyote Spring Valley area, southern Nevada, as determined from geophysical logs Lithologic properties of carbonate-rock aquifers at five test wells in the Coyote Spring Valley area, southern Nevada, as determined from geophysical logs
No abstract available.
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D.L. Berger
Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
A commercial disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste has been in operation near Beatty, Nevada, since 1962. The facility is in the arid Amargosa Desert where wastes are buried in trenches excavated into unsaturated alluvial sediments. Thick unsaturated zones in arid environments offer many potential advantages for disposal of radioactive wastes, but little is known about the...
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Jeffrey M. Fischer
Lake-size variations in the Lahontan and Bonneville basins between 13,000 and 9000 14C yr B.P Lake-size variations in the Lahontan and Bonneville basins between 13,000 and 9000 14C yr B.P
Recessions of Lakes Lahontan and Bonneville that commenced ∼13,500 14C yr B.P. were interrupted at ⪖11,500 14C yr B.P. in the Lahontan basin and ∼12,200 14C yr B.P. in the Bonneville basin by relatively large perturbations in lake level that persisted for ∼ 2000 years. Minor glacial readvances in the Sierra Nevada and White Mountains of California-Nevada occurred during the latter half...
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L. Benson, D. Currey, Y. Lao, S. Hostetler
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987 Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1987. Data were collected in support of an ongoing study to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature...
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James L. Wood, Jeffrey M. Fischer
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988 Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty/ Nevada, for calendar year 1988. Data were collected in support of ongoing studies to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature...
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James L. Wood, Kevin J. Hill, Brian J. Andraski
United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1991 United States Geological Survey Yearbook, fiscal year 1991
The fiscal year 1991 Yearbook summarizes the activities of the U.S. Geological Survey in response to its scientific and regulatory missions.
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey