Publications
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Ground-water levels in water years 1984-86 and estimated ground-water pumpage in water years 1984-85, Carson Valley, Douglas County, Nevada
Tabulations of groundwater level measurements made during the water years 1984-86 and summaries of estimated pumpage for water years 1984 and 1985 in Carson valley, Douglas County, Nevada, are included in this report. The data are being collected to provide a record of long-term groundwater changes and pumpage estimates that can be incorporated in a groundwater model change at a later date. (USGS)
Authors
D.L. Berger
Lake-level variation in the Lahontan basin for the past 50,000 years
Selected radiocarbon data on surficial materials from the Lahontan basin, Nevada and California, provide a chronology of lake-level variation for the past 50,000 yr. A moderate-sized lake connected three western Lahontan subbasins (the Smoke Creek-Black Rock Desert subbasin, the Pyramid Lake subbasin, and the Winnemucca Dry Lake subbasin) from about 45,000 to 16,500 yr B.P. Between 50,000 and 45,0
Authors
L. V. Benson, R.S. Thompson
The sensitivity of evaporation rate to climate change; results of an energy-balance approach
No abstract available.
Authors
L. V. Benson
Reconnaissance bathymetry of basins occupied by Pleistocene Lake Lahontan, Nevada and California
No abstract available.
Authors
Larry V. Benson, Martin D. Mifflin
Beatty, Nevada: A section in U.S. Geological Survey research in radioactive waste disposal - Fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 (WRI 87-4009)
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, alluv
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Jeffrey M. Fischer, William D. Nichols
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 units and withdrawal, Basin and Range Province, Nevada
This report on ground-water units and withdrawal 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 f Sargent, and Reed, 1984), utilizing program guidelines defined in Sargent and Bedinger (1984). Also included in this
Authors
M. S. Bedinger, J. R. Harrill, J. M. Thomas
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 (1984). Al
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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
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 wells are part
Authors
C.B. Bentley
Hydrochemical data for the Truckee River drainage system, California and Nevada
No abstract available.
Authors
Larry V. Benson