Publications
Scientific reports, journal articles, or general interest publications by USGS scientists in the Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center are listed below. Publications span from 1898 to the present.
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Ground-water geology of Bexar County, Texas
The investigation in Bexar County was part of a comprehensive study of a large area in south-central Texas underlain by the Edwards and associated limestones (Comanche Peak and Georgetown) of Cretaceous age. The limestones form an aquifer which supplies water to the city of San Antonio, several military installations, many industrial plants, and many irrigated farms.
The geologic formations that y
Authors
Ted Arnow
Ground-water geology of Karnes County, Texas
The exposed rocks and those underlying Karnes County dip toward the Gulf of Mexico at average rates ranging from 20 to more than 200 feet per mile. The oil fields are on structures associated with faulting; the effect of faulting on the occurrence of ground water has not been determined.
The principal water-bearing formations, from oldest to youngest, underlying the county are the Carrizo sand, Ye
Authors
Robert B. Anders
Floods of April-June 1957 in Texas and adjacent states
No abstract available.
Authors
Ivan Dale Yost
Ground water geology of Edwards County, Texas
Edwards County occupies 2,075 square miles of the southern part of the Edwards Plateau in southwest Texas. In 1950 it had a population of 2,908. Its thin limestone soil supports the characteristic flora of a semiarid region. The county is underlain by nearly flat-lying beds of limestone and a few beds of shale and marl.
The Glen Rose limestone of Cretaceous age, the oldest formation tapped by wate
Authors
Archie T. Long
Floods on White Rock Creek above White Rock Lake at Dallas, Texas
The White Rock Creek watershed within the city limits of Dallas , Texas, presents problems not unique in the rapid residential and industrial development encountered by many cities throughout the United States. The advantages of full development of the existing area within a city before expanding city boundaries, are related to both economics and civic pride. The expansion of city boundaries usual
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Clarence R. Gilbert
Effects of drought in central and south Texas
The effects of drought upon ground-water storage and discharge, and upon streamflow, vary tremendously in the central third of Texas (the area from the Panhandle to the Gulf of Mexico). Extremes are represented by (a) the Llano Estacado, where the drought had negligible effect upon ground-water resources, which are being progressively depleted by pumping for irrigation; and (b) the Balcones fault-
Authors
H. E. Thomas
Quality of water from test wells in the Castolon area, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas
No abstract available.
Authors
Jack Rawson
Chemical analysis of water from observation wells in the Edwards and associated limestones, San Antonio area, Texas
No abstract available.
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Sergio Garza
Investigation of sources of natural pollution, Wichita River basin above Lake Kemp, Texas, 1951-57
No abstract available.
Authors
J.O. Joerns
Short papers in geology, hydrology, and topography; Articles 1-59: Geological Survey Research 1962
This collection of 59 short papers on subjects in the fields of geology, hydrology, topography, and related sciences is one of a, series to be relea~ed during the year as chapters of Professional Paper 450. The papers in this chapter report on the scientific and economic· results of current work by members of the Geologic, Topographic, and 'Vater Resources Division of the United States Geological
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Memorandum on the water-supply wells at Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas
During March and April 1957, a brief investigation was made at the request of the U. S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, to determine the cause for the decline in the performances of the wells used at Biggs Air Force Base, El Paso, Texas. The investigation included a general survey or the existing wells, pumping schedules, and records of pumpage and water levels. Appreciation is exp
Authors
Edward R. Leggat