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Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - A Century of Change, 1950–2050

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Domestic Well Water Quality in Marcellus Shale Region

Factors Affecting Groundwater Quality Used for Domestic Supply in Marcellus Shale Region of North-Central and North-East Pennsylvania

Geohydrologic and water-quality characterization of a fractured-bedrock test hole in an area of Marcellus Shale gas development, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania

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January 1, 1991

Comment on “Flow and tracer transport in a single fracture: A stochastic model and its relation to some field observations” by L. Moreno et al. Comment on “Flow and tracer transport in a single fracture: A stochastic model and its relation to some field observations” by L. Moreno et al.

Moreno et al. [1988] (hereinafter referred to as MT) used a particle-tracking scheme to investigate the physics of solute movement in a variable-aperture planar fracture. The spatially heterogeneous fluid velocity was assumed to be the only mechanism of solute movement; local or pore scale dispersion and molecular diffusion were assumed to be negligible. The particle-tracking scheme used...

Authors

Daniel J. Goode, Allen M. Shapiro

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

National water summary 1988–89 — Hydrologic events and floods and droughts National water summary 1988–89 — Hydrologic events and floods and droughts

National Water Summary 1988-89 - Hydrologic Events and Floods and Droughts documents the occurrence in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands of two types of extreme hydrologic events floods and droughts on the basis of analysis of stream-discharge data. This report details, for the first time, the areal extent of the most notable floods and droughts in each State...

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Utah Water Science Center, Dakota Water Science Center, Central Midwest Water Science Center, Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, Central Plains Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Tributary-stream infiltration in Marsh Creek Valley, north-central Pennsylvania Tributary-stream infiltration in Marsh Creek Valley, north-central Pennsylvania

The geohydrology of infiltration from five tributary streams along a 3.6-mile reach of Marsh Creek valley in north-central Pennsylvania was investigated during 1983-85. Marsh Creek valley is underlain by up to 100 feet of stratified drift that overlies Devonian bedrock. The stratified drift is overlain by up to 30 feet of alluvial-fan deposits near the tributary streams. Four of the five

Authors

John Williams

Water Resources Mission Area, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Water-resources investigations in Pennsylvania; programs and activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1990-91 Water-resources investigations in Pennsylvania; programs and activities of the U.S. Geological Survey, 1990-91

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) was established by an act of Congress on March 3, 1879, to provide a permanent Federal agency to conduct the systematic and scientific 'classification of the public lands, and examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of national domain'. Since 1879, the research and fact-finding role of the USGS has grown and has been...

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L.O. McLanahan

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

National Water-Quality Assessment Program; The Lower Susquehanna River basin National Water-Quality Assessment Program; The Lower Susquehanna River basin

In 1991, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) began to implement a full-scale National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. The three major objectives of the NAWQA program are to provide a consistent description of current waterquality conditions for a large part of the Nation's water resources, define long-term trends in water quality, and identify, describe, and explain the major...

Authors

K. J. Breen, R.A. Hainly, S. A. Hoffman

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the carbonate rocks of the Little Lehigh Creek basin, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania Hydrogeology and ground-water flow in the carbonate rocks of the Little Lehigh Creek basin, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

The Little Lehigh Creek basin is underlain mainly by a complex assemblage of highly-deformed Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks. The Leithsville Formation, Allentown Dolomite, Beekmantown Group, and Jacksonburg Limestone act as a single hydrologic unit. Ground water moves through fractures and other secondary openings and generally is under water-table conditions. Median annual...

Authors

R. A. Sloto, L.D. Cecil, L.A. Senior

Water Resources Mission Area, Chesapeake Bay Activities, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Altitude and configuration of the water-level surface in the Lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Red Clay Creek basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware, June through October 1989 and March 1990 Altitude and configuration of the water-level surface in the Lower Paleozoic and Precambrian crystalline rocks of the Red Clay Creek basin, Chester County, Pennsylvania, and New Castle County, Delaware, June through October 1989 and March 1990

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Authors

Karen L. Vogel, Wendy E. Miller, B. Craig McManus

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Hydrology and the hypothetical effects of reducing nutrient applications on water quality in the Bald Eagle Creek Headwaters, southeastern Pennsylvania prior to implementation of agricultural best-management practices Hydrology and the hypothetical effects of reducing nutrient applications on water quality in the Bald Eagle Creek Headwaters, southeastern Pennsylvania prior to implementation of agricultural best-management practices

The report characterizes a 0.43-square-mile agricultural watershed in York County, underlain by albite-chlorite and oligoclase-mica schist in the Lower Susquehanna River basin, that is being studied as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program. The water quality of Bald Eagle Creek was studied from October 1985 through September 1987 prior to the...

Authors

D. K. Fishel, M. J. Langland, M. V. Truhlar

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Testing a method-of-characteristics model of three-dimensional solute transport in ground water Testing a method-of-characteristics model of three-dimensional solute transport in ground water

A new three-dimensional model of solute transport in groundwater that is based on a widely used two-dimensional method of characteristics model and is coupled to a modular finite-difference flow model is under development. The model's accuracy for ideal aquifers having homogeneous properties, uniform boundary conditions, and steady flow along a grid direction is demonstrated by...

Authors

Daniel J. Goode, Leonard F. Konikow

Water Resources Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

January 1, 1991

Comment on “Macrodispersion in sand-shale sequences” by A. J. Desbarats Comment on “Macrodispersion in sand-shale sequences” by A. J. Desbarats

Desbarats [1990] used a particle-tracking scheme to investigate the physics of three-dimensional solute transport in aquifers composed of two porous media of different hydraulic conductivities. The spatially heterogeneous fluid velocity was assumed to be the only mechanism of solute movement; local or pore scale dispersion and molecular diffusion were assumed to be negligible. The...

Authors

Daniel J. Goode, Allen M. Shapiro

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

December 31, 1990

Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 2. Mine site case studies Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 2. Mine site case studies

The effectiveness of preventing or ameliorating acid mine drainage (AMD) through the application of alkaline additives is evaluated for eight surface coal mines in Pennsylvania. Many of the mine sites had overburden characteristics that made prediction of post‐mining water quality uncertain. Alkaline materials were applied at rates ranging from 42 to greater than 1,000 tons as calcium...

Authors

Keith Brady, Michael W. Smith, Richard L. Beam, Charles A. Cravotta

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center

December 31, 1990

Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 1. Geochemical considerations Effectiveness of the addition of alkaline materials at surface coal mines in preventing or abating acid mine drainage--Part 1. Geochemical considerations

The addition of alkaline materials to supplement deficient "neutralization potential" (NP) of mine spoil, and thus to prevent or abate acid mine drainage, has riot been successful at most surface coal mines in Pennsylvania. A basic problem may have been improper accounting for acid‐production potential and thus inadequate addition rates of calcium carbonate (CaCO3 ), calcium oxide (CaO)...

Authors

Charles A. Cravotta, Keith Brady, Michael W. Smith, Richard L. Beam

Water Resources Mission Area, Pennsylvania Water Science Center