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Determination of hydraulic conductivity in three dimensions and its relation to dispersivity: Chapter D in Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination st Determination of hydraulic conductivity in three dimensions and its relation to dispersivity: Chapter D in Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination st
Recent investigations suggest that dispersion in aquifers is scale dependent and a function of the heterogeneity of aquifer materials. Theoretical stochastic studies indicate that determining hydraulic-conductivity variability in three dimensions is important in analyzing the dispersion process. Even though field methods are available to approximate hydraulic conductivity in three...
Geohydrology and hydrochemistry of aquifers in Cretaceous rocks, Minnesota Geohydrology and hydrochemistry of aquifers in Cretaceous rocks, Minnesota
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H. W. Anderson, J. F. Ruhl
Introduction - Contaminants in the upper Mississippi River Introduction - Contaminants in the upper Mississippi River
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J.G. Wiener, R.V. Anderson, D.R. McConville
Longitudinal distribution of trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Se) in fishes and sediments in the upper Mississippi River Longitudinal distribution of trace elements (As, Cd, Cr, Hg, Pb, and Se) in fishes and sediments in the upper Mississippi River
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J.G. Wiener, G. A. Jackson, T.W. May, B.P. Cole
Observations on burrowing rates and comments on host specificity in the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi Observations on burrowing rates and comments on host specificity in the endangered mussel Lampsilis higginsi
In preliminary laboratory studies, the endangered mussel Lampsitis higginsi was unable to burrow into rocky substrates, but did burrow into substrates comprised of silt, clay, sand, and/or pebble-gravel. Burrowing times were shortest in silt and longest in pebble-gravel. As judged by longevity of glochidial infection, walleye (Stizostedion vitreum) and largemouth bass (Micropterus...
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J.R. Sylvester, L. E. Holland, T.K. Kamer
Water chemistry at selected sites on pools 7 and 8 of the upper Mississippi River: a ten-year survey Water chemistry at selected sites on pools 7 and 8 of the upper Mississippi River: a ten-year survey
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V. K. Dawson, G. A. Jackson, C. E. Korschgen
Water resources of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan Water resources of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in a water-rich area. It borders Lake Michigan and several small streams flow through the park to the lake. Small lakes are numerous within the park and near its boundaries. Ground water is available at most places in the park and wells yield as much as 100 gallons per minute. Water from streams, lakes, wells, and springs is of good quality...
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A.H. Handy, J. R. Stark
Hydrogeologic setting and the potentiometric surfaces of regional aquifers in the Hollandale Embayment, southeastern Minnesota, 1970-80 Hydrogeologic setting and the potentiometric surfaces of regional aquifers in the Hollandale Embayment, southeastern Minnesota, 1970-80
Sedimentary Paleozoic rocks in the Hollandale embayment in southeastern Minnesota are as thick as 2,000 ft. This sedimentary sequence, together with the Proterozoic Hinckley Sandstone and the Quaternary drift, is divided into six regional aquifers: undifferentiated drift, Upper Carbonate, St. Peter, Prairie du Chien-Jordan, Ironton-Galesville, and Mount Simon-Hinckley. Potentiometric...
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G. N. Delin, D. G. Woodward
Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination study Ground-water contamination by crude oil at the Bemidji, Minnesota, research site; US Geological Survey Toxic Waste--ground-water contamination study
The U.S. Geological Survey has begun a research project to improve understanding of the mobilization, transport, and fate of petroleum contaminants in the shallow subsurface and to use this understanding to develop predictive models of contaminant behavior. The project site is near Bemidji in northern Minnesota where an accidental spill of 10,500 barrels of crude oil occurred when a...
National water summary 1983: Hydrologic events and issues National water summary 1983: Hydrologic events and issues
The United States as a Nation possesses abundant water resources and has developed and used those resources extensively. The national renewable supply of water is about 1,400 billion gallons per day (for the conterminous 48 States). Approximately 380 billion gallons per day of freshwater is withdrawn for use by the Nation's homes, farms, and industries, and about 280 billion gallons per...
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Water Resources Division U.S. Geological Survey