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Stream composition of the conterminous United States Stream composition of the conterminous United States

This atlas is comprise of three maps of the conterminous United States which show separately the prevalent dissolved-solids concentrations, prevalent chemical type, and average sediment concentration of rivers. The river-composition data shown on plates 1-3 provide a starting point for evaluating our surface-water resources on a nationwide scale, indicate regions where acceptable...
Authors
Francis Hays Rainwater

Use of water-well data in interpreting occurrence of aquifers in northeastern Lyon County, Minnesota Use of water-well data in interpreting occurrence of aquifers in northeastern Lyon County, Minnesota

In northeastern Lyon County the areal distribution of aquifers of Cretaceous age determined from well-bottom altitudes suggests a series of interbedded sandstones striking northwestward and overlapping one another to the northeast. Probably the numerous thin sandstone aquifers in the area were deposited near the flanks of a Precambrian granite “high” area by a transgressing Late...
Authors
Harry G. Rodis

Availability of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota Availability of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota

Lyon County is in southwestern Minnesota, about 150 miles southwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul The basement rocks in the area consist of granite and quartzite of Precambrian age. These materials are in turn overlain by shale and sandstone of Cretaceous age, glacial drift of Pleistocene age, and alluvium of Recent age. Ground water is available primarily from aquifers in Pleistocene and...
Authors
Harry G. Rodis
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