Publications
This list of Upper Midwest Water Science Center publications spans from 1899 to present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. To access the full, searchable catalog of USGS publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Geology and ground-water resources of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Geology and ground-water resources of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
The principal water-bearing rocks underlying Fond du Lac County, Wis., are sandstones of Cambrian and Ordovician age and dolomite of Silurian age. Other aquifers include dolomite of Ordovician age and sand. and gravel of Quaternary age. Crystalline rocks of Precambrian age, which underlie all the water-bearing formations, form a practically impermeable basement complex and yield little...
Authors
Thomas G. Newport
Floods at Mount Clemens, Michigan Floods at Mount Clemens, Michigan
The approximate areas inundated during the flood of April 5-6, 1947, by Clinton River, North Branch and Middle Branch of Clinton River, and Harrington Drain, in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Mich., are shown on a topographic map base to record the flood hazard in graphical form. The flood of April 1947 is the highest known since 1934 and probably since 1902. Greater floods are...
Authors
S.W. Wiitala, Arlington D. Ash
An application of thermometry to the study of ground water An application of thermometry to the study of ground water
Except for studies of temperature data related to ground-water developments that induce infiltration from streams, little attention has been given to the possibility of using temperature fluctuations as a tool for studying the elements of the hydrologic cycle involving ground water. The temperature of the water discharged from large installations that induce river infiltration through...
Authors
Robert Schneider
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
Floods in Minnesota--Magnitude and frequency Floods in Minnesota--Magnitude and frequency
No abstract available.
Authors
C. H. Prior, J.H. Hess
Geohydrology of the Jordan aquifer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota Geohydrology of the Jordan aquifer in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, Minnesota
No abstract available.
Authors
B.A. Liesch
Ground water for Michigan's future Ground water for Michigan's future
No abstract available.
Authors
Morris Deutsch
Hydrogeologic aspects of ground-water pollution Hydrogeologic aspects of ground-water pollution
No abstract available.
Authors
Morris Deutch
Aquifers in melt-water channels along the southwest flank of the Des Moines Lobe, Lyon County, Minnesota Aquifers in melt-water channels along the southwest flank of the Des Moines Lobe, Lyon County, Minnesota
During the Gary and Mankato substages of Wisconsin glaciation the Des Moines lobe advanced southeastward through the broad lowland of the Minnesota River valley of southwestern Minnesota, and thence southward to central Iowa. Among the most prominent topographic features in Lyon County, Minn., are five southeastward-trending end moraines, two of which are associated with and parallel to...
Authors
Robert Schneider, Harry G. Rodis
Exploratory drilling for ground water in the Mountain Iron-Virginia area, St. Louis County, Minnesota Exploratory drilling for ground water in the Mountain Iron-Virginia area, St. Louis County, Minnesota
The Mountain Iron-Virginia area is a broad, southwest-trending valley in the central part of the Mesabi Range. The valley, which heads in the Laurentian Divide, and covers about 120 square miles, coincides approximately with a bedrock valley filled with as much as 150 feet of glacial deposits. A complex sequence of glacioaqueous sediments made up of clay, silt, sand, and gravel was...
Authors
R. D. Cotter, J.E. Rogers