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January 1, 1999

Some fundamentals of geochemistry Some fundamentals of geochemistry

No abstract available.

Authors

D. Kirk Nordstrom

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Chlorofluorocarbons Chlorofluorocarbons

No abstract available.

Authors

L.N. Plummer, Eurybiades Busenberg

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Using flood-analysis techniques to estimate dissolved-zinc concentrations Using flood-analysis techniques to estimate dissolved-zinc concentrations

No abstract available.

Authors

Kenneth J. Leib, Winfield G. Wright, M. Alisa Mast

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Predicting soil-water retention and hydraulic conductivity from textural and structural information Predicting soil-water retention and hydraulic conductivity from textural and structural information

No abstract available.

Authors

John R. Nimmo

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Selenium pollution Selenium pollution

No abstract available.

Authors

Theresa S. Presser

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Transport of heat and gas in soil and at the surface Transport of heat and gas in soil and at the surface

No abstract available.

Authors

D.E. Anderson

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Solutions to questions Solutions to questions

No abstract available.

Authors

D.E. Anderson

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Analysis of carbon isotopes, determination of ground-water age, and estimated characteristics of the contaminant source at two fuel-spill plumes, western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1996 Analysis of carbon isotopes, determination of ground-water age, and estimated characteristics of the contaminant source at two fuel-spill plumes, western Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 1996

No abstract available.

Authors

Jennifer G. Savoie

Ecosystems Mission Area, Environmental Health Program, Toxic Substances Hydrology, New England Water Science Center

January 1, 1999

Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface Upgrade to MODFLOW-GUI; addition of MODPATH, ZONEBDGT, and additional MODFLOW packages to the U.S. Geological Survey MODFLOW-96 Graphical-User Interface

This report describes enhancements to a Graphical-User Interface (GUI) for MODFLOW-96, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) modular, three-dimensional, finitedifference ground-water flow model, and MOC3D, the USGS three-dimensional, method-ofcharacteristics solute-transport model. The GUI is a plug-in extension (PIE) for the commercial program Argus ONEe. The GUI has been modified to...

Authors

R.B. Winston

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground water: The perspectives of history and hydrology Bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground water: The perspectives of history and hydrology

Bioremediation, the use of microbial degradation processes to detoxify environmental contamination, was first applied to petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated ground water systems in the early 1970s. Since that time, these technologies have evolved in some ways that were clearly anticipated early investigators, and in other ways that were not foreseen. The expectation that adding oxidants...

Authors

F. H. Chapelle

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

The relative importance of light and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth: A simple index of coastal ecosystem sensitivity to nutrient enrichment The relative importance of light and nutrient limitation of phytoplankton growth: A simple index of coastal ecosystem sensitivity to nutrient enrichment

Anthropogenic nutrient enrichment of the coastal zone is now a well-established fact. However, there is still uncertainty about the mechanisms through which nutrient enrichment can disrupt biological communities and ecosystem processes in the coastal zone. For example, while some estuaries exhibit classic symptoms of acute eutrophication, including enhanced production of algal biomass...

Authors

J. E. Cloern

Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program

January 1, 1999

Agrichemicals in ground water of the midwestern USA: Relations to soil characteristics Agrichemicals in ground water of the midwestern USA: Relations to soil characteristics

A comprehensive set of soil characteristics were examined to determine the effect of soil on the transport of agrichemicals to ground water. This paper examines the relation of local soil characteristics to concentrations and occurrence of nitrate, atrazine (2-chloro-4 ethylamino-6-isopropylamino-s-trazine), and atrazine residue [atrazine + deethylatrazine (2-amino-4-chloro-6...

Authors

M. R. Burkart, D.W. Kolpin, R.J. Jaquis, K.J. Cole

Water Resources Mission Area, Ecosystems Mission Area, Toxic Substances Hydrology, Environmental Health Program, Central Midwest Water Science Center