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GeoHEALTH-USGS Newsletter
GeoHEALTH-USGS Newsletter
The GeoHEALTH–USGS Newsletter—published since 2004—provides information on USGS science activities pertinent to safeguarding the health of fish, wildlife, domesticated animals, and people from environmental exposures to contaminants and pathogens.
Featured Science Activities
Featured Science Activities
Learn about our Featured Science Activities through our pages that highlight studies, publications, and results.
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Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988 Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty/ Nevada, for calendar year 1988. Data were collected in support of ongoing studies to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature...
Authors
James L. Wood, Kevin J. Hill, Brian J. Andraski
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987 Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1987. Data were collected in support of an ongoing study to estimate the potential for downward movement of radionuclides into the unsaturated sediments beneath waste-burial trenches at the facility. The data include air temperature...
Authors
James L. Wood, Jeffrey M. Fischer
Management systems evaluation area; Iowa, Walnut Creek watershed Management systems evaluation area; Iowa, Walnut Creek watershed
No abstract available.
Authors
P. J. Soenksen, J.L. Hatfield, J. L. Baker
Applying the DRASTIC model: A review of county-scale maps Applying the DRASTIC model: A review of county-scale maps
The potential for contamination of ground water has become an issue of great concern to citizens and government alike, especially in the last decade. Numerous methods for assessing ground water vulnerability to contamination have been proposed and used. These methods include field-scale deterministic models that predict the rate of migration and fate of specific chemicals, and regional...
Authors
David R. Soller
Physical, chemical, and biological data for detailed study of irrigation drainage in the Kendrick Reclamation Project area, Wyoming, 1988-90 Physical, chemical, and biological data for detailed study of irrigation drainage in the Kendrick Reclamation Project area, Wyoming, 1988-90
No abstract available.
Authors
R.B. See, D. A. Peterson, Pedro Ramirez
A study of ground-water flow beneath the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts; project description, August 1992 A study of ground-water flow beneath the Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts; project description, August 1992
No abstract available.
Authors
P. M. Barlow, D.R. LeBlanc
Trace metals in clams (Macoma balthica) and sediments at the Palo Alto mudflat in South San Francisco Bay, California; May 1991-May, 1992 Trace metals in clams (Macoma balthica) and sediments at the Palo Alto mudflat in South San Francisco Bay, California; May 1991-May, 1992
No abstract available.
Authors
S. N. Luoma, D.J. Cain, C. L. Brown, Michelle Hornberger
Hydrologic research at the Princeton, Minnesota management systems evaluation area Hydrologic research at the Princeton, Minnesota management systems evaluation area
The Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) program is part of a multi-scale, inter-agency initiative to evaluate the effects of agricultural management systems on water quality. The program resulted from the integration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Research Plan for Water Quality and the U.S Geological Survey (USGS) Mid-Continent Herbicide Initiative and is part of the...
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G. N. Delin, M.K. Landon, J. L. Anderson, R.H. Dowdy
Ground-water quality in five areas of differing land use in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Island, New York Ground-water quality in five areas of differing land use in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Long Island, New York
No abstract available.
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C.E. LeaMond, R.J. Haefner, S.J. Cauller, P. E. Stackelberg
Effects of low-level radioactive-waste disposal on water chemistry in the unsaturated zone at a site near Sheffield, Illinois, 1982-84 Effects of low-level radioactive-waste disposal on water chemistry in the unsaturated zone at a site near Sheffield, Illinois, 1982-84
A 1982-84 field study defined the chemistry of water collected from the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Bureau County, Ill. Chemical data were evaluated to determine the principal, naturally occurring geochemical reactions in the unsaturated zone and to evaluate waste-induced effects on pore-water chemistry. Samples of precipitation...
Authors
C.A. Peters, Robert G. Striegl, P. C. Mills, R. W. Healy
Assessment of hydrogeologic conditions with emphasis on water quality and wastewater injection, southwest Sarasota and West Charlotte counties, Florida Assessment of hydrogeologic conditions with emphasis on water quality and wastewater injection, southwest Sarasota and West Charlotte counties, Florida
The 250-square-mile area of southwest Sarasota and west Charlotte Counties is underlain by a complex hydrogeologic system having diverse ground-water quality. The surficial and intermediate aquifer systems and the Upper Floridan aquifer of the Floridan aquifer system contain six separate aquifers, or permeable zones, and have a total thickness of about 2,000 feet. Water in the clastic...
Authors
C. B. Hutchinson
The determination and fate of unstable constituents of contaminated groundwater The determination and fate of unstable constituents of contaminated groundwater
No abstract available
Authors
M.J. Baedecker, M. Cozzarelli