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Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the middle Arkansas River basin, Colorado and Kansas, 1988-89 Reconnaissance investigation of water quality, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the middle Arkansas River basin, Colorado and Kansas, 1988-89
No abstract available.
Authors
D. K. Mueller, L.R. DeWeese, A.J. Garner, T.B. Spruill
Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1986 Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1986
Selected meteorological data were collected at a study site adjacent to a low-level radioactive-waste burial facility near Beatty, Nevada, for calendar year 1986. 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
Water and tritium movement through the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois, 1981-85 Water and tritium movement through the unsaturated zone at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Illinois, 1981-85
The movement of water and tritium through the unsaturated zone was studied at a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site near Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois, from 1981 to 1985. Water and tritium movement occurred in an annual, seasonally timed cycle; recharge to the saturated zone generally occurred in the spring and early summer. Mean annual precipitation (1982-85) was 871...
Authors
P.C. Mills, R. W. Healy
Work plan for regional reconnaissance for selected herbicides and nitrate in ground water of the mid-continent United States, 1991 Work plan for regional reconnaissance for selected herbicides and nitrate in ground water of the mid-continent United States, 1991
An approach was developed to obtain a consistent, regional distribution of herbicide and nitrate data from near-surface aquifers in the corn and soybean producing region of the mid-continent. Near-surface aquifers are defined as those with the top of aquifer material within 50 feet of land surface, regardless of whether the material is saturated or unsaturated. Three hundred wells will...
Authors
D.W. Kolpin, M. R. Burkart
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
No abstract available.
Authors
C. B. Hutchinson
Discussion of “Gas‐Transfer Measurements Using Headspace Analysis of Propane” by John R. Thene and John S. Gulliver (November/December, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 6) Discussion of “Gas‐Transfer Measurements Using Headspace Analysis of Propane” by John R. Thene and John S. Gulliver (November/December, 1990, Vol. 116, No. 6)
No abstract available.
Authors
Ronald E. Rathbun
The chemistry of iron, aluminum, and dissolved organic material in three acidic, metal-enriched, mountain streams, as controlled by watershed and in-stream processes The chemistry of iron, aluminum, and dissolved organic material in three acidic, metal-enriched, mountain streams, as controlled by watershed and in-stream processes
Several studies were conducted in three acidic, metal-enriched, mountain streams, and the results are discussed together in this paper to provide a synthesis of watershed and in-stream processes controlling Fe, Al, and DOC (dissolved organic carbon) concentrations. One of the streams, the Snake River, is naturally acidic; the other two, Peru Creek and St. Kevin Gulch, receive acid mine...
Authors
Diane M. McKnight, Kenneth E. Bencala
Comment on "Temperature dependence of the aqueous solubilities of highly chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins" Comment on "Temperature dependence of the aqueous solubilities of highly chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins"
No abstract available.
Authors
Cary T. Chiou, Milton Manes
Stoichiometry of mineral reactions from mass balance computations for acid mine waters, Iron Mountain, California Stoichiometry of mineral reactions from mass balance computations for acid mine waters, Iron Mountain, California
No abstract available.
Authors
Charles N. Alpers, D. Kirk Nordstrom
Use of tree-ring chemistry to document historical ground-water contamination events Use of tree-ring chemistry to document historical ground-water contamination events
The annual growth rings of tulip trees (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) appear to preserve a chemical record of ground-water contamination at a landfill in Maryland. Zones of elevated iron and chlorine concentrations in growth rings from trees immediately downgradient from the landfill are closely correlated temporally with activities in the landfill expected to generate iron and chloride
Authors
Don A. Vroblesky, Thomas M. Yanosky
Hazardous wastes from large-scale metal extraction. A case study Hazardous wastes from large-scale metal extraction. A case study
No abstract available
Authors
Johnnie N. Moore, Samuel N. Luoma
Solute transport with multisegment, equilibrium-controlled reactions: A feed forward simulation method Solute transport with multisegment, equilibrium-controlled reactions: A feed forward simulation method
The feed forward method (FF method) is one of the ways of formulating operational equations which simulate transport of solutes influenced by equilibrium-controlled reaction networks. The FF method provides increased solution efficiency by adapting its formulations to some of the network's fundamental features. In this study the FF method is further developed by adapting and testing it...
Authors
Jacob Rubin