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Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
A commercial disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste has been in operation near Beatty, Nevada, since 1962. The facility is in the arid Amargosa Desert where wastes are buried in trenches excavated into unsaturated alluvial sediments. Thick unsaturated zones in arid environments offer many potential advantages for disposal of radioactive wastes, but little is known about the...
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Jeffrey M. Fischer
Compilation and interpretation of water-quality and discharge data for acidic mine waters at Iron Mountain, Shasta County, California, 1940-91 Compilation and interpretation of water-quality and discharge data for acidic mine waters at Iron Mountain, Shasta County, California, 1940-91
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Charles N. Alpers, D. Kirk Nordstrom, J.M. Burchard
Detailed study of selenium and selected elements in water, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the middle Green River basin, Utah, 1988-90 Detailed study of selenium and selected elements in water, bottom sediment, and biota associated with irrigation drainage in the middle Green River basin, Utah, 1988-90
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D. W. Stephens, Bruce Waddell, L. A. Peltz, J. B. Miller
Plankton studies in San Francisco Bay, California; XIV, Chlorophyll distributions and hydrographic properties of San Francisco Bay, 1992 Plankton studies in San Francisco Bay, California; XIV, Chlorophyll distributions and hydrographic properties of San Francisco Bay, 1992
No abstract available.
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S.M. Wienke, B.E. Cole, J. E. Cloern
Floating sample-collection platform with stage-activated automatic water sampler for streams with large variation in stage Floating sample-collection platform with stage-activated automatic water sampler for streams with large variation in stage
A floating sample-collection platform is described for stream sites where the vertical or horizontal distance between the stream-sampling point and a safe location for the sampler exceed the suction head of the sampler. The platform allows continuous water sampling over the entire storm-runoff hydrogrpah. The platform was developed for a site in southern Illinois.
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Stephen R. Tarte, A.R. Schmidt, Daniel J. Sullivan
Discussion of "Aeration at Ohio River basin navigation dams" Discussion of "Aeration at Ohio River basin navigation dams"
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John S. Gulliver, Steven C. Wilhelms
Comparison of purge and trap GC/MS and purgeable organic chloride analysis for monitoring volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons Comparison of purge and trap GC/MS and purgeable organic chloride analysis for monitoring volatile chlorinated hydrocarbons
A combined field and laboratory study was conducted to compare purge and trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (PT‐GC/MS) and purgeable organic chloride (POC1) analysis for measuring volatile chlorinated hydro‐carbons (VCH) in ground water. Distilled‐water spike and recovery experiments using 10 VCH indicate that at concentrations greater than 1 /ig/1 recovery is more than 80 percent...
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Larry B. Barber, E. Michael Thurman, Yoshi Takahashi, Mary C. Noriega
Ground-penetrating radar: A tool for mapping reservoirs and lakes Ground-penetrating radar: A tool for mapping reservoirs and lakes
Ground-penetrating radar was evaluated as a tool for mapping reservoir and lake bottoms and providing stage-storage information. An impulse radar was used on a 1.4-ha (3.5-acre) reservoir with 31 transects located 6.1 m (20 feet) apart. Depth of water and lateral extent of the lake bottom were accurately measured by ground-penetrating radar. A linear (positive) relationship existed...
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C.C. Truman, L.E. Asmussen, H.D. Allison
Geochemistry of dissolved inorganic carbon in a Coastal Plain aquifer. 2. Modeling carbon sources, sinks, and δ13C evolution Geochemistry of dissolved inorganic carbon in a Coastal Plain aquifer. 2. Modeling carbon sources, sinks, and δ13C evolution
Stable isotope data for dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC), carbonate shell material and cements, and microbial CO2 were combined with organic and inorganic chemical data from aquifer and confining-bed pore waters to construct geochemical reaction models along a flowpath in the Black Creek aquifer of South Carolina. Carbon-isotope fractionation between DIC and precipitating cements was...
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Peter B. McMahon, Francis H. Chapelle
Evaluation of hydraulic conductivities calculated from multi-port permeameter measurements Evaluation of hydraulic conductivities calculated from multi-port permeameter measurements
A multiport permeameter was developed for use in estimating hydraulic conductivity over intact sections of aquifer core using the core liner as the permeameter body. Six cores obtained from one borehole through the upper 9 m of a stratified glacial-outwash aquifer were used to evaluate the reliability of the permeameter. Radiographs of the cores were used to assess core integrity and to...
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Steven H. Wolf, Michael A. Celia, Kathryn M. Hess