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Effect of ground-water recharge on configuration of the water table beneath sand dunes and on seepage in lakes in the sandhills of Nebraska, U.S.A. Effect of ground-water recharge on configuration of the water table beneath sand dunes and on seepage in lakes in the sandhills of Nebraska, U.S.A.

Analysis of water-level fluctuations in about 30 observation wells and 5 lakes in the Crescent Lake National Wildlife Refuge in the sandhills of Nebraska indicates water-table configuration beneath sand dunes in this area varies considerably, depending on the configuration of the topography of the dunes. If the topography of an interlake dunal area is hummocky, ground-water recharge is...
Authors
T. C. Winter

Determination of selected azaarenes in water by bonded-phase extraction and liquid chromatography Determination of selected azaarenes in water by bonded-phase extraction and liquid chromatography

A method for the rapid and simple quantitative determination of quinoline, isoquinoline, and five selected three-ring azaarenes in water has been developed. The azaarene fraction is separated from its carbon analogues on n-octadecyl packing material by edition with acidified water/acetonitrile. Concentration as great as 1000-fold is achieved readily. Instrumental analysis involves high...
Authors
T.R. Steinheimer, M.G. Ondrus

Recalibration and predictive reliability of a solute-transport model of an irrigated stream-aquifer system Recalibration and predictive reliability of a solute-transport model of an irrigated stream-aquifer system

A solute-transport model of an irrigated stream-aquifer system was recalibrated because of discrepancies between prior predictions of ground-water salinity trends during 1971-1982 and the observed outcome in February 1982. The original model was calibrated with a 1-year record of data collected during 1971-1972 in an 18-km reach of the Arkansas River Valley in southeastern Colorado. The...
Authors
M. Person, Leonard F. Konikow

Application of the Flory-Huggins theory to the solubility of solids in glyceryl trioleate Application of the Flory-Huggins theory to the solubility of solids in glyceryl trioleate

The conventional thermodynamic deviation for ideal solid–liquid solubilities is modified by substituting the Flory–Huggins model for Raoult's law. A comparison of published data for eleven solides in glyceryl trioleate with the predictions of the conventional and modified equations shows that the significantly higher athermal solubilities from the modified equation are in much better...
Authors
Cary T. Chiou, Milton Manes

Assessment of the instantaneous unit hydrograph derived from the theory of topologically random networks Assessment of the instantaneous unit hydrograph derived from the theory of topologically random networks

An instantaneous unit hydrograph (iuh) based on the theory of topologically random networks (topological iuh) is evaluated in terms of sets of basin characteristics and hydraulic parameters. Hydrographs were computed using two linear routing methods for each of two drainage basins in the southeastern United States and are the basis of comparison for the topological iuh's. Elements in the...
Authors
M.R. Karlinger, B.M. Troutman

Field determination of the three-dimensional hydraulic conductivity tensor of anisotropic media: 1. Theory Field determination of the three-dimensional hydraulic conductivity tensor of anisotropic media: 1. Theory

A field method is proposed for determining the three-dimensional hydraulic conductivity tensor and specific storage of an anisotropic porous or fractured medium. The method, known as cross-hole testing (to distinguish it from conventional single-hole packer tests), consists of injecting fluid into (or withdrawing fluid from) packed-off intervals in a number of boreholes and monitoring...
Authors
Paul A. Hsieh, Shlomo P. Neuman

Biogeochemistry of aquatic humic substances in Thoreau's Bog, Concord, Massachusetts Biogeochemistry of aquatic humic substances in Thoreau's Bog, Concord, Massachusetts

Thoreau's Bog is an ombrotrophic floating—mat Sphagnum bog developed in a glacial kettlehole and surrounded by a red maple swamp. Concentrations of dissolved organic carbon in the porewater of the bog average 36 mg/L and are greatest near the surface, especially during late summer. This distribution suggest that the upper layer of living and dead Sphagnum and moderately humified peat is...
Authors
Diane M. McKnight, E. Michael Thurman, Robert L. Wershaw, Herold Hemond

The aqueous photolysis of ethylene glycol adsorbed on geothite The aqueous photolysis of ethylene glycol adsorbed on geothite

Suspensions of goethite (α-FeOOH) were photolyzed in aerated ethylene glycol-water solutions at pH 6.5, with ultraviolet light in the wavelength range300–400 nm. Under these conditions, formaldehyde and glycolaldehyde were detected as photoproducts. Quantum yields of formaldehyde production ranged from 1.9 7times; 10-5 to 2.9 × 10-4 over the ethylene glycol concentration range of 0.002-2...
Authors
Kirkwood M. Cunningham, Marvin C. Goldberg, E.R. Weiner
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