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Bioturbation depths, rates and processes in Massachusetts Bay sediments inferred from modeling of 210Pb and 239 + 240Pu profiles Bioturbation depths, rates and processes in Massachusetts Bay sediments inferred from modeling of 210Pb and 239 + 240Pu profiles

Profiles of 210Pb and 239 + 15 cm depth or that biodiffusive mixing mediated by other organisms is occurring at depth. Additional constraints from surficial sediment 234Th data suggest that in this half of the cores, the vast majority of the present-day flux of recent, nuclide-bearing material to these core sites is transported over a timescale of a month or more to a depth of a few...
Authors
John Crusius, Michael H. Bothner, Christopher K. Sommerfield

Water resources data for New Hampshire and Vermont, water year 2003 Water resources data for New Hampshire and Vermont, water year 2003

Water-resources data for the 2003 water year for New Hampshire and Vermont consists of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 87 gaging stations, stage records for 6 lakes, monthend contents for 2 lakes and reservoirs, water levels for 38 observation wells. Also included are...
Authors
Chandlee Keirstead, Richard G. Kiah, Robert O. Brown, Sanborn L. Ward

Natural remediation potential of arsenic-contaminated ground water Natural remediation potential of arsenic-contaminated ground water

Migration of leachate from a municipal landfill in Saco, Maine has resulted in arsenic concentrations in ground water as high as 647 μg/L. Laboratory experimental data indicate the primary source of arsenic to be reductive dissolution of arsenic-enriched iron oxyhydroxides in the aquifer by organic carbon in landfill leachate. A core from an uncontaminated part of the aquifer yielded no...
Authors
Kenneth G. Stollenwerk, John A. Colman

Application of artificial neural networks to complex groundwater management problems Application of artificial neural networks to complex groundwater management problems

As water quantity and quality problems become increasingly severe, accurate prediction and effective management of scarcer water resources will become critical. In this paper, the successful application of artificial neural network (ANN) technology is described for three types of groundwater prediction and management problems. In the first example, an ANN was trained with simulation data...
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Emery Coppola, Mary Poulton, Emmanuel G. Charles, John Dustman, F. Szidarovszky

Late Eocene impacts: Geologic record, correlation, and paleoenvironmental consequences Late Eocene impacts: Geologic record, correlation, and paleoenvironmental consequences

We present new magnetostratigraphic and stable isotopic (𝜹18C, 𝜹13Ccarb) data to help improve correlations among three late Eocene impact craters and their inferred breccia and ejecta deposits. Our analyses also shed light on potential global environmental consequences attributable to the impacts. The new data come from a continuously cored interval of the subsurface Chickahominy...
Authors
C. Wylie Poag, Edward A. Mankinen, Richard D. Norris

Evaluation of airborne thermal infrared imagery for locating mine drainage sites in the Lower Youghiogheny River Basin, Pennsylvania, USA Evaluation of airborne thermal infrared imagery for locating mine drainage sites in the Lower Youghiogheny River Basin, Pennsylvania, USA

Nighttime high-resolution airborne thermal infrared imagery (TIR) data were collected in the predawn hours during Feb 5-8 and March 11-12, 1999, from a helicopter platform for 72.4 km of the Youghiogheny River, from Connellsville to McKeesport, in southwestern Pennsylvania. The TIR data were used to identify sources of mine drainage from abandoned mines that discharge directly into the
Authors
James I. Sams, Garret Veloski, T.E. Ackman
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