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Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida Preliminary paleontologic report on core T-24, Little Madeira Bay, Florida

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S. E. Ishman, G. L. Brewster-Wingard, Debra A. Willard, Thomas M. Cronin, Lucy E. Edwards, C. W. Holmes

Ground-water quality and its relation to hydrogeology, land use, and surface-water quality in the Red Clay Creek basin, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Delaware Ground-water quality and its relation to hydrogeology, land use, and surface-water quality in the Red Clay Creek basin, Piedmont Physiographic Province, Pennsylvania and Delaware

The Red Clay Creek Basin in the Piedmont Physiographic Province of Pennsylvania and Delaware is a 54-square-mile area underlain by a structurally complex assemblage of fractured metamorphosed sedimentary and igneous rocks that form a water-table aquifer. Ground-water-flow systems generally are local, and ground water discharges to streams. Both ground water and surface water in the basin...
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Lisa A. Senior

Low-flow characteristics of Indiana streams Low-flow characteristics of Indiana streams

Knowledge of low-flow characteristics of streams is essential for management of water resources. Low-flow characteristics are presented for 229 continuous-record, streamflow-gaging stations and 285 partial-record stations in Indiana. Low- flow-frequency characteristics were computed for 210 continuous-record stations that had at least 10 years of record, and flow-duration curves were...
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K. K. Fowler, J.T. Wilson

Hydrogeology of, and simulation of ground-water flow in, a mantled carbonate-rock system, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania Hydrogeology of, and simulation of ground-water flow in, a mantled carbonate-rock system, Cumberland Valley, Pennsylvania

The U.S. Geological Survey conducted a study in a highly productive and complex regolith-mantled carbonate valley in the northeastern part of the Cumberland Valley, Pa., as part of its Appalachian Valleys and Piedmont Regional Aquifer-system Analysis program. The study was designed to quantify the hydrogeologic characteristics and understand the ground-water flow system of a highly...
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D. C. Chichester

Hydrogeology and analysis of ground-water-flow system, Sagamore Marsh area, southeastern Massachusetts Hydrogeology and analysis of ground-water-flow system, Sagamore Marsh area, southeastern Massachusetts

A study of the hydrogeology and an analysis of the ground-water-flow system near Sagamore Marsh, southeastern Massachusetts, was undertaken to improve the understanding of the current (1994­ 95) hydrogeologic conditions near the marsh and how the ground-water system might respond to proposed changes in the tidal-stage regime of streams that flood and drain the marsh. Sagamore Marsh is in...
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Donald A. Walter, John P. Masterson, Paul M. Barlow

Uranium-series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal Uranium-series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal

The large volume of water, approximately one-fifth of the total surface fresh water on the planet, contained in Lake Baikal in southeastern Siberia is distinguished by having a relatively high concentration of uranium (ca. 2 nM), and, together with the surface sediments, an unusually high234U238U alpha activity ratio of 1.95. About 80% of the input of uranium to the lake, with a234U238U...
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D.N. Edgington, J. A. Robbins, Steven M. Colman, K.A. Orlandini, M.-P. Gustin

Comparison of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and immunoassay techniques on concentrations of atrazine in storm runoff Comparison of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and immunoassay techniques on concentrations of atrazine in storm runoff

Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) techniques were used to measure concentrations of dissolved atrazine in 149 surface-water samples. Samples were collected during May 1992–September 1993 near the mouth of the White River (Indiana) and in two small tributaries of the river. GC/MS was performed on a Hewlett-Packard 5971 A, with...
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Michael J. Lydy, D.S. Carter, Charles G. Crawford

Behavioral changes associated with suboptimal prey densities for larval American shad Behavioral changes associated with suboptimal prey densities for larval American shad

Laboratory studies were conducted to determine the effects of suboptimal prey density and length of prey-deprivation period on swimming, feeding, and social behavior in larval American shad. Alosa sapidissima. Replicated prey-density treatments of 1,000, 500, and 0 Artemia nauplii/liter and deprivation periods of 0,2, and 4 days were established for an 8-day period. The duration or...
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R. M. Ross, J. H. Johnson, R. M. Bennett, D. S. Dropkin

Sediment mass-flow processes on a depositional lobe, outer Mississippi Fan Sediment mass-flow processes on a depositional lobe, outer Mississippi Fan

SeaMARC 1A sidescan-sonar imagery and cores from the distal reaches of a depositional lobe on the Mississippi Fan show that channelized mass flow was the dominant mechanism for transport of silt and sand during the formation of this part of the fan. Sediments in these flows were rapidly deposited once outside of their confining channels. The mass flows most likely originated from slope...
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W. C. Schwab, H.J. Lee, D.C. Twichell, J. Locat, C.H. Nelson, W.G. McArthur, Neil H. Kenyon
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