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Technique for estimating the 2- to 500-year flood discharges on unregulated streams in rural Missouri Technique for estimating the 2- to 500-year flood discharges on unregulated streams in rural Missouri

A generalized least-squares regression technique was used to relate the 2- to 500-year flood discharges from 278 selected streamflow-gaging stations to statistically significant basin characteristics. The regression relations (estimating equations) were defined for three hydrologic regions (I, II, and III) in rural Missouri. Ordinary least-squares regression analyses indicate that...
Authors
Terry W. Alexander, Gary L. Wilson

Use and occurrence of pesticides in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1960-91 Use and occurrence of pesticides in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River basin, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida, 1960-91

The Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River basin was one of the first 20 study units selected in 1991 by the U.S. Geological Survey for its National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. Because pesticide contamination of surface water and ground water is a concern nationwide, a major emphasis of the NAWQA program is to examine the occurrence and distribution of pesticides in...
Authors
Susan M. Stell, Evelyn H. Hopkins, Gary R. Buell, Daniel J. Hippe

Bathymetry of Stevens Creek and Neal Shoals reservoirs, South Carolina, 1990 Bathymetry of Stevens Creek and Neal Shoals reservoirs, South Carolina, 1990

Stevens Creek Reservoir and Neal Shoals Reservoir are located in the Piedmont Province of South Carolina (fig. 1). The primary purposes for the reservoirs are hydroelectric power generation and recreational activities. Because there has been no bottom surveys of these reservoirs since they were formed in the early 1900's, there is concern about the decrease in reservoir volumes due to...
Authors
W. J. Stringfield

Water-quality conditions at selected landfills in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1986-92 Water-quality conditions at selected landfills in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1986-92

Water-quality conditions at five municipal landfills in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, were studied during 1986-92. Analytical results of water samples from monitoring wells and streams at and near the landfills were used to evaluate effects of leachate on surface and ground water. Ground-water levels at monitoring wells were used to determine directions of ground-water flow at the...
Authors
G.M. Ferrell, D.G. Smith

Water-quality characteristics of streams in the Treyburn Development area of Falls Lake watershed, North Carolina, 1988-93 Water-quality characteristics of streams in the Treyburn Development area of Falls Lake watershed, North Carolina, 1988-93

Treyburn is a 5,400 acre planned, mixed-use community located in the Falls Lake watershed in the upper Neuse River Basin of North Carolina. From February 1988 through 1993, hydrologic-data were collected at 17 study sites in or near the Treyburn development to compare the effects of varying types of land-use development on the water-quality of streams flowing in or near the development...
Authors
R. G. Garrett, J. D. Bales

Monitoring flooding in coastal wetlands by using radar imagery and ground-based measurements Monitoring flooding in coastal wetlands by using radar imagery and ground-based measurements

Satellite radar was used in a Florida Juncus roemerianus marsh to map tidal flooding, a critical control of coastal vegetation distribution. Radar images taken during a time of near-continuous recordings of ground-based hydrology measurements directly linked marsh flooding to lowered radar returns and indicated a negative covariation between flood frequency and radar return. Flood-extent...
Authors
Elijah Ramsey

Geology and hydrology of the Edwards Aquifer in the San Antonio area, Texas Geology and hydrology of the Edwards Aquifer in the San Antonio area, Texas

The Edwards aquifer, which is the sole source of water for the city of San Antonio, is one of the most permeable and productive carbonate aquifers in the United States. The aquifer is composed of extensively faulted, fractured, and cavernous limestone and dolomite of Early Cretaceous age lying within the Balcones fault zone a series of normal en echelon strike faults that separate the...
Authors
Robert W. Maclay

[Book review] Antarctic Seals: Research Methods and Techniques, edited by R. M. Laws [Book review] Antarctic Seals: Research Methods and Techniques, edited by R. M. Laws

Review of: Antarctic Seals: Research Methods and Techniques. Edited by R. M. LAWS. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (1993). Pp. xxii+390. Price $84.95.
Authors
C. J. Deutsch
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