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Land-surface subsidence at Seabrook, Texas Land-surface subsidence at Seabrook, Texas

Removal of water, oil, and gas from the subsurface in Harris and Galveston Counties, Texas, has caused a decline in fluid pressures, which is turn had resulted in subsidence of the land surface. Subsidence of the land surface at Seabrook is due principally to the removal of water. Significnt subsidence of the land surface probably began after 1920, and a minimum of about 3.3 feet and a...
Authors
R.K. Gabrysch, C.W. Bonnet

Relation of water level and fish availability to wood stork reproduction in the southern Everglades, Florida Relation of water level and fish availability to wood stork reproduction in the southern Everglades, Florida

The wood stork is a species of colonial wading bird in the Everglades that is most sensitive to changes in the availability of food. Previous studies have shown that the initiation and success of wood stork nesting depends on high densities of fish concentrated in ponds and other catchment basins during the dry season. The extreme dependence of the wood stork on the cyclic hydrologic...
Authors
James A. Kushlan, John C. Ogden, Aaron L. Higer

Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1973 Hydrologic data for urban studies in the Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area, 1973

The purpose of this report is to present rainfall and runoff data for the Waller Creek and Wilbarger Creek study areas for the 1973 water year (October 1, 1972 to September 30, 1973).
Authors
R.N. Mitchell

Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Rio Grande region Summary appraisals of the nation's ground-water resources – Rio Grande region

The Rio Grande is an interstate and international stream which begins in high mountains of Colorado, flows across New Mexico, and forms the boundary between Texas and Mexico. Precipitation ranges from 8 inches (20 em) to more than 30 inches (76 em), but irrigation is required for growing crops throughout the region. The population of the region has been increasing rapidly, from 750,000...
Authors
S. W. West, W. L. Broadhurst
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