Justin Kulongoski
Biography
Justin T. Kulongoski, PhD
Research Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
California Water Science Center
San Diego, CA 92101; 619.225.6100
Publications
2018
Kulongoski, J.T., McMahon, P.B., Land, M., Wright, M.T., Johnson, T.A., Landon, M.K., 2018, Origin of Methane and Sources of High Concentrations in Los Angeles Groundwater. J. of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 123, 3, doi.org/10.1002/2017JG004026
McMahon, P.B., Kulongoski, J.T., Vengosh, A., Cozzarelli, I.M., Landon, M.K., Kharaka, Y.K., Gillespie, J.M., Davis, T.A., 2018. Regional patterns in the geochemistry of oil-field water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA. Appl. Geochem. 98, 127-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2018.09.015
Barry, P.H, Kulongoski, J.T., Landon, M.K., Tyne, R.L., Gillespie, J.M., Stephens, M.J., Hillegonds, D.J., Byrne, D.J., Ballentine, C.J., 2018, Tracing enhanced oil recovery signatures in casing gases from the Lost Hills oil field using noble gases, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 496, p. 57-67. doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2018.05.028
Saraceno, J., Kulongoski, J.T., Mathany, T.M., 2018. A novel high-frequency groundwater quality monitoring system. Environ. Monit. Assess. 190, 477. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-018-6853-6
Gannon, R.S., Saraceno, J.F., Kulongoski, J.T., Teunis, J.A., Barry, P.H., Tyne, R.L., Kraus, T.E.C., Hansen, A.M., and Qi, S.L., 2018, Produced water chemistry data for the Lost Hills, Fruitvale, and North and South Belridge study areas, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/F7X929H9
Arnold, T.L., Bexfield, L.M., Musgrove, M., Stackelberg, P.E., Lindsey, B.D., Kingsbury, J.A., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., 2018, Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015, and previously unpublished data from 2013 to 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1087, 68 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1087
Teague, N.F., Izbicki, J.A., Borchers, J., Kulongoski, J.T., Jurgens, B.C., 2018, Hydrogeologic controls and geochemical indicators of groundwater movement in the Niles Cone and southern East Bay Plain groundwater subbasins, Alameda County, California, Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5003, Reston, VA, p. 76. https://doi.org/10.3133/sir20185003
2017
McMahon, P.B., Kulongoski, J.T., Wright, M.T., Land, M.T., Landon, M.K., Cozzarelli, I.M., Vengosh, Avner, and Aiken, G.R., 2017, Preliminary results from exploratory sampling of wells for the California oil, gas, and groundwater program, 2014–15 (ver 1.1, January 2017): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1100, 8 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161100
Arnold, T.L., Bexfield, L.M., Musgrove, MaryLynn, Lindsey, B.D., Stackelberg, P.E., Barlow, J.R., DeSimone, L.A., Kulongoski, J.T., Kingsbury, J.A., Ayotte, J.D., Fleming, B.J., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2017, Groundwater-quality data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2014 and select quality-control data from May 2012 through December 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1063, 83 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds1063
2016
Davis, T.A., and Kulongoski, J.T., Status of groundwater quality in the Santa Barbara Study Unit, 2011: California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2016–5112, 70 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/sir20165112
Mace, E., Aalseth, C., Brandenberger, J., Day, A., Hoppe, E., Humble, P., Keillor, M., Kulongoski, J., Overman, C., Panisko, M., Seifert, A., White, S., Wilcox Freeburg, E. and Williams, R. Methods for using argon-39 to age-date groundwater using ultra-low-background proportional counting. Appl Radiat Isot., vol 126, p 9-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.12.037
Davis, T.A., Kulongoski, J.T., McMahon, P.B., Produced water chemistry data for samples from four petroleum wells, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 2014: U.S. Geological Survey Data Release 2016–70176618, 70 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.5066/F7XG9P83
Arnold, T.L., DeSimone, L.A., Bexfield, L.M., Lindsey, B.D., Barlow, J.R., Kulongoski, J.T., Musgrove, MaryLynn, Kingsbury, J.A., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2016, Groundwater quality data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, May 2012 through December 2013 (ver. 1.1, November 2016): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 997, 56 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds997.
Dillon, D.B., Davis, T.A., Landon, M.K., Land, M.T., Wright, M.T., and Kulongoski, J.T., Data from exploratory sampling of groundwater in selected oil and gas areas of coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties in southern San Joaquin Valley, 2014–15: California Oil, Gas, and Groundwater Project: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016–1181, 24 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161181
Goldrath, D.A., Kulongoski, J.T., and Davis, T.A., Groundwater-quality data in the Monterey–Salinas shallow aquifer study unit, 2013: Results from the California GAMA Program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 987, 138 p. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds987
McMahon, P.B., Kulongoski, J.T., Wright, M.T., Land, M.T., Landon, M.L., Cozzarelli, I.M., Vengosh, A., Aiken, G.R., Preliminary results from exploratory sampling of wells for the California oil, gas, groundwater program, 2014-15; USGS Open-File Report: 2016-1100, 8p. http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20161100
Visser, A., Moran, J. Hillegonds, D. Singleton, M. Kulongoski, J.T., Belitz, K., Esser, B. 2016, Geostatistical analysis of tritium, groundwater age and other noble gas derived parameters in California, Water Research, 91, p 314-330. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135416300045
2015
Deeds, D.A., Kulongoski, J.T., Muhle, Weiss, R.F., Tectonic activity as a significant source of crustal tetrafluoromethane emissions to the atmosphere: Observations in groundwaters along the San Andreas Fault, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 412, pp.163-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2014.12.016
2014
Parsons, M.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, Kenneth, Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the South Coast Interior groundwater basins, 2008—California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5023, 68 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5023/
Parsons, M.C., Hancock, T.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, Kenneth, Status of groundwater quality in the Borrego Valley, Central Desert, and Low-Use Basins of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts study unit, 2008–2010—California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2014–5001, 88 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2014/5001/
2013
Hendriksson, N., Kulongoski, J.T., Massmann, G., and Newman, B., Using isotopes for design and monitoring of artificial recharge systems. Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA-TECDOC series, ISSN 1011-4289; no. 1723), ISBN 978-92-0-163613-3, 59p. http://www-pub.iaea.org/books/IAEABooks/10510/Using-Isotopes-for-Design-and-Monitoring-of-Artificial-Recharge-Systems
Kulongoski, J.T., Fram, M., and Belitz, K., California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project—Shallow aquifer assessment: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3136, 2 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3136/
Parsons, M.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, Kenneth, Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the San Francisco Bay groundwater basins, 2007—California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5248, 76 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5248/
Davis, T.A., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., Ground-water quality data in the Santa Barbara study unit, 2011: Results from the California GAMA program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 742, 72 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/742/
Forrest, M. J., Kulongoski, J.T., Edwards, M., Farrar, C.D., Belitz, K., and Norris, R.D., Hydrothermal contamination of public supply wells in Napa and Sonoma Valleys, California, Applied Geochemistry, v. 33, pp 25-60. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0883292713000206
Parsons, M.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, Kenneth, 2013, Groundwater quality in the San Francisco Bay groundwater basins, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3111, 4 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2012/3111/
Hilton, D.R., Fisher, T., and Kulongoski, J. T., Introduction to the special issue on 'Frontiers in Gas Geochemistry; Chemical Geology, v. 339, pp 1-3.
Kulongoski, J. T., Barry, P., Hilton, D.R., Esser, B., Hillegonds, D., and Belitz, K., Volatile fluxes through the Big Bend section of the San Andreas Fault, California: helium and carbon-dioxide systematics; Chemical Geology, 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.09.007
2012
Deeds, D.A, Belitz, K., and Kulongoski, J.T., Assessing California Groundwater Susceptibility Using Screened Trace Concentrations of Halogenated Volatile Organic Compounds, Environmental Science and Technology, v. 46 (24), pp 13128-13135. https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/gama/pdfs/DEEDS_EST303546b.pdf
Kulongoski, J.T., Christensen, A., and Martin, P., Preliminary Assessment of the Source and Age of Groundwater in the Big Bear Valley, p. 88-105, in eds: Flint, L.E., and Martin, P., Geohydrology of Big Bear Valley, California: Phase 1—Geologic Framework, Recharge, and Preliminary Assessment of the Source and Age of Groundwater: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5100, 112 p.
Land, M.T., Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, Kenneth, Status of groundwater quality in the San Fernando-San Gabriel groundwater basins, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-5206, 74 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/5206
Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, Groundwater quality in the San Fernando-San Gabriel groundwater basins, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3139, 4 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3139
2011
Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, Kenneth, Groundwater quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley groundwater basins, California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2011-3089, 4 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2011/3089
Kulongoski, J.T., and Hilton, D.R., Applications of Groundwater Helium. Chapter-15 in Baskaran, M., ed., Handbook of Environmental Isotope Geochemistry, Springer-Verlag, Vol. 1, p. 285-304. https://ca.water.usgs.gov/pubs/2011/KulongoskiHilton2011.pdf
Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, K., Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley Basins, 2005—California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011–5058, 84 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2011/5058
2010
Kulongoski, J.T., Belitz, K., Landon, M.K., and C. Farrar., Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the North San Francisco Bay Region, 2004: California GAMA Priority Basin Project, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report, 107 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2010/5089/
Landon, M.K., Belitz, Kenneth, Jurgens, B.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Johnson, T.D., Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the Central–Eastside San Joaquin Basin, 2006: California GAMA Priority Basin project: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5266, 97 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2009/5266
Kulongoski, J.T. and Belitz, Kenneth, Status and understanding of groundwater quality in the North San Francisco Bay Groundwater Basins, 2004: California GAMA Priority Basin Project: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2010-3060, 4 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3060
2009
Mathany, T.M., Kulongoski, J.T., Ray, M.C., and Belitz, Kenneth. Groundwater quality data in the South Coast Interior Basins study unit, 2008: Results from the California GAMA program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 463, 82 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/463/
Ray, M.C., Kulongoski, J.T., and Belitz, K., Ground-water quality data in the San Francisco Bay study unit, 2007: Results from the California GAMA program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 396, 92 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/396/
Kulongoski, J. T., Hilton, D.R., Izbicki, J.A., and Belitz, K., Evidence for prolonged El Nino-like conditions in the Pacific during the Late Pleistocene: A 43 ka noble gas record from California groundwaters, Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 28: 2455-2473. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S027737910900167X
Barry, P.H., Hilton, D.R., Tryon, M.D., Brown, K.M., and Kulongoski, J. T. A new syringe pump apparatus for the retrieval and temporal analysis of helium in groundwaters and geothermal fluids; Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems (G-cubed), v. 10, no. 5: Q05004. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2009GC002422/full
2008
Kulongoski, J.T., and J.A. Izbicki. Simulation of Fluid, Heat Transport to Estimate Desert Stream infiltration, Groundwater, v. 46, no. 3: 462-474. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1745-6584.2007.00403.x/abstract
Deeds, D.A., Vollmer, M.K., Kulongoski, J.T., Miller, B.R., Muhle, J., Harth, C.M., Izbicki, J.A., Hilton, D.R., and R.F. Weiss. Evidence for crustal degassing of CF4 and SF6 in Mojave Desert groundwaters, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 72: 999-1013. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016703707006850
Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., Cresswell, R.G., Hostetler, S., and G. Jacobson. Comparative chronology with chlorine-36 and carbon-14 dating techniques, Journal of Hydrology, 348: 1176-194. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169407005550
Izbicki, J.A., Johnson, R.U., Kulongoski, J.T., and S. Predmore. Ground-water recharge from small intermittent streams in the western Mojave Desert, CA, USGS Professional Paper 1703: Chapter G.
2007
Kulongoski, J.T., and K. Belitz. Ground-water quality data in the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley basins, California, 2005- Results from the California Ground-Water Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report 258, 84 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2007/258
2006
Kulongoski, J.T., Belitz, K., and B.J. Dawson. Ground-water quality data in the North San Francisco Bay Hydrologic Provinces, California, 2004: Results from the California Ground-Water Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series Report 167, 100 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/ds167
2005
Forrest, M.J., Ledesma-Vázquez, J.J., Ussler W. Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., and H.G. Greene, Gas geochemistry of a shallow submarine hydrothermal vent associated with the El Requesón fault zone, Bahía Concepción, Baja California Sur, México, Chemical Geology, 224: 82-95. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0009254105003037
Kulongoski, J. T., D. R. Hilton, and J.A. Izbicki. Source and movement of helium in the eastern Morongo groundwater basin: the influence of regional tectonics on crustal and mantle helium fluxes. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 69: 3857-3872. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2005.03.001
2004
Kulongoski, J.T. and K. Belitz. Ground-water ambient monitoring and assessment program: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet-2004-3088, 2 p. Available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3088/
Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., and E.T. Selaolo, Climate variability in the Botswana Kalahari through the Last Glacial Period, Geophysical Research Letter, 31: L10204. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2003GL019238/full
2003
Kulongoski, J.T., Hilton, D.R., and J.A. Izbicki. Helium isotope studies in the Mojave Desert, California: Implications for groundwater chronology and regional seismicity, Chemical Geology, 202: 95-113. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2003.07.002
Izbicki, J.A., Borchers, J.W., Leighton, D.A., Kulongoski, J.T., Fields, L. and D.L. Galloway. Hydrogeology and geochemistry of aquifers underlying the San Lorenzo and San Leandro areas of the East Bay Plain, Alameda County, California, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4259, Sacramento, 71 p.
Kulongoski, J.T. Noble gases dissolved in groundwater: Techniques for exploring groundwater dynamics and paleoclimate variability, Ph. D. thesis, UCSD, 197 p.
2002
Kulongoski, J.T. and D.R. Hilton. A quadrupole-based mass spectrometric system for the determination of noble gas abundances in fluids, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3: U1-U10. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2001GC000267/pdf
2000
Kulongoski, J. T., and B. Eakins, 2000, Earth Sciences 150: Environmental Hazards in San Diego: Lab Manual: La Jolla, UCSD Soft Reserves.
1998
Kulongoski, J. T., and B. Eakins, 1998, Earth Sciences 50: Environmental Perils around San Diego Laboratory Manual: La Jolla, UCSD Soft Reserves.
Short Biography
B.A. Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA
B.S. Chemistry, minor Geology, University of Oregon, Eugene
M.S. Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Ph.D. Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
Research Hydrologist, CA Water Science Center, U.S. Geological Survey, San Diego, CA
Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, U.C. San Diego, CA
Post Doctorate Researchers Mentored
Mathew Forrest
Daniel Deeds
Peter Barry
Riley Gannon
Profiles
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin_Kulongoski
GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PUpZCz8AAAAJ&hl=en
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Science and Products
Rapid Fluctuations in Groundwater Quality
We think of groundwater as moving slowly, and groundwater quality as changing slowly—over decades or even centuries. But in some parts of some aquifers, groundwater quality can fluctuate rapidly, sometimes over just a few hours. Are such changes part of a long-term trend, or just part of a short-term cycle? And what does that mean for suitability for drinking?
Shallow Aquifer Assessment Study for the Monterey Bay and Salinas Valley
High nitrate and trace element concentrations in groundwater represent a health threat to domestic well users. The concentrations and distributions of these constituents in shallow groundwater in the Salinas Valley of the central coast of California are poorly understood, and communities are concerned about the quality of their drinking water.
Hydrogeologic controls and geochemical indicators of groundwater movement in the Niles Cone and southern East Bay Plain groundwater subbasins, Alameda County, California
Beginning in the 1970s, Alameda County Water District began infiltrating imported water through ponds in repurposed gravel quarries at the Quarry Lakes Regional Park, in the Niles Cone groundwater subbasin, to recharge groundwater and to minimize intrusion of saline, San Francisco Bay water into freshwater aquifers. Hydraulic connection between...
Teague, Nicholas F.; Izbicki, John A.; Borchers, Jim; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Jurgens, Bryant C.
Regional patterns in the geochemistry of oil-field water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Chemical and isotopic data for water co-extracted with hydrocarbons in oil and gas fields are commonly used to examine the source of the formation water and possible impacts on groundwater in areas of oil and gas development. Understanding the geochemical variability of oil-field water could help to evaluate its...
McMahon, Peter B.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Vengosh, Avner; Cozzarelli, Isabelle M.; Landon, Matthew K.; Kharaka, Yousif K.; Gillespie, Janice M.; Davis, Tracy A novel high-frequency groundwater quality monitoring system
High-frequency, long-term monitoring of water quality has revolutionized the study of surface waters in recent years. However, application of these techniques to groundwater has been limited by the ability to remotely pump and analyze groundwater. This paper describes a novel autonomous groundwater quality monitoring system which samples multiple...
Saraceno, John F.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Mathany, Timothy M.
Groundwater-quality and select quality-control data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2015, and previously unpublished data from 2013 to 2014
Groundwater-quality data were collected from 502 wells as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Program and are included in this report. Most of the wells (500) were sampled from January through December 2015, and 2 of them were sampled in 2013. The data were collected from five...
Arnold, Terri L.; Bexfield, Laura M.; Musgrove, MaryLynn; Stackelberg, Paul E.; Lindsey, Bruce D.; Kingsbury, James A.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Belitz, Kenneth Tracing enhanced oil recovery signatures in casing gases from the Lost Hills oil field using noble gases
Enhanced oil recovery (EOR) and hydraulic fracturing practices are commonly used methods to improve hydrocarbon extraction efficiency; however the environmental impacts of such practices remain poorly understood. EOR is particularly prevalent in oil fields throughout California where water resources are in high demand and disposal of high volumes...
Barry, Peter H.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Landon, Matthew K.; Tyne, R.L.; Gillespie, Janice M.; Stephens, Michael J.; Hillegonds, D.J.; Byrne, D.J.; Ballentine, C.J. Origin of methane and sources of high concentrations in Los Angeles groundwater
In 2014, samples from 37 monitoring wells at 17 locations, within or near oil fields, and one site >5 km from oil fields, in the Los Angeles Basin, California, were analyzed for dissolved hydrocarbon gas isotopes and abundances. The wells sample a variety of depths of an aquifer system composed of unconsolidated and semiconsolidated sediments...
Kulongoski, Justin T.; McMahon, Peter B.; Land, Michael; Wright, Michael; Johnson, Theodore; Landon, Matthew K.
Groundwater-quality data from the National Water-Quality Assessment Project, January through December 2014 and select quality-control data from May 2012 through December 2014
Groundwater-quality data were collected from 559 wells as part of the National Water-Quality Assessment Project of the U.S. Geological Survey National Water-Quality Program from January through December 2014. The data were collected from four types of well networks: principal aquifer study networks, which are used to assess the quality of...
Arnold, Terri L.; Bexfield, Laura M.; Musgrove, MaryLynn; Lindsey, Bruce D.; Stackelberg, Paul E.; Barlow, Jeannie R. B.; Desimone, Leslie A.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Kingsbury, James A.; Ayotte, Joseph D.; Fleming, Brandon J.; Belitz, Kenneth
Data from exploratory sampling of groundwater in selected oil and gas areas of coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties in southern San Joaquin Valley, 2014–15: California oil, gas, and groundwater project
Exploratory sampling of groundwater in coastal Los Angeles County and Kern and Kings Counties of the southern San Joaquin Valley was done by the U.S. Geological Survey from September 2014 through January 2015 as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Water Quality in Areas of Oil and Gas Production Regional Groundwater...
Dillon, David B.; Davis, Tracy A.; Landon, Matthew K.; Land, Michael T.; Wright, Michael T.; Kulongoski, Justin T. Produced water chemistry data for samples from four petroleum wells, Southern San Joaquin Valley, California, 2014
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board collected produced water samples from four petroleum wells in the southern San Joaquin Valley on November 5, 2014. This digital dataset contains the site information, analyzing laboratories and methods, and water chemistry and quality control...
Davis, Tracy A.; Kulongoski, Justin; McMahon, Peter B.
Status of groundwater quality in the Santa Barbara Study Unit, 2011: California GAMA Priority Basin Project
Groundwater quality in the 48-square-mile Santa Barbara study unit was investigated in 2011 as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board’s Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project. The study unit is mostly in Santa Barbara County and is in the Transverse and Selected Peninsular Ranges...
Davis, Tracy A.; Kulongoski, Justin T.
Groundwater-quality data in the Monterey–Salinas shallow aquifer study unit, 2013: Results from the California GAMA Program
Groundwater quality in the 3,016-square-mile Monterey–Salinas Shallow Aquifer study unit was investigated by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) from October 2012 to May 2013 as part of the California State Water Resources Control Board Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program’s Priority Basin Project. The GAMA Monterey–Salinas...
Goldrath, Dara A.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Davis, Tracy A.
Preliminary results from exploratory sampling of wells for the California oil, gas, and groundwater program, 2014–15
Introduction In 2014 and 2015, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) sampled water wells in the Los Angeles Basin and southern San Joaquin Valley, California, and oil wells in the San Joaquin Valley for analysis of multiple chemical, isotopic, and groundwater-age tracers. The purpose of this reconnaissance sampling...
McMahon, Peter B.; Kulongoski, Justin T.; Wright, Michael T.; Land, Michael T.; Landon, Matthew K.; Cozzarelli, Isabelle M.; Vengosh, Avner; Aiken, George R.