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Chemical Quality Of The Groundwater System In Hall County, Nebraska, Jon C. Atkinson
Chemical Quality Of The Groundwater System In Hall County, Nebraska, Jon C. Atkinson
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Hall County, an area of 540 square miles, is in south-central Nebraska. The Platte River flows east-northeasterly across the county from its southwest corner; the Wood River, which is tributary to the Platte within Hall County, enters the county about 6 miles north of the southwest corner. Analysis of streamflow data indicates that the Platte and Wood Rivers are losing streams in Hall County. Based on an 18-year period, October 1953 through September 1971, the average annual losses between gaging stations were 48,100 and 1,940 acre-feet, respectively.
The county is underlain by unconsolidated deposits of Quaternary age. These deposits mantle …