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Salinity And Hydrology Of The Mills Lake Catchment, R Ferdowsian, A T. Ryder Nov 1997

Salinity And Hydrology Of The Mills Lake Catchment, R Ferdowsian, A T. Ryder

Resource management technical reports

The Mills Lake Catchment is located north of the Ongerup-Jerramungup Road, 35 km west of Jerramungup and 10 km north-east of Ongerup. It covers about 23,800 ha of agricultural land that is more than 90% cleared and predominantly cropped. The average annual rainfall of the catchment is about 370 mm. Many low-lying parts of the study area have become salt-affected during recent years. The extent of soil salinity is growing rapidly and it is feared that, without any treatment, more land will become salt-affected.


Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, Sue Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Raymond R. Burchett, Duane A. Eversoll, Rodney J. Tremblay Sep 1997

Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, Sue Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Raymond R. Burchett, Duane A. Eversoll, Rodney J. Tremblay

Conservation and Survey Division

Field trip guide, for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association, covering northeastern Nebraska geology from September 1997.


Geology Of The Ponca Creek And Keya Paha River Drainage Basins In Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. Sep 1997

Geology Of The Ponca Creek And Keya Paha River Drainage Basins In Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

The geology of the study area has been investigated many times over more than a century. Interested readers are directed to the report by Diffendal and Voorhies (1994), which gives a more detailed overview of the results of the investigations and lists most of the more important reports about the area’s geology.

The names of the sedimentary rock strata and unlithified sediments exposed in and underlying all or parts of the study area are shown in Table V.I. These formations range in age from more than 85 million years to sediments being deposited today by winds, water, and downslope movements …


Geology Of Niobrara State Park, Knox County, Nebraska, And Adjacent Areas, With A Brief History Of The Park, Gavins Point Dam, And Lewis And Clark Lake, Charles A. Flowerday, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. L. Skelly, F. G. Ethridge, D. A. Eversoll, David K. Watkins, B. E. Bailey Sep 1997

Geology Of Niobrara State Park, Knox County, Nebraska, And Adjacent Areas, With A Brief History Of The Park, Gavins Point Dam, And Lewis And Clark Lake, Charles A. Flowerday, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. L. Skelly, F. G. Ethridge, D. A. Eversoll, David K. Watkins, B. E. Bailey

Conservation and Survey Division

Location

Niobrara State Park is located in northwestern Knox County, Nebraska, just west of the town of Niobrara and on the west side of the Niobrara River. The present park was opened in the summer of 1987. Mostly north of Nebraska Highway 12, the site is hilly with bluffs overlooking the Missouri and Niobrara rivers. Excellent facilities include paved roads, cabins, an outdoor swimming pooi, hiking trails, picnic and camping sites, horseback riding trails, playgrounds, restrooms, a group lodge, and an interpretive shelter. Many vantage points in the park have beautiful views of the lower Niobrara Valley and the middle …


Systematics Of Stable Isotopes And Radionuclides In Precipitation At Kalamazoo, Michigan, Usa, Madhav V. Machavaram Aug 1997

Systematics Of Stable Isotopes And Radionuclides In Precipitation At Kalamazoo, Michigan, Usa, Madhav V. Machavaram

Dissertations

Precipitation samples were collected at Kalamazoo from June 1992 to March 1995. The samples were analyzed for their 8D and 8lgO values. The 5D - 5I80 relationship is comparable to that of Meteoric Water Line (MWL). The monthly mean isotopic values in precipitation exhibited strong seasonality, being higher in summer and lower in winter months. This behavior is apparently a direct consequence of the temperature effect on isotope fractionation.

The summer precipitation at Kalamazoo is derived predominantly from the water vapor originated in the Gulf of Mexico. A box model calculation showed that a Rayleigh type distillation with Gulf moisture …


Groundwater-Kalamazoo River Interaction Near The Parchment City Wellfield, Parchment, Michigan, W. Richard Laton Jun 1997

Groundwater-Kalamazoo River Interaction Near The Parchment City Wellfield, Parchment, Michigan, W. Richard Laton

Dissertations

A detailed hydrogeologic study of the Kalamazoo River and its interaction with the groundwater was completed near Parchment, Michigan. The Kalamazoo River between Portage Creek and Allegan Dam is a Federal superfund site due to PCB contamination trapped in its sediments. The City of Parchment pumps all of its drinking water from a glacial aquifer 850 feet from the Kalamazoo River. This study focused on the hydrogeology and groundwater/surface interaction of the area through the use of surface and downhole geophysics, installation of monitoring wells and peizometers, seepage meters and chemical sampling. It was determined that the Kalamazoo River is …


Grand Tour-Part 2: Petrogenesis And Thermal Evolution Of Deep Continental-Crust: The Record From The East Humboldt Range, Nevada, Allen J. Mcgrew, Mark T. Peters Jan 1997

Grand Tour-Part 2: Petrogenesis And Thermal Evolution Of Deep Continental-Crust: The Record From The East Humboldt Range, Nevada, Allen J. Mcgrew, Mark T. Peters

Geology Faculty Publications

The northern part of the East Humboldt Range, Nevada, provides a rare opportunity to explore the petrogenetic environment of deep levels in the middle crust during both large-scale Mesozoic contraction and Cenozoic regional extension. On this segment of the field trip, we will explore evidence bearing on the character of the metamorphic and magmatic history of this terrane, and attempt to link these constraints to the rheology and tectonic evolution of the middle crust during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic.


Hydrogeology And Ground-Water Monitoring Of Coal-Ash Disposal Sites In A Karst Terrane Near Burnside, South-Central Kentucky, Shelley Minns Hutcheson, Lyle V. A. Sendlein, James S. Dinger, James C. Currens, Arsin M. Sahba Jan 1997

Hydrogeology And Ground-Water Monitoring Of Coal-Ash Disposal Sites In A Karst Terrane Near Burnside, South-Central Kentucky, Shelley Minns Hutcheson, Lyle V. A. Sendlein, James S. Dinger, James C. Currens, Arsin M. Sahba

Report of Investigations--KGS

The effects of two coal-ash disposal facilities on ground-water quality at the John Sherman Cooper Power Plant, located in a karst region of south-central Kentucky, were evaluated using dye traces in springs. Springs were used for monitoring rather than wells, because in a karst terrane wells are unlikely to intercept individual conduits.

A closed-out ash pond located over a conduit-flow system discharges to three springs in the upper Salem and Warsaw Formations along Lake Cumberland. Water discharging from these downgradient springs is similar to springs unaffected by ash-disposal facilities and is a calcium-bicarbonate type. No constituent concentrations found in this …


Fresh-Water Aquifer In The Knox Group (Cambrian–Ordovician) Of Central Kentucky, James A. Kipp Jan 1997

Fresh-Water Aquifer In The Knox Group (Cambrian–Ordovician) Of Central Kentucky, James A. Kipp

Report of Investigations--KGS

Fresh water can be found in Cambrian and Ordovician carbonate rocks of the Knox Group in central Kentucky. The top of the aquifer is as much as 300 ft above mean sea level (m.s.l.) on the crest of the Cincinnati Arch, but descends off the flanks of the arch. Water is normally found in the upper 100 to 250 ft of the Knox, primarily in secondary porosity apparently associated with the unconformity at the top of the unit. Knox wells commonly exceed 750 ft in total depth, but because the aquifer is artesian, water rises to an elevation of about …


The Grand Tour Of The Ruby-East Humboldt Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeastern Nevada: Part 1-Introduction & Road Log, Arthur W. Snoke, Keith A. Howard, Allen J. Mcgrew, Bradford R. Burton, Calvin G. Barnes, Mark T. Peters, James E. Wright Jan 1997

The Grand Tour Of The Ruby-East Humboldt Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeastern Nevada: Part 1-Introduction & Road Log, Arthur W. Snoke, Keith A. Howard, Allen J. Mcgrew, Bradford R. Burton, Calvin G. Barnes, Mark T. Peters, James E. Wright

Geology Faculty Publications

The purpose of this geological excursion is to provide an overview of the multiphase developmental history of the Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range, northeastern Nevada. Although these mountain ranges are commonly cited as a classic example of a Cordilleran metamorphic core complex developed through large-magnitude, mid-Tertiary crustal extension, a preceding polyphase Mesozoic contractional history is also well preserved in the ranges. An early phase of this history involved Late Jurassic two-mica granitic magmatism, high-temperature but relatively low-pressure metamorphism, and polyphase deformation in the central Ruby Mountains. In the northern Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range, a Late Cretaceous history …


Resource News-Winter 1996-97 Jan 1997

Resource News-Winter 1996-97

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Composite Section Of Cretaceous Rocks In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett Jan 1997

Composite Section Of Cretaceous Rocks In Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


So You Need A Water Well? A Consumer's Guide To Homeowners' Drinking Water, Charles A. Flowerday, Vincent H. Dreeszen Jan 1997

So You Need A Water Well? A Consumer's Guide To Homeowners' Drinking Water, Charles A. Flowerday, Vincent H. Dreeszen

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Composite Section Of Cretaceous Rocks In Nebraska, R.R. Burchett Jan 1997

Composite Section Of Cretaceous Rocks In Nebraska, R.R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Geologic Map Of The Scottsbluff, 1 ° X 2 ° Quadrangle, Nebraska And Colorado, James B. Swinehart, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. Jan 1997

Geologic Map Of The Scottsbluff, 1 ° X 2 ° Quadrangle, Nebraska And Colorado, James B. Swinehart, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

This map is necessarily generalized. For more detailed information, consult the geologic data stored in files of the Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Other geologic maps at different scales that include all or parts of the map area are by Darton (1903a,b,c), Lugn (1939), Weeks and Gutentag (1981), and Weeks and otners (1988). Detailed groundwater investigations of parts of the map area were done by Wenzel and others (1946). Babcock and Visher (1951, 1952), Bjorklund (1957), Bjorklund and Brown (1957), Smith (1966, 1969), Smith and Souders (1971,1975). Souders (1986), Gottula (1993), and Verstraeten and others (1995).

Introduction

The …


Geology And Ground Water, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. Jan 1997

Geology And Ground Water, Cheyenne County, Nebraska, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

Robert F. Diffendal, Jr., Publications

The oldest rock unit exposed in Cheyenne County is the upper part of the Brule Formation, which is the youngest formation of the White River Group of the Oligocene epoch (33-29 million years old). Surface outcrops, road cuts, and railroad cuts through the Brule Formation occur along the sides of valleys along Lodgepole Creek from just east of Sidney westward to the vicinity of Brownson, along the valley sides of Sidney Draw and its tributaries, and along the sides of an unnamed drainageway northwest of Colton. Test drilling and drilling for wells along the floor of Lodgepole Creek have revealed …


Explanation Of Geologic Map Units For Use With University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation And Survey Division Open-File Maps Nos. 53-65., Hannan E. Lagarry, Leigh Anne Lagarry Jan 1997

Explanation Of Geologic Map Units For Use With University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Conservation And Survey Division Open-File Maps Nos. 53-65., Hannan E. Lagarry, Leigh Anne Lagarry

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, S. Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. R. Burchett, D. A. Eversoll, R. A. Tremblay Jan 1997

Field Trip Guide (For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Northeastern Nebraska Geology, S. Olafsen Lackey, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., R. R. Burchett, D. A. Eversoll, R. A. Tremblay

Conservation and Survey Division

Field trip guide for the Nebraska Well Drillers Association covering northeastern Nebraska geology from 1997.


Field Trip Guide ( For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Western Nebraska Geology, S. Sibray, D. Heinen, D. Eversoll, R. Tremblay, J. Cannia, J. Belieu Jan 1997

Field Trip Guide ( For The Nebraska Well Drillers Association) Western Nebraska Geology, S. Sibray, D. Heinen, D. Eversoll, R. Tremblay, J. Cannia, J. Belieu

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Fillmore County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Scott E. Summerside Jan 1997

Fillmore County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Scott E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Resource Notes-Academic Year 1996-97 Jan 1997

Resource Notes-Academic Year 1996-97

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Resource News-Summer 1997 Jan 1997

Resource News-Summer 1997

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Structural Contour Map On Top Of The Lansing Group (Pennsylvanian) In Dundy County, Nebraska, R. R. Burchett Jan 1997

Structural Contour Map On Top Of The Lansing Group (Pennsylvanian) In Dundy County, Nebraska, R. R. Burchett

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Plains Pocket Gophers On Two Varieties Of Alfalfa, Debra S. Baker Jan 1997

The Effects Of Plains Pocket Gophers On Two Varieties Of Alfalfa, Debra S. Baker

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Franklin County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Scott E. Summerside Jan 1997

Franklin County Test Hole Logs, Raymond R. Burchett, Scott E. Summerside

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Resource News-Spring 1997 Jan 1997

Resource News-Spring 1997

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.


Geology Of The Montrose, Orella, Wolf Butte, Roundtop And Horn 7.5' Usgs Quadrangles, Sioux And Dawes Counties, Nebraska, Hannan E. Lagarry, Leigh Anne Lagarry Jan 1997

Geology Of The Montrose, Orella, Wolf Butte, Roundtop And Horn 7.5' Usgs Quadrangles, Sioux And Dawes Counties, Nebraska, Hannan E. Lagarry, Leigh Anne Lagarry

Conservation and Survey Division

No abstract provided.