Publications
This list of Water Resources Mission Area publications includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. A searchable database of all USGS publications can be accessed at the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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The San Juan Canyon, southeastern Utah: A geographic and hydrographic reconnaissance
This report, which describes the San Juan Canyon, San Juan River and the tributary streams and the geography and to some extent the geology of the region, presents information obtained by me during the descent of the river with the Trimble party in 1921. The exploration of the canyon, which was financed jointly by the United States Geological Survey and the Southern California Edison Co., had as i
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Hugh D. Miser
Ground water in Santa Clara Valley, California
Santa Clara Valley extends southeastward from San Francisco, lying between the Diablo Range on the northeast and the Santa Cruz and Gabilan ranges on the southwest. (See Pl. I.) Its north end is occupied by the southern part of San Francisco Bay. Toward the south it rises gradually and becomes increasingly rough until it ceases to be a valley. Its trend is approximately parallel to the Pacific coa
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William O. Clark
The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles
The writer has planned and partly prepared a series of six papers on ground water in the United States. These papers are to deal with (1) occurrence, (2) origin, discharge, and quantity, (3) movement and head, (4) quality, (5) recovery and use, and (6) ground-water provinces. The present paper is the first of the series.The writer is indebted to many colaborers for assistance in preparing this pap
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Oscar Edward Meinzer
Hydroelectric power systems of California and their extensions into Oregon and Nevada
No abstract available.
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Frederick Hall Fowler
The floods in central Texas in September, 1921
Heavy rainfall over a large area in south-central Texas from September 8 to September 10, 1921, produced great floods which caused the loss of at least 224 lives and damage to property amounting to more than $10,000,000. The most destructive flood in Texas prior to 1921 occurred in December, 1913. That flood, which is described on pages 46-47, caused the loss of 177 lives and destroyed property va
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Clarence E. Ellsworth
Geology and ground-water resources of Sacramento Valley, California
No abstract available.
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Kirk Bryan
The Salton Sea region, California: A geographic, geologic, and hydrologic reconnaissance, with a guide to desert watering places
No abstract available.
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John Stafford Brown
Stream measurement work: Chapter 9 in Thirteenth biennial report of the State Engineer to the governor of Utah: 1921-1922
Systematic stream measurement work was probably first undertaken in Utah when the United States Geological Survey in 1888 began collecting records of flow of certain streams in the West in connection with special studies relating to irrigation in the arid sections. Since 1895 Congress has made small appropriations “for gaging the streams and determining the water supply of the United States.” Thes
Authors
A.B. Purton
Ground water in Pahrump, Mesquite, and Ivanpah valleys, Nevada and California
No abstract available.
Authors
Gerald A. Waring
Routes to desert watering places in the Mohave Desert Region, California
No abstract available.
Authors
David Grosh Thompson