Publications
This list of Upper Midwest Water Science Center publications spans from 1899 to present. It includes both official USGS publications and journal articles authored by our scientists. To access the full, searchable catalog of USGS publications, please visit the USGS Publications Warehouse.
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Ground-water resources of the Alma area, Michigan
The Alma area consists of 30 square miles in the northwestern part of Gratiot County, Mich. It is an area of slight relief gently rolling hills and level plains and is an important agricultural center in the State.The Saginaw formation, which forms the bedrock surface in part of the area, is of relatively low permeability and yields water containing objectionable amounts of chloride. Formations be
Authors
Kenneth E. Vanlier
Ground-water exploration and test pumping in the Halma-Lake Bronson area, Kittson County, Minnesota
The Halma-Lake Bronson area covers about 80 square miles in the northwestern corner of Minnesota. It is a relatively featureless poorly drained glacial drift plain which slopes gently to the west about 10 feet per mile. The plain is interrupted by sand dunes and by beach deposits of Glacial Lake Agassiz. In the northeastern part of the area, the glacial drift rests on Preeambrian crystalline basem
Authors
George R. Schiner
Geology and occurrence of ground water in Lyon County, Minnesota
Lyon County is in southwestern Minnesota, mostly within the drainage basin of the Minnesota River. The basement rocks in the area consist largely of Precambrian granite and quartzite. These are overlain locally by flat-lying Upper Cretaceous strata composed of thick sections of soft dark-bluish-gray shale and some thin beds of loosely consolidated sandstone. The Cretaceous strata are more than 500
Authors
Harry G. Rodis
Geology and ground-water conditions in the southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, Morrison County, Minnesota
The southern part of the Camp Ripley Military Reservation, in central Minnesota, includes an area of about 20 square miles. This investigation was conducted to assist the U.S. National Guard Bureau in locating adequate water supplies for expansion and standby needs.
Bedrock in the area consists of Precambrian phyllite which is equivalent to the Virginia slate. The area is covered largely by Pleist
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J.R. Jones, P.D. Akin, Robert Schneider
Geology and hydrology of the Elk River, Minnesota, nuclear-reactor site
The Elk River, Minn., nuclear-reactor site is on the east bluff of the Mississippi River about 35 miles northwest of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The area is underlain by about 70 to 180 feet of glacial drift, including at the top as much as 120 feet of outwash deposits (valley train) of the glacial Mississippi River. The underlying Cambrian bedrock consists of marine sedimentary formations including
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Ralph F. Norvitch, Robert Schneider, Richard G. Godfrey
Floods in southeastern Michigan, magnitude and frequency
No abstract available.
Authors
L.E. Stoimenoff
Water resources in the vicinity of municipalities on the West-Central Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
No abstract available.
Authors
R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
Water resources in the vicinity of municipalities on the Central Mesabi Iron Range, northeastern Minnesota
No abstract available.
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R. D. Cotter, H. L. Young, L. R. Petri, C. H. Prior
Reconnaissance geology and hydrology on the Nett Lake Indian Reservation, Minnesota
The Nett Lake Indian Reservation is in northern Minnesota, about 210 miles north of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The village of Nett Lake (population about 300) is the only community on the reservation. This report is the result of an investigation made to provide a central water source for the village, at the request of the Public Health Service of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfa
Authors
R.F. Norvitch
Controlled induced recharge tests at Kalamazoo, Michigan
This article discusses the results of a controlled field testing program, which indicated that definite hydraulic and other advantages may be gained from induced recharging as practiced at Kalamazoo, Michigan. Results include the following: water levels and artesian pressures can be maintained at high stages, the results are lower pumping lifts and substantial reductions in the amount of power use
Authors
Morris Deutsch