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Recent publications Private domestic-well characteristics and the distribution of domestic withdrawals among aquifers in the Virginia Coastal Plain Bankfull Regional Curves for Streams in the Non-Urban, Non-Tidal Coastal Plain Physiographic Province, Virginia and Maryland Development of relations of stream stage to channel geometry and discharge for stream segments simulated with Hydrologic Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF), Chesapeake Bay Watershed and adjacent parts of  Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware. The Virginia Coastal Plain hydrogeologic framework: Drainage areas of selected streams in Virginia:   Sensitivity of Christiansburg well to earthquakes around the world: A Newsletter of the Virginia Board for Geology Environmental Setting of the Morgan Creek Basin, Maryland, 2002-04 Changes in Streamflow and Water Quality in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay, 1985-2004 Physical Habitat Classification and Instream Flow Modeling to Determine Habitat Availability During Low-Flow Periods, North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia Studies of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure-- The USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and Related Coreholes and Geophysical Surveys Water-Quality Data from Ground- and Surface-Water near Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and non-CAFOs in the Shenandoah Valley and Eastern Shore of Virginia, January-February 2004 Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Availability in the Carbonate Aquifer System of Frederick County, Virginia

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 Scientific Investigations Reports

Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., Nelms, D.L., Weary, D.J., and Moberg, R.M., 2005, Hydrogeology and Ground-Water Availability in the Carbonate Aquifer System of Frederick County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5161, 30 p.

Hayes, D.C., and Young, R.L., 2005, Comparison of Peak Discharge and Runoff Characteristic Estimates from the Rational Method to Field Observations for Small Basins in Central Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5254,  44 p.

Hyer, K.E., 2007, Escherichia coli Concentrations in Recreational Streams and Backcountry Drinking-Water Supplies in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 2005-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5160, 18 p.

Keaton, J.N., Messinger, Terence, and Doheny, E.J., 2005, Development and analysis of regional curves for streams in the non-urban Valley and Ridge Physiographic Province, Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5076, 109 p.

Krstolic, J.L., and Chaplin, J.J., 2007, Bankfull regional curves for streams in the non-urban, non-tidal Coastal Plain Physiographic Province, Virginia and Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5162, 48 p.

Krstolic, J.L., Hayes, D.C., and Ruhl, P.M., 2006, Physical Habitat Classification and Instream Flow Modeling to Determine Habitat Availability During Low-Flow Periods, North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5025, 63 p.

Krstolic, J.L., and Hayes, D.C., 2004, Water-quality synoptic sampling, July 1999: North Fork Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5153, 82 p.

Kuniansky, E.L., 2008, U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, 142 p.

Langland, M.J., Raffensperger, J.P., Moyer, D.L., Landwehr, J.M., and Schwarz, G.E., 2006, Changes in Streamflow and Water Quality in Selected Nontidal Basins in the Chesapeake Bay, 1985-2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5178, 75 p., plus appendices (on CD).

Langland, M.J., Phillips, S.W., Raffensperger, J.P., and Moyer, D.L., 2005, Changes in streamflow and water quality in selected nontidal sites in the Chesapeake Bay Basin, 1985-2003: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5259, 50 p.

Martucci, S.K., Krstolic, J.L., Raffensperger, J.P., and Hopkins, K.J., 2005, Development of Land Segmentation, Stream-Reach Network, and Watersheds in Support of Hydrological Simulation Program-Fortran (HSPF) Modeling, Chesapeake Bay Watershed, and Adjacent Parts of Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5073, 24 p.

Moyer, D.L., and Bennett, M.R., 2007, Development of relations of stream stage to channel geometry and discharge for stream segments simulated with Hydrologic Simulation Program–Fortran (HSPF), Chesapeake Bay Watershed and adjacent parts of Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5135, 83 p.

Pope, J.P., McFarland, E.R., and Banks, R.B., 2008, Private domestic-well characteristics and the distribution of domestic withdrawals among aquifers in the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5250, 47 p.
(available online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2007/5250/)

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, J.R., 2005, Predicting the Vulnerability of Streams to Episodic Acidification and Potential Effects on 
Aquatic Biota in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5259, 154 p.

Senus, M.P., Langland, M.J., and Moyer, D.L., 2005, Nutrient and sediment concentrations, loads, and trends for four nontidal tributaries in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, 1997-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5125, 33 p.

Smith, Barry S., 2005, Simulated changes in water levels caused by potential changes in pumping from shallow aquifers of Virginia Beach, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5067, 25 p.

  Professional Papers

Back, William, 1966, Hydrochemical facies and ground-water flow patterns in northern part of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 498-A, 42 p.

Brown, D.L., and Silvey, W.D., 1977, Artificial recharge to a fresh water-sensitive brackish-water sand aquifer, Norfolk, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 939, 53 p.

Brown, P.M., Miller, J.A., and Swain, F.M., 1972, Structural and stratigraphic framework, and spatial distribution of the permeability of the Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 796, 79 p.

Brown, P.M., and Reid, M.S., 1976, Geologic evaluation of waste-storage potential in selected segments of the Mesozoic aquifer system below the zone of fresh water, Atlantic Coastal Plain, North Carolina through New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 881, 47 p.

Cushing, E.M., Kantrowitz, I.H., and Taylor, K.R., 1973, Water resources of the Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 822, 58 p.

Giusti, E.V., 1962, Short papers in geology and hydrology, Articles 60­119-Art. 112, A relation between floods and drought flows in the Piedmont province in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 450­C, p. C128-­C129.

Harsh, J.F., and Laczniak, R.J., 1990, Conceptualization and analysis of ground-water flow system in the Coastal Plain of Virginia and adjacent parts of Maryland and North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404­F, 100 p.

Horton, J.W., Jr., Powars, D.S., and Gohn, G.S., eds. 2005, Studies of the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure-- The USGS-NASA Langley Corehole, Hampton, Virginia, and Related Coreholes and Geophysical Surveys U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1688-A-K, seperately paginated. [453 p., 2 oversize figures].

McFarland, E.R., and Bruce, T.S., 2006, The Virginia Coastal Plain hydrogeologic framework: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1731, 118p., 25 pls.

Meng, A.A., III, and Harsh, J.F., 1988, Hydrogeologic framework of the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404­C, 82 p., 4 pls.

Patterson, J.L., and Paulhus, J.L.H., 1975, Hurricane Agnes rainfall and floods, June­July 1972: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 924, 403 p.

Pluhowski, E.J., 1972, Unusual temperature variations in two small streams in northern Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1972, chap. B: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800­B, p. B225-­B258.

Pluhowski, E.J., 1972, Clear-cutting and its effect on the water temperature of a small stream in northern Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1972, chap. C: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800­C, p. C257-­C262.

Powars, D.S., 2000, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geologic framework and the correlation of hydrogeologic units of southeastern Virginia, south of the James River: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1622, 53 p., 1 pl.

Powars, D.S., and Bruce, T. S., 1999, The effects of the Chesapeake Bay impact crater on the geological framework and correlation of hydrogeologic units of the lower York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1612, 82 p., 9 pl.

Riggs, H.C., 1964, The relation of discharge to drainage area in the Rappahannock River basin, Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1964, chap. B: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 501­B, p. B165-­B168.

Riggs, H.C., 1965, Effect of land use on the low flow of streams in Rappahannock County, Virginia, in Geological Survey Research 1965, chap. C: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 525­C, p. C196-­C198.

Runner, G.S., and Chin, E.H., 1980, Flood of April 1977 in the Appalachian Region of Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1098, 43 p.

Sinnott, Allen, and Cushing, E.M., 1978, Summary appraisals of the Nation's ground-water resources Mid-Atlantic Region: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 813­I, 32 p.

Williams, G.P., and Guy, H., 1973, Erosional and depositional aspects of Hurricane Camille in Virginia, 1969: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 804, 80 p.

Water-Supply Papers

Anderson, D.G., 1970, Effects of urban development on floods in northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2001-C, 22 p.

Belval, D.L., and Seivard, L.D., 1993, National Water Summary 1990­91-Hydrologic Events and Stream Water Quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2400, p. 531-­538.

Bogart, D.B., 1960, Floods of August-­October 1955, New England to North Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1420, 854 p.

Cederstrom, D.J., 1957, Geology and ground-water resources of the York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1361, 237 p.

Cederstrom, D.J., 1972, Evaluation of yields of wells in consolidated rocks, Virginia to Maine: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2021, 38 p.

Durfor, C.N., 1961, Water quality and hydrology in the Fort Belvoir area, Virginia, 1954­55: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1586­A, p. A1-A57.

Fisher, D.W., 1968, Annual variations in chemical composition of atmospheric precipitation, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1535­M, 21 p.

Gambell, A.W., and Fisher, D.W., 1966, Chemical composition of rainfall, eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1535­K, p. K1­K41.

Grover, N.C., 1937, The floods of March 1936-Part 3, Potomac, James, and upper Ohio Rivers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 800, 351 p.

Hamilton, P.A., Shedlock, R.J., and Phillips, P.J., 1992, Ground-water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: Analysis of available water-quality data through 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2355-B, 65 p.

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and LeCain, G.D., 1991, Hydraulic characteristics of, and ground-water flow in, coal-bearing rocks of southwestern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2388, 36 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1989, Low-flow characteristics of streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2374, 69 p.

Hirsch, R.M., Scott, A.G., and Wyant, Timothy, 1982, Investigations of trends in flooding in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2203, 37 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1962, Geology and ground-water resources of the Fairfax quadrangle, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1539-L, 61 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1964, Geology and ground-water resources of Washington, D.C., and vicinity: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1776, 97 p.

Kull, T.K., Hopkins, H.T., and Walker, W.R., 1990, National water summary 1987-Hydrologic events and water supply  and use: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2350, p. 505-­513.

Lohr, E.W., and Love, S.K., 1954, The industrial utility of public-water supplies in the United States, 1952-Part 1, States east of the Mississippi River: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1299, 639 p.

Meisler, Harold, Leahy, P.P., and Knobel, L.L., 1985, Effect of eustatic sea-level changes on saltwater-freshwater relations in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2255, 28 p.

Meng, A.A., III, Harsh, J.F., and Kull, T.K., 1985, National water summary 1984-Hydrologic events, selected water-quality trends and ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2275, p. 427-­432.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Hayes, D.C., 1997, Base-flow characteristics of streams in the Valley and Ridge, the Blue Ridge, and the Piedmont Physiographic Provinces of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2457, 48 p., 1 pl.

Nuckels, E.H., Prugh, B.J., Jr., Michaels, P.J., and Jones, D.R., 1991, National water summary 1988­89-Hydrologic events and floods and droughts: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2375, p. 543-­550.

Powell, J.D., and Hamilton, P.A., 1987, National water summary 1986-Hydrologic events and ground-water quality: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2325, p. 509-­514.

Powell, J.D., and Larson, J.D., 1985, Relation between ground-water quality and mineralogy in the coal­producing Norton Formation of Buchanan County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2274, 30 p.

Prugh, B.J., Jr., and Scott, W.B., 1986, National water summary 1985-Hydrologic events and surface-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2300, p. 467-­472.

Puckett, L.J., 1981, Dendroclimatic estimates of a drought index for northern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2080, 39 p.

Richardson, D.L., 1991, Hydrogeology and analysis of the ground-water-flow system of the Eastern Shore Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2401, 108 p.

Sanford, Samuel, 1910, Saline artesian waters of the Atlantic Coastal Plain, in Fuller, M.L., and others, Underground water papers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 258, 123 p.

Speiran, G.K., 1996, Geohydrology and Geochemistry near coastal ground-water-discharge areas of the Eastern Shore, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2479, 73 p.

Trainer, F.W., and Watkins, F.A., Jr., 1975, Geohydrologic reconnaissance of the upper Potomac River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2035, 68 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1949, Floods of August 1940 in the southeastern States: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1066, 554 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1964, Floods of January­February 1957 in southeastern Kentucky and adjacent areas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1652­A, 195 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1984, A water-quality study of the tidal Potomac River and estuary-an overview: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2233, 46 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1983, National water summary 1983-Hydrologic events and issues: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 2250, p. 224­-226.

Vice, R.B., Guy, H.P., and Ferguson, G.E., 1969, Sediment movement in an area of suburban highway construction, Scott Run basin, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply  Paper 1591­E, 41 p.

Spatial Data Sets

Krstolic, J.L., 2006, Drainage basins for Virginia and surrounding areas: U.S. Geological Survey Digital Spatial Data Set at http://water.usgs.gov/GIS/metadata/usgswrd/XML/OFR2006-1308_Drainage_Basin.xml

Circulars

Appel, C.A., and Bredehoeft, J.D., 1976, Status of ground-water modeling in the U.S. Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 737, 9 p.

Dodd, Kurt, Fuller, H.K., and Clarke, P.F., 1985, Guide to obtaining U.S. Geological Survey information: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 900, 35 p.

Imhoff, E.A., Friz, T.O., and LaFevers, J.R., 1976, A guide to State programs for the reclamation of surface-mined areas: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 731, 33 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Robert, J.S., 1992, Are fertilizers and pesticides in the ground water?: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1080, 16 p.

Johnston, P.M., 1960, Ground-water supplies in shale and sandstone in Fairfax, Loudoun, and Prince William Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 424, 7 p.

Papadopulos, S.S., Bennett, R.R., Mack, F.K., and Trescott, P.C., 1974, Water from the Coastal Plain aquifers in the Washington, DC, metropolitan area: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 697, 11 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1971, Index of surface-water records to September 30, 1970-Part 3, Ohio River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 653, 71 p.

U.S. Geological Survey, 1983, Estimated water use in United States, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1001, 56 p.

Water-Resources Investigations Reports

Bell, C.F., 1996, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4209, 37 p.

Bell, C.F., Belval, D.L., Campbell, J.P., 1996, Trends in nutrients and suspended solids at the Fall Line of five tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, July 1988 through June 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4191, 37 p.

Belval, D.L, and Sprague, L.A., 1999, Monitoring nutrients in the major rivers draining to Chesapeake Bay: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4238, 8 p.

Belval, D.L., Campbell, J.P., Phillips, S.W., and Bell, C.F., 1995, Water-quality characteristics of five tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay at the Fall Line, Virginia, July 1988 through June 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4258, 71 p.

Belval, D.L., Woodside, M.D., and Campbell, J.P., 1994, Relation of stream quality to streamflow, and estimated loads of selected water-quality constituents in the James and Rappahannock Rivers near the Fall Line of Virginia, July 1988 through 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4042, 85 p.

Bisese, J.A., 1995, Methods for estimating peak discharges of rural, unregulated streams in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4148. 70 p.

Brockman, A.R., Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Gildea, J.J., 1997, Geohydrology of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4188, 61 p., 1 pl.

Brockman, A.R., and Richardson, D.L., 1992, Hydrogeologic framework of the shallow aquifer system of York County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4111, 36 p.

Carpenter, D.H., 1985, Cost-effectiveness of the Federal stream-gaging program in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4345, 72 p.

Carpenter, D.H., 1990, Floods in West Virginia, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, November 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4213, 86 p.

Cosner, O.J., 1975, A predictive computer model of the Lower Cretaceous aquifer, Franklin area, southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 51-74, 72 p.

Doyle, W.H., Jr., Curwick, P.B., and Flynn, K.M., 1983, A flood model for the Tug Fork basin, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4014, 87 p. OUT OF STOCK

Ebner, D.B., Cherry, D.S., and Currie, R.J., 2004, Water and Streambed Sediment Quality, and Ecotoxicology of a Stream along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Adjacent to a Closed Landfill, near Roanoke, Virginia: 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4116, 55 p

Focazio, M.J., and Cooper, R.E., 1995, Selected characteristics of stormflow and base flow affected by land use and cover in the Chickahominy River Basin, Virginia, 1989­91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4225, 37 p.

Focazio, M.J., Plummer, L.N., Bohlke J.K., Busenberg, E., Bachman, L.J., and Powars, D.S., 1998, Preliminary estimates of residence times and apparent ages of ground water in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, and water-quality data from a survey of springs: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4225, 75 p.

Focazio, M.J., and Samsel, T.B., III, 1993, Documentation of geographic-information-system coverages and data-input files used for analysis of the geohydrology of the Virginia Coastal Plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4015, 53 p. OUT OF STOCK

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1993, Estimating net drawdown resulting from episodic withdrawals at six well fields in the Coastal Plain physiographic province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4159, 21 p.

Focazio, M.J., Speiran, G.K., and Rowan, M.E., 1993, Quality of ground water in the Coastal Plain physiographic province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4175, 20 p.

Hamilton, P.A., and Larson, J.D., 1988, Hydrogeology and analysis of the ground-water-flow system in the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4240, 175 p. OUT OF STOCK

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Bell, C.F., 1996, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow aquifer system at the Mainside, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Site, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4055, 34 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1996, Scour at bridge sites in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4089, 35 p.

Hayes, D.C., 1993, Site selection and collection of bridge-scour data in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4017, 23 p.

Hayes, D.C., and Drummond, F.E., 1995, Use of fathometers and electrical-conductivity probes to monitor riverbed scour at bridge piers: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4164, 17 p.

Hopkins, H.T., 1984, Water-resources reconnaissance of Prince William Forest Park, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4009, 17 p. OUT OF STOCK

Hopkins, H.T., 1985, Ground-water availability along the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4168, 154 p. OUT OF STOCK

Hyer, K.E., and Moyer, D.L., 2003, Patterns and sources of fecal coliform bacteria in three streams in Virginia, 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4115, 76 p.

Johnson, H.M., and Belval, D.L., 1998, Nutrient and suspended solids loads, yields, and trends in the non-tidal part of five major river basins in Virginia, 1985-96: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4025, 36 p.

Kull, T.K., and Laczniak, R.J., 1987, Ground-water withdrawals from the confined aquifers in the Coastal Plain of Virginia, 1891-1983: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4049, 37 p.  OUT OF STOCK

Larson, J.D., and Powell, J.D., 1985, Hydrology and effects of mining in the upper Russell Fork basin, Buchanan and Dickenson Counties, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4238, 63 p.

Laczniak, R.J. and Meng, A.A., III, 1988, Ground-water resources of the York-James Peninsula of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4059, 178 p.

Lindsey, B.D., Phillips, S.W., Donnelly, C.A., Speiran, G.K., Plummer, L.N., Bohlke, J.K., Focazio, M.J., Burton, W.C., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2003, Residence times and nitrate transport in ground water discharging to streams in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4035, 201 p.

Lloyd, O.B., Jr., Larson, J.D., and Davis, R.W., 1985, Summary of northern Atlantic Coastal Plain hydrology and its relation to disposal of high-level radioactive waste in buried crystalline rock: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4146, 80 p. OUT OF STOCK

Lynch, D.D., 1992, Water quality and evaluation of raw-water-routing scenarios, Chickahominy, Diascund Creek, and Little Creek Reservoirs, southeastern Virginia, 1983-­86: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4034, 104 p.

Lynch, D.D., and Dise, N.B., 1985, Sensitivity of stream basins in Shenandoah National Park to acid deposition: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4115, 61 p. OUT OF STOCK

Lynch, D.D., 1987, Hydrologic conditions and trends in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, 1983-­84: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4131, 115 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1997, Hydrogeologic framework, analysis of ground-water flow, and relations to regional flow in the Fall Zone near Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4021, 56 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1998, Design, revisions, and considerations for continued use of a ground-water-flow model of the Coastal Plain aquifer system in Virginia, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4085, 49 p.

McFarland, E.R., 1999, Hydrogeologic framework and ground-water flow in the Fall Zone of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4093, 83 p.

Miller, E.M., 1978, Technique for estimating the magnitude and frequency of Virginia floods: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-5, 83 p.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Accotink Creek, Fairfax County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4160.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program-FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Blacks Run, Rockingham County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4161.

Moyer, D.L., and Hyer, K.E., 2003, Use of the Hydrological Simulation Program- FORTRAN and bacterial source tracking for development of the fecal coliform total maximum daily load (TMDL) for Christians Creek, Augusta County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-41612.

Nelms, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1997, Hydrogeology of, and quality and recharge ages of ground water in, Prince William County, Virginia, 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4009, 58 p.

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Brockman A.R., 2001, Apparent chlorofluorocarbon age of ground water of the shallow aquifer system, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia, Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4179, 51 p. [PDF file-1,084 KB]

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Plummer, L. N., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2003, Aquifer susceptibility in Virginia, 1998-2000, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4278, 58 p. [PDF file-3 MB]

Nelms, D.L., and Richardson, D.L., 1990, Geohydrology and the occurrence of volatile-organic compounds in ground water, Culpeper basin of Prince William County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4032, 94 p.

Orndorff, Randall C. and Harlow, George E., Jr., 2002, FIELD TRIP GUIDE Hydrogeologic framework of the Northern Shenandoah Valley carbonate aquifer system, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, August 20-22, 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4174, pp. 81-89. [PDF file-667 KB]

Powell, J.D., and Abe, J.M., 1985, Availability and quality of ground water in the Piedmont province of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4235, 32 p. OUT OF STOCK

Powell, J.D., Wright, W.G., Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J., 1990, Ground-water contamination and movement at the Defense General Supply Center, Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4113, 36 p. Abstract

Richardson, D.L., 1994, Ground-water discharge from the Coastal Plain of Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4191, 15 p. (PDF scanned; 18MB)

Richardson, D.L., and Brockman, A.R., 1992, Hydrogeology and water quality of the shallow ground-water system in eastern York County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4090, 41 p. OUT OF STOCK

Rogers, S.M., and Powell, J.D., 1983, Quality of ground water in southern Buchanan County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4022, 36 p.

Scott, A.G., 1984, Analysis of characteristics of simulated flows from small surface-mined and undisturbed Appalachian watersheds in the Tug Fork basin of Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4151, 169 p. OUT OF STOCK

Skrobialowski, S.C., 1998, Hydrologic characteristics and water budget for Swift Creek Reservoir, Virginia, 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4122, 35 p.

Smith, B. S., 2003, Ground-water flow and saline water in the shallow aquifer system of the southern watersheds of Virginia Beach, Virginia: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4258, 67 p.

Smith, B.S., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2002, Conceptual hydrogeologic framework of the shallow aquifer system at Virginia Beach, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4262, 32 p. 

Smith, B.S., 2001, Ground-water flow in the shallow aquifer system at the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4077, 33 p.

Smith, B.S., 1999, Hydrogeology and ground-water flow of the shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4149, 40 p.

Smith, B.S., 1999, The potential for saltwater intrusion in the Potomac aquifers of the York-James Peninsula, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4187, 24 p.

Speiran, G.K., 2000, Dissolved organic carbon and disinfection by-product precursors in waters of the Chickahominy River Basin, Virginia, and implications for public supply: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4175, 60 p. (Abstract)

Speiran, G.K., 1998, Selected heavy metals and other constituents in soil and stormwater runoff at the Interstate 95 Interchange near Atlee, Virginia, April 1993-May 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4115, 39 p.

Sprague, L.A., 2001, Effects of storm-sampling frequency on estimation of water-quality loads and trends in two tributaries to Chesapeake Bay in Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4136, 38 p. [PDF file-1,065 KB]

Sprague, L.A., and others, 2000, Factors affecting nutrient trends in major rivers of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4218, 98 p.

Woodside, M.D., 1994, Land use in, and water quality of, the Pea Hill Arm of Lake Gaston, Virginia and North Carolina, 1988­90: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4140, 54 p.

Wright, W.G., 1985, Effects of fracturing on well yields in the coalfield areas of Wise and Dickenson Counties, southwestern Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4061, 21 p. Out-of-stock

Wright, W.G., 1990, Ground-water hydrology and quality in the Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces of Clarke County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4134, 61 p.

Wright, W.G., and Powell, J.D., 1990, Assessment of ground-water contamination from a leaking underground storage tank at a Defense General Supply Center near Richmond, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4091, 38 p. OUT OF STOCK

Zappia, Humbert and Hayes, D.C., 1998, A demonstration of the instream flow incremental methodology, Shenandoah River, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4157, 24 p.

Fact Sheets

Erwin, M.L., McFarland, E.R., and Bruce, T. S., 1999, USGS Ground-water flow model--An essential tool for managing the Water-Supply  of the Virginia Coastal Plain, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 099-99, 4 p.

Johnson, Henry, IV, 1999, The Virginia Beach shallow ground-water study, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 173-99, 2 p.

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., and Olson, G., 2007, Acid rain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia: USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3057, 4 p.

Speiran, G.K., Hamilton, P.A., and Woodside, M.D., 1998, Natural processes for managing nitrate in ground water discharged to Chesapeake Bay and other surface waters-more than forested buffers: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 178-97.

U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia, 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 048-99, 4 p.

Abstracts

Ator, S.W., Denver, J.M., and Hancock, T.C., 2000, Relating Surficial Hydrogeology to Shallow Ground-Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], National Water Quality Monitoring Conference, April 25-27, 2000, Austin, Tex.

Augenstein, T.W., Terziotti, Silvia, and Hom, P.J., 1990, Proximity analysis-A tool for comparing data bases [abs.]: U.S. Geological Survey National Computer Technology Meeting, San Antonio, Tex., 1990, p. 2.

Belval, D.L., and Zynjuk, L.D., 1994, Comparison of nutrient loadings among major tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, Maryland and Virginia [abs.]: 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, June 1­3, 1994, Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Va.

Bell, C.F., 1995, Hydrogeology of the shallow aquifer system at the Explosive Experimental Area, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p. 8.

Brockman, A.R., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 1993, The shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren Virginia, [abs.], AAPG Eastern Section meeting, in AAPG Bulletin, v. 77, no. 8, p. 1466. AAPG Eastern section meeting, Williamsburg, Va., 1993.

Brockman, A.R., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 1994, The shallow aquifer system at the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Laboratory, Dahlgren Virginia,[abs.], in Schultz, A.P. and Rader, E.K., eds. Studies in eastern energy and the environment; AAPG Eastern Section special volume,  Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication, v. 132, p. 178. AAPG Eastern section meeting, Williamsburg, Va., 1993.

Brockman, A.R., and Richardson, D.L., 1993, The Cornwallis Cave aquifer: A new aquifer designation for York County, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 66.

Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M., and Rice, K.C., 2001, Variability in concentration-discharge plots: Modeling results with implications for field studies [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001: Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 20.

Conko, K.M., and Rice, K.C., 2000, Atmospheric wet deposition of trace elements to a suburban catchment in Northern Virginia:  AGU Spring Meeting, May 2000, Washington, D.C., EOS Transactions, May 9, 2000.

Cooper, R.E., Focazio, M.J., and Rowan, M.E., 1993, Selected characteristics of hydrology and water quality in the Chickahominy River, Virginia, 1989-91 [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 58

Cooper, R.E., 1995, Contributions of the U.S. Geological Survey's participation in Prince William County's stormwater-management demonstration project [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, 44.

Focazio, M.J., Woodside, M.D., and Cooper, R.E., 1993, Effects of wetlands on water quality downstream from an urbanized area in Virginia [abs.]: Joint meeting of The American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and The Society of Wetland Scientists: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, 1993.

Focazio, M.J., 1994, Ground-water flow from an upland agricultural field to a wooded wetland, saltwater marsh, and estuary: An analysis using flow modeling, water-recharge dates, and water chemistry [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1994, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Dec. 1995.

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1995, Hydrologic and geochemical characteristics of protected wetlands in the North Landing River Basin: Preliminary results [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p 41.

Focazio, M.J., and Speiran, G.K., 1999, Wetlands hydrology in relation to the surrounding landscape in the North Landing River Natural Area Preserve, Virginia [abs.], Society of Wetland Scientists Annual Meeting, Norfolk, Virginia: Bulletin, Society of Wetland Scientists, Supplement, v. 16(2), p. A-46 - A-47.

Hamilton, P.A., 1988, Objectives of and approaches used in the ground-water-quality assessment of the Delmarva Peninsula [abs.], in Briefing papers of the Virginia Waters-Current Developments, 1988 Water Resources Research Forum, Richmond, Va., 1988, p. 48.

Hamilton, P.A., 1990, Relations between land use and nitrate concentrations in shallow ground water, Delmarva Peninsula [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1990, p. 30.

Hamilton, P.A. 1991, Relations between ground-water flow, land use and shallow ground-water quality, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1991, p. 15.

Hamilton, P.A., 1993, Effects of agriculture chemicals on natural geochemistry of shallow groundwater, Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia [abs.] in American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 77, p. 1468.

Hancock, T.C., Denver, J.M., Riedel, G.F., Miller, C.V., 2001, Reconnaissance for Arsenic in a Poultry Dominated Chesapeake Bay Watershed -- Examination of Source, Transport, and Fate, [abs.], US EPA Workshop Managing Arsenic Risks to the Environment: Characterization of Waste, Chemistry, and Treatment and Disposal, May 1-3, 2001, Denver, Colorado.

Hancock, T.C., Miller, C.V., Denver, J.M., Riedel, G.F., 2000, Fate and Transport of Arsenical Feed Amendments in Chesapeake Bay Watersheds, [abs.], Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 21st Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2000, Nashville, Tenn.

Hancock, T.C., S.W. Ator, and J.M. Denver, 2000, Use of a Hydrogeologic Framework to Examine the Effects of Agricultural Fertilizers and Manure Applications on Nutrients in Shallow Ground Water of the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], in Wilde, F.D., Britton, L.J., Miller, C.V., and Kolpin, D.W., compilers, Effects of animal feeding operations on water resources and the environment--proceedings of the technical meeting, Fort Collins, Co.,  August 30-September 1, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-024, 107 p.

Hancock, T.C., S.W. Ator, and J.M. Denver, 2000, Use of a Hydrogeologic Framework in Relating Surficial Hydrogeology to Shallow Ground-Water Quality in the Mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain [abs.], in Younos, T. and Poss, J., eds., 2000 Virginia Water Research Symposium, Advances in Land and Water Monitoring Technologies and Research for Monitoring of Water Resources, Special Report SR 19 2000, Virginia Water Resources Research Center, Blacksburg, Va., 2001. 

Harlow, G.E., Jr., Augenstein, T.W., Samsel, T.B., III, and Wilson, W.D., 1996, Geographic information system data base for the Elizabeth River watershed, Virginia [abs.], in Chesapeake Bay Symposium, Richmond, Va.: Virginia Journal of Science 46 (4), p. 264.

Harlow, G.E., Jr., and Nelms, D.L., 1989, Use of digitization to establish hydrogeologic units in the Piedmont and Blue Ridge physiographic provinces, Virginia to New Jersey [abs.]: Conference on Ground Water in the Piedmont of the Eastern United States, Program with Abstracts, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 16-18, 1989, p. 24.

Harlow, George E., Jr., Nelms, David L., Yager, Richard M., Kozar, Mark D., Sanford, Ward E., and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Estimating recharge to heterogeneous fractured-rock and karst aquifer systems in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and West Virginia, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 50. [PDF file-79 KB]

Hayes, D.C., and Nelms, D.L., 2001, Base-flow characteristics of streams in the Valley and Ridge, Blue Ridge, and Piedmont physiographic provinces of Virginia and other mid-Atlantic States, [abs.], in U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian Region integrated science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p. 87-88.

Hyer, K.E., and Moyer, D.L., 2001, Bacteria source tracking to improve TMDL development in bacteria-impaired streams [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001: Virginia Water Resources research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 26.

Jung, R.E., Rice, K.C., Dodd, Kenneth, Jr., and Hughes, W.B., 2001, Amphibian research and monitoring in the Appalachian Region, [abs.], in U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian Region integrated science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p.119.

McFarland, E.R., 2000, Computer model aids management of ground water resources in eastern Virginia [abs.]: in 1999 Virginia Water Research Symposium--integrating science into the development and implementation of effective water resource policies, Richmond, Va.,  Proceedings: Blacksburg, Va., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, p. 146.

McFarland, E.R., 1997, Controls on recharge to Coastal Plain aquifers along the Fall Zone in Virginia [abs.]: American Geophysical Union 1997 Spring Meeting, Baltimore, Md., May 27, published as a supplement to EOS Transactions, April 29, 1997. 

McFarland, E.R., 1997, Limitation on recharge to Coastal Plain aquifers by river incision in the Fall Zone near Richmond, Virginia [abs.]: in Proceedings of the 10th Annual Virginia Water Conference '97--Combining Our Awareness of Watersheds and Lakes, Fredericksburg, Va., 1997.

McFarland, E.R., and Focazio, M.J., 1994, Ground water in Virginia: Use during 1990, availability, and resource information needs [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1994, p. 7.

McFarland, E.R., 1995, Ground water Fall Zone of Virginia resources-management needs and hydrogeologic characteristics [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p. 7.

Miller, C.V., T.C., Hancock, and J.M. Denver, 2000, Environmental Fate and Transport of Arsenical Feed Amendments for Animal Agriculture, American Geophysical Union, 2000 Spring Meeting: Integrative Geoscience Solutions -- A Start for the New Millennium, May 30 - June 3, 2000, Washington, DC.

Nelms, D.L., 1997, Use of chlorofluorocarbons to delineate ground-water-flow systems, Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Va. [abs.]:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6, p. 76.

Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J., 1993, Use of chlorofluorocarbons to age date ground water in Prince William County, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1993, p. 67.

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, Jr., G.E., 2000, The Virginia aquifer susceptibility study:  Dating of ground water for source water assessment [abs.], in Poff, J.A., and Shabman, Leonard, (eds.) 1999 Virginia Water Research Symposium:  Integrating science into development and implementation of effective water resource policies Virginia Water Resources Research Center, p. 149.

Nelms, D.L., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2001, Preliminary results from chlorofluorocarbon-based dating for determination of aquifer susceptibility in Virginia [abs.], in Poff, Judy (ed.), Proceedings of the Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001, Protecting our water resources for the next generation: Where do we go from here: Virginia Water Resources Research Center P7-2001, p. 17. (MS Word format)

Nelms, D.L., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Plummer, L. Niel, and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2002, Susceptibility of fractured-rock aquifers in Virginia based on ground-water dating Techniques [abs.], National Ground Water Association Fractured-Rock Aquifers 2002, Denver, Colo., p. 51.

Nelms, David L. and Moberg, Roger M., 2008, Impact of 1998-2002 drought on the karst aquifers of Clarke County in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, in Kuniansky, Eve L., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Karst Interest Group Proceedings, Bowling Green, Kentucky, May 27-29, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5023, p. 51. [PDF file-75 KB]

Nelms, D.L., Plummer, L. Niel, and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 1999, Ground-water dating to predict aquifer susceptibility in crystalline terranes of Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 3, p. 78.

Nelms, D.L., and Richardson, D.L., 1988, Geographic information system for the analysis of volatile organic contamination in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.], in Briefing papers of the Virginia Waters-Current Developments, 1988 Water Resources Research Forum, Richmond, Va., 1988, p. 22.

Nelms, D.L., and Richardson, D.L., 1988, Geographic information system for the assessment of contamination by volatile organic compounds in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, Northeastern Region, Ground-Water Flow and Quality Conference, Niagara Falls, N.Y., 1988, p. 41.

Orndorff R.C., Epstein J.B., Weary D.J., and Harlow G.E., 2001, Geologic aspects of karst in the Appalachians [abs.]: Appalachian Region Workshop, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 2001.

Plummer, L.N., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Bohlke, J.K., Nelms, D.L., Michel, R.L., and Schlosser, Peter, 2000, Ground-water residence times and water-quality trends in spring discharge from Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Eos, May 9, 2000, American Geophysical Union, p. S260.

Plummer, L.N., Nelms, D.L., Busenberg, Eurybiades, Bohlke, J.K., and Schlosser, Peter, 1999, Residence times of ground water and spring discharge in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-331.

Powars, David S., Quick, James E., Bruce, T. Scott,  Catchings, Rufus D., Emry, Scott R., Gohn, Gregory S., Izett, Glen, A., Johnson, Gerald H., Levine, Joel S., McFarland, E. Randolph, and Poag, C. Wylie, 2001, Structure and composition of the southwestern margin of the buried Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure [abs.], to be presented at the GSA Field Forum in Nevada and Utah on bolide impacts on wet targets, April 22-28, 2001.

Powars, D.P., Johnson, G.H., Bruce, T.S., and Edwards, L.E., 2001, The relation between the Chesapeake Bay impact structure and the structure and stratigraphy of Cenozoic deposits in eastern Virginia [abs.], to be presented at the 50th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America Southeastern Section, April 5-6, 2001.

Powell, J.D., 1984, Geochemical models of the relation between water quality and mineralogy in coal producing strata of southwestern Virginia [abs.]: National Water Well Association, Practical Applications of Ground-Water Geochemistry-Applied Geochemistry Workshop, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 1984, 1 p.

Powell, J.D., Wright, W.G., Nelms, D.L., and Ahlin, R.J., 1990, Vertical and horizontal distribution of volatile organic contamination in a multi-aquifer system [abs.]: USA/USSR Joint Conference on Environment Hydrology, Leningrad, USSR, 1990, 1 p.

Rice, K.C., and Bricker, O.P., 1995, Relation of streamwater chemistry to hydrologic and geochemical controls in four small forested watersheds on Catoctin Mountain in North-Central Maryland [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1995, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transactions, San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 1995.

Rice, K.C., Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, J.R., 2001, Hydrological and geochemical controls on episodic acidification of streams in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.], in Abstracts, Virginia Water Research Symposium 2001: Virginia Water Resources Research Center Special Report SR21-2001, p. 29.

Rice, K.C., and Conko, K.M., 2004, Atmospheric Wet Deposition of Trace Elements to a Suburban Environment near Washington, D.C., USA [abs.], National Atmospheric Deposition Program Scientific Symposium, Sept. 21-24, 2004, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Rice, K.C., Deviney, F.A., Jr., and Webb, J.R., 2004, Vulnerability of Streams to Episodic Acidification in Shenandoah National Park [abs.]: Virginia Water Research Symposium, Oct. 4-6, 2004, Blacksburg, Va.

Rice, K.C., Hornberger, G.M., and Webb, R.J., 2000, Episodic variation of acid-neutralizing capacity in streamwater at Paine Run, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia [abs.], American Geophysical Union 2000 Spring Meeting, Washington, D.C.: published as a supplement to EOS Transactions, May 9, 2000, p. S259.

Rice, K.C., Raffensperger, J.P. and Webb, R.J., 1999, Hydrological and geochemical controls on episodic acidification of streams in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia--Development and testing of a predictive model [abs.]:  Virginia Water Research Symposium, November 15, 1999, Richmond, Va.

Rice, K.C., Chanat, J.G., Hornberger, G.M. , and Webb J.R., 2001, Concentration-discharge patterns in acid-neutralizing capacity during stormflow in three small, forested catchments in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, [abs.], in U.S. Geological Survey Appalachian Region integrated science workshop proceedings, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 22-26, 2001: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-406, p.130.

Richardson, D.L., and Nelms, D.L., 1988, Geographic information system for the assessment of contamination by volatile organic compounds in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, and Association of American State Geologists, GIS Symposium: Integrating Technology and Geoscience Applications, Denver, Colorado, September 26-30, 1988, p. 137.

Sanford, W.E., Nelms, D.L., and Pope, J.P., 2004, Ground-water chemistry and modeling come together at Virginia's Eastern Shore [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 324.

Speiran, G.K., 1991, Processes controlling nitrate concentrations in ground-water discharge [abs.]: First Eastern Shore Natural Resources Symposium, Cape Charles, Va., 1991, 2 p.

Speiran, G.K., 1992, Nitrate concentrations in ground water beneath a riparian wooded wetland near Townsend, Virginia [abs.]; in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1992, p. 14.

Speiran, G.K., 1993, Flow and quality of ground water in Coastal discharge areas of the Eastern Shore, Virginia [abs.]; in American Association of Petroleum Geologist Bulletin, v. 77, p. 1475.

Speiran, G.K., 1994, Effects of sediment composition and land cover on nitrate concentrations and ground-water discharge to estuaries on the Eastern Shore, Virginia [abs.]: 1994 Chesapeake Research Conference, June 1­3, 1994, Norfolk Waterside Marriott Hotel, Va.

Speiran, G.K., and Focazio, M.J., 1994, Analysis of ground-water flow from an upland agricultural field to a wooded wetland, saltwater marsh, and estuary based on geology, water levels, water chemistry, and water-recharge dates [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1994, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Dec. 1995.

Richardson, D.L., and Nelms, D.L., 1989, Geographic information system for the assessment of contamination by volatile organic compounds in the Triassic basin of Prince William County, Virginia [abs.]: National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Geological Survey, and the Association of American State Geologists, Geographic Information System Symposium-Integrating Technology and Geoscience Applications, Denver, Colo., 1988, p. 137.

Weary, D.J., Doctor, D.H., Orndorff, R.C., and Harlow, G.E., Jr., 2007, Structural control of spring locations in the Northern Shenandoah Valley, Virginia and West Virginia: interpretation of geologic controls on ground-water flow paths in folded and faulted carbonate rocks [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.39, no. 2, p. 99.

Weary, D.J., Harlow, G.E., Jr., Orndorff, R.C., and Alemán-González, Wilma, 2004, Interdisciplinary cooperative geologic mapping and ground-water resource analyses of Frederick County, Virginia by the U.S. Geological Survey [abs.]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 5, p. 578.

Woodside, M.D., 1990, Copper sulfate treatment of algae in an urban pond in Blacksburg, Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1990, p. 57.

Woodside, M.D., and Rowan, M.E., 1991, Spatial distribution of selected trace metals in wetland sediments in the Chickahominy River basin, Virginia [abs.]: Wetland Biogeochemistry Symposium, Baton Rouge, La.,: Laboratory for Wetland Soils and Sediments, Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, 1991, 1 p.

Woodside, M.D., Belval, D.L., and Bloomquist, J.D., 1995, Nutrient and sediment loads from 11 major river basins in Virginia [abs.], in Collected abstracts of the Virginia Water Resources Conference, Richmond, Va., 1995, p. 39.

Woodside, M.D. 1995, Nutrients and pesticides in streams draining agricultural and forested basins in the Albemarle-Pamlico drainage basin, North Carolina and Virginia [abs.]: American Geophysical Union Conference, 1995, Fall Meeting, in EOS Transaction, San Francisco, Ca., Nov. 1995.

Wright, W.G., Powell, J.D., and Nelms, D.L., 1991, Monitor-well installation and investigation for volatile organics contamination in multilayered Coastal Plain aquifer system of Virginia [abs.], in Childress, C.J. Oblinger, and Vince, C.C., compilers, Abstracts from the technical sessions of the first U.S. Geological Survey water-quality workshop, Northeastern Region, Skyland, Virginia, March 31 - April 3, 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-225, p. 31-32.

Journal articles/Proceedings papers

Bachman, L.J., Denver, J.M., and Hamilton, P.A., 1991, Multivariate statistical analysis of geochemical processes in shallow ground water in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1991, p. 114.

Brown, D.L., 1971, Techniques for quality-of-water interpretations from calibrated geophysical logs, Atlantic coastal area: Ground Water, v. 9, no. 4, p. 25-38.

Callender, E., and Rice, K.C., 2000, The urban environmental gradient--Anthropogenic influences on the spatial and temporal distributions of lead and zinc in sediments: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 34, no. 2, p. 232-238. [Abstract]

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