Online Abstracts

Stannard, D.I., 1997, Relations between temperature and evapotranspiration: How complex are they? [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 78, no. 46, p. 304.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stannard.agu97.abs.html

Andraski, B.J., Sandstrom, M.W., Michel, R.L., Radyk, J.C., Stonestrom, D.A., Johnson, M.J., and Mayers, C.J., 2002, Importance and use of plants in evaluating water flow and contaminant transport in arid environments [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 83, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H52A-0836, CD-ROM
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andrski_agu2002_abs.htm

Stonestrom, D.A., Michel, R.L., Evans, W.C., Smith, T.R., Prudic, D.E., Striegl, R.G., Haas, H., Brockman, F.J., and Andraski, B.J., 2001, Carbon isotopes in unsaturated-zone gases and ground water near radioactive-waste disposal area, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 82, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, p. F-516
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom_agu_abs.html

Andraski, B.J., 2001, Soil water movement in arid environments--Transport mechanisms and uncertainties [abs.]: Annual Meeting, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America and Soil Science Society of America, Charlotte, N. Car., October 21-25, 2001, CD-ROM.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski-sssa-cd.htm

Prudic, D.E., Michel, R.L., Stonestrom, D.A., and Andraski, B.J., 2000, Transport of Tritium Through a 110-m Deep Vadose Zone, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48, p. F387.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/prudic_eos_abs00.htm

Stonestrom, D.A., Baker, R.J., Prudic, D.E., Andraski, B.J., Evans, W.C., and Michel, R.L., 2000, Radioisotopes and organic contaminants in a 110-m deep unsaturated zone, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-407
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom.gsa00.abs.htm

Andraski, B.J., and Jacobson, E.A., 1998, Comparison of Brooks-Corey and Rossi-Nimmo retention functions in modeling soil-water movement at a site in the Amargosa Desert, Nevada [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 79, no. 45, p. F382.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski.agu.abs.htm

Gee, G.W., Wierenga, P.J., Andraski, B.J., Young, M.H., Fayer, M.J., and Rockhold, M.L., 1994, Variations in water balance and recharge potential at three western desert sites: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 58, no. 1, p. 63-72.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/gee.sssaj94.abs.html

Striegl, R.G., Healy, R.W., Michel, R.L., and Prudic, D.E., 1998, Tritium in unsaturated zone gases and air at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, and in spring and river water, near Beatty, Nevada, May 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-778, 13 p.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/striegl.ofr97-778.abs.html

Stonestrom, D.A., 2002, Contaminant transport research at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada [abs.]: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 460
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom_gsa02_abs.htm

Stonestrom, D.A., Prudic, D.E., and Striegl, R.G., 1997, Deuterium and oxygen-18 in water from a deep unsaturated zone in the Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 78, no. 46, p. 302-303.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom.agu97.abs.html

Andraski, B.J., 1997, Test-trench studies in the Amargosa Desert, southern Nevada--Results and application of information to landfill covers in arid environments, in Reynolds, T.D., and Morris, R.C., eds., Landfill capping in the semi-arid west--Problems, perspectives, and solutions, May 21-22, 1997, Jackson Lake Lodge, Wyo., Conference Proceedings: Idaho Falls, Idaho, Environmental Science & Research Foundation, ESRF-019, p. 165-179.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski.ESRF97.abs.html

Prudic, D.E., Stonestrom, D.A., and Striegl, R.G., 1997, Tritium, deuterium, and oxygen-18 in water collected from unsaturated sediments near a low-level radioactive-waste burial site south of Beatty, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4062, 23 p.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/prudic.wrir97-4062abs.html

Striegl, R.G., Prudic, D.E., Duval, J.S., Healy, R.W., Landa, E.R., Pollock, D.W., Thorstenson, D.C., and Weeks, E.P., 1996, Factors affecting tritium and 14carbon distributions in the unsaturated zone near the low-level radioactive-waste burial site south of Beatty, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-110, 16 p.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/striegl.ofr96-110abs.html

Prudic, D.E., and Striegl, R.G., 1995, Tritium and radioactive carbon (14C) analyses of gas collected from unsaturated sediments next to a low-level radioactive-waste burial site south of Beatty, Nevada, April 1994 and July 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-741, 7 p.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/prudic.ofr95-741abs.html

Andraski, B.J., 1996, Properties and variability of soil and trench fill at an arid waste-burial site: Soil Science Society of America Journal, v. 60, p. 54-66.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski.sssaj96.abs.html

Fayer, M.J., Andraski, B.J., and Jacobson, F.A., 1998, Modified retention functions for arid vadoze zone studies [abs.]: Annual Meeting, Soil Science Society of America, Baltimore, Md., Abstracts, p. 187.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/fayer_sssa_abs.html

Baker, R.J., Andraski, B.J., Walvoord, M.A., Stonestrom, D.A., Prudic, D.E., and Wentai, Luo, 2003, Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and elevated concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) in unsaturated zone vapors near a chemical and low-level radioactivity waste-disposal facility, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32A-0509
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/baker_agu_2003.htm

Mayers, C.J., Andraski, B.J., Cooper, C.A., Wheatcraft, S.W., Stonestrom, D.A., and Michel, R.L., 2005, Modeling tritium transport through a deep unsaturated zone in an arid environment: Vadose Zone Journal, v. 4, p. 967-976
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/mayersetal_vz_2005.htm

Andraski, B.J., Stonestrom, D.A., Michel, R.L., Halford, K.J., and Radyk, J.C., 2005, Plant-based plume-scale mapping of tritium contamination in desert soils: Vadose Zone, vol. 4, p. 819-827
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski_vadose_2005.htm

Andraski, B.J., Michel, R.J., Halford, K.J., Stonestrom, D.A., and Abraham, J.D., 2005, Plant-based plume-scale monitoring reveals the extent and pathways of tritium transport: Eos Trans., AGU, vol. 86, no. 18, Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H42B-06
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski_agu_abs_may05.htm

Stonestrom, D.A., Andraski, B.J., Baker, R.J., Luo, Wentai, and Michel, R.L., 2005, Surrogate indicators of radionuclide migration at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada: Eos Trans., AGU, vol. 86, no. 18, Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract H42B-05
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom_agu_abs_may05.htm

Walvoord, M.A., Striegl, R.G., Prudic, D.E., and Stonestrom, D.A., 2005, CO2 dynamics in the Amargosa Desert--fluxes and isotopic speciation in a deep unsaturated zone: Water Resources Research, v. 41, no. 2
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2004WR003599.shtml

Mayers, C.J., 2003, Modeling tritium transport through a deep unsaturated zone, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada: Reno, University of Nevada, M.S. Thesis, 130 p.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/mayers_thesis.htm

Mayers, C.J., Andraski, B.J., Wheatcraft, S.W., Prudic, D.E., and Stonestrom, D.A., 2002, Modeling tritium transport through a deep unsaturated zone, Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 83, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H21D-0853, CD-ROM.
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/mayers_agu2002.htm

Stonestrom, D.A., Abraham, J.D., Lucius, J.E., and Prudic, D.E., 2003, Focused subsurface flow in the Amargosa Desert characterized by direct-current resistivity profiling: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H31B-0467
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/stonestrom_agu_2003.htm

Walvoord, M.A., Stonestrom, D.A., and Phillips, F.M., 2002, From multi-year observations to millenial inferences: Uncertainties in paleohydrologic reconstructions of deep unsaturated zones in the desert southwest, U.S.A.: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 83, no. 47, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H22F-07, CD-ROM. Copyright 2002 by American Geophysical Union
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/walvoord_aguabs_2002.htm

Andraski, B.J., Halford, K.J., Johnson, M.J., Michel, R.L., and Radyk, J.C., 2003, Plume-scale testing of a simplified method for detecting tritium contamination in plants and soil [abs.]: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32A-0541
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski_agu_2003

Phillips, F.M., Walvoord, M.A., and Sandvig, R., 2003, Ecotonal control on vadose-zone fluxes in arid regions over very long time scales: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H42M-07
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/phillips_agu_2003.htm

Wolfsberg, A.V., Stauffer, P.H., and Walvoord, M.A., 2003, Vadose-zone fluid and solute flux in deep arid systems at the Nevada Test Site--Modeling the effects of climate change, plant-soil interactions, and material heterogeneity: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32A-0519
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/wolfsberg_agu_2003.htm

Walvoord, M.A., Phillips, F.M., Stonestrom, D.A., Evans, R.D., Hartsough, P.C., Newman, B.D., and Striegl, R.G., 2003, A reservoir of nitrate beneath desert soils: Science, v. 302, p. 1021-1024
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/walvoord_science_2003.htm

Andraski, B.J., Sandstrom, M.W., Michel, R.L., Radyk, J.C., Stonestrom, D.A., Johnson, M.J., and Mayers, C.J., 2003, Simplified method for detecting tritium contamination in plants and soil: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 32, no. 3, p. 988-995
http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/32/3/988?etoc

Johnson, M.J., Mayers, C.J., and Andraski, B.J., 2002, Selected micrometeorological and soil-moisture data at Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada, 1998-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-348, available on the World Wide Web only
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/of/2002/ofr02348/abstract.html

Andraski, B.J., and Jacobson, E.A.,, 2000, Testing a full-range soil-water retention function in modeling water potential and temperature: Water Resources Research, v. 36, no. 10, p. 3081-3089
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/andraski_jacobsen_2000.htm

Walvoord, M.A., Prudic, D.E., Striegl, R.G., Stonestrom, D.A., and Parkhurst, D.L., 2003, Modeling CO2 and carbon-isotope dynamics in a deep unsaturated zone near Beatty, Nevada: Eos Transactions, American Geophysical Union, v. 84, no. 46, Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32A-0543
http://nevada.usgs.gov/abs/walvoord_agu_abs.htm