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Andraski, B.J., Halford, K.J., and Michel, R.L., 2004, Plume-scale testing of a simplified method for detecting tritium contamination in plants and soil: Proccedings, Workshop on long-term performance monitoring of metals and radionuclides in the subsurface, Reston, Vir., April 20-22
http://www.cistems.fsu.edu/PDF/andraski.pdf

Brown, R.G., and Nichols, W.D., 1990, Selected meteorological data for an arid climate over bare soil near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, November 1977 through May 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-195, 48 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr90195

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://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr95741

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://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr96110

Wood, J.L., and Andraski, B.J., 1992, Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1989: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-484, 27 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr92484

Wood, J.L., and Andraski, B.J., 1995, Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar years 1990-91: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-489, 49 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr94489

Wood, J.L., and Fischer, J.M., 1991, Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1986: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-189, 27 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr91189

Wood, J.L., and Fischer, J.M., 1992, Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1987: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-59, 27 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr9259

Wood, J.L., Hill, K.J., and Andraski, B.J., 1992, Selected meteorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1988: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-61, 27 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr9261

Wood, J.L., 1996, Selected meteorological and micrometeorological data for an arid site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, calendar year 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-434, 33 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/pubs/ofr/ofr96434

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://water.usgs.gov/lookup/get?WRI974062

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://water.usgs.gov/lookup/get?ofr97778

Andraski, B.J., Prudic, D.E., and Nichols, W.D., 1995, Waste burial in arid environments--Application of information from a field laboratory in the Mojave Desert, southern Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-179-95, 4 p.
http://water.usgs.gov/lookup/get?FAC179-95

Stonestrom, D.A., Prudic, D.E., Laczniak, R.L., Akstin, K.C., Boyd, R.A., and Henkelman, K.K., 2003, Estimates of deep percolation beneath native vegetation, irrigated fields, and the Amargosa River channel, Amargosa Desert, Nye County, Nevada`: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-104, available on the world wide web
http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr03-104

Kwicklis, E., Wolfsberg, A., Stauffer, P., Walvoord, M., and Sully, M., 2006, Multiphase, multicomponent parameter estimation for liquid and vapor fluxes in deep arid systems using hydrologic data and natural environment tracers: Vadose Zone Journal, vol. 5, p. 934-950, doi: 10.2136/vzj2006.0021
http://vzj.scijournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/5/3/934

Stonestrom, D.A., Abraham, J.D., Andraski, B.J., Baker, R.J., Mayers, C.J., Michel, R.L., Prudic, D.E., Striegl, R.G., and Walvoord, M.A., 2004, Monitoring radionuclide contamination in the unsaturated zone--Lessons learned at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nye County, Nevada: Proceedings, Workshop on long-term performance monitoring of metals and radionuclides in the subsurface, Reston, Vir., April 20-22
http://www.cistems.fsu.edu/PDF/stonestrom.pdf

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/adrs/andraski-et-al_2005_vzj-v4-p819-827.pdf

Johnson, M.J., Mayers, C.J., Garcia, C.A., and Andraski, B.J., 2007, Selected Micrometeorological, soil-moisture, and evapotranspiration data at Amargosa Desert Research Site in Nye County near Beatty, Nevada 2001-05: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 284, 29 p.
http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ds284

Garcia, C.A., Johnson, M.J., Andraski, B.J., Halford, K.J., and Mayers, C.J., 2008, Portable Chamber Measurements of Evapotranspiration at the Amargosa Desert Research Site near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada, 2003-06: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2008-5135, 11 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5135/

Stonestrom, D.A., Prudic, D.E., Walvoord, M.A., Abraham, J.D., Stewart-Deaker, A.E., Glancy, P.A., Constantz, Jim, Laczniak, R.J., and Andraski., B.J., 2007, Focused Ground-Water Recharge in the Amargosa Desert Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1703-E
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/pp1703/e/

Lucius, J.E., Abraham, J.D., and Burton, B.L., 2008, Resistivity profiling for mapping gravel layers that may control contaminant migration at the Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5091, 30 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2008/5091/

Niswonger, R.G., Prudic, D.E., Fogg, G.E., Stonestrom, D.A., and Buckland, E.M., 2008, Method for estimating spatially variable seepage loss and hydraulic conductivity in intermittent and ephemeral streams: Water Resources Research, v. 44, doi:10.1029/2007WR006626
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2008/2007WR006626.shtml

Walvoord, M.A., Andraski, B.J., Krabbenhoft, D.P., and Striegl, R.G., 2008, Transport of elemental mercury in the unsaturated zone from a waste disposal site in an arid region: Applied Geochemistry, v. 23, no. 3, p. 572–583, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.12.014
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VDG-4RGM0S2-6&_user=696292&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2008&_alid=809426977&_rdoc=18&_fmt=high&_orig=search&_cdi=5982&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=21&_acct=C000038819&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=696292&md5=6daac8512e920c793aa50c3f4548cb96

Rogers, A.K., 2008, Field data validation of an algorithm for computing obsidian effective hydration temperature: Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 35, p. 441-447, doi:10.1016/j.jas.2007.04.009
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WH8-4NY4WKR-1&_user=696292&_coverDate=02/29/2008&_rdoc=23&_fmt=high&_orig=browse&_srch=doc-info(#toc#6844#2008#999649997#678173#FLA#display#Volume)&_cdi=6844&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_ct=28&_acct=C000038819&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=696292&md5=e6db5514e2eb5d1481758ccaf5ddb2f2

Price, V., Temples, T., Hodges, R., Dai, Z., Watkins, D., and Imrich, J., 2007, Integrated ground-water monitoring strategy for NRC-licensed facilities and sites: Case study applications: NUREG/CR-6948, Vol. 2, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC.
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/contract/cr6948/v2/index.html

Rao, B., Anderson, T.A., Orris, G.J., Rainwater, K.A., Rajagopalan, S., Sandvig, R.M., Scanlon, B.R., Stonestrom, D.A., Walvoord, M.A., and Jackson, W.A., 2007, Widespread natural perchlorate in unsaturated zones of the southwest United States: Environmental Science and Technology, doi:10.1021/es062853i
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/esthag/2007/41/i13/abs/es062853i.html

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://pubs.water.usgs.gov/ofr02348

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