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Northern High Plains Aquifer Studies (2002-2005)
1. Major-Aquifer Studies
- Stanton, J.S., and Qi, S.L., (2006), Ground-water quality of the northern High Plains
aquifer, 1997, 2002–04: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report
2006-5138, 59 p.
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2. Land-Use Study
- Stanton, J.S., and Fahlquist, Lynne, (2006), Ground-water quality beneath irrigated cropland
of the northern and southern High Plains aquifer, Nebraska and Texas, 2003-04: U.S. Geological
Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5196, 39 p., appendixes on compact disk.
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3. Unsaturated-Zone Study
- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Böhlke, J.K., Michel, R.L., Gurdak, J.J., and Hurlbut,
D.A., 2006, Storage and transit time of chemicals in thick unsaturated zones under
rangeland and irrigated cropland, High Plains, USA: Water Resources Research, 42,
W03413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004417.
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4. Regional Transect Study
- McMahon, P.B., J.K. Böhlke, and C.P. Carney, (2007), Vertical gradients in water
chemistry and age in the northern High Plains aquifer, Nebraska, 2003: U.S. Geological
Survery Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5294, 35 p.
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Southern High Plains Aquifer Studies (2001 - 2003)
1. Major-Aquifer Studies
- Fahlquist, Lynne, 2003, Ground-water quality of the southern High Plains aquifer,
Texas and New Mexico, 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 03-345, 59 p.
PDF (36 MB)
2. Land-Use Study
- Stanton, J.S., and Fahlquist, Lynne, (2006), Ground-water quality beneath irrigated cropland
of the northern and southern High Plains aquifer, Nebraska and Texas, 2003-04: U.S. Geological
Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5196, 39 p., appendixes on compact disk.
PDF
3. Unsaturated-Zone Study
- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Böhlke, J.K., Michel, R.L., Gurdak, J.J., and Hurlbut,
D.A., 2006, Storage and transit time of chemicals in thick unsaturated zones under
rangeland and irrigated cropland, High Plains, USA: Water Resources Research, 42,
W03413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004417.
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- Scanlon, B.R., R.C. Reedy, D.A. Stonestrom, D.E. Prudic, and K.F. Dennehy, 2005, Impact of land
use and land cover change on groundwater recharge and quality in the southwestern
US: Global Change Biology, v. 11, p. 1577-1593.
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4. Regional Transect Study
- P.B. McMahon, J.K. Böhlke, and T.M. Lehman, 2004,
Vertical gradients in water chemistry and age in the southern High Plains aquifer, Texas,
2002 : USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5053, 53 p., 13 figs.
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Central High Plains Aquifer Studies (1999 - 2000)
1. Major-Aquifer Studies
- Becker, Mark F., Bruce, Breton W., Pope, Larry M., and Andrews, William
J., 2002, Ground-Water Quality in the Central High Plains Aquifer, Colorado,
Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report, 02-4112, 64 pp.
PDF (2.5 MB)
- Pope, L.M., Bruce, B.W., and Hansen, C.V., 2001, Ground-water quality
in quaternary deposits of the central High Plains aquifer, south-central Kansas,
1999: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 00-4259,
44 pp.
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2. Land-Use Study
- Bruce, Breton W., Becker, Mark F., Pope, Larry M., and Gurdak, Jason J., 2003,
Ground-Water Quality Beneath Irrigated Agriculture in the Central High Plains Aquifer,
1999–2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4219, 39 p.
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- Pope, Larry M., Bruce, Breton W., Rasmussen, Patrick P., and Milligan,
Chad R., 2002, Quality of shallow ground water in areas of recent residential
and commercial development, Wichita, Kansas, 2000: U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 02-4228, 75 pp.
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3. Unsaturated-Zone Study
- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Böhlke, J.K., Michel, R.L., Gurdak, J.J., and Hurlbut,
D.A., 2006, Storage and transit time of chemicals in thick unsaturated zones under
rangeland and irrigated cropland, High Plains, USA: Water Resources Research, 42,
W03413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004417.
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- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Michel, R.L., Sophocleous, M.A., Ellett, K.M.,
and Hurlbut, D.B., 2003, Water movement through thick unsaturated zones overlying
the Central High Plains aquifer, southwestern Kansas, 2000–2001:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 03-4171, 35
pp.
PDF (1.5 MB)
- Walvoord, M. A., F. M. Phillips, D. A. Stonestrom, R. D. Evans, P. C. Hartsough, B. D. Newman,
and R. G. Striegl, 2003, A reservoir of nitrate beneath desert soils: Science, v. 302,
p. 1021-1024.
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4. Regional Transect Study
- McMahon, P.B., 2001, Vertical gradients in water chemistry in the central
High Plains aquifer, southwestern Kansas and Oklahoma Panhandle, 1999:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 01-4028, 35
pp.
PDF (.75
MB)
- McMahon, P.B., J.K. Böhlke, and S.C. Christenson, 2004, Geochemistry, radiocarbon
ages, and paleorecharge conditions along a transect in the central High Plains aquifer,
southwestern Kansas, USA : Applied Geochemistry, vol. 19(11), 1655-1686.
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5. Special Studies
- Bruce, B.W. and Oelsner, G.P., 2001, Contrasting water quality from
paired domestic/public supply wells, central High Plains: Journal of
the American Water Resources Association, v. 37, No. 5, pp. 1389-1403.
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- McMahon, P.B., B.W. Bruce, M.F. Becker, L.M. Pope, and K.F. Dennehy, 2000,
Occurrence of Nitrous Oxide in the Central High Plains Aquifer, 1999:
Environmental Science & Technology, v. 34, pp. 4873-4875.
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High Plains Aquifer Studies (entire aquifer area)
- Dennehy, K.F., 2000, High Plains regional ground-water study: U.S.
Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-091-00, 6 p.
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- Dennehy, K.F., Litke, D.W., and McMahon, P.B., 2002, The High Plains
aquifer, USA: groundwater development and sustainability : In Hiscock,
K.M., Rivett, M.O., and Davison, R.M. (eds.), Sustainable Groundwater Development,
Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 193, p. 99-119.
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- Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., 2006,
Vulnerability of Recently Recharged Ground Water in the High Plains Aquifer to Nitrate
Contamination: USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5050, 39 p.
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- Gurdak, J.J., Hanson, R.T., McMahon, P.B., Bruce, B.W., McCray, J.E., Thyne, G.D.,
and Reedy, R.C., (In Press), Climate variability controls on unsaturated water and chemical
movement, High Plains aquifer, United States, Vadose Zone Journal
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- Gurdak, J.J., McCray, J.E., Thyne, G.D., and Qi, S.L., (In Press), Latin-hypercube approach
to estimate uncertainty in ground-water vulnerability, Ground Water
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- Litke, D.W., 2001, Historical water-quality data for the High Plains
Regional Ground-Water study area in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1930-98: U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report, 00-4254, 65 pp.
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- McMahon, P.B., and Böhlke, 2006, Regional patterns in the isotopic composition of
natural and anthropogenic nitrate in ground water, High Plains, USA:
Environmental Science & Technology, v. 40, no. 9, pp 2965 - 2970.
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- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Böhlke, J.K., Michel, R.L., Gurdak, J.J., and Hurlbut,
D.A., 2006, Storage and transit time of chemicals in thick unsaturated zones under
rangeland and irrigated cropland, High Plains, USA: Water Resources Research, 42,
W03413, doi:10.1029/2005WR004417.
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- Qi, S.L., and Gurdak, J.J., 2006,
Percentage of probability of nonpoint-source nitrate contamination of recently recharged
ground water in the High Plains aquifer: USGS Data Series
DS-192 (GIS dataset).
- Qi, Sharon L., Konduris, Alexandria, Litke, David W., and Dupree, Jean,
2002, Classification of irrigated land using satellite imagery, the High
Plains aquifer, nominal date 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations Report, 02-4236, 35 pp.
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MB)
- Qi, Sharon L., Konduris, Alexandria, Litke, David W., and Dupree, Jean,
2002, HPIRRLND_92--Location of irrigated land classified from satellite
imagery-High Plains area, nominal date 1992: U.S.
Geological Survey Open-File Report 02_441 (GIS dataset).
- Torres, J.M., Litke, D.W., and Qi, S.L., 1999, HPBEDROCK--bedrock formations
underlying the High Plains aquifer: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 99-214 (GIS dataset).
- Walvoord, M. A., F. M. Phillips, D. A. Stonestrom, R. D. Evans, P. C. Hartsough, B. D. Newman,
and R. G. Striegl, 2003, A reservoir of nitrate beneath desert soils: Science, v. 302,
p. 1021-1024.
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