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Table of Contents: (updated 7/14/2009)
- 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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- McMahon, P.B., 2000, A reconnaissance study of the effect of irrigated
agriculture on water quality in the Ogallala Formation, central High Plains
aquifer: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-009-00, 6 p.
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- Qi, S.L., 2000, High plains regional ground-water study Web site:
U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-049-00, 2 p.
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- Gurdak, J.J., McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., and Qi, S.L., (2009), Water quality in the High Plains aquifer,
Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming, 1999–2004: U.S. Geological
Survey Circular 1337, 63 p.
Report
- Landon, M.K., Clark, B.R., McMahon, P.B. McGuire, V.L., and Turco, M.J., (2008), Hydrogeology, Chemical
Characteristics, and Transport Processes in the Zone of Contribution of a Public-Supply Well in York, Nebraska:
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5050, 35 p.
Report
- McMahon, P.B., Dennehy, K.F., Bruce, B.W., Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., (2007), Water-quality assessment
of the High Plains aquifer, 1999-2004: U.S. Geological Survery Professional Paper 1749, 136 p.
Report
- 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.
PDF
- 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.
PDF
- 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
- 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).
- 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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- 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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- 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.
PDF
- 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)
- 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)
- 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.
PDF (7.7
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).
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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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- 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)
- 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.
PDF (6.2
MB)
NOTE: this is only the text, if you would like a copy of the
report that contains the CD with the data base you must contact the U.S.
Geological Survey, Information Services, Box 25286, Federal Center, Denver,
CO 80225, telephone (303)202-4610
- 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)
- 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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- 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).
- Gurdak, J.J., Walvoord, M.A., and McMahon, P.B., (2008), Susceptibility to enhanced chemical migration
from depression-focused preferential flow, High Plains aquifer, Vadose Zone Journal 7(4), 1172-1184, doi: 10.2136/vzj2007.0145.
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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., (2007), Climate variability controls on unsaturated water and chemical
movement, High Plains aquifer, United States, Vadose Zone Journal 6(2), 533-547, doi: 10.2136/vzj/2006.0087.
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- Gurdak, J.J., McCray, J.E., Thyne, G.D., and Qi, S.L., (2007), Latin-hypercube approach
to estimate uncertainty in ground-water vulnerability, Ground Water, 45, 3, 348-361, doi: 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2006.00298.x.
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- Rajagopalan, S., Anderson, T.A., Fahlquist, L., Rainwater, K.A., Ridley, M., and Jackson, W.A. 2006, Widespread presence of naturally occurring perchlorate
in High Plains of Texas and New Mexico:
Environmental Science & Technology, v. 40, no. 10, pp. 3156-3162.
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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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- 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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- Gurdak, J.J., Walvoord, M.A., McMahon, P.B., 2007. Focused recharge and enhanced-chemical migration from seasonal ponding
near irrigation wells, High Plains aquifer, Denver, CO Geol. Soc. Amer., Annual Meeting (28-31 October); GSA Abstracts with
Programs - ISSN 0016-7592 - Vol. 39, no. 6, Abstract No: 69-6.
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- Gurdak, J.J., and Hanson, R.T., 2007, Recharge response to natural climate variability on interannual
to multidecadal timescales, San Francisco, CA, American Geophysical Union Annual Fall Meeting, Abstracts with
Programs, Abstract No: H14E-08.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2007, Climate-variability controls on ground-water sustainability, High Plains
aquifer, National Ground Water Association: Ground Water Summit, Albuquerque, NM, April 29-May 3,
2007.
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- Gurdak, J.J., Walvoord, M.A., McMahon, P.B., and McCray, J.E., 2006. Estimating
aquifer susceptibility to enhanced chemical transport near irrigation wells using artificial
neural networks, High Plains aquifer; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Geol. Soc. Amer., Annual
Meeting (22-25 October); GSA Abstracts with Programs, Abstract No: 114755, Vol. 38, No. 7.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Human and Climate Stresses on Ground Water: Life and Water on the High
Plains Aquifer, United States: Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, First International
Symposium – Water and Better Human Life in the Future, Nov. 6-8, 2006, Kyoto, Japan,
Abstracts with Program of Open Lectures, pg. 34.
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- Bruce, B.W., 2006, U.S. Geological Survey's Research Activities in a Highly Stressed Regional Aquifer, the High
Plains Aquifer, USA: International Symposium on GRAPHIC, April 4-6, 2006, Research Institute for Humanity and
Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Gurdak, J.J. and Bruce, B.W., 2006, Techniques to assess human and climate impacts on groundwater – High Plains aquifer
perspective: International Symposium on GRAPHIC, April 4-6, 2006, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Understanding groundwater response to human- and climate-induced stresses: High Plains aquifer:
International Symposium on GRAPHIC, April 4-6, 2006, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Using logistic regression to assess regional ground-water vulnerability; High Plains aquifer:
5th National Water-Quality Monitoring Council meeting, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, CA.
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- Qi, S.L., and Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Use of GIS in modeling ground-water vulnerability to nitrate in the High Plains
aquifer: USGS GIS Conference 2006, Denver, Colorado.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Predicting Colorado Front Range stream discharge under natural climate variability: The Cache La
Poudre River case study, Managing drought and water availability in vulnerable environments: Creating a roadmap for change
in the United States, Geological Society of American, Longmont, Colorado, 9/18-20, 2006.
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- Bruce, B.W., Gurdak, J.J., McMahon, P.B., and Hanson, R.T. (2005), Response of deep
percolation in the vadose zone to climate variability, Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet.
Suppl., Abstract H21E-1391
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- Gurdak, J.J., and Hanson, R.T. (2005), Correlation of climate variability with water quality
in the High Plains aquifer, Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H31B-1303
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- Walvoord, M.A., Gurdak, J.J., and McMahon, P.B. (2005), Focused flow near irrigation wells as
possible mechanisms of regionally enhanced chemical migration in the High Plains, Central U.S.,
Eos Trans. AGU, 86 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H131-1414
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- Gurdak, Jason J., and Qi, Sharon L., 2004,
Predicting nitrate contamination in recently recharged groundwater: High Plains regional
aquifer: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 13-17, 2004.
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- Gurdak, Jason J., and Qi, Sharon L., 2004,
Vulnerability of recently recharged ground water in the High Plains aquifer to nitrate
contamination: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, November 7-10,
2004.
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Qi, Sharon L., and Gurdak, Jason J., 2004, GIS and Statistical Groundwater
Vulnerability Modeling : Twenty Fourth Annual ESRI
International User Conference, San Diego, California, August 9-13, 2004
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- McMahon, P.B., Michel, R.L., Böhlke, J.K., and Dennehy, K.F., 2002,
Fluxes of water, nitrate, and atrazine through thick unsaturated zones
overlying the High Plains aquifer, USA: 5th International
Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, Queensland, Australia, May 26-30,
2003 (extended abstract).
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- Bruce, B.W., Dennehy, K.F., Ellet, K.M., Gurdak, J.J., McMahon, P.B., Scanlon,
B.R., and Sophocleous, M.A., 2002, Evaluation of Recharge Fluxes to the
High Plains Aquifer, Colorado, Kansas, Texas, and Nebraska : 2002 Geological
Society of America meeting, Denver, Colorado, October 27-30, 2002.
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- Dennehy, K.F., 2002, High Plains Regional Ground-Water-Quality Assessment:
Part I--Update : Great Plains Symposium, Amarillo, Texas, April 1-3,
2002.
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- McMahon, P.B., and Sophocleous, M., 2002, Deep Unsaturated-Zone Recharge
to the High Plains Aquifer : Water and the Future of Kansas Conference,
Lawrence, Kansas, March 5, 2002
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Qi, Sharon L., Konduris, Alexandria, and Litke, David W., 2002, Using
Satellite Imagery to Map Irrigated Lands : Twenty Second Annual ESRI
International User Conference, San Diego, California, July 8-12, 2002
HTML (entire paper)
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Dennehy, K.F., 2001, High Plains Regional Ground-Water study: design
and preliminary results : American Geophysical Union 2001 Spring Meeting,
Boston, Massachusetts, EOS, vol. 82, No. 20, p. S164.
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Bruce, B.W., and Oelsner, G.P., 2000, Contrasts in water quality from
paired domestic and public-supply wells in the Ogallala Formation, Kansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas: American Geophysical Union 2000 Fall Meeting,
December 15-19, 2000, San Francisco, CA.
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- Dennehy, K.F., and McMahon, P.B., 1999, Concentrations of nitrous oxide
in two western rivers: Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union
2000 Spring Meeting, May 30 - June 3, 2000, Washington D.C., p. S187.
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- McMahon, P.B., and Dennehy, K.F., 1999, Occurrence of nitrous oxide
in the central High Plains aquifer: Proceedings of the American Geophysical
Union 2000 Spring Meeting, May 30 - June 3, 2000, Washington D.C., p. S186.
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- Becker, M.F., 1999, Ground-water quality of the Ogallala Formation,
central High Plains, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, 1999:
Proceedings of the Central Plains Irrigation Association Meeting, Garden City,
Kansas, February 9-10, 2000, p. 53.
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Dennehy, K.F., 1999, The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality
Assessment Program-- High Plains Regional Ground Water Study: Proceedings
of the Central Plains Irrigation Association Meeting, Garden City, Kansas,
February 9-10, 2000, p. 26.
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Litke, D.W., 1999, Retrospective analysis of historical water-quality
data for the High Plains Regional aquifer, 1950-97: Proceedings of
the Central Plains Irrigation Association Meeting, Garden City, Kansas,
February 9-10, 2000, p. 54.
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- Pope, L.M., 1999, High Plains aquifer and the U.S. Geological Survey
National Water-Quality Assessment Program: 17th Annual Water and the
Future of Kansas Conference--"Water Quality Restoration and Protection", Manhattan,
Kansas, March 1, 2000.
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- Pope, L.M., 1999, Water quality of the Quaternary deposits, central
High Plains, Kansas: Proceedings of the Central Plains Irrigation Association
Meeting, Garden City, Kansas, February 9-10, 2000, p. 52.
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- Qi, S.L., and Litke, D.W., 1999, Aquifer Visualization--Use of ArcView
3-D Analyst in the High Plains Regional Ground-Water Study, National Water-Quality
Assessment Program: Nineteenth Annual Earth Science Research Institute
(ESRI) User Conference, San Diego, California, July 26-30, 1999.
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- Gurdak, J.J., (2008), Ground-water vulnerability: Nonpoint-source contamination, climate
variability, and the High Plains aquifer:, Saarbrucken, Germany,VDM Verlag Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-639-09427-5, 223 p.
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- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Advances in spatial and temporal analysis of ground-water vulnerability to nonpoint-source
contamination, High Plains aquifer, Colorado School of Mines Dissertation, T-6210, 251 pp.
Citation record
- Bush, P., Dennehy, K., and Moring, B., 2001, The USGS National Water-Quality
Assessment Program in Texas; A Consistent, Long-Term Approach to Understanding
Water Quality in Three Regions of the State: Texas Water Resources Institute
Report, vol. 26, no. 1, 6 pp.
PDF (2.2
MB)
- Gurdak, J.J., 2007, Predicting Colorado streamflow based on historic climate variability:
A case study of the Cache La Poudre River, U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water Science
Center, Science Day 2007: New products, tools, and techniques to understand Colorado
Water, Lakewood, CO, January 22, 2007.
Poster (PDF) (21
MB)
- McMahon, P.B., Bruce, B.W., Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., 2007, New tools for
estimating recharge to Colorado's aquifers, U.S. Geological Survey, Colorado Water
Science Center, Science Day 2007: New products, tools, and techniques to understand
Colorado Water, Lakewood, CO, January 22, 2007.
Poster (PDF) (87
MB)
- Bruce, B.W., Dennehy, K.F., McMahon, P.B., Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., 2006, Design considerations for assessing
ground-water quality in a regional aquifer system: High Plains aquifer. 5th National Water-Quality Monitoring Council
meeting, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, CA.
Poster (PDF) (49
MB)
- Gurdak, J.J., Bruce, B.W., and McMahon, P.B., 2006, Ground-water response to interannual and interdecadal climate
variability, High Plains aquifer: USGS Global Change Workshop, Denver, Colorado, June 26-29, 2006.
Poster (PDF) (22
MB)
- Gurdak, J.J. and Bruce, B.W., 2006, Techniques to assess human and climate impacts on groundwater – High Plains aquifer
perspective: International Symposium on GRAPHIC, April 4-6, 2006, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, Kyoto, Japan.
Poster (PDF) (60
MB)
- Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Predicting Colorado Front Range stream discharge under natural climate variability: The Cache La
Poudre River case study, Managing drought and water availability in vulnerable environments: Creating a roadmap for change
in the United States, Geological Society of American, Longmont, Colorado, 9/18-20, 2006.
- Qi, S.L., and Gurdak, J.J., 2006, Use of GIS in modeling ground-water vulnerability to nitrate in the High Plains aquifer:
USGS GIS Conference 2006, Denver, Colorado.
Poster (PDF) (20
MB)
- Gurdak, J.J., Qi, S.L., and McCray, J.E., 2005, Evaluating uncertainty of ground-water vulnerability predictions using
Latin Hypercube sampling: Colorado State University Hydrology Days, 2005.
- Gurdak, J.J., and Qi, S.L., 2002, A holistic approach to ground-water-quality
assessment in the High Plains: Great Plains Symposium, Amarillo, Texas,
April 1-3, 2002.
Poster (html)
- McMahon, P.B., and Böhlke, J.K., 2001, Radiocarbon ages, denitrification,
and paleorecharge conditions in the central High Plains: 4th International
Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, Pacific Grove, CA, June 2001: Program
and Abstracts, p. 42-44.
Poster (pdf) (4.4
MB)
- Bruce, B.W., and Oelsner, G.P., 2000, Contrasts in water quality from
paired domestic and public-supply wells in the Ogallala Formation, Kansas,
Oklahoma, and Texas: American Geophysical Union 2000 Fall Meeting, December
15-19, 2000, San Francisco, CA.
Poster (pdf) (5.1
MB)
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