BIBLIOGRAPHY OF REPORTS BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AUTHORS ABOUT THE WATER RESOURCES OF WYOMING
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Adams, D.B., Bauer, D.P., Dale, R.H., and Steele, T.D., 1983, Reservoir-development impacts
on surface-water quantity and quality in the Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 81-30, 98 p.
Andrews, E.D., 1978, Present and potential sediment yields in the Yampa River
basin, Colorado and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations 78-105, 33 p.
Andrews, E.D., 1979a, Scour and fill in a stream channel, East Fork River,
western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1117, 49 p.
Andrews, E.D., 1979b, Hydraulic adjustment of the East Fork River, Wyoming, to the supply of sediment, in Rhodes, D.D., and Williams, G.P., editors, Adjustments of the fluvial system: Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., p. 69-94. Andrews, E.D., 1981, Measurement and computation of bed-material discharge in a shallow sand-bed stream, Muddy Creek, Wyoming: Water Resources Research, v. 17, no. 1, p. 131-141.
Averett, R.C., Emmett, W.W., and Peterson, D.A., 1993, The phytoplankton of
Fremont Lake, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations
Report 92-4071, 64 p.
Barber, L.B. II, and Leenheer, J.A., 1991, Use of azaarene tracers to evaluate
fracture flow from an in-situ oil-shale retort, Rock Springs, Wyoming, in
Mallard, G.E., and Aronson, D.A., editors, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic
Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings of the technical meeting, Monterey,
California, March 11-15, 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations Report 91-4034, p. 175-181.
Baskin, R.L., Waddell, K.M., Thiros, S.A., Giddings, E.M., Hadley, H.K., Stevens, D.W.,
and S.J. Gerner, S.J., 2002, Water-quality assessment of the Great Salt Lake Basins,
Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming; environmental setting and study design: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4115, 47 p.
Bartos, T.T., Hallberg, L.L., Mason, J.P., Norris, J.R., and Miller, K.A., 2006, Water Resources of Carbon County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5027, 191 p. Online at http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2006-5027
Bauer, D.P., Rathbun, R.E., and Lowham, H.W., 1979, Traveltime,
unit-concentration, longitudinal-dispersion, and reaeration characteristics of
upstream reaches of the Yampa and Little Snake Rivers, Colorado and Wyoming:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 78-122, 66 p.
Berry, D.W., 1955, Reconnaissance of the geology and ground-water resources of
the Cokeville area, Lincoln County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 55-15, 11 p.
Bolke, E.L., 1979, Dissolved-oxygen depletion and other effects of storing water
in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Wyoming and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Supply Paper 2058, 41 p.
Bolke, E.L., and Waddell, K.M., 1972, Water-quality data for the Flaming Gorge Recreation area, Utah and Wyoming, 1969-72: U.S. Geological Survey Utah Basic-Data Release No. 24 [open-file report], 50 p.
Bolke, E.L., and Waddell, K.M., 1975, Chemical quality and temperature of water
in Flaming Gorge Reservoir, Wyoming and Utah, and the effect of the reservoir on
the Green River: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2039-A, 26 p., 1 pl.
Butler, Elmer, Reid, J.K., and Berwick, V.K., 1966, Magnitude and frequency of
floods in the United States, Part 10. The Great Basin: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Supply Paper 1684, 256 p., 2 pl.
Chafin, D.T., and Kimball, B.A., 1992, Ground-water geochemistry of the
near-surface Wasatch Formation, northern Green River basin, Sublette County,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4069,
40 p., 2 pl.
Collier, A.J., 1920, Anticlines near Maverick Springs, Fremont County, Wyoming:
U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 711-H, p. 149-171.
Craig, G.S., Jr., 1976, Floodflow characteristics at bridge site on Interstate
Highway 80, the Green River near Green River, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 76-237, 12 p.
DeLong, L.L., 1977, An analysis of salinity in streams of the Green River basin,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 77-103, 32 p.
DeLong, L.L., 1986, Water quality of streams and springs, Green
River basin in Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 82-4008,
36 p.
DeLong, L.L., and Wells, D.K., 1988, Estimating average dissolved-solids yield
from basins drained by ephemeral and intermittent streams—Green River basin,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4222,
14 p.
Dinwiddie, G.A., 1973, Hydraulic testing and sampling of water well number 2, Project Wagon Wheel, Sublette County, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey open-file report, 32 p. [Report USGS-474-142 for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission]
Driver, N.E., Norris, J.M., Kuhn, Gerhard, and others, 1984 [1987], Hydrology of
Area 53, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces, Colorado,
Wyoming, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations/Open-File Report 83-765, 91 p.
Eakin, T.E., Price, Don, and Harrill, J.R., 1976, Summary appraisals of the
Nation's ground-water resources—Great Basin region: U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 813-G, 37 p., 1 pl.
Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Norris, J.R., 2000, Pesticides in ground water—Lincoln
County, Wyoming, 1998-99: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-033-00, 4 p.
Eddy-Miller, C.A., Plafcan, Maria, and Clark, M.L., 1996, Water resources of Lincoln
County, Wyoming, with a section on Water-right administration, by R.G. Stockdale, Wyoming
State Engineer's Office: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4246, 131 p., 3 pl.
Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2004a, Pesticides in ground water—Sweetwater County, Wyoming,
2001-02: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3078, 4 p.
Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2004b, Pesticides in ground water—Uinta County, Wyoming,
2002-03: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2004-3093, 4 p.
Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2006, Pesticides in ground water—Carbon County, Wyoming, 2004-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3122, 4 p. Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Remley, K.J., 2006, Pesticides in ground water—Sublette County, Wyoming, 2004-2005: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3121, 4 p.
Emmett, W.W., 1970, The hydraulics of overland flow on hillslopes: U.S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 662-A, 68 p.
Emmett, W.W., 1980, A field calibration of the sediment-trapping characteristics
of the Helley-Smith bedload sampler: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
1139, 44 p.
Emmett, W.W., and Averett, R.C., 1989, Fremont Lake, Wyoming—Some aspects of
the inflow of water and sediment: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations Report 88-4021, 25 p.
Emmett, W.W., Leopold, L.B., and Myrick, R.M., 1983, Some characteristics of fluvial processes in rivers: Proceedings, Second International Symposium on River Sedimentation, Nanjing, China, Oct. 11-16, 1983, p. 730-754.
Emmett, W.W., and Myrick, R.M., 1985, Field data describing the movement and
storage of sediment in the East Fork River, Wyoming; Part V, Bed-material
tracers, 1979 and 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-169, 339 p.
Emmett, W.W., Myrick, R.M., and Martinson, H.A., 1985, Hydraulic and
sediment-transport data, East Fork River, Wyoming, 1978: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 85-486, 37 p.
Emmett, W.W., Myrick, R.M., and Meade, R.H., 1980, Field data describing the
movement and storage of sediment in the East Fork River, Wyoming; Part I, River
hydraulics and sediment transport, 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report
80-1189, 43 p.
Emmett, W.W., Myrick, R.M., and Meade, R.H., 1982, Field data describing the
movement and storage of sediment in the East Fork River, Wyoming; Part III,
River hydraulics and sediment transport, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 82-359, 289 p.
Engelke, M.J., Jr., 1978, The biology of Salt Wells Creek and its tributaries,
southwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations
78-121, 82 p.
Freethey, G.W., 1988a, Upper Colorado River Basin regional aquifer-system analysis—Mesozoic rocks in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, Arizona, and New Mexico, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., editors, Regional aquifer systems of the United States, aquifers of the Western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 14, p. 57-70. Freethey, G.W., 1988b, Lithologic and hydrologic properties of Mesozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., editors, Regional aquifer systems of the United States, aquifers of the Western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 14, p. 81-100.
Freethey, G.W., and Cordy, G.E., 1991, Geohydrology of Mesozoic rocks in the
Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming,
excluding the San Juan basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1411-C,
118 p., 6 pl.
Freethey, G.W., Kimball, B.A., Wilberg, D.E., and Hood, J.W., 1988, General
hydrogeology of the aquifers of Mesozoic age, Upper Colorado River Basin—excluding
the San Juan basin—Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological
Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-698, 2 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000.
Frickel, D.G., Shown, L.M., Hadley, R.F., and Miller, R.F., 1981, Methodology
for hydrologic evaluation of a potential surface mine: The Red Rim site, Carbon
and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-75,
59 p.
Gaggiani, N.G., 1989, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Provinces—Green
River and Hams Fork regions, in Britton, L.J., Anderson, C.L., Goolsby, D.A.,
and B.P. Van Haveren, B.P., editors, Summary of the U.S. Geological Survey and
U.S. Bureau of Land Management national coal-hydrology program, 1974-84: U.S.
Geological Survey Professional Paper 1464, p. 85-94., 1 pl.
Geldon, A.L., 1988a, Hydrostratigraphic characterization of Paleozoic formations in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., editors, Regional aquifer systems of the United States, aquifers of the Western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 14, p. 135-159. Geldon, A.L., 1988b, Porosity and permeability of the Paleozoic formations in the Upper Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in McLean, J.S., and Johnson, A.I., editors, Regional aquifer systems of the United States, aquifers of the Western mountain area: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 14, p. 171-190.
Geldon, A.L., 1989, Hydrologic data for Paleozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado
River Basin, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 89-59, 219 p.
Geldon, A.L., 2003a, Geology of Paleozoic rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona,
Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding the San Juan Basin: U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1411-A, 85 p., 17 plates and 1 oversize table in pocket.
Geldon, A.L., 2003b, Hydrologic properties and ground-water flow systems of the Paleozoic rocks
in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding
the San Juan Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1411-B, 153 p., 13 plates
in separate volume.
Gerner, S.J., 2003, Water quality at fixed sites in the Great Salt Lake Basins, Utah, Idaho, and
Wyoming; water years 1999-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4236, 67 p.
Glover, K.C., 1978, A computer program for simulating salinity loads in streams:
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-884, 30 p.
Glover, K.C., 1987, A dual-porosity model for simulating solute transport in oil
shale: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4047, 88 p.
Glover, K.C., 1988a, A finite-element model for simulating hydraulic interchange
of surface and ground water: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations Report 86-4319, 90 p.
Glover, K.C., 1988b, Leachate migration from an in-situ oil-shale retort near
Rock Springs, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2322, 26 p.
Glover, K.C., 1990, Stream-aquifer system in the Upper Bear River Valley,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4173,
58 p.
Glover, K.C., Naftz, D.L., and Martin, L.J., 1998, Geohydrology of Tertiary
rocks in the Upper Colorado River Basin in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, excluding
the San Juan Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report
96-4105, 103 p., 1 pl.
Glover, K.C., Zimmerman, E.A., Larson, L.R., and Wallace, J.C., 1982, A plan for
hydrologic investigations of in situ oil-shale retorting near Rock Springs,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 82-758, 27 p.
Gomez, Basil, and Emmett, W.W., 1990, Data that describe at-a-point temporal variations
in the transport rate and particle-size distribution of bedload—East Fork River, Wyoming,
and Fall River, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-193, 48 p.
Gordon, E.D., King, N.J., Haynes, G.L., Jr., and Cummings, T.R., 1960, Occurrence and quality of water in the northern Bridger basin and adjacent Overthrust Belt, Wyoming, in McGookey, D.P., and Miller, D.N., Jr., editors, Overthrust Belt of southwestern Wyoming and adjacent areas: Wyoming Geological Association Guidebook, 15th Annual Field Conference, 1960, p. 226-247.
Harris, A.H., and Jibson, W.N., 1956a, Bear River hydrometric data, tri-State
investigations, 1954: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 56-49, 89 p.
Harris, A.H., and Jibson, W.N., 1956b, Bear River hydrometric data, tri-State
investigations, 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 56-50, 106 p.
Heimes, F.J., Moore, G.K., and Steele, T.D., 1978, Preliminary applications of
Landsat images and aerial photography for determining land-use, geologic, and
hydrologic characteristics—Yampa River basin, Colorado and Wyoming: U.S.
Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 78-96, 48 p.
Hembree, C.H., and Rainwater, F.H., 1961, Chemical degradation on opposite
flanks of the Wind River Range, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply
Paper 1535-E, 9 p.
Iorns, W.V., Hembree, C.H., and Oakland, G.L., 1965, Water resources of the
upper Colorado River basin—Technical report: U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 441, 370 p., 9 plates in separate volume.
Iorns, W.V., Phoenix, D.A., and Oakland, G.L., 1964, Water resources of the
upper Colorado River basin—Basic data: U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Paper 442, 1,036 p., 4 pl. in separate volume.
Kircher, J.E., 1982, Sediment transport and source areas of sediment and runoff,
Big Sandy River basin, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations 81-72, 51 p.
Larson, L.R., and Zimmerman, E.A., 1981, Water resources of upper Separation
Creek basin, south-central Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations 80-85, 69 p.
La Rue, E.C., 1916, Colorado River and its utilization: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Supply Paper 395, 231 p.
Leenheer, J.A., and Noyes, T.I., 1986, Effects of organic wastes on water
quality from the processing of oil shale from the Green River Formation,
Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1338, 56 p.
Lenfest, L.W., Jr., and Ringen, B.H., 1985, Streamflow and suspended-sediment
discharge from two small watersheds in southwestern Wyoming and northeastern
Utah, 1984: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-161, 26 p.
Leopold, L.B., 1980, Bathymetry and temperature of some glacial lakes in Wyoming: National Academy of Sciences Proceedings, v. 77, no. 4, p. 1754-1758. Leopold, L.B., editor, 1982a, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: 144 p. Contains the following articles: Andrews, E.D., 1982, Adjustment of the East ForkRiver to bedload sediment contributed by Muddy Creek, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 57-68. Emmett, W.W., 1982a, Helley-Smith bedload sampler, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 41-48. Emmett, W.W., 1982b, Variability of bedload and some hydraulic characteristics along a reach of East Fork River, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 49-56. Leopold, L.B., 1982b, Geologic setting, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 4-17. Leopold, L.B., 1982c, Downslope movement of rocks on Red Bluff Hill, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 105-112 Leopold, L.B., 1982d, Fremont Lake and New Fork Lakes: Some characteristics, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 113-120 Leopold, L.B., and Emmett, W.W., 1982, Bedload trap, East Fork River, in Leopold, L.B., editor, American Geomorphological Field Group field trip guidebook, 1982 conference, Pinedale, Wyoming: p. 30-40. Leopold, L.B., and Emmett, W.W., 1976, Bedload measurements, East Fork River, Wyoming: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 73, no. 4, p. 1000-1004. Leopold, L.B., and Emmett, W.W., 1977, 1976 bedload measurements, East Fork River, Wyoming: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, v. 74, no. 7, p. 2644-2648.
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from the East Fork River, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper
1583, 52 p.
Liebermann, T.D., Mueller, D.K., Kircher, J.E., and Choquette, A.F., 1989,
Characteristics and trends of streamflow and dissolved solids in the Upper
Colorado River Basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S.
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Lindner-Lunsford, J.B., Kimball, B.A., Chafin, D.T., and Bryant, C.G., 1989, Hydrogeology of aquifers of Paleozoic age, Upper Colorado River Basin—excluding the San Juan basin—in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-702, 2 sheets, scale 1:3,000,000.
Lines, G.C., and Glass, W.R., 1975, Water resources of the thrust belt of
western Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-539,
3 sheets.
Lowham, H.W., 1978, An analysis of stream temperatures, Green River basin,
Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 78-13, 41 p.
Lowham, H.W., 1982, Streamflows and channels of the Green River basin, Wyoming:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations 81-71, 73 p.
Lowham, H.W., DeLong, L.L., Collier, K.R., and Zimmerman, E.A., 1982, Hydrology
of Salt Wells Creek—A plains stream in southwestern Wyoming: U.S. Geological
Survey Water-Resources Investigations 81-62, 52 p.
Lowham, H.W., DeLong, L.L., Peter, K.D., Wangsness, D.J., Head, W.J., Ringen,
B.H., 1976, A plan for study of water and its relation to economic development
in the Green River and Great Divide Basins in Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey
Open-File Report 76-349, 92 p.
Lowham, H.W., Peterson, D.A., Larson, L.R., Zimmerman, E.A., Ringen, B.H., and Mora, K.L.,
1985 [1987], Hydrology of Area 52, Northern Great Plains and Rocky Mountain Coal Provinces,
Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations/Open-File
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Madison, R.J., 1970, Water-quality data for the Flaming Gorge Recreation area, Utah and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Utah Basic-Data Release No. 20 [open-file report], 33 p.
Madison, R.J., and Waddell, K.M., 1973, Chemical quality of surface water in the
Flaming Gorge Reservoir area, Wyoming and Utah: U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Supply Paper 2009-C, 18 p., 1 pl.
Mahoney, H.A., Andrews, E.D., Emmett, W.W., Leopold, L.B., Meade, R.H., Myrick,
R.M., and Nordin, C.F., 1976, Data for calibrating unsteady-flow
sediment-transport models, East Fork River, Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey
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Martin, L.J., 1996, Geohydrology of Tertiary rocks in the Green River structural
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Mason, J.P., and Miller, K.A., 2005, Water resources of Sweetwater County,
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movement and storage of sediment in the East Fork River, Wyoming; Part II, Bed
elevations, 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1190, 171 p.
Meade, R.H., Myrick, R.M., and Emmett, W.W., 1982, Field data describing the
movement and storage of sediment in the East Fork River, Wyoming; Part IV, Bed
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Mueller, D.K., and Liebermann, T.D., 1988, Extension of streamflow and
dissolved-solids records at selected sites in the Colorado River basin, Arizona,
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Naftz, D.L., 1996, Geochemistry of selected aquifers in Tertiary rocks of the
Upper Colorado River Basin in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah: U.S. Geological
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Naftz, D.L., and Barclay, C.S.V., 1991, Selenium and associated trace elements
in soil, rock, water, and streambed sediment of the proposed Sandstone
Reservoir, south-central Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
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Nordlund, B. D., and Liebermann, T. D., 1990, Estimates of dissolved solids and major
dissolved constituents for 70 streamflow-gaging stations in the Upper Colorado River
basin, Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
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Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program—Proceedings of the
technical meeting, Monterey, California, March 11-15, 1991: U.S. Geological
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Ogle, K.M., Eddy-Miller, C.A., and Busing, C.J., 1996, Estimated use of water in
Lincoln County, Wyoming, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
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Peterson, D.A., Averett, R.C., and Mora, K.L., 1987, Water quality of Fremont
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Phoenix, D.A., 1961, Proposed classification of ground-water provinces, hydrologic units, and chemical types of ground water in the Upper Colorado River Basin, in Geological Survey Research 1961: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 424-C, p. C125-C127
Price, Don, and Arnow, Ted, 1974, Summary appraisals of the Nation's
ground-water resources—Upper Colorado region: U.S. Geological Survey
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Price, Don, Eakin, T.E., and others, 1974, Water in the Great Basin region; Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-487, 3 sheets, scale 1:2,000,000. Price, Don, and Waddell, K.M., 1973, Selected hydrologic data in the Upper Colorado River Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas HA-477, 2 sheets.
Rankl, J.G., and Smalley, M.L., 1992, Transport of sediment by streams in the
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Rickert, D.A., and Leopold, L.B., 1972, Fremont Lake—Preliminary survey of a
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Robinove, C.J., and Berry, D.W., 1963, Availability of ground water in the Bear
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