Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Bibliography

Contents of this page:

• Special Groups of Publications
• Crosscutting Topics
• Research Projects—Subsurface Point-Source Contamination
• Research Projects—Watershed- and Regional-Scale Contamination
• Research Projects—Other Fundamental Research and Methods Development
• Publication Headlines

Special Groups of Publications

• Fact Sheets
• Journal Articles (large file)
• U.S. Geological Survey Reports (large file)
• Books and Book Chapters
• Conference Proceedings Papers (large file)
• Newsletter and Magazine Articles
• Reports
• Technical Review Papers (Technical reviews, literature reviews, state-of-the-science assessments, …)
• Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Overview Papers/Reports
• Patents
• Proceedings of the Toxics Program's Technical Meetings
• Theses Conducted by Students at Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Sites
• On-Line Web Pages

Crosscutting Topics

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• Agricultural Chemicals — Occurrence and fate of chemicals used for agriculture
• Contaminant Occurrence Studies — Large-scale studies of the occurrence and distribution of new contaminants in the environment
• Contaminant Plume Geochemistry and Microbiology — Geochemical and microbiological characterization of processes related to contaminant plume migration and evolution
• Geophysical Characterization — Surface and borehole geophysical characterization of ground-water contamination
• Ground-Water Contaminant Transport — Contaminant transport and fate in ground water
• Methods — Field and laboratory environmental measurement methods
• Field Methods
• Laboratory Methods
• Study Approaches
• Models — Computer models for the simulation of contaminant transport and fate
• Modeling Applications
• Model Development
• Statistical Models
• Natural Attenuation — Natural attenuation and biodegradation of contaminants
• Nutrients — Fate and effects of nutrients in the environment
• Site Remediation — Research associated with the monitoring or assessment of site remediation activities
• Surface-Water Contaminant Transport — Research on the transport and fate of contaminants in surface water
• Tracer Tests — The use and development of tracer tests to study contaminant transport and fate
• Unsaturated Zone — Contaminant transport and fate in the unsaturated zone

Issue Base Research—Subsurface Point-Source Contamination

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• Contamination in Fractured-Rock Aquifers
• Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock — Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, New Jersey
• Multidisciplinary Characterization of Contaminant Transport in Fractured Rock — Mirror Lake, New Hampshire
• Petroleum Related Contamination
• Crude Oil Contamination in a Shallow Outwash Aquifer — Bemidji, Minnesota
• Oxygenated Gasoline — Laurel Bay, South Carolina
• Produced Water — Osage-Skiatook Petroleum Environmental Research Project, Oklahoma
• Gasoline — Galloway Township, New Jersey [Completed]
• Chlorinated Solvents Contamination
• Chlorinated Solvents in Fractured Sedimentary Rock — Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) Research Site, West Trenton, New Jersey
• Field Investigation of Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents — Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey
• Microbial Degradation of Chloroethenes in Ground Water Systems
• Application of Molecular Methods in Microbial Ecology to Understand the Natural Attenuation of Chlorinated Solvents
• Contamination from Sources with Mixed Wastes
• Landfill Leachate in Alluvial Aquifers — Norman, Oklahoma
• Sewage Contamination in Sand and Gravel Aquifers — Cape Cod, Massachusetts
• Mixed, Low-Level Radioactive and Other Wastes — Amargosa Desert Research Site, Nevada
• Other Subsurface Point-Source Investigations
• Creosote Waste in Ground Water — Pensacola, Florida [Completed]
• Subsurface Injection of Liquid Waste — Florida [Completed]

Research Projects—Watershed- and Regional-Scale Contamination

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• Watershed Contamination from Hard-Rock Mining
• Hardrock Mining in Rocky Mountain Terrain — Upper Arkansas River, Colorado
• Hardrock Mining in Southwest Alluvial Basins — Pinal Creek, Arizona
• Ground-Water Contamination by Heavy Metals — Tar Creek, Oklahoma
• U.S. Geological Survey Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative — Upper Animas River Watershed, Colorado, and Boulder River Watershed, Montana
• Arsenic Contamination from Hard Rock Mining — Whitewood Creek-Belle Fourche River, South Dakota [Completed]
• The Summitville Mine and its Downstream Effects [Completed]
• Pesticide Contamination in Varied Pesticide-Use Settings
• Herbicides and other Agricultural Chemicals — Midwest Cornbelt
• Cotton Agriculture — Southern United States
• Transport of Herbicides in Streams and Shallow Ground Water — Cedar River, Iowa [Completed]
• Agricultural Chemicals in Ground Water — Southeastern Coastal Plain Corn Production — Plains, Georgia [Completed]
• Transport and Fate of Pesticides in Estuaries and Rivers — San Francisco Bay, Delta, and Watershed, California [Completed]
• Emerging Contaminants in the Environment
• Analytical Methods Development
• Environmental Occurrence Studies
• Sources and Source Pathways Studies
• Transport and Fate Studies
• Ecological Effects Studies
• Mercury in Aquatic Ecosystems
• Unsaturated-Zone Processes and Shallow Ground-Water Quality
• Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative (ARMI)
• Priority Ecosystem Studies
• Estuarine Contamination from Varied Human Influences--San Francisco Bay and Delta, California
• Gulf of Mexico Hypoxic Zone
• Other Watershed- and Regional-Scale Investigations
• Fate of Organic Compounds — Lower Calcasieu River, Louisiana [Completed]
• Management Systems Evaluation Areas (MSEA), Upper Midwest (Corn Belt) [Completed]
• Nonpoint-Source Ground-Water Contamination in Relation to Land Use [Completed]
• National Irrigation Water Quality Program (NIWQP) [Completed]

Research Projects—Other Fundamental Research and Methods Development

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• Research on Ground- and Surface-Water Contamination (large file)
• Geophysical Characterization Methods
• Methods Development
  • Field Methods
  • Laboratory Methods
  • Study Approaches
• Development of Computer Simulation Models

Publication Headlines

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• USGS Science Featured in a Special Issue of Applied Geochemistry on Contamination from Oil Production
• New Report Presents a Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Monitored Natural Attenuation
• Book Chapter on Exposure Modeling and Monitoring of Human Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
• A Decade of Research on the Occurrence of Triazine Herbicides in the Environment Leads to a Unique Summary
• Microscopic Phytoplankton Can Cause Big Problems for Estuaries
• Special Edition of "Environmental Geosciences" Explores Impacts of Oil and Gas Production on the Environment
• USGS Scientists Contribute to New Book on Pharmaceuticals in the Environment
• OSTP Report on Methylmercury in the Gulf of Mexico
• History and Ecology of Chloroethene Biodegradation-; A Review
• New Report on Science for Hypoxia in Gulf of Mexico
• USGS Scientists Contribute to the Landmark "Treatise on Geochemistry"
• Veterinary Medicines in the Environment, Feature Article
• Software Provides Estimates of How Long it Will Take for Remediation Efforts to Achieve Their Goals
• New Book on Soil Analysis Methods Destined to Become a Classic
• National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams is Making an Impact
• Handbook on Permeable Reactive Barriers Published-; The handbook gives guidance on the use of permeable reactive barriers to remediate radionuclide, trace metal, and nutrient contamination
• "National Reconnaissance of Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in Streams" Named as One of the Top 100 Science Stories of the Year
• How Reliable are Chemical Property Data in the Literature?
• Landmark Book Published on the Fate of Contaminants in the Environment: Partition and Adsorption of Organic Contaminants in Environmental Systems
• Three Program Scientists Make Environmental Science and Technology's Top Ten Papers
• Science of the Total Environment Special Issue on Agricultural Chemicals
• Natural Attenuation for Groundwater Remediation
• "Ground-Water Microbiology and Geochemistry" Textbook Published
• USGS Studies Support Regulatory Guidance Documents