United States Geological Survey YearbookU.S. Geological Survey, 1983 - Geology |
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... major essay in this volume . The Geological Survey has an important role in providing State and local agencies with current , accurate evaluations of water conditions and critical water issues . In March of this year , the Geological ...
... major essay in this volume . The Geological Survey has an important role in providing State and local agencies with current , accurate evaluations of water conditions and critical water issues . In March of this year , the Geological ...
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... major endeavor of the Geological Survey in 1983. Under the provisions of the Wilder- ness Act and subsequent related legisla- tion , we and the U.S. Bureau of Mines completed a 20 - year effort to assess the mineral resource potential ...
... major endeavor of the Geological Survey in 1983. Under the provisions of the Wilder- ness Act and subsequent related legisla- tion , we and the U.S. Bureau of Mines completed a 20 - year effort to assess the mineral resource potential ...
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... major interagency effort getting underway is a program with the Bureau of Census to digitize all the hydrography and transportation data for the country at a scale of 1 : 100,000 . The data resulting from this effort will not only be ...
... major interagency effort getting underway is a program with the Bureau of Census to digitize all the hydrography and transportation data for the country at a scale of 1 : 100,000 . The data resulting from this effort will not only be ...
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... major flooding resulting in property damage and loss of life . These can occur at any time of the year but are more likely during periods of heavy runoff . To rate floods on a statistical basis , hydrologists use a rather simple system ...
... major flooding resulting in property damage and loss of life . These can occur at any time of the year but are more likely during periods of heavy runoff . To rate floods on a statistical basis , hydrologists use a rather simple system ...
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... major floods , data on discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution and magnitude of the floods . From data collected by the Geological Survey ...
... major floods , data on discharge and peak elevation are collected on ungaged streams in addition to the gaged sites to help determine the areal dis- tribution and magnitude of the floods . From data collected by the Geological Survey ...
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