Selected Publications on the Water Resources of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington D.C. Area, 1886 to Present

Affiliated Cooperators with MD-DC-DE WRD

Any publications resulting from the jointly funded, cooperative program of the Maryland-Delaware-DC District are published by cooperating agencies such as the Delaware Geological Survey, Maryland Geological Survey, and Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Environment. This listing is by no means inclusive.

Delaware Geological Survey

Delaware Geological Survey Publications that pertain to the water resources of Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C, include:

• Bulletins
• Reports of Investigations
• Open-File Reports
• Hydrologic Maps Series
• Geologic Maps Series
• Information Series
• Atlas Series
• Special Publications

Publications of the Delaware Geological Survey may be obtained by writing: Delaware Geological Survey, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, or call the Publication Sales Office, [(302) 451-2833].

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Reports of Investigations

1. DGS RI 52 Bachman, L.J. and Ferrari, M.J., Quality and Geochemistry of Groundwater in southern New Castle County, Delaware 1995, 31 p.

2. DGS RI 49 Andres, A.S., Results of the Coastal Sussex County, Delaware, Groundwater quaiity survey, 28 p.

3. DGS RI 48 Benson, R.N., editor, 1991, Geologic and hydrologic studies of Oligocene-Pleistocene section, boreholes OH25-02 through 05 near Lewes, Delaware, 34 p.

4. DGS RI 47 Groot, J.J., Ramsey, K.W., and Wehmiller, J.F., 1990, Ages of the Bethany, Beaverdam, and Omar Formations of southern Delaware, 19 p.

5. DGS RI 46 Woodruff, K.D., 1989, Shallow subsurface temperatures at selected locations in Delaware, 17 p.

6. DGS RI 45 Denver, J.M., 1989, Effects of agricultural practices and septic-system effluent on the quality of water in the unconfined aquifer in parts of eastern Sussex County, Delaware, 66 p.

7. DGS RI 44 Talley, J.H., 1988, Groundwater levels in Delaware, January 1978 - December 1987, 58 p.

8. DGS RI 43 Andres, A.S., 1987, Estimate of direct discharge of fresh Groundwater to Rehoboth and Indian River Bays, 37 p.

9. DGS RI 42 Andres, A.S., 1986, Stratigraphy and depositional history of the post-Choptank Chesapeake Group, 1986, 39 p.

10. DGS RI 41 Denver, J.M., 1986, Hydrogeology and geochemistry of the unconfined aquifer, west-central and southwestern Delaware, 100 p.

11. DGS RI 40 Spoljaric, N., 1986, Sodium concentrations in water from the Piney Point formation, Dover Area, Delaware, 14 p.

12. DGS RI 39 Woodruff, K.D., 1984, Earthquakes in Delaware and nearby areas from June 1974 through June 1984, 35 p.

13. DGS RI 38 Hodges, A.L., Jr., 1983, Hydrology of the Manokin, Ocean City, and Pocomoke Aquifers of southeastern Delaware, 60 p.

14. DGS RI 37 Jordan, R.R., 1983, Stratigraphic nomenclature of nonmarine cretaceous rocks in inner margin of Coastal Plain in Delaware and adjacent states, 46 p.

15. DGS RI 36 Doyle, R.G., 1982, History of oil and gas exploration in the Mid-Atlantic Region and Delaware's involvement in the Federal OCS Leasing Program, 78 p.

16. DGS RI 35 Spoljaric, N., 1982, Unconformities in the fluvial Columbia sediments revealed by thin pebble beds, 41 p.

17. DGS RI 34 McKenzie, S.W., 1979, Long-term chemical quality changes in selected Delaware streams, 41 p.

18. DGS RI 33 Spoljaric, N., 1979, Exploring, drilling, and producing petroleum offshore, 36 p.

19. DGS RI 32 Spoljaric, N., and Crawford, W.A., 1979, Removal of metals from laboratory solutions and landfill leachate by greensand filters, 30 p.

20. DGS RI 31 Benson, R.N., 1979, Hydrocarbon resource potential of the Baltimore Canyon trough, 45 p.

21. DGS RI 30 Talley, R.H., 1979, Groundwater levels in Delaware, July, 1966-December, 1977, 50 p.

22. DGS RI 29 Leahy, P.P., 1979, Digital model of the Piney Point Aquifer in Kent County, Delaware, 81 p.

23. DGS RI 27 Hahn, W.F., 1977, Groundwater investigations in the Delaware Piedmont for the City of Newark, 42 p.

24. DGS RI 26 Leahy, P.P., 1976, Hydraulic characteristics of the Piney Point aquifer and overlying confining bed near Dover, Delaware, 24 p.

25. DGS RI 25 Woodruff, K.D., 1976, Selected logging data and examples of geophyscial logs for the Coastal Plain of Delaware, 40 p.

26. DGS RI 24 Johnston, R.H., 1976, Relation of Groundwater to surface water in four small basins of the Delaware Coastal Plain, 56 p.

27. DGS RI 23 Talley, J.H., 1975, Cretaceous and tertiary section, deep test well, Greenwood, Delaware, 51 p.

28. DGS RI 22 Talley, J.H., 1974, Hydrogeology of selected sites in the Greater Newark Area, Delaware, 61 p.

29. DGS RI 21 Pickett, T.E., 1972, Guide to common cretaceous fossils of Delaware, 28 p.

30. DGS RI 20 Denver, J.M., 1983, Configuration of the base and thickness of the unconfined aquifer in southeastern Sussex County, Delaware, 12 p.

31. DGS RI 19 Spoljaric, N., 1972, Geology of the fall zone in Delaware, 30 p.

32. DGS RI 18 Woodruff, K.D., Miller, J.C., Jordan, R.R., Spoljaric, N., and Pickett, T.E., 1972, Geology and Groundwater, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, 40 p.

33. DGS RI 17 Miller, J.C., 1971, Groundwater geology of the Delaware Atlantic seashore, 33 p.

34. DGS RI 16 Woodruff, K.D., 1971, Application of geophysics to highway design in the Piedmont of Delaware, 32 p.

35. DGS RI 15 Woodruff, K.D., 1970, General Groundwater quality in fresh-water aquifers of Delaware, 22 p.

36. DGS RI 14 Pickett, T.E., 1970, Delaware clay resources, 70 p.

37. DGS RI 13 Woodruff, K.D., 1969, The occurrence of saline Groundwater in Delaware aquifers, 45 p.

38. DGS RI 12 Spoljaric, N., 1976, Quantitative lithofacies analysis of Potomac formation, Delaware, 26 p.

39. DGS RI 11 Bonini, W.E., 1967, An evaluation of the resistivity and seismic refraction techniques in the search for pleistocene channels in Delaware, 39 p.

40. DGS RI 10 Spoljaric, N., 1967, Pleistocene channels of New Castle County, Delaware, 15 p.

41. DGS RI 9 Woodruff, K.D., 1967, Groundwater levels in Delaware, January 1962 - June 1966, 28 p.

42. DGS RI 8 Baker, W.W., Varrin, R.D., Groot, J.J., and Jordan, R.R., 1966, Evaluation of the water resources of Delaware, 47 p.

43. DGS RI 7 Richards, H.G., and Shapiro, E., 1963, An invertebrate macrofauna from the upper cretaceous of Delaware, 37 p.

44. DGS RI 6 Jordan, R.R., and Groot, J.J., 1962, Some observations on the sediments of the Delaware River, south of Wilmington, 12 p.

45. DGS RI 5 Jordan, R.R., 1961, Planktonic Foraminifera and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in Central Delaware, 13 p.

46. DGS RI 4 Adams, J.K., and Jordan, R.R., 1961, Possibilites for the storage of natural gas in Delaware, 9 p.

47. DGS RI 3 Rasmussen, W.C., Groot, J.J., and Beamer, N.H., 1958, Wells for the observation of chloride and water leves in aquifers that cross the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, 22 p.

48. DGS RI 2 Rasmussen, W.C., Groot, J.J., and Depman, A.J., 1958, High-capacity test well developed at the Dover Air Force Base, 36 p.

49. DGS RI 1 Cohen, B., 1957, Salinity of the Delaware Estuary, 85 p.

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