DVRFS Publications

• Anderman, E.R. and Hill, M.C., 2003, MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model - Three additions to the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package: alternative storage for the uppermost active cells (SYTP parameter type), flows in hydrogeologic units, and the Hydraulic-Conductivity Depth-Dependence (KDEP) capability: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-347, 36p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2000/ofr03-347.pdf
  
  
• Anderman, E.R., Hill, .C., Kipp, K.L., and Neupauier, R.M.,2002, Importance and simulation of horizontal anisotropy in ground-water systems: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 346.
  
  
• Anderman, E.R. and Hill, M.C., 2001, MODFLOW-2000, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model - User Guide to the Observation Process, Advective-Transport Observation (ADV2) Package, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-54, 67 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2000/ofr01-54.pdf
  
  
• Anderman, E.R. and Hill, M.C., 2000, MODFLOW-2000, The U.S. Geological Survey Modular Ground-Water Model - User and Programmer Guide to the Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-342, 45 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/nrp/gwsoftware/modflow2000/ofr00-342.pdf
  
  
• Anderman, E.R. and Hill, M.C., 2000, The Hydrogeologic-Unit Flow (HUF) Package to MODFLOW-2000: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-388.
  
  
• Anning, D.W., D'Agnese, F.A., Konieczki, A.D., Leake, S.A., Monical, J.E., O'Brien, G.M., and Rees, J.A.H., 2002, Hydrogeologic classification of basins in the Basin and Range physiographic province of the western United States: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 392-393.
  
  
• Bedinger, M.S. and Harrill, J.R., 2004, Appendix 1. Regional potential for interbasin flow, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 353 - 374.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., Faunt, C.C., Sweetkind, D.S., Blainey, J.B., San Juan, C.A.,Laczniak, R.J., and Hill, M.C., 2006, Ground-water modeling of the Death Valley region, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2006-3120, 6 p. FS 2006-3120: Ground-Water Modeling of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California
  On-line at:http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2006/3120
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., editor, 2004, Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, 408 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., D'Agnese, F.A., and O'Brien, G.M., 2004, A. Introduction, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 3 - 19.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., Elliott, P.E., and Geldon, A.L., 2001, Hydraulic-property estimates for use with a transient ground-water flow model for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4210.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014210/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., Sweetkind, D.S., and Elliott, P.E., 2002, Probability distributions of hydraulic conductivity for the hydrogeologic units of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4212, 18 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wrir024212/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., Sweetkind, D.S., and Faunt, C.C., 2002, Relating material properties and hydraulic conductivity of Tertiary volcanic-rock units in the southwestern Nevada volcanic field, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002 p. 395.
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., Faunt, C.C., and D'Agnese, F.A., 2002, Three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model for use with a steady-state numerical ground-water flow model of the Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4254, p. 87.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014254/
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., C.C. Faunt, F.A. D'Agnese, and D.S. Sweetkind, 2000, Integration, management, and processing of hydrogeologic data using a three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system: Geological Society of America Abstracts, vol. 32, no. 7, November 2000, p. 338.
  
  
• Belcher, W.R., C.C. Faunt, F.A. D'Agnese, and D.S. Sweetkind, 1999, Using geologic data for a three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model of the Death Valley region, California and Nevada: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 7, October 1999, p. 346-347.
  
  
• Blainey, J.B., Faunt, C.C., and Hill, M.C., 2006, A Guide for Using the Transient Ground-Water Flow Model of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow System, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1104, 26 p.
  On-line at:http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1104
  
  
• Blakely, R.J. and Ponce, D.A.,2001, Map Showing Depth to Pre-Cenozoic Basement in the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-E.
  On-line at: http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/mf-maps/mf-2381/
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A., O'Brien, G.M., Faunt, C.C., Belcher, W.R., and San Juan, C., 2002, A three-dimensional numerical model of predevelopment conditions in the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4102, 114 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri024102/
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A. and O'Brien, G.M., 2002, Impact of geoinformatics on the integration of geoscience knowledge: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 224.
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A., 2000, The Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS): Increasingly complex problems, increasingly complex models: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 321, no. 7, October 2000, p. A-337.
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A., O'Brien, G.M., Faunt, C.C., and San Juan, C.A., 1999, Simulated effects of climate change on the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 98-4041, 40 p.
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A, C.C. Faunt, W. Belcher, D.S. Sweetkind, M.C. Hill, and C.J. Potter, 1999, Complexity in the Death Valley regional flow system (DVRFS): Justifying the geology: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 31, no. 7, October 1990, p. 288-289.
  
  
• D'Agnese, F.A. and Faunt, C.C., 1999, The Death Valley regional ground-water flow system (DVRFS) model - Calibration versus hydrogeologic model testing in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 52.
  
  
• D’Agnese, F.A., Faunt, C.C., Turner, A.K., and Hill, M.C. 1997, Hydrogeologic evaluation and numerical simulation of the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada, and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4300, 124 p.
  
  
• DeMeo, G.A., Laczniak, R.J., Boyd, R.A., Smith, J.L., and Nylund, W.E., 2003, Estimated ground-water discharge by evapotranspiration from Death Valley, California, 1997-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4254, 27 p.
  On-line at: http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/wri034254
  
  
• DeMeo, G.A., Laczniak, R.J., and Nylund, W.E., 1999, Estimating evapotranspiration rates in Death Valley, California, in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of conference on status of geologic research and mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 68.
  
  
• Dickerson, R.P., Sweetkind, D.S., and Potter, C.J., 1999, Fault zone characteristics and their implication for ground-water flow at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-114.
  
  
• Dickerson, R.P., Sweetkind, D.S., and Potter, C.J., 2000, Interpretation of thrust geometry in the vicinity of the Amargosa Desert, Nevada And California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-339.
  
  
• Drake, R. M. II, 2000, Hydrogeologic Facies Maps for Five Tertiary Volcanic Units in the Death Valley Regional Flow System, 2000 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v.32, no.7, p. A-339.
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., D'Agnese, F.A., and O'Brien, G.M., 2004, D. Hydrology, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 137 - 163.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., Sweetkind, D.S., and Belcher, W.R., 2004, E. Three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 165 - 255.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., Blainey, J.B., Hill, M.C., D'Agnese, F.A., and O'Brien, G.M., 2004, F. Transient flow model, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 257 - 352.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., Hill, M.C., Blainey, Joan, Belcher, W.R., San Juan, C.A., and Sweetkind, D.S., 2004, A three- dimensional numeral model of transient conditions in the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: USGS National Ground Water Meeting Concurrent Sessions Abstracts, June 2004.
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., D'Agnese, F.A., and Hill, M.C., 1999, Hydrogeologic-framework and groundwater-flow models of the Death Valley region, Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-86.
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., Belcher, W., D'Agnese, F., Sweetkind, D.S., Hill, M.C., and Potter, C.J., 1999, Geologic detail appropriate for modeling the Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS), Nevada And California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-288.
  
  
• Faunt, C.C., W.R. Belcher, and F.A. D'Agnese, 1999, Using geologic data for a three-dimensional hydrogeologic framework model of the Death Valley region, in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, pp. 59-60.
  
  
• Flint, A.L., Flint, LE., and Hevesi, J.A., 2002,Characterizing recharge in basin of the desert Southwest: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 393.
  
  
• Fridrich, C.J., Minor, S.A., and Mankinen, E.A., 1999, Geologic evaluation of the Oasis Valley basin, Nye County, Nevada:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-533-A, 55 p. 
  On-line at: http://www.osti.gov/bridge/product.biblio.jsp?osti_id=761029&query_id=3
  
  
• Harrill, J.R. and Bedinger, M.S., 2004, Appendix 2. Estimated boundary flows, in Belcher, W.R., ed., Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California--Hydrogeologic framework and transient ground-water flow model: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5205, p. 375 - 408.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5205/
  
  
• Hevesi, J.A., Flint, A.L. and Flint, L.E.,2003, Simulation of net infiltration and potential recharge using a distributed-parameter watershed model of the Death Valley region, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4090.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri034090/
  
  
• Hevesi, J.A., Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E., Bedford, D.R., and Miller, D.M., 2002, Representation of the upper unsaturated zone for deterministic wateshed modeling in the Mojave desert region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 346.
  
  
• Hevesi, J.A., Flint, A.L. and Flint, L.E., 2001, Preliminary estimates of spatially distributed net infiltration and recharge for the Death Valley region, Nevada-California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4010, 41 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri024010/
  
  
• Hevesi, J.A. and Flint, A.L., 2000, Evaluation of recharge processes affecting the Death Valley regional groundwater flow system: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, October 2000, p. A-338.
  
  
• Hevesi, J.A., Flint, A.L., Flint, L.E., D'Agnese, F.A., and Faunt, C.C., 1999, Application of watershed modeling for estimation of spatially and temporally distributed recharge: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-87.
  
  
• Hildenbrand, T.G., Langenheim, V.E., Mankinen, E.A., and McKee, E.H., 1999, Inversion of gravity data to define the pre-Tertiary surface and regional structures possibly influencing ground-water flow in the Pahute Mesa–Oasis Valley region, Nye County, Nevada:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-49, 26 p.
  On-line at: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-49
  
  
• Hill, M.C., 2000, Constraining models of ground-water systems using geologic information: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, October 1999, p. A-337.
  
  
• Hill, M.C , Ely, D.M. , Tiedeman, C.R., O'Brien G.M., D'Agnese, F.A., and Faunt, C.C., 2000, Preliminary evaluation of the importance of existing hydraulic-head observation locations to advective transport predictions, Death Valley Regional Flow System, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4282, 62 p.
  
  
• Hill, M.C., Banta, E.R., Harbaugh, A.W., and Anderman, E.R., 2000, MODFLOW-2000, the U.S. Geological Survey modular ground-water model -- user guide to the observation, sensitivity, and parameter-estimation processes and three post-processing programs: U.S. Geological Survey Open- File Report 00-184, 210 p.
  On-line at: ftp://water.usgs.gov/pub/software/ground_water/modflow/doc/ ofr00-184.pdf
  
  
• Jachens, R.C., Sweetkind, D.S., Lagenheim, V.E., Phelps, G.A., and McKee, E.H., 2002, Building hydrogeologic framework models of basins: contributions from geophysically-based elements: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 394.
  
  
• Jones, M.L. and O'Brien, G.M., 2000, The Hydrograph Analyst, an ArcView GIS extension that integrates point, spatial, and temporal data and provides a graphical user interface for hydrograph analysis: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, October 2000, p. A-373.
  
  
• Khatri,Vijay., Ram, Sudha., Snodgrass, Richard T., O'Brien, Grady M., 2002, Supporting user-defined granularities in a spatiotemporal conceptual model: Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence.
  
  
• Laczniak , R.J., and DeMeo, G.A., 2002, Estimates of evapotranspiration from major discharge areas of Death Valley Regional Flow System [abs.], Spring-Fed Wetlands--Important Scientific and Cultural Resources of the Intermountain Region, May 7-9, 2002 Las Vegas, Nevada, p. 8
  
  
• Laczniak, R.J., Smith, J.L., Elliott, P.E., DeMeo, G.A., Chatigny, M.A., and Roemer, G.J., 2001, Ground-water discharge determined from estimates of evapotranspiration, Death Valley Regional Flow System, Nevada and California, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4195, 51 p.
  On-line at: http:// water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014195/
  
  
• Laczniak, R.J., DeMeo, G.A., Reiner, S.R., Smith, J.L., and Nylund, W.E., 1999, Estimates of ground-water discharge as determined from measurements of evapotranspiration, Ash Meadows area, Nye County, Nevada: Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4079, 70 p.
  On-line at: http:// water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri994079/
  
  
• Lagueux, F., Nasser, K.H., O'Brien, G.M., and D'Agnese, F.A., 2002, An enterprise system to enable geoscience knowledge integration: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 225.
  
  
• Mankinen, E.A., Hildenbrand, T.G., Dixon, G.L., McKee, E.H., Fridrich, C.J., and Laczniak, R.J., 1999, Gravity and magnetic study of the Pahute Mesa and Oasis Valley region, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-303, 57 p.
  On-line at: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-303/
  
  
• Mankinen, E.A., Hildenbrand, T.G., Fridrich, C.J., McKee, E.H., and Schenkel, C.J., 2003, Geophysical setting of the Pahute Mesa–Oasis Valley region, southern Nevada:  Nevada Bureau Mines & Geology Report 50,  CD-ROM, 45 p. 
  On-line at: ftp://comstock.nbmg.unr.edu/pub/dox/r50/r50.pdf
  
  
• McKee, E.H., Hildenbrand, T.G., Anderson, M.L., Rowley, P.D., and Sawyer, D.A., 1999, The Silent Canyon Caldera Complex–a Three-Dimensional Model Based on Drill-Hole Stratigraphy and Gravity Inversion:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-555, 79 p.
  On-line at: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of99-555/
  
  
• Mehl, S.W. and Hill, M.C., 2003, Locally refined block-centered finite-difference groundwater models, evaluation of parameter sensitivity and the consequences for inverse modelling and predictions: Kovar, Karel and Zbynek, Hrkal , eds., IAHS Publication 277, p. 227-232.
  
  
• Mehl, S.W. and Hill, M.C., 2002a, Development and evaluation of a local grid refinement method for block-centered finite-difference groundwater models using shared nodes: Advances in Water Resources, v. 25, p. 497-511
  
  
• Mehl, S.W. and Hill, M.C., 2002b, Evaluation of a local grid refinement method for steady-state block-centered finite-difference groundwater models in eds. Hassanizadeh, S.M., Schotting, R.J., Gray,W.G., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Proceedings of the XIVth International Conference on Computer Methods in Water Resources Conference, Developments in Water Science v. 47, Elsevier, June, 2002, Delft, the Netherlands, ISBN: 0-444-50975-5, p. 367-374.
  
  
• Menges, C.M., Taylor, E.M., Workman, J.B., Denning, P.A., San Juan, C.A., and Grunwald, D.J., 2000, Surficial deposit mapping in support of the Death Valley Regional Flow System (DVRFS) ground-water model, California and Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, p. A19.
  
  
• Menges, C.M., Taylor, E.M., Slate, J.L., and Dohrenwood, J.C., 1999, Strategy for mapping Quaternary surficial deposits in support of the Death Valley regional flow model in California and Nevada, in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 81.
  
  
• Moreo, M.T., Halford, K.J., LaCamera, R.J., and Laczniak, R.J., 2003, Estimated ground-water withdrawals from the Death Valley regional flow system, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4245, 28 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wrir034245/
  Updated water-use database (through 2003) online at: http://nevada.usgs.gov/doe_nv/dvrfs_withdrawals_2005_public.zip
  
  
• O'Brien, G.M., D'Agnese, F.A., and Nasser, K.H., 2002, An infrastructure and protocols to enable geoscience knowledge integration: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 34, no. 6, October 2002, p. 224.
  
  
• O'Brien, G.M., D'Agnese, F.A., Faunt, C.C., and Belcher, W.R., 2000, Hydrogeologic data, parameter estimation, and the Death Valley regional ground-water flow model: Geologic Society of America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, no. 7, October 2000, p. A-338.
  
  
• O'Brien, Grady M., Jones, Matthew L., San Juan, Carma., Faunt, Claudia C., 2000, Integration of data-base and geographic information system technology in the development of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water Flow Model: AHS 2000 Annual Symposium, Phoenix, Arizona
  
  
• O'Brien, G.M., F.A. D'Agnese, C.C. Faunt, and W.R. Belcher, 2000, Effective model calibration for the geologically complex Death Valley regional ground-water flow system, Nevada and California: American Geophysical Union EOS, Transactions, vol. 81, no. 48, p. F426.
  
  
• O'Brien, G.M., Jones, M.L., and Faunt, C.C., 1999, Development of a hydrogeologic database and data analysis tool for the Death Valley regional ground-water model, in Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping in Death Valley National Park, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-11, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 61.
  
  
• O'Brien, G.M., Jones, M.L., and D'Agnese, F.A., 1999, An assessment of water-level observation accuracy for use in calibration of the Death Valley regional flow system (DVRFS) model, Nevada and California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-289.
  
  
• O'Brien, Grady M., 1999, An assessment of water-level observations and accuracy for use in calibration of a regional Ground-Water Flow Model of the Death Valley Region, Nevada and California: Supplement to EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 1999 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, p. 317.
  
  
• Phelps, G.A., McKee, E.H., Sweetkind, D.S., and Langenheim, V.E., 2000, Preliminary model of the pre-Tertiary basement rocks beneath Yucca Flat, Nevada Test Site, Nevada, based on analysis of gravity and magnetic data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-134, 11 p.
  On-line at: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/open-file/of00-134/
  
  
• Ponce, D.A., Blakely, R.J., Morin, R.L., and Mankinen, E.A., 2001, Isostatic gravity map of the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-C, 1:250,000 scale, 1 plate, with pamphlet.
  On-line at: http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/mf-maps/mf-2381/
  
  
• Ponce, D.A. and Blakely, R.J., 2001, Aeromagnetic Map of the Death Valley Ground-water Model Area, Nevada and California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2381-D, 1:250,000 scale, 1 plate, with pamphlet.
  On-line at: http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/mf-maps/mf-2381/
  
  
• Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., Dickerson, R.P. and Killgore, M.L., 2001, Hydrostructural map of the Death Valley Ground-Water Basin, Nevada And California: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2372 scale 1:350,000, 2 plates, with pamphlet.
  On-line at: http://greenwood.cr.usgs.gov/pub/mf-maps/mf-2372/
  
  
• Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., and Faunt, C.C., 2000, Geologic controls on the Death Valley Regional Groundwater System: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. A-337.
  
  
• Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., and Dickerson, R.P., 1999, Regional hydrogeologic features from a new geologic map of the Yucca Mountain region, in, Slate, J.L., ed., Proceedings of Conference on Status of Geologic Research and Mapping, Death Valley National Park: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-153, p. 75-77.
  
  
• Potter, C.J., Sweetkind, D.S., and Dickerson, R.P., 1999, A Stacked Thrust-Ramp Interpretation for the Striped Hills, Nye County, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-295.
  
  
• Reiner, S.R., Laczniak, R.J., Demeo, G.A., Smith, J.L., Elliott, P.E., Nylund, W.E., and Fridrich, C.J., 2002, Ground-water discharge determined from measurements of evapotranspiration, other available hydrologic components, and shallow water-level changes, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4239, 65 p.
  On-line at: http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/wri/wri014239/
  
  
• Reiner, S.R., Laczniak, R.J., DeMeo, G.A., Smith, J.L., Nylund, W.E., and Elliott, P.E., 1999, Preliminary estimate of mean annual evapotranspiration, Oasis Valley, Nye County, Nevada: Eos, American Geophysical Union Transactions, v. 80, no. 44.
  
  
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