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Publications are in chronological order with the most recent at the top.

Christensen, E.D.
2005, Assessment, Water–Quality Trends, and Options for Remediation of Acidic Drainage from Abandoned Coal Mines near Huntsville, Missouri, 2003—2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005–5202, 84 p.

Blevins, D.W.,
2004, Hydrology and cycling of nitrogen and phosphorus in Little Bean Marsh: A remnant riparian wetland along the Missouri River in Platte County, Missouri, 1996—97: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5171, 80 p.

Heimann, D.C., and Richards, J.M., 2003, Topography and Sedimentation Characteristics of the Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, Holt County, Missouri, 1937—2002: U.S. Geological Survey, Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4211, 52 p.

Kelly, B.P., 2002, Ground-water monitoring plan, water quality, and variability of agricultural chemicals in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer near the city of Independence, Missouri, well field, 1998—2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 02-4096, 69 p.

Kelly, B.P.,, 2002, Ground-water flow simulation and chemical and isotopic mixing equation analysis to determine source contributions to the Missouri River alluvial aquifer in the vicinity of the Independence, Missouri well field: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4208, 53 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J., and Blevins, D.W.,, 2002, Effects of wastewater and combined sewer overfkis on water quality in the Blue River Basin, Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas, July 1998--October 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4107, 162 p.

Kelly, B.P.,, 2002, Ground-water monitoring plan, water quality, and variability of agricultural chemicals in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer near the City of Independence, Missouri, Well Field, 1998-2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4096, 69 p.

Heimann, D.C., 2001, Numerical simulation of streamflow distribution, sediment transport, and sediment deposition along Long Branch Creek in northeast Missouri: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4269, 61 p.

Kelly, B.P., 2001, Relations among river stage, rainfall, ground-water levels and stage at two Missouri River flood-plain wetlands: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4123, 18 p.

Heimann, D.C. and Roell, M.J., 2000, Sediment loads and accumulations in a small riparian wetland system in northern Missouri: Wetlands v. 20, no. 2, p. 219-231.

Kelly, B.P., 2000, Hydrologic data and potentiometric surfaces for Overton Bottoms, Cooper County, Missouri - June 1998 to May 1999

Kelly, B.P., 2000, Effects of alternative river management plans on ground-water levels in the lower Missouri River flood plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4052, 128 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., and Silva, S.R., 2000, Use of isotopically labeled fertilizer to trace nitrogen fertilizer contributions to surface, soil, and ground water in a claypan soil: Journal of Environmental Hydrology v.8, paper 6, 16 p.

Wilkison, D.H., and Armstrong, D.J, 2000, Pharmaceuticals and other wastewater indicator compounds in two urban streams: Metropolitan Kansas City in Program and Abstracts of 21st Annual Meeting of the American College of Toxicology, San Diego, CA, November 12-15, 2000, p. 49.

Wilkison, D.H., Armstrong, D.J, Zaugg, S.D., and Blevins, D.W., 2000, Use of wastewater indicators to assess the impacts of combined sewer overflows on two urban streams: National Groundwater Association Emerging Issues Conference, June 7-8, 2000, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Wilkison, D.H., 1999, Application of wastewater indicators to surface water. National Water-Quality Specialist's Meeting, November 30-December 3, 1999, Costa Mesa, California.

Wilkison, D.H., and Blevins, D.W., 1999, Observations on preferential flow and horizontal transport in the unsaturated zone: Journal of Environmental Quality v. 28, no. 5, September-October 1999: p 1568-1580.

Heimann, D.C., and Femmer, S.R., 1998, Water Quality, Hydrology, and Invertebrate Communities of Three Remnant Wetlands in Missouri, 1995-97: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 98-4190 64 p.,

Kelly, B.P., and Pomes, M.L., 1998, Preferential flow and transport of nitrate and bromide in claypan soil: Ground Water, v. 36, no. 3, p. 484-494.

Pomes, M.L., Wilkison, D.H., and McMahon, P.B.,  1998, Nitrous oxide fluxes from a claypan soil overlying nitrate-enriched glacial drift: Journal of Environmental Hydrology, v. 6, paper 8, 14 p.

Schalk, G.K., Holmes, R.R., Jr., and Johnson, G.P. 1998, Physical and chemical data on sediment deposited in the Missouri and the Mississippi River flood plains during the July through August 1993 flood: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1120-L, 62 p.

Wilkison, D.H., 1998, U.S. Geological Survey Research at Management Systems Evaluation Areas, 1991-95: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 042-98, 4p.

Heimann, D.C., Richards, J.M., and Wilkison, D.H., 1997, Agricultural chemicals in alluvial aquifers in Missouri after the 1993 flood: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 26, no. 2, p.361-371.

Schalk, G.K., and Jacobson, R.B. 1997, Scour, Sedimentation, and Sediment Characteristics at Six Levee-Break Sites in Missouri from the 1993 Missouri River Flood: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4110, 72p.

Wilkison, D.H., and Blevins, D.W., 1997, Movement of nitrogen and bromide at site underlain by claypan soil and glacial drift: Sixth Annual Kansas Hydrology Seminar, November 2, 1997, American Institute of Hydrology Annual Meeting, Topeka, Kansas.

Wilkison, D.H., and Blevins, D.W., 1997, Movement of labeled nitrogen and conservative tracers at the Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area: Summary of technical presentations, U.S. Geological Survey Cooperator's Conference, October 9-10, 1997, Rolla, Missouri, 20 p.

Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., Silva, S.R., and Kelly, B.P., 1996, Movement of nitrate fertilizer to glacial till and runoff from a claypan soil: Journal of Environmental Quality, v. 25, no. 3, p. 584-593.

Kelly, B.P., 1996a, Simulation of Ground-Water Flow and Contributing Recharge Areas in the Missouri River Alluvial Aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4250, 93 p., 6 pl.

Kelly, B.P., 1996b, Design of a Monitoring Well Network for the City of Independence, Missouri, Well Field Using Simulated Ground-Water Flow Paths and Travel Times: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4264, 27 p.

Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1996, Interactions between river stage, ground-water levels, and floodplain water bodies in the Missouri River alluvium.  First Annual Conference on Natural Resources of the Missouri River Basin.

Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., and Silva, S.R., 1996, Movement of 15N-labeled nitrogen fertilizer and bromide tracers in glacial till and a claypan soil in Puckett, L.J., and Triska, F.J. (eds.) U.S. Geological Survey Nitrogen-Cycling Workshop, Denver, Colorado, October 30-November 2, 1995: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 96-477, 88 p.

Wilkison, D.H., and Maley, R.D., 1996, Occurrence and distribution of nitrate and selected pesticides in ground water in Missouri, 1986-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 96-4183, 34 p.

Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., and Kelly, B.P., 1995a, Fertilizer contribution from continuous corn to nitrate in surface and ground water in a clay-rich soil and aquifer, v. 2, Nutrients, p. 17, in conference proceedings of Clean Water-Clean Environment-21st Century Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, March 5-8, 1995. American Society of Agricultural Engineers, Publication 2-95, St. Joseph, Michigan, p.17.

Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., and Kelly, B.P., 1995b, Movement of nitrogen fertilizer into ground water below a claypan soil.  Presentation, Fifth annual Missouri Water Quality Conference, Columbia, Missouri, February 2, 1995, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.

Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., Silva, S.R., and Kelly, B.P., 1995, Use of 15N to trace movement of nitrogen fertilizer at a field plot, in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., (eds.), Proceedings of the technical meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Monterey, Calif., March 11-15, 1991, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015.

Heimann, D.C., 1995, Physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of three reservoirs in west-central Missouri, 1991-93: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4120, 120 p.

Kelly, B.P.,  1995, Simulation of ground-water flow in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas: 40th Annual Midwest Groundwater Conference, Programs and Abstracts, p. 14..

Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1995, Vertical hydraulic conductivity of soil and potentiometric surface of the Missouri River alluvial aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas--August 1992 and January 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-322, 22 p.

Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., Kelly, B.P., and Wallace, W.C., 1995, Hydrology and water quality in claypan soil and glacial till at the Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area near Centralia, Missouri--May 1991 to September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-705, 64 p.

Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., Silva, S.R., and Kelly, B.P., 1994, Use of 15N to trace the movement of nitrogen fertilizer at a field study in Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., eds., 1994, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Colorado Springs, Colorado, September 20-24, 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4014.

Schalk, G.K., 1994, Quantity and quality of base flow and stormwater runoff in Independence, Missouri--October 1991 to February 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-495, 69 p.

Wilkison, D.H., and Maley, R.D., 1994, Occurrence of selected herbicides, nitrite plus nitrate, and selected trace elements in ground water from northwestern and northeastern Missouri, July 1991 and 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-332, 64 p.

Ziegler, A.C., Wilkison, D.H., and Maley, R.D., 1994, Occurrence of selected pesticides, nutrients, selected trace elements, and radionuclides in ground and surface water from west-central Missouri--July 1990-March 1991: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-362, 71 p.

Kelly, B.P., and Blanchard, P.E., 1993a, The role of macropores in unsaturated zone chemical transport in GSA Abstracts with Programs, v.21, n. 6.

Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1993a, Hydrologic budget and nitrogen distribution for an agricultural test plot in claypan soil and glacial till near Centralia, Missouri--May 1991 to May 1992, in Proceedings of Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality; Minneapolis, Minn., 1993, Soil Conservation Society, p. 545-547.

Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1993b, Hydrologic budget and nitrogen distribution for an agricultural study plot in claypan soil and glacial till near Centralia, Missouri--May 1991 to May 1992, in Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Water Quality Conference: Columbia, Mo., Feb. 4-5, 1993, Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station, p. 100-105.

Wilkison, D.H., and Blevins, D.W., 1993, USGS nitrogen isotope research at the Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area: Missouri MSEA Messenger, March, 1993, issue 15, p. 3-4.

Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., and Kelly, B.P., 1993, U.S. Geological Survey research at the Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) site.  Presentation: MSEA Field Day, Centralia, Missouri, August 19, 1993, Missouri MSEA Project, Columbia, Missouri, Goodwater Creek, Watershed Farming Systems Water-Quality Project.

Wilkison, D.H., and Maley, R.D., 1993, Occurrence of nitrite plus nitrate, and selected herbicides in ground water from northwestern and northeastern Missouri, 1991 and 1992 in 38th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, October 6-8, 1993, Champaign, Illinois, p. 24.

Wilkison, D.H., and Maley, R.D., 1993, Occurrence of herbicides in water from rural domestic wells, northwest and northeast Missouri, July 1991-1992, in Programs and Proceedings of Symposium on Agricultural Nonpoint Sources of Contaminants: a Focus on Herbicides September 28-29, 1993, Lawrence, Kansas, p. 11.

Ziegler, A.C., Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., and Maley, R.D.,  1993, Occurrence of herbicides and nitrate in rural domestic wells, west central Missouri, July 1990: in GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 25, n. 3, March 1993.

Ziegler, A.C., Wallace, W.C., Blevins, D.W., and Maley, R.D., 1993, Occurrence of pesticides, nitrite plus nitrate, arsenic, and iron in water from two reaches of the Missouri River alluvium, northwestern Missouri--July 1988 and June-July 1989: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-101, 30 p.

Blevins, D.W., and Ziegler, A.C. 1992a, Hydrogeology, water chemistry, and subsidence of underground coal mines at Huntsville, Missouri--July 1987 to December 1988: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4001, 56 p.

Blevins, D.W., and Ziegler, A.C., 1992b, Effects of reclamation of water quality and geochemical processes in lakes in an abandoned surface coal mine in Henry County, Missouri--August 1988-May 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4167, 65 p.

Blevins, D.W.,  1991a, Hydrology and water chemistry of an abandoned surface coal mine, southwestern Henry County, Missouri--1984-86: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4047, 52 p.

Blevins, D.W.,  1991b, Planned studies of movement of nitrogen species and herbicides on claypan soils at the Management Systems Evaluation Area in Missouri, in Mallard, G.E., and Aronson, D.A., (eds.), Proceedings of the Technical Meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substance Hydrology Program: Monterey, Calif., March 11-l5, 1991, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 91-4034, p. 240-242.

Blevins, D.W.,  1989, Sources of coal-mine drainage and their effects on surface-water chemistry in the Claybank Creek Basin and vicinity, north-central Missouri, 1983-84: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2305, 38 p.

Blevins, D.W., and Chafin, D.T., 1988, Determination of chemical processes in coal mine spoil in west-central Missouri using sulfur and oxygen isotopes: Lexington, Ky., Proceedings of the 1988 Symposium on Mining, Hydrology, Sedimentology and Reclamation, p. 53-57.

Blevins, D.W.,  1985, Quality of stormwater runoff in the Blue River Basin, Missouri and Kansas, July-October 1981 and April-July 1982: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4226, 131 p.

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