Water resources of the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington area

“…Griffin, W.C., Watkins, F.A., Jr., and Swenson, H.A., 1956, Water resources of the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, area: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 372,45 p.…”

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Selected references for the Puget-Willamette Lowland regional aquifer-system analysis, Puget Sound Lowland, Washington

Jones¹

1991

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As a preliminary step in the comprehensive study of the Puget-Willamette Lowland, a literature search was made and bibliographies compiled for each of the subareas. The purpose of this report is to provide a bibliography of selected references on the hydrology of the Puget Sound Lowland aquifer system. This bibliography emphasizes the groundwater resources and includes studies of the glacial geology, geochronology, geophysics, structural geology and tectonics, surface water, evapotranspiration, and other pertinent subjects. It also includes selected groundwater studies that were done in glaciated areas throughout the United States. CANADA 100 200 MILES 100 200 300 KILOMETERS Figure 1.-Location of the Puget Sound Lowland and the Willamette Valley, which make up the Puget-Willamette Lowland regional aquifer-system study area.

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“…Parts of the East Portland area are included in two previous waterresources investigations, and ground-water studies have been made in three adjacent areas. The East Portland area is part of a larger area described by Griffin, Watkins, and Swenson (1956) in a report on the water resources of the Portland, Oreg., and Vancouver, Wash., area. That report includes brief descriptions of the principal streams, the major rock units and their water-bearing character, and a few of the wells in the East Portland area. The western part of the area was included in an investigation of the ground-water resources of the Willamette Valley (Piper, 1942).…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Ground water in the East Portland area, Oregon

1965

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Major topographic subareas_______________________________ 8 Boring Hills.____________________________________ 9 Kelso slope.__________________________________________ 9 Portland terraces____----_______-_____-___--____--__-_-Oatfield Heights ridge__________________________________ Columbia River flood plain________________________-_.__ Minor flood plains and terraces____________________________ Major streams that border the area__--_-_-_-_--_---__-_____-Small streams that drain the area____________-__________-___-Geology._________________________________________________________ General character and relation of the rock units ___________________ The rock units and their water-bearing character._________________ Older rocks.___-_-___---__--_______-_-___-___-_____-___--_ Columbia River Basalt..___________________________________ Sandy River Mudstone___________________________________ Troutdale Formation_____________________________________ Boring Lava._____________________________________________ Piedmont deposits.________________________________________ Fluviolacustrine deposits_________________________________ Alluvium of an abandoned river channel____________________ Younger terrace deposits-----_____-_________-____________-_-Younger alluvium.________________________________________ Summary of geologic history.___________________________________ Ground water_____________________________________________________ General features of occurrence__________________________________-Water-level fluctuations._______________________________________ Occurrence in the subareas____________________________________ Boring Hills.._____________________________________ Kelso slope.______________________________________________ Portland terraces.

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Water resources of the Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington area

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Selected references for the Puget-Willamette Lowland regional aquifer-system analysis, Puget Sound Lowland, Washington

Ground water in the East Portland area, Oregon

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