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Brown, C.J., Jurgens, B.C., Katz, B.G., Landon, M.K., and Eberts, S.M., 2007, Arsenic and Uranium in Four Aquifer Settings: Occurrence, Distribution, and Mechanisms for Transport to Supply Wells: 2007 NGWA Naturally Occurring Contaminants Conference: Arsenic, Radium, Radon, Uranium, March 22-23, 2007, Charleston, South Carolina.

Burow, K.R., Simulations of ground-water flow and particle pathline analysis in the zone of contribution of a public-supply well in Modesto, eastern San Joaquin Valley, California, in press, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5035.

Burow, K.R. and Green, C.T., Spatial and Temporal Trends in Nitrate Concentration In the Eastern San Joaquin Valley Regional Aquifer and Implications for Nitrogen Fertilizer Management: California Plant and Soil Conference: Conservation of Agricultural Resources, February 5 & 6, 2008, Visalia, California.

Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., Hevesi, J.A., and Weissmann, G.S., 2004, Hydrogeologic characterization of the Modesto area, San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5232, 54 p.

Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Simulation of solute movement through wellbores to characterize public supply well contaminant vulnerability in the High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska: International Ground Water Modeling Center: Modflow and More Conference, May 22-24, 2006, Golden, Colorado.

Eberts, S.M., Erwin, M.L., and Hamilton, P.A., 2005, Assessing the vulnerability of public-supply wells to contamination from urban, agricultural, and natural sources: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3022, 4 p.

Katz, B.G., Crandall, C.A., Metz, P.A., McBride, S., and Berndt, M.P., 2007, Chemical characteristics, water sources and pathways, and age distribution of ground water in the contributing recharge area of a public-supply well near Tampa, Florida, 2002-05: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5139, 83 p.

Landon, M.K., Clark, B.R., McMahon, P.B., McGuire, V.L., and Turco, M.J., in press, Hydrogeology, Chemical-Characteristics, and Transport Processes in the Zone of Contribution of a Public-Supply Well in York, Nebraska, U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5050.

Landon, M.K., Eberts, S.M., Jurgens, B.C., Katz, B.G., Burow, K.R., Crandall, C.A., Brown, C.J., and Starn J.J., 2006, Knowledge of Where and How Contamination-Susceptible Water Enters Public-Supply Wells Can Be Used To Improve Monitoring Strategies and Protection Plans: Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum 2006, Sept. 30 – Oct. 4, 2006, Miami Beach, FL, 15 p.

McMahon, P. B., Bohlke, J. K., Kauffman, L. J., Kipp, K. L., Landon, M. K., Crandall, C. A., Burow, K. R., and Brown, C. J., 2008, Source and transport controls on the movement of nitrate to public supply wells in selected principal aquifers of the United States, Water Resoures Research, 44, W04401, doi:10.1029/2007WR006252.

McMahon, P.B., and Chapelle, F.H., 2007, Redox Processes and Water Quality of Selected Principal Aquifer Systems, Ground Water, Volume 46, Number 2, March-April 2008 , pp. 259-271(13).

Paschke, Suzanne S., ed., 2007, Hydrogeologic settings and ground-water flow simulations for regional studies of the transport of anthropogenic and natural contaminants to public-supply wells—studies begun in 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1737-A, 244 p.

Phillips, S.P., Green, C.T., Burow, K.R., Shelton, J.L., and Rewis, D.L., 2007, Simulation of Multiscale Ground-Water Flow in Part of the Northeastern San Joaquin Valley, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5009, 55p.

Starn, J.J., and Brown, C.J., 2007, Simulations of Ground-Water Flow and Residence Time near Woodbury, Connecticut: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5210, 56p.

Zinn, B.A., and Konikow, L.F., Effects of intraborehole flow on groundwater age distribution, Hydrogeology Journal, Volume 15, Number 4 / June, 2007, 10.1007/s10040-006-0139-8.

Abstracts

Brown, C.J., McMahon, P., and Starn, J.J., 2006, Effects of Organic Carbon Distribution on Redox Chemistry in a Glacial Aquifer, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Posters, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Brown, C.J., and Starn, J.J., 2007, Ground Water Sources and Pathways to a Public-Supply Well in a Glacial Aquifer System, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, May 1, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Brown, C.J., and Zielinski, R.A., 2004, Occurrence and distribution of arsenic and uranium in the Pomperaug Aquifer, Woodbury, Connecticut [abs.]: Abstracts of Long Island Geologists, Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York, April 17, 2004, Program with Abstracts, Stony Brook, New York.

Burow, K.R., Jurgens, B., Dalgish, B.A., and Shelton, J.L., 2005, Effects of well operation on quality of water from a public-supply well in Modesto, California [abs.]: GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Burow, K.R., Jurgens, B., Dubrovsky, N.M., Belitz, K., 2004, Regional assessment of arsenic concentrations in ground water in the San Joaquin Valley, California [abs.]: Abstracts of Groundwater Resources Association of California Symposium, Arsenic in Groundwater; Impacts on a Critical Resource, October 18-19, 2004, Fresno, California.

Clark, B.R., Landon, M.K., Kauffman, L.J., and Hornberger, G.Z., 2006, Simulation of Short Circuit Flow Paths and Transient Conditions to Understand Vulnerability of Public Supply Wells to Contamination in the High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Crandall, C.A., 2006, Using a Modified Probability Approach for Determining the Contributing Area to a Public Supply Well In Karst Terrain [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Crandall, C.A., and Starn, J., 2004, Comparison of contributing areas to a public supply well using two stochastic methods that incorporate uncertainty of parameters and karst features [abs.]: GSA Southeastern/Northeastern Regional Meeting, March 25-26, 2004, Washington, D.C.

Dalgish, B.A., 2005, Hydrogeologic sensitivity analysis of a heterogeneous facies model of an alluvial aquifer in the eastern San Joaquin Valley, California [abs.]: GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Eberts, S.M., Factors that Affect Contaminant Occurrence in Public-Supply Wells: Information for Improved Monitoring Strategies [abs]: 2007 Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum, September 16-19, 2007, San Diego, California.

Eberts, S.M., Böhlke, J.A., and Kauffman, L., 2006, Application of Ground Water Dating Techniques for Evaluating the Susceptibility of Aquifers and Public-Supply Wells to Contamination [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Hinkle, S., Thomas, M.A., Brown, C., McCarthy, K., Eberts, S., Kauffman, L., Rosen, M., and Katz, B., 2006, Screening-Level Assessments of Public Water Supply Well Vulnerability to Natural Contaminant [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Jurgens, B., Burow, K., Brown, C.J., Dubrovsky, N.M., and Stollenwerk, K.G., 2005, Elevated levels of naturally-occurring uranium in ground water in Modesto, California [abs.]:GSA Annual Meeting, Oct. 16-19, 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kaufmann, L.J. and Eberts, S.M., 2007, Use of Natural Attenuation Capacity to Define Intrinsic Susceptibility of Public-Supply Wells to Contamination [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, May 2, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Katz, B.G., and Eberts, S.M., Chemical Indicators of the Influence of Septic Tanks on Ground-Water Quality In Four Principal Aquifers In The United States [abs]: 2007 Ground Water Protection Council Annual Forum, September 16-19, 2007, San Diego, California.

Katz, B.G., McBride, W.S., Crandall, C.A., and Eberts, S.M., 2007, Using isotopic and other chemical tracers to assess age distribution and contaminant movement in ground water in the contributing recharge area to a public supply well. [abs.]: 2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting, October 28-31, 2007, Denver, Colorado.

Katz, B.G., Crandall, C.A., McBride, W.S., and Berndt, M.P., 2006, Use of Multiple Tracers and Geochemical Modeling to Assess Vulnerability of a Public Supply Well in the Karstic Upper Floridan Aquifer [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Landon, M.A., Clark, B.R., and Christensen, A.H., 2006, Depth-Dependent Sampling to Determine Source Areas and Short-Circuit Pathways for Contaminants to Reach Public Supply Wells, High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska [abs.]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session F: F3-Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods II, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Landon, M.A., and Clark, B.R., 2005, Use of depth-dependent sampling to refine understanding of source areas and short-circuit pathways for contaminants to reach public supply wells, High Plains Aquifer, York, Nebraska [abs.]: AGU Fall Meeting, December 5-9, 2005, San Francisco, California.

McMahon, P., Bohlke, J.K., Brown, C., Burow, K., Crandall, C., and Landon. M., 2005, Use of isotopes, age-dating, and numerical simulation to evaluate source histories and transport of NO3 to public supply wells in principal aquifers of the United States [abs.]: 6th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry, September 11-16, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.

Starn, J., 2007, Evaluation of Uncertainty in Simulations of Ground Water Flow in Four Very Different Hydrogeologic Settings—Similarities and Differences [abs.]: 2007 Ground Water Summit, May 2, 2007, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Starn, J., 2006, Evaluating Uncertainty in Areas Contributing Recharge to Wells for Water-Quality Network Design [abs]: 2006 National Monitoring Conference: Concurrent Session G: G3 Assessing Ground Water Vulnerability Through Mechanistic Methods III, May 7-11, 2006, San Jose, California.

Turco, M.J., and Landon, M.K., 2004, The transport of natural and anthropogenic contaminants (TANC) in the High Plains Aquifer, Nebraska [abs.]: Proceedings of the Conference on High Plains Groundwater Resources; Challenges and Opportunities, December 7-9, 2004, Lubbock, Texas.