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CATEGORIZED LIST OF HYDROGEOLOGIC REFERENCES FOR THE INDIAN WELLS VALLEY AND VICINITY

The following is an categorized list of hydrogeologic references for the Indian Wells Valley organized by author.  In some cases links to PDF* versions of the documents are provided.  To view or download these documents click on the document number.  For hard copies of documents or copies of documents that are not available on this site, contact the East Kern County Resource Conservation District.

Categories include:

Academic Reports, Thesis, Dissertations
Books
California Department of Water Resources
Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District
Geological Science Bulletin
Geological Society of America Bulletin
Geophysics
Geothermal Resources Council Transactions
Groundwater Monitoring Review
Indian Wells Valley Water District
Indian Wells Valley Producers
Inyokern Community Services District
Journal of Geophysical Research
Kern County Water Agency
Maps
Memoranda
National Association of Geology Teachers
Tetra Tech EM Inc.
Transactions of the American Geophysical Union
University of California Publication of Geological Science
U.S. Bureau of Land Management
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USDA Salinity Laboratory
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)
U. S. Navy
  • An inclusive list of references organized by author is available here.
  • Administrative documents are available here.
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Academic Reports, Theses, Dissertations

Document
Number
Description
34A Bauer, C.M., 2002, "The Hydrogeolgy of Rose Valley and Little Lake Ranch, Inyo County, California," Master's Thesis, California State University, Bakersfield, California.
57
Cox, Brett Forrest, 1982, “Sedimentology and Structure of the Goler Formation (Paleocene) El Paso Mountains, California: Implications for Paleocene Tectonism on the Garlock Fault Zone,” Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Riverside, California, March, 1982.
77
(1.0MB)
Gillespie, Janice and Thyne, Geoffrey, May, 1996, Groundwater Recharge in the Western Indian Wells Valley, 15 pages.
77A
Gillespie, Janice and Thyne, Geoffrey, November, 1999, “Evidence for Interbasin Flow Through Bedrock in the Southeastern Sierra Nevada,” Geological Society of America Bulletin, 17 pages.
83
(2.8MB)
Houghton, B.D., 1994, “Groundwater Geochemistry of the Indian Wells Valley, California,” Master of Science Thesis, California State University, Bakersfield, 95 pages.
128
(3.3MB)
Monastero, F.C., Katzenstein, A.M., Walker, J.D.,, and Sobin, A.E., 2002 “Neogene Evolution of the Indian Wells Valley, East-Central California.” in Geologic Evolution of the Central Mojave Desert and Southern Basin and Range. A.F. Glazner and J. D. Walker, Editors. Geologic Society of America. Memoir 19, 30 pages.
137
Papros Inc., January 2002, “Pollutant Sources and Surface Water Outfalls Characterization for City of Ridgecrest,” Prepared for City of Ridgecrest for Stormwater Characterization Report, 90 pages.
138
Pierce, Charles, "Hydrology of Groundwater from Indian Wels Canyon to Little Lake", Master's Thesis, unpublished.
176
USGS, Preliminary Evaluation of the Hydrogeologic System in Owens Valley, California.

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Books

Document
Number
Description
36?
Bear, Jacob, 1972, “Dynamics of Fluids in a Porous Media,” New York, American Elsevier Publication Co..
55
Cloudsley-Thomson, J. L., “Man and the Biology of Arid Zones,” London, University Park Press, 182 pages.
61
Davis, Stanley N., and de Weist, Roger L. M., 1966, Hydrogeology,” John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1966.
75
Freeze and Cherry, 1979, Groundwater, Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey, page 137.
78
Gale, Hoyt,S., 1913, “Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint Basins, Southeastern California,” USGS Bulletin 580-L, pages 251 – 323.
114
Lee, C.H., 1942, Transpiration and Total Evaporation in Physics of the Earth, Hydrology: New York, Dover Publishing, Inc., pages 259-330.
156?
Smith, G.I., 1976, “Origin of Lithium and Other Components in the Searles Lake Evaporites, California,” in Lithium Resources and Requirements by the Year 2000, ed., J.D. Vine, USGS Professional Paper 1005.

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California Department of Water Resources/Water Rights


Document
Number
Description
35
(2.2MB)
Bean, Robert T., February, 1989, “Hydrogeologic Conditions in Indian Wells Valley and Vicinity,” California Department of Water Resources (DWR), Contract No. DWR B- 56783, 51 pages.
46
Blaney, H.F., and Muckel, Dean C., October, 1959, “Evaporation from Water Surfaces in California,” Bulletin No. 73, State of California, Department of Water Resources, 81 pages.
51
(16.2MB)
California Department of Water Resources, May, 1963, Data on Water Wells in Indian Wells Valley Area, Bulletin 91-9, 245 pages.
52
California Department of Water Resources, Ground-Water Occurrence and Quality, Lahontan Region, Volume I and Volume II, Bulletin 106-1.
53
California Department of Water Resources, 1969, “Water Wells and Springs in Panamint, Searles and Knob Valleys,” Bulletin No. 91-17, December, 1969.
84?
Hurr, R.T., 1966, “A New Approach for Estimating Transmissibility from Specific Capacity,” Water Resources, Vol. 2, pages 657-664.
113?
Lee, C.H., 1913, Groundwater Resources in Indian Wells Valley, California, State Division of Water Rights Report, pages 403-429.
183
(2.9MB)

183
Apnd.
A

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Whelan, J.A., Baskin, R., and Katzenstein, A.M., September, 1989, “A Water Geochemistry Study of Indian Wells Valley, Inyo, and Kern Counties, California, Volume I, Geochemistry Study and Appendix A, NWC TP 7019, 34 pages.
186 Whistler, J.T., 1923, Report of Indian Wells Valley and Fremont Valley, California, State Division of Water Rights Report, 83 pages.

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Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District


Document
Number
Description
25
Austin, Ward H., 1990, Remote Sensing and Geophysical Studies Demonstrate the Indian Wells Valley and Rose Valley are Open Basins, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California, Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District, 35 pages.
71
(3.6MB)
Erskine, M.C., June 29, 1989, Review of the Geohydrology of the Indian Wells Valley Region, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California, Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District, 47 pages.
120
(4.1MB)
Lofgren, Ben, 1989, Effects of Agricultural Pumping North of Inyokern, Indian Wells Valley, Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District, 6 pages. (With #71)
132
(1.8MB)
Muir, Mark P. and Birman, H., February 10, 1986, “Investigations of Groundwater Flow Directions in the Southwestern Extension of the Indian Wells Valley, California,” Geothermal Surveys, Inc. Prepared for Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District, 26 pages.
135
O’Brien, D.P., 1989, Compilation and Interpretation of Gravity and Magnetic Data in the Indian Wells Valley, Including Portions of Bakersfield and Trona 1:250,000 Quadrangles, California, ICON Resources, Ltd., Prepared by Comap Explorations Services, Inc. for Eastern Kern County Resource Conservation District, 35 pages.

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Geological Science Bulletin


Document
Number
Description
29
Baker, C.L., 1912, Physiography and Structure of the Western El Paso Range and the Southern Sierra Nevada, Geological Science Bulletin, Volume 7, pages 117-142.

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Geological Society of America Bulletin


Document
Number
Description
26
Axelrod, D. I., Post-Pliocene Uplift of the Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society American Bulletin, v. 73, pages 183-198.
28
Baker, C.L., 1911, Cenozoic History of the Mojave Desert, California, 1911, Geological Society American Bulletin, v. 71, Volume 6.
60
Davis, G.A., and Burchfiel, B.C., 1973, “Garlock Fault – An Intracontinental Transform Structure, Southern California,” Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 84, pages 1407-1422.
64
Droste, J. B., Clay Minerals in Sediments of Owens, China, Searles, Panamint, Bristol, Cadiz, and Danby Lake Basins, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 72, pages 1713-1722.
124
Mayo, E.B., 1947, Structural Plan for the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Vol. 58, pages 495-504.
77A
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Gillespie, Janice and Thyne, Geoffrey, November, 1999, “Evidence for Interbasin Flow Through Bedrock in the Southeastern Sierra Nevada,” Geological Society of America Bulletin, 17 pages.

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Geophysics

Document
Number
Description
79
Hantush. M.S., 1964, “Hydraulics of Wells,” in Advances in Hydroscience, Healy, J.H. and Frank Press, 1964,
96
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Kane, M.F., and Pakiser, L. C., 1961, Geophysical Study of Subsurface Structure in Southern Owens Valley, Geophysics, Vol. 26, Number 1, pages 12 –26.

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Geothermal Resources Council Transactions


Document
Number
Description
73
Fournier, R.O., and Thompson, J. M., 1982, “An Isotopic Study of the Coso, California Geothermal Area,” Geothermal Resources Council Transactions, Vol. 6, pages 85-87.

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Groundwater Monitoring Review


Document
Number
Description
154
Simpson, M. R., and Duell, L.F.W., 1984, Design and Implementation of Evapotranspiration Measuring Equipment for Owens Valley, California, Ground Water Monitoring Review, Vol, 4, Number 4, pages 155-163.

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Indian Wells Valley Water District


Document
Number
Description
80
Henderson, Thomas, July 1, 2000, “A Radar Derived Precipitation Distribution Study Conducted Over the Indian Wells Valley and Surrounding Area During the Period February – April, 2000,” Prepared for Indian Wells Valley Water District,, 37 pages.
85
Indian Wells Valley Water District (IWVWD), 1990, “Domestic Water System 1990 General Plan,”, Krieger and Stewart Engineers, Inc., Riverside, California.
86
Indian Wells Valley Water District, General Plan for Water Supply and Water Distribution (1977), Krieger and Stewart, Incorporated, May, 1977.
87
Indian Wells Valley Water District, 1990 Urban Water Management Plan, Krieger and Stewart, Incorporated, January, 1991.
88
Indian Wells Valley Water District, 1995 Urban Water Management Plan, Krieger and Stewart, Incorporated, December, 1995.
89
Indian Wells Valley Water District, Part 1: Addendum to 1977 General Plan for Water Supply and Water Distribution; Part II: Initial Urban Water Management Plan, Krieger and Stewart, Incorporated, December, 1985.
90
Indian Wells Valley Water District, 1993, “Production from Wells, 1991 and 1992,” unpublished.
91
Indian Wells Valley Water District, Water Shortage Contingency Plan, January 1991.

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Indian Wells Valley Producers

Document
Number
Description
61A Dendy, Bill B. and Associates, September 30, 1997, Memorandum, Indian Wells Valley Producers, 13 pages.

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Inyokern Community Services District

Document
Number
Description
48
Boyle Engineering Corporation, December, 1986, Inyokern Community Services District – Master Water Plan 1986.

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Journal of Geophysical Research


Document
Number
Description
50
Burchfiel, B.C., Hodges, K. V., and Hoyden, L. H., 1987, “Geology of the Panamint Valley – Saline Valley Pull-Apart System, California: Palinspastic Evidence for Low-Angle Geometry of a Neogene Range-Bounding Fault,” Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 92, Number B10, pages 10422-10426.

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Kern County Water Agency


Document
Number
Description
97
(5.6MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1989, “1988 Water Supply Report,” 61 pages.
98
(5.0MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1993, “1991 Water Supply Report,” 80 pages.
99
(5.4MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1994, “1992 Water Supply Report,” 89 pages.
100
(5.6MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1995, “1993 Water Supply Report,” 90 pages.
101
(6.3MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1996, “1994 Water Supply Report,” 101 pages.
102
(6.3MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 1997, “1995 Water Supply Report,” 115 pages.
103
(5.7MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 2000, “1996 Water Supply Report,” 103 pages.
104
(5.6MB)
Kern County Water Agency, 2000, “1996 Water Supply Report,” 102 pages.
104A
(5.3MB)
Kern County Water Agency, March 2002, “1998 Water Supply Report,” 100 pages.
146
(3.3MB)
Ribble, George, P.E., assisted by Tom Haslebacher of the Kern County Water Agency, "A Methodology for Estimating Water Yield of Sierra Watersheds Tributary to Indian Wells Valley," February, 2000, 11 pages.

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Maps


Document
Number
Description
54
California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG), 1962, “Geologic Map of California, Trona Sheet,” Compiled by C.W. Jennings, J. L. Burnett and B. W. Troxel, Scale 1:250,000.

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Memoranda


Document
Number
Description
2
Austin, C.F., Basin Capacity, May 27, 1987.
3
Austin, C.F., Glacial Episodes and Clay Layers, June 30, 1987.
4
Austin, C.F., Groundwater Exploration: Central Baker Test Report, March 7, 1989.
5
Austin, C.F., Historic Studies of Recharge to This Area, April 14, 1987.
6
(1.3MB)
Austin, C.F., Hydrology of the Indian Wells Valley, Memorandum 11312, Reg 26-6/103 June 10, 1988.
7
Austin, C.F., Identification and Interpretation of Fracture Patterns, April 23, 1987.
8
Austin, C.F., Impact of a Thrusting Model on the Hydrology of This Region, April 27, 1987.
9
Austin, C.F., Interpretation of Cuttings and Cores, July 7, 1987.
10
Austin, C.F., Potential Hydrologic Impact of Roof Pendants, April 27, 1987.
11
Austin, C.F., Recharge Values of the 1971 Computer Model, April 17, 1987.
13
Austin, C.F., Structure Geology of This Region, April 13, 1987/June 1990.
14
Austin, C.F., Subsurface Recharge From Owens Valley and Why Wells Go Down, (no date).
15
Austin, C.F., Terminology, May 12, 1987.
16
Austin, C.F., Water Flow in Fractured Bedrock, April 20, 1987.
17
Austin, C.F., Water Well Levels and Measurements, April 27, 1987.
18
Austin, C.F., What is the Result of Pumping a Deep Well, (no date).

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National Association of Geology Teachers


Document
Number
Description
22
Austin, C.F., and Roquemore, G.R., et al., 1987, Geological Excursions Through Southern Owens Valley, National Association of Geology Teachers, 64 pages.

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Tetra Tech EM Inc.


Document
Number
Description
161
Tetra Tech Em Inc. (TtEMI), November, 1997, “Site 7 Phase II/III Remedial Investigation Report and Preliminary Technology Screening Report, Technical Memorandum 6”.
162
TtEMI,, 1998a, March, 1998, “Draft Data Management Plan”.
163
TtEMI, 1998b, July, 1998, “Draft Final Site Management Plan,” NAWS China Lake.
164
TtEMI, 1998c, April 10 , 1998, “Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study Draft Final Quality Assurance Project Plan, NAWS China Lake.
165
TtEMI, and Morrison Knudsen, June, 2001, “Phase II Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study,” NAWS, China Lake.
166
TtEMI, 2001, “Draft Preliminary Basewide Hydrogeologic Characterization Report, NAWS, China Lake, California”.
167
TtEMI December, 2002 Summary Basewide Hydrogeologic Characterization Report.
168
(6.3MB)
TtEMI, December, 2001, 2000 Annual Fence Line Groundwater Monitoring Report, Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, California, DS.0367.17430, 96 pages.

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Transactions of the American Geophysical Union


Document
Number
Description
42
Blaney, Harry F. 1955, “Determining Evapotranspiration by Phreaophytes from Climatological Data,” Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 33, No. 1, 1955, pages 61-66.
43
Blaney, Harry F., 1955, “Evaporation from and Stabilization of Salton Sea Water Surfaces,” Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 36, No. 4, 1955, pages 633-640.
44
Blaney, Harry F., 1953, “Evaporation Study of Silver Lake in the Mojave Desert, California,” Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Vol. 38, No. 2, 1953, pages 209-215.
169
Theis, C.V., 1935, “The Relation Between the Lowering of the Piezometric Surface and the Rate and Duration of Discharge of a Well Using Groundwater Storage,” Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Volume 16, pages 519-524.

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University of California Publication of Geological Science


Document
Number
Description
127
Miller, W.J., 1932, Geologic Section Across the Southern Sierra Nevada of California, California University Publication of Geological Science, Vol. 20, pages 331-358.

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U.S. Bureau of Land Management


Document
Number
Description
148 Rockwell, International, 1980, Geology and Hydrology Technical Report on the Coso Geothermal Study Area in support of: Coso Geothermal Development Environmental Statement, US Dept. of Interior Bureau of Land Management, 146 pages.

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U. S. Bureau of Reclamation


Document
Number
Description
173
(4.8MB)
US Bureau of Reclamation, December,1993, “Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Project, Volume I Summary Report,” Lower Colorado Region, 94 pages.
174
(18.8MB)
US Bureau of Reclamation, December, 1993, “Indian Wells Valley Groundwater Project, Volume II Technical Report, Lower Colorado Region, 88 pages, Section B- 19 pages, Section C – 12 pages, plus Appendices I – XV with maps and logs, etc., total of 464 pages.

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service


Document
Number
Description
45
Blaney, H. F., and Criddle, W.D., (date unknown), “Determining Water Requirements in Irrigated Areas From Climatological and Irrigation Data,” USDA, Soil Conservation Service, Technical Paper 96, 48 pages.

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USDA Salinity Laboratory

Document
Number
Description
187 Wilcox, L.V., Hatcher, J.T., and Blair, G.Y., 1951, Quality of Water in Indian Wells Valley, California USDA Salinity Lab, Research Report 54.

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U. S. Environmental Protection Agency


Document
Number
Description
49
Brown, D.S., and Allison, J., 1987, “MINTEQA1, Equilibrium Metal Speciation Model: Users Manual,” US EPA, Athens, Georgia.
175
US Environmental Protection Agency, September,1996, “Guidance for the Data Quality Objectives Process, EPA QA/G-4, EPA 600/R-96/055.

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U. S. Geological Survey (USGS)


Document
Number
Description
1
Appel, Charles A. and Bredehoeft, John D., 1976, Status of Ground-water Modeling in the U. S. Geological Survey, USGS Circular 737, 9 pages.
12
Austin, C.F., Review of USGS Open File Report 86-315, July 14, 1987.
30
Baldwin, Helene L. and McGuiness, C.L., 1963, “A Primer on Ground Water,” USGS, Washington, D.C., GPO, 10 pages.
32
Banta, R.L., 1972, Ground Water Conditions During 1971 in Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Open File Report, 9 pages.
33
(2.0MB)

Banta, R. L., June 22, 1972, “Ground-Water Data for Indian Wells Valley, California 1972,” USGS Open File Report 7211-27 (Prepared for U. S. Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), 9 pages.
34
(1.7MB)

Banta, R.L., 1973, Ground-Water Data, 1973, Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Open File Report, 7211-29 (Prepared for U.S. Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), December 24, 1974, 12 pages.
37
(6.4MB)
Berenbrock, Charles, 1987, Ground Water Data for Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California, 1977-84, USGS Open File Report 86-315, 56 pages.
38
Berenbrock, Charles, June 1988, Development and Calibration of a Three-Dimensional Digital Model for the Analyses of Ground-Water Flow System in Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California, USGS 12.02.
39
(6.7MB)
Berenbrock C., and Martin, P., 1991, “Ground-Water Flow System in Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California,” USGS Water Resources Investigation Report 89-4191, 81 pages.
40
(6.6MB)
Berenbrock, C. and Schroeder, R.A., 1994, Ground-Water Flow and Quality, and Geochemical Processes, in Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California, 1987-88, Water Resources Investigations Report 93-4003, 59 pages.
47
(4.3MB)
Bloyd, R.M., and Robson, S.G., November 12, 1971, “Mathematical Ground-Water Model of Indian Wells Valley, California,” USGS Open File Report, Water Resources Division, Menlo Park, California, 35 pages.
63
Dibblee, Thomas W., 1967, “Aerial Geology of the Western Mojave Desert, California,” Contributions to West Coast Earthquake Investigation, USGS Professional Paper 522, 1967, 153 pages.
65
Duffield, W.A., Bacon, C.R., 1977, Preliminary Geologic Map of the Coso Volcanic Field and Adjacent Areas, Inyo County, California, USGS Open File Report, pages 77-311.
66
Duffield, W.A., Bacon, C.R, and Dalrymple, Late Cenozoic Volcanism, Geochronology and Structure of the Coso Range, Inyo County, California, USGS Open File Report.
67
(1.5MB)
Duffield, Wendell A., and Smith, George I., 1978, “Pleistocene History of Volcanism and the Owens River Near Little Lake, California,” USGS Journal of Research, Vol., 6, No. 3, May – June 1978, pages 395-408.
68
Duell, Lowell, Jr., 1985, Evapotranspiration Rates From Rangeland Phreatophytes by the Eddy-Correlation Method on Owens Valley, California, USGS Water Resources Division.
69
(1.4MB)
Dutcher, L.C., and Moyle, W.R., 1973, “Geologic and Hydrologic Features of Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Water Supply Paper 2007, Washington, D.C., GPO, 1973, 30 pages.
74
Fournier, R.O. and Thompson, J. M., 1980, The Recharge Area for Coso Geothermal System Deduced from D and 18 O in Thermal and Non-thermal Waters in the Region, USGS Open-File Report 80-454, 25 pages.
76
Gale, Hoyt,S., 1913, “Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint Basins, Southeastern California,” USGS Bulletin 580-L, pages 251 – 323.
105
Knopf, A., and Kirk, E., 1918, A Geologic Reconnaisance of the Inyo Range and the Eastern Slope of the Southern Sierra Nevada, California, USGS Professional Paper 110, 130 pages.
106
Koehler, J.H., July 31, 1970, Ground-Water Conditions During 1969 in Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Open File Report 18.01.
107
(2.6MB)

Koehler, J. H., November 26, 1971, Ground-Water Conditions During 1970 in Indian Wells Valley, California (Prepared for US Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), USGS Open File Report 7211-25, 19 pages.
109
(5.0MB)
Kunkel, F., and Chase, G.H., January 23,1969, Geology and Ground Water in Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS Open File Report 69-329, Water Resources Division, Menlo Park, California, 84 pages.
110
(2.4MB)
Lamb, Charles E., and Downing, D.J., July,1978, Ground-Water Data, 1974-76, Indian Wells Valley, Kern, Inyo, and San Bernardino Counties, California (Prepared for US Dept. of Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), USGS Open File Report 78-335, 7211-31, 42 pages.
112
Lee, C.H., 1913, “An Intensive Study of the Water Resources of a Part of Owens Valley, California, USGS Survey Water Supply Paper 429, pages 53-50.
115
Lee, W.T., 1906, “Geology and Water Resources of Owens Valley, California, USGS Water Supply Paper 181.
118
Leopold, Luna, and Langbein, Walter B., 1960, “A Primer on Water,” USGS, Washington, D.C., GPO.
119
(905KB)
Lipinski, Paul, and Knochenmus, Darwin, June,1981, “A Ten-Year Plan to Study the Aquifer System of Indian Wells Valley, California,” USGS Open File Report 81-404 (Prepared for US Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), 16 pages.
121
Lohman, S.W., 1979, “Ground-Water Hydraulics,” Geological Survey Professional Paper 708, 70 pages.
123
(3.2MB)
Mallory, M.J., February, 1979, Water Level Predictions in the Indian Wells Valley Ground Water Basin, California, 1978 USGS Open File Report 79-254, 28 pages.
135
Meinzer, O. E., 1923 or 1965, The Occurrence of Ground Water in the United States With a Discussion of Principles, USGS Water Supply Paper 489, Washington GPO, 1965 321 pages.
126
Meinzer, O.E., 1923, Outline of Ground Water Hydrology With Definitions, USGS Water Supply Paper 494, 71 pages.
129
(5.6MB)
Meinzer, O.E., 1923, Outline of Ground Water Hydrology With Definitions, USGS Water Supply Paper 494, 71 pages.
130
Moyle, W.R., Jr., 1963, “Data on Water Wells in Indian Wells Valley Area, Inyo, Kern, and San Bernardino Counties, California,” Bulletin No. 91-9, State of California, Department of Water Resources, 243 pages.
131
(6.9MB)
Moyle, W.R., 1977, Summary of Basic Hydrologic Data Collected at Coso Hot Springs, Inyo County, California, USGS Open File Report 77-485, 93 pages.
144
Rantz, S.E., 1967, “Mean Annual Precipitation in the California Region,” map published by the Geological Survey, Edition of 1940, Menlo Park, California.
145
Regal, Jim, 1994, Soil Survey at Rantz, S.E., 1967, “Mean Annual Precipitation in the California Region,” map published Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, and Portions of Kern, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California, USDA/Soil Conservation Service.
146
(3.3MB)
Ribble, George, P.E., assisted by Tom Haslebacher of the Kern County Water Agency, "A Methodology for Estimating Water Yield of Sierra Watersheds Tributary to Indian Wells Valley," February, 2000, 11 pages.
148
Rockwell, International, 1980, Geology and Hydrology Technical Report on the Coso Geothermal Study Area in support of: Coso Geothermal Development Environmental Statement, US Dept. of Interior Bureau of Land Management, 146 pages.
154
Simpson, M. R., and Duell, L.F.W., 1984, Design and Implementation of Evapotranspiration Measuring Equipment for Owens Valley, California, Ground Water Monitoring Review, Vol, 4, Number 4, pages 155-163.
155
(3.4MB)
Smith, G.I., and Pratt, W.P. 1957, Core Logs From Owens, China, Searles, and Panamint Basins, California, USGS Bulletin 1045-A, 62 pages.
169
Theis, C.V., 1935, “The Relation Between the Lowering of the Piezometric Surface and the Rate and Duration of Discharge of a Well Using Groundwater Storage,” Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, Volume 16, pages 519-524.
170
Theis, C.V., 1921, “Routes to Desert Watering Places in the Mojave Desert Region, California,” USGS Water Supply Paper 490, pages 87-269.
171
Thompson, D.G., 1929, Mojave Desert Region, California, USGS Water Supply Paper 578, 759 pages.
176
USGS, Preliminary Evaluation of the Hydrogeologic System in Owens Valley, California.
179
(2.7MB)
Warner, James W., June, 1975, “Ground-Water Quality in Indian Wells Valley, California, USGS, Water Resources Investigation 8-75 (89-4191), Menlo Park, California, (Prepared for US Dept. of the Navy and Indian Wells Valley Water District), 59 pages.
181
Westec Services, Inc., (WESTEC), November, 1984, “Initial Assessment Study of NWC China Lake, California.

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U. S. Navy

Document
Number
Description
19
Austin, C.F., and Durbin, W.F., 1985, Coso: Example of a Complex Geothermal Reservoir, NWC TP 6658, 96 pages.
20
Austin, C.F., and Moore, J. L., 1987, Structural Interpretation of the Coso Geothermal Field, NWC TP 6841, 33 pages.
21
Austin, C.F., and Pringle, J. K., 1970, Geologic Investigation at the Coso Geothermal Area, NWC TP 4878, 39 pages.
22?
Austin, C.F., and Roquemore, G.R., et al., 1987, Geological Excursions Through Southern Owens Valley, National Association of Geology Teachers, 64 pages.
23
(222KB)
Austin, Carl/ Saint-Amand, Pierre/Bonner, William, September 18, 1990, Water Supply for the Naval Weapons Center, 5 pages.
24
Austin, C.F., and Whelan, J. A., and Neffew, J., 1979, Mineral Resource Evaluation of Mojave B Ranges, Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, California, 162 pages.
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