The U.S. Geological Survey has published the following New Mexico related publications since the last issue of the Divining Rod. Copies are available for inspection at the USGS District Office in Albuquerque (4501 Indian School Road NE, Suite 200). The Water Resources Research Institute library also has the reports on file. They may be ordered from the USGS, Federal Center, Box 25286, MS 517, Denver, CO 80225. You may call 303-202-4210 for price information.
- Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas–Water-quality data for water-column, suspended-sediment, and bed-material samples collected at selected surface-water sites in the upper Rio Grande Basin, June and September 1994 by Lynn K. Miller, Robert L. Moquino, and Bruce A. Hill (OFR 97-644).
- Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas–Shallow ground-water quality and land use in the Albuquerque area, central New Mexico, 1993 by Scott K. Anderholm (WRIR 97-4067)
- Concentrations of selected trace elements and other constituents in the Rio Grande and in fish tissue in the vicinity of Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1994 to 1996 by Ralph Wilcox (OFR 97-667).
- Seismic investigation of the buried horst between the Jornada del Muerto and Mesilla ground-water basins near Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico by Dennis G. Woodward and Robert G. Myers (WRIR 97-4147).
- Water-quality assessment of the Rio Grande Valley, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas–Summary and analysis of water-quality data for the basic-fixed-site network, 1993-95 by Denis F. Healy (WRIR 97-4212).
- Low-flow water-quality and discharge data for lined channels in northeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1990 to 1994 by Robert L. Gold and Robert McBreen (OFR 97-811).