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2016
Preliminary results from exploratory sampling of wells for the California oil, gas, and groundwater program, 2014-15
McMahon, P. B., Kulongoski, J. T., Wright, M. T., Land, M. T., Landon, M. K., Cozzarelli, I. M., Vengosh, A. and Aiken, G. R.
U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2016-1100
>> See Full Product Description2018
Tracing enhanced oil recovery signatures in casing gases from the Lost Hills oil field using noble gases
Barry, P. H., Kulongoski, J. T., Tyne, R. L., Gillespie, J. M., Stephens, M. J., Hillegonds, D. J. and Ballentine, C. J.
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 496, p. 57-67
>> See Full Product DescriptionPrioritization of oil and gas fields for regional groundwater monitoring based on a preliminary assessment of petroleum resource development and proximity to Californias groundwater resources
Davis, T. A., Landon, M. K. and Bennett, G. L. V.
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5065
>> See Full Product DescriptionOrigin of methane and sources of high concentrations in Los Angeles groundwater
Kulongoski, J.T., McMahon, P.B., Land, M.T., Wright, M.T., Johnson, T.A., and Landon, M.K.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, vol. 123, no. 3, p. 818-831
>> See Full Product DescriptionRegional patterns in the geochemistry of oil-field water, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
McMahon, P. B., Kulongoski, J. T., Vengosh, A., Cozzarelli, I. M., Landon, M. K., Kharaka, Y. K., Gillespie, J. M. and Davis, T. A.
Applied Geochemistry, vol. 98, p. 127-140
>> See Full Product DescriptionPreliminary groundwater salinity mapping near selected oil fields using historical water-sample data, central and southern California
Metzger, L. F. and Landon, M. K.
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5082
>> See Full Product DescriptionLand subsidence along the California Aqueduct in west-central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10
Sneed, M., Brandt, J.T., and Solt, M.
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2018-5144
>> See Full Product DescriptionGroundwater salinity mapping using geophysical log analysis within the Fruitvale and Rosedale Ranch oil fields, Kern County, California, USA
Stephens, M. J., Shimabukuro, D. H., Gillespie, J. M. and Chang, W.
Hydrogeology
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Groundwater salinity and the effects of produced water disposal in the Lost Hills–Belridge oil fields, Kern County, California
Gillespie, J.M., Davis, T.A., Stephens, M.J., Ball, L.B., and Landon, M.K.
Environmental Geosciences, v. 26, p. 73-96
>> See Full Product DescriptionOccurrence and sources of radium in groundwater associated with oil fields in the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California
McMahon, P.B., Vengosh, A., Davis, T.A., Landon, M.K., Tyne, R.L., Wright, M.T., Kulongoski, J.T., Hunt, A.G., Barry, P.H., Kondash, A.J., Wang, Z., and Ballentine, C.J.
Environmental Science and Technology, v. 53, no. 16, p. 9398-9406
>> See Full Product DescriptionA novel method for the extraction, purification and characterization of noble gases in produced fluids
Tyne, R.L., Barry, P.H., Hillegonds, D.J., Hunt, A.G., Kulongoski, J.T., Stephens, M.J., Byrne, D.J., and Ballentine, C.J.
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, v. 11, p. 5588-5597
>> See Full Product DescriptionGroundwater quality of a public supply aquifer in proximity to oil development, Fruitvale oil field, Bakersfield, California
Wright, Michael T., McMahon, Peter B., Landon, Matthew K., and Kulongoski, Justin T.
Applied Geochemistry, v. 106, p. 82-95
>> See Full Product Description2020
Probabilistic Categorical Groundwater Salinity Mapping From Airborne Electromagnetic Data Adjacent to California's Lost Hills and Belridge Oil Fields
Ball, L.B., Davis, T.A., Minsley, B.J., Gillespie, J.M., and Landon, M.K.
Water Resources Research, v. 56, issue 6
>> See Full Product DescriptionMultiple-well monitoring site adjacent to the North and South Belridge Oil Fields, Kern County, California
Everett, R.R., Brown, A.A., Gillespie, J.M., Kjos, A., and Fenton, N.C.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020-1116, 10 p.
>> See Full Product DescriptionMultiple-Well Monitoring Site Adjacent to the Lost Hills Oil Field, Kern County, California
Everett, R.R., Kjos, A., Brown, A.A., Gillespie, J.M., and McMahon, P.B.
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019–1114, 8 p.
>> See Full Product Description2021
Noble gas signatures constrain oil-field water as the carrier phase of hydrocarbons occurring in shallow aquifers in the San Joaquin Basin, USA
Karolyte, R., Barry, P.H., Hunt, A.G., Kulongoski, J.T., Tyne, R.L., Davis, T.A., Wright, M.T., McMahon, P.B., and Ballentine, C.J.
Chemical Geology, v. 584
>> See Full Product DescriptionRelative risk of groundwater-quality degradation near California (USA) Oil Fields estimated from 3H, 14C, and 4He
McMahon, P.B., Landon, M.K., Davis, T.A., Wright, M.T., Rosecrans, C.Z., Anders, R.A., Land, M.T., Kulongoski, J.T., and Hunt, A.G.
Applied Geochemistry, v. 131
>> See Full Product DescriptionGroundwater Quality of Aquifers Overlying the Oxnard Oil Field, Ventura County, California
Rosecrans, C.Z., Landon, M.K.., McMahon, P.B., Gillespie, J.M., Kulongoski, J.T., Stephens, M.J., Hunt, A.G., Shimabukuro, D.H., and Davis, T.A.
Science of the Total Environment, v. 771
>> See Full Product DescriptionStratigraphic and structural controls on groundwater salinity variations in the Poso Creek Oil Field, Kern County, California, USA
Stephens, M.J., Shimabukuro, D.H., Chang, W., Gillespie, J.M., and Levinson, Z.
Hydrogeology Journal
>> See Full Product DescriptionGeostatistical mapping of salinity conditioned on borehole logs, Montebello Oil Field, California
Terry, N., Day-Lewis, F., Landon, M.K., Stanton, J., and Lane, J.W. Jr.
Groundwater, v. 60, n. 2, p. 242-261
>> See Full Product DescriptionInvestigating the effect of enhanced oil recovery on the noble gas signature of casing gases and produced waters from selected California oil fields
Tyne, R.L., Barry, P.H., Karolyte, R., Byrne, D.J., Kulongoski, J.T.,Hillegonds, D.J., and Ballentine, C.J.
Chemical Geology, v. 584
>> See Full Product Description2022
Occurrence of water and thermogenic gas from oil-bearing formations in groundwater near the Orcutt Oil Field, California, USA
Anders, R.A., Landon, M.K., McMahon, P.B., Kulongoski, J.T., Hunt, A.G., and Davis, T.A.
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 41
>> See Full Product DescriptionGeologic controls on groundwater salinity reversal in North Coles Levee Oil Field, southern San Joaquin Valley, California, USA
Flowers, M.D., Shimabukuro, D.H., Stephens, M.J., Warden, J.G., Gillespie, J.M., and Chang, W.
Environmental Earth Sciences, v. 81, p. 317
>> See Full Product DescriptionMapping aquifer salinity gradients and effects of oil field produced water disposal using geophysical logs: Elk Hills, Buena Vista, and Coles Levee Oil Fields, San Joaquin Valley, California
Gillespie, J.M., Stephens, M.J., Chang, W., and Warden, J.
PLoS One, v. 17, no. 3, e0263477.
>> See Full Product Description2023
Groundwater Quality Near the Montebello Oil Field, Los Angeles County, California
Stanton, J.S., Land, M., Landon, M.K., Shimabukuro, D.H., McMahon, P.B., Davis, T.A., Hunt, A.G., and Sowers, T.A.
U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2022–5128, 80 p.
>> See Full Product DescriptionAirborne electromagnetic survey results near the Poso Creek oil field, San Joaquin Valley, California, fall 2016
Zamudio, K.D., Ball, L.B., and Stephens, M.J.
U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1155, 55 p.
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