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References

Amelung, Falk, Galloway, D.L., Bell, J.W., Zebker, H.A., and Laczniak, R.J., 1999,
Sensing the ups and downs of Las Vegas : InSAR reveals structural control of land subsidence and aquifer-system deformation: Geology, v. 27, no. 6, p. 483-486.
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/insar/articles/amelung1999.htm
 
California Department of Water Resources, 1967,
Mojave River ground-water basins investigation:  California Department of Water Resources Bulletin 84, 151 p.
 
Cox, B.F., and Wilshire, H.G., 1993,
Geologic map of the area around the Nebo Annex, Marine Corps Logistics Base, Barstow, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-568, 36 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:12000
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr93568
 
Cox, B.F., and Wilshire, H.G., 1994,
Geologic map of the Yermo Annex and vicinity, Marine Corps Logistics base, Barstow, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-681, 18 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:12,000
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr94681
 
Fielding, E.J., Blom, R.G., and Goldstein, R.M., 1998,
Rapid subsidence over oil fields measured by SAR interferometry: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 25, p. 3215.
http://www-radar.jpl.nasa.gov/s323/IntSARapps/LH-Belridge_GRL.html
 
Freeze, A.R, and Cherry, J.A., 1979,
Groundwater:  Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, 604 p.
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French, J.J., 1978,
Ground-water storage in the Johnson Valley area, San Bernardino Country, California:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-130, 35 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri77130
 
Galloway, D.L., Jones, D.R., and Ingebritsen, S.E., 1999,
Land subsidence in the United States: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1182, 177 p.
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Galloway, D.L., Jones, D.R., and Ingebritsen, S.E., 2000,
Measuring land subsidence from space: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 051-00, 4 p.
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Hanson, R.T., 1989,
Aquifer-system compaction, Tucson Basin and Avra Valley, Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 88-4172, 69 p.
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Hardt, W.F., 1971,
Hydrologic analysis of Mojave River basin, California, using electric analog-model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 84 p.
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Helm, D.C., 1978,
Field verification of a one-dimensional mathematical model for transient compaction and expansion of a confined aquifer system, in Verification of mathematical and physical models in hydraulic engineering: Proceedings, 26th annual Hydraulics Division specialty conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, August 9-11, 1978, American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, p. 189-196.
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Hoffmann, Jörn, Zebker, H.A., Galloway, D.L., and Amelung, Falk, 2001,
Seasonal subsidence and rebound in Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, observed by synthetic aperture radar interferometry: Water Resources Research, v. 37, no. 6, p. 1551-1566.
http://pangea.stanford.edu/~joern/Pdf/hoffmann_wrr.pdf
 
Huff, J.A., Clark, D.A., and Martin, Peter, 2002,
Lithologic and ground-water data for monitoring sites in the Mojave River and Morongo ground-water basins, San Bernardino County, California, 1992-98: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-354, 416 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr02354/main_text.html
 
Ireland, R.L., Poland, J.F., and Riley, F.S., 1984,
Land subsidence in the San Joaquin Valley, California, as of 1980, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 437-I, 93 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/pp/pp437I
 
Lewis R.E., 1972,
Ground-water resources of the Yucca Valley-Joshua Tree area, San Bernardino County, California:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-234, 51 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/ofr/ofr72234
 
Lines, G.C., 1996,
Ground-water and surface-water relations along the Mojave River, Southern California:  U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4189, 43 p.
http://onlinepubs.er.usgs.gov/lizardtech/iserv/browse?cat=WRI&item=/wrir_95_4189.djvu&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl&wid=750&hei=600&props=img(Name, Description)&page=1
 
Lohman, S.W., 1972,
Definitions of selected ground-water terms-Revisions and conceptual refinements: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 1988, 21 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wsp/wsp_1988/
 
Londquist, C.J., and Martin, Peter, 1991,
Geohydrology and ground-water-flow simulation of the Surprise Spring Basin aquifer system, San Bernardino, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 89-4099, 41 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri894099
 
Massonnet, D., Briole, P., and Arnaud, A., 1995,
Deflation of Mount Etna monitored by spaceborne radar interferometry: Nature, v. 375, p. 567-570.
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Massonnet, D., Holzer, T., and Vadon, H., 1997,
Land subsidence caused by the East Mesa geothermal field, California, observed using SAR interferometry: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 24, p. 901-904.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/1997/97GL00817.shtml
 
Massonnet, D., Rossi, M., Carmona, C., Adragna, F., Peltzer, G., Feigl, K., and Rabaute, T., 1993,
The displacement field of the Landers earthquake mapped by radar interferometry: Nature, v. 364, p. 138-142.
http://earth.esa.int/applications/tandem/eeo3.355/0676b.html
 
Mendez, G.O., and Christensen, A.H., 1997,
Regional water table (1996) and water-level changes in the Mojave River, Morongo, and Fort Irwin ground-water basins, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 97-4160, 34 p., map in pocket.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri974160
 
Meinzer, O.E., 1928,
Compressibility and elasticity of artesian aquifers, Economic Geology, v. 23, no. 3, p. 263-291.
http://econgeol.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/23/3/263
 
Moyle, W.R., Jr., 1984,
Bouguer gravity anomaly map of the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base and vicinity, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4005, scale 1:65,500, 1 sheet.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri844005
 
Poland, J.F., ed., 1984,
Guidebook to studies of land subsidence due to ground-water withdrawal, v. 40 of UNESCO Studies and Reports in Hydrology: Paris, Frane, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 305 p., 5 appendixes.
http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/rgws/Unesco/PDF-Chapters/Title.pdf
 
Riley, F.S., 1969,
Analysis of borehole extensometer data from central California, in Tison, L.J., Land subsidence: International Association of Hydrological Sciences Publication 89, v. 2, p. 423-431.
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Riley, F.S., 1998,
Mechanics of aquifer systems-The scientific legacy of Joseph F. Poland, in Borchers, J., ed., Land Subsidence-Case Studies and Current Research: Proceedings of the Dr. Joseph F. Poland Symposium on Land Subsidence, Association of Engineering Geologists
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/groundwater/sub/poland_sym.html
 
Schaefer, D.H., 1978,
Ground-water resources of the Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 77-37, 29 p.
http://www.dpla2.water.ca.gov/publications/groundwater/bulletin118/basins/pdfs_desc/7-10.pdf
 
Schaefer, D.H., 1979,
Ground-water conditions and potential for artificial recharge in Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 78-118, 37 p.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri78118
 
Smith, G.A., 2002,
Regional water table (2000) and ground-water-level changes in the Mojave River and the Morongo ground-water basins, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4277
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri024277/
 
Smith, G.A., and Pimentel, M.I., 2000,
Regional water table (1998) and ground-water-level changes in the Mojave River and the Morongo ground-water basins, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4090, 107 p., map in pocket.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri004090
 
Smith, G.A., Stamos, C.L., and Predmore, S.K., 2004,
Regional water table (2002) and water-level changes in the Mojave River and the Morongo ground-water basins, Southwestern Mojave Desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 04-5081
http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/sir/2004/5081/
 
Sneed, Michelle, and Galloway, D.L., 2000,
Aquifer-system compaction and land subsidence: Measurements, analyses, and simulations-the Holly Site, Edwards Air Force Base, Antelope Valley, California, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4015, 65 p.
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/archive/reports/wrir004015/
 
Sneed, Michelle, Ikehara, M.E., Stork, S.V., Amelung, Falk, and Galloway, D.L., 2003,
Detection and Measurement of Land Subsidence Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar and Global Positioning System, San Bernardino County, Mojave Desert, California, U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4015
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Stamos, C.L, Huff, J.A., Predmore, S.K., and Clark, D.A., 2004,
Regional Water Table (2004) and water-level changes in the Mojave River and Morongo ground-water basins, southwestern Mojave Desert, California: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5187.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2004/5187/
 
Stamos, C.L., Martin, Peter, Nishikawa, Tracy, and Cox, B.F., 2001,
Simulation of ground-water flow in the Mojave River basin, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4002, 129 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/wri014002/
 
Stamos, C.L., Martin, Peter, and Predmore, S.K., 2002,
Simulation of Water-Management Alternatives in the Mojave River Ground-Water Basin, California: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 02-430, 38p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2002/ofr02430/
 
Stamos, C.L., and Predmore, S.K., 1995,
Data and water-table map the of the Mojave River ground-water basin, San Bernardino County, California, November 1992: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4148, scale 1:125,000, 1 sheet.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954148
 
Trayler, C.R., and Koczot, K.M., 1995,
Regional water table (1994) and water-level changes in the Morongo Basin, San Bernardino County, California: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4209, scale 1:125,000, 1 sheet.
http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/usgspubs/wri/wri954209
 
Terzaghi, Karl, 1925,
Principles of soil mechanics: IV: settlement and consolidation of clay: , Erdbaummechanics, v. 95, no. 3, p. 874-878.
 
Zebker, H.A., Rosen, P.A., and Hensley, S., 1997,
Atmospheric effects in interferometric synthetic aperture radar surface deformation and topographic maps, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 102, p. 7547-7563.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/abs/jb/96JB03804/96JB03804.html
 
Zilkoski, D.B., D'Onofrio, J.D., and Frakes, S.J., 1997,
Guidelines for establishing GPS-derived ellipsoid heights (Standards: 2 cm and 5 cm), version 4.3: Silver Spring, Md, National Geodetic Survey, 10 p, 3 appendixes.
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/PUBS_LIB/DRAFTGuidelinesforEstablishingGPSderivedOrthometricHeights.pdf

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