General references on the geology of the Omaha metropolitan area:

This is an incomplete list generated on 9/26/97.

• Anon., 1975, Soil Survey of Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska; Soil Conservation Service and Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division; 79 p.
• Burchett, R. R., Reed, E. C., & Dreeszen, V. H., 1975, Bedrock Geologic Map Showing Thickness of Overlying Quaternary Deposits, Fremont Quadrangle and part of Omaha Quadrangle, Nebraska; U.S.G.S. Miscellaneous Investigation Series, Map I-905.
• Burchett, R. R. & Smith, F. A., 1989, Sarpy County Test-Hole Logs; Nebraska Water Survey Test Hole Report No. 77, 67 p..
• Burchett, R. R. & Smith, F. A., 1989, Douglas County Test-Hole Logs; Nebraska Water Survey Test Hole Report No. 28, 44 p..
• Allen Dammann, 1992, Investigation of petroleum hydrocarbon groundwater contamination: 20th Street and 33rd Avenue, Columbus, Nebraska; University of Nebraska at Omaha Senior Thesis. 15 p..
• Dugan, J. T., 1984, Hydrologic characteristics of Nebraska Soils; U.S.G.S. Water-Supply Paper 2222, 19 p. and many maps.
• Maher, H.D. Jr., Alder, T., Heim, K., Nihsen, M., Persing, D., & Welch, J., 1997, Neotectonic Joints in Loess of Omaha, Nebraska; Geol. Soc. Am. Abstracts, v. 29, # 6
• Mandel, R. D. & Bettis, E. A., 1994, Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution and Stratigraphy in Eastern Nebraska; GSA Northcentral Guidebook, Field Trip # 7, p. 77-90.
• Miller, R. D. (1922). Geology of the Omaha-Council Bluffs area, Nebraska-Iowa, U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper (472).
• O'Conner, T. M., 1987, A preliminary study of hydrogeology of the Dakota Formation in Douglas, Sarpy, and Washington Counties, Eastern Nebraska; University of Nebraska at Lincoln M.S. thesis, 147 p..
• Eugene S. Radziunus, 1984, Analysis of River Meanders of the Elkhorn River, Douglas and Sarpy Counties, Nebraska. University of Nebraska at Omaha Senior Thesis, 37 p.
• Reed, E. C. & Dreezen, V. H., 1965, Revision of the classification of the Pleistocene deposits of Nebraska; Nebraska Geologogical Survey, Bull. 23, 65 p.
• Roehr, B., 1994, Petrographic and geochemical analysis of an ash bed exposure in Hummel Park, Omaha, Nebraska; University of Nebraska at Omaha, Dept. of Geography & Geology Senior Thesis, 23 p.
• Todd, J. E., 1892, Volcanic Dust from Omaha, Nebraska; American Geologist, vol. 10, p. 295-296.
• Watson, J., 1991, A preliminary subsurface investigation of the post-Pennsylvanian geology of the eastern two-thirds of Douglas County, Nebraska; Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha Senior Thesis, 32 p..
• Wayne, W. (1987). The Platte River and Todd Valley, near Fremont, Nebraska. In Biggs, D. L. (Ed.), Centennial Field Guide Vol. 3 - North Central Section of the Geologifcal Society of America. Geological Society of America, 20-22.
• Wayne, W. J., 1985, Drainage patterns and glaciations in eastern Nebraska; TER-QUA Symposium Series, v. 1, 111-117.

The Humboldt fault zone could pose some seismic risk for Omaha.

• Anon., 1990, Kansas earthquakes studied; Geotimes, vol. 11
• Burchett, R. R., 1990 (2nd ed.), Earthquakes in Nebraska,Educational Circular No. 4a, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 20 p.
• Burchett, R. R., 1981, Regional Tectonics and Seismicity of Eastern Nebraska; U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report NUREG/CR-2132 R6, RA, 137 p.
• Burchett, R. R. (1982). Tectonics and Seismicity of Eastern Nebraska, Nebraska Geological Survey Report of Investigations (6). Conservation & Survey Division - University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 63.
• Burchett, R. R. (1987). Pennsylvanian and Permian rocks associated with the Humboldt Fault Zone in southeastern Nebraska. In Biggs, D. L. (Ed.), Centennial Field Guide Volume 3 - North Central Section of the Geological Society of America. Geological Society of America, 35-38.
• Burchett, R. R., & Arrigo, J. L., 1978, Structure of the Tarkio Limestone Along the Humboldt Fault Zone in Southeastern Nebraska; Report of Investigations # 4, Conservation and Survey Division, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 112 p.
• Lugn, A. L., 1935, The Nebraska earthquake of March 1, 1935: Science, v. 81, no. 2101, p. 338-339
• Luza, K. V. & Lawson, Jr., J. E., 1981, Seismicity and tectonic Relationships of the Nemaha Uplift in Oklahoma - Part III; Oklahoma Geological Survey Special Publication 81-3, 70 p.
• Reagor, B. G., Stover, C. W., & Algermissen, S. T., 1991 (revision and reprint of 1981), Seismicity Map of the State of Nebraska 1:1,000,000; U.S.G.S. Map MF-1350.
• Rothe, G. H. & Lui, C. Y., 1983, Possibility of indiscreet seismicity in the vicinity of the Sleepy Hollow oilfield, southwestern Nebraska, Seismological Society of America Bulletin, v. 73, no. 5, p. 1357-1367
• von Hake, C. A., and Cloud, W. K., 1974, Earthquake history of Nebraska" U.S.Geological Survey Earthquake Information Bulletin, v. 6, no. 5, p. 32-33.
• Wheeler, R. L., Rhea, S., & Tarr A. C., 1994, Elements of Infrastructure and Seismic Hazard in the Central United States; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1538-M; 18 p. and 3 plates.
• Zollweg, J. E., 1974, Seismicity of the states of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska and adjacent areas of Missouri and Texas, late 1961 to 1974, Black Fox Station, Rogers County, Oklahoma: Unpublished report to Shannon and Wilson, Inc., and Black and Veatch for Public Service Company of Oklahoma.

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