Open-file ReportU.S. Department of the Interior, 1991 - Geological surveys |
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... unconsolidated , silt , sand , and gravel of the Ogallala formation of Tertiary age . This area is , in effect , a great mesa consisting of these sediments from 0 to 300 feet thick lying on a platform essentially of Triassic red beds ...
... unconsolidated , silt , sand , and gravel of the Ogallala formation of Tertiary age . This area is , in effect , a great mesa consisting of these sediments from 0 to 300 feet thick lying on a platform essentially of Triassic red beds ...
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... unconsolidated silt , sand , and gravel . There is very little surface drainage within or from the Staked Plain . Light rains sim- ply wet the soil , and heavy rains accumulate in the multitude of depressions or sinks that dot the ...
... unconsolidated silt , sand , and gravel . There is very little surface drainage within or from the Staked Plain . Light rains sim- ply wet the soil , and heavy rains accumulate in the multitude of depressions or sinks that dot the ...
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... Unconsolidated sand , silt and gravel of Quaternary age Small outcrops of one division of rocks within general area of another shown thus : T Ogallala formation CRETACEOUS ROCKS K 反 ΟΣ TRIASSIC ROCKS PERMIAN ROCKS N. MEX . ARK . TEXAS ...
... Unconsolidated sand , silt and gravel of Quaternary age Small outcrops of one division of rocks within general area of another shown thus : T Ogallala formation CRETACEOUS ROCKS K 反 ΟΣ TRIASSIC ROCKS PERMIAN ROCKS N. MEX . ARK . TEXAS ...
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... unconsolidated sand and silt , apparently about 250 feet thick at the site . Beneath this are red shaly sediments of Triassic and Permian age . The usable ground water under the High Plains is contained almost entirely within the ...
... unconsolidated sand and silt , apparently about 250 feet thick at the site . Beneath this are red shaly sediments of Triassic and Permian age . The usable ground water under the High Plains is contained almost entirely within the ...
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adsorbed Albion sandstone alluvium aquifer artesian artesian aquifer brine Carborundum Metal Products chloride concrete cylinders contamination Convair Corridor and Test CRETACEOUS ROCKS direction of movement disposal dolomite extraction of gas Fork Fort Worth fuel elements Garza County gas companies ground water gypsum HAZARDS TO WATER High Plains Inasmuch ion-exchange irrigation Joins Map G Lake Ontario Lake Worth limestone Lockport dolomite maneuver area Map G MAP Map H MEMORANDUM Mescalero sands miles east miles west natural gas natural liquid Niagara escarpment Niagara folio Ogallala formation older rocks outcrop Pantex Plant Parker County Pecos River Pennsylvanian permeability Permian rocks porosity pressure probably public water supplies pumped rate of movement recharge release of radioactive rise in water Roswell sediments seep shale silt Silurian sinks Staked Plain surface water Test Area thiocyanate Throckmorton TRIASSIC ROCKS U.S. Atomic Energy U.S. Geological Survey unconsolidated underground underlain vicinity of Akron waste water level water table western edge