Open-file ReportU.S. Department of the Interior, 1991 - Geological surveys |
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... underlain by 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 ...
... underlain by 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 ...
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... underlain by limestone and gypsum . In the areas underlain by the red beds , the chief hazard would be from surface drainage into public sup- ply reservoirs or into the more numerous small stock tanks . The Triassic formations ...
... underlain by limestone and gypsum . In the areas underlain by the red beds , the chief hazard would be from surface drainage into public sup- ply reservoirs or into the more numerous small stock tanks . The Triassic formations ...
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... underlain , in most part , by loose wind - blown sand , called the Mescalero sands . There is no through drainage , and rainfall is almost entirely adsorbed in the sands . There are no good aquifers , and the country is used only for ...
... underlain , in most part , by loose wind - blown sand , called the Mescalero sands . There is no through drainage , and rainfall is almost entirely adsorbed in the sands . There are no good aquifers , and the country is used only for ...
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... underlain by the Ogallala formation , consisting of 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 ...
... underlain by the Ogallala formation , consisting of 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 ...
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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 F Lake Ontario Lake Worth limestone Lockport dolomite maneuver area Map C MAP Map G 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 Test Area thiocyanate Throckmorton U.S. Atomic Energy U.S. Geological Survey unconsolidated underground underlain vicinity of Akron waste water level water table western edge ليا