Open-file ReportU.S. Department of the Interior, 1991 - Geological surveys |
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... irrigation . From the western edge of the High Plains almost to the Pecos River , a distance of about 25 miles , the ... irrigated area of the Roswell Basin extends , which is a comparatively thickly populated rural area . In the area ...
... irrigation . From the western edge of the High Plains almost to the Pecos River , a distance of about 25 miles , the ... irrigated area of the Roswell Basin extends , which is a comparatively thickly populated rural area . In the area ...
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... irrigated by water pumped from wells . In those areas , irrigation causes a more rapid movement of water downward and might result in more leaching of adsorbable ions . In case of a crash in irrigated areas , irrigations should be ...
... irrigated by water pumped from wells . In those areas , irrigation causes a more rapid movement of water downward and might result in more leaching of adsorbable ions . In case of a crash in irrigated areas , irrigations should be ...
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... irrigation with water pumped from the alluvium is done in the vicinity . Small quan- tities of radioactivity , such as are involved in the cooling system , would doubtless be adsorbed in the sandy and somewhat silty materials of the ...
... irrigation with water pumped from the alluvium is done in the vicinity . Small quan- tities of radioactivity , such as are involved in the cooling system , would doubtless be adsorbed in the sandy and somewhat silty materials of the ...
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... irrigation . Recharge occurs at a yearly rate equivalent to a depth of water over the Staked Plain of a small fraction of an inch and apparently largely or entirely through the sinks that accumulate water after a heavy rain . Irrigation ...
... irrigation . Recharge occurs at a yearly rate equivalent to a depth of water over the Staked Plain of a small fraction of an inch and apparently largely or entirely through the sinks that accumulate water after a heavy rain . Irrigation ...
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... irrigation by these or neighboring wells . The lowering of water level represents the rapid depletion of the ground water that is occurring in most places throughout the Staked Plain . The water table at the site is , therefore , 200 ...
... irrigation by these or neighboring wells . The lowering of water level represents the rapid depletion of the ground water that is occurring in most places throughout the Staked Plain . The water table at the site is , therefore , 200 ...
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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