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Field studies and numerical modeling of unsaturated flow in the Chihuahuan Desert, Texas
Field studies and numerical modeling of unsaturated flow in the Chihuahuan Desert, Texas
Author
Scanlon, B.R., Wang, F.P., Richter, B.C.
Publication Year
1991
Keywords
Chihuahuan Desert, Unsaturated Flow
Series
Report of Investigations
Publisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Abstract

Field studies and numerical modeling were used to evaluate hydraulic controls on unsaturated flow in the Chihuahuan Desert of Texas. These studies were part of a program to characterize a site for a proposed low-level radioactive waste disposal facility.

Arid basin depositional systems and paleosols: Fort Hancock and Camp Rice Formations (Pliocene-Pleistocene), Hueco Bolson, West Texas and adjacent Mexico
Arid basin depositional systems and paleosols: Fort Hancock and Camp Rice Formations (Pliocene-Pleistocene), Hueco Bolson, West Texas and adjacent Mexico
Author
Gustavson, T.C.
Publication Year
1991
Keywords
Camp Rice Formations, Depositional Systems, Fort Hancock Formation, Hueco Bolson, Mexico, Paleosols, West Texas
Series
Report of Investigations
Publisher
Bureau of Economic Geology
Abstract

The Hueco Bolson is a segment of the Rio Grande Rift that formed as a result of late Tertiary Basin and Range deformation. The upper Tertiary Fort Hancock Formation and the upper Tertiary-Quaternary Camp Rice Formation compose the basin fill except in the deepest (western) parts of the bolson.