Planning report for the southwest alluvial basins (east) regional aquifer-system analysis, parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas

Wilkins, D.W.; Scott, W. B.; Kaehler, Charles A.

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“…This information will aid in the planning of future studies to evaluate the hydrology of the aquifer in the West Mesa area and the effects of its development on the aquifer to the east and on flow in the Rio Grande. The data obtained in this study will contribute to the ongoing Southwest Alluvial Basins study that is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Regional Aquifer Systems-Analysis Program (Wilkins, Scott, and Kaehler, 1980). This study was done in cooperation with Jthe New Mexico State Engineer Office and the city of Las Cruces.…”

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Geohydrology of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group, northern West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Myers¹,

Orr²

1985

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The West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin in south-central New Mexico encompasses an undeveloped area of approximately 750 square miles west of the Rio Grande. In order to provide for orderly development of the ground^water supplies in the northern West Mesa, information is needed about the geohydrologic characteristics of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group. The Santa Fe Group consists of Quaternary and Tertiary piedmont-slope, fluvial, playa, and lacustrine deposits composed of clay, silt, sand, gravel, and caliche, and igneous rocks composed of volcanic ash and basalt. The saturated thickness of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group ranges from about 3,440 feet at the Boles No. 1 Federal oil test well to zero at. the western and northern borders of the study area. Because of the heterogeneity of the Santa Fe Group, the hydrologic characteristics of the aquifer vary substantially from place to place. Hydraulic conductivities of 12 and 30 feet per day were estimated from aquifer tests for two wells in the eastern onehalf of the study area. Some of the well yields in the eastern one-half of the study area are greater than 1,000 gallons per minute. Well yields in the western one-half of the study area generally are less than 5 gallons per minute. Across the eastern one-half of the study area, ground water flows southeastward at a gradient of less than 5 feet per mile. Group water flows southeastward across the western one-half of the study area at a gradient of about 50 feet per mile. Dissolved-solids concentrations in ground water range from 378 to 556 milligrams per liter in the eastern one-half of the study area and from 906 to 1,470 milligrams per liter in the western one-half.

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Geohydrology of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group, northern West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Myers¹,

Orr²

1985

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“…A guide is provided for executing the program on the CRAY-1 at Kirtland Air Force Base. The changes completed by January 1981 were motivated by intended use of the program on the CRAY-1 at Kirtland Air Force Base by the Southwest Alluvial Basin (east) Regional Aquifer System Analysis (Wilkins, Scott, and Kaehler, 1980). *…”

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Supplement to the New Mexico three-dimensional model

Hearne¹

1982

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The computer program documented in Open-File Report 80-421 has continued to evolve in response to needs. Changes as of January 1981 included the following: (1) Treatment of head-dependent boundaries and specified-flow boundaries; and (2) code which executes on the CRAY-1 computer. This report provides instructions for compiling and executing the computer program on the CRAY-1 at Kirtland Air Force Base.

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User's guide for RIV2; a package for routing and accounting of river discharge for a modular, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground- water flow model

Miller¹

1988

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Planning report for the southwest alluvial basins (east) regional aquifer-system analysis, parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas

Abstract: 4.-Correlation chart of Santa Fe Group and equivalent units in selected areas of the Rio Grande rift-22 5.-Correlation chart of major Quaternary stratigraphic and geomorphic units in the Rio Grande rift-28 6.-Generalized geologic sections of the Rio Grande rift and of a closed

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Geohydrology of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group, northern West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Geohydrology of the aquifer in the Santa Fe Group, northern West Mesa of the Mesilla Basin near Las Cruces, New Mexico

Supplement to the New Mexico three-dimensional model

User's guide for RIV2; a package for routing and accounting of river discharge for a modular, three-dimensional, finite-difference, ground- water flow model

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