Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, with a section on vegetation

Cooley, Maurice E.; Harshbarger, J. W.; Akers, J.P.; Hardt, W.F.; Hicks, O.N.

doi:10.3133/pp521a

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“…The N aquifer in the Black Mesa basin, Arizona, is a 14,000 km 2 regional aquifer and the most important source of potable water for the region [ Cooley et al , 1969; Eychaner , 1983; Zhu , 2000]. The most productive unit in the N aquifer is the Navajo Sandstone, an Upper Triassic/Lower Jurassic aeolian quartz sandstone well known for its large cross bedding and spectacular landforms.…”

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“…The most productive unit in the N aquifer is the Navajo Sandstone, an Upper Triassic/Lower Jurassic aeolian quartz sandstone well known for its large cross bedding and spectacular landforms. Groundwater in the N aquifer moves southeast from the Shonto area toward the center of the mesa, where the flow path diverges northeastward toward Laguna Creek and Chinle Wash and southwestward toward Moenkopi Wash [ Cooley et al , 1969; Brown and Eychaner , 1988] (Figure 1). The aquifer is recharged seasonally from precipitation in the highlands, principally during the winter and spring.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The aquifer is recharged seasonally from precipitation in the highlands, principally during the winter and spring. The Shonto area, in the northwestern corner of the mesa, accounts for approximately one third of the total recharge in the basin and most of the water that flows into the center of the basin [ Cooley et al , 1969]. The principal discharge areas are along the Moenkopi Wash near Tuba City and into the alluvium along Dinnebito and Oraibi Washes.…”

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“…The mean annual temperature is about 10°C in the Shonto area. Vegetation consists of grass shrubs at altitudes below 1670 m, pinion‐juniper between 1670 and 2280 m, and pine forest above 2280 m [ Cooley et al , 1969].…”

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Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater recharge from the chloride mass balance method and chlorine‐36 data

Zhu

Winterle

Love

2003

Water Resources Research

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[1] The chloride mass balance (CMB) method for estimating groundwater recharge is economic and effective, provided that the hydrological conditions for its applications are met and the modeling parameters are known. However, modeling parameters such as precipitation and Cl À deposition rates vary temporally, most notably as a result of the climatic changes from late Pleistocene to Holocene. The temporal variability of atmospheric Cl À input and annual precipitation were considered in this study by using a discrete steady state CMB model with different parameters for late Pleistocene and Holocene. Cl À deposition rates, estimated from 36 Cl data, were lower in late Pleistocene than Holocene at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, but higher in late Pleistocene than Holocene at Black Mesa, Arizona. Paleoclimate proxies at both Yucca Mountain and Black Mesa point to higher precipitation rates in late Pleistocene than Holocene. The resulting average recharge estimates for Black Mesa are 9 ± 5 mm/yr for Holocene and 35 ± 22 mm/yr for late Pleistocene. Local recharge rates at Yucca Mountain were estimated from the 36 Cl/Cl ratios and Cl À concentrations in perched waters. The estimated recharge for Yucca Mountain is 5 ± 1 mm/yr for Holocene and 15 ± 5 mm/yr for late Pleistocene. These recharge rates are comparable to results of independent numerical groundwater flow models and watershed-scale infiltration models at Black Mesa and Yucca Mountain, respectively.INDEX TERMS: 1040 Geochemistry: Isotopic composition/chemistry; 1829 Hydrology: Groundwater hydrology; 1045 Geochemistry: Low-temperature geochemistry; 1836 Hydrology: Hydrologic budget (1655); KEYWORDS: recharge, Yucca mountain, chloride mass balance, chlorine-36, paleohydrology Citation: Zhu, C., J. R. Winterle, and E. I. Love, Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater recharge from the chloride mass balance method and chlorine-36 data, Water Resour.

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Section: Application To Black Mesa Arizonamentioning

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Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater recharge from the chloride mass balance method and chlorine‐36 data

Zhu

Winterle

Love

2003

Water Resources Research

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“…On a formational scale, the texturally mature, homogeneous, and fine-to medium-grained Navajo Sandstone has high preserved porosity and excellent fluid-flow properties. If a conservative average porosity of 15% (range is 10%-30%) (Cooley et al, 1969) is assumed, the eolian package would have had a total pore volume of 2.2 ϫ 10 4 km 3 before erosion and thus would have potentially been a supergiant fluid reservoir.…”

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Bleaching of Jurassic Navajo Sandstone on Colorado Plateau Laramide highs: Evidence of exhumed hydrocarbon supergiants?

Beitler

Chan

Parry

2003

Geol

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Spectacular color variations in the Lower Jurassic Navajo Sandstone reflect stratigraphic and structural control on the spatial distribution of fluid-driven alteration. Field observations and supervised classification of Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM؉) satellite imagery show that the most extensive regional bleaching of the Navajo Sandstone occurs on eroded crests of Laramide uplifts on the Colorado Plateau in southern Utah. Alteration patterns suggest that the blind reverse faults that core the eastern monoclines associated with these uplifts were carriers for hydrocarbons and brought the buoyant fluids to the crests of monoclines and anticlines, where they bleached the sandstone in both structural and stratigraphic traps. The extent of bleaching indicates that the Navajo Sandstone (Navajo Sandstone, Aztec Sandstone, and Nugget Sandstone) may have been one of the largest hydrocarbon reservoirs known. Rapid incision and breaching of this reservoir during Tertiary uplift and erosion of the Colorado Plateau could have released enough carbon into the atmosphere to significantly contribute to global carbon fluxes and possibly influence climate.

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A terrestrial weathering and wind abrasion analog for mound and moat morphology of Gale crater, Mars

Chan

Netoff

2017

Geophysical Research Letters

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A striking feature of Gale crater is the 5.5 km high, central layered mound called Mount Sharp (Aeolis Mons)—the major exploration target for the Mars Science Laboratory rover, Curiosity. Within the 154 km diameter crater, low plains (Aeolis Palous) resemble a moat surrounding Mount Sharp. There is a similar terrestrial analog in the Jurassic Navajo Sandstone of southern Utah, USA, where a distinctive weathering pit 60 m wide by 20 m deep contains a central pillar/mound and moat. Strong regional and local winds are funneled to amplify their velocity and produce a Venturi effect that sculpts the pit via wind abrasion. Although the Navajo pit is orders of magnitude smaller than Gale crater, both show comparable morphologies accompanied by erosional wind features. The terrestrial example shows the impact of weathering and the ability of strong winds and vortices to shape lithified sedimentary rock over long periods of time.

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Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, with a section on vegetation

Cited by 82 publications

References 11 publications

Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater recharge from the chloride mass balance method and chlorine‐36 data

Late Pleistocene and Holocene groundwater recharge from the chloride mass balance method and chlorine‐36 data

Bleaching of Jurassic Navajo Sandstone on Colorado Plateau Laramide highs: Evidence of exhumed hydrocarbon supergiants?

A terrestrial weathering and wind abrasion analog for mound and moat morphology of Gale crater, Mars

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