Toward a hydrogeologic classification of map units in the Santa Fe Group, Rio Grande rift, New Mexico

New Mexico Geology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-21

  Cather, Steven M ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN ANALYSIS; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; HYDROGEOLOGY; LITHOFACIES; MAPPING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

USA, NEW MEXICO, RIO GRANDE RIFT;

EID: 0030796588     PISSN: 0196948X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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