Tectonic controls on the hydrogeology of the Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico

Water Resources Research

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2641-2659

  Mailloux, Brian J ^a   Person, Mark ^b   Kelley, Shari ^c   Dunbar, Nelia ^c   Cather, Steve ^c   Strayer, Luther ^b   Hudleston, Peter ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b 4 174 EE CSCI Building   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEOLOGY; PALEOHYDROLOGY; TECTONICS;

NEW MEXICO; RIO GRANDE RIFT; UNITED STATES;

AQUIFERS; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; FAULTING; FLOW PATTERNS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEOLOGY; MINERALOGY; ORES; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PILES; TECTONICS; WATER RESOURCES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSITS; APATITE FISSION TRACKS; ORE MINERALIZATION; PALEOHYDROGEOLOGY; PASSIVE SURFACES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; TECTONIC CONTROL; TECTONIC MOVEMENTS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

EID: 0032844799     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999WR900110     Document Type: Article

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