Locating faults in the southern Mesilla bolson, west Texas and southern New Mexico, using 3-D modeling of precision gravity data

Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 149-161

  Khatun, S ^a   Doser, D I ^a   Imana, E C ^a   Keller, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOW OF WATER; GRAVITATION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECHARGING (UNDERGROUND WATERS); SALINE WATER;

GRAVITY MODELING; GROUND WATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER BASINS; LOCATING FAULTS;

CATCHMENTS;

FAULT; GRAVIMETRY; GRAVITY FIELD; GROUNDWATER FLOW; RECHARGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TOPOGRAPHY;

EL PASO; MESILLA BASIN; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34948905371     PISSN: 10831363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/JEEG12.2.149     Document Type: Article

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