Accession Number:
ADA089621
Title:
Properties and Prediction of Caliche in Alluvial Basins of the Southwestern United States. Applied to Siting and Engineering of the Multiple Aim Point Missile System.
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Mar 78-31 Mar 79,
Corporate Author:
NEW MEXICO UNIV ALBUQUERQUE DEPT OF GEOLOGY
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1980-07-01
Pagination or Media Count:
174.0
Abstract:
Four major study areas were selected to carry out detailed field and laboratory investigations of calcium carbonate cementation. These four study areas include 1 selected alluvial basins in the southern Basin and Range Province of Arizona. Major characteristics include low-carbonate parent material, open but poorly integrated basins, tectonic stability, areas of active aggradation, and wide variations in alluvium texture 2 Selected alluvial basins along the Colorado River in western Arizona. Major characteristics include high-carbonate parent material, open drainage basins, active dissection, and coarse-grained alluvium 3 The Las Vegas alluvial basins in southern Nevada. Major characteristics include high-carbonate parent material, numerous geomorphic surface, open and closed drainage basins, and variable textures of alluvium and 4 Selected basins in central Nevada. Major characteristics include variable carbonate content in parent materials, tectonically active, closed and open basins, and variable textures of parent materials.
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Subject Categories:
- Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology
- Soil Mechanics
- Guided Missile Launching and Basing Support