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Ground-Water Resources of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico Circular
A summary of the current understanding of the hydrologic system of the Middle Rio Grande Basin written for a non-technical audience. This report includes new scientific findings by the USGS Middle Rio Grande Basin Study.
Bartolino, J.R., and Cole, J.C., 2002, Ground-water resources of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1222, 132 p.
Related Publications
Plummer, L. Niel, Bexfield, Laura M., Anderholm, Scott K., Sanford, Ward E., and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2004, Geochemical characterization of ground-water flow in the Santa Fe Group aquifer system, Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4131 395p.
Plummer, L.N., W.E. Sanford, L.M. Bexfield, S.K. Anderholm, and E. Busenberg, 2004, Using geochemical data and aquifer simulation to characterize recharge and groundwater flow in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico, in Groundwater Recharge in a Desert Environment: The Southwestern United States, edited by J.F. Hogan, F.M. Phillips, and B.R. Scanlon, Water Science and Applications Series, vol. 9, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 185-216.
Sanford, W.E., Plummer, L.N., McAda, D.P., Bexfield, L.M., and Anderholm, S.K., 2004, Use of environmental tracers to estimate parameters for a predevelopment-ground-water-flow model of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4286, 102 p.
Sanford Ward E., Plummer L. Niel, McAda, Douglas P., Bexfield, Laura M., Anderholm, Scott K., 2004, Hydrochemical tracers in the Middle Rio Grande Basin, USA: 2. Calibration of a groundwater model. Hydrogeology Journal, v. 12, p. 389-407.
Bexfield, L. M., and Plummer, L. N., 2003, Occurrence of arsenic in ground water of the Middle Rio Grande Basin, central New Mexico, in Welch, A. H., and Stollenwerk, K. G., eds., Arsenic in Ground Water: Geochemistry and Occurrence, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chapter 11, p. 295-327.
Plummer, L. Niel, Bexfield, Laura, M., Anderholm, Scott K., Sanford, Ward E.,
and Busenberg, Eurybiades, 2003, Hydrochemical tracers in the Middle Rio Grande
Basin, USA: 1. Conceptualization of groundwater flow. Hydrogeology Journal,
v. 12, p. 359-388.
Bartolino, J.R., Cole, J.C., and Hester, D.J., 2002, Ground-Water Resources
of the Middle Rio Grande Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-088-02,
6 pages (pdf ).
Plummer, L.N., Bexfield, L.M., Anderholm, S.K., Sanford, W.E., and Busenberg, E., 2001, Geochemical characterization of ground-water flow in parts of the Santa Fe Group aquifer system, Middle Rio Grande Basin, New Mexico, in Cole, J.C., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Middle Rio Grande Basin Study -- Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 15-16, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-488, p. 7-10.
Sanford, W.E., Plummer, L.N., McAda, D.P., Bexfield, L.M., and Anderholm, S.K., 2001, Estimation of hydrologic parameters for the ground-water model of the Middle Rio Grande Basin Using carbon-14 and water-level data, in Cole, J.C., ed., U.S. Geological Survey Middle Rio Grande Basin Study -- Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 15-16, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-488, p. 4-6.
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