Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, with a section on vegetation
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- Document: Report (pdf)
- Plates:
- Plate 5 (pdf) Map showing water-level contours, direction of water movement, and areas of recharge and discharge of aquifers in the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 4 (pdf) Map showing climatological data and vegetation of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 3 (pdf) Physiographic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 2 (pdf) Map showing surficial deposits, volcanic provinces, internally drained areas, streamflow data, and occurrence of water in the alluvium in the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 9 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah: Explanation for Sheets 1-8
- Plate 1 (Sheet 8 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 7 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 6 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 5 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 4 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 3 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 2 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
- Plate 1 (Sheet 1 of 9) (pdf) Geologic map of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah
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Abstract
The Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations have an area of about 25,000 square miles and are in the south-central part of the Colorado Plateaus physiographic province. The reservations are underlain by sedimentary rocks that range in age from Cambrian to Tertiary, but Permian and younger rocks are exposed in about 95 percent of the area. Igneous and metamorphic basement rocks of Precambrian age underlie the sedimentary rocks at depths ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 feet. Much of the area is mantled by thin alluvial, eolian, and terrace deposits, which mainly are 10 to 50 feet thick.
The Navajo country was a part of the eastern shelf area of the Cordilleran geosyncline during Paleozoic and Early Triassic time and part of the southwestern shelf area of the Rocky Mountain geosyncline in Cretaceous time. The shelf areas were inundated frequently by seas that extended from the central parts of the geosynclines. As a result, complex intertonguing and rapid facies changes are prevalent in the sedimentary rocks and form some of the principal controls on the ground-water hydrology. Regional uplift beginning in Late Cretaceous time , destroyed. the Rocky Mountain geosyncline and formed the structural basius that influenced sedimentation and erosion throughout Cenozoic time.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Regional hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, with a section on vegetation |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 521 |
| Chapter | A |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp521A |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Washington, D.C. |
| Contributing office(s) | Utah Water Science Center |
| Description | Report: vi, 61 p.; 12 Plates: 52.08 x 51.49 inches or smaller |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Hydrogeology of the Navajo and Hopi Indian Reservations, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah |
| Country | United States |
| State | Arizona, New Mexico, Utah |
| Other Geospatial | Hopi Reservation, Navajo Reservation |
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