Facies Analysis of Tertiary Basin-Filling Rocks of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water System and Surrounding Areas, Nevada and California

Sweetkind DS, Fridrich CJ, Taylor E. 2001. Facies Analysis of Tertiary Basin-Filling Rocks of the Death Valley Regional Ground-Water System and Surrounding Areas, Nevada and California. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 01-400. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey

Initial synthesis of existing and new surface and subsurface data on the lithologic variations between and within the Cenozoic basin fills of the Death Valley region. Contains a categorization of the Cenozoic basins of Death Valley region according to the predominant lithologies in the different basin fills and presents qualitative constraints on the hydrologic properties of these major lithologic categories.

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Published Report
Authors
Sweetkind, Donald; Fridrich, Christopher; Taylor, Emily
Date of Issue
2001
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey
Units
DEVA , HIST
Keywords
Amargosa Desert, CA, cladistic sediment, Death Valley National Park, ehistory, Geology, Geomorphology, History, Hydrology, lithologic, Mojave Desert, NV, Physical Science

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