Evolution and preservation of closed linear troughs in the Hueco bolson of west Texas /
addition to apparent faulting, adjustments including piping,
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1996.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | addition to apparent faulting, adjustments including piping, aerial photos and from the air, and are marked by lines of along the length of the troughs. Those adjustments act to and fissure collapse, have been and are now taking place and paleo stream channels. More than one process is asymmetric in cross section. The large linear troughs have been interpreted and mapped as a series of intrabasin can be 1, 200 m (4000 ft) or greater. The troughs have development of El Paso over the last 50 years has been toward encroachment further east, and also west of the Franklin important in this study from an engineering geology in place prior to deformation. The pattern of growth and In the northwest Hueco bolson (basin), in west Texas, and in in these basins have remained unfilled over time. It was involved. The investigations in this study indicate that in mechanisms acting to maintain the topographic expression of Mountains. Aeolian transport of sediments is the dominant movement within the last 0.5 m.y. Speculation about the of longitudinal depressions join to form large closed linear offset the effects of aeolian processes, preserving the origin of these troughs has included faulting, subsidence, question andhas been for some time in the past, but troughs recent geomorphologic process shaping the three basins in sand and gavel deposits have been located within these standpoint of construction development, to identify the subtle but significant topographic expression when viewed on the east, into the Hueco basin. There has been more recent the southern Tularosa and Mesilla bolsons of New Mexico, sets the troughs in the basin. these features can be up to 30 km (19 mi) long, and widths troughs over time as areas of depression. Several minable troughs. Field evidence indicates that these deposits were troughs. In the Hueco and Tularosa bolsons the lengths of vegetation concentrated at their lowest elevation. They are westward tilted fault blocks, with age of most recent |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Geology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 82 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |