Geohydrologic Evaluation of the Upper Part of the Mesaverde Group, Northwestern Colorado

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Water-Resources Investigations Report 90-4020; by S.G. Robson, U.S. Geological Survey and Michael Stewart, Industrial Compliance, Inc. Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey and in cooperation with the Colorado Department of Natural Resources Mined Land Reclamation Division, the U.S. Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Denver, CO, 1990.

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Cover page, Table of Contents, Conversion Factors (141 KB)
Abstract, Introduction(328 KB)
Description of Study Area (1.16 MB)
Regional Geologic Setting (752 KB)
Climatic Conditions (479 KB)
Surface-water Hydrology (791 KB)
Ground-water Hydrology(318 KB)
Aquifer Characteristics (1.52 MB)
Ground-water Movement (985 KB)
Water Budget (73.6 KB)
Ground-water Geochemistry (347 KB)
Solute-transport Simulation(1.49 MB)
Summary and Conclusions(27.7 KB)
References Cited (34.3 KB)
Supplement Information (402 KB)
Map showing Geology and Generalized Stratigraphic Sections in Northwestern Colorado (20.0 MB)