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U.S. Geological Survey Middle Rio Grande Basin Study Proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 10-11,1998 U.S. Geological Survey Middle Rio Grande Basin Study Proceedings of the Second Annual Workshop, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 10-11,1998 Janet L. Slate, editor U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-File Report 98-337 Denver, Colorado 1998 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bruce Babbitt, Secretary U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Thomas J. Casadevall, Acting Director This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards (or with the North American Stratigraphic Code). Any use of trade, product, or firm names in this publication is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Purchase copies of this report from: U.S. Geological Survey Branch of Information Services Box 25286 Denver, CO 80225 uses science for a changing world CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................. 1 REGIONAL/OVERVIEW PAPERS....................................................................................... 3 HYDROGEOLOGIC MAPPING IN THE BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE, PROGRESS SINCE 1900, AND FUTURE PROSPECTS John W. Hawley........................................................................................................................................................3 PROGRESS REPORT ON GEOPHYSICAL STUDIES FOR THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN PROJECT V.J.S. Grauch, Maria Deszcz-Pan, and Brian Rodriguez..........................................................................................7 MODIFICATION AND UPDATE OF ALBUQUERQUE BASIN GROUND-WATER-FLOW MODEL Douglas P. McAda and John Michael Kernodle..................................................................................................... 10 APPLICATION OF PARAMETER-ESTIMATION METHODS TO THE GROUND-WATER FLOW MODEL OF THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN Claire R. Tiedeman................................................................................................................................................. 11 USING ENVIRONMENTAL TRACER DATA TO IMPROVE THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MODFLOW MODEL OF THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN Ward E. Sanford, L. Niel Plummer, and Laura M. Bexfield ..................................................................................13 TRACING AND DATING GROUND WATER IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO A PROGRESS REPORT L. Niel Plummer, Ward E. Sanford, Eurybiades Busenberg, Laura M. Bexfield, Scott K. Anderholm, and Peter Schlosser...............................................................................................................15 NORTHERN MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN..................................................................... 17 GEOLOGY OF THE COCHITI PUEBLO AREA AND THE CERRILLOS UPLIFT BASED ON GEOLOGIC MAPPING, AIRBORNE AND GROUND GEOPHYSICS, AND LIMITED SUBSURFACE INFORMATION David Sawyer, Maria Deszcz-Pan, V.J.S. Grauch, Gary Smith, David Dethier, Ren Thompson, Scott Minor, Ralph Shroba, Brian Rodriguez, and Andrika Kuhle ..............................................17 HYDROGEOLOGIC AND TECTONIC SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW GEOLOGICAL MAPPING IN THE SANTO DOMINGO BASIN AND ADJACENT JEMEZ MOUNTAINS Gary A. Smith, Andrika J. Kuhle, and William C. Mclntosh................................................................................. 19 GEOLOGIC MAPS OF THE OJITO SPRINGS, SAN YSIDRO, SKY VILLAGE NE, AND JEMEZ PUEBLO 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLES: RESULTS OF EDMAP AND STATEMAP EFFORTS IN THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF THE ALBUQUERQUE BASIN F.J. Pazzaglia, M.L. Formento-Trigilio, J.L. Pederson, A.F. Garcia, D.J. Koning, and C. Toya............................21 CHARACTERIZING FAULTS IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN: RESULTS FROM THE COCHITI AND SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLOS Scott A. Minor and Nancy A. Shock ......................................................................................................................22 EOLIAN ORIGIN OF SANDY MANTLES ON GENTLY-SLOPING BASALTIC LAVA FLOWS IN THE PLIOCENE CERROS DEL RIO VOLCANIC FIELD NEAR SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO PRELIMINARY FINDINGS Ralph R. Shroba and Ren A. Thompson.................................................................................................................24 LANDSLIDES OF THE LOS ALAMOS 30' X 60' QUADRANGLE, NORTHERN NEW MEXICO P.E.Carrara.............................................................................................................................................................25 STREAMFLOW LOSS AND INFILTRATION ALONG THE SANTA FE RIVER NEAR LA BAJADA, NEW MEXICO, JUNE 26-27, 1997 Carole L. Thomas and Jim Constantz.....................................................................................................................26 CENTRAL MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN ........................................................................29 ALBUQUERQUE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Michael P. Stier......................................................................................._ Surficial & Subsurface Geology..........................................................................................................^ PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAPPING IN PARTS OF THE SANTA ANA PUEBLO AND BERNALILLO NW QUADRANGLES, NORTHERN ALBUQUERQUE BASIN Stephen F. Personius........................................................................................................................................^ 31 SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURE, AND HYDROGEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK OF THE SANTA FE GROUP FROM BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICAL LOGS, NORTHERN ALBUQUERQUE BASIN, NEW MEXICO Sean D. Connell, Bruce D. Alien, and John W. Hawley........................................................................................ 33 EXPRESSION OF FAULTS IN HIGH-RESOLUTION AEROMAGNETIC DATA NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO PRELIMINARY RESULTS V.J.S. Grauch.............................................................................................................^^ PRELIMINARY GEOPHYSICAL RESULTS FROM THE RIO RANCHO AREA, NEW MEXICO Maria Deszcz-Pan, Brian Rodriguez, V.J.S. Grauch, Byron D. Stone, David A. Sawyer, and Victor Labson.................................................................................................................... 36 ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEYS IN THE RIO GRANDE FLOODPLAIN, MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO SECOND-YEAR STATUS Joseph M. Sterling and James R. Bartolino ........................................................................................................... 37 98th Street Core... ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 THE 98TH STREET CORE: KEY TO ANALYSIS OF SANTA FE GROUP STRATIGRAPHY AND HYDROGEOLOGY IN THE CENTRAL MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN Byron D. Stone and Bruce D. Alien....................................................................................................................... 41 PALEOMAGNETIC AND ROCK MAGNETIC STUDIES OF THE UPPER SANTA FE GROUP: GOALS AND PRELIMINARY RESULTS M.R. Hudson, Marlo Mikolas, B.D. Alien, and J.W. Geissman............................................................................ 46 SEDIMENT AND GROUND-WATER GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE 98 ST. DRILL CORE NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO MarkR. Stanton, David J. Grimes, Richard F. Sanzolone, andStevenS. Sutley.................................................. 47 Recharge/Infiltration & Hydraulic Characteristics...................................................................................................... 49 EFFECTS OF BASIN-MARGIN STRUCTURE AND STRATIGRAPHY ON GROUND-WATER RECHARGE IN THE PLACITAS AREA, NORTHERN ALBUQUERQUE BASIN, NEW MEXICO Peggy Johnson, William LeFevre, Andrew Campbell, and Brian McPherson...................................................... 49 TEMPERATURE PROFILES OF THE AQUIFER SYSTEM UNDERLYING THE RIO GRANDE, MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO SECOND-YEAR STATUS James R. Bartolino................................................................................................................................................. 50 USE OF SURFACE-WATER PULSES TO ESTIMATE HYDRAULIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RIO GRANDE ALLUVIUM, ALBUQUERQUE AREA, NEW MEXICO D. Michael Roark................................................................................................................................................... ^ Recharge Santa Fe River, Bear Canyon, Abo Arroyo Studies..................................................................................... 55 MEASUREMENTS OF TRIBUTARY, INTER-ARROYO, AND MOUNTAIN-FRONT RECHARGE ON THE SANTA FE RIVER, BEAR CANYON, AND ABO ARROYO, NEW MEXICO JimConstantz.............................................................^ 55 ENVIRONMENTAL TRACERS OF RECHARGE AT ABO ARROYO, BEAR CANYON, AND THE SANTA FE RIVER, MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN, NEW MEXICO David A. Stonestrom and Katherine C. Akstin...................................................................................................... 57 THERMAL TRACKING TECHNIQUES TO ESTIMATE STREAMFLOW AND STREAMBED INFILTRATION ALONG THE EASTERN MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN Amy E. Stewart, Anne D. Ronan, and Jim Constantz............................................................................................ 59 SOUTHERN MIDDLE RIO GRANDE BASIN.....................................................................61 PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC, HYDROLOGIC, AND AEROMAGNETIC MAPS OF THE WESTERN THREE-QUARTERS OF THE PUEBLO OF ISLETA, CENTRAL NEW MEXICO Florian Maldonado, Dave W. Love, Janet L. Slate, V.J.S. Grauch, Ward E. Sanford,
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