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<br />w <br />...... <br />o <br />1-" <br /> <br />Table of Contents <br /> <br />Title <br /> <br />List of Figures...".."""""".""""".""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <br /> <br />List of Tables.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".."""""""""""""""""""" <br /> <br />Acknowledgements.""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" " <br /> <br />Execut i ve SlJmmary"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".""""""""""""" <br /> <br />1) INTRODUCTION."""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""".."""""" <br /> <br />Salinity of the Colorado River............................... <br /> <br />Definitions.""""""""""""""""""""""".""""""""""""""""""" " <br /> <br />Cause of High Salinity.................................. <br /> <br />.Distribution of Salinity""",,"""""""""""""""""""""""""""" <br />The Upper Colorado River Basin............................... <br /> <br />Geology" " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " " . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. <br /> <br />Climate, Vegetation, and Soils.......................... <br /> <br />2) DIFFUSE-SOURCE SALINI TY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Origin of Soluble Minerals................................... <br /> <br />Mineralogy of Soluble Minerals............................... <br /> <br />Solubili ty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Surnrnary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />3) GEOMORPHOLOGY OF MANCOS SHALE TERRAIN......................... <br /> <br />Badlands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Hillslopes............................................. . <br /> <br />Geomorphic Stability.................................... <br /> <br />Pediments................................................... . <br /> <br />Geomorphic Stability.................................... <br /> <br />Alluvial Valley Floors....................................... <br /> <br />Geomorphic Stability.................................... <br /> <br />Surnrn~ry. . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />4) VARIABILITY OF SALINITY IN DIFFUSE-SOURCE AREAS............... <br /> <br />Surface Variability of SMC................................... <br /> <br />Variabili ty of SMC........................................... <br /> <br />Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />5} HYDROLOGY, SEDIMENT YIELD AND SALINITy........................ <br /> <br />Badger Wash.................................................. <br /> <br />Climate................................................ . <br /> <br />Vegetation. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />i <br />vii <br />viii <br />ix <br />1 <br />1 <br />2 <br />3 <br />5 <br />7 <br />11 <br />13 <br />17 <br />17 <br />18 <br />19 <br />30 <br />3l <br />35 <br />44 <br />48 <br />48 <br />49 <br />51 <br />52 <br />52 <br />55 <br />55 <br />65 <br />69 <br />71 <br />71 <br />73 <br />75 <br />