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<br />0' 16 1 <br /> <br />CONTENTS-Concluded <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />Plan of study - Concluded. <br /> <br />Determine change in aquifer storage using piezometers and temporal gravity <br />surveys.........................................................,..,.............................................................. 40 <br />Chemically analyze water from observation wells and use environmental <br />tracers................. ........................ ....... ................... ..'........ ........... .......................... ..,....... 41 <br />Compile information to interpret the geohydrologic framework north and south <br />of Albuquerque ............................................................................................................ 44 <br />Determine the extent of axial channel deposits and faults, and estimate the <br />hydrologic characteristics of faults............................................................................ 44 <br />Estimate recharge along the mountain front....................,............................................ 45 <br /> <br />Estimate tributary recharge ............................................................................................. 46 <br />Determine evapotranspiration by cottonwoods and riparian communities and <br />relation to water-table depth ................................,...........................................,......... 47 <br />Conduct flood-pulse experiment to estimate aquifer characteristics in the <br />alluvium ............;........................................................................................................... 47 <br /> <br />Selected references ... ...... ........... ........................ ....... ................... .............................................. ............ 49 <br />Supplemental information................................................,.................................................................. 58 <br /> <br />FIGURES <br /> <br />1. Plan of study flow diagram ..........,........................................,..........,.....................................,.. ix <br /> <br />2. Map showing location of the Albuquerque Basin, central New Mexico ,..,....................,.., 2 <br /> <br />3. Maps showing Rio Grande surface-water system in the Albuquerque area,..,.................. 8 <br /> <br />4. Map showing selected observation wells, piezometer nests, and streamflow-gaging <br />stations in the Albuquerque area....................................,.....................,............................... 11 <br /> <br />5. Map showing suggested general locations for additional observation wells in the <br />Albuquerque area and average ground-water withdrawal, 1990-94..............,....,..,........ 21 <br /> <br />TABLES <br /> <br />1. Hydrostratigraphic units of Santa Fe Group and post-Santa Fe Group deposits, <br />and estimated hydraulic-conductivity values in the Albuquerque Basin....................... 14 <br /> <br />2. Summary of Santa Fe Group and post-Santa Fe Group lithofacies depositional <br />settings and composition in the Albuquerque Basin...............,.......................................... 15 <br /> <br />3. Summary of properties that influence ground-water production potential of <br />Santa Fe Group lithofacies........................................................................................,............. 16 <br /> <br />4. Prioritized plan of study to quantify hydrologic relations between the Rio Grande <br />and the Santa Fe Group aquifer system ..........,.................,.................................................. 32 <br /> <br />iv <br />