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The Socorro Basin is located in [[Socorro County, New Mexico|Socorro Co.]], [[New Mexico]], and defines a transition where the [[Rio Grande rift|Rio Grande Rift]] system broadens into a series of parallel basins separated by intra-rift horst blocks<ref>{{Cite web |title=- AMP - Socorro-La Jencia Basins |url=https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/resources/water/projects/bwa/Socorro-LaJencia/home.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |language=en}}</ref>. The Socorro Basin is hydraulically connected to rift basins to the north and south by flow-through drainage of the [[Rio Grande]] and southward flow of groundwater through alluvial sediments of the [[Rio Grande]] valley<ref>{{Cite web |title=Open-file Report - 583 |url=https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/openfile/details.cfml?Volume=583 |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |language=en}}</ref>. |
The Socorro Basin is located in [[Socorro County, New Mexico|Socorro Co.]], [[New Mexico]], and defines a transition where the [[Rio Grande rift|Rio Grande Rift]] system broadens into a series of parallel basins separated by intra-rift horst blocks<ref>{{Cite web |title=- AMP - Socorro-La Jencia Basins |url=https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/resources/water/projects/bwa/Socorro-LaJencia/home.html |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |language=en}}</ref>. The Socorro Basin is hydraulically connected to rift basins to the north and south by flow-through drainage of the [[Rio Grande]] and southward flow of groundwater through alluvial sediments of the [[Rio Grande]] valley<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Open-file Report - 583 |url=https://geoinfo.nmt.edu/publications/openfile/details.cfml?Volume=583 |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources |language=en}}</ref>. |
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The principal aquifer system in the Socorro Basin consists of the shallow aquifer, the Popotosa confining bed, and the Popotosa aquifer. The minor aquifer systems, which are dominant along the basin margins, are the Socorro volcanics aquifer system and the Mesozoic-Paleozoic aquifer system. On the east side of the Socorro Basin, water enters the principal aquifer system from the Mesozoic-Paleozoic aquifer system<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderholm |first=Scott K. |date=1987 |title=Hydrogeology of the Socorro and La Jencia basins, Socorro County, New Mexico |url=https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/wri844342}}</ref>. On the west side of the Socorro Basin, groundwater flows from the principal aquifer system in La Jencia Basin eastward to the principal aquifer system in the Socorro Basin<ref name=":0" />. |
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Revision as of 20:10, 24 October 2022
The Socorro Basin is located in Socorro Co., New Mexico, and defines a transition where the Rio Grande Rift system broadens into a series of parallel basins separated by intra-rift horst blocks[1]. The Socorro Basin is hydraulically connected to rift basins to the north and south by flow-through drainage of the Rio Grande and southward flow of groundwater through alluvial sediments of the Rio Grande valley[2].
The principal aquifer system in the Socorro Basin consists of the shallow aquifer, the Popotosa confining bed, and the Popotosa aquifer. The minor aquifer systems, which are dominant along the basin margins, are the Socorro volcanics aquifer system and the Mesozoic-Paleozoic aquifer system. On the east side of the Socorro Basin, water enters the principal aquifer system from the Mesozoic-Paleozoic aquifer system[3]. On the west side of the Socorro Basin, groundwater flows from the principal aquifer system in La Jencia Basin eastward to the principal aquifer system in the Socorro Basin[2].
- ^ "- AMP - Socorro-La Jencia Basins". New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ a b "Open-file Report - 583". New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
- ^ Anderholm, Scott K. (1987). "Hydrogeology of the Socorro and La Jencia basins, Socorro County, New Mexico".
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