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Geology, altitude, and depth of the bedrock surface; altitude of the water table in 1980; and saturated thickness of the Ogallala aquifer in 1980 in the southern High Plains of Colorado

Hydrologic Atlas 673
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Abstract

The southern High Plains of Colorado, an area of about 2,800 square miles in the southeastern part of the state, is underlain by the Ogallala Formation of late Tertiary age, The southern High Plains of Colorado extend from the Colorado State line on the east and the ans south to the edge of the Ogallala Formation on the north and west. The Ogallala Formation is an unconsolidated or partly consolidated seposit of sand, gravel, clay silt, and caliche. 

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geology, altitude, and depth of the bedrock surface; altitude of the water table in 1980; and saturated thickness of the Ogallala aquifer in 1980 in the southern High Plains of Colorado
Series title Hydrologic Atlas
Series number 673
DOI 10.3133/ha673
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description 29.32 x 25.98 inches
Country United States
State Colorado
Scale 500000
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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