Ancient soils of the Rincon surface, northern Dona Ana County

Title	Ancient soils of the Rincon surface, northern Dona Ana County
Publication Type	Report
Year of Publication	1996
Authors	Gile L.H, Grossman R., Hawley J., Monger CH
Series Editor	Gile L.H, Ahrens R.J eds.
Pagination	155
Date Published	1996
Institution	USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
City	National Soil Survey Center, Lincoln, NE
Type	pp
ISBN Number	Soil Survey Investigations Report #44
Accession Number	JRN00201
Call Number	00835
Keywords	book, books, chapter, chapters, landscape, evolution, report, reports, Rincon, soil, Desert Project, soil, development
Abstract	Volume II of the Supplement to the Desert Project Soil Monograph is the second of a number of reports on soils in the Desert Project area. Volume II consists of two chapters, of which the first is a detailed study of a remnant of the Rincon surface and its soils. The Rincon surface is a remnant of one of the oldest basin landscapes in North America, and probably dates from late Pliocene time or earlier. The remnant consists of an ancient basin floor and an adjacent alluvial-fan piedmont, preserved in a bedrock-defended area 600 feet above the Rio Grande flood plain. Chapter 2 focuses on clay mineralogy of the Desert Project and the Rincon study area. It describes clay mineralogy as a function of age, parent material, and depth. It also compiles the narrative clay mineralogy information produced during the period from 1957 to 1972.
Alternate Title	Supplement to the Desert Project Soil Monograph, Volume II - Soils and landscapes of a desert region astride the Rio Grande Valley near Las Cruces, New Mexico