Title | The desert soil-geomorphology project |
Publication Type | Conference Proceedings |
Year of Publication | 1975 |
Authors | Hawley J. |
Conference Name | New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook |
Volume | 26th Field Conference |
Pagination | 183-185 |
Date Published | 1975 |
Publisher | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources |
Call Number | 00100 |
Keywords | abstract, abstracts, conference, conference proceedings, conferences, Desert Project,publication list, geomorphology, landscape, evolution, list,Desert Project publications, proceeding, proceedings, soil, development, soil-geomorphic relationships |
Abstract | The Desert Soil-Geomorphology Project refers to a Soil Conservation Service, USDA, investigation between 1957 and 1972, of landscape evolution and soil development in a 400 sq mi area of Dona Ana County, New Mexico (Fig. 1). Its primary purpose was to gather basic information on soil-geomorphic relationships that would lead to increased accuracy and efficiency of the Soil Survey program in arid and semi-arid regions of the western states. A team of soil scientists and geologists from the S.C.S. Soil Survey Investigations Division under the direction of Guy D. Smith staffed the project. |
Custom 1 | Socorro, New Mexico |