Title | Regional Setting of the Jornada Basin |
Publication Type | Book Chapter |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Monger CH, Mack GH, Nolen B., Gile L.H |
Editor | Havstad K, Huenneke L., Schlesinger W.H |
Book Title | Structure and Function of a Chihuahuan Desert Ecosystem. The Jornada Basin Long-Term Ecological Research Site |
Chapter | 2 |
Pagination | 15-43 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
City | New York, NY |
ARIS Log Number | 182730 |
Keywords | development, geologic, history, landscapes, regional, setting, soil-geomorphology |
Abstract | Within the area around Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a network of studies at the Jornada Experimental Range, the Chihuahuan Desert Rangeland Research Center, and the Desert Soil-Geomorphology Project. All of these areas are in the Jornada Basin except for the area south of the Dona Ana Mountains, which are in the Mesilla Basin. All of these research entities are in the Chihuahuan Desert and this chapter describes the geologic history and development of landscapes that are important elements to our understanding of this ecosystem and its dynamic nature. |
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