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Bedrock Mapping
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Bedrock Mapping

Surficial Mapping

Land Surface Changes

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Drought Conditions 1999-2005

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Bedrock Mapping can provide information for land use planning and urban development, including:

  • Structural stability of housing foundations
  • Environmental impacts of landfills/septic systems
  • Hydrologic Resources
  • Landscape stability/surface erosion

The Navajo Nation (roughly the size of West Virginia) has the largest land base and reservation population of all tribes in the United States. In addition, half of the population is currently under the age of 23 (Census, 2000). Information is desperately needed for planning urban development and infrastructure such as highways, buildings, bridges, and domestic septic and landfill systems. Basic geologic mapping will provide much needed information for land-use planning.


White Point, White Cone Chapter area of the Navajo Nation. Light colored strata are
sediments of the Upper Bidahochi Formation.

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