Richmond Paper - The Caliche of Southern Arizona: An Example of Deposition by the Vadose Circulation
- Organization:
- The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
- Pages:
- 7
- File Size:
- 272 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 1902
Abstract
In southern Arizona and in Mexico the word caliche is in general use to denote a calcareous formation of considerable thickness and volume found a few inches, or a few feet, beneath the surface-soil, upon the broad, dry, gravelly plains and mesas. , In western South America the same name is applied to the beds of crude soda-niter (Chili saltpeter). While these deposits of South America and of Arizona are totally different in composition, and have nothing in common, except that both occur in
Citation
APA: (1902) Richmond Paper - The Caliche of Southern Arizona: An Example of Deposition by the Vadose Circulation
MLA: Richmond Paper - The Caliche of Southern Arizona: An Example of Deposition by the Vadose Circulation. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1902.