Modeling Ephemeral Stream Channel Development in a Semiarid Upland Environment

Author

William Kaufman Hodges

Publication Date

5-1975

Abstract

The ephemeral stream channel is a particularly obvious and distinctive hydrologic feature of the American Southwest. This is notably true of northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona where a semiarid upland environment, characterized by relatively flat-lying or gently warped sedimentary rocks, has been subjected to the development of can­yons and basins with moderate to deep alluvial fills. This area provides an ideal setting for a geomorphological phenomenon known as "valley trenching."

Degree Name

Geography

Department Name

Geography

Level of Degree

Masters

First Committee Member (Chair)

Rodman E. Snead

Second Committee Member

Robert Dale Campbell

Third Committee Member

Wesley N. Redfield

Document Type

Thesis

Recommended Citation

Hodges, William Kaufman. "Modeling Ephemeral Stream Channel Development in a Semiarid Upland Environment." (1975). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/geog_etds/67