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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"High Plains"”.
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Trends in Virtual Water Export from the High Plains, 1950-2010
… of the trade of agricultural products. The High Plains region in the central United States has experienced large land use change during the last 150 years, from grassland to one of the country’s main agricultural areas. One driver was water provided by the High Plains aquifer. The purpose of …
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Shoulder to the wind : a lyrical evocation of the Bogong High Plains
… the rocks and creatures and winds of the high plateau region of Australia’s south-east corner. Within this elongated spine of high country rise the Bogong High Plains, a series of peaks and sub-alpine grasslands bordered by forests of snow gum and alpine ash. These High Plains are the …
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Prehistoric Sandals of the Southern High Plains: Indicators of Cultural Affinity and Change
… all three caves/rockshelters on the Southern High Plains have provided a unique opportunity for the acquisition of information regarding the technology used by and possible affiliations of prehistoric people in and immediately adjacent to this region. Specifically, the utilization of similar …
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Assessment of Profitability and Sustainability for Growers in the Southern High Plains of Texas
… located in six counties across the Southern High Plains of Texas. The results indicate that while profitability and sustainability occasionally align for certain crops, they are not directly correlated. The study found that, in this region, pivot-irrigated cotton generates a reasonable profit …
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The economic and environmental implications of feedlot manure utilization in the Texas High Plains
… problems are especially evident in the Texas High Plains (THP), an area where vast numbers of cattle are fed alongside a large farm base. The objective of this research was to determine efficient patterns of feedlot manure utilization in the THP that would protect the environment and benefit …
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Optimal economic combination of irrigation technology and cotton varieties on the High Plains of Texas
… is the leading agricultural crop in the Texas High Plains. Cotton producers have experienced steady to declining cotton prices coupled with increasing input costs resulting in tightening profit margins. Many new and improved technologies including varieties and irrigations systems are being …
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Water Management in the High Plains: A Description of Farmers Beliefs and Need for Structured Conservation Education
The purpose of this research is to describe what Parmer County farmers believe their role is in water management and water conservation. The research also describes what Parmer County farmers believe about the structured dissemination of conservation information they receive. To accomplish this …
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Examining Transportation of Natural Gas Exploration Emissions in the High Plains Region Using the Wrf-Chem Model
Surface ozone (O3) production relies on chemical reactions between nitrogen oxides (NOX) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Natural gas production is responsible for the production of both of these chemicals: heavy machinery in extracting processes generates nitrogen oxides and equipment leaks …
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Campfires in context hunter-gatherer fire technology and the archaeological record of the South High Plains, USA.
… groups living on and around the Southern High Plains of North America. The aim of the programme is to examine the extent to which variation in the construction, use, and archaeological expression of these features is valuable for understanding the subsistence activities of human groups in …
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Drought on the North American high plains: modeling effects of vegetation, temperature and rainfall perturbations on regional hydrology
… land cover or all three variables. A high-resolution integrated hydrologic model of the High Plains explores the individual importance of each of these factors and the feedbacks between them. The model was constructed using ParFlow-CLM, which represents surface and subsurface processes …
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Water conservation methods to conserve the High Plains aquifer and Arikaree River Basin: a case study on the Arikaree River
… Colorado, is groundwater dependent on the High Plains aquifer (HPA). The river alluvium is habitat for threatened fish species such as the Hybognathus hankinsoni (Brassy Minnow) and habitat for many terrestrial invertebrates. In addition to the demands for maintenance of habitats, the …
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Assessing Pleistocene climate on the Southern High Plains through geochemical and physical characteristics of paleosols archived in the Blackwater Draw Formation
The Southern High Plains (SHP) is a large plateau, encompassing an area ~130,000 km2 from southeastern New Mexico to northern Texas. The SHP was largely a site of sediment aggradation since the Pecos River cut off the Rocky Mountain highlands to the west between 2 and 1.4 Ma, and forming the …
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A Comparison of Land Use and Land Cover in Public Lands of the Northwestern Great Plains and High Plains Ecoregions and the Implications For Grassland Birds
… on two ecoregions, the Northwestern Great Plains and the High Plains, which comprise a substantial portion of the U.S. Great Plains, the continental Central Flyway for migratory bird species. The Great Plains provide critical nesting habitat for grassland birds. However, federally owned and …
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Maximizing yield of high quality cottonseed through nutrient management strategies
… healthy plants. Early emerging seedlings from high quality seed are the most competitive and establish the greatest yield potential. Generally, seed formed in the lower fruiting branches produce seed of higher quality than seed from the upper fruiting branches. Stripper cotton is unique to the …
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Forage Production and Quality of Forage Sorghum Intercropped with Sunnhemp at Different Seeding Rates
The Texas High Plains region is primarily known for grain and forage crop production for cattle feed. It is important to determine alternative crops that provide optimal nutrition to cattle and are drought and heat tolerant due to the increasing importance to improve crop water use efficiency in …
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Late Quaternary sedimentary architecture and depositional history of the Monahans Dune Field, Winkler County, TX.
… is a Quaternary eolian system on the Southern High Plains in west Texas. Previous work characterizing the Monahans is limited by the depth and spatial coverage of stratigraphic analyses. This study presents the initial results of an ongoing study of the dune system facilitated by the collection …
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KIT CARSON'S LAST FIGHT: THE ADOBE WALLS CAMPAIGN OF 1864
… against the Kiowa and Comanche Indians of the high plains. The resulting battle was one of the largest in the history of North American Indian Wars. Yet this conflict has been relegated to historical obscurity. In this paper, I examine why Kit Carson's 1864 Adobe Walls Campaign is forgotten, I …
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