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Index to Figures

from

Land Subsidence and its Relation to Past and Future Water Supplies in Antelope Valley, California
by
Devin L. Galloway , Steven P. Phillips ,
and Marti E. Ikehara

U. S. Geological Survey, 7750 College Town Dr., Sacramento, CA 95826

Chapter from Current Research and Case Studies of Land Subsidence: Proceedings of the Dr. Joseph F. Poland Symposium on Land Subsidence, Association of Engineering Geologists Special Publication No. 8, Published by Star Publishing Company, Belmont, CA 94002-0068 (in press)


Figure 1. Location map of Antelope Valley.

Fig. 1

Figure 2. Map of 1915 (predevelopment) ground-water levels in the principal aquifer of the Lancaster ground-water subbasin.

Fig. 2

Figure 3. Graphs showing A) historical ground-water demand and imported water supplies, and B) historical and forecast irrigated acreage. (modified from Templin and others, 1995)

Figs. 3a and 3b

Figure 4. Land-use maps showing irrigated acreage and urban acreage for the years, A) 1961, and B) 1991.

Figs. 4a and 4b

Figure 5. Maps of ground-water levels in the principal aquifer of the Lancaster ground-water subbasin for the years, A) 1960, and B) 1991.

Figs. 5a and 5b

Figure 6. Map showing the decline in ground-water levels in the principal aquifer of the Lancaster ground-water subbasin for the period, 1915-1991.

Fig. 6

Figure 7. Graphs showing historical, paired water levels in wells and land subsidence measured at nearby benchmarks for two sites, A) well 7N/12W-15F1 and benchmark BM 474, and B) well 7N/10W-05E1 and benchmark BM 1171A. (modified from Ikehara and Phillips, 1994) Locations of wells and benchmarks are shown on Figure 1.

Figs. 7a and 7b

Figure 8. Map of land subsidence measured during the period, 1930 - 1992. (modified from Ikehara and Phillips, 1994).

Fig. 8

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