This thesis explores two institutional frameworks utilized in the governance of water in the Southwest of the United States through how they deliver, or fail to deliver, complex equity. These are (1) the legal framework and (2) cooperative agreements. This is done through a case study in the Roaring

The first objective for this problem in lieu of thesis project was to gather, identify to the lowest practical taxonomic level and organize all available aquatic insects collected from high altitude Colorado aquatic systems during the summers of 1994, 1996, 1998, and 2002 for the University of North

The late Paleozoic Cutler Formation, where exposed near the modern-day town of Gateway, Colorado, has traditionally been interpreted as the product of alluvial fan deposition within the easternmost portion of the Paradox Basin. The Paradox Basin formed between the western margin of the Uncompahgre U

The goal of irrigation scheduling is efficient use of water such that water is applied to the field for optimal crop production. Previous studies have optimized irrigation scheduling using different models to manage sprinkler irrigation. This research evaluated approaches for obtaining alfalfa refer

Dryland winter wheat (Triticum aestivum) cropping systems dominate most of the agricultural landscape in Colorado’s semi-arid eastern plains. Since this area’s climate is characterized by frequent heat and drought, it is important to maximize water use efficiency to make agricultural lands as produc

I examined the utility of the strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) ratio in fish otoliths to determine the origins and movements of invasive piscivores in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB). My goal was to determine if invasive piscivores entered riverine habitat of endangered fishes in the UCRB by esca

The lure of gold in the great reefs of Johannesburg near the end of the 19th century not only attracted the famous mining barons such as Cecil John Rhodes, Alfred Beit and Barney Barnato: working men also came from far and wide to feed their families with their labour.Among them was my great-grandfa

Siliciclastic sediments of the Proterozoic Uncompahgre Group can be subdivided into stratigraphic units of quartzite (Q) and pelite (P); these units include a basal, fining- and thinning-upward retrogradational sequence (Q1-P1) that records the transition from an alluvial to a shallow-marine setting

Nutrients play fundamental roles in biological systems, affecting plant growth and

The Central Colorado Trough formed as a result of the uplift of the Ancestral Rocky Mountains. With uplift, sediments were eroded from the adjacent highlands and deposited in the trough. The Lower Pennsylvanian stratigraphy of the Central Colorado Trough was determined based on outcrops in the south

Over thirty-five minerals have been identified in the Green River formation of the Piceance Creek Basin, using quantitative X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) bulk analysis.Fifteen major phases occur at over 5 wt% average in 117 samples spanning the thickness of the formation.Integrated data from cores, outcro

Ecosystem Responses to Warming-Induced Plant Species Loss and Increased Nitrogen

The Niobrara Formation of the Denver Basin is an unconventional oil and gas drilling target composed of alternating chalk and marl units.These units act as the source, seal and trap for hydrocarbons generated in the organic rich marl beds of the Niobrara.Organic geochemical data, such as oil-to-sour

Upper Triassic continental ëtrata of the Chinle Formation, in the Nacimiento Mountains, New Mexico, represent two cycles of fluvial to fluvial-deltaic to marshland-lacustrine sedimentation. Each cycle was initiated by uplift in the southern Ancestral Rocky Mountains and deposited on the local palaeo

Gabbroic dyke and syenitic plug intrusives have been sampled and studied across Huerfano Butte. Petrography and geochemical analyses were performed on selected specimens; from these analyses chemical variation diagrams have been prepared. Crystal Size Distribution analyses have been done on magnetit