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Plate X
Surface HydrogeologyWind/Bighorn River Basin
compiled by
Nikolaus Gribb, Scott Quillinan, Brett Worman Tomas Gracias, and Tim Bartos
2012
Wind/Bighorn Basin Plan II - Available Groundwater Determination Technical MemorandumWYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEYThomas A. Drean, State Geologist
WSEO Permitted and Completed Wells 2000-2009Wind/Bighorn River Basin
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Surface Hydrogeology(See for geologic units correlations.)Plates II, III, and V
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