EES Home >>> Software/Tools EES Jobs Feature Stories ... Division Highlights breadCrumbs("ees.lanl.gov"," ","index.shtml","None","None","None","0"); Progress Report Capabilities Thrusts Programs/Projects ... EES-12 FEATURE ARTICLE > archive Valles Caldera Will Reveal Its Long History Julie Grey Valles Caldera Trust May 12, 2004 NEWS RELEASE Visitors driving along State Highway 4 in the Jemez Mountains have long loved the vista of the vast Valle Grande. This high mountain grassland tucked into the caldera of an ancient volcano is rich with wildlife and plant life. But not many visitors know the Valles Caldera National Preserve once held one of two or three large lakes in the area. In mid-May and late November, scientists from the Valles Caldera National Preserve, Los Alamos National Laboratory, the United States Geological Survey and the University of New Mexico, with funding from the USGS, LANL, and the National Science Foundation will plumb the depths of the preserve to remove two core samples. The first sample, hopefully to a depth of 100 meters (about 328 feet) or more, will be drilled beginning May 14 in the Valle Grande. A second project to extract a smaller core sample of about 30 meters (about 40 feet) is being planned for this fall in the Alamo Bog area on the west side of the preserve. | |
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