| Abstract: | Tertiary and Cretaceous age sand aquifers of the southeastern United States Coastal Plain constitute a distinct multistate hydrogeologic regime informally defined as the southeastern sand aquifer. Seven regional hydrogeologic units are defined; four regional aquifer units and three regional confining beds. Sand aquifers of this system consist of quartzose, feldspathic, and coarse to fine sand and sandstone and minor limestone; confining beds are composed of clay, shale, chalk, and marl. Three hydrogeologic units of Cretaceous to Holocene age overlie the sand system: the surficial aquifer, upper confining unit, and Floridan aquifer system. These three units are not part of the southeastern sand aquifer, but are an integral element of the total hydrogeologic system, and some act as a source of recharge to, or discharge from the underlying clastic sediments. Low-permeability strata of Paleozoic to early Mesozoic age form the base off the total system. (USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 29324 |
| Citation Author: | Renken, R. A. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | iv, 26 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 84-4243 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | The hydrogeologic framework for the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system of the United States; 1984; WRI; 84-4243; Renken, R. A. |
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| Citation Year: | 1984 |
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| Text: | The hydrogeologic framework for the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system of the United States; 1984; WRI; 84-4243; Renken, R. A. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1984/4243/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1984/4243/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
