| Abstract: | An investigation was conduced to define the configuration and hydrology of the rock surface upon which the sand aquifers and confining beds of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system were deposited. The base of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system consists of crystalline rocks, saprolite, Paleozoic rocks, Triassic sedimentary rocks (some of which are intruded by basalt), and Jurassic sedimentary rocks. The permeability of these rocks is extremely low and little exchange of water occurs upward to the overlying Cretaceous aquifers. Porosity values are in the range of 10% or less in some of the rocks, indicating little water is stored in them. The transmissivity values are extremely low, indicating very slow movement of water in these rocks. The small volume of water moving at a very slow rate has a long residence time and is usually mineralized to a greater degree than water in the more permeable overlying sediments. (Peters-PTT) |
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| ProdID: | 44437 |
| Citation Author: | Wait, Robert L.; Davis, Marvin E. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 1 map : col. ; 35 x 60 cm., on sheet 80 x 79 cm., folded in envelope 31 x 23 cm. |
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| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 86-4010 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Configuration and hydrology of the Pre-Cretaceous rocks underlying the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system; 1986; WRI; 86-4010; Wait, Robert L.; Davis, Marvin E. |
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| Citation Year: | 1986 |
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| Text: | Configuration and hydrology of the Pre-Cretaceous rocks underlying the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system; 1986; WRI; 86-4010; Wait, Robert L.; Davis, Marvin E. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1986/4010/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/wri/1986/4010/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
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