GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
HA 730-G

Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system

(figures 69-84)

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Introduction (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 69 Map showing the location of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system
• Figure 70 Photograph showing gravel bed in the Tuscaloosa Formation

Relation to Adjacent Regional Aquifer Systems (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 71 Map showing how the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system grades into parts of four other regional aquifer systems

Hydrogeologic Units (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 72 Correlation chart showing geologic formations that comprise the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system

Top of the Aquifer System (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 73 Map showing the location of the rocks comprising the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system that are exposed at the land surface

Variations within the Aquifer System (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 74 An idealized hydrogeologic section in southeastern Georgia showing the gradation of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system into the Floridan aquifer system
• Figure 75 An idealized hydrogeologic section trending eastward across Alabama showing the composition of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system

Base of the Aquifer System (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 76 Map showing the base-of-aquifer contour and the rock types comprising the base of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system

Regional Aquifers (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Chicasawhay River Aquifer

Pearl River Aquifer

• Figure 77 Map showing the composition and location of the Pearl River aquifer

Chattahoochee River Aquifer

• Figure 78 Map showing the composition and location of the Chattahoochee River aquifer

Black Warrior River Aquifer

• Figure 79 Map showing the composition and location of the Black Warrior River aquifer

Ground-water Flow (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 80 Map showing the location of Black Warrior River aquifer outcropping and the ground-water movement through the aquifer
• Figure 81 Diagrammatic section showing general movement of water from the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system to the Floridan aquifer system

Ground-water Quality (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 82 Map showing the distribution of dissolved-chloride concentrations in water from the Black Warrior River aquifer
• Figure 83 Map showing the hydrochemical facies in water from the Black Warrior River aquifer

Fresh Ground-water Withdrawals (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

• Figure 84 Pie chart showing use of fresh ground-water withdrawals during 1985

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