HA 730-M Carbonate-rock aquifers

GROUND WATER ATLAS of the UNITED STATES
Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont
HA 730-M

Carbonate-rock aquifers

(figures 85-101)

Introduction (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 85 Map of carbonate-rock aquifers

Lake Erie-Niagara River Basin (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 86 Map of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Basin and overlying geologic units

Geology (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 87 Correlation chart
Figure 88 Geologic cross section
Figure 89 Chart showing depth to different rock types

Aquifers and their characteristics (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Table 12 Table listing transmissivity of the Limestone aquifer
Table 13 Table listing transmissivity of the Camillus aquifer
Figure 90 Photo showing outcrop of the Lockport aquifer
Figure 91 Chart showing depth to the Lockport dolomite

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

Figure 92 Cross section showing hydraulic heads
Figure 93 Map showing water movement in the Niagara falls area
Figure 94 Potentiometric contour map of the Niagara falls area

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

Figure 95 Chart and table showing chemical concentrations of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Basin
Figure 96 Map showing sulfate concentration
Figure 97 Map showing chloride concentration
Figure 98 Map showing hardness as calcium carbonate

Upper Housatonic River Basin (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 99 Map showing carbonate rocks in the upper Housatonic River Basin
Figure 100 Photo showing marble layers

Geology (Click to view thumbnails and download figures)

Figure 101 Diagramatic section of the central lowland of the upper Housatonic River Basin

Ground-water hydrology

Ground-water quality

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