Open-File Report 01-335
Potentiometric Surface, Carbonate-Rock Province, Southern Nevada and Southeastern California, 1998-2000
Plate 1, which accompanies this report, describes the potentiometric surface of water levels measured from 1998 to 2000 in the carbonate-rock province in southern Nevada and southeastern California. Additionally, a current, generalized description of the carbonate-rock province is provided. The graphs presented in the report offer additional data that indicate the general trend in water levels in the carbonate rocks from 1985 to 2000. Challenges associated with this study stem from the complex hydrogeology of the region and the lack of available water-level data from wells completed primarily in carbonate rock.
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