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Conceptualization and Analysis of Ground-Water Flow System in the Coastal Plain of Virginia and Adjacent Parts of Maryland and North Carolina

U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1404-F

by John F. Harsh and Randell J. Laczniak


Table of Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose and Scope

General Setting and Location of Study Area

Previous Investigations

Acknowledgments

Conceptualization of Ground-Water Flow System

Hydraulic Properties

Description of Hydrogeologic Units

Columbia Aquifer

Yorktown-Eastover Aquifer and Yorktown Confining Unit

St. Marys-Choptank Aquifer and St. Marys Confining Unit

Chickahominy-Piney Point Aquifer and Calvert Confining Unit

Aquia Aquifer and Nanjemoy-Marlboro Confining Unit

Aquifer 5 and Confining Unit 5

Aquifer 4 and Confining Unit 4

Brightseat-Upper Potomac Aquifer and Confining Unit

Middle Potomac Aquifer and Confining Unit

Lower Potomac Aquifer and Confining Unit

Hydrogeologic Effects of Pleistocene Erosion

Ground-Water Movement

Ground-Water Use

Analysis of the Ground-Water Flow System

Model Description

Boundaries

Grid Design

Hydraulic Characteristics and Stresses

Transmissivity

Storage Coefficient

Vertical Leakance

Ground-Water Recharge

Streambed Leakance

Time Discretization and Ground-Water Withdrawal

Lateral Boundary Flow

Simulation of the Ground-Water Flow System

Strategy of Calibration

Prepumping Conditions

Pumping Conditions

Sensitivity Analysis

Limitation and Application of the Flow Model

Summary and Conclusions

References Cited

 


 

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