Geochemistry of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
Professional Paper
1404-L
By: L.L. Knobel, F. H. Chapelle, and Harold Meisler
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Abstract
Sediments of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain comprise a complex multiaquifer flow system. On a large scale (greater than 500 square miles) ground water in this system evolves from predominantly calcium magnesium bicarbonate water with a low dissolved-solids content and low pH, near outcrop-recharge areas, to predominantly sodium bicarbonate water with a high-dissolved solids content and high pH, downgradient. This sodium bicarbonate water then grades into a sodium chloride water. This large-scale predictable progression of hydrochemical facies results from the summation of many smaller scale geochemical processes that chiefly depend on the sedimentary depositional environments of the aquifers.
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Knobel, L., Chapelle, F.H., Meisler, H., 1998, Geochemistry of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1404, Report: 57 p.; 8 Plates: 22.00 x 25.00 inches or smaller, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1404L.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geochemistry of the northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1404 |
| Chapter | L |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1404L |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: 57 p.; 8 Plates: 22.00 x 25.00 inches or smaller |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Northern Atlantic coastal plain |