Ground-water flow analysis of the Mississippi Embayment aquifer system, South-Central United States
Professional Paper
1416-I
By: J. K. Arthur and R.E. Taylor
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Abstract
The Mississippi Embayment aquifer system is composed of six regional aquifers covering about 160,000 square miles in parts of Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee. The flow analysis presented in this report as part of the Gulf Coast Regional Aquifer-System Analysis study pertains to five aquifers in sediments of the Wilcox and Claiborne groups of Tertiary age. In descending order, the aquifers are (1) the upper Claiborne, (2) the middle Claiborne, (3) the lower Claiborne-upper Wilcox, (4) the middle Wilcox, and (5) the lower Wilcox. The flow analysis of the sixth aquifer in the aquifer system, the Mississippi River valley alluvial aquifer in sediments of Holocene and Pleistocene age, is presented in chapter D of this Professional Paper.
Suggested Citation
Arthur, J.K., and Taylor, R., 1998, Ground-water flow analysis of the Mississippi Embayment aquifer system, South-Central United States: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1416, p. I1-I48; 9 plates in pocket, https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1416I.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Ground-water flow analysis of the Mississippi Embayment aquifer system, South-Central United States |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1416 |
| Chapter | I |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1416I |
| Year Published | 1998 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | Geological Survey (U.S.) |
| Contributing office(s) | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | p. I1-I48; 9 plates in pocket |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | Regional aquifer-system analysis--Gulf Coastal Plain |