Configuration and hydrology of the Pre-Cretaceous rocks underlying the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system
Water-Resources Investigations Report
86-4010
By: Robert L. Wait and Marvin E. Davis
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Abstract
An investigation was conduced to define the configuration and hydrology of the rock surface upon which the sand aquifers and confining beds of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system were deposited. The base of the Southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system consists of crystalline rocks, saprolite, Paleozoic rocks, Triassic sedimentary rocks (some of which are intruded by basalt), and Jurassic sedimentary rocks. The permeability of these rocks is extremely low and little exchange of water occurs upward to the overlying Cretaceous aquifers. Porosity values are in the range of 10% or less in some of the rocks, indicating little water is stored in them. The transmissivity values are extremely low, indicating very slow movement of water in these rocks. The small volume of water moving at a very slow rate has a long residence time and is usually mineralized to a greater degree than water in the more permeable overlying sediments. (Peters-PTT)
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Wait, R.L., and Davis, M.E., 1986, Configuration and hydrology of the Pre-Cretaceous rocks underlying the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4010, 1 map : col. ; 35 x 60 cm., on sheet 80 x 79 cm., folded in envelope 31 x 23 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864010.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Configuration and hydrology of the Pre-Cretaceous rocks underlying the southeastern Coastal Plain aquifer system |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 86-4010 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri864010 |
| Year Published | 1986 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Description | 1 map : col. ; 35 x 60 cm., on sheet 80 x 79 cm., folded in envelope 31 x 23 cm. |