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Historical potentiometric surface of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system and contiguous hydraulically connected units, west-central Texas

Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4055
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Abstract

The Edwards-Trinity aquifer system is a sequence of near-surface, hydraulically connected, Cretaceous carbonate and quartzose clastic rocks that underlie about 42,000 mi2 of west-central Texas (fig. 1). The aquifer system is currently (1991) being studied as a part of the U.S. Geological Survey's Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) program, which is intended to describe the regional hydrogeology of important aquifer systems nationwide.

The purpose of this report is to present a potentiometric-surface map of the principal aquifers of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system based on the earliest available data; to explain in general terms what the potentiometric surface represents relative to rainfall conditions and ground-water withdrawals; and to discuss the major factors that control the configuration of the potentiometric surface.

Suggested Citation

Bush, P.W., Ardis, A.F., Wynn, K.H., 1993, Historical potentiometric surface of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system and contiguous hydraulically connected units, west-central Texas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 92-4055, 3 Plates: 36.00 x 25.87 inches, https://doi.org/10.3133/wri924055.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Historical potentiometric surface of the Edwards-Trinity aquifer system and contiguous hydraulically connected units, west-central Texas
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 92-4055
DOI 10.3133/wri924055
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Austin, TX
Contributing office(s) Texas Water Science Center
Description 3 Plates: 36.00 x 25.87 inches
Country United States
State Texas
Other Geospatial Edwards-Trinity aquifer system
Online Only (Y/N) N
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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