Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5261
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
Scientific Investigations Report 2007–5261
Table 3. Hydraulic conductivity values for hydrogeologic units of the Basin and Range carbonate-rock aquifer system study area, Nevada and Utah.
[Description of hydrogeologic unit is given in table 1]
| Major unit | Hydrogeologic unit abbreviation |
Hydraulic conductivity, in feet per day | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arithmetic mean |
Geometric mean |
Minimum | Maximum | Median | |||
| Cenozoic basin-fill sediments | FYSU | 34 | 8 | 0.01 | 111 | 19 | 13 |
| CYSU | 40 | 5 | 0.0002 | 431 | 10 | 43 | |
| OSU | 5 | 0.2 | 0.0001 | 21 | 0.4 | 15 | |
| Cenozoic volcanic rock | VFU | 3 | 1 | 0.04 | 14 | 2 | 17 |
| VTU | 51 | 8 | 0.09 | 179 | 37 | 9 | |
| Mesozoic sedimentary rock | MSU | 0.07 | 0.006 | 0.0006 | 0.9 | 0.004 | 16 |
| Paleozoic carbonate rock | UCU | 145 | 1 | 0.0003 | 1,045 | 3 | 12 |
| USCU | 0.4 | 0.06 | 0.0001 | 3 | 0.1 | 22 | |
| LCU | 169 | 4 | 0.009 | 2,704 | 4 | 45 | |
| LSCU | 0.8 | 0.000002 | 0.00000009 | 15 | 0.0000003 | 19 | |
| IU | 0.8 | 0.03 | 0.002 | 5 | 0.01 | 7 | |
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