- sand, or silt).
Aquifers vary
greatly in
their characteristics. The
study of
water flow in
aquifers and the
characterization of
aquifers is
called hydrogeology...
- The
Floridan aquifer system,
composed of the
Upper and
Lower Floridan aquifers, is a
sequence of
Paleogene carbonate rock
which spans an area of about...
-
beneath the
Great Plains in the
United States. As one of the world's
largest aquifers, it
underlies an area of
approximately 174,000 sq mi (450,000 km2) in portions...
-
modeling the flow, recharge, and
losses of
aquifers,
which can
involve significant uncertainty. Some
aquifers are
hundreds of
meters deep and
underlie vast...
- The
Edwards Aquifer is one of the most
prolific artesian aquifers in the world.
Located on the
eastern edge of the
Edwards Plateau in the U.S.
state of...
- the
formation of a
confined aquifer. The
classification of
aquifers is as follows:
Saturated versus unsaturated;
aquifers versus aquitards;
confined versus...
- pressurized. Not all
aquifers are
artesian (i.e.,
water table aquifers occur where the
groundwater level at the top of the
aquifer is at
equilibrium with...
-
creating an
artesian aquifer.
There are
several aquifers in the area in
different layers underground, but the
Waiwhetu aquifer is the
largest and most...
- The
Guarani Aquifer,
located beneath the
surface of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay, is the
second largest known aquifer system in the world...
-
Groundwater flow rate in
karst aquifers is much more
rapid than in
porous aquifers. For example, in the
Barton Springs Edwards aquifer, dye
traces measured the...
