Geohydrologic units of the Mississippi embayment and Texas coastal uplands aquifer systems, south-central United States

Hosman, R.L.; Weiss, Jonathan S.

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“…The Sparta Sand and Memphis Sand (Eocene) are a sequence of alternating marine and continental deposits (Hosman and Weiss, 1991). Water levels in the aquifer in the Sparta Sand generally correlate with those in the aquifer in the Memphis Sand; therefore, the waterbearing formations are considered to be one hydrologic unit (Stanton, 1997).…”

Section: Ozark Plateausmentioning

confidence: 99%

Water levels and water quality in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer (middle Claiborne aquifer) in Arkansas, spring-summer 2011

Schrader¹

2014

Scientific Investigations Report

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Section: Ozark Plateausmentioning

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Water levels and water quality in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer (middle Claiborne aquifer) in Arkansas, spring-summer 2011

Schrader¹

2014

Scientific Investigations Report

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“…Through the GCRASA program, 1,000 geophysical logs were used to develop the hydrogeologic framework of the Mississippi embayment, Texas coastal uplands, and the coastal lowlands aquifer systems (Hosman and Weiss, 1991) (approximately 300 geophysical logs of the 1,000 used were within the Mississippi embayment). The MERAS, focused on the Mississippi embayment area, used over 2,600 geophysical logs to develop the hydrogeologic framework (Hart and others, 2008;.…”

Section: Hydrogeologic Unitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Mississippi embayment aquifer system was analyzed as part of the GCRASA study. The GCRASA study produced several USGS Professional Papers (Grubb, 1998;Hosman and Weiss, 1991;Weiss, 1992;Ackerman, 1996;Ryder and Ardis, 2002;Williams, 2001;Hosman, 1996;Martin and Whiteman, 1999;Arthur and Taylor, 1998) from several authors. The GCRASA compiled data and simulated groundwater flow using groundwater-flow models in three main parts: the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, the Mississippi embayment aquifer system, and the Gulf Coastal lowland aquifer system (U.S. Geological Survey, 2008a).…”

Section: Previous Investigationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Groundwater availability of the Mississippi embayment

Clark¹,

Hart²,

Gurdak³

2011

Professional Paper

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R iv e rFor more information on the USGS-the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment, visit http://www.usgs.gov or call 1-888-ASK-USGS.For an overview of USGS information products, including maps, imagery, and publications, visit http://www.usgs.gov/pubprodTo order this and other USGS information products, visit http://store.usgs.gov Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this report.Suggested citation: Clark, B.R., Hart, R.M., and Gurdak, J.J., 2011, Groundwater availability of the Mississippi embayment: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1785, 62 p. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataClark, Brian R. Groundwater availability of the Mississippi Embayment / by Brian R. Clark, Rheannon M. Hart, and Jason J. Gurdak. p. cm. --(Professional paper ; 1785) ISBN 978-1-4113-3134-1 (soft cover) 1. Groundwater--Mississippi Embayment. 2. Groundwater--Southern States. 3. Water table--Mississippi Embayment. 4. Water table--Southern States. 5. Aquifers--Mississippi Embayment. 6. Aquifers--Southern States. I. Hart, Rheannon M. II. Gurdak, Jason J. III. Title. IV. Series: U.S. Geological Survey professional paper ; 1785. GB1018. C53 2011 551.490975--dc23 2011021667 iii ForewordAlthough often overlooked, groundwater is increasingly important to all our lives. Groundwater is the Nation's principal reserve of freshwater. It provides half our drinking water and is essential to U.S. food production while facilitating business and industry in promoting economic wellbeing. Groundwater is also an important source of water for sustaining the ecosystem health of rivers, wetlands, and estuaries throughout the country.Large-scale development of groundwater resources with accompanying declines in groundwater levels and other effects of pumping have led to concerns about the future availability of groundwater to meet all our Nation's needs. The depletion of groundwater to satisfy the country's thirst and the compounding effects of recent droughts emphasize the need for an updated status of the Nation's groundwater resources. Assessments of groundwater resources provide the science and information needed by the public and decision makers to evaluate water availability and its effects on the water supply, as well as, to manage and use the water resources responsibly. Adding to this already complex task of resource assessment is the analysis of potential future effects due to climate variability, which can further exacerbate an already challenging situation.The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Groundwater Resources Program is conducting largescale multidisciplinary regional studies of groundwater availability, such as this study of the Mississippi embayment aquifer system. These regional studies ...

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“…Each chapter deals with a specific subject or with specific parts of the flow system. A regionally consistent geohydrologic framework is documented in chapters B (Hosman and Weiss, 1991) and C (Weiss, 1992), regional stratigraphy and subsurface geology is contained in chapter G (Hosman, 1996), and chapters D, E, H, and I present a hydrologic analysis based on simulations of ground-water flow in different parts of the aquifer system: the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer (chapter D, Ackerman, 1996); the Texas Gulf Coastal Plain (chapter E, Ryder and Ardis, in press); Coastal Plain sediments of southern Louisiana, southern Mississippi, southwestern Alabama, and adjacent Florida (chapter H, Martin and Whiteman, in press); and the Mississippi embayment (chapter I, Arthur and Taylor, in press). Chapter F (Williamson and Grubb, in press) is a regional hydrologic analysis based on simulation of ground-water flow that provides an evaluation of the effects of historical groundwater withdrawals and an evaluation of the regional potential for development of the ground-water resource.…”

Section: Regional Analysis Of the Gulf Coast Aquifer Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The typically unconsolidated to semiconsolidated sediments are a complexly interbedded sequence of sand, silt, and clay with minor beds of lignite, gravel, and limestone. The following summary of the geology was adapted from much more extensive discussions by Hosman (1996), Weiss (1992), and Hosman and Weiss (1991).…”

Section: Geologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Summary of hydrology of the regional aquifer systems, Gulf Coastal Plain, south-central United States

Grubb¹

1998

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Geohydrologic units of the Mississippi embayment and Texas coastal uplands aquifer systems, south-central United States

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Water levels and water quality in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer (middle Claiborne aquifer) in Arkansas, spring-summer 2011

Water levels and water quality in the Sparta-Memphis aquifer (middle Claiborne aquifer) in Arkansas, spring-summer 2011

Groundwater availability of the Mississippi embayment

Summary of hydrology of the regional aquifer systems, Gulf Coastal Plain, south-central United States

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