Generalized hydrogeology and ground-water budget for the C Aquifer, Little Colorado River basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River basins, Arizona and New Mexico

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Title Generalized hydrogeology and ground-water budget for the C Aquifer, Little Colorado River basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River basins, Arizona and New Mexico
Creator Hart, Robert J.; Ward, John J.; Bills, Donald J.; Flynn, Marilyn E.
Subject Groundwater; Hydrogeology; Aquifers; Water quality monitoring stations
Spatial Coverage Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico); Colorado; Arizona; New Mexico; Utah
Description The C aquifer underlies the Little Colorado River Basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River Basins and is named for the primary water-bearing rock unit of the aquifer, the Coconino Sandstone. The areal extent of this aquifer is more than 27,000 square miles. More than 1,000 well and spring sites were identified in the U.S. Geological Survey database for the C aquifer in Arizona and New Mexico. The C aquifer is the most productive aquifer in the Little Colorado River Basin. The Little Colorado River is the primary surface-water feature in the area, and it has a direct hydraulic connection with the C aquifer in some areas. Spring discharge as base flow from the C aquifer occurs predominantly in the lower 13 miles of the Little Colorado River subsequent to downward leakage into the deeper Redwall-Muav Limestone aquifer. Ground-water mounds or divides exist along the southern and northeastern boundaries of the Little Colorado River Basin. The ground-water divides are significant bounda
Publisher U. S. Geological Survey
Contributors National Park Service
Date 2002
Type Text
Format application/pdf
Digitization Specifications pdf file copied from USGS website (http://az.water.usgs.gov/pubs/02-4026intro.htm). Uploaded into CONTENTdm version 3.7.
Identifier http://az.water.usgs.gov/pubs/02-4026intro.htm
Source Hart, Robert J.; Ward, John J.; Bills, Donald J.; Flynn, Marilyn E., Generalized hydrogeology and ground-water budget for the C Aquifer, Little Colorado River basin and parts of the Verde and Salt River basins, Arizona and New Mexico, Tucson, Arizona: U. S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation 02-4026, 47 p.
Language eng
Rights Management Public Domain, Courtesy of the USGS
Holding Institution University of Utah
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6js9pc1