Title:
Saltwater Intrusion in the Floridan Aquifer System, Northeastern Florida
Saltwater Intrusion in the Floridan Aquifer System, Northeastern Florida
| dc.contributor.author | Spechler, Rick M. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Phelps, G. G. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.corporatename | Geological Survey (U.S.) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.editor | Hatcher, Kathryn J. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-01-03T19:22:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-01-03T19:22:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1997-03 | |
| dc.description | Proceedings of the 1997 Georgia Water Resources Conference, March 20-22, 1997, Athens, Georgia. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Saltwater intrusion is a potential threat to the quality of ground water in northeastern Florida and southeastern Georgia. Elevated chloride concentrations have been observed in wells tapping the Upper Floridan and the upper zone of the Lower Floridan aquifers. In Duval County, Florida, increased chloride concentrations in water from wells along the coast and up to 14 miles inland indicate that saline water is gradually intruding into the freshwater zones of the Floridan aquifer system. Several mechanisms may explain this intrusion of saline water and the consequent increase in concentrations of chloride in northeastern Florida. The most plausible explanation for the movement of higher chloride water into the freshwater zones of the Floridan aquifer system is the upward movement of saline water along joints, fractures, collapse features, faults, or other structural anomalies. These features create conduits of relatively high vertical conductivity, providing a hydraulic connection between freshwater zones and deeper, more saline zones. After saline water reaches the freshwater zones, it can then move laterally through the porous aquifer matrix or along horizontal fractures or solution zones. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Sponsored and Organized by: U.S. Geological Survey, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, The University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | This book was published by the Institute of Ecology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602 with partial funding provided by the U.S. Department of Interior, Geological Survey, through the Georgia Water Research Institutes Authorization Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-397). The views and statements advanced in this publication are solely those of the authors and do not represent official views or policies of the University of Georgia or the U.S. Geological Survey or the conference sponsors. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 0-935835-05-9 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/45675 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Georgia Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.publisher.original | Institute of Ecology | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | GWRI1997. Groundwater & Coastal Issues | en_US |
| dc.subject | Water resources management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Saltwater intrusion | en_US |
| dc.subject | Groundwater | en_US |
| dc.subject | Aquifers | en_US |
| dc.subject | Saline zones | en_US |
| dc.subject | Freshwater zones | en_US |
| dc.title | Saltwater Intrusion in the Floridan Aquifer System, Northeastern Florida | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dc.type.genre | Proceedings | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | Georgia Water Resources Institute | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| local.contributor.corporatename | College of Engineering | |
| local.relation.ispartofseries | Georgia Water Resources Conference | |
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