Conceptual evaluation of regional ground-water flow in the carbonate-rock province of the Great Basin, Nevada, Utah and adjacent states
Prudic DE, Harrill JR, Burbey TJ. 1993. Conceptual evaluation of regional ground-water flow in the carbonate-rock province of the Great Basin, Nevada, Utah and adjacent states. 93-170 (revision of 90-560). USGS, Department of the Interior. Carson City, NV
Regional ground-water flow studied as part of the Great Basin Regional Aquifer-System Analysis. The following general conclusions were made based on available information and model simulations: Most ground-water flow is relatively shallow, moving from recharge areas in the mountain ranges to discharge areas in adjacent valleys; directions of shallow ground-water flow do not correspond everywhere to directions of deep flow; deep ground-water flow mostly discharges at regional springs or in areas of evapotranspiration upgradient from the terminal sinks (Great Salt Lake, etc.); interbasin movement of ground water to larger regional springs is through permeable carbonate rocks in areas where the rocks are thick and continuous; consolidated rocks beneath valleys and surrounding mountains are not highly transmissive, suggesting that not all carbonate rocks are highly permeable or that not all valleys and surrounding mountains are underlain by carbonate rocks. This is an extensive report which covers a very large area, but the many maps are at a scale that provides some information about the region of Great Basin National Park.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Prudic, David; Harrill, James; Burbey, Thomas
- Date of Issue
- 1993
- Publisher
- USGS, Department of the Interior
- Units
- DEVA , GRBA , LAKE , WRD
- Keywords
- Aquifers, Clemson, Evapotranspiration, Geohydrology, Geology, Groundwater, Hydrology, NV, NV, Physical Sciences, potentiometric contour, Recharge, Snake Range, Snake Valley, transmissivity, Water, Water Resources, WRBIB