{"id":100,"date":"2020-09-29T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T13:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-in-our-water-cycle\/?post_type=chapter&p=100"},"modified":"2020-10-19T00:29:13","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T00:29:13","slug":"groundwater-flow-at-the-regional-scale","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/groundwater-in-our-water-cycle\/chapter\/groundwater-flow-at-the-regional-scale\/","title":{"raw":"4.3 The Regional-Scale View","rendered":"4.3 The Regional-Scale View"},"content":{"raw":"By zooming out further (Figure 28), the three-dimensional, regional, often layered, geologic units containing groundwater systems come into view. The geologic layers occur because: 1) sediments are laid down by water or blowing wind; and 2) sedimentary rocks, which cover about 73% of the upper continental crust, are consolidated so they retain their original layered structure. This layered structure is significant, because both the volume of groundwater storage and ease of groundwater flow differ depending on the porosity and permeability of the layers, creating a sequence of aquifers and confining units.<\/a>\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_188\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]\"Figures Figure 28 -<\/strong> Regional view of groundwater systems. a) The seaward dipping mid Atlantic coastal plain sediments of the United States (adapted from USGS, 2019b), with the window framing; b) the local aquifers that are a small part of the larger regional groundwater system and showing layered aquifers and confining units (Winter et al, 1998, as adapted from Heath 1983).[\/caption]","rendered":"

By zooming out further (Figure 28), the three-dimensional, regional, often layered, geologic units containing groundwater systems come into view. The geologic layers occur because: 1) sediments are laid down by water or blowing wind; and 2) sedimentary rocks, which cover about 73% of the upper continental crust, are consolidated so they retain their original layered structure. This layered structure is significant, because both the volume of groundwater storage and ease of groundwater flow differ depending on the porosity and permeability of the layers, creating a sequence of aquifers and confining units.<\/a><\/p>\n

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