confining bed — A body of impermeable or distinctly less permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more aquifers [22]. Synonymous with confining unit … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
confining zone — A geological formation, group of formations, or part of a formation that is capable of limiting fluid movement above an injection zone [22]. See confining unit … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
geohydrologic unit — An aquifer, a confining unit or a combination of aquifers and confining units comprising a framework for a reasonably distinct geohydrologic system [22] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
aquitard — A confining bed that retards but does not prevent the flow of water to or from an adjacent aquifer; a leaky confining bed. It does not readily yield water to wells or springs, but may serve as a storage unit for ground water [22]. See also… … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
ground water, confined — Ground water under pressure significantly greater than atmospheric and whose upper limit is the bottom of a confining unit [22]. See also confined; confining unit; confined aquifer … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
Yucca Flat — is a closed desert drainage basin, one of four major nuclear test regions within the Nevada Test Site (NTS), and is divided into nine test sections: Areas 1 through 4 and 6 through 10. Yucca Flat is located at the eastern edge of NTS, about ten… … Wikipedia
Chipola Formation — Stratigraphic range: Late Oligocene Early Miocene Type Geological formation Unit of Alum Bluff Group Lithology Primary Dolostone, phosphate … Wikipedia
Ocala Limestone — Stratigraphic range: Eocene Type Geological formation Underlies Suwannee Limestone (Oligocene) Overlies Avon Park Formation Thickness Lafayette Su … Wikipedia
aquiclude — A formation which, although porous and capable of storing water, does not transmit it at rates sufficient to furnish an appreciable supply for a well or spring. See also confining unit [22] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
aquifuge — A formation which has no interconnected openings or interstices and therefore neither stores nor transmits water [22]. See also confining unit … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
