Central Valley Aquifer, Chapters A and B - MAE Class Websites

A
Coast Ranges
Clayey
lenses
Fault
Marine
deposits
River
Potentiometric surface for the
lower part of the aquifer system
Old saline water
Pumping wells
Slough
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-
constitute more than 50 percent of the total thickness of the
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2
Water
movement
Sierra Nevada
Fresh-water
recharge
Lower part
of the aquifer
system
Upper part
of the aquifer
system
Bedrock
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Figure A9. Pre- and post-development of the A, Sacramento Valley. B, Central part of the San Joaquin Valley, California. (Modified
from Belitz and Heimes, 1990; and Galloway and others, 1999).
Water
table
lacustrine deposit (Johnson and others, 1968) as much as 200
). This