Central Valley Aquifer, Chapters A and B - MAE Class Websites
Central Valley Aquifer, Chapters A and B - MAE Class Websites
Central Valley Aquifer, Chapters A and B - MAE Class Websites
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3-D Model of Percentage of Coarse-Grained Texture<br />
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layers 4 <strong>and</strong> 5 (). In order to complete this representa-<br />
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ALTITUDE, IN FEET<br />
1,000<br />
500<br />
NGVD 29<br />
-500<br />
-1,000<br />
-1,500<br />
-2,000<br />
Layer<br />
Thickness<br />
(feet)<br />
Depth to<br />
base outside<br />
Corcoran Clay<br />
(feet)<br />
Hydrogeology 29<br />
Table A3. <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>, California, groundwater flow model<br />
layer thicknesses <strong>and</strong> depths.<br />
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Texture<br />
figure<br />
1 50 50 <br />
2 100 150 —<br />
3 150 300 <br />
4 301 <br />
5 302 <br />
6 198 500 <br />
7 250 750 —<br />
8 300 1,050 —<br />
9 350 1,400 <br />
10 400 1,800 —<br />
A Cross section along row 355<br />
A'<br />
Layer 1<br />
Layer 2<br />
Layer 3<br />
L<strong>and</strong> surface<br />
Corcoran Clay<br />
Layer 6<br />
Layer 7<br />
Layer 8<br />
Layer 9<br />
Layer 10<br />
Not in model<br />
-2,500<br />
0 30,000 60,000 90,000 120,000 150,000 180,000 210,000 240,000 270,000 300,000<br />
DISTANCE ALONG SECTION, IN FEET<br />
Figure A11. Generalized hydrogeologic section (A–A’) indicating the vertical discretization of the numerical model of the groundwaterflow<br />
system in the <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Valley</strong>, California. Line of section shown on (altitudes are along row 355; layer numbers indicate<br />
model layer).
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