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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Contents Chapter A Introduction, Overview of Hydrogeology, and Textural Model of California’s Central Valley Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................1 Geographic Information System (GIS) ..............................................................................................1 Texture Modeling ..................................................................................................................................2 Hydrologic System Modeling ..............................................................................................................2 Introduction.....................................................................................................................................................3 Purpose and Scope ..............................................................................................................................4 Methods of Analyses............................................................................................................................6 Data Compilation ..........................................................................................................................6 Numerical Model .........................................................................................................................6 Previous Investigations........................................................................................................................7 Recent Regional Groundwater Models ....................................................................................7 Central Valley Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (CV-RASA) ....................................7 California Central Valley Groundwater-Surface-Water Simulation Model (C2VSIM) ..............................................................................................................10 Study Area.....................................................................................................................................................10 Climate .................................................................................................................................................10 Sacramento Valley .............................................................................................................................10 Delta and Eastside Streams ..............................................................................................................15 San Joaquin Basin of the San Joaquin Valley ...............................................................................15 Tulare Basin of the San Joaquin Valley ..........................................................................................17 Water-Balance Subregions...............................................................................................................18 Geologic History and Setting .....................................................................................................................18 Hydrogeology................................................................................................................................................20 Aquifer Characteristics ......................................................................................................................20 Textural Analysis .................................................................................................................................23 Selection and Compilation of Existing Well Data .................................................................25 Classification of Texture from Drillers’ Logs and Regularization of Well Data ................26 Geostatistical Modeling Approach .........................................................................................26 Regions and Domains ......................................................................................................26 Geostatistical Model of Coarse-Grained Texture ........................................................27 3-D Model of Percentage of Coarse-Grained Texture ................................................29 Results of Texture Model ..........................................................................................................30 Sacramento Valley ............................................................................................................30 San Joaquin Valley ...........................................................................................................39 Hydrologic System ..............................................................................................................................40 Climate ........................................................................................................................................41 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- Page 1 and 2: GROUNDWATER RESOURCES PROGRAM Groun
- Page 3 and 4: Groundwater Availability of the Cen
- Page 5: Foreword An adequate supply of grou
- Page 9 and 10: Chapter C Numerical Model of the Hy
- Page 11 and 12: Figures Chapter A Figure A1. Map of
- Page 13 and 14: Figure B12. Map of altitude of the
- Page 15 and 16: Figure C28. Pie chart and histogram
- Page 17 and 18: Conversion Factors Inch/Pound to SI
- Page 19 and 20: Chapter A. Introduction, Overview o
- Page 21 and 22: - - precipitation. -
- Page 23 and 24: 40° 39° 38° 37° 36° 35° Klama
- Page 25 and 26: Texture Model DATA Centralized Geos
- Page 27 and 28: Hydrology Water Well Information Aq
- Page 29 and 30: Table A1. Water-balance subregions
- Page 31 and 32: B Red Bluff 0 50 100 Miles 0 50 100
- Page 33 and 34: Delta and Eastside Streams ).
- Page 35 and 36: for about 30 percent of the annual
- Page 37 and 38: 0 50 100 Miles 0 50 100 Kilometers
- Page 39 and 40: A Coast Ranges Clayey lenses Fault
- Page 41 and 42: - the distribution of these pro
- Page 43 and 44: C DEPTH TO MIDPOINT OF INCREMENT, I
- Page 45 and 46: ). The southern part, referred , in
- Page 47 and 48: 3-D Model of Percentage of Coarse-G
- Page 49 and 50: A Layer 1 EXPLANATION Central Valle
- Page 51 and 52: C Layer Corcoran Clay EXPLANATION C
- Page 53 and 54: E Layer 9 EXPLANATION Central Valle
- Page 55 and 56: Geomorphic province— Basin Delta
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