Baseline Study of Ground-Water Movement and Chemistry in the Carbondale Group of Daviess, Pike and Gibson Counties, Indiana

摘要

The primary purpose of the study was to provide information which will aid in the establishment of baseline hydrologic conditions in the Pennsylvanian Carbondale Group, a sequence of rock containing the great majority of Indiana's coal reserves. The specific objectives were: the collection of baseline water level data and water chemistry data from existing wells; the determination of local and regional ground-water flow patterns; the determination of major chemical processes influencing ground-water chemistry; the analysis of detectable variations in the chemical data as an indication of natural variations within ground waters of the Carbondale Group.