Hydrology of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer, South-Central United States: A Preliminary Assessment of the Regional Flow System

摘要

The purpose of the report is to describe the hydrogeology of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer, to present a conceptual model for steady-state regional flow analysis, to document the preliminary calibration of a steady-state digital model of regional flow, and to analyze the regional flow system based on the application of the preliminary model. Understanding flow paths, fluxes, aquifer interaction, or the effects of development on a local scale is not a purpose of the study. The study area is limited to the portion of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer north of the southern extent of the subcrop of the Vicksburg-Jackson confining unit.