Groundwater composition in the Teays Valley parallels bedrock symmetry of the Cincinnati Arch

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States)

OSTI ID:5806259

Corbett, R G ^[1]; Manner, B M ^[2]

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1. Illinois State Univ., Normal, IL (United States). Dept. of Geography and Geology
2. Duquesne Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States). Dept. of Physics and School of Education

Chemical data for twenty-two public water supplies from Chillicothe, Ohio to Ambia, Indiana indicate water types ranging from CaHCO[sub 3] to CaSO[sub 4]. Location of the Teays Valley incorporates information from 1985 maps showing bedrock topography of the Teays in Indiana and a 1986 map of thickness of glacial deposits in Ohio. A down-valley array shows a succession from CaHCO[sub 3] to CaSO[sub 4] to CaHCO[sub 3] type. Bedrock incised by the Teays Valley as shown on the Geologic MaD of North America appears in a symmetrical pattern across the Cincinnati arch. From margins of the study area (Chillicothe, Ohio and Ambia, Indiana) toward the center (the Ohio-Indiana border), units succeed generally from Upper Devonian (D[sub 3]), to Middle Devonian (D[sub 2]), to Middle and Upper Silurian (S[sub 2] and S[sub 3]), to upper Ordovician (O[sub 3]). Groundwater data from the same unit but from opposite flanks of the arch cluster as shown on the Piper diagram. Influence of bedrock on composition of groundwater from unconsolidated aquifers in the Teays Valley is evident.

• OSTI ID: 5806259
• Report Number(s): CONF-921058--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs; (United States) Journal Volume: 24:7
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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