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Geology and ground-water resources of Highlands County Florida
Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Errata
- Title Page and Preliminaries
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Abstract
- Introduction
- --Purpose and scope of the Investigation
- --Location and extent of the area
- --Previous investigations
- --Acknowledgments
- Geography
- --Topography and drainage
- ---Western Flatlands
- ---Highlands Ridge
- ---Istokpoga-Indian Prairie Basin
- ---Eastern Flatlands
- --Population and development
- --Transportation
- --Climate
- --Mineral resources
- --Indian occupation
- Geologic formations and their water-bearing properties
- --Summary of stratigraphy
- --Pre-Tertiary rocks
- --Tertiary system
- ---Paleocene series
- ----Cedar Keys limestone
- ---Eocene series
- ----Oldsmar limestone
- ----Lake City limestone
- ----Avon Park limestone
- ----Moodys Branch formation
- ----Ocala limestone
- ---Oligocene series
- ---Miocene series
- ----Hawthorn formation
- ----Tamiami formation
- --Quarternary system
- ---Pleistocene series
- ----Introduction
- ---Pleistocene deposits
- ---Recent series
- ----Introduction
- ----Dune sand
- ----Peat deposits
- ----Alluvium
- Ground water
- --Nonartesian water
- ---Source
- ---Occurrence
- ---The water table and movement of nonartesian ground water
- ----Shape and slope
- ----Relation to Topography
- ----Fluctuations of the water table
- ---Recharge
- ----Recharge from local rainfall
- ----Recharge from lakes and streams
- ----Recharge from irrigation
- ----Subsurface inflow
- ---Discharge
- ---Discharge by evapotranspiration
- ----Discharge into lakes and streams
- ----Subsurface outflow
- ----Discharge from wells
- --Artesian water
- ---Source
- ---Occurrence
- ---The piezometric surface and movement of artesian water
- ----Shape and slope
- ----Relation to topography
- ----Fluctuations of the piezometric surface
- -----Rainfall
- -----Changes in atmospheric pressure
- -----Pumpage and flow
- ---Recharge
- ---Discharge
- ----Natural discharge
- -----Shallow artesian system
- -----Floridan aquifer
- ----Discharge from wells
- -----Shallow artesian wells
- -----Wells in the Floridan aquifer
- --Utilization
- ---Domestic supplies
- ---Irrigation supplies
- ---Stock-water supplies
- ---Public Supplies
- --Quality of water
- ---Chemical constituents in relation to use
- ---Chemical character in relation to stratigraphy
- ----The Floridan aquifer
- ----Aquifers in the upper part of the Hawthorn and in younger formations
- Summary and conclusions
- Measured geologic sections
- Well logs
- References