Meaning aquitard
What does aquitard mean? Here you find 10 meanings of the word aquitard. You can also add a definition of aquitard yourself

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aquitard


A material of low permeability that greatly slows the movement of ground water.
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A geologic formation or stratum that significantly retards fluid movement.
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aquitard


Geological formation that may contain groundwater but is not capable of transmitting significant quantities of it under normal hydraulic gradients. May function as confining bed.
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Geological formation that may contain groundwater but is not capable of transmitting significant quantities of it under normal hydraulic gradients. May function as confining bed.
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aquitard


body of impermeable or distinctly less-permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one of more aquifers which slows but does not prevent the flow of water to or from an adjacent aquifer
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aquitard


A geologic formation (usually a layer of material such as clay) that creates an underground barrier to the flow of groundwater.
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aquitard


A layer of rock over an aquifer through which water cannot soak.
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aquitard


geological formation that may contain groundwater but is not capable of transmitting significant quantities of it under normal hydraulic gradients. May function as confining bed.
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aquitard


Structure through which water cannot pass.
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aquitard


A geologic formation that may contain groundwater but is not capable of transmitting significant quantities of groundwater under normal hydraulic gradients. In some situations aquitards may function as confining beds.
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