Confining bed definition
Confining bed means a body of impermeable or distinctly less permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more aquifers.
Confining bed means a layer of ground that resists water penetration.
Confining bed means a layer of distinctly less permeable material stratigraphically adjacent to one or more aquifers.
More Definitions of Confining bed
Confining bed means a geological layer of either unconsolidated material, usually clay or hardpan, or bedrock, usu- ally shale, that is all or partially saturated with water and having permeability low enough relative to the aquifer to give the water in the aquifer artesian head.
Confining bed means a strata of relatively impermeable material having distinctly lower hydraulic conductivity stratigraphically adjacent to one or more aquifers.
Confining bed means a geologic formation exhibiting relatively low ability to transmit water compared to adjacent formations. Confining beds are typically not capable of yielding usable quantities of water to a well.
Confining bed means a layer of low permeability material immediately overlying a confined aquifer.
Confining bed means a layer of geologic materials having very low hydraulic conductivity that hampers the movement of water into and out of an aquifer.
Confining bed means a bed of impermeable material above, below or adjacent to an aquifer that restricts or reduces the natural flow of groundwater to or from the aquifer.
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