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Geology

1970

Groundwater--North Dakota

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Groundwater Flow In Part Of The Little Missouri River Basin, North Dakota, Thomas M. Hamilton Jan 1970

Groundwater Flow In Part Of The Little Missouri River Basin, North Dakota, Thomas M. Hamilton

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The Little Missouri valley in western North Dakota is deeply incised into slightly permeable Mesozoic and Cenozoic sediments. An evaluation of the groundwater flow in part of this valley was 'based on the present groundwater flow-system models. Abrupt changes in the hydrochemical facies have been explained relative to a continuous flow system.

The Little Missouri valley ls the discharge area of a regional groundwater flow system; it affects the potential distribution of the flow system for a minimum of 1.000 feet below the valley floor. The discharge area is approximately the same width as the valley floor and has a …