Cape Fear Formation, South Carolina Coastal Plain (12c)
Comments on Geologic Parameters
12c CO2 Solubility Brine: Formation Water Salinity:
Several researchers have reported that salinity in the Cape Fear aquifer is moderately high but below 10,000 mg/L (Manheim and Horn, 1968; Brown and others, 1979; Lee, 1985; Miller and others, 1986; Miller, 1990). However, there has not been a systematic study of water chemistry in southeastern South Carolina because of low prospect for use. We used the map of Lee (1985) for the GIS, who referred to the Cape Fear hydrostratigraphic interval as the middle water-bearing zone of the A4 regional aquifer. We chose this map to grid (c12capefear) because it shows the regional distribution of dissolved solids.
12c Map:
12c Reference:
Brown, P. M., Brown, D. L., Reid, M. S., and Lloyd, O. B., Jr., 1979, Evaluation of the geologic and hydrologic factors related to the water-storage potential of Mesozoic aquifers in the southern part of the Atlantic coastal plain, South Carolina and Georgia: U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1088, 37 p., 11 plates.
Lee, R. W., 1985, Water-quality maps for selected Upper Cretaceous water-bearing zones in the southeastern coastal plain: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations 85-4193.
Manheim, F. T., and Horn, M. K., 1968, Composition of deeper subsurface waters along the Atlantic continental margin: Southeastern Geology, v. 9, p. 215-236.
Miller, J. A., 1990, Ground water atlas of the United States-segment 6, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina: U.S. Geological Survey Hydrologic Investigations Atlas No. HA-730-G, 28 p.
Miller, J. A., Barker, R. A., and Renkin, R. A., 1986, Hydrology of the Southeastern Coastal Plain Aquifer System, in Vecchioli, J., and Johnson, A. I., eds., Regional aquifer systems of the U.S.: aquifers of the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: American Water Resources Association Monograph Series No. 9, p. 53-77.
