Table of Contents - SPE234: Late Cenozoic Paleohydrogeology of the Western San Joaquin Valley, California; Relation to Structural Movements in the Central Coast Ranges

Abstract

Introduction

Background
General setting
Well-numbering system

Isotope Terminology

Geologic Framework of the San Joaquin Valley

Late Tertiary and Quaternary Geologic History

Principal Ground-water Types

Sampling and Analysis

Results of Analyses

Chemical and Isotopic Character of Ground Waters

Upper water-bearing zone
Ground waters of the major flood plains
San Joaquin flood-plain facies
Kings River flood-plain facies
Kings River (south) flood-plain facies Upper-zone axial facies
Upper-zone basal-aquifer facies
Upper-zone superficial facies
Los Gatos fan facies
Lower water-bearing zone
Lower zone (north) facies
Lower zone (south) facies
Reduced sulfate facies
Pre-Tulare aquifer facies

Climatic Conditions and Meteorology

Modern regime
Meteorological model
Mid-Pleistocene model

Mixing Models

Pleistocene Hydrogeology of the central West Side

Implications of mixing models
Relation of relict waters to Corcoran Clay Member.
Climate of the San Joaquin Valley during glaciation of the Sierra Nevada
Pleistocene paleoclimatology and paleometeorology
Mid-Pleistocene paleometeorology

Conclusions

References Cited