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GENE REALIZED STRAT IGRAPHY HYDROGEOLOGICAL
UNITS
Quarternary sediments T Uricunsoli dated sands and cal ized
( 3 m) graveIs, gypsiferous and quifers
Unclro nli s and clan-=Kuwait Group
Mio-Pliocene sediments
of Hadrukh, Darn and
.Hofuf Formations in
Saudi Arabia; Ghar,
Fars and Dibdlbba
Formations of Kuwait
and southern Iraq
(200-300 m)
UnconformnIty
Dammam Formation
(60-200 m)Rus Formation
(20-200 m)
Umm Er Radhuma UER)
Formation (300-60O m)
Pisconformity
Aruma Group
(400-600 m)I
T
I
a
I
t
r
r #///.*
Anhydrite and limestone
K
V nDibtdbba Aquifer
Upper
Aquifer
Aquitard
Lower
AquiferAquitard
Gravelly sand, sandy
gravel, calcareous and
gypsiferous sand,
calcareous silty
sandstone, sandy
limestone, marl and
shale; locally cherty
Localized shale, clay and
calcareous silty sandstone
Cherly limestone
Chalky, marly, dolomitic
and calcarenitic limestone
NummuJitic limestone
wih lignites and
salesLimestone and dolomite
(cacarnitic in the Aquifer
middle) with Iocalizred
anhydrite layers
Shales and mars AquitardLimestone and shaly
Ii mestoneAqui fer
Figure 2. General Kuwait stratigraphy and hydrogeologic units (adapted from Mukhopadhyay et al. 1996).
0
-100
-200-300
Ulnsy Lur al rd Kuw,:Mil irvvp lp Kuwait GrOuV
Upper Kuwaii Group
Aqtuitard
R vel
[bnramr Aquifer
Basal Dammam
& Rus Formation
0 500
Distance (m)Figure 3. Synthetic aquifer model used for hydrogeologic and geophysical modeling (based on Mukhopadhyay and Al-Otaibi
2002).Aquifer middle
Lo er
Aquitard;
locally
aquiclude where
Rus Formation
is predominantly
anhydriticE
-C
ai I I
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Minsley, B.J.; Ajo-Franklin, J.; Mukhopadhyay, A. & Morgan, F.D. Hydrogeophysical methods for analyzing aquifer storage and recovery systems, article, December 1, 2009; Berkeley, California. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1014506/m1/4/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.