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Aquifer are underground areas of saturated permeable rock or sediments above layers of impermeable rock that have the ability to hold/retain ground water, preventing it from percolation and infiltration, thereby serving as a form of natural water storage .
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Why are rock layers significant?
if it is a sedimentary rock the fossils get cemented together
What results from compression between rock layers?
it forms a sedimentary rock
What happens When rock layers are folded?
When rock layers are folded, a geological fold happens. These folds form under various conditions such as stress, hydrostatic pressure, pore pressure, and temperature gradient.
What does the law of superposition tell us about rock layers?
youngest on top
Slab that forms when magma forces itself across rock layers?
The slab of volcanic rock that is formed when magma forces itself across rock layers is called a dike. This will eventually build into mountains.
Are Aquifers rock layers?
Aquifers are permeable layers of rock that have non permeable layers of rock under them so water remains in the permeable layers
What are aquifers made of?
Aquifers are made of permeable rock layers
Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called?
Permeable rock strata are called aquifers.
What are underground layers of porous rock filled with water called?
Aquifers.
What is a layer of rock that allows water to flow through called?
Aquifers are layers of rock that hold a lot of water and allow it to circulate.
What type of rock is groundwater found in?
Usable groundwater is to be found in aquifers. Aquifers are porous, permeable rocks sandwiched between two layers if impermeable rocks. Sandstones and porous limestones can form good aquifers.
What does aquifer mean?
a water-bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, or gravel
How geological layers contain water?
aquifers
What are permeable and porous rock layers thet can hold and transmit groundwater?
This type of layer is found within the earth and is called an Aquifer.
Is an aquifer in a layer of rock that hold water in it?
Aquifers are layers of rock (primarily limestone) that gather water in thier porous holes. People have made machines to extract this water, and they are very useful. Aquifers are used primarily in the coastal plains region of the USA.
When water moves on top of the rock what does it become?
When water moves on to of rock, the rock becomes what is called an aquifer. Aquifers must be both permeable and porous. Aquifers may occur at various depths.
What is water that is found under the ground?
Subsurface water is found in layers called aquifers.
