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Ordovician aquifers

Detailed Description

Carbonate rocks of Devonian, Silurian, and Ordovician age, which are primarily limestone with some dolomite, are the principal aquifers in large areas of central Kentucky and central Tennessee. Most of the caronate-rock aquifers are in Ordovician rocks.

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