Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Piedmont and Blue Ridge carbonate-rock aquifers

Detailed Description

The carbonate rocks of the Piedmont and Blue Ridge provinces have virtually no primary permeability or porosity. Water in these rocks moves through secondary openings such as bedding planes, joints, faults, and other partings within the rock that have been enlarged by dissolution.

Sources/Usage

Public Domain.

Was this page helpful?