Aquitard: A saturated but poorly permeable formation that does not yield water freely to a well or a spring. However, an aquitard may transmit appreciable water to or from adjacent aquifers.
AQUITARD
Geological formations or strata that have the ability to store water but can only transmit water in very small quantities. (eg. silt, siltstone)
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Aquitard
The less permeable beds in a stratigraphic sequence; beds may be permeable enough to transmit water in quantities that are significant in the study of regional groundwater flow or environmental contamination, ...
aquitard A geologic unit of low permeability that can store and slowly transmit ground water from one aquifer to another. Aquitards act as confining units of aquifers.
arable land Land fit for cultivation.
 See also: Table, Aquifer, Water, Contaminant, Treatment
  
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