Fossil water
Translation- Fossil water
Fossil water or paleowater is
groundwater that has remained in anaquifer for millennia. Water can rest underground in aquifers for thousands or even millions of years. When geologic changes seal the aquifer off from further "recharging," the water becomes trapped inside and then becomes known as fossil water.Radiocarbon dating has revealed that some aquifer water has been there for 40,000 years, since before the end of the lastice age .The
Ogallala Aquifer andNubian Sandstone Aquifer System are among the most notable of fossil water reserves. Extraction of fossil water is sometimes referred to aswater mining because it is anon-renewable resource .ee also
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Artesian aquifer
*Hydrogeology
*Water resources References
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