Estimated potentiometric surface by D'Agnese and others (1998), for the Death Valley regional ground-water flow system study, Nevada and California
Description
D'Agnese and others (1998) developed a potentiometric surface to conceptualize the regional
ground-water flow system and to construct numerical flow models of the Death Valley region,
Nevada and California. The estimated potentiometric surface was derived using a gridding
algorithm and interactive editing to produce contours representative of the natural water-table
conditions. Input data included the altitudes of lakes, springs, and wetlands; water-level data
from wells; and hydrogeologic information pertaining to areas of recharge, discharge, and low-
permeability rocks