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ACKNOW LEDG EM ENTS ........................................................................................................................ ix

ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................... x

INTRO DUCTIO N ...................................................................................................................................... 1

STRUCTURAL G EO LOGY ..................................................................................................................... 5
 Regional Structural Fram ework ................................................................................................... 5
 Structural Fram ework of Brevard County ........................................................................................ 5

LITHOSTRATIG RAPHY ......................................................................................................................... 14
 General Stratigraphy .......................................................................................................................... 14
 Paleocene Cedar Keys Formation ............................................................................................... 14
 Lower Eocene O ldsm ar Formation ............................................................................................. 14
 M iddle Eocene Avon Park Form ation ........................................................................................ 16
 Upper Eocene Ocala Lim estone ................................................................................................. 17
 M iocene Hawthorn G roup ................................................................................................................ 18
 Pliocene to Holocene Undifferentiated ........................................................................................ 18

DEPOSITIO NAL ENVIRO NM ENTS ................................................................................................. 18
 O ldsm ar Form ation ............................................................................................................................. 19
 Avon Park Form ation .......................................................................................................................... 20

GEOPHYSICAL CHARACTER OF THE LOWER FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM ......................... 21

DOLOMITIZATION IN THE LOWER FLORIDAN AQUIFER SYSTEM ....................... 23

HYDROG EO LOGY ................................................................................................................................ 25
 General Hydrogeologic Sum m ary of the Floridan Aquifer System ............................................... 25
 Hydrogeology of the M iddle Confining Unit of the Floridan Aquifer System ................................... 35
 Hydrogeology of the Lower Floridan Aquifer System ................................................................... 35
 Boulder Zone ................................................................................................................................. 38
 Confining Layers ............................................................................................................................ 42
 Fractures and Vertical Flow ..................................................................................................... 42
 Hydraulic Head in W ells ................................................................................................................ 43
 Aquifer Loading .............................................................................................................................. 46
 Geothermal G radients .................................................................................................................... 49

GRO UND-W ATER CHEM ISTRY ANALYSIS .................................................................................... 57
 In tro d u ctio n ........................................................................................................................................ 5 7
 Primary W ells ..................................................................................................................................... 60
 M e rritt Is la n d .................................................................................................................................. 6 0
 South Beaches .............................................................................................................................. 64
 D B L e e ....................................................................................................................................... 6 8
 Secondary W ells ................................................................................................................................ 71
 Harris Corporation .......................................................................................................................... 71
 G ra n t S tre e t ................................................................................................................................... 7 3
 Port Malabar .................................................................................................................................. 74
 W est M elbourne ............................................................................................................................. 74
 Hercules, Inc .................................................................................................................................. 75

DISCUSSIO N AND CO NCLUSIO NS ............................................................................................... 76




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