Basaltic and volcanicrock aquifers
Aquifer Basics Links. Home. Igneous and metamorphicrock aquifers. The principal wateryielding aquifers of North America can be grouped into five types: unconsolidated and semiconsolidated sand and gravel aquifers, sandstone aquifers, carbonaterock aquifers, aquifers in interbedded sandstone and carbonate rocks, and aquifers in igneous and metamorphic rocks.