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Fractured Clay as Aquifer

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

This post is a continuation of our “walk about” exploring underground water stored in glacial deposits. The layers of sediment deposited by glacial melt water (“outwash”) and directly by the ice itself (“till”) have been mapped regionally in southwestern Minnesota … Continue reading →

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Springs This Summer

Posted on August 9, 2019 by Lone Tree Farm on Kanaranzi Creek

The high rainfall this year and last year has saturated the subsoil and filled the underground storage “tanks”. Actually these buried aquifers are NOT open spaces, like caves, flooded with water. But, instead they are layers of sand and gravel … Continue reading →

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