... VNUJournal of Science,EarthSciences23(2007)170‐176170 Characteristics of Quaternary sedimentary facies in relation to water bearing capacity of aquifers and aquicludes in the Red River Delta, Vietnam NguyenThanhLan*,TranNghi,DangMai,DinhXuanThanhCollege of Science,VNUReceived07March2007Abstract.There ... m.However,due to the action of old river systems, in someplacesthereisnotrace of the finegrainsediments, but there remain only the coarsegrainedsediments of river bed facies, whichare of high storage and water bearing capacity. These ... plain river bed facies and chan gin g up war ds into finersediments co nsisting mainly silty clay mixedwith fine sand of flood plain facies and clay of lagoonal facies. ‐...