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1 online resource (295 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Preface to the first edition; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Water underground; Selected references; 3. Water in circulation; Selected references; 4. Caverns and capillaries; Selected references; 5. Soil water; Selected references; 6. Groundwater in motion; Water movement; Head loss; Darcy's law; Applications of Darcy's law; Flow to a well; Summary; Selected references; 7. More about aquifers; Perched aquifers; Confined aquifers: the concept and the misconceptions; Elastic storage; Fluctuations of water level |
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Rock types as aquifersUK aquifers; North American aquifers; Other aquifers -- unconsolidated sediments; Non-aquifers; Igneous and metamorphic rocks; Selected references; 8. Springs and rivers, deserts and droughts; Discharge from aquifers; Why rivers keep flowing; Measuring river flows; Hydrograph analysis; What happens in a drought?; The drought of 1975-76; The drought of 1984; The drought of 1988-92; Living in a greenhouse; Perennial drought -- deserts; Selected references; 9. Water wells; Pumps; Well design; Designing for maximum well efficiency; Drilling methods; Sampling and coring |
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Selected references10. Measurements and models; Hydrological measurements; Geological measurements; Hydraulic measurements; Models; Water divining; Selected references; 11. Water quality; A sanitary tale; Groundwater chemistry; Origins of groundwater; Chemical development of meteoric water; Groundwater quality in arid areas; Connate and saline waters; Isotopes and tracers; Residents, immigrants and visitors -- the mysterious world of micro-organism; How safe is the water?; Bottled waters; Groundwater temperature; Selected references; 12. Groundwater: friend or foe?; The preferred option |
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Water management and conjunctive useGroundwater as a problem; Groundwater as a cause of instability; Controlling groundwater in engineering works; Mine drainage; Rising water levels; Selected references; 13. What goes down must come up; The myth of purity; Keep it clean; Pollutant movement; Who pollutes groundwater?; Saline intrusion; Nitrate; Pesticides; Waste disposal by landfill; Nuclear waste; Hydrocarbons; Cleaning up the problems; Groundwater protection; Selected references; 14. Epilogue; Index |
| Summary |
Presented in a style intended for the non-specialist reader, with technical terms and mathematical formulae kept to a minimum, the second edition of this introduction to groundwater covers a range of topics as they relate to hydrogeology. A major new chapter focuses on pollution |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Groundwater.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geology.
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Groundwater
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134982738 |
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1134982739 |
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