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Dedication
The Groundwater Project Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1.1 The Properties of Water
1.2 Distribution of Water on the Earth
1.3 The Hydrologic Cycle
1.4 Groundwater
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Fluid Energy
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Porosity
3.3 Permeability
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Equations: A General Discussion
4.3 Darcy’s Law
4.4 Groundwater Flow Equations
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Aquifers
5.3 Storage Parameters
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Steady State versus Transient Groundwater Flow
6.3 Flow Calculations and Applications of the Flow Equation
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Background Information on Wells
7.3 Well Hydraulics
7.4 The Theis Equation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Well Hydraulics—A Quick Review
8.3 Aquifer Tests and Ideal Drawdown Curves
8.4 Aquifer Test Analysis
8.5 Simplification of the Theis Equation
8.6 Single Well Aquifer Tests
8.7 Well Loss and Well Efficiency
8.8 Slug Tests
8.9 Multiple Wells, Boundaries, and Image Wells
9.1 Review of Sections 1 to 8
9.2 Characteristics of Flow Systems
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Models: A General Definition and Specific Details
10.3 Specific Types of Groundwater Flow Models
10.4 The Method of Finite Differences
10.5 An Introduction to MODFLOW
11.1 Introduction
11.2 First, a Little Background Chemistry
11.3 Water Analysis and Naturally Occurring Dissolved Species
11.4 A Little about Chemical Reactions
11.5 Inferences about Groundwater Flow Systems
11.6 Graphical Representations of Geochemical Data
11.7 Evaluation of Water Quality Data
11.8 Additional References
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Mass Transport in Groundwater
12.3 Reactions and Retardation
12.4 Mass Transport Equations
12.5 Management of Groundwater Contamination
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Basics of Surface Water
13.3 Evaporation, Transpiration, and Precipitation
13.4 What Happens When It Rains?
13.5 Streams
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Distribution of Water in the Shallow Subsurface
14.3 Movement of Water in the Vadose Zone
14.4 Theory of Flow in an Unsaturated Porous Medium
14.5 Studying the Unsaturated Zone: Instruments and Techniques
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Review of Elastic Response in a Confined Aquifer
15.3 States of Stress in the Earth’s Crust
15.4 Compressibility and Storage Parameters
15.5 Land Subsidence
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Conceptualizing Fractured Media
16.3 Fracture Properties
16.4 Formation of Fractures
16.5 Hydraulic Properties of Fractures
16.6 Modeling Fluid Flow in Fractures
16.7 Influence of Fractures on Fluid Flow and Mass Transport
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Basic Classification of Hydrogeologic Environments
17.3 Alluvium
17.4 Glacial Deposits
17.5 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks—Sandstone/Shale
17.6 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks—Carbonates and Evaporites
17.7 “Hard” Rocks
18.1 Part 1: Fundamentals
18.2 Part 2: Related Topics
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Exercise 3
Exercise 4
Exercise 5
Exercise 6
Exercise 7
Exercise 8
Exercise 9
Exercise 10
Exercise 11
Exercise 12
Exercise 13
Exercise 14
Exercise 15
Exercise 16
Exercise 17
Exercise 18
Exercise 19
Exercise 20
Exercise 21
Exercise 22
Exercise 23
Exercise 24
Exercise 25
Exercise 26
Exercise 27
Box 1 - Derivation of the Radial Flow Equation
Solution Exercise 1
Solution Exercise 2
Solution Exercise 3
Solution Exercise 4
Solution Exercise 5
Solution Exercise 6
Solution Exercise 7
Solution Exercise 8
Solution Exercise 9
Solution Exercise 10
Solution Exercise 11
Solution Exercise 12
Solution Exercise 13
Solution Exercise 14
Solution Exercise 15
Solution Exercise 16
Solution Exercise 17
Solution Exercise 18
Solution Exercise 19
Solution Exercise 20
Solution Exercise 21
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Solution Exercise 23
Solution Exercise 24
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Solution Exercise 26
Solution Exercise 27
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