{"id":1379,"date":"2026-05-12T21:47:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-27\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T03:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T03:36:15","slug":"exercise-27","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/exercise-27\/","title":{"raw":"Exercise 27","rendered":"Exercise 27"},"content":{"raw":"<div id=\"exercise-27\" class=\"level1\">\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Block Text\">\r\n<blockquote>This figure shows ternary diagrams from two different fractured aquifers. Each dot represents an outcrop; for each aquifer about 9 outcrops were studied. Based on these results, and assuming that fracture permeability is much higher than the matrix permeability of the rock, in which aquifer would you expect to see the higher permeability?<\/blockquote>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Block Text\">\r\n<blockquote><img style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ;width: 3.84583in; height: 1.55912in;\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/file153-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/blockquote>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/solution-exercise-27\/#solution-exercise-27\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Solution for Exercise 27<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba7\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/fracture-properties\/#extext27\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Return to where text linked to Exercise 27<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba5\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div id=\"exercise-27\" class=\"level1\">\n<div data-custom-style=\"Block Text\">\n<blockquote><p>This figure shows ternary diagrams from two different fractured aquifers. Each dot represents an outcrop; for each aquifer about 9 outcrops were studied. Based on these results, and assuming that fracture permeability is much higher than the matrix permeability of the rock, in which aquifer would you expect to see the higher permeability?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Block Text\">\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; ;width: 3.84583in; height: 1.55912in;\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/05\/file153-2.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"First Paragraph\">\n<p><a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/solution-exercise-27\/#solution-exercise-27\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Solution for Exercise 27<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba7<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-custom-style=\"Body Text\">\n<p><a href=\"\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/chapter\/fracture-properties\/#extext27\"><span data-custom-style=\"Hyperlink\"><strong>Return to where text linked to Exercise 27<\/strong><\/span><\/a>\u2ba5<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"menu_order":110,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-1379","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":1522,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1818,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1379\/revisions\/1818"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/1522"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/1379\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=1379"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/basic-hydrogeology-an-introduction-to-the-fundamentals-of-groundwater-science\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=1379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}