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\r\n\r\nThis book is not intended to represent a comprehensive treatment of hydrogeology. Rather, it contains a selection of key concepts and topics designed to support a university-level course in groundwater hydrology for students planning to either pursue full-time employment in hydrogeology or additional graduate-level study in groundwater science. It is assumed that students taking a course appropriate for this book have had at least a one class in basic Earth Science, some introductory physics and chemistry, and mathematics that at least include basic geometry and algebra.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
\r\n\r\nThe concepts in this book are therefore presented in an order and within an overall context that is intended to facilitate teaching a hydrogeology course. The book is arranged in two parts. In the first part, the fundamentals of groundwater science are presented in a context that initially focuses on the energy driving the movement of groundwater, then the properties of the media through which it flows, and finally presents a quantitative overview focusing on increasing scales of measurement ranging from a small volume of aquifer to a zone around a water well to the entire aquifer. The second part of the book presents a set of supporting hydrogeology topics related to water chemistry, parts of the hydrologic cycle that are directly connected to the groundwater systems, stress and strain in groundwater systems, the influence of fractures and discontinuities in groundwater systems, and an overview of various geologic settings which typically host aquifers. The key concepts presented in each section are summarized below.\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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This book is not intended to represent a comprehensive treatment of hydrogeology. Rather, it contains a selection of key concepts and topics designed to support a university-level course in groundwater hydrology for students planning to either pursue full-time employment in hydrogeology or additional graduate-level study in groundwater science. It is assumed that students taking a course appropriate for this book have had at least a one class in basic Earth Science, some introductory physics and chemistry, and mathematics that at least include basic geometry and algebra.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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