{"id":629,"date":"2020-11-10T23:50:43","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T23:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=629"},"modified":"2020-12-29T18:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T18:06:24","slug":"deriving-the-tangent-law-of-refraction","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/deriving-the-tangent-law-of-refraction\/","title":{"raw":"Box 8  Deriving the Tangent Law of Refraction","rendered":"Box 8  Deriving the Tangent Law of Refraction"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Eileen Poeter, William Woessner, and Paul Hsieh<\/strong>\r\n\r\nFigure Box 8-1 shows flow lines and equipotential lines at an interface between materials of different hydraulic conductivity. One side of the interface, Region 1 has hydraulic conductivity <em>K<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>; the other side of the interface, Region 2 has hydraulic conductivity <em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>. Under steady state conditions the discharge in a flow tube formed by two parallel flowlines must be the same on both sides of an interface (<em>Q<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>Q<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>), and given that Darcy\u2019s Law must be followed, the gradient and flow area (<em>A<\/em>) must differ on each side of the interface to accommodate the differing hydraulic conductivities. This causes the flow lines to refract at the interface as shown in Figure Box 8-1 because the gradient <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>\/<em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> in Region 1 and <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>\/<em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> in Region 2) and the flow area (indicated by the width of the flow tubes, <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, times a unit width into the image) must adjust to carry the same volumetric flow in materials of different hydraulic conductivity.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_632\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"1024\"]<img class=\"wp-image-632 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"Figure showing geometry of flow lines at an interface between materials of differing hydraulic conductivity\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" \/> Figure Box 8-1 - Geometry of flow lines at an interface between materials of differing hydraulic conductivity showing the angle of refraction, the width of the flow tube <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, and the distance between equipotential lines <em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> on different sides of the interface.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nDarcy\u2019s Law can be written for either Region 1, or 2, with the subscript <em>n<\/em> = 1 to represent region 1 or <em>n<\/em> = 2 to represent region 2, using Equation Box 8-1.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> = \u2013 <em>K<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>i<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-1)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nwhere:\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">volumetric flow through a unit width into the image for region n (L<sup>3<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of region n (L\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>i<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic gradient in region n (dimensionless) = [latex]-\\frac{head difference}{distance}=-\\frac{hdiff_{n}}{l_{n}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">area perpendicular to flow in tube of region n (L<sup>2<\/sup>), <em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> = <em>d<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>w<\/em> where <em>w<\/em> is a unit width into the image<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nSetting <em>Q<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>Q<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> leads to Equation Box 8-2.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 85%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle -K_1\\frac{{hdiff}_1}{l_1}\\ d_1w={-K}_2\\frac{{hdiff}_2}{l_2}\\ d_2w[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-2)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nwhere:\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">head difference between equipotential lines region 1 (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">head difference between equipotential lines region 2 (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>, <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, <em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>, <em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">distances defined in Figure Box 8-1 (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>w<\/em><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">a unit width into the image (L)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nnote: in this case <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> equals <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, <em>hdiff<\/em> = <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> = (129m \u2013 130m = \u20131m).\r\n\r\nCanceling the equal head differences, <em>hdiff<\/em>, and canceling the equal distances perpendicular to the flow direction, <em>w<\/em>, Equation Box 8-2 simplifies to Equation Box 8-3.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle K_1\\frac{d_1}{l_1}=K_2\\frac{d_2}{l_2}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-3)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nGiven the distance <em>b<\/em> and angles of <em>\u03b8<\/em>\u2019s as defined in Figure Box 8-1, trigonometric relationships result in Equations Box 8-4 and Box 8-5.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>b<\/em> cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-4)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> = <em>b<\/em> cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-5)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nwhere:\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>n<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angles shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nSubstituting Equations Box 8-4 and Box 8-5 for <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> in Equation Box 8-3 yields Equation Box 8-6.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle K_1\\frac{b\\ \\cos{\\theta_1}}{l_1}=K_2\\frac{b\\ \\cos{\\theta_2}}{l_2}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-6)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nUsing rules of trigonometry, the Equation Box 8-7 and Equation Box 8-8 are true.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle \\frac{b\\ }{l_1}=\\frac{1}{\\sin{\\theta_1}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-7)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle \\frac{b\\ }{l_2}=\\frac{1}{\\sin{\\theta_2}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-8)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nSubstituting Equation Box 8-7 and Equation Box 8-8 into Equation Box 8-6 and canceling b, results in Equation Box 8-9.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle K_1\\frac{\\cos{\\theta_1}}{\\sin{\\theta_1}}=K_2\\frac{\\cos{\\theta_2}}{\\sin{\\theta_2}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-9)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nRearranging by multiplying both sides first by sin <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and then by sin <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, and dividing both sides first by cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and then by cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> results in Equation Box 8-10.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle K_1\\frac{\\sin{\\theta_2}}{\\cos{\\theta_2}}=K_2\\frac{\\sin{\\theta_1}}{\\cos{\\theta_1}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-10)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nUsing the Trigonometric identity of Equation Box 8-11.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle \\tan{\\theta}=\\frac{\\sin{\\theta}}{\\cos{\\theta}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-11)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nEquation Box 8-10 can be expressed as Equation Box 8-12.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle K_1\\tan{\\theta_2}=K_2\\tan{\\theta_1}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-12)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nThen dividing both sides of Equation Box 8-12, first by <em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> and then by tan <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> the tangent law of Equation Box 8-13 is obtained.\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\">[latex]\\displaystyle \\frac{K_1}{K_2}=\\frac{\\tan{\\theta_1}}{\\tan{\\theta_2}}[\/latex]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-13)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nwhere:\r\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\">\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of layer 1 (L\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of layer 2 (L\/T)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angle the flow line makes with a perpendicular to the boundary in stratum 1 as shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angle the flow line makes with a perpendicular to the boundary in stratum 2 as shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/determining-groundwater-flow-directions\/#TextLinkToBox8\">Return to where text links to Box 8<\/a><\/p>","rendered":"<p><strong>Eileen Poeter, William Woessner, and Paul Hsieh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Figure Box 8-1 shows flow lines and equipotential lines at an interface between materials of different hydraulic conductivity. One side of the interface, Region 1 has hydraulic conductivity <em>K<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>; the other side of the interface, Region 2 has hydraulic conductivity <em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>. Under steady state conditions the discharge in a flow tube formed by two parallel flowlines must be the same on both sides of an interface (<em>Q<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>Q<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>), and given that Darcy\u2019s Law must be followed, the gradient and flow area (<em>A<\/em>) must differ on each side of the interface to accommodate the differing hydraulic conductivities. This causes the flow lines to refract at the interface as shown in Figure Box 8-1 because the gradient <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>\/<em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> in Region 1 and <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>\/<em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> in Region 2) and the flow area (indicated by the width of the flow tubes, <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, times a unit width into the image) must adjust to carry the same volumetric flow in materials of different hydraulic conductivity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-632\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-632 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-1024x587.jpg\" alt=\"Figure showing geometry of flow lines at an interface between materials of differing hydraulic conductivity\" width=\"1024\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-1024x587.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-768x440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-65x37.jpg 65w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-225x129.jpg 225w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1-350x200.jpg 350w, https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/11\/figBox8-1.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure Box 8-1 &#8211; Geometry of flow lines at an interface between materials of differing hydraulic conductivity showing the angle of refraction, the width of the flow tube <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, and the distance between equipotential lines <em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> on different sides of the interface.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Darcy\u2019s Law can be written for either Region 1, or 2, with the subscript <em>n<\/em> = 1 to represent region 1 or <em>n<\/em> = 2 to represent region 2, using Equation Box 8-1.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> = \u2013 <em>K<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>i<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>where:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>Q<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">volumetric flow through a unit width into the image for region n (L<sup>3<\/sup>\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of region n (L\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>i<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic gradient in region n (dimensionless) = <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-b650149cd354f219e669223f8609a95b_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#45;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#104;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#32;&#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#101;&#114;&#101;&#110;&#99;&#101;&#125;&#123;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#99;&#101;&#125;&#61;&#45;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#104;&#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#95;&#123;&#110;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#123;&#110;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"25\" width=\"196\" style=\"vertical-align: -8px;\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">area perpendicular to flow in tube of region n (L<sup>2<\/sup>), <em>A<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> = <em>d<\/em><sub><em>n<\/em><\/sub> <em>w<\/em> where <em>w<\/em> is a unit width into the image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Setting <em>Q<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>Q<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> leads to Equation Box 8-2.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 85%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-6f09cc9b97e99fd5a2d2c27d499cad53_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#45;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#104;&#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#125;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#92;&#32;&#100;&#95;&#49;&#119;&#61;&#123;&#45;&#75;&#125;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#123;&#104;&#100;&#105;&#102;&#102;&#125;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#92;&#32;&#100;&#95;&#50;&#119;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"285\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-2)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>where:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">head difference between equipotential lines region 1 (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">head difference between equipotential lines region 2 (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>, <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, <em>l<\/em><sub>1<\/sub>, <em>l<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">distances defined in Figure Box 8-1 (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>w<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">a unit width into the image (L)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>note: in this case <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> equals <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, <em>hdiff<\/em> = <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>hdiff<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> = (129m \u2013 130m = \u20131m).<\/p>\n<p>Canceling the equal head differences, <em>hdiff<\/em>, and canceling the equal distances perpendicular to the flow direction, <em>w<\/em>, Equation Box 8-2 simplifies to Equation Box 8-3.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-5626db364da0b7e881a5a1b71eeccceb_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#100;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#61;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#100;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#50;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"109\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Given the distance <em>b<\/em> and angles of <em>\u03b8<\/em>\u2019s as defined in Figure Box 8-1, trigonometric relationships result in Equations Box 8-4 and Box 8-5.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> = <em>b<\/em> cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-4)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> = <em>b<\/em> cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-5)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>where:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>n<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angles shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Substituting Equations Box 8-4 and Box 8-5 for <em>d<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and <em>d<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> in Equation Box 8-3 yields Equation Box 8-6.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-60293d2440959d0244b5e0b3fbbee6eb_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#98;&#92;&#32;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#61;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#98;&#92;&#32;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#50;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"194\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-6)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Using rules of trigonometry, the Equation Box 8-7 and Equation Box 8-8 are true.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-51416d23b1b5d96f1013c9171a5d4dc6_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#98;&#92;&#32;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"82\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-7)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-30dee7e59bed92fec04974e04e5a8fa4_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#98;&#92;&#32;&#125;&#123;&#108;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"82\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-8)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Substituting Equation Box 8-7 and Equation Box 8-8 into Equation Box 8-6 and canceling b, results in Equation Box 8-9.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-4a047e40b1d3ed1be2c5ba2658797e52_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"161\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-9)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Rearranging by multiplying both sides first by sin <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and then by sin <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub>, and dividing both sides first by cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub> and then by cos <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> results in Equation Box 8-10.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-e6ec1f2d9d00e25f5cf913be4136e88c_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;&#61;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"161\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-10)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Using the Trigonometric identity of Equation Box 8-11.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-21d80ae9e85330b85848c92a21414b5c_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#92;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#115;&#105;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#99;&#111;&#115;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"36\" width=\"99\" style=\"vertical-align: -12px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Equation Box 8-10 can be expressed as Equation Box 8-12.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-0665ba070c45831ee9af4f4b92830203_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#92;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#61;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#92;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"15\" width=\"162\" style=\"vertical-align: -3px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-12)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Then dividing both sides of Equation Box 8-12, first by <em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> and then by tan <em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub> the tangent law of Equation Box 8-13 is obtained.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70%; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-content\/ql-cache\/quicklatex.com-012387448e785a714d20ed3864ea5e75_l3.png\" class=\"ql-img-inline-formula quicklatex-auto-format\" alt=\"&#92;&#100;&#105;&#115;&#112;&#108;&#97;&#121;&#115;&#116;&#121;&#108;&#101;&#32;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#75;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#123;&#75;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#61;&#92;&#102;&#114;&#97;&#99;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#49;&#125;&#125;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#97;&#110;&#123;&#92;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#116;&#97;&#95;&#50;&#125;&#125;\" title=\"Rendered by QuickLaTeX.com\" height=\"39\" width=\"95\" style=\"vertical-align: -15px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right;\">(Box 8-13)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>where:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border: none; border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of layer 1 (L\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>K<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">hydraulic conductivity of layer 2 (L\/T)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>1<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angle the flow line makes with a perpendicular to the boundary in stratum 1 as shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 15%; text-align: right; vertical-align: top;\"><em>\u03b8<\/em><sub>2<\/sub><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 2%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top;\">=<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 83%; vertical-align: top;\">angle the flow line makes with a perpendicular to the boundary in stratum 2 as shown in Figure Box 8-1 (degrees)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/chapter\/determining-groundwater-flow-directions\/#TextLinkToBox8\">Return to where text links to Box 8<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":8,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-629","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":117,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1190,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/629\/revisions\/1190"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/117"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/629\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=629"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/books.gw-project.org\/hydrogeologic-properties-of-earth-materials-and-principles-of-groundwater-flow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}