Field hydrogeology / Rick Brassington
- Author:
- Brassington, Rick
- Published:
- Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley, [2007]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2007
- Edition:
- 3rd ed.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 264 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Series:
- Contents:
- DESK STUDY: Defining the area -- Identifying the aquifers -- Groundwater levels -- Surface water -- Recharge -- Groundwater use -- Groundwater chemistry -- Aerial photographs and satellite imagery -- Planning a fieldwork programme -- FIELD EVALUATION OF AQUIFERS: Grain size analysis -- Hydraulic properties of aquifers -- Hydraulic properties and rock types -- Assessing hydraulic properties -- Using hydraulic property information -- GROUNDWATER LEVELS: Water-level dippers -- Continuous water-level recorders -- Measuring ground levels and locations -- Tool-box -- Well catalogue -- Field surveys for wells, boreholes and springs -- Interpretation of abstraction borehole water levels -- Groundwater level monitoring networks -- Groundwater level fluctuations -- Managing groundwater level data -- Constructing groundwater contour maps and flow nets -- Interpretation of contour maps and flow nets -- Using other groundwater information -- RAINFALL, SPRINGS AND STREAMS: Precipitation -- Evaporation -- Springs -- Stream-flow measurement -- Stage-discharge relationships -- Choosing the best method -- Processing flow data -- PUMPING TEST: What is a pumping test? -- Planning a pumping test -- Pumps and pumping -- On-site measurements -- Pre-test monitoring -- Test set-up -- Step tests -- Constant rate tests -- Recovery tests -- Pumping test analysis -- Tests on single boreholes -- Packer tests -- GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY: Analytical suites and determinands -- Sampling equipment -- Sampling protocols -- Monitoring networks -- Using chemical data -- RECHARGE ESTIMATION: Water balance -- Rainfall recharge -- Induced recharge -- Other sources of recharge -- SPECIALIST TECHNIQUES: Borehole and piezometer installation -- Down-hole geophysics -- Using artificial tracers -- PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS: Developing a conceptual model -- Groundwater supplies -- Contamination investigations -- Groundwater lowering -- Rising water tables -- Investigating wetland hydrology -- Groundwater modelling.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0470018283
9780470018286 - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-253) and index.
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