1st Edition
Groundwater Flow and Contaminant Transport in Carbonate Aquifers
204 Pages
by
CRC Press
204 Pages
by
CRC Press
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Carbonate aquifers are an important source of water throughout the world. They are complicated systems and not always easy to interpret. Caves and channels form in the rock, leading to complex flow pathways and unpredictable contaminant behaviour. This volume covers the range of techniques used to analyse groundwater flow and contaminant transport in carbonate aquifers. The book opens with a... Read more
Preface; Carbonate aquifers: A review of thoughts and methods; Quantitative tracer test of the Beech Creek aquifer at the Ammunition Burning Grounds, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana; Application of unit hydrograph technique to the discharge record at Big Spring, Carter County, Missouri; The use of regression analysis to predict nitrate-nitrogen concentrations in springs of northwest Arkansas; Surface and ground water mixing, flow paths, and temporal variations in chemical compositions of karst springs. Estimating porosity and permeability in a karstic aquifer using core plugs, well tests, and outcrop measurements; Matrix, fracture and channel components of storage and flow in a Paleozoic limestone aquifer; Flow in the San Antonio segment of the Edwards Aquifer: Matrix, fractures, or conduits? A numerical approach to simulating mixed flow in karst aquifers; Studies of confluent flow in mature karst aquifers using analog models and numerical mixing cell models; A method for producing 3-d geometric and parameter models of saturated cave systems with a discussion of applications.
Biography
Ira D. Sasowsky, Department of Geology, University of Akron, Ohio, USA.. Carol M. Wicks, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, USA.
