(NOTE: Each chapter concludes with Notation, Analysis, and
Problems.)
1. Water.
Water. Hydrology and Hydrogeology. The Hydrologic Cycle. Energy
Transformations. The Hydrologic Equation. Hydrogeologists. Applied
Hydrogeology. The Business of Hydrogeology (What Do Hydrogeologists
Do All Day?) Sources of Hydrogeological Information. American
Society of Testing and Materials Standards. Working the Problems.
Solving Problems Using Spreadsheets.
2. Elements of the Hydrologic Cycle.
Evaporation. Transpiration. Evapotranspiration. Condensation.
Formation of Precipitation. Measurement of Precipitation and Snow.
Effective Depth of Precipitation. Events during Precipitation.
Events During Precipitation. Stream Hydrographs. Rainfall-Runoff
Relationships. Duration Curves. Determining Ground-Water Recharge
from Baseflow. Measurement of Streamflow. Manning Equation.
3. Properties of Aquifers.
Matter and Energy (A Brief Review of Physics). Porosity of Earth
Materials. Specific Yield. Hydraulic Conductivity of Earth
Materials. Permeameters. Water Table. Aquifers. Water-Table and
Potentiometric Surface Maps. Aquifer Characteristics.
Compressibility and Effective Stress. Homogeneity and Isotropy.
Gradient of the Potentiometric Surface.
4. Principles of Ground-Water Flow.
Introduction. Mechanical Energy. Hydraulic Head. Head in Water of
Variable Density. Force Potential and Hydraulic Head. Darcy's Law.
Equations of Ground-Water Flow. Solution of Flow Equations.
Gradient of Hydraulic Head. Relationship of Ground-Water-Flow
Direction to Grad h. Flow Lines and Flow Nets. Refraction of
Flow Lines. Steady Flow in a Confined Aquifer. Steady Flow in an
Unconfined Aquifer.
5. Ground-Water Flow to Wells.
Introduction. Basic Assumptions. Radial Flow. Computing Drawdown
Caused by a Pumping Well. Determining Aquifer Parameters from
Time-Drawdown Data. Slug Tests. Estimating Aquifer Transmissivity
from Specific Capacity Data. Intersecting Pumping Cones and Well
Interference. Effect of Hydrogeologic Boundaries. Aquifer-Test
Design.
6. Soil Moisture and Ground-Water Recharge.
Introduction. Porosity and Water Content of Soil. Capillarity and
the Capillary Fringe. Pore-Water Tension in the Vadose Zone. Soil
Water. Theory of Unsaturated Flow. Water-Table Recharge.
7. Regional Ground-Water Flow.
Introduction. Steady Regional Ground-Water Flow in Unconfined
Aquifers. Transient Flow in Regional Ground-Water Systems.
Noncyclical Ground Water. Springs. Geology of Regional Flow
Systems. Interactions of Ground Water and Lakes or Wetlands and
Streams.
8. Geology of Ground-Water Occurrence.
Introduction. Unconsolidated Aquifers. Lithified Sedimentary Rocks.
Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks. Ground Water in Permafrost Regions.
Ground Water in Desert Areas. Coastal-Plain Aquifers.
Fresh-Water-Saline-Water Relations. Tidal Effects. Ground-Water
Regions of the United States.
9. Water Chemistry.
Introduction. Units of Measurement. Types of Chemical Reactions in
Water. Law of Mass Action. Common-Ion Effect. Chemical Activities.
Ionization Constant of Water and Weak Acids. Carbonate Equilibrium.
Thermodynamic Relationships. Oxidation Potential. Ion Exchange.
Isotope Hydrology. Major Ion Chemistry. Presentation of Results of
Chemical Analyses.
10. Water Quality and Ground-Water Contamination.
Introduction. Water-Quality Standards. Collection of Water Samples.
Ground-Water Monitoring. Vadose-Zone Monitoring. Mass Transport of
Solutes. Ground-Water Contamination. Ground-Water Restoration. Case
History: Ground-Water Contamination at a Superfund Site.
Capture-Zone Analysis.
11. Ground-Water Development and Management.
Introduction. Dynamic Equilibrium in Natural Aquifers. Ground-Water
Budgets. Management Potential of Aquifers. Paradox of Safe Yield.
Water Law. Artificial Recharge. Protection of Water Quality in
Aquifers. Ground-Water Mining and Cyclic Storage. Conjunctive Use
of Ground and Surface Water. Global Water Issues.
12. Field Methods.
Introduction. Fracture-Trace Analysis. Surficial Methods of
Geophysical Investigations. Geophysical Well Logging. Hydrogeologic
Site Evaluations. Responsibilities of the Field Hydrogeologist.
Project Reports.
13. Ground-Water Models.
Introduction. Applications of Ground-Water Models. Data
Requirements for Models. Finite-Difference Models. Finite-Element
Models. Use of Published Models. MODFLOW Basics. Visual MODFLOW.
Geographical Information Systems.
Appendices.
Glossary.
Answers.
References.
Index.
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