Table of Contents

Preface.

1. Introduction.

PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES.

2. Background to Groundwater Flow.

3. Recharge due to Precipitation or Irrigation.

4. Interaction between Surface Water and Groundwater.

PART II: RADIAL FLOW.

5. Radial Flow to Pumped Boreholes – Fundamental Issues.

6. Large Diameter Wells.

7. Radial Flow where Vertical Components of Flow are Significant.

8. Practical Issues of Interpretation and Assessing Resources.

PART III: REGIONAL GROUNDWATER FLOW.

9. Regional Groundwater Studies in which Transmissivity is Effectively Constant.

10. Regional Groundwater Flow in Multi-Aquifer Systems.

11. Regional Groundwater Flow with Hydraulic Conductivity Varying with Saturated Thickness.

12. Numerical Modelling Insights.

Appendix: Computer Program for Two-zone Model.

List of Symbols.

References.

Index.

About the Author

K. R. Rushton is the author of Groundwater Hydrology: Conceptual and Computational Models, published by Wiley.

Reviews

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