Environmental hydrogeology. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Philip E. LaMoreaux [and four others].
• Other Names: LaMoreaux, Philip E, 1920-2008
• Contents: Introduction ; Geological Aspects for Assessment, Clean-up, and Siting of Waste Disposal Sites ; Introduction; Geological Aspects; Data Acquisition of Rock and Formation Fluid Testing; Summary Site Selection; References; Hydrogeology ; Introduction; Hydrologic Cycles; Main Components of Hydrology; Watershed Hydrology; Hydrogeology; References; Environmental Impacts Related to Hydrogeological Systems ; Natural and Manmade Disasters; Land Subsidence; Causes of Subsidence; Damage Cost and Legal Aspects of Land Subsidence; Kinds of Waste and Physiography of Waste Disposal Sites ; Kinds and Sources of Wastes; Types of Waste; Gaseous Wastes; Hazardous Wastes; Physiography of Waste Sites; Environmental Concerns on Hydrogeological Systems; Environmental Impacts on Water Resource Systems ; Introduction; Climatic Changes and Their Effect on the Water Resources; Surface Water Pollution; Ground-water Pollution; Ground-water Monitoring; Waste Management for Ground-Water Protection ; Primary Concept; Alternative of Waste Disposal; Disposal and Control; Ground-water Protection; Risk and Legal Aspects of Waste Disposal Sites; Components of the Risk Assessment Process; Hydrogeological Systems and Monitoring; Hydrogeologic and Environmental Considerations for Design and Construction in Karst Terrain/Sinkhole Prone Areas ; Introduction; Investigation – Design Considerations; Design and Construction Considerations; Remediation; Ground-Water Modeling ; Introduction; Electric Simulation Model; Hele Shaw Model; Resistance Network Model; Simulation Technique; Resistor — Capacitor Network Model --Resistor instead of Regester ; Analog Computers; Digital Computer; Finite-Element Method; Ground-water Quality Models; Difficulties and Short Comings ; Case Studies ; The Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System in Egypt; Siting A Secure Hazardous Waste Landfill in a Limestone Terrane; Catastrophic Subsidence: An Environmental Hazard, Shelby County, Alabama Environmental Hydrogeology of Figeh Spring, Damascus, Syria; Collection and Disposal of Naturally Occurring Chloride Contaminated Ground-water to Improve Water Quality in the Red River Basin; Ground-water Recharge & Its Environmental Impact with Case Studies; Introduction; References; Conclusions; Bibliography
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 628.168; Hydrogeology; Environmental geology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420055023
• Related ISBNs: 142005502X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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