Hydrogeology and groundwater modeling. (©2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Neven Krešić.
• Other Names: Krešić, Neven
• Contents: PART ONE: BASIC CONCEPTS IN HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER MODELING; ; INTRODUCTION; ; GROUNDWATER; Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater; Porosity and Effective Porosity; Principles of Groundwater Flow; Flow in Unsaturated Zone; ; AQUIFERS AND AQUITARDS; Definition, Recharge and Discharge Areas; Aquifer Transmissivity and Storage; Types of Aquifers; Aquifer Parameters and Methods of Determination; Analysis of Aquifer Pumping Test Results; Aquifer Recharge and Sustainability; Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) and Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR); Springs and Spring Development; Underground Dams; Competent and Leaky Aquitards; Surface Water - Groundwater Interactions; ; GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION; Vertical Wells; Collector Wells and Horizontal Wells; Infiltration Galleries and Drains; Source Water Protection Zones; ; GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY; Solubility, Water Chemistry Units, Reactions; Natural Groundwater Constituents and Their Relation to Geologic Media; ; GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION; Regulatory Overview; Sources of Contamination and Groundwater Contaminants; Drinking Water Standards; Emerging Contaminants; ; FATE AND TRANSPORT OF CONTAMINANTS; Free Phase and Residual Phase Contamination; Dissolved Phase Contamination; Dispersion, Diffusion, Sorption, Degradation; ; GROUNDWATER MODELING; Types of Groundwater Models; Numeric Model Setup; Model Calibration and Sensitivity Analysis; Model Error; Model Results and Prediction; Model Verification; Model Documentation; Standards for Groundwater Modeling; ; PART TWO: SOLVED PROBLEMS IN HYDROGEOLOGY AND GROUNDWATER MODELING; ; POROSITY AND RELATED PARAMETERS; Porosity, Effective Porosity, Saturation; ; LABORATORY METHODS FOR DETERMINING HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; Constant Head Permeameter; Falling Head Permeameter; Grain Size Analysis; ; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STEADY STATE FLOW; Confined Homogeneous Aquifer; Confined Heterogeneous Aquifer; Confined One-Dimensional Steady State Flow, Aquifer with Forks; Confined One-Dimensional Flow, Aquifer with Varying Thickness; Unconfined Homogeneous Aquifer with and without Infiltration, Drainage Gallery; ; ONE-DIMENSIONAL TRANSIENT FLOW; Sudden Change at the Boundary, Aquifer Parameters; Gradual Linear Change at the Boundary, Infiltration Rate; ; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STEADY-STATE FLOW (FLOW NETS); Construction and Characteristics of Flow Nets, Groundwater Flow Rate; Groundwater Contour Maps, Influence of Surface Streams; Kriging; Flow Nets in Heterogeneous Aquifers, Refraction of Streamlines, Groundwater Velocity; ; STEADY STATE FLOW TO WATER WELLS; Confined Aquifer; Unconfined Aquifer; Unconfined Aquifer with Infiltration; Confined-Unconfined Aquifer Transition; Wells near Boundaries; ; TRANSIENT FLOW TO WATER WELLS; Confined, Non-Leaky Aquifer; Applications of the Theis Equation; Method of Recovery; Leaky Confined Aquifer; Unconfined Aquifer with Delayed Gravity Response; Slug Test, Bouwer and Rice Method; ; EXTRACTION WELL DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; Gravel Pack Size; Three-Step Pumping Test, Well Specific Capacity, Loss, Efficiency; Radius of Well Influence; ; SPRING FLOW AND STREAM BASE FLOW; Recession (Baseflow) Analysis; Hydrochemical Separation of Spring Hydrograph; ; GROUNDWATER FLOW MODELING; Three-Layer Model; ; ONE-DIMENSIONAL ANALYTICAL FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELS; Dissolved Contaminant Concentrations in Time and Space; ; CONTAMINANT FATE AND TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; Use of Dispersion; Use of Sorption (Retardation) and Sequential Degradation; ; CONTAMINANT FATE AND TRANSPORT MODELING; Plume Migration and Containment; ; References; Appendix A: Unit Conversion Tables; Appendix B: Basic Mathematical Expressions; Appendix C: Porosity Values; Appendix D: Tables of Well and Other Functions; Index
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (807 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 551.49015118; Hydrogeology -- Mathematical models; Groundwater flow -- Mathematical models; Groundwater flow -- Mathematical models; Hydrogeology -- Mathematical models; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420004991; 1420004999
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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