The basics of groundwater

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Soil Properties -- Introduction -- Material, Soil, and Porous Media -- Grain Size, Shape, and Sorting -- Soil Classification -- Porosity -- Permeability and Hydraulic Conductivity -- Bulk Density -- Compaction -- Water Content and Satur...
Ausführliche Beschreibung

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 -- Soil Properties -- Introduction -- Material, Soil, and Porous Media -- Grain Size, Shape, and Sorting -- Soil Classification -- Porosity -- Permeability and Hydraulic Conductivity -- Bulk Density -- Compaction -- Water Content and Saturation -- Water Storage -- Conclusion -- What to Remember -- Chapter 2 -- Systems -- Introduction -- Boundaries and Inputs/Outputs -- System Conditions -- Observation Time -- System Examples -- Making It Real -- Mass Balance -- Hydrologic Systems -- Introduction -- Clay-Lined Lake -- Permeable Lined Lake -- Watersheds -- Conclusion -- What to Remember -- Chapter 3 -- Mechanisms of Groundwater Movement -- Introduction -- Hydraulic Head and Darcy's Law -- Hydraulic Head Gradient and Flux -- System States, Hydraulic Head, and Calculations -- Static State and Hydraulic Head -- Steady State and Hydraulic Head -- Practice Problems -- Problem 1 -- Problem 2 -- Soil Type and Flow Calculations -- Piezometers -- Conclusion -- What to Remember -- Chapter 4 -- Visualizing Groundwater Flow -- Introduction -- Visualizing Hydraulic Head Gradients -- Agricultural Field with a Few Piezometers -- Equipotential Lines -- Flow Nets -- Simple Flow Net -- Advanced Flow Nets -- Conclusion -- What to Remember -- Chapter 5 -- Basics of Solute Transport -- Introduction -- Advection -- Advection and Mass Balance -- Dispersion and Diffusion -- Dispersion -- Dispersion and Mass Balance -- Diffusion -- Diffusion and Mass Balance -- Solute Transport: Case Study -- Water Contamination -- Solute Transport Case Study -- Transport of a Single Molecule via Advection -- Transport of a Collection of Molecules -- Solute Transport Complications -- Conclusion -- What to Remember -- Chapter 6 -- Pumping Wells -- Introduction -- Agricultural Field with a Pumping Well. Ausführliche Beschreibung