Manual of applied field hydrogeology / Willis D. Weight, John L. Sonderegger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weight, Willis D., author.

Contributor:

Sonderegger, John L.

Zaluski, Marek.

Series:

McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrogeology.

Aquifers--Measurement.

Aquifers.

Groundwater flow--Measurement.

Groundwater flow.

Water well drilling.

Water chemistry.

Groundwater--Sampling.

Groundwater.

Groundwater--Analysis.

Zone of aeration.

Groundwater tracers.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : McGraw-Hill Education, [2001]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh041/00053297.html

Summary:

Annotation.

Contents:

1. Field Hydrogeology

2. Geology of Hydrogeology

3. Aquifer Properties

4. Basic Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface

5. Groundwater Flow

6. Groundwater/Surface-Water Interaction

7. Water Chemistry Sampling and Results

8. Drilling and Well Completion

9. Pumping Tests

10. Aquifer Hydraulics

11. Slug Testing

12. Vadose Zone

13. Tracer Test

App. A. Unit Conversions Tables

App. B. Relationship of Water Density and Viscosity to Temperature

App. C. Chemistry Example

App. D. Values of W(u) and u for the Theis Nonequilibrium Equation

App. E. Using the Guelph Permeameter Model 2800. FIELD HYDROGEOLOGY: Hydrologic cycle

Water-budget analysis

Sources of information on hydrogeology

Site location for hydrogeologic investigations

Taking field notes

Groundwater use

Groundwater planning

THE GEOLOGY OF HYDROGEOLOGY: Geologic Properties of igneous rocks

Geologic properties of metamorphic rocks

Geologic properties of sedimentary rocks

Structural geology

Karst effects

Using geologic information

AQUIFER PROPERTIES: From the surface to the water table

Porosity and aquifer storage

Movement of fluids through earth materials

Aquifer concepts

Boundary concepts

Springs

BASIC GEOPHYSICS OF THE SHALLOW SUBSURFACE: Common targets for shallow geophysical investigation

Approaches to shallow subsurface investigations

Overview of geophysical techniques

Matching geophysical methods to applications

Geophysical survey planning

Seismics

Electrical

GROUNDWATER FLOW: Groundwater movement

Flow nets

Level measurements in groundwater monitoring wells

Misinterpretation of water-level data

GROUNDWATER/SURFACE-WATER INTERACTION: Fluvial plain

Hyporheic zone

Stream health

Field methods to determine groundwater/surface-water

WATER CHEMISTRY SAMPLING AND RESULTS: How can groundwater chemistry be used?

Collecting samples

Evaluating laboratory results comparison with field parameters

Tips and tricks

Field equipment use guidelines pH

DRILLING AND WELL COMPLETION: Getting along with drillers

Rig safety

Drilling methods

How to log a drill hole

Monitoring-well construction

Production-well completion

Water witching

PUMPING TESTS: Why Pumping tests?

Pumping-test design

Step-drawdown tests

Setting up and running a pumping test

Things that affect pumping test results

AQUIFER HYDRAULICS: Wells

Traditional pumping-test analytical methods

Specific capacity

Well interference and boundary conditions

Partial penetration of wells and estimates of saturated thickness

Fracture flow analysis

SLUG TESTING: Field methodology

Analyzing slug tests-The Damped Case

Analyzing slug tests-Underdamped Case

Other observations

VADOSE ZONE: Summary of Vadose Zone terms

Direct measurement of infiltration rates

Soil moisture measurement and sampling tools

Data collection and use

TRACER TEST: Tracer test objectives

Tracer material

Design and completion of tracer test

Common errors.

Notes:

Print version c2001.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York, N.Y. : McGraw Hill, 2001. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.

Description based on cover image and table of contents, viewed on April 22, 2007.

Contains:

Field hydrogeology.

Geology of hydrogeology.

Aquifer properties.

Basic geophysics of the shallow subsurface.

Groundwater flow.

Groundwater/surface-water interaction.

Water chemistry sampling and results.

Drilling and well completion.

Pumping tests.

Aquifer hydraulics.

Slug testing.

Vadose zone.

Tracer test.

Other Format:

Print version: Manual of applied field hydrogeology.

ISBN:

0071453547

007069639X (print-ISBN)

9780070696396

OCLC:

71247485

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.