Fractured rock hydrogeology /
Fractured rocks extend over much of the world, cropping out in shields, massifs, and the cores of major mountain ranges. They also form the basement below younger sedimentary rocks; at depth; they represent a continuous environment of extended and deep regional groundwater flow. Understanding of gro...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden, The Netherlands :
CRC Press/Balkema,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Edition 1. |
| Series: | Hydrogeology (International Association of Hydrogeologists) ;
v. 20. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | Fractured rocks extend over much of the world, cropping out in shields, massifs, and the cores of major mountain ranges. They also form the basement below younger sedimentary rocks; at depth; they represent a continuous environment of extended and deep regional groundwater flow. Understanding of groundwater flow and solute transport in fractured rocks is vital for analysis of water resources, water quality and environmental protection, geotechnical and engineering projects, and geothermal energy production. Book chapters include theoretical and practical analyses using numerical modelling, geochemistry, isotopes, aquifer tests, laboratory tests, field mapping, geophysics, geological analyses, and some unique combinations of these types of investigation. Current water resource and geotechnical problems in many countries--and the techniques now used to address them--are also discussed. The importance of geological interpretation is re-emphasised in analysing the hydrogeology of fractured, mostly crystalline rocks and in how critical this is for understanding their hydrology and the wise utilisation of resources. This is indeed hydrogeology in its broadest sense. The importance of, but great difficulty in, extending or upscaling fractured rock hydraulic properties is also made clear. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 403 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315778822 1315778823 1138001597 9781138001596 1306866197 9781306866194 9781317697633 1317697634 9781317697619 1317697618 9781317697626 1317697626 |
