Field Hydrogeology, Fourth Edition by Brassington, Rick -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover The Geological Field Guide Series Title Page Copyright Table of Contents Dedication PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1 Groundwater Systems 1.2 Conceptual Model 1.3 Groundwater Computer Modelling 1.4 Hydrogeological Report Writing 1.5 Expert Witness

Chapter 2: DESK STUDY

2.1 Defining the Area 2.2 Identifying the Aquifers 2.3 Groundwater Levels 2.4 Surface Water 2.5 Recharge 2.6 Groundwater Use 2.7 Groundwater Chemistry 2.8 Aerial Photographs and Satellite Imagery 2.9 Planning a Fieldwork Programme

Chapter 3: FIELD EVALUATION OF AQUIFERS

3.1 Grain Size Analysis 3.2 Hydraulic Properties of Aquifers 3.3 Hydraulic Properties and Rock Types 3.4 Assessing Hydraulic Properties 3.5 Using Hydraulic Property Information

Chapter 4: GROUNDWATER LEVELS

4.1 Water-Level Dippers 4.2 Continuous Water-Level Recorders 4.3 Measuring Ground Levels and Locations 4.4 Tool-Box 4.5 Well Catalogue 4.6 Field Surveys for Wells, Boreholes and Springs 4.7 Interpretation of Abstraction Borehole Water Levels 4.8 Groundwater-Level Monitoring Networks 4.9 Groundwater-Level Fluctuations 4.10 Managing Groundwater-Level Data 4.11 Constructing Groundwater Contour Maps and Flow Nets 4.12 Interpretation of Contour Maps and Flow Nets 4.13 Using Other Groundwater Information

Chapter 5: RAINFALL, SPRINGS AND STREAMS

5.1 Precipitation 5.2 Evaporation 5.3 Springs 5.4 Stream-Flow Measurement 5.5 Stage–Discharge Relationships 5.6 Choosing the Best Method 5.7 Processing Flow Data

Chapter 6: PUMPING TESTS

6.1 What Is a Pumping Test? 6.2 Planning a Pumping Test 6.3 Pumps and Pumping 6.4 On-Site Measurements 6.5 Pre-Test Monitoring 6.6 Test Set-up 6.7 Step Tests 6.8 Constant Rate Tests 6.9 Recovery Tests 6.10 Pumping Test Analysis 6.11 Tests on Single Boreholes 6.12 Packer Tests

Chapter 7: GROUNDWATER CHEMISTRY

7.1 Analytical Suites and Determinands 7.2 Sampling Equipment 7.3 Sampling Protocols 7.4 Monitoring Networks 7.5 Using Chemical Data

Chapter 8: RECHARGE ESTIMATION

8.1 Water Balance 8.2 Rainfall Recharge 8.3 Induced Recharge 8.4 Other Sources of Recharge

Chapter 9: SPECIALIST TECHNIQUES

9.1 Borehole and Piezometer Installation 9.2 Down-Hole Geophysics 9.3 Using Artificial Tracers

Chapter 10: PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS

10.1 Borehole Prognoses 10.2 Groundwater Supplies 10.3 Wells in Shallow Aquifers 10.4 Contaminated Land Investigations 10.5 Landfills and Leachate 10.6 Geothermal Energy 10.7 Groundwater Lowering by Excavation 10.8 Rising Water Tables 10.9 Soakaways 10.10 Investigating Wetland Hydrology

Appendix A: GOOD WORKING PRACTICE

A1.1 Safety Codes A1.2 Safety Clothing and Equipment A1.3 Distress Signals A1.4 Exposure or Hypothermia A1.5 Heat Exhaustion A1.6 Working Near Wells, Boreholes and Monitoring Piezometers A1.7 Hygiene Precautions for Water Supplies A1.8 Trial Pits A1.9 Electrical Equipment A1.10 Filling Fuel Tanks A1.11 Waste Disposal Sites A1.12 Stream Flow Measurement

Appendix B: CONVERSION FACTORS REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING

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