Fractured rock hydrogeology

by Sharp, John Malcolm,, Jr

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Full title :Fractured rock hydrogeology / editor John M. Sharp, Jr.

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.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2014
Edition:Edition 1

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC press/Balkema
Place of Publication:Leiden, The Netherlands
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2014

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xvii, 403 pages) : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781315778822, 1315778823, 1138001597, 9781138001596, 1306866197, 9781306866194, 9781317697633, 1317697634, 9781317697619, 1317697618, 9781317697626, 1317697626
oclc:ocn879945685
LC Classification:GB1197.7
Dewey Decimal:551.5

IAH Commission on Hardrock Hydrogeology (HyRoC): past and present activities, future possibilities -- A conceptual model of weathered hard rock aquifers and its practical applications -- Similarities in groundwater occurrence in weathered and fractured crystalline basement aquifers in the Channel Islands and in Zimbabwe -- Outcrop groundwater prospecting, drilling and well construction in hard rocks in semi-arid regions -- Sustainable yield of fractured rock aquifers: the case of crystalline rocks of Serre Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy) -- From geological complexity to hydrogeological understanding using an integrated 3D conceptual modelling approach -- insights from the Cotswolds, UK -- Characterising the spatial distribution of transmissivity in the mountainous region: results from watersheds in central Taiwan -- Spring discharge and groundwater flow systems in sedimentary and ophiolitic hard rock aquifers: experiences from Northern Apennines (Italy) -- Fracture transmissivity estimation using natural gradient flow measurements in sparsely fractured rock -- Prediction of fracture roughness and other hydraulic properties: is upscaling possible? -- Scale dependent hydraulic inv…