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Small geyser erupting in Yellowstone National Park. Photo by Vince Cronin.

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Groundwater

Reading

Read and study chapter 17

Notes and Handouts

Groundwater-MainPoints.pdf (pdf file)

Groundwater-MainPoints.docx (docx file)

Presentation files

--Nothing available at this time. Consult the notes available via the link above.

Smart Figures

17.5 — Water beneath the Earth's surface: https://goo.gl/Z2GhM5

17.13 — Hypothetical groundwater flow system: https://goo.gl/3GYAlI

17.15 — Cone of depression: https://goo.gl/nupO6m

17.17 — Artesian systems: https://goo.gl/yVJhLE

17.24 — How a geyser works: https://goo.gl/qzYxyy

17.32 — Changing direction: https://goo.gl/S06Vhx

17.34 — Kentucky's Mammoth Cave area: https://goo.gl/jsqQfh

Vocabulary to learn

Consult your textbook or lecture notes for definitions. Remember that the best general source of definitions in geology is the AGI Glossary of Geology.

aquifer	aquitard	cone of depression	confined aquifer	confining layer
disappearing stream	effective porosity	elevation head	equal total-head contour	flow line
ground water	hydraulic gradient	hydrogeology	LNAPL (Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquid)	permeability
piezometer	piezometric contours	pore throat	pore	porosity
potentiometric contour	potentiometric surface	pressure head	recharge	saturated zone
sinkhole	solution valley	spring	total head	unconfined aquifer
unsaturated zone	vadose zone	velocity head	water table	zone of aeration

Study Questions

GroundwaterQs.pdf (pdf file)

GroundwaterQs.docx (docx file)

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