Groundwater in Geologic Processes

An extensively revised 2006 second edition of the well received and widely adopted textbook on groundwater.

Steven E. Ingebritsen (Author), Ward E. Sanford (Author), Christopher E. Neuzil (Author)

9780521603218, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 4 May 2006

564 pages, 156 b/w illus. 13 tables 54 exercises
24.7 x 17.4 x 2.6 cm, 1.11 kg

'I think the authors have done an exceptional job of creating a book that shows that groundwater is much more than well hydraulics in the near surface. Ingebritsen, Sanford, and Neuzil have ably managed to cover an incredible range of topics, spanning enormous spatial and temporal scales, yet haven't gotten lost in minute details. … I highly recommend the 2nd edition of Groundwater in Geologic Processes to any hydrogeologist who wants to learn more about groundwater in the Earth's crust.' Geofluids

The 2006 second edition of this well received and widely adopted textbook has been extensively revised to provide a more comprehensive treatment of hydromechanics (the coupling of groundwater flow and deformation), to incorporate findings from the substantial body of research published since the first edition, and to include three new chapters on compaction and diagenesis, metamorphism, and subsea hydrogeology. The opening section develops basic theory of groundwater motion, fluid-solid mechanical interaction, solute transport, and heat transport. The second section applies flow, hydromechanics, and transport theory in a generalized geologic context, and focuses on particular geologic processes and environments. A systematic presentation of theory and application coupled with problem sets to conclude each chapter make this text ideal for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate-level hydrogeologists and geologists. It also serves as an invaluable reference for professionals in the field.

1. Groundwater flow
2. Hydromechanical coupling
3. Solute transport
4. Heat transport
5. Regional-scale flow and transport
6. Ore deposits
7. Hydrocarbons
8. Geothermal processes
9. Earthquakes
10. Evaporites
11. Compaction and diagenesis
12. Metamorphism
13. Subsea hydrogeology
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Hydrology & the hydrosphere [RBK], Geology & the lithosphere [RBG], Earth sciences [RB]