Hydraulics of groundwater / Jacob Bear.

CONTENT

1 Introduction
1.1 Role of groundwater in water resource systems and their management
1.2 Management of groundwater resources
1.3 Scope and organization of book

2 Groundwater and aquifers
2.1 Definitions
2.2 Moisture distribution in a vertical profile
2.3 Classification of aquifers
etc.

3 Groundwater balance
3.1 Groundwater flow and leakage
3.2 Natural replenishment from precipitation
3.3 Return flow from irrigation and sewage
etc.

4 Groundwater motion
4.1 Darcy's law
4.2 Hydraulic conductivity
4.3 Aquifer transmissivity
etc.

5 Mathematical statement of the groundwater forecasting problem
5.1 Aquifer storativity
5.2 Basic continuity equation
5.3 Initial and boundary conditions
etc.

6 Flow in the unsaturated zone
6.1 Capillary pressure and retention curves
6.2 The motion equation
6.3 Relative permeability
etc.

7 Groundwater quality problem
7.1 Dispersion phenomena
7.2 Occurrence of dispersion phenomena
7.3 Coefficients of dispersion
etc.

8 Hydraulics of pumping and recharging wells
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Steady flow to a well in a confined aquifer
8.3 Steady flow to a well in a phreatic aquifer
etc.

9 Fresh water salt water interface in coastal aquifers
9.1 Occurrence
9.2 Exact mathematical statement of the problem
9.3 The Ghyben-Herzberg approximation
etc.

10 Modeling of aquifer systems
10.1 The need for aquifer models
10.2 Model calibration
10.3 Classification of aquifer models
etc.

11 Identification of aquifer parameters
11.1 Statement of the inverse problem
11.2 Pumping tests
11.3 Inverse methods for determining regional aquifer parameters

12 Use of linear programming in aquifer management
12.1 Brief review of linear programming
12.2 Application of linear programming
13.3 Examples

Bibliography : p. 541 - 555 . _ Author index : p. 557 - 561 . _ Subject index : p. 563 - 569