Groundwater Science
- 3rd Edition - December 21, 2022
- Author: Charles R. Fitts
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 4 5 5 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 1 4 5 6 - 8
Groundwater Science, Third Edition covers physical and chemical aspects of groundwater science, with emphasis on applications in the hydrologic cycle and in water supply, includ… Read more
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Request a sales quoteGroundwater Science, Third Edition covers physical and chemical aspects of groundwater science, with emphasis on applications in the hydrologic cycle and in water supply, including contamination, mining, and construction issues. This interdisciplinary text weaves important methods and applications from the disciplines of physics, chemistry, mathematics, geology, biology, and environmental science, introducing the mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport. This fully updated edition includes all new case studies, expanded ancillary materials (including software), and expanded problems. The book is a valuable resource for students and instructors in the geosciences, environmental sciences, and civil engineering with a focus on hydrology and hydrogeology.
- Offers discussions of groundwater modeling, calibration, parameter estimation, and uncertainty
- Includes content on well construction and design, surface water hydrology, groundwater/ surface water interaction, slug tests, pumping tests, and mounding analysis
- Provides free software tools for slug test analysis, pumping test analysis, heat flow analysis, groundwater flow modeling
- Includes end-of-chapter problems, some quantitative and some conceptual
- Student web site includes links to software and numerous videos that illustrate concepts in the book
Hydrologists, geophysicists, geologists, and geochemists and environmental engineers; Professionals involved in consulting or regulating in these fields: water resources, contamination remediation, geotechnical engineering, mining, geothermal energy; Upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses in Geoscience and Civil Engineering departments
1. Groundwater: The Big Picture
2. Physical Properties
3. Principles of Flow
4. Field Exploration and Wells
5. Hydrology and Geology
6. Modeling Steady Flow with Basic Methods
7. Deformation and Storage
8. Modeling Transient Flow with Basic Methods
9. Computer-Assisted Flow Modeling
10. Groundwater Chemistry
11. Groundwater Contamination
12. Subsurface Heat Flow and Geothermal Energy
Appendix
A. Units and Conversions
B. Mathematics Primer
C. Book Internet site
2. Physical Properties
3. Principles of Flow
4. Field Exploration and Wells
5. Hydrology and Geology
6. Modeling Steady Flow with Basic Methods
7. Deformation and Storage
8. Modeling Transient Flow with Basic Methods
9. Computer-Assisted Flow Modeling
10. Groundwater Chemistry
11. Groundwater Contamination
12. Subsurface Heat Flow and Geothermal Energy
Appendix
A. Units and Conversions
B. Mathematics Primer
C. Book Internet site
- No. of pages: 680
- Language: English
- Edition: 3
- Published: December 21, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128114551
- eBook ISBN: 9780128114568
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Charles R. Fitts
Charles R. Fitts is a professor at the University of Southern Maine with research interests in hydrogeology, contaminant migration, and applied mathematics. He earned an MS in engineering geology at Cornell and a PhD in civil engineering at the University of Minnesota. He has consulted for various geotechnical and groundwater companies, and is author of several groundwater modeling software packages: AnAqSim (analytic aquifer simulator) and TWODAN for groundwater flow, and SOLUTRANS for solute transport.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, USARead Groundwater Science on ScienceDirect