GROUNDWATER

• Main Author: Freeze, R. Allan
• Other Authors: Cherry, John A
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1979
• Subjects: Groundwater
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 We perceive a trend in the study and practice of groundwater hydrology. We see a science that is emerging from its geological roots and its early hydraulic applica tions into a full-fledged environmental science. We see a science that is becoming more interdisciplinary in nature and of greater importance in the affairs of man. This book is our response to these perceived trends. We have tried to provide a text that is suited to the study of groundwater during this period of emergence. We have made a conscious attempt to integrate geology, hydrology, physics, chemistry ,science and engineering to a greater degree than has been done in the past. This book is designed for use as a text in introductory groundwater courses of the type normally taught in the junior or senior year of undergraduate geology, geological engineering, or civil engineering curricula. It has considerably more material than can be covered in a course of one-semester duration. Our intention is to provide a broad coverage of groundwater topics in a manner that will enable course instructors to use selected chapters or chapter segments as a framework for a semester-length treatment. The remaining material can serve as a basis for a follow-up undergraduate course with more specialization or as source material for an introductory course at the graduate level. We recognize that the interdisciplinary approach may create some difficulties for students grounded only in the earth sciences, but we are convinced that the benefits of the approach far outweigh the cost of the additional effort that is required.