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| the upper surface of the zone of saturation, or the place in the bedrock where all spaces in the rock are saturated with water. |
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| water in the saturated zone |
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| Hole dug into the the zone of saturation, meant to draw out ground water |
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| (permeable bedrock) (Body of rock or sediment) that water is moving freely through |
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| Impermeable bed or rock (ex. silt and clay) that make a confined aquifer (which creates pressure, related to artesian wells) |
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| Water table contour lines |
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| (dashed blue lines in lab book) Represent the water pressure surface (potentionmetric surface) |
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| Indicates the flow of shallow ground water (flow goes from high elevation to low elevation) |
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| When a pumped well is drawing water faster than it can be replenished, it creates a "cone of depression" in the water table and a change in the ground water flow lines. |
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| a distinctive topography that indicates dissolution of underlying soluble rock, generally limestone. |
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| surface depressions formed by the collapse or caves or other large underground void spaces |
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| valley-like depressions formed by a linear series of sinkholes or collapse of the roof of a linear cave. |
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| places where water flows naturally from the ground (from spaces in the bedrock) |
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| streams that terminates abruptly by dissapearing into the ground. |
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| Chemical Equation of what happens in karst topography |
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(Carbonic acid rainwater dissolves the calcite and other carbonic minerals)
CaCO3 + H2CO3 = Ca + 2HCO3 -1
(Calcite)+(Carbonic Acid)= (calcium ions dissolved in water) + (Bicarbonate ions dissolved in ground water) |
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| Pressure created makes water flow to top of well. |
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