Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Ch. 13
Ground Water
17
Geology
Undergraduate 1
11/20/2012

Additional Geology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Artesian System
Definition
-Confined groundwater builds up high hydrostatic pressure
Term
Cave
Definition
-Forms when groundwater dissolves the soluble rock layers and they collapse
Term
Cone of Depression
Definition
-Depression in the water table around a well
Term
Geothermal Energy
Definition
-Energy produced from Earth's internal heat
Term
Geyser
Definition
-Hot springs which periodically eject hot water and steam with tremendous force
Term
Groundwater
Definition
-All subsurface water trapped in pores
Term
Hot Spring
Definition
-Springs where the water temperate is higher than 37 degrees celcius
Term
Hydrothermal
Definition
-Hot water
-Heated by magma or Earth's geothermal gradient
Term
Karst Topography
Definition
-Develops by groundwater erosion
Term
Permeability
Definition
-The capacity to transmit fluids
Term
Porosity
Definition
-Percentage of a material's total volume that is pore space
Term
Sinkhole
Definition
-Depressions in the ground formed by the dissolution of the underlying soluble rocks
-Or collapse of a cave roof
Term
Spring
Definition
-When percolating water reaches water or an impermeable layer, it flows laterally
Term
Water Table
Definition
-Top of the zone beneath the surface in which the pores are filled with water
Term
Water Well
Definition
-Openings made by digging or drilling down into the zone of saturation
Term
Zone of Aeration
Definition
-When water initially infiltrates the ground, most of the pores are filled with air
Term
Zone of Saturation
Definition
-Underlying the Zone of Aeration is a zone in which the pores are filled with water
Supporting users have an ad free experience!