Groundwater Age [Hardcover]

Groundwater Age is the first book of its kind that incorporates and synthesizes the state-of-the-art knowledge about the business of groundwater dating - including historical development, principles, applications, various methods, and likely future progress in the concept. It is a well-organized, advanced, clearly written resource for all the professionals, scientists, graduate students, consultants, and water sector managers who deal with groundwater and who seek a comprehensive treatment of the subject of groundwater age.Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Chapter 1. Introduction.

1.1 Age and lifetime.

1.2 Age determination in geology (Geochronology) and in other disciplines.

1.2.1 Absolute age and relative age.

1.2.2 Determination of absolute age of rocks.

1.2.3 Geological time table.

1.3 Groundwater age and groundwater residence time.

1.3.1 Young, old and very old groundwaters.

1.3.2 Dead water and active water.

1.3.3 Age gradient.

1.3.4 Age mass.

1.3.5 Mixing, dispersion and transport of groundwater age, mean age and distribution of ages.

1.3.6 Average residence time of water in various compartments of the hydrologic cycle .

1.3.7 Hydrogeochronolgy, interdisciplinary groundwater age science and hydrologic time concept.

1.3.8 Event markers.

1.4 Life expectancy.

1.5 Isochrone and life expectancy maps.

1.6 Some groundwater age related terms.

1.6.1 Isotopic age, radiometric age and decay age.

1.6.2 Hydraulic age.

1.6.3 Piston-flow age, streamtube age and advective age .

1.6.4 Model age and apparent age.

1.6.5 Storage time, mean transit time, turn over time, flushing time and travel time.

1.6.6 Reservoir thld