Groundwater in Geologic Processes [Paperback]

Steven E. Ingebritsen (Author), Ward E. Sanford (Author), Christopher E. Neuzil (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 5, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0521603218 | ISBN-13: 978-0521603218 | Edition: 2

The 2006 second edition of this well received and widely adopted textbook has been extensively revised to provide a more comprehensive treatment of hydromechanics (the coupling of groundwater flow and deformation), to incorporate findings from the substantial body of research published since the first edition, and to include three new chapters on compaction and diagenesis, metamorphism, and subsea hydrogeology. The opening section develops basic theory of groundwater motion, fluid-solid mechanical interaction, solute transport, and heat transport. The second section applies flow, hydromechanics, and transport theory in a generalized geologic context, and focuses on particular geologic processes and environments. A systematic presentation of theory and application coupled with problem sets to conclude each chapter make this text ideal for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate-level hydrogeologists and geologists. It also serves as an invaluable reference for professionals in the field.

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"...serves as a good primer on important concepts in groundwater flow and a broad review of their applications to specific g ecologic problems. The authors develop a theoretical foundation before pulling together phenomena according to the contexts of economic geology, formation processes, tectonics, and submarine hydrogeology. In the process, the authors provide a large window into a significant amount and history of research. This can be strongly appreciated by graduate students and senior researchers, and correspondingly the work is an excellent introduction to the supplement to understanding the role of fluids in geologic processes in the subsurface." - Robert Viesca, Pageoph

"...splendid revision of a fine First Edition. There are few readers of this Journal who cannot profit greatly from this book." - Richard E. Jackson, Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

I think the authors have done an exceptional job of creating a book that shows that groundwater is much more than well hydraulics in the near surface. Ingebritsen, Sanford, and Neuzil have ably managed to cover an incredible range of topics, spanning enormous spatial and temporal scales, yet haven't gotten lost in minute details. This book will serve as a 'gate key' to the myriad of geological phenomena linked to, and by, groundwater flow. I highly recommend the 2nd edition of Groundwater in Geologic Processes to any hydrogeologist who wants to learn more about groundwater in the Earth's crust." - Benjamin J . Rostron, Geofluids

"...a splendid revision of a fine first edition. There are few readers of this journal who cannot profit greatly from consulting this book." Environmental & Engineering Geoscience Journal

Book Description

A comprehensively revised 2006 second edition of this well received and widely adopted textbook. A systematic presentation of theory and application coupled with problem sets make this text ideal for use by advanced undergraduate and graduate-level hydrogeologists and geologists. It also serves as an invaluable reference for professionals in the field.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 564 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 2 edition (June 5, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521603218
• ISBN-13: 978-0521603218
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,148,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your money on this book (like I did), January 18, 2012

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If one wants a treatment of the impact of groundwater on geologic processes this is certainty NOT the book for it. The author mentions a subject, acknowledges that it exist and that people have written about it and that's about it. There is a sense of rambling about the book, equations for groundwater flow are given a few paragraphs, dropped and another subject entered into and given a few more paragraphs. Detailed explanations and practical examples are non-existent. It would have been nice if a quantitative example of groundwater effecting a geologic process could be provided, but none was. Nor are there even explanations of how groundwater effecting this on that process. Indeed this book must qualify as largely worthless for either a student, professional or hobbyist.

For a better discussion of the impact of groundwater on geologic processes any geomorphology, physical geography or hydrogeology book would be better than this. I recommend Fetter's Applied Hydrogeology, Ritter' Process Geomorphology and Strahler's Physical Geography.

1.0 out of 5 stars Highly not recommended this book for the beginners, October 16, 2011

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There is no basic knowledge here, no clear explanations for terms, theories or equations, but there are some equations or conclusions here which are extremely difficult to understand, and sometimes are almost seemingly wrong (actually there is error after I confirm it with the teacher). If you really want to understand what the writer talks about, you need to read a dozen of extra books and spend plenty of extra time. However, if you are a relevant professor or an expert, you might love this book.