Final Exam Flashcards
Head
Energy per unit weight of fluid
Aquifer
Water-bearing formation that can transmit water
Aquitard
Stratum less permeable than adjacent stratum
Aquiclude
Impervious stratum
Constant-Head Boundary
A body of water where the pressure head remains the same
Unconfined Aquifer
an aquifer where the water table occurs within the aquifer layer
Uniform Flow
When flow is relatively the same in all places.
Sorption
Contaminant moves from the aqueous to the solid phase
Longitudinal Dispersion
Dispersion in the direction of flow
Transverse Dispersion
Dispersion perpendicular to the direction of flow
θf
Field Capacity
ϴ=Vw/V
Volume Water Content
n
Porosity
p/уw
Pressure Head
Overland Flow
Moves over the top of the ground
Interflow
Moves in ground towards body of water above GWT
Infiltration
Goes into ground
Unsaturated Zone
Above GWT all ground