Understanding the Water Table

Alfred Wegener

Pangaea

The movement of Earth's lithospheric plates

<p>Erosion, transport, and deposition</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Oceanic Plates and Continental Plates</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mechanical, chemical, and other physicochemical processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Composed mostly of magnesium and silicon minerals</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Streams and rivers</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Composed mainly of aluminum and silicon materials</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Low land surrounded by inclined hill slopes and mountains</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Magnificent jumps made by the stream or river water at specific parts of their course with a sudden drop in gradient</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Wind and ice</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The upper surface of the zone of saturation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Subsurface zone where rock openings are generally unsaturated and filled partly with air and partly with water, above the saturated zone.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A transition zone with higher moisture content at the base of the vadose zone just above the water table.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The top of a body of groundwater separated from the main water table beneath it by a zone that is not saturated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Relatively slowly, in response to differences in water pressure and elevation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A water-bearing porous soil or rock strata that yield significant water to wells or through which water can move easily.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is vital for designing foundations that can support the loads of structures based on soil types, bearing capacity, and settlement issues.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The success of a project depends on having this knowledge while offering civil engineering consultation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Geology helps in identifying suitable locations by considering factors like soil stability, groundwater conditions, and geological hazards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Gathering preliminary information, completing a detailed geological survey, compiling survey data to form hypotheses, completing drilling and boring projects, performing tests on rocks and soil</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Geologists assess slope stability to prevent landslides and ensure infrastructure safety on hilly terrain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Surveying and investigating a site involve complex processes and tasks that require a team effort.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aquiclude is any water-bearing soil or rock that is effectively impermeable, not allowing easy flow of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aquitard is a formation that allows seepage and yields water, but less compared to an aquifer. It is partly permeable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An aquifuge is an impermeable formation that does not allow storage or movement of water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Confined Aquifer is filled with pressurized water and separated from the land surface by an impermeable bed.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Leaky Aquifer, also known as semi-confined aquifers, have both upper and lower boundaries as aquitards or one boundary as an aquitard and the other as an aquiclude.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An Aquitard is a formation with some permeability, allowing seepage, while an Aquiclude is effectively impermeable.</p> Signup and view all the answers