Overview
- Investigates water circulation in rocks which is of primary importance for civil, environmental and mining engineering
- Studies aquifers in rocks that have not been studied much because the medium is complex and its modelling is very difficult
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Understanding water circulation in rocks represents a very important element to solving many of the problems linked with civil, environmental and mining engineering. This book offers a synthesis of the actual knowledge about the fluid flow in rocks:
- from the medium characterization and the structural geological survey to the generation of stereonets;
- the evaluation of the hydrogeological parameters using either deterministic or probabilistic methodologies;
- the evaluation of the preferential flow direction considering the change of the hydrogeological structures;
- the methods and models used to simulate the flows.
Three case studies are provided; water circulation and slope instability, hydrogeological risk linked with tunnelling, and hydrogeological risk linked with road construction.
Reviews
From the reviews: “This book reviews current knowledge about groundwater flow in aquifers that are in rock instead of porous media. … generally well written. … Scesi and Gattinoni (both, Polytechnic Univ of Milan) provide numerous examples and case studies that highlight the information covered in the chapters. In addition, the authors clearly explain data from research studies. … book is geared toward researchers or professionals in the field but could be used in graduate-level courses. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students through professionals and practitioners.” (M. E. Lenczewski, Choice, Vol. 47 (9), May, 2010)
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Laura Scesi is Professor of Applied Geology at the Polytechnic University of Milan. She published about 70 papers and 4 books on protection and optimization of natural resources, technical, geological and hydrogeological investigations for projects, hydraulic circulation in rocks, landslides and risk analysis, underground excavations.
Paola Gattinoni is Researcher in Applied Geology at the Polytechnic University of Milan. She authored about 40 papers on landslides and groundwater modelling, geological, technical and statistical analysis for hydrogeological setting and rock mass characterization, geological and hydrogeological risk assessment, water circulation in fractured rocks.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Water Circulation in Rocks
Authors: Laura Scesi, Paola Gattinoni
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2417-6
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-481-2416-9Published: 14 October 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-024-0482-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-90-481-2417-6Published: 06 October 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 165
Additional Information: Original Italian edition published by Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2007
Topics: Hydrogeology, Hydrology/Water Resources, Physical Geography, Soil Science & Conservation