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DNAG, Geology of North America
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William Back;
William Back
U.S. Geological Survey 431 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092
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Joseph S. Rosenshein;
Joseph S. Rosenshein
U.S. Geological Survey 414 National Center Reston, Virginia 22092
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Paul R. Seaber
Paul R. Seaber
Illinois Geological Survey Natural Resources Building 615 East Peabody Drive Champaign, Illinois 61820
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Geological Society of America
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O-2
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Geological Society of America, Inc.
© Geological Society of America, Inc. 1988, ISBN 978-0-8137-5467-3$9
ISBN electronic:
9780813754673
ISBN print:
081375206X
Publication date:
January 01, 1988
Discusses hydrogeology from the geological perspective. After describing the major features of 28 hydrogeologic regions of North America, the volume devotes eight chapters to discussion of the comparative hydrogeology of kinds of different bedrock regimes and surficial deposits; seven chapters to geologic processes including karstification, diagenesis, tectonics, ore deposits, and hydrocarbon migration intimately involved with ground water; and two concluding chapters to look at future scientific and societal problems related to ground water.
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Charles G. Higgins
Charles G. Higgins
Department of Geology, University of California, Davis, California 95616
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Donald R. Coates
Donald R. Coates
Department of Geological Sciences, State University of New York, Binghamton, New York 13901
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Victor R. Baker
Victor R. Baker
Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721
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William E. Dietrich
William E. Dietrich
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Thomas Dunne
Thomas Dunne
Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195
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Edward A. Keller
Edward A. Keller
Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Robert M. Norris
Robert M. Norris
Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106
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Garald G. Parker, Sr.
Garald G. Parker, Sr.
P.O. Box 270089, Tampa, Florida 33688
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Milan Pavich
Milan Pavich
U.S. Geological Survey, 928 National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092
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Troy L. Péwé
Troy L. Péwé
Department of Geology, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287
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James M. Robb
James M. Robb
U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543
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J. David Rogers
J. David Rogers
Rogers/Pacific, 3340 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Lafayette, California 94549
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Charles E. Sloan
Charles E. Sloan
U.S. Geological Survey, WRD, 4230 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508
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Charles G. Higgins, Donald R. Coates, Victor R. Baker, William E. Dietrich, Thomas Dunne, Edward A. Keller, Robert M. Norris, Garald G. Parker, Sr., Milan Pavich, Troy L. Péwé, James M. Robb, J. David Rogers, Charles E. Sloan, 1988. "Landform development", Hydrogeology, William Back, Joseph S. Rosenshein, Paul R. Seaber
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Abstract
Subsurface water affects near-surface processes and landforms in a wide variety of ways. Its essential role in weathering, soil development, slope failure, and karst topography has long been acknowledged. However, its importance in other aspects of the development of landforms has just begun to be recognized in the last decade or so. In this chapter we discuss some major aspects of ground-water geomorphology and ways in which subsurface water can shape the Earth’s surface. In the next chapter, D. C. Ford, A. N. Palmer, and W. B. White discuss the special conditions of karst landforms; in this chapter we discuss other aspects of the role of underground water in landform development.
This chapter is organized as follows: first, some effects of water in the vadose or unsaturated zone above the water table, with emphasis on weathering and soil development and their influence on landscape (by Pavich), mass wasting and slope failure (Dietrich and Rogers), and hillslope hydrology (Dunne), with its influence on piping and pseudokarst (Parker) and on development of hillslopes and gully heads (Higgins). Next, the role of water in the saturated zone at or beneath the water table, and its effects on permafrost and pseudokarst (Sloan), land subsidence (Péwé), spring sapping and valley network development (Baker), submarine landforms (Robb), sea cliffs (Norris), scarp retreat (Higgins), and surface stream channels (Keller). Finally, ways are considered in which regional geomorphology can control groundwater behavior and hydrology (Coates).
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