Arid Lands Water Evaluation and Management

By Robert Maliva and Thomas Missimer

Book Overview

From the Contents: Aridity and Drought.- Geology of Arid Lands.- Aquifer Concepts in Arid Lands.- Introduction to Aquifer Hydraulics.- Water Budget.- Precipitation and Evapotranspiration.- Recharge Concepts and Settings.- Sustainability and Safe Yield.- Assessment of Groundwater Resources.- Recharge Measurement in Arid and Semiarid Regions.- Environmental Isotopes.- Wadi Recharge Evaluation.- Microgravity.- Compaction and Land Subsidence.- Surface and Airborne Geophysics.- Borehole Geophysical Techniques.- Remote Sensing.- Geographic Information Systems.- Groundwater Flow and Solute-Transport Modeling.- Ancient Water Management.- Rainwater, Stormwater, and Fog Harvesting.- Managed Aquifer Recharge.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642291031
• ISBN13: 9783642291036
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 1076 Pages
• Weight: 3.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.5" x 9.2"