Groundwater / Подземные воды

We perceive a trend in the study and practice of groundwater hydrology. We see a science that is emerging from its geological roots and its early hydraulic applications into a full-fledged environmental science. We see a science that is becoming more interdisciplinary innature and of greater importance in the affairs of mano This book is ourresponse to these perceived trends. We have tried to provide a text that is suited to the study of groundwater during this period of emergence. We have made a consCÍous attempt to integrate geology and hydrology, physics and chemistry, and science and engineering to a greater degree than has been done in the past. 
This book is designed for use as a text in introductory groundwater courses of the type normally taught in the junior or senior year of undergraduate geology, geological engineering, or civil engineering currieula. It has considerably more material than can be covered in a course of one-semester duration. Our intention is to provide a broad coverage of groundwater topies in a manner that will enable course instructors to use selected chapters or chapter segments as a framework for a semester-length treatment. The remaining material can serve as a basis fora foUow-up undergraduate course with more ~pecialization or as source material for an introductory coursé at the graduate leve!. We recognize that the interdisciplinary approach may create sorne difficulties for students grounded only in the earth sciences, but we are convinced that the benefits of the approach far outweigh the cost of the additional effort that is required.  <...>