Exam 2 study review
Types of Porosity
Primary – define, give examples
Secondary- define, give examples
Total porosity - calculate
Effective Porosity – calculate
Specific yield: define and calculate
Specific Retention: define and calculate
Hydraulic Conductivity (K)
Permeability (k)
Darcys Law – be able to solve
When is Darcy’s law valid or invalid
hydraulic gradient – be able to calculate
calculate Groundwater discharge, flow rates, seepage velocity
Groundwater flow direction: vertical and horizontal
Groundwater recharge and discharge areas
Types of aquifers – unconfined, confined, perched
Groundwater levels in an unconfined aquifer : Water Table, fluctuates seasonally
Groundwater levels in a confined aquifer are always higher than the top of the aquifer: potentiometric
contours
Confining unit: Define
What is the name of the aquifer that Miami-Dade county obtains its drinking water? Is that aquifer
confined or unconfined.
Name a confined aquifer in south Florida.
Transmissivity: Define and know equation
Storativity : Define and know equation
What are the typical values of storativity of a confined aquifer vs an unconfined aquifer
Heterogeneous, anisotropic aquifers
How is the groundwater flow direction affected by heterogeneous, anisotropic conditions
Point water head versus equivalent freshwater head
Seawater intrusion and the Ghyben Herzberg principle