01:460:103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Karst, Mantle Plume, Losing Stream

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Geological Sciences
• Course: 01:460:103
• Professor: professor Feignson

Document Summary

A body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move readily. artesian well. A well in which water rises above the aquifer. concretion. Hard, rounded mass that develops when a considerable amount of cementing material precipitates locally in a rock, often around an organic nucleus. cone of depression. A depression of the water table formed around a well when water is pumped out; it is shaped like an inverted cone. confined (artesian) aquifer. An aquifer completely filled with pressurized water and separated from the land surface by a relatively impermeable confining bed, such as shale. drawdown. The lowering of the water table near a pumped well. gaining stream. A stream that receives water from the zone of saturation. geode. Partly hollow, globelike body found in limestone or other cavernous rock. geyser. A type of hot spring that periodically erupts hot water and steam. ground water.