GPHY 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Outwash Plain, Vadose Zone, Soil
18 Dec 2016
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Week 3 textbook notes; chapter 4 groundwater hydrology. The geology of groundwater water surface of the earth igneous and metamorphic rocks. Conglomerate, sandstone, siltstone (consists of very fine particles, or fines), shale (clay) Groundwater water fond within the pore spaces of geologic amterial beneath the. Groundwater hydrology study of characteristics, movement and occurrence of water found beneath earth(cid:495)s surface. Sedimentary rocks made up of particles created through weathering and erosion of. Karst landscapes require presence of rock capable f being dissolved by surface or groundwater. (cid:494)(cid:495) an irregular limestone region with sinkholes, underground streams, and caverns(cid:495)(cid:495) Sinkholes smaller landscape features where rocks/salt beds naturally dissolve with. Glacial till rock debris that(cid:495)s transported by glaciers and then deposited. Glacial outwash boulders, pebbles etc deposited having been carried by floodwaters. Fracture separation of a rock surface hairline crack in the rock. Fissure located where walls of a fracture have become separated and moved apart.
