Global Water Dynamics: Shallow and Deep Groundwater, Petroleum Hydrology, Hydrothermal Fluids, and Landscaping

by Emanuel Mazor

Overview

All that makes this planet special is largely attributable to liquid water. Water in one form or another is found all over our planet, even encountered at depths of thousands of meters within the rocky crust. With a history of around four billion years, water has been around since the early days of Earth. Its presence in large amounts is unique to

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135521790
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	03/18/2004
Series:	Books in Soils, Plants, and the Environment
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	416
File size:	14 MB
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About the Author

Emanuel Mazor

Table of Contents

Prologue: The observation-based, multi-sampling and multi-parametric research approach, The Geohydroderm and Its Major Groundwater-Containing Geosystems: Water propelled geological processes and shaped the landscapes of our friendly planet., Exploring and understanding the geohydroderm by sequences of observations and conclusions. Basic research concepts, aims and queries, tools and strategies., Shifting of Water and Salts between Oceans and Continents: Shallow cycling groundwater, its tagging by sea-spray and the underlying zone of static groundwater., Interstitial waters in rock strata beneath the vast oceans. Salt, gypsum and clay strata within sedimentary basins disclose large-scale evaporitic paleo-landscapes., Deep Groundwater Systems - Fossil Formation Waters: The geosystem of the fossil brine-tagged meteoric formation waters. Fossil formation waters range in age from tens-of-thousands to hundreds-of-millions years. Brine-tagged meteoric formation waters are common also in crystalline shields: , Petroleum Hydrology: Anatomy of sedimentary basins and petroleum fields highlighted by formation waters. Evolution of sedimentary basins and petroleum highlighted by the facies of the host rocks and coal. Petroleum and coal formation in closed compartments - the pressure-cooker model, Hydrology of Warm Groundwater and Superheated Volcanic Systems: Mineral and warm waters: Genesis; recreation facilities and bottling. Water in hydrothermal and volcanic systems., Implementation, Research and Education: Data: acquisition, processing, monitoring, banking. Conclusions and research avenues. Education aspects of water, the unique fluid of planet Earth, Epilogue: Three energy sources and one transporter - the geo-quartet unique to planet Earth. , Answers and Discussions of the Exercise Questions, References, Index