Fractured rock hydrogeology - Sharp, John Malcolm, Jr., 1944- (Leiden, The Netherlands : CRC Press/Balkema, 2014)
IAH Commission on Hardrock Hydrogeology (HyRoC): past and present activities, future possibilities -- A conceptual model of weathered hard rock aquifers and its practical applications -- Similarities in groundwater occurrence in weathered and fractured crystalline basement aquifers in the Channel Islands and in Zimbabwe -- Outcrop groundwater prospecting, drilling and well construction in hard rocks in semi-arid regions -- Sustainable yield of fractured rock aquifers: the case of crystalline rocks of Serre Massif (Calabria, Southern Italy) -- From geological complexity to hydrogeological understanding using an integrated 3D conceptual modelling approach - insights from the Cotswolds, UK -- Characterising the spatial distribution of transmissivity in the mountainous region: results from watersheds in central Taiwan -- Spring discharge and groundwater flow systems in sedimentary and ophiolitic hard rock aquifers: experiences from Northern Apennines (Italy) -- Fracture transmissivity estimation using natural gradient flow measurements in sparsely fractured rock -- Prediction of fracture roughness and other hydraulic properties: is upscaling possible? -- Scale dependent hydraulic investigations of faulted crystalline rocks - examples from the Eastern Alps, Austria -- Methodology to generate orthogonal fractures from a discrete, complex, and irregular fracture zone network -- Remote sensing, geophysical methods and field measurements to characterise faults, fractures and other discontinuities, Barada Spring Catchment, Syria -- Using heat flow and radiocarbon ages to estimate the extent of recharge area of thermal springs in granitoid rock: example from Southern Idaho Batholith, USA -- Tunnel inflow in granite - fitting the field observations with hybrid model of discrete fractures and continuum -- Uranium distribution in groundwater from fractured crystalline aquifers in Norway -- Technical quality of Norwegian wells in crystalline bedrock related to groundwater vulnerability -- Exploration and characterisation of deep fractured rock aquifers for new groundwater development, an example from New Mexico, USA -- Use of several different methods for characterising a fractured rock aquifer, case study Kempfield, New South Wales, Australia -- Main features governing groundwater flow in a fractured basalt aquifer system of South-Eastern Australia.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Hydrogeology; Rocks -- Fracture