A body of saturated rock or sediment though which water could move easily and is determined by its determined by its perosity & permeability( opposite of Aquitard or Aguiclude)
What rock type is likely to posses the highest porosity
Shale
The rock type that is likely to posses the highest permeability
Sandstone
What determines how quickly ground water flows?
Elevation, permeability, water pressure
Artesian wells
Water rises under own pressure
Stalactites
Hang down
Stalagmites
Hang up ^
The decline in the levelin the level of the water table around a pumping well is known as
The cone of depression
Prolonged withdrawl of water from an aquifer
can alter the porosity or permeabilty of an aquifer
The top of the water saturated zoneis known as
The water table
Geyers and hotsprings
are caused by groundwater being geothermaly heated