Much of the existing conceptualization of fluid flow in karst aquifers is based on work in extensively cemented and recrystallized Paleozoic and Mesozoic carbonates. Within these aquifers, flow is often primarily through conduits (White 1969, 1977; Smart and Hobbs 1986; Ford and Williams 1989), although diffuse flow may occur through secondary porosity, such as fractures and joints (Shuster and...

The technology presents a number of environmental challenges as the wells are drilled vertically through aquifers on their way to the deep shale deposits thousands of feet under the surface, and then turned horizontally and drilled another several thousand feet through the shale deposit. Herein lies the challenge: in the process of drilling the wells and preparing them for production (including...

[1] Young flood channels emanate from Cerberus Fossae, Mars. In order to determine whether subsurface aquifers can discharge water sufficiently fast to explain these flood features, I develop a model that couples groundwater flow in a sub-cryosphere aquifer with flow through a fissure that penetrates from the surface to the aquifer. The model is constrained by estimates of peak discharge, and t...

The health of tens of millions of people world-wide is at risk from drinking arsenic-contaminated well water. In most cases this arsenic occurs naturally within the sub-surface aquifers, rather than being derived from identifiable point sources of pollution. The mobilization of arsenic into the aqueous phase is the first crucial step in a process that eventually leads to human arsenicosis. Incr...

The main purpose of this study was to assess and rank suitable shallow aquifers for the implementation a solar-PV desalination system (SmaIrriCube) in small-scale farms arid semi-arid Mediterranean regions, such as Tunisia. A GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA-GIS) model developed. SMART method applied evaluate relative importance criteria Weighted Sum Model used generate suitabil...

Increasing environmental pressures, pollution and legislation in Europe are creating the urgent need for regional-catchment scale geological models to assess hydrogeological conditions and inform mathematical and numerical groundwater models. Geological models are especially important in areas with superficial deposits overlying key aquifers. These areas are often characterized by very complex ...