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Pedology

A Hydrogeological Perspective

Dep. of Materials Science and Engineering, Dep. of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, 210 Hearst Memorial Mining Bldg., Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94526-1760

View larger version (44K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of topographically controlled shallow, intermediate, and regional groundwater flow systems. Flow is from right to left. Vertical scale exaggerated (after Toth, 1962).

View larger version (23K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Seasonal changes in vertical flow patterns in groundwater in a hummocky terrain, (a) fall–winter, (b) spring, and (c) summer (Meyboom, 1966).

View larger version (18K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. Profiles across Badwater Basin (A) and Cottonball Basin (B) of Death Valley showing the distribution of different kinds of plants. Phreatophytes dependent on groundwater not excessively saline are restricted to the sides of the saltpan where gravel fans abound. Salt-tolerant phreatophytes are restricted to the edges of the saltpan. (Hunt et al., 1966, Fig. 16).

View larger version (20K): [in a new window]   Fig. 4. Groundwater flow patterns inferred from hydrochemical facies in the Atlantic coastal plain (Back, 1960).

View larger version (33K): [in a new window]   Fig. 5. Schematic description of supergene sulfide enrichment of copper. Depth to the enriched zone may exceed hundreds of meters in some desert environments (Bateman, 1950).