GROUNDWATER: Benchmark Papers in Hydrology

摘要

The papers reprinted in this volume on ground water were chosen by Mary P. Anderson. Her selection, and the commentaries that she has prepared tornaccompany them, the development of ground-water hydrology during the 20th Century. The topic is separate into seven sections: Establishing Fundamentals includes one pre-20th Century paper, a translation of Darcy's experimental results that led to the relation we know as Darcy's law, as well as classic papers by Meinzer, Theis, Hubbert, and others. Determining Parameters covers the development of pumping test theory and practice, and approaches to estimating aquifer parameters in the field.