Global Water Dynamics

Shallow and Deep Groundwater, Petroleum Hydrology, Hydrothermal Fluids, and Landscaping

Emanuel Mazor

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN:
  9780824753221
• eBook ISBN:
  9781135521790
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Geology & Earth Sciences

All that makes this planet special is largely attributable to liquid water. Water in one form or another is found all over our planet, even encountered at depths of thousands of meters within the rocky crust. With a history of around four billion years, water has been around since the early days of Earth. Its presence in large amounts is unique to

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Halftitle Page
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• PREFACE
• CONTENTS
• Halftitle Page
• PARTI THE GEOHYDRODERM AND ITS MAJOR GROUNDWATERCONTAINING GEOSYSTEMS
• 1 WATER PROPELLED GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND SHAPED THE LANDSCAPES OF OUR PLANET
• 2 EXPLORING AND UNDERSTANDING THE GEOHYDRODERM BY SEQUENCES OF OBSERVATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
• 3 BASIC RESEARCH CONCEPTS, AIMSAND QUERIES,TOOLS, AND STRATEGIES
• PART II SHIFTING OF WATER AND SALTS BETWEEN OCEANS AND CONTINENTS
• SHALLOW CYCLING GROUNDWATER, ITS TAGGING BY SEA SPRAY, AND THE UNDERLYING ZONE OF STATIC GROUNDWATER
• 6 SALT, GYPSUM, AND CLAY STRATA WITHIN SEDIMENTARY BASINS DISCLOSE LARGE-SCALE EVAPORITIC PALEO-LANDSCAPES
• PART III DEEP GROUNDWATER SYSTEMS— FOSSIL FORMATION WATERS
• THE GEOSYSTEM OF THE FOSSIL BRINE-TAGGED METEORIC FORMATION WATERS
• 8 FOSSIL FORMATION WATERS RANGE IN AGE FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS TO HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF YEARS
• 9 BRINE-TAGGED METEORIC FORMATION WATERS ARE ALSO COMMON IN CRYSTALLINE SHIELDS: GEOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE TO NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORIES
• PART IV PETROLEUM HYDROLOGY
• 10 ANATOMY OF SEDIMENTARY BASINSAND PETROLEUM FIELDS HIGHLIGHTED BY FORMATION WATERS
• 11 EVOLUTION OF SEDIMENTARY BASINS AND PETROLEUM HIGHLIGHTED BY THE FACIES OF THE HOST ROCKS AND COAL
• 12 PETROLEUM AND COAL FORMATION IN CLOSED COMPARTMENTS—THE PRESSURE-COOKER MODEL
• PART V HYDROLOGY OF WARM GROUNDWATER AND SUPERHEATED VOLCANIC SYSTEMS
• 13 MINERAL AND WARM WATERS: GENESIS, RECREATION FACILITIES, AND BOTTLING
• 14 WATER IN HYDROTHERMAL AND VOLCANIC SYSTEMS
• PART VI IMPLEMENTATION, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATION
• 15 DATA ACQUISITION, PROCESSING, MONITORING, AND BANKING
• 16 CONCLUSIONSAND RESEARCH AVENUES
• 17 EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF WATER,THE UNIQUE FLUID OF PLANET EARTH
• EPILOGUE: THREE ENERGY SOURCES AND ONE TRANSPORTER—THE GEO-QUARTET UNIQUE TO PLANET EARTH
• ANSWERS AND DISCUSSION OF THE EXERCISE QUESTIONS
• REFERENCES
• INDEX