tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75808154387117001362024-03-13T03:45:01.628-07:00Water JournalOpinions on Water: Resources, Management, and the FutureUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-74167918057108673252011-12-06T18:08:00.001-08:002011-12-06T18:23:09.084-08:00Understanding Ground-Water Flow for Sampling Program<br />
When developing a site-specific ground-water sampling program, it is critical to have an
accurate, three-dimensional understanding of the ground-water hydrology of the site
under investigation. Investigators must understand how ground water will move across
any given site and must identify what factors influence that movement, such as pumping
centers, areas of artificial recharge, water-level fluctuations in an adjacent surface/water
system, or tides. Samplers must also develop an understanding of how ground water
behaves within the sampling point or monitoring well, both between sampling events
and during purging and sample collection. Failure to develop this understanding
typically results in selection and use of sampling protocols that are not well suited to
the hydrogeology or geochemistry of the site. This, in turn, can result in generation of
nonrepresentative data.<br />
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As illustrated in Figure 1, ground water moves through the subsurface in response to
differences in hydraulic head, under laminar flow conditions in most hydrogeologic
systems. Provided that the difference in hydraulic head is such that horizontal flow
dominates in the formation, flow should continue in the same manner through well
screens installed in the formation. Robin and Gillham (1987) demonstrated with tracer
solutions that formation water moves through the well screen and that this water does not
mix with the stagnant water that remains in the casing between sampling rounds.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>FIGURE 1.</b> Movement of ground water in a formation in which horizontal flow dominates. Note that the horizontal flow continues through the screen in a properly designed, constructed, and developed well, but water in the screen does not mix with water in the casing, which is stagnant between sampling events.</span><br />
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Visual
observations of movement of colloidal particles through well screens installed in granular
aquifers made by Kearl et al. (1992) demonstrate that horizontal laminar flow in a
formation does, in fact, continue through well screens and that water in the screen does
not mix with that in the casing. Powell and Puls (1993), using dual tracer tests, also
showed that ground water moves through the well screen with little interaction or mixing
with the overlying stagnant water in storage in the well casing. Electrical conductivity
data presented by Michalski (1989) clearly showed a fresh water zone in the well screen separate from the stagnant water in the casing, further supporting the observations made by Robin and Gillham. Robin and Gillham (1987) also theorized that the continual flow of water through the screen allows chemical reactions, such as desorption and adsorption, between well construction materials (well screen and filter pack) and constituents in
ground water to approach equilibrium. Work done by Palmer et al. (1987) corroborates
this and demonstrates the need to allow time for this equilibration to occur prior to
the initial sampling event for a well, which is also suggested by Walker (1983).<br />
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These
studies suggest that for wells in which horizontal flow dominates: (1) water in the screen
at any point in time is indeed representative of water in the formation adjacent to the
screen; (2) water samples taken directly from the screened interval are representative of
ground water in the surrounding formation; and (3) provided that samplers can gain
access to the water in the screened interval while minimally disturbing the water column
in the well, purging multiple well volumes of water prior to sample collection is
unnecessary.<br />
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However, where there is a difference in hydraulic head in the formation that results in
vertical movement of ground water, and a well is screened across that zone, the well
screen effectively acts to short-circuit ground-water flow and directly channels water
from the zone with highest hydraulic head to the zone with lowest hydraulic head
(Figure 1.2).<br />
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Several recent studies (i.e., McIlvride and Rector, 1988; Reilly et al., 1989;
Church and Granato, 1996; Hutchins and Acree, 2000; Elci et al., 2001, 2003) have
documented that, in areas with vertical hydraulic gradients, installation of a monitoring
well with a long well screen (i.e.,10 ft long) may set up a localized vertical flow system
that renders the well almost useless for sampling because the dilution that occurs in such
a well would yield misleading and ambiguous data concerning contaminant concentrations
and plume geometry. In some scenarios, installation of a well in this type of setting
may result in the spread of contamination to parts of a formation that would not
otherwise have become contaminated had the well not been installed.<br />
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Thus, samplers
must be keenly aware of the hydraulic conditions that exist in a well so they can make
appropriate decisions on whether a well should be sampled, and, if it is sampled, how to
interpret the data generated by each sampling event. More detailed information on this
topic is available in Nielsen and Schalla (2006) and Einarson (2006).Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-85707939570228295042011-12-06T17:57:00.001-08:002011-12-06T18:04:35.408-08:00Factors Affecting Ground-Water SamplesA number of factors influence the ability of samplers to collect representative ground-water
samples. Table 1 provides a summary of the factors that must be evaluated for each site
undergoing ground-water sampling to determine how each might affect the representative
nature of samples to be collected and the sampling strategy and methods to be used.<br />
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<b>TABLE 1 . Factors Influencing the Representative Nature of Ground-Water Samples</b><br />
1. Factors related to formation and well hydraulics<ul>
<li>Ground-water flow paths and flow through wells</li>
<li>Hydraulics within a well between sampling events</li>
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2. Factors related to sampling point placement, design, installation, and maintenance<ul>
<li>Placement of the sampling point with respect to the source(s) of contamination being monitored</li>
<li>Placement of the sampling point intake in the preferential flow pathway (the zone of highest hydraulic conductivity) within the formation(s) of concern</li>
<li>Installation method used for sampling point construction (i.e., drilling method or direct-push installation method)</li>
<li>Suitability of sampling point design with regard to material selection, diameter, depth of the sampling point intake, screen length, and screen slot size for the hydrogeologic and geochemical environment being monitored</li>
<li>Methods used during sampling point construction, including placement of annular seal materials and care in placement of filter pack materials</li>
<li>Method, timing, and duration of sampling point development</li>
<li>Long-term maintenance of the sampling point to ensure that the sampling point can continue to provide suitable samples for analysis with regard to representative chemistry that is not impacted by compromises in well integrity (e.g., cracked surface seals)</li>
</ul>
3. Factors related to geochemical changes associated with sample collection<ul>
<li>Pressure changes in the sample</li>
<li>Temperature changes in the sample</li>
<li>Entrainment of artifactual particulate matter in the sample</li>
<li>Agitation or aeration of the water column in the well or the sample during sample collection</li>
</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-55836999017797555922011-03-28T17:37:00.000-07:002011-03-28T17:37:32.225-07:00Groundwater Modeling Books<h1>Texts</h1><br />
1. Harr, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Action-Jonathan-Harr/dp/0679772677?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">A Civil Action</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0679772677" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> (OPTIONAL)<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Civil-Action-Jonathan-Harr/dp/0679772677?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="A Civil Action" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0679772677&tag=groundhydro3-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0679772677" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />This is a best-selling non-fiction novel that happens to be a legal thriller about a major court case involving a series of deaths which may have been linked to groundwater contamination. It was awarded the title of <b>Best Non-Fiction Novel</b> of 1995. I think you will enjoy it and it will provide us with some very interesting topics of discussion. Also, our term project will involve building a model of the groundwater flow system described in the book. The book has been made into a movie starring John Travolta. But, of course, the book is always better than the movie.<br />
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2. McDonald and Harbaugh, <a href="http://ce547.groups.et.byu.net/syllabus/docs/modflow.pdf">A Modular Three-Dimensional Finite-Difference Groundwater Model</a>, U.S.G.S. (FREE)<br />
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This is the reference manual for MODFLOW, a model we will discuss in great detail. The manual is public domain (not copyrighted). Click on the link above to get an electronic copy. This is the entire manual minus most of the FORTRAN source code.<br />
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3. Anderson and Woessner, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Applied-Groundwater-Modeling-Simulation-Advective/dp/0120594854?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Applied Groundwater Modeling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0120594854" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />, Academic Press (SUGGESTED).<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Applied-Groundwater-Modeling-Simulation-Advective/dp/0120594854?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Applied Groundwater Modeling: Simulation of Flow and Advective Transport" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0120594854&tag=groundhydro3-20" /></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0120594854" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />This is a good textbook on groundwater modeling but it is quite dated at this point (last edition -> 1992). The focus is less on fundamental theory and more on practical applications. The material matches this class quite well and it should be a good reference book for you in your future modeling careers.<br />
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Other optional books:<br />
<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Groundwater-Geochemistry-Practical-Contaminated-ebook/dp/B000VI24CI?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Groundwater Geochemistry: A Practical Guide to Modeling of Natural and Contaminated Aquatic Systems</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000VI24CI" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/3D-Groundwater-Modeling-PMWIN-Simulation-Groundwater/dp/3540275908?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">3D-Groundwater Modeling with PMWIN: A Simulation System for Modeling Groundwater Flow and Transport Processes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3540275908" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Applied-Contaminant-Transport-Modeling-Chunmiao/dp/0471384771?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Applied Contaminant Transport Modeling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0471384771" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Aquifer-Test-Modeling-ebook/dp/B0019478EM?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Aquifer Test Modeling</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B0019478EM" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> </li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hydrogeology-Groundwater-Modeling-Second-Kresic/dp/0849333482?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Hydrogeology and Groundwater Modeling, Second Edition</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0849333482" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /></li>
</ul>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-41664403761594569272011-03-15T19:05:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:22:16.572-07:00Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis<b>Book Review:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soil-Sampling-Methods-Analysis-Second/dp/0849335868?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0849335868" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Edited by M.R. Carter and E.G. Gregorich. 2nd ed. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Pkwy. NW, Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487. 2007. 1224 p. $149.95. ISBN 978-0-8493-3586-0.</span></i><br>
<br>
By Mingxin Guo (mguo@desu.edu)<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Soil-Sampling-Methods-Analysis-Second/dp/0849335868?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis, Second Edition" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0849335868&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0849335868" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Fundamental protocols and practical procedures are essential for producers, students, scientists, and management agencies in agriculture, forestry, and environmental conservation to collect, prepare, and analyze soils representative of the test sites. <br>
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<i>The book Soil Sampling and Methods of Analysis </i>(second edition) provides a compilation of updated, most commonly used, and recommended methods for soil sampling and analysis. It is a hands-on guide and a methods manual for sampling and testing different soils for their physical, chemical, biological, and environmental properties.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-soil-sampling-and-methods-of.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-51734416349243595162011-03-15T12:47:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:47:21.573-07:00From Dawn to Dawn: China's Journey to Agricultural Self-Sufficiency<b>Book review</b>: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/DAWN-Chinas-Journey-Agricultural-Self-Sufficiency/dp/1609101200?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">From Dawn to Dawn: China's Journey to Agricultural Self-Sufficiency</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1609101200" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>T. C. Tso. BookLocker.com, Inc., Bangor, ME. 2010. $18.95. 260 pp. ISBN 9781609101206.</i></span><br>
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By M. B. Kirkham and G. H. Liang (mbk@ksu.edu)<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/DAWN-Chinas-Journey-Agricultural-Self-Sufficiency/dp/1609101200?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="FROM DAWN TO DAWN: China's Journey to Agricultural Self-Sufficiency" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1609101200&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1609101200" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Any scientist involved in agricultural research should read <i>From Dawn to Dawn: China's Journey to Agricultural Self-Sufficiency</i>, which documents how a country (China) has become self-sufficient in agricultural production. <br>
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Dr. Tso, a native of China who spent his career working for the USDA, describes the historical development of agriculture in China from its isolated period (1949–1972) through the dynamic 10-year period that started in 1974, when the first exchanges of agricultural delegations between the United States and China began, up to the mid-1980s, when China had transformed its agricultural production. <br>
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Dr. Tso, a naturalized American citizen, was born in China in 1917 and received a Ph.D. in 1950 from Pennsylvania State University. He became a federal agency research scientist (in plant physiology) in 1952, and in 1984, he joined the <b>National Program Staff of the Agricultural Research Service</b> (ARS) of the USDA.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-from-dawn-to-dawn-chinas-journey.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-89299896608159612942011-03-15T12:28:00.000-07:002011-03-15T12:33:23.788-07:00Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale<b>Book Review:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Surfaces-Interfaces-Nanoscale-Global/dp/0470400366?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale.</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470400366" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"><br>
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">Patricia A. Maurice. John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, NJ. 2009. $115.00. 441 pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-0-470-40036-4.</span></i><br>
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By Donald L. Sparks (dlsparks@udel.edu)<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Surfaces-Interfaces-Nanoscale-Global/dp/0470400366?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0470400366&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470400366" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Patricia A. Maurice has written a timely and comprehensive textbook that emphasizes the importance of environmental surfaces (minerals, humic substances, microbes, and plants) and interfacial processes in affecting reactivity and processes in the environment. One of the strengths of <i>Environmental Surfaces and Interfaces from the Nanoscale to the Global Scale</i> is the emphasis on both spatial (from the nanoscale to the global) and temporal scales and the need to integrate the scales if one is to accurately predict and model important environmental processes.<br>
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The first three chapters provide background information, <b>including fundamental chemical </b>and<b> thermodynamic and kinetic concepts</b> (Chapter 1), <b>the hydrological cycle</b> (Chapter 2), and <b>minerals</b> (Chapter 3) important in <b>environmental surface chemistry</b>. <br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-environmental-surfaces-and.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-72884754128023479622011-03-15T00:19:00.000-07:002011-03-15T00:24:23.722-07:00Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and OwnershipBook review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-Air-Revolution-Art-Ownership/dp/0374223130?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0374223130" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Lewis Hyde; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010,320 pages, $26 hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-374-22313-7)</span><br>
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By Kevin E. Noonan<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Common-Air-Revolution-Art-Ownership/dp/0374223130?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0374223130&tag=widgetsamazon-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0374223130" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Whether and how to protect intellectual property is a debate that spans centuries in the Western world. Now, cultural critic Lewis Hyde—author of “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Gift-Creative-Spirit-Transforms-World/dp/1841959936?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1841959936" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">” and “<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Trickster-Makes-This-World-Imagination/dp/1847672256?ie=UTF8&tag=widgetsamazon-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Trickster Makes This World: How Disruptive Imagination Creates Culture</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=widgetsamazon-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1847672256" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">”—has written a book on intellectual property that purports to examine current practices in light of the principles the Founding Fathers espoused on copyright, and to a lesser extent patent.<br>
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The work, “<b>Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership</b>,” is a frustratingly erudite review of historical fact and philosophical positions taken by Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and particularly Benjamin Franklin regarding protections given to creative and inventive works.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/review-common-as-air-revolution-art-and.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-53664974762854583712011-03-14T22:53:00.000-07:002011-03-14T22:53:38.556-07:00Brush and Weeds of Texas RangelandsBook review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brush-Weeds-Texas-Rangelands-Charles/dp/0972104941?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Brush and Weeds of Texas Rangelands</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0972104941" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Charles R. Hart, Barron Rector, C. Wayne Hanselka, Robert K. Lyons, and Allan McGinty. Texas A&M University Press, College Station, TX. 2008. $25.00. 204 pp. Paperback. ISBN 0-9721049-4-1.</span><br>
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By Richard E. Zartman<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brush-Weeds-Texas-Rangelands-Charles/dp/0972104941?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Brush and Weeds of Texas Rangelands" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0972104941&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0972104941" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">As the title indicates, <i>Brush and Weeds of Texas Rangelands</i> describes and documents in words and copious color photographs the brush and rangeland weed plants found in Texas. The book has a short, two-page preface followed by a color plate map showing the 10 vegetational areas of Texas. The main section of the book, titled “Plant Descriptions,” lists and describes 96 Texas brush and rangeland weed plants.<br>
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This section contains 96 maps documenting locations where the plants grow and approximately 400 color photographs depicting various plant vegetation and reproductive parts. Typically, there is a two-page spread devoted to each brush or rangeland weed. <br>
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The left-hand page begins with the common name(s) for the plant and a Texas map showing the geographic region where the plant is located. Beneath the common name is the scientific name and family to which the plant belongs. Next follows text describing the plant, its leaf structure, flower description, use, and limitation or warning from a rangeland perspective. The final text information is the regional distribution and growth habitat for the plant. <br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-brush-and-weeds-of-texas.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-91084881224439150672011-03-14T22:40:00.000-07:002011-03-14T22:44:38.118-07:00Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease ResistanceBook review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reviews-Molecular-Aspects-Disease-Resistance/dp/140517532X?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=140517532X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jane Parker, editor. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. 2009. $219.99. 385 pp. ISBN 978-1405175326.</span><br>
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By B. H. Bluhm<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Reviews-Molecular-Aspects-Disease-Resistance/dp/140517532X?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Annual Plant Reviews, Molecular Aspects of Plant Disease Resistance (Volume 34)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=140517532X&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=140517532X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Today, research into plant disease resistance is at a critical junction: vast strides have been made over the past two decades to unlock the secrets of innate immunity, yet maddeningly little progress has been made translating these discoveries into practical solutions for production agriculture.<br>
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Diverse factors are driving the demand to ameliorate the effects of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whats-Wrong-Plant-How-Fix/dp/0881929611?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">plant disease</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0881929611" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">, including the world's steadily increasing population and concomitant consumption of agricultural commodities, redoubled efforts to eliminate environmental consequences associated with chemical inputs for plant disease management, new demands for plant-based production from “green” industries such as biofuel production, and the specter of impending climate change with its unpredictable influence on agriculturally important plant diseases.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-molecular-aspects-of-plant-disease.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-66949803081228466522011-03-14T22:18:00.000-07:002011-03-14T22:18:19.187-07:00Real-Time and Deliberative Decision MakingBook review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Deliberative-Decision-Science-Security/dp/1402090242?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Real-Time and Deliberative Decision Making</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402090242" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Igor Linkov, Elizabeth Ferguson and Victor S. Magar, editors. Springer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands. 2008. $99.00. 450 pp. Paperback. ISBN 978-1402090257.</span><br>
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By Amlan Mukherjee<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Real-Time-Deliberative-Decision-Science-Security/dp/1402090242?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Real-Time and Deliberative Decision Making (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1402090242&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1402090242" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Real-Time and Deliberative Decision Making</i> is based on papers presented at the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Risk, Uncertainty and Decision Analysis for Environmental Security and Non-chemical Stressors, held at Estoril, Portugal, in April 2007. The collection is organized into four relevant topics that highlight the challenges in decision-analysis for environmental security. The editors have coherently prefaced the book with a discussion of scenarios that require time-critical responses, as well as scenarios that can afford careful deliberative planning.<br>
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Decision making and risk assessment across this continuum, defined by “urgency of the problem” at hand across diverse domains, call for similar methods that are subject to varying constraints of time, available cognitive resources, and domain complexity. In this collection, the editors have gathered a diverse set of research experiences that provide the reader with an understanding of such compelling challenges.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-real-time-and-deliberative.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-11759549862389907192011-03-14T21:40:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:30:36.015-07:00Global Warming and Climate Change: Ten Years after Kyoto and Still CountingBook review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Climate-Change-Vols/dp/157808539X?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Global Warming and Climate Change: Ten Years after Kyoto and Still Counting</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=157808539X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">V.I. Grover, editor. Science Publishers, Enfield, NH. 2008. $129.95. 2 vol. 1124 pp. ISBN 978-578085392.</span><br>
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By Pete Falloon<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Global-Warming-Climate-Change-Vols/dp/157808539X?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Global Warming and Climate Change (2 Vols.): Ten Years after Kyoto and Still Counting" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=157808539X&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=157808539X" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Conceived on the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, <i>Global Warming and Climate Change: Ten Years after Kyoto and Still Counting </i>aims to take a stock check on progress made toward mitigating and adapting to climate change since 1997. This work builds on Grover's (2004) compilation, <i>Climate Change: Five Years after Kyoto</i> in concept but is a completely new (and larger) publication. The comprehensive two volumes cover a wide range of climate policy–related topics in 51 chapters.<br>
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The book is split into 10 sections, dealing with philosophical approaches, policy mechanisms, institutional and policy responses, legal issues, gender issues, regional impacts, and human health. The final sections include discussions on future policy options and proposals for the next steps in climate negotiations. The book includes well-written contributions from a broad range of perspectives—policy experts, economists, scientists and even a carpenter.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-global-warming-and-climate.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-8731349295820207392011-03-14T17:00:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:45:20.172-07:00Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based FarmingBook Review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Environmental-Impacts-Pasture-based-Farming-Cabi/dp/1845934113?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Environmental Impacts of Pasture-based Farming</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1845934113" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Richard W. McDowell, editor. CAB International, Cambridge, MA. 2008. 283 pp. ISBN 978-1845934118.</span><br>
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By J. H. Fike<br>
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Aldo Leopold, one of the 20th century's greatest ecologists, noted that despite humanity's technological advances, our tools “<b>do not suffice for the oldest task in human history: To live on a piece of land without spoiling it</b>” (Leopold, 1991, p. 254). Given the increasing demands for the finite resources of our small orb, this challenge can only increase. Projections for human population expansion, coupled with our species' growing desire for animal proteins, means that agricultural intensification is likely to increase significantly in coming decades.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-environmental-impacts-of.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-13190535827504473542011-03-14T16:38:00.000-07:002011-04-18T20:32:10.911-07:00Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues AnalysisBook Review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Pesticides-Pesticide-Residues-Analysis/dp/1420082450?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1420082450" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">.<br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Edited by Leo M.L. Nollet and Hamir Singh Rathore, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. 2010. 608 pp. Hardcover. $169.95. ISBN 978-1-4200-8245-6.</span><br>
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By John Mattice<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Pesticides-Pesticide-Residues-Analysis/dp/1420082450?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Handbook of Pesticides: Methods of Pesticide Residues Analysis" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1420082450&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1420082450" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Handbook of Pesticides </i>is a collection of 22 chapters by different authors and is organized into three sections: “General Aspects,” “Techniques and Analysis,” and “Pesticides and the Environment.” Most chapters are well written, and many have numerous references, although each reference was not necessarily used in the text.<br>
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There are also instances of claims in the text that should have been referenced that were not. In some cases, table and figure legends are insufficient to allow the reader to know what is being covered. The chapter “Analysis of Pesticides in Food Samples by Supercritical Fluid Chromatography” was enlightening to a certain degree. However, this chapter actually compares supercritical fluid chromatrography and microwave-assisted extraction, although the title gives no indication of this, meaning that an interested reader could easily miss this discussion and information.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Samuel Turvey, Oxford University Press, 2008. 210 p. (224 with endnotes and acknowledgments). $29.95. ISBN 978-0-19-954947-4.</span><br>
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By Marty D. Matlock<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Witness-Extinction-Failed-Yangtze-Dolphin/dp/0199549486?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Witness to Extinction: How We Failed to Save the Yangtze River Dolphin" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0199549486&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><i><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0199549486" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Witness to Extinction: How we failed to save the Yangtze River Dolphin</i>, is a compelling narrative of Sam Turvey's personal experience working to save the Goddess of the Yangtze from extinction. The <i>Bai Ji</i>, or white dolphin (<i>Lipotes vexillifer</i>), was a freshwater cetacean indigenous to the Yangtze River, the largest river in Asia. The species was declared extinct in 2007.<br>
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In a style that evokes Dian Fossey's <i>Gorillas in the Mist</i>, Turvey weaves natural history, ecology, and politics into a tapestry that illustrates the pattern of human impact across the globe. The <i>Bai Ji</i>, dubbed by many in the conservation field the “aquatic panda,” was an icon of national pride for the Chinese government, a symbol of the prowess of the government in managing the natural heritage of the Yangtze River.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-witness-to-extinction.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-43398895806406772532011-03-14T16:22:00.000-07:002011-03-14T16:22:22.948-07:00Doing Environmental EthicsBook Review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Environmental-Ethics-Robert-Traer/dp/0813343976?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Doing Environmental Ethics</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0813343976" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">. <br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Robert Traer, Westview Press, 2465 Central Ave, Boulder, CO 80301. 2009. 274 p. (356 with endnotes). $35.00. ISBN 978-0-8133-4397-6.</span><br>
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By Marty D. Matlock<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doing-Environmental-Ethics-Robert-Traer/dp/0813343976?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Doing Environmental Ethics" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0813343976&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0813343976" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Environmental ethics is critical to every field of study involving natural resources. Understanding the way we see, value, and therefore manage natural resources requires a broad understanding of human value systems, mores, and therefore ethics.<br>
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This book by Robert Traer was written to provide “an inclusive and practical way of addressing our ecological crisis.” Traer presents a set of arguments that is structured rationally in 15 chapters divided into three parts. In Part One: Ethics and Science, Traer establishes the scientific basis for his approach to discerning the ethical good. The three chapters of this part provide overly brief synopses of Moral Philosophy, Ethics and Science, and Ethics and Economics.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Judith A. Layzer. The MIT Press, 55 Hayward St., Cambridge, MA 02142-1493. 2008. 365 p. $28.00 paperback. ISBN 97802626222141.</span><br>
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By R.A. Dahlgren<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Experiments-Ecosystem-Based-Environment-Environmental/dp/0262622149?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Natural Experiments: Ecosystem-Based Management and the Environment (American and Comparative Environmental Policy)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0262622149&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0262622149" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Humans are degrading the environment at an accelerating rate and the effects of human activities are becoming increasingly more severe and irreversible. A critical need exists to address this ecosystem degradation in a manner that is environmentally effective, while at the same time being economically, socially, and politically acceptable.<br>
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The book, Natural Experiments– Ecosystem-Based Management and the Environment, provides a timely and critical review of the effectiveness of the ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach as compared to the centralized, top-down, expert-driven environmental regulatory framework (e.g., Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act). The ecosystem-based management approach entails collaborative, landscape-scale planning and implementation that is flexible and adaptive.<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-natural-experiments.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-33177695422708483302011-03-14T14:11:00.000-07:002011-03-14T14:11:51.804-07:00Foundations of Environmental Physics: Understanding Energy Use and Human ImpactsBook Review: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Environmental-Physics-Understanding-Impacts/dp/1597267090?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Foundations of Environmental Physics: Understanding Energy Use and Human Impacts</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1597267090" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"><br>
<span style="font-size: x-small;">Kyle Forinash. Island Press, Washington, DC. 2010. $65.00. 414 pp. ISBN 978-1-59726-709-0</span><br>
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By Stephen H. Anderson<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Environmental-Physics-Understanding-Impacts/dp/1597267090?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Foundations of Environmental Physics: Understanding Energy Use and Human Impacts" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1597267090&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1597267090" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">The science of physics is essential for a broad understanding of how society can respond to its energy challenges. The objective of Foundations of Environmental Physics is to indicate how and why understanding the principles of physics can help to evaluate environmental issues.<br>
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This book begins with an overview of the challenges our world society faces regarding population growth and environmental impacts. Effects of population growth on water consumption and food production, as well as waste and pollution generation, are outlined.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Allen V. Baker, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL. 2010. $69.95 224 pp. Hardcover. ISBN 978-1439816127</span><br>
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By: E. A. Stockdale<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Science-Technology-Organic-Farming-Barker/dp/1439816123?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Science and Technology of Organic Farming" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=1439816123&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1439816123" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Science and Technology of Organic Farming is intended to be read by farmers and those interested in the practical implementation of organic farming either to add to their knowledge as a currently certified organic producer or to provide the basis for understanding what might be needed or expected if conversion were to be undertaken.<br>
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The information presented will be of increasing value in all farming systems given the likely increases in prices for manufactured agricultural inputs such as fertilizers, herbicides, and pesticides. This book seeks to provide a scientific introduction to all aspects of crop production—despite the title, there is no coverage of livestock management issues, beyond the handling and use of farm manures for crops. The text is comprehensive in its coverage of crop production including crop storage issues, as befits the author's breadth and wealth of practical knowledge and teaching experience.<br>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Thomas R. Karl, Jerry M. Melillo, and Thomas C. Peterson, editors. Cambridge University Press, New York, NY. 2009. $50.00. 192 pp. Paperback. ISBN 978-0521144070</span><br>
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By M. J. Simpson<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Global-Climate-Change-Impacts-United/dp/0521144078?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0521144078&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0521144078" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Global climate change is becoming an increasingly important factor in the management of air, water, and soil resources, as well as the long-term sustainability of our environment. Numerous scientists from diverse disciplines are currently studying various aspects of global climate change. In order to elucidate a more holistic understanding of the ramifications of climate change, recent efforts have been made to synthesize and combine these results.<br>
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Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States brings together various lines of evidence from both government reports and journal publications to summarize the current state of knowledge regarding the science of climate change and future impacts in the United States. The book summarizes the major findings from the United States Global Change Research Program but also integrates pertinent research results from many different international studies (e.g., reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change).<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Computational-Geometry-Applications-Mark-Berg/dp/3642096816?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Computational Geometry</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=3642096816" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> is a good one for gis developers who have to handle or understand complex data structures.<br>
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I'm using the AAG's GIS <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Geographic-Information-Science-Technology-Knowledge/dp/0892912677?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Body of Knowledge</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0892912677" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> as a guideline for my studying efforts. It doesnt contain theory, but indicates what's the next logical step and where I should look for it. It contains extensive references and explain the core learning units of GI and GIScience.<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Numerical-Recipes-Source-Code-CD-ROM/dp/0521884071?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Numerical Recipes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0521884071" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">, 3rd edition. Great book with algorithms with nice, clear explanations of the maths behind them and implementations, which are very robust and (usually) as fast as they get. Very good for matrices, fitting, statistics... The 3rd edition includes a chapter on computational geometry, which is especially useful in GIS.<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Visual-Display-Quantitative-Information-2nd/dp/0961392142?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, 2nd edition</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0961392142" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Not entirely a GIS Book but very helpful in many map design problems<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Geospatial-Analysis-Comprehensive-Principles-Techniques/dp/1906221529?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Geospatial Analysis: A Comprehensive Guide to Principles, Techniques and Software Tools</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1906221529" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /><br />
Entire text is online: <a href="http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.spatialanalysisonline.com/</a><br />
A solid guide to how geospatial analysis work, particularly with respect to GIS. The book emphasizes conceptual workflows, but still provides the basic math. I found the math quite helpful for creating my own code and also getting an understanding of what's happening under the hood in contemporary GIS.<br />
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<div class="post-text">Here's my "recent" favourites, both cartography-related:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Better-Maps-Guide-Users/dp/1589480899?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1589480899" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by Cynthia A. Brewer.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Making-Maps-Visual-Guide-Design/dp/1593852002?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Making Maps: A Visual Guide to Map Design for GIS</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1593852002" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by Krygier and Wood.<br />
The basic principles and practices of GIS haven't changed more than incrementally in the last half-decade, and the cool new technologies--commercial mapping APIs, KML, REST, location-based games and services, etc--have all been advancing at a frenetic pace since 2005 (note the publication date of the two books above)<br />
If new technology matters to you (and it should) and you think you can rely on books, you may as well give up and go home. To survive in this environment, you need to be adept with blogs and online documentation, and be willing to experiment.<br />
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Burrough and McDonnell's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Geographical-Information-Systems-Spatial/dp/0198233655?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Principles of Geographic Information Systems</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0198233655" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> is also a good one. It provides you with most of the basic and higher level GIS concepts. It is software agnostic which means you can very much apply the principles in any tool you use. <br />
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<a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=cVy1Ms43fFYC&lpg=PP1&ots=wGiGjo4RER&dq=Cartographic%20Relief%20Presentation&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cartographic-Relief-Presentation-Eduard-Imhof/dp/1589480260?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Cartographic Relief Presentation</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=1589480260" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" /> by <a href="http://www.reliefshading.com/cartographers/imhof.html" rel="nofollow">Eduard Imhof</a> is the single best book I've read on cartography to date. Before ESRI Press republished the book in 2007 the only way to get was through inter-library loan via the University networks, and wait a number of months. It's still worth reading the <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/title/cartographic-relief-presentation/oclc/8346978/editions?start_edition=1&sd=asc&referer=di&se=yr&qt=sort_yr_asc&editionsView=true&fq=" rel="nofollow">original</a> 1965 (Swiss/German) or 1982 (English) edition if you can as the reprint moves all the colour plates to the back of the book, and there is (an unavoidable) shift in colours and line detail. Cartographic Relief Presentation is more than forty years old, and <a href="http://books.google.ca/books?id=EDOt4mbuFGUC&lpg=PA1&dq=Cartographic%20Relief%20Presentation%20Revisited%20-%20Forty%20Years%20after%20Eduard%20Imhof&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">still relevant</a>. There's even an <a href="http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/2216/is-it-possible-to-emulate-swiss-style-shaded-relief-with-arcgis-tools">arcgis tool</a> and <a href="http://www.shadedrelief.com/shading/Swiss.html" rel="nofollow">photoshop method</a> modelled after his Swiss Style Shaded Relief.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-67596394639109561272011-03-07T11:05:00.001-08:002011-03-07T11:33:32.266-08:00Fascinating Books for Gold Speculators<b>Here’s How To Learn More about the Best Way To Invest in Gold…</b><br>
<span class="normal">By Dr. Steve Sjuggerud, Advisory Panelist, <a href="http://www.investmentu.com/2003/November/20031111.html"><i>Investment U</i></a></span><br>
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Let me share two web sites and books I particularly like: <a href="http://www.gold.org/">The World Gold Council</a> has a lot of excellent resources. For financial information, charts, news and more, <a href="http://www.kitco.com/">Kitco</a> is fantastic. I visit its Web site almost every day.<br>
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As for gold books, there isn’t much out there that’s good (most of it is gloom and doom stuff…). However, if you’re considering buying coins, I highly recommend <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Coin-Collecting-Dummies-Neil-Berman/dp/0470222751?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Coin Collecting For Dummies</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470222751" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> by Ron Guth, so you can learn all the lingo and avoid the common mistakes. I really enjoyed the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Power-Gold-History-Obsession/dp/0470091002?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0470091002" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> by Peter Bernstein. It never tells you what to buy; it’s more like a fascinating gold history book told in story form.<br>
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An afternoon at the library can save you two weeks running simulations on the computer .<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Fluids-Porous-Physics-Chemistry/dp/0486656756?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry)" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0486656756&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dynamics-Fluids-Porous-Physics-Chemistry/dp/0486656756?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Dynamics of Fluids in Porous Media (Dover Books on Physics and Chemistry)</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0486656756" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> by Jacob Bear.<br>
"A bit old, but a comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals in groundwater from a mathematical point of view. Bear has several other books (including other Dover books), which have similar content, but none are as comprehensive or methodical as this one."<br>
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<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-groundwater-hydrology-for.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-22758870176464539242011-03-04T19:42:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:48:15.045-08:00Groundwater in Geologic Processes (2nd Ed.)<b>Book Review:</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Groundwater-Geologic-Processes-Steven-Ingebritsen/dp/0521603218?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Groundwater in Geologic Processes</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0521603218" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"> second edition (2006). Steven E. Ingebritsen, Ward E. Sanford, and Christopher E. Neuzil (eds).<br>
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Jeffrey M. McKenzie<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Groundwater-Geologic-Processes-Steven-Ingebritsen/dp/0521603218?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Groundwater in Geologic Processes" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0521603218&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0521603218" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">Although the role of groundwater in various disparate geological fields has been studied for at least a century, it is only more recently that a more unified approach to the study of hydrogeology in large-scale geologic systems has emerged. Reasons for this shift include the advent of more transdisciplinary and interconnected theories within the earth sciences, the development of improved numerical models (and computational power) for studying larger scale three-dimensional problems, and advances in our theoretical and measurement abilities.<br>
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The book <b>Groundwater in Geologic Processes</b> by Ingebritsen and Sanford (1998) played a key role in creating a unified view of groundwater in earth systems by developing a rigorous technical and theoretical framework for studying groundwater processes at large scales. The recently published Groundwater in Geologic Processes, 2nd edn. by Ingebritsen et al. (2006) further solidifies this book as an important teaching and reference tool in the research field. The book contains substantial new material and is much more than simply an update to the first edition. There is a new coauthor, Christopher Neuzil, and completely new chapters on compaction and diagenesis, metamorphism, and sub-sea <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">hydrogeology</a>. Additionally there are expanded discussions of the coupling of groundwater flow and deformation/compaction (i.e., hydromechanics).<br>
<a href="http://hydro365.blogspot.com/2011/03/book-review-groundwater-in-geologic.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7580815438711700136.post-3760335755548229552011-03-04T19:22:00.000-08:002011-03-04T19:25:45.994-08:00Methods in Karst Hydrogeology<b>Book Review</b> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Methods-Karst-Hydrogeology-International-Contributions/dp/0415428734?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Methods in Karst Hydrogeology: IAH: International Contributions to Hydrogeology, 26</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0415428734" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, by Nico Goldscheider and David Drew (2007), Taylor Francis, London, 264 pp. ISBN 978-0-415-42873-6 </span><br>
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Paul;W.Williams<br>
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Methods-Karst-Hydrogeology-International-Contributions/dp/0415428734?ie=UTF8&tag=groundhydro3-20&link_code=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="Methods in Karst Hydrogeology: IAH: International Contributions to Hydrogeology, 26" src="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?MarketPlace=US&ServiceVersion=20070822&ID=AsinImage&WS=1&Format=_SL160_&ASIN=0415428734&tag=groundhydro3-20"></a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=groundhydro3-20&l=bil&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0415428734" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1">The book is an introduction to the methods that can be applied to the study and exploitation of karst aquifer systems. It is aimed at postgraduate students, practitioners, and senior scientists. The book authors are an international team of 21 karst specialists—both scientists and practitioners—from eight countries in Europe and North America. Their work is presented in 11 chapters: Introduction, The geological and geomorphological framework, Speleological investigations, Hydrological methods, Hydraulic methods, Hydrochemical methods, Isotopic methods, Tracer techniques, Geophysical methods, Modelling karst hydrodynamics, and Combined use of methods.<br>
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No chapter deals explicitly with the management of water resources, although various aspects of it are encountered in several chapters; for example, the identification of contaminant sources in chapter 6, and the assessment of water quality, contaminant problems, and groundwater vulnerability in chapter 11. Engineering considerations are not dealt with specifically, because of their coverage elsewhere.<br>
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