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Aquifers

Karst Aquifers
Further Information

Water boreAn aquifer is a geological unit capable of storing and transmitting useful quantities of groundwater.

Types of Aquifer

Aquifers may be confined or unconfined and are often classified according to the three types of water storage within them:

Karst Aquifers

A fourth type, karst aquifers, are a special type of fractured rock aquifer where the fractures have been dissolved to form larger solution cavitities.

Further Information

For an easy to follow guide to groundwater processes, a suggested read is Introducing Groundwater by M. Price (publishers George Allen and Unwin).

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