This comprehensive compendium overviews the complexity and uncertainty of groundwater systems, including groundwater boundaries, runoff, media, dynamic and chemical field, and stress and thermal field. The research methods and study examples were also introduced in great detail.
The unique reference text is a valuable resource for researchers, academics, professionals, undergraduate and graduate students devoted to groundwater system study and complexity science.
Contents:
Complexity Science: From Reductionism to Holism:
Basic Concepts
Main Features of Complexity Science
Key Research Methods of Complexity Science
Complexity Science and Earth System Science
Complexity of the Groundwater System and Its Influencing Factors:
Groundwater System Open and Complex Giant System
Complexity of Medium Space
Complexity of Hydrodynamic Field
Complexity of Hydrochemical Fields
Stress Field and Thermal Field of Groundwater System
Uncertainty of Groundwater System Observation and Forecast:
Parameter Uncertainty
Observation Scale and Uncertainty
Simulation Uncertainty
The Complexity of Groundwater Systems: Scientific Research Methods
Characterization of Functional Complexity of the Groundwater System
Theory of Dissipative Structure
Characterization of Uncertainty in Groundwater System
Research Examples
Research Cases Based on Theoretical Analysis of Complexity Science
Case Study Based on Model and Numerical Simulation
Readership: Advance text for graduate students and researchers in groundwater science. Key Features:
This book integrated a new science into the traditional groundwater researches
This book provides a new insight on how to understand the geochemical processes of groundwater within a systematic framework
The authors of this book have multi-disciplinary background including hydrogeology, geobiology and computer science