BE-02 Open cut method Lesson: Embedment of Piping

Hydrogeological Basics

Hydrogeology

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Illustration of the strata boundary of fresh and salt water in coastal areas [Image: visaplan GmbH]

Hydrogeology is the study of the behaviour of water in the ground, regardless of whether the physical state of water is solid (ice), liquid (groundwater) or gaseous.

Hydrogeology also covers the interaction between groundwater and surface water (drainage ditch and bank filtrate).

Water moves underground usually within the cavities of loose rock, the gaps and joints of solid rock and the cave systems of karst areas [UBA93].

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