Groundwater in the Celtic Regions: Studies in Hard Rock and Quaternary Hydrogeology

This book covers a diverse range of hydrogeological environments that occur in the Celtic regions of Britain and Ireland. These include hard rock aquifers of Lower Palaeozoic and Precambrian age, generally dominated by fracture flow within a shallow zone of weathering; Carboniferous Limestone aquifers, often characterized by conduit flows in karstic systems; dual-porosity Permo-Triassic sandstone aquifers; and Quaternary deposits, many of which form shallow granular aquifers. The papers presented here address a number of current issues common to the Celtic regions, including: groundwater protection policies, groundwater management in karst aquifers, groundwater development in Quaternary aquifers, groundwater evaluation in data-scarce aquifers and groundwater supplies to small island communities.
Groundwater vulnerability mapping in Scotland: modifications to classification used in England and Wales
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Published:January 01, 2000
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M. A. Lewis, A. Lilly, J. S. Bell, 2000. "Groundwater vulnerability mapping in Scotland: modifications to classification used in England and Wales", Groundwater in the Celtic Regions: Studies in Hard Rock and Quaternary Hydrogeology, N. S. Robins, B. D. R. Misstear
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Abstract
The recently published groundwater vulnerability map of Fife is the first in a series of maps for the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), which includes the unpublished maps of the areas around Dumfries and Strathmore. Based on the methodology used on the Environment Agency maps of England and Wales, the lithology and permeability of the geological formations, and the physical and chemical properties of the soils are classified to produce 15 groundwater vulnerability classes. However, the Scottish maps incorporate several modifications that improve their accuracy and usefulness.
These are:
the geological formations are classified solely on the basis...