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Towards groundwater flood risk mapping

S. E. Morris, D. Cobby and A. Parkes
Towards groundwater flood risk mapping
Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (August 2007) 40 (3): 203-211

Abstract

Whereas fluvial flood risks have, in recent years, become better appreciated and understood, little is generally known about the risks posed by groundwater emergence. To better understand the risks of groundwater flooding, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) commissioned a scoping study to assess these risks. As part of the scoping study, provisional maps of areas vulnerable to groundwater emergence from consolidated aquifers were produced that reflect the groundwater conditions experienced in the exceptionally wet winter of 2000-2001. These maps, covering all consolidated aquifers of England, are presented as a provisional set of risk maps that, with further refinement, could be utilized in regional planning decisions and for flood risk management.


ISSN: 1470-9236
EISSN: 2041-4803
Coden: QJEGA7
Serial Title: Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
Serial Volume: 40
Serial Issue: 3
Title: Towards groundwater flood risk mapping
Affiliation: Jacobs, Reading, United Kingdom
Pages: 203-211
Published: 200708
Text Language: English
Publisher: Geological Society of London, London, United Kingdom
References: 11
Accession Number: 2007-101914
Categories: HydrogeologyEnvironmental geology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: sketch maps
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Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States. Reference includes data from The Geological Society, London, London, United Kingdom
Update Code: 200744
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