schijngrondwaterstand / schijnspiegel

English translation: perched aquifer

10:49 Mar 18, 2019
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Dutch term or phrase: schijngrondwaterstand / schijnspiegel
Daardoor staat niet eenduidig vast of de freatische grondwaterstand, een schijngrondwaterstand, een stijghoogte of de (geohydrologische) grondwaterstand is gemeten.

Als een grondwaterstandbuis bijvoorbeeld is geplaatst door een slecht doorlatende laag waarop zich een zogeheten schijnspiegel heeft gevormd, weet je niet precies wat je meet.
Rosemary Vandertop
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:24
English translation:perched aquifer
Explanation:
See:
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/node/911
The third main type of aquifer is a perched aquifer (Figure 6). Perched aquifers occur above discontinuous aquitards, which allow groundwater to “mound” above them. Thee aquifers are perched, in that they sit above the regional water table, and within the regional vadose zone (i.e. there is an unsaturated zone below the perched aquifer).
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Marijke Singer
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perched water table


Explanation:
OGL:

schijnspiegel (zwevende grondwaterspiegel) =
perched water table


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Note added at 13 hrs (2019-03-19 00:16:51 GMT)
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see also:

SCHIJNSPIEGEL, (v. bodem) =

apparent water table
perched water table

–Huitenga, T.: Nederlands-Engels Supplement voor Landbouw- en Milieuwetenschappen (Numij, 1996)

Michael Beijer
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perched aquifer


Explanation:
See:
https://www.e-education.psu.edu/earth111/node/911
The third main type of aquifer is a perched aquifer (Figure 6). Perched aquifers occur above discontinuous aquitards, which allow groundwater to “mound” above them. Thee aquifers are perched, in that they sit above the regional water table, and within the regional vadose zone (i.e. there is an unsaturated zone below the perched aquifer).


Marijke Singer
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