History of Geophysics: Volume 3

Title Page......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Contents......Page 5
Foreword......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Darcy's Law: Its Physical Theory And Application to Entrapment of Oil and Gas
......Page 9
Darcy's Law......Page 10
Transition From Kinematic to Dynamic Equation
......Page 14
Energies and Forces
......Page 16
Application to Migration and Entrapment of Oil and Gas
......Page 20
Migration and Entrapment in Reservoir Rocks
......Page 22
Oil Or Gas Traps in Terms of  Equipotentialsurfaces
......Page 25
Experimental Verification......Page 27
Geologic Confirmation of Hydrodynamic Entrapment
......Page 30
References......Page 33
The Alexandrian Equation......Page 35
The Last Word on Science
......Page 38
References......Page 40
Introduction......Page 41
Some Theories of Fluid Mechanics
......Page 42
References......Page 44
The Early Earth Sciences and Their Role in the History of Science
......Page 45
The Legenda Aurea Or Golden Legend
......Page 46
General Patronages of St. Barbara
......Page 47
The Legend as Basis for St. Barbara's Status In Mining
......Page 48
Historical Development of Mining in Europe
......Page 49
Mining Publications and Professional Schools
......Page 50
The Role of Hydrology in Agricola's Work
......Page 51
Expressions of Mining Professionalism in the Arts and Artifacts
......Page 52
References......Page 53
History of Paleoflood Hydrology
......Page 55
References......Page 58
Paleodischarge Estimates from Underfit Streams
......Page 60
Alluvial Fills, Paleochannels, and River Metamorphosis
......Page 62
J Harlen Bretz and the Channeled Scabland
......Page 67
Slackwater Deposits and Paleoflood Reconstructions
......Page 69
References......Page 70
Water Contamination & Population Growth 1863-1878......Page 73
Identification of the "miocene", Outer Coastal Plain Aquifers 1889-1893
......Page 74
Identification of the "cretaceous" Inner Coasta Lplain Aquifers 1894-1902
......Page 75
Conclusions......Page 76
References......Page 77
Early Twentieth-century Investigations Of The Radioactivity Of Waters In North America......Page 78
References......Page 82
Europe......Page 84
Anaxagoras and Aristotle
......Page 85
Ecclesiastical Cycling and Albemic Distillation
......Page 86
Perrault's Criticisms......Page 87
Subsurface Dissolution......Page 88
Good Salt and Bad Salt
......Page 89
Juvenile Chloride......Page 90
1933 to the Present
......Page 91
1960 to the Present
......Page 92
References......Page 93
The Buckingham Flux Law......Page 95
The Richards Equation......Page 96
Energy Balance......Page 97
Coupled Flux Equations......Page 98
Four Fundamental Questions......Page 99
References......Page 100
R. E. Moore And Yolo Light Clay......Page 101
References......Page 102
Mathematical Theory for Groundwater Flow
......Page 104
Horizontal Flow Example......Page 105
Vertical Flow Example......Page 106
Field Technique......Page 107
Field Results......Page 108
Theory of Solute Transport?
......Page 109
Specific Capacity......Page 111
Clubs and Organizations
......Page 112
References......Page 113
Biographical Sketch......Page 114
Contributions......Page 115
References......Page 116
Bibliography......Page 117
Introduction......Page 119
4. Professional Status......Page 122