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perched aquifer
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perched aquifer
Definition
An aquifer containing unconfined (unpressurized) groundwater held above a lower body of groundwater by an unsaturated zone, often a result of clay lenses in the soil strata.
Broader Terms
BT
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aquifers
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⇆
coefficient of transmissivity
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fissured rocks
RT
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permeability
RT
⇆
permeability coefficient
RT
⇆
transmissivity
Italian
acquiferi fessurati
Theme
land/landscape
Theme
soil
Theme
water
Date of creation
07-Mar-2013
Accepted term
07-Mar-2013
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ARK
ark:/99152/t3nqw6xjxpprp1
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BS8723-5
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