Describe the properties that make rock or sediment layers good aquifers and aquicludes


Aquifers must be sufficiently porous and permeable to act as a storage medium and transmitter of water. Aquicludes may have low or high porosity, but must be relatively impermeable to restrict the passage of water.

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Which statement is true concerning estuaries?

A) Organisms cannot survive in estuaries. B) Estuaries are very vulnerable to pollution. C) The salinity in estuaries is stable, with very little fluctuation. D) An estuary is a type of delta.

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When a firm pursues a strategy of diversification, it controls production and marketing of many different products

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Which of the following processes could result in a felsic magma?

a. partial melting of an intermediate-composition source b. partial melting of continental crust c. formation and settling of mafic crystals in an intermediate magma d. all of these

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Suppose some commercial interests want to develop a golf course on what is presently forested land next to a reservoir used for city water. Describe the impacts this development might have on water quality in the reservoir

What will be an ideal response?

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